Armed Man Seeks President at White House in Washington
A man over six feet with black hair visited five White House offices in Washington asking to see the President. Identified as Jones Stricklin from Cumberland Maryland, he previously appeared at the executive mansion last June with two pistols. He is held for observation on claims of persecution and alleged threats to the President.
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White House
Wastheton
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Mie
Tie
Miamsi
Min
Jones Stricklin
Cumberland
Stricklin
Arkensies
Circus Train Wreck Near Ebenstin Pan Kills and Injures Animals
A fifteen car circus train derailed one mile from Ebenstin Pan on the Cumbria and Cresson branch of the Pennestrania railroad. Multiple animals including two tinns an elephant a leopard a jaguar and a grandhedre were reported killed or injured. Wreckage toppled into a bridge gully as wagons left the embankment. several circus triplares were painted and ERs hospitalized at Alioena.
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Cumbria & Cresson Braneh
Pennestrania
Tre Aves
Lospitals
Alioena
Rabid Cows Euthanized In Richmond Area
Three milking cows owned by Richmond dairy farmers were killed by order of the City Health Board due to rabies. This brings subtotal to eleven cows killed in weeks. The township has paid over $600 in damages to dairy men. Dr. T Henry Davis, city health officer, notes multiple rabies cases reported statewide this spring.
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Richmond
Ind
T. Henry Davis
State Board of Health
Gas Merger Creates Two Million Dollar Indiana Syndicate
Northern Indiana gas and electric plants in ten cities pass to Chas Geist of Philadelphia after Geist merges South Bend and Mishawaka Gas Company and Plymouth Lighting with Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company. The $2,000,000 merger places headquarters in South Bend Indiana.
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Indiana
Chas
Geist
Philadelphia
South Bend
Mishawaka
Fud
Birmingham Man Ends Life With Pistol At Boarding House
The body of J. W. Boathouse was found on the front steps of a Birmingham boarding house with a pistol in his right hand and a note asking that his wife be notified at 947 East 130th Street Cleveland Ohio.
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J. W. Boathouse
Birmingham
Ala
East 130Th Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Seven Days of Turbulent News Across North America
A chaotic week featured Oklahoma City winning the capital bid, rate disputes unresolved between commerce commissions and railroads, and deaths from illness and disasters. Other items include a fatal Lake Como murder story, a Niagara Falls distressing climb, aviation records near success and failure, political clashes over tariffs, and battles in courts and Congress across the United States.
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Oklahoma City
Commerce Commission
Railroads
Frank Amberg
Chicago
Porter Chariton
Lake Como
Oklahoma City Wins Bid to House State Capital
Oklahoma City supporters claim a 2000 vote lead over Guthrie and Shawnee after a special election on the capital site. Guthrie contests the result, Judge Huston enjoins removal of offices, and an overnight rush to seize the state seal begins with W. B. Anthony driving to Guthrie to secure it.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Shawnee
A. H. Huston
District Court
W. B. Anthony
Anthony
Guthria
Secretary of State
Fire kills thirty five at Montreal Herald building
A blast of flames and a falling water tank trapped bindery workers and linotype staff in the Herald building Montreal as a three alarm fire raged. Thirty five presumed dead with editors escaping unharmed as crowds watched from outside. The blaze spread through upper floors aided by a strong wind despite full fire apparatus.
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Montreal
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Funeral Train Crash Kills Four In New York
A funeral party traveling in a coach near Haverstraw New York was struck by a West Shore freight engine traveling at speed. Four occupants died including the mourners and driver, while the coach was trapped by crossing gates as the procession looked on.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
West Shore
Weehawken
Graveyard Lu
Watermain
Kite
Lone Bandit Robs Pullman on El Paso & Southwestern Train
A highwayman held up the eastbound No. 2 near Robsart Texas just before midnight. He forced passengers into Superintendent G F Hawks private car and compelled them to surrender valuables and money before fleeing toward the mountains.
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el Paso & Southwestern
Robsart
Tex
Carrizozo
G. F. Hawk
Fruit crop prospects overall favorable with regional variation
A Department of Agriculture report notes strong fruit prospects for New England and the Pacific coast, while the central states face frost damage and Ohio and Missouri show about one third crops. Apple yields lag last year, with a June 1 condition around eight points below 53.0, while peaches look brighter in Georgia and Delaware with June 1 condition about 62.0 versus 54.1 last year.
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New England
Pacific Coast
Central States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Ohio
Missouri
Georgia
Delaware
Brookins Fails But Sets Altitude Mark At Indianapolis
Dayton pilot Walter Brookins in a Wright biplane climbs to 1790 feet in seven minutes then reaches 2088 feet in twelve minutes and forty five seconds before a cross current forces a descent to 200 feet. Earlier he wins a wind wagon auto race at the motors track by twenty five yards in 4 minutes 58 seconds.
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Indianapolis
Walter Brookins
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
Indianapolis Speedway
Arlier
Use of liquor decreasing in two years trade decline
The American Grocer reports a drop in liquor consumption over the last two years totaling 8110,585,000. 1909 liquor sales totaled 1,554,005,863 with whisky beer wines. 1907 retail liquor cost was 1,664,191,463. Population rose 2,749,966 while per capita spirits use fell to its 1900 low and beer since 1905. Tea coffee and cocoa consumption last year reached its highest since 1905.
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Bureau of Statistics
Hamilton Flies 86 Miles From New York to Philadelphia in 113 Minutes
Charles K. Hamilton, famed aviator, completes a record long city-to-city flight from Governor's Island to near Philadelphia in 113 minutes aboard a biplane. He maintains average speed about 46 mph as train and aircraft travel together along the line.
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Charles K. Hamilton
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Philadelphia
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Taft
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Max Pam
Congress
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St. Paul
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Tuscany
Cornwalls
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Trenton
Monmouth Junction
Curtiss
Paulhan
South Elizabeth
N. J
Princeton
Old College
Heike Convicted In Sugar Refining Case In New York
Charles Heike and Ernest Gerbracht were convicted on multiple counts in a government case against the American Sugar Refining Company. James Bendernagel was acquitted on seven of twelve counts and will face further trial. The trial began May 16 with six defendants facing conspiracy to defraud customs duties on sugar.
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Chicago
United States Supreme Beach
Roosevelt
J. Lawrence Laughlin
Drake University
Taft
Kreft
Browne
White
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Gillett
California
Jeffries Johnson
Pat McCarthy
Chileago
San Francisco
Mary Scott Castle
Lake Como
Italy
American Sugar Company
Continental National Bank
Commercial National
Charles 2. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
James I. Bendernagel
Jry
Meike
Federal
Gerbracht
Heike
Bendernagel
Harry W. Walker
Jean M. Voelker
James F. Halligan
Checkers
Corea
Texas Governor Calls Special Session Amid Prohibition Debate
Governor Campbell of Texas orders a special legislative session on January 19 to repeal the fire insurance rating board law and curb insurance company combinations. Anti prohibition readers charge the move aims to block O. B. Colquitt’s nomination by pushing restrictive laws to shut saloons.
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Campbell
Texas
Fire Insurance Rating Board
O. B. Colquitt
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