Millions Join in Great Hudson Fulton Celebration
New York City witnessed a vast parade of warships from the United States England Germany France Italy and other nations along the Hudson River. The Half Moon and Clermont clashed lightly during the start as four million people cheered the official opening and night illumination turned the river into a river of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Half Moon
Clermont
Orst
Uncle Sam
England
Germany
France
Italy
Holland
Argentina
Mexico
Hudson
Dewey
Manila Bay
New York
Breen Riverside
Palibadeg
Empire City
Killa
New Jersey
Seneca
General Meigs
Taft
Matamoros
United States
Great Britain
Des Moines
FE. F. Mead
Narrows
McClellan
Girl Fights Man in Woods Near Wellesley College
Miss Isabel Bradshaw a Brooklyn post graduate student at Wellesley College was attacked in nearby woods while collecting flowers. She wrestled with the assailant, escaped, and ran to the college exhausted for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Brooklyn
Mass
Wellesley College
Isabel Bradshaw
N. Y
Fell With Her Burglar In Richmond Home Incident
Mrs. Samuel Harris believed a sleepwalking son was the intruder and tried to stop him at a second story window. Both tumbled to the ground when she grabbed him. The burglar fled, apparently unhurt. A son fired at the intruder after realizing he was a negro. The woman suffered bad bruises but no broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Samuel Harris
Kicking Day For Citizens To Register Complaints
Cincinnati mayor introduces a Kicking day to collect public grievance items aimed at the city government and public service firms. On Thursdays citizens may file complaints and officials address them across all departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Oho
Galvin
WIFE DROWNS AS HORSES SAVE HUSBAND NEAR DOVER
Samuel Cales, an aged farmer near Barnard, was dragged safely across the Bebeo River by his horses as his reins slipped. His wife was swept downstream and drowned when floodwater from a dam break carried their carriage toward the Dover fair grounds. Mrs Caius body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebee
Samuel Cales
Bebeo
Oder
Dover Fair
Architect Milton Hyatt Sentenced for Illicit Ward Relationships
Milton Hyatt, a Los Angeles architect, received a thirty year sentence in San Quentin after confessing to relations with his thirteen year old ward. He claimed to have deceived a man named Hluff into thinking a contract marriage sufficed, and later deeded $15,000 to each victim as restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Milton Hyatt
San Quentin
Joulse Hluffman
Hyatt
Tragic Train Collision Kills Three Boys in Cleveland
Eleven year old Robert Joyce eleven year old George Potter and twelve year old Thomas Crad dock were fatally struck by a Lake Shore fast main train at the Detroit street overhead bridge in Cleveland Ohio. The youths were on the track and stepped aside for a west bound train but were struck by an east bound mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Joyce
George Potter
Thomas Craddock
Lake Shore
Detroit Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Rough Rice Prices Dip on Gulf Storm News
Rough rice futures show sharp losses as traders assess the Gulf storm impact. Analysts say it is too early to gauge the full extent of the movement, though prices have moved lower on the report.
Five Story Fall In New York City Ends With Escape
In New York City Mary Tocascio and a doll tell five stories after a child falls five stories. The doll’s head is dented and Mary escapes unharmed, witnesses report a remarkable sequence of incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Tocascio
New York City
Mary
Reverend Woolard Dies After Failed Suicide Attempt
The Reverend E J Woolard a Tucker Arkansas preacher shot himself to death in Hot Springs after a failed chloroform attempt. A Missouri Conference letter in his possession denied his application for a preacher license at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Woolard
Tuckerman
Ark
Hot Springs
Missouri
Treasury tightens espionage on ship crews at ports
To prevent smuggling the Treasury Department adopts a general system of closer espionage on officers and men of vessels entering American ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Cubs Keep Infield For Fifth Straight Season
The Chicago Cubs retain the same infield for a fifth season with Shean at second base. Boston’s Shean adapts to fielding, while BM Dineen receives conditional release from St. Louis. Louisville’s Vaughn, a rare amateur to pro switch, begins as a professional in his first game. Detroit drafts Spencer from Davenport J J League. Lajoie leaves Cleveland management. Brooklyn’s next-season managers listed include Dontn Ganzel Kling and Keeler. Gleason of the Phillies remains active and claims ten more years. Bresnahan expects Raleigh and Harman to star next season.
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Chicago Cubs
Aseman Shean
Boston
BM Dineen
St. Louis
Vaughn
Louisville
Detroit
Spencer
Davenport
Lajoje
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Mike Dontn
John Ganzel
Johnny Kling
Willie Keeler
Kid" Gleason
Phillies
Bresnahan
Raleigh and
Harman
New York Police Orchestrates Crowd Safety for Hudson Fulton
The article details a massive NYPD operation led by First Deputy Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bugher to manage crowds of 7 to 8 million during the Hudson Fulton celebration. It describes 27 signal stations, 13 ambulance posts, field hospitals, flotillas of boats, a movable force with no days off, and swift dispatch via trains and subways to protect spectators and maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hudson-Fulton
Te Police Department of
New York
Frederick H. Bugher
St. George Ferry
Richmond
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bronx
Spuyten Duyvii Creek
Hudson River
Naval Parade
Staten Island
Dyckman Street
Broadway
Ovgiventy
Tompkings ‘Ville
Killyon Kull
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Riverside Drive
Naval Parady
Brooklyn Shore
Bugher
Tf Rece
Hotel Astor
Hurbes
Interborough
Lancaster honors Robert Fulton with bronze tablet at Fulton House
The Lancaster County Historical Society unveiled a bronze tablet at Fulton House birthplace of Robert Fulton. Governor Stuart and ex-Governor Pennypacker attended and spoke as exhibits of Fulton manuscripts and mementos were shown during luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lancaster County Historical Society
Robert Fulton
Fulton House
Amon
Stuart
Pennypacker
Fulton
Mary Magee
Clermont
Hudson
Standard Oil Buys 10000 Acres in Eastern Vast Field
Pittsburg Jennings Brothers oil producers announce Standard Oil Company completes deal transferring 10000 acres in the Eastern Inols field to Ohio Oil Company. Land described as wild and unimproved. Price near 5 million dollars. Standard takes over development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Pittsburg
Jennings Brothers
Standard Oil Company
Pittsburg Company
Inols
Ohio Oil Company
Standard Concern
Taft initiates tariff revision push on Western trip
President Taft plans a new tariff revision drive during his Western journey. Reports note shifting economic policy as he tours the region and seeks legislative momentum.
Judge Rules Jury Trial Right In Alabama Prohibition Case
Judge Jules FE. Alford in Mobile Alabama’s Inferior Court ruled that the prohibition bill’s denial of trial by jury violates Section 11 of the Alabama constitution which guarantees an inviolate right to jury trials. All cases on the docket are to be appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moblie
Ala
Jules FE. Alford
Alabama
Noted Figures Gather for Public Events and Honors
President Taft attends Yale Day at Brookline mass reunion. Prince Kuni and wife hosted at Nippon Club NYC. Lord Northcliffe comments from Winnipeg on Germany threats to England in 1912. John L Stevene becomes Oregon Trunk Line Railroad president. Colonel Thomas Emmett Adda wed in New Haven leaving 350000 to charity. Lieutenant Shackleton returns to lecture on Antarctic discovery. Father Ducey leaves estate to St Leo s Church NYC. Roosevelt entertainments in Nairobi Nalvashit. Cook receives Royal Geographical Society medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Yale Association
Brookline
Mass
Prince Kuni
Nippon Club
New York City
Lord Northcliffe
Winnipeg
Germany
England
John L. Stevene
Panama Canal
Oregon Trunk Line Railroad
Thomas Emmett Adda
New Haven
Conn
Shackleton
Royal Geomophical Society
Father Ducey
St. Leo's Church
Roosevelt
Nairobi
Nalvashit
Frederick A. Cook
Royal Dantah Geographical Society
Greatest Pageant in History of New York Parade End
New York City hosted a six mile flag draped parade for the Hudson Fulton celebration attracting immense crowds. Floats with up to twenty five people and thousands of helpers showcased the city’s growth while foreign officials and dignitaries attended from the stand at Fortieth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hudson-Fulton
Fifth Avenue
Fortieth Street
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
Sherman
Hughes
William R. Willcox
Seth Low
Admiral von Koester
Stewart L. Woodford
Admiral Seymour
Julia Ward Howe
Wu Ting-fang
M.lefobre-Pontalis
A. Austen Bey
Turkey
Justice Brewer
O. O. Howard
Father Knickerbocker
New York
Six Killed as Stock Train Crashes Into Passenger Train
A Panhandle passenger train bound for Cincinnati collided with the end of a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul stock train at Twelfth and Rockwell streets. Six stockmen were killed and about a dozen injured, all sleeping in the caboose. The passenger train remained uninjured though four stock cars telescoped and a fire broke out. John A. Dixon of New York City was among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Panhandle
Cincinnati
Caboose
Milwaukee and
Sr._Paul
Twelfth
Rockwell
John A. Dixon
New York City
Taft Grants Leniency To West Point Cadet
Cadet Joseph F. Carberry of the Military Academy at West Point, charged with possessing liquor, was sentenced by a court martial to dismissal but will be allowed to remain in the service by President Taft. Carberry, a first class member, was appointed from Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Joseph F. Carberry
Military Academy
West Point
Taft
Carberry
Fifth Congress
Wisconsin
Killings and acquittal in Paris trial shock readers
Alphonse Baudle, a French workman, testified he killed his wife at her own request due to her consumption. The medical examiner called him a depraved killer, yet the court acquitted him. In New Jersey a trolley accident killed Mrs Molly Leibich in front of her husband and son. President Taft preached in Salt Lake City at the Mormon Tabernacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Ohio
William Davis
Eli
St. Petersburg
Washington
D. C
Della M. Gilbert
Wassailing Christian Science
Gurkhas Science Church
Brookyn
Lelpaic
Taft
Winona
Minn
Lake Minnetonka
United States
Japan
London
National City Bank
New York City
Paris
France
Alphonse Baudle
Baudin
Molly Leibich
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Girl Hypnotized Bookkeeper Confesses Theft In Pittsburg
Stella Hi Jones a bookkeeper for the Ohio and Pennsylvania MUNK Company confessed to stealing 3600 dollars from the firm. Ester allegedly hypnotized her and she gave funds to Jim. A crowd formed as she was marched from the city jail and police dispersed it. Hermes, company president, vowed to prosecute Asler, offering a thousand dollars to pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Gilbert W. Ester
Stella Hi. Jones
Oho and
Pennsylvania Munk Company
Jim
Asler
Peter Hermes
Reasonale
Masked bandit gunfight in Philadelphia saloon
In a York Road saloon a masked robber shot and killed two men and wounded two others. James F. Quinn and Henry F. Saylor died, Reuben Conn was jailed on suspicion, and John J. Cassidy was wounded. Police suspect the same offender who held up a Pennsylvania Railroad train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Old York Road
Reuben Conn
James F. Quinn
Henry F. Saylor
John J. Cassidy
Samaritan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewistown Narrows
Quinn
Cassidy
Saylor
Bandit
Funeral Honors For Republique Victims In Versailles
The buried officers Captain Marchal Lieutenants Picayre Vincenot and Reux received military honors in Versailles after the wreck of the dirigible Republique near Moulins. President Fallieres envoy Premier Briand and the cabinet attended with military attaches. Major Mott represented the American ambassador. General Brun gave an address. Paul and Pierre Lebaudy offered a new Republique to the French army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Versailles
Marchal
Picayre
Vincenot
Reux
Moulins
Fallleres
Briand
Major Mott
Ambassador White
Washington, D. C
General Brun
Paul
Pierre Lebaudy
Rebellion Fears Over Chinese Loan Sparks Pekin Protests
Reports from the Viceroy of Wuchang in Hupeh detail Hupeh gentry threatening rebellion if the Hankow Sze-chuen Railroad loan of 30000 to foreign bankers is approved without revision. Hupeh delegates are being elected to travel to Pekin and protests intensify as cartoons depict China’s humiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
China
Wuchang
Hu-peh
Militiaman Dismissed For Subway Bell Tomfoolery
Governor Hughes approved a court martial sentence dishonorably dismissing Private William Bruhns of Company E Corps of Engineers from the National Guard. Bruhns was found guilty of pulling the subway bell rope at Van Cortlandt Park station in New York City while entrained with his company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Henry
Hughes
National Guard
William Bruhns
Company E
Corps of Engineers
Bruhns
van Cortlandt Park
New York City
Clergyman’s Wife Shoots Self in Wales
Mrs. Margaret Price Evans, wife of a New York City clergyman, killed herself at Pennwyllt Wales by firing twice with a revolver. She was visiting her birthplace after a twenty year absence and had been depressed recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Evans
Pennwyllt
Wales
Cardiff
Margaret Price Evans
New York City
Des Moines Conductor Kizer Dead In Interurban Collision
William Kizer of Des Moines was killed when an Interurban car from Boone struck a Des Moines street car near the Highland Park Bridge. Several others were injured, with the motorman losing both legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kizer
Des Moines
Boone
Flighland Park Bridge
Kizer
Not Guilty in Farnum Dispensary Bribery Case
The jury found J. S. Farnum not guilty in Columbia South Carolina on bribery charges connected to a dispensary graft. The verdict ends the bribery trial with a complete acquittal for Farnum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Farnum
Columbia, S.C
Grace Von Studdiford Seeks Divorce From Husband
Actress Grace Von Studdiford sues for divorce. The report lists relationships and various unrelated social notes including political happenings in Colorado and appointments in local churches.
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Grace von Studdiford
Colorado
Cayt
Kate Cary
Lenox
Mass
Ressis J. Starr
W. L. Albee
Buffalo
Miss Meredith
George Meredith
England
Robbers Burn Farm House After Looting Near Egg Harbor
Two men robbed the John Holzman farm two miles from Egg Harbor taking 150 dollars in cash and valuables then set the house on fire and escaped. Holzman’s stepson Frederick Lehr found the trunk rifled and his gold watch later recovered. total loss about 1600 dollars with partial insurance. On the same line, a Weat Jersey and Seashore Rail road trolley disaster near Pitman station left two female farm workers roasted on the third rail while attempting to fetch watermelons from a nearby field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holzman
Egg Harbor
Holzman
Frederick Lehr
Pitman
Weat Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Philadelphia
John Schock
Frank
Andrew
Starvation Death of Allan E. Wodge at Beverly
Allan E. Wodge twenty one son of James W. Wodge died in Beverly after a brief illness and paralysis. Physicians attributed the death to exhaustion after strenuous activity and a stomach ailment. He was a Bev erly Field Club member and versatile athlete. In a separate incident John Windt a light engineer at Dinsmond Mills Bloomfield plant reported a masked gunman firing a revolver at him from a window. Windt shouted and the attacker fled as workers responded to the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan E. Wodge
James W. Wodge
Beverly
Beverly Field Club
John Windt
Bloomfield
Dinsmond Mills Paper Company
Windt
Tiny Legs Tell of Tragedy in Eliz beth
Two year old Henry Gleeman, infant son of Mia Gleeman, drowned in two feet of water inside a barrel at home on Fifth Street after climbing a fence to retrieve a toy hammer. A neighbor reported the incident. ambulances arrived too late, Henry is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Henry
Mia
Henry Gleeman
No. 162
Fifth Street
Firebug Pleads Guilty in Salem Arson Case
Linwood Stoms pleaded guilty in Salem County Court to an indictment for arson. He confessed to setting fire to three barns within Salem city limits a few weeks ago. The blazes were quickly discovered, and he said he wanted some fun. He was remanded for sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Stoms
Salem
Stoms
Rural woes and local notices mix in Woodbury area
A farmer near Woodbury laments crops that won t pay carting costs. Prices for tomatoes peppers and eggplants are very low. Miss Dolla Hunt of Stony Brook wed Rev W J Howe, while Annt becomes Mrs Johnny Thing of Stockton N J. Site for sanitarium Chestnut Ridge Farm Givsoi n sold. Ocean City tax rate set at 2 90. Glassboro residents pursue mushroom culture. Public fountain proposal for Wurmsville. Fleming ton King s Daughters raise 100 for charity. Two flat in Ocean City priced at 3000 awarded by Rev Frank B Lane Vineland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
Dolla . Hant
L. A. Hunt
Stony Brook
W. J. Howe
Terre Alta
Annt
Johnny Thing
Stockton, N. J
Ocean City
Glassboro
Wurmsville
King’s Daughers
Flemington
Frank B. Lane
Vineland
French Army Manoeuvres Highlight Dirigible Republique
The 60 000 men exercise drew notice for the Republique airship attached to the defense army. It exposed enemy plans and helped avoid a trap. A new automobile service carried supplies. In Port au Prince the German minister Von Zimmerer asked to establish a German bank in Hayti. the government will consider. New York bankers hold a third interest in the French bank there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of Defense
Port-au-Prince
Uhnayt
M. von Zimmerer
Hayti
New York City
Boy Drowns After Fall Into East River
Ten year old Robert Jonas escaped an enraged bull terrier and fell into the East River near Fifth Street Williamsburg New York where he drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jonas
Fifth Street
Williamsburg
N. Y
The Nation Seeks Big Game in Maine Woods
The piece notes growing American interest in big game hunting, led by high profile figures like Theodore Roosevelt. It highlights urbanites drawn to Maine for moose and deer hunts, dense guide networks, family participation, extensive rail access, and vast forested regions with thousands of lakes, plus rising hunting tourism and camera opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colom
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Maine Woods
Roosevelt
Agation
Maine
Geo
Republic
Dr. Cook
Pole
New Brunswick
Commander Peary
Kineo
Rangeley
Bangor
Ontakio
Svoren
America
Stalone
Washington County
Maine Central Railroad
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Metropolis
West Pointer
Joseph FE. Carberry
Whitney
Cook
Harry Whitney
New Haven, Conn
St. John’s
N. J
Peary
Ifa
Womien
Holilup
Pennssylvania Road
Rang Bett
Clergyman
Mary Walfe
State Hospital
Norristown
Nelson Morrie
Packer
Fontainbleau
Gertrude L. Sawyer
Free Baptist
New Portland
East New Portland
Reta
New Jersey State
Robbers Fire Farm House
Newton
Charles Welsh
Thompson Street
Charlotte
Mish Tun
Mrs. Mant
Chestnut Ridge Farm
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