Memorial Day Parade Remembers Veterans Past and Present
A subdued Memorial Day parade in Cincinnati honors Civil War veterans and later conflicts. Veterans, cadets, and Boy Scouts march from Garfield Place to Union Station, with a solemn salute at Spring Grove Cemetery where a Parrott gun marks unknown Civil War graves. Official services and civic groups participate, reflecting a link between eras and the nation’s history.
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House of Refuge
Union Station
Spring Grove Cemetery
United States
Joseph Gaul
Garfield Place
Main
Walnut
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Government Square
Spring Grove
Man Arrested in Ohio in $28,000 Embezzlement Case
James C C McMillan, former secretary of the Mutual Savings Association at Seth Charleston, allegedly embezzled more than 28 000. He was arrested at his Cedarville home by Clark County officers, brought to Springfield where a long‑pending indictment was returned. McMillan had disappeared to Central America and Mexico before returning to sell his family residence.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia
James CC. McMillan
Mutual Savings Association
Seth Charleston
Cedarville
Lawrence Laybourne
Almoney
D. D. Lawrence
Clark County
Tarbox
Central America
McMillan
Springfield
South Charleston
Honduras
Panama
Mexico
Chicago
Texas Flood Over Immense Damage
Houston reports 4.5 inches of rain in 24 hours with an additional inch expected. The Houston ship channel rises to a record thirty feet since 1879 and floods streets, powerhouses, and hundreds of homes. Brazos, Colorado, San Marcos, and Guadaloupe rivers swell, threatening crops and bridges across South Texas.
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Commercial Tribune
Houston
Tex
Bryan
Brazos
Brenham
Colorado
Colorado Valley
San Marcos
Guadaloupe
Texas
Canton Citizens Seek McKinley Home Preservation Movement
Canton citizens discussed methods to preserve the McKinley home as a memorial and display center. Proposals include purchasing the property or accepting gifts to create a Mt. Vernon style site with the late president and wife's furnishings and artworks. Justice Day supports a lasting memorial for visitors and historical insight. Graves of the McKinley family were decorated for the first time by others, with about 20,000 attendees viewing floral tributes at Westlawn Cemetery.
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Cial
Commercial Tribune
Nton
Canton
McKinley
Mt. Vernon
William R. Day
Judge Day
Westlawn
Roosevelt Talks Children With Ohio Farmer's Wife
President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks halted on a country detour near Akron to chat with farmer families. Mrs. Thomas, wife of a prosperous farmer, said eight children with one college graduate, prompting Roosevelt to joke about Mrs. Roosevelt. They met 11 year old Danny Thomas and sampled fresh milk, then played with farm youths before returning to the car after a two hour visit.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Roosevelt
David K. Thomas
Fairbanks
Canton
Indianapolis
Thomas
Thomas Settlement
Danny Thomas
Frank Thomas
Wallace Wachters
Night Riders Haid Nine Farms In Kentucky
Special Dispatch reports masked riders known as Night Riders destroyed tobacco beds in Hopkins County Kentucky. A group of about 35 men forced Noble Robinson and others to dig up beds with hoes and destroy plants. Other planters and tenants were similarly coerced under fear for their lives. The tense actions prompted the Tike County Grand Jury to adjourn without a definite action.
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Noble Robinson
Cobb Station
Rinz
Tike County Grand Jury
Mrs Ida Burgess Divorced Then Weds John P Jors
In Trigg Circuit Court at Cadiz, Mrs Ida Burgess was granted a divorce from Henry Burgess at 9 this morning. An hour later she married John P Jors, a Cerulian Springs prominent citizen.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Ida Burgess
Henry Burgess
Trigg
Cadiz
John P. Jors
Cerulian Springs
Foraker Praises Ohio Role in the Civil War Memorial Talk
United States Senator Joseph Benson Foraker spoke at Memorial Day services in Steubenville praising Ohio’s Civil War contribution. He cited Ohio’s contributions of troops and leaders such as Grant Sherman Sheridan and McPherson, urging full debate and independent action.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville
United States
Joseph Benson Foraker
Union Cemetery
Senator Foraker
Pennsylvania Station
Bank
George N.henry
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
McPherson
Ohio
Overtures Held to Be Important in Berlin
Diplomatic Corps in Berlin notes German Under Secretary Muehlberg speech as signaling a new era of goodwill with Britain. British Ambassador Laselles responds cautiously to avoid French sensitivities amid prepe ration for The Hague peace conference.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Herr Muehlberg
Foreign Office
The
Hague
Frank C. Lascelles
Recognition for Unorganized Laborers on Western Railways
Chicago May 30. By summer end more than 200000 unorganized laborers and clerks on Western railroads will gain a voluntary wage increase averaging 10 percent. The total rise amounts to several millions of dollars. The effort began early this year and progressed quietly as large systems set their schedules. The raises are claimed to prove that labor need not organize to receive proper wages.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Western Railroads
Four Killed in Elyria Trolley Crash Disaster
Four killed and thirteen injured in a Cleveland & Southwestern Traction trolley collision in Elyria Ohio. Victims include E O O’Donnell grand army veteran H M Billings and others. Motorman Fraunda arrested for manslaughter as hospitals treated severe injuries.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland & Southwestern
Elyria Hospital
E. 0. O'Donnell
Crockery
H. M. Billings
W. C. Allen
Lake Shore Railroad
Loans Sala
Rev
J. P. Sala
Miss Suppes
Max Suppes
Eee Eentae Avery
Miss Dahn
George Chamberlain
Perry
Charles Porter
Fraunda
Stevens
Hamilton 10 Ask for Natural Gas
Hamilton Ohio May 30 City officials met at City Hall after Hamilton Gas and Electric Co raised its rate to sixty cents per 1000 to individuals. Mayor Thomas chaired a committee to negotiate with Ohio Fuel Supply Co to bring natural gas to Hamilton. The group vowed to preserve city control of the gas situation and fight to the last ditch.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Hamilton Gas and Electric Company
Thomas
J. C. Hooven
S. D. Fitton
B. R. Millikin
A. Rothwell
Connaughton
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
Balloon in Test Flight From St Louis Over Illinois Farm
A 25 000 cubic foot balloon piloted by H. E. Honeywell and J. K. Campbell lifted off in St. Louis and landed an hour and a half later on a farm ten miles west of Grafton Illinois after forty five miles of flight. The pilots reported a very successful trip by telephone.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
H. E. Honeywell
J. K. Campbell
Fire destroys Rothschild cottage in Long Branch
Docean avenue West End Long Branch N J fire tonight destroyed the Rothschild cottage. Two persons are missing including Mr Schiffer's child and the governess. Schiffer and his wife are severely burned. Kate McMurray servant and Josephine Hottman injured by jumping from a window. German woman Holt badly burned. John Irvin the butler left arm broken and injured.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Jacob Rothschild
Docean Avenue
West End
Long Branch
N. J
Schiffer
Holt
John Irvin
Two deaths in Illinois sisters mystery suicide
In Springfield on May 30 a 17 year old girl Cora Leaderbrand is believed to have killed her 7 year old invalid sister Carrie then shot herself. The bodies were found in a creek nine miles north, with similar temple wounds. The father found them and said Cora resented caring for Carrie.
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Carrie
Cora
New Marriage Law Passes in Paris
Paris reports the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill allowing marriage between brothers and sisters in law and shortening the remarriage restriction for divorcees to ten months.
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Bill
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Roosevelt Urges Expanded Power to Regulate Trusts
Indianapolis May 30 President Roosevelt spoke at the Lawton monument unveiling addressing railway problems and praising Oliver Morton. He and Vice President Fairbanks attended a parade and ceremonies before wreathing Benjamin Harrison’s grave at Crown Hill Cemetery. The president planned tonight’s travel to Fort Wayne with stops at Anderson and Muncie and a Lansing, Michigan address tomorrow. Secretary Taft sent a War Department official to represent him at the events.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Henry W. Lawton
Oliver Morton
Indiana
Canton
Fairbanks
Courthouse Square
United States
Union City
Crown Hill Cemetery
Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Ft.’ Wayne
Ind
Anderson
Muncie
Lansing
Mich
Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Insular Bureau
War Department
Lawton
Phillipines
Memorial Day Honors For President With Big Turnout
Memorial Day events drew a vast crowd as President Roosevelt attended a luncheon with Governor Hanly and national figures. A parade through Meridian Street led to the courthouse grounds where James Whitcomb Riley read a commemorative poem and Frances Lawton unveiled the memorial covering for General Lawton’s statue.
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Monument Place
Washington Street
Courthouse Square
Alabama Street
Lawton
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