Battle of Gettysburg and its toll on both sides
A historical summary of the three day Battle of Gettysburg detailing Confederate and Union forces led by General Robert E. Lee and the Army of the Potomac. It notes weather conditions heat ranges over July 1 to 3 and casualty figures: Union 23 019 total. Confederate 23 029 total, with troops from 29 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Grand Army of the Potomac
Gettysburg
Maryland
Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg remembered as turning point and memory of the dead
The piece recounts the Gettysburg Campaign with Lee pushing north into Pennsylvania and Meade's victory sealing the Union's cause. It reflects on the battlefield's geography, the campaign’s objectives, and the lasting national memory and myth surrounding the battle and Memorial Day.
Fragmentary local notice weathered by time
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a small group, distant shores, and a voyage or flight. It evokes struggle and danger with unclear place names and dates, leaving only hints of a journey or defense against foes. The text is sparse and partly unreadable.
Old Soldiers Day Tribute in Verse and Memory
The piece honors soldiers and veterans with monuments and memorials. It recalls bits of poetry by John May and Arthur Walser, referencing Decoration Day, battlefield memories, and the patient endurance of those who served and labored. It evokes camp, hospital, and the roll call of comrades.
Silent Millions Pay Homage at Edward VII Funeral
London reports a grand state funeral for Edward VII with millions lining the route from Westminster to Paddington and Windsor. Theodore Roosevelt attended as special ambassador with French and Persian envoys among foreign dignitaries, while Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria supported by royal family members led the cortege.
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London
United States
Edward VII
Albert Memorial Chapel
Windsor
Theodore Roosevelt
M. Plehon
France
Mr. Roosevelt
Westminster
Paddington
Alayandra
Queen Mother
Victorian
Alexandra
Czarina
Louise
Queen Mary Wos
Queen Maud
Norway
Edward
Duke of Cornwall
Princess Mary
Buckingham
Westminster Hall
Honersteggied—Agide
Victoria
Noyal Guards
Prince Louis of
Frngral
Havkon VII
George
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Frederick VIII
Denmark
Manuel
Portugal
Albert
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
Austria
Franciy Joseph
Lord Kitchener
Kaiser
Teddy
Prs
America
Roosevelt
King George
Aduial
Michael
Teck
Hattenberg
Enssh
Henry
Prussia
Greece
Haakon
Paddington Station
Mary
Belle Moore Found Guilty of Selling Young Girls
The jury in New York City returned a guilty verdict against Belle Moore, a mixed race woman, for selling young girls to keepers of minor resorts. The case, involving a licensed wardman, was presented over two days as part of indictments handed down by the Rockefeller Jr Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Lelle Moore
Amouf
John
PD. Rockefeller, Jr
Mixed Notices Highlight Local People and Global Tidings
The fragmentary item notes a New Jersey divorce suit involving Mrs. Allen Le Plongeon and a Liverpool arrival in New York. It mentions Mayor Gaynor’s daughter aiding a lost Brooklyn girl and reports on suffrage extension in Trosnia for certain property owners. It notes Mrs. Charles G. Ames as president of a newly formed School Voters League in Boston. A New York tutor’s uncertain name appears, with scattered lines about a funeral in Kam George’s family, a seventeen year old Hobler anecdote, and Miss June Bo Haines opening a women’s agriculture school in Ambler Pennsylvania modeled after Swansea England.
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Paterson
N. J
Allen le Plongeon
Archaelo Rint
New York City
Liverpool
Gaynor
Itelen
Brooklyn
Trosnia
Charles G. Ames
School Voters’ League
Boston
Parlor Match Suppression Aims to Cut Fire Losses
C M Goddard president of the National Fire Protective Association said suppressing parlor matches would reduce the large fire losses. He spoke at the association's annual meeting noting last year's fire damages reached about 156 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goddard
Chicago
C. M. Goddard
National Fire Protective Association
Diverse Sports News From Early 1900s
Reported events include Tex Rickard chosen referee for a Jack Johnson Jim Jeffries match, a 20 000 crowd at Brighton Beach opening a 24 hour rate, Yale predicting Yale over Princeton 66 to 48 in varsity track, R T Wilton Jr horses winning Belmon Park races and James R Keene's Grag mere winning the New Rochelle Handicap. Jock Johnson and a James J Fethues representative failed to agree on a heavyweight title referee. J D Travers beats Witte in the AOL tournament final for the beaten eight cup. The world high jump mark for women was claimed by Miss Rachel Thainer of Quincy Massachusetts at four feet six inches, exceeding Mrs Theodora Wheeler’s previous record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
Jock" Johnson
James J. Fethues
Jod
Travers Doe
Witte
Rachel Thainer
Quincey
Maze
S Theodora Wheeler
Palrfield
Vassur College
Worcester clerk guilty in bank theft case
John A. Hall, former treasurer of South Bridge Savings Bank in Worcester Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to thirteen of fifteen counts accusing larceny of about 101 900 and related frauds. He was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in state prison at Charles Town. Authorities estimate total theft around 370 000 with possible broader losses near 600 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
South Dridge Savings ‘Bank
My . A
John A. Hall
Charlestown
Mall
Atchison
Mayor of Lawrence Indicted in Bribery Conspiracy Probe
Lawrence Mass The grand jury returned twelve indictments against city officials including Mayor William P White and several Aldermen for conspiracy to bribe and bribery. Fire Chief James A Hamilton and others faced related charges. one defendant had fled to Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
Allendy Teiberg
William P White
Ssfirl
Sudden Deaths Hit 1907 Richmond Figures
Third in a series of sudden deaths, Colonel W. T. Cutshaw collapsed in Richmond Virginia in December 1907. W. H. Cowardin died while being mourned in his funeral procession. Albert Bertucel, a sculptor, collapsed and died while working on a statue for Cowardin’s grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T.cutshaw
Richmond
W. H. Cowardin
AL Bertucel
Cowardin
Cotton Firm Accused of Fraud in Mississippi
Steele Miller & Co a failing cotton firm based in Corinth Mississippi is accused of issuing fraudulent bills of buying.
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Steele, Miller & Co
Corinth, Miss
Chatoner Holds Up Auto In Cobham Va Incident
An armed man identified as Chatoner held up an automobile near Cobham Virginia forcing the driver to help guide a horse past the car. The horse bolted the cart and occupants into a ditch after the waterist alighted, injuring none reported.
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Cobham
John Armstrong Chatoner
Lewis Shyveesant Chanler
Bob" Chamer
Wateress County
N. Y
New York City Tax Board Debate and West Point Visit
Mayor Gaynor urged tax ratings equality before the city Tax Board while the Congress board of visitors met at West Point for an official visit. A French punitive column killed about a hundred Soudanese and wounded twelve troops near Agrehad. A sailor named John Struyk claims a machine can fly water land and air. The scene also notes a large Poles Department parade and local political ballot moves involving Tammany leaders.
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Gaynor
Tax Board
New York City
Congress Board of Visitors
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Agredah
John Struyk
Oogether
Riss Edeward
Medgves
New York
Stita Grange
Ronwell PD
Williams
Tammany
Italien
Poles Department
Steamboat Crash Kills Dozens on Lake Huron
In fog near Pointe Aux Barques the freighters Frank H. Goodyear and James B. Wood collided, sinking the Goodyear and drowning eighteen aboard. Five survivors, including Mrs Emma Bassett, were rescued by the Wood. The infant of Steward Bassett perished. Goodyear owned by Buffalo and Susquehanna. Wood owned by Gilchrist. Captain Hemenger commanded the Wood.
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Port Huron
Mich
Lake Huron
Frank H. Goodyear
Cleveland
Pointe Aux Barques
James LB. Wood
Goodyear
Wood
Ste
Emma Bassett
Gibson
Captain Hemenger
Steward Frank Bassett
Frank Mellick
George Grant
Steward Bassett
Sta
Bassett
Algonac
Frank
Buffalo and Susquehanna Transportation Company
Duffalo
Mitchell & Co
Lora
Ohio
Bellevue
James B. Wood
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Dirs of Gas Poisoning In New York City
Charles C. Dickinson former president of the Carnegie Trust Company died in St. Luke's Hospital from pneumonia and kidney disease attributed to inhaling metallic gas during a chemical experiment in Scranton. Dickinson and his brother were taken to a laboratory by W V Hedgepeth seeking backing, where the fatal exposure occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Charles C. Dickinson
Carnegie Trust Company
St. Luke's Hospital
Dickinson
Scranton
Stanton C. Dickinson
Jim
W. V. V. Hedgepeth
Mr. Dickinson
Hedgepeth
Lange
Son of Amos J Snell Dead in Cheap Lodging
Albert J Snell son of the late Amos J Snell once linked to a sensational 1888 murder was found dead in a cheap roaming house at age fifty. He inherited a fortune from his father. A coroner s jury ruled death from heart disease.
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Chigdgo
Albert J.snell
Amos J. Snell
Severe spring storm claims two men in Mt Carmel
In Pennsylvania an unsettled spell across Eastern and Central regions brought a severe electrical storm. Stanley Levitsky and Joseph Talcock were killed instantly by lightning while returning from a coal mine at Mt. Carmel.
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Philadelphia
Penneylvanite
Stanley Levitsky
Joseph Talcock
Mt. Carmel
Record Year for Diamonds in New York Market
Diamonds and other precious stones totaling nearly ten million dollars have been brought into the New York market by importers over the last ten months. Analysts expect the current fiscal year to break all previous records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darim
New York
Priest Elopes to Marry in Athlerton City
The Rev. Father Alphonse Consara, rector of a Roman Catholic church, eloped with a young woman from Trenton New Jersey and married her in Athlinde City.
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Alphonse M. Consa
Trenton
N. J
Athincde City
New York Sulturo Road Bill Passes in Assembly
A bill authorizing a $1,000,000 appropriation for a stone road from New York City to Muttalawane cleared the Assembly in Albany New York. Senator Mail's measure targets a major transportation project linking city and town.
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New York
New York City
Muttalawane
Albany
N.Y
Queen Victoria’s Fourth Child Dead in Stillbirth
The report states Queen Victoria of Spain delivered a child who was stillborn. It notes prior births included two boys and a girl, reflecting on royal family losses and a historical sequence of offspring.
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Queen Victoria
Spain
Thought We Was Divorced Bigamy Trial In New Jersey
William J Fergusson convicted of bigamy in Woodbury New Jersey after a quick jury verdict. He faced two wives both testifying as to marriages and certificates while he defended himself. A separate Jersey City jury summons led to a mistaken contempt charge when a woman named C M Imberle was misidentified from tax records.
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William J. Fergusson
Woodbury
Fergusson
Baltimore
J. H. Kemp
Veronica Wennerman
George S. Messerel
Glausboro M. F. Parsonage
C. M. Imberia
Bayonne
Hudson County
Jersey City
Blair
Conberry
Imberle
C. M. Imberle
Tragic overdose claims two Couch children in New Jersey
Alfred and Lanuise Couch of 82 High Street, Elizabeth, died after taking an overdose found in a refrigerator while their mother shopped. Dr. O D Agostos attended, saving none. The mother delayed hospital care, and the girl died two hours later. The family had previously lost four children to accidents, including two by fire.
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Alfred
Lanuise Couch
John Couch
High Street
Elizabeth
O. D. Agostos
Veteran Finds Pins in Flesh From Rheumatism
Geo. R. Hall a Civil War veteran of Rockaway suffered repeated pains described as rheumatism. In four months he expelled a large pin from his right wrist and earlier pulled a pin from his left shoulder, alleviating weeks of pain after treatment with he remedies.
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Geo. R. Hall
Rockaway
Hall
Haiments
Homebound Runaways Recovered By Brakeman Police
Emma Davis aged seventeen and Marlon Force fourteen fled Beverly with dreams of fortune, jumped a moving freight train, and hid aboard until a brakeman stopped them and handed them to Dobbins Siding police. A new trolley line company formed in Trenton to take over the Trenton and New Brunswick line and NJ Short Line assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Davis
Marlon Force
Beverly
Dobbins’ Siding
New Company
Elizabeth
Oysters Freshened Shipment Rule May Be Permitted
Unofficial word reaches the State Bureau of Shell Fisheries that Washington through Dr. Wiley’s Food and Drug Board will modify last October’s prohibition on trans shipping freshened oysters. The change would allow shipment if oysters are labeled freshened. Christopher C. Selby, famed Barnum & Bailey veteran and former civil war conductor, dies in Paterson General Hospital born 1841 in Strasbourg. Mrs Matilda Chesebrough found guilty in Tren ton US District Court of smuggling personal goods. mercy requested. Maximum fine $2000.
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State Bureau of Shell Fisheries
Trenton
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Christopher C. Selby
Europe
General Hospital
Paterson
Tle
Newark
File Railrom
Strasburg
Mra. Chetbrough
Matilda M. Chesebrough
Fremont M. Chesebrough
Boston
United States District Court_at_Trenton
United States
Five Years Vor Farmhand Convicted in Shot at Ex-Employer
Paul Witte, a former Moebus farmhand near Franklin Park, was sentenced to five years in State prison in Somerville after being convicted of attempting to shoot his former employer William Moebus on April 4. Moebus suffered a torn cheek from the shotgun blast.
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Wiliam
Moebus
Paul Witte
Somerville
Movebus
Witte
Franklin Park
Local Notes Include Appointments and Odd Facts
In Michigan’s part of the state William Speakman returns from a two year Europe trip. Prof Norman Landis named music instructor at First Reformed Church Somerville. Charles Pratt seeks to set aside his brother Rev John Pratt’s report as Verona mayor. Spencer Pratt’s death leaves a 1,000,000 estate. William Eldridge’s cat adopts several small chickens. Gloucester County Fireholders raise labor wages. Paulsboro Education Board bans baseball pools and card throwing by boys. Aaron Collins of Moorestown wins asparagus championship with a nine stalk, three pound four ounce standard bunch. Concrete boats prove heavier carry than wooden ones. Panama Canal Commission launches reinforced concrete barges weighing 60,000 pounds. two more soon finished. Vehicles resist sea worms and vegetation. durability noted.
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William &. Speakman
Woodbury
Europe
Norman Landis
First Reformed Church
Somerville
Charles Pratt
John F. Pratt
Verona
Spencer T. Pratt
William Eldridge
Williamstown
Gloucester County Board of Fireholders
Paulsboro Board of Education
Aaron L. Collins
Moorestown
Spitzer Pardoned Tests Sugar Trust Fraud Case
Oliver Spitzer testified in the U S Circuit Court admitting links to the sugar weighing frauds and naming Gerbracht Bendernagel and others. He described inventing the corset spring device to defraud the government and accused the Wall Street offices of the Sugar Trust of directing the scheme.
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New York City
Oliver Spitzer
Williamsburg
Sugar Trust
United States Circuit Court
Taft
Gerbracht
Bendernagel
Charles R. Heike
Trust
United States
Harry Walker
Spitzer
Halligan
Voolker
Helke
Henry O. Havemeyer
Henry L. Stimson
Winfred Denilson
Felix Frankfurter
Atlanta
Blackwell's Island
Thea
Wall Street
Grand Jury
Martin
Stimson
Eighteen Hurt as Special Train Wreck Near Cedar Run Bridge
Eighteen passengers were injured when a special train on the Southern railroad derailed 200 yards from Cedar Run bridge between Catlett and Calverton Virginia. Injured include Hardy M. Edwards of Buffalo Si G Ashley of Mobile and several others from New York City Baltimore Seattle Bridgeport and Montgomery. Doctors from Calverton Warrenton and nearby towns treated the wounded and all were transported to Washington by a special train.
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Washington, D. C
Forthhern
Cedar Run Bridge
Catlett
Calverton
Hardy M. Edwards
Buffalo
Si. G. Ashley
Mobile
A. L. Shuller
Honesdale
Herbert A. Whiting
Boston
James Clark
New York City
New York
R. C. Still
I. F. van Loan
A. H Dumler
Baltimore
Warrenton
Washington
Haby Hidnaper Sentenced in Marian Bleakley Case
Freeman W Tillotson, convicted of complicity in stealing Marian Bleakley, was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term by Judge Rains in Holton Kansas. He was released on bond for ninety days. A separate fire destroyed Hadley Hall at the University of New Mexico causing about 100000 dollars in losses.
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Freeman W. Tillotson
Marian
Holton
Kan
Freeman H. Tillotson
Marian Bleakley
Topeka
Rains
Tillotson
Indian Historical Museum
Hadley
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
University
Senate votes for two more dreadnoughts
The Senate in Washington D C approves a naval bill to add two dreadnought battleships at an estimated cost of 11 5 million dollars each.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Elopement Ends in Death by Poison in Syracuse
John May of Springfield Massachusetts, 35, died by drinking carbolic acid in Syracuse New York. His wife Mrs Mittle May testified to the coroner that they eloped from Springfield three weeks earlier and she left him after a quarrel.
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John May
Springfield
Mass
Syracuse
N. Y
Mittle May
Identity Recovered Two Years After Vanishing
John Jatairu reappears after two years away from home and a year of amnesia about his name. He gradually recalls a family in Bloomfield New Jersey and resumes contact with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jatairu
Bloomfeld
N. J
Harvard Observatory Chief Picks Up Pay to Aid Deficit
Cambridge Massachusetts report notes Professor C. P ickering head of the Harvard College Observatory has pledged his salary portion to help reduce the observatory deficit. The astronomer, globally acclaimed, continues to serve as director while his annual $5000 and often more are directed to observatory needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canbridge
Mass
Warevard University
C. Pickering
Harvard College Observatory
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