Wright Brothers Home Welcome Sparks Dayton Parade
Wilbur and Orville Wright return to Dayton Ohio after a world tour dazzled by their feats. Ten thousand greet them at a West Side reception as they head to their shop to inspect ongoing machine work amid hometown cheers. Assault on White Plague Has Failed. Nathan Straus cites New York data showing tuberculosis rising 32 percent in two years and calls crime against milk from tuberculous cows or non pasteurized milk a step to end the disease.
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Wright Brothers
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Boys
West Side
Nathan Straus
New York
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Washington, D.C
Straus
New York Health Department
Koch
Mr. Straus
Poisoned walls sickens Elwood family and deadly mill blast
In Elwood Indiana George Gee and his family suffered severe poisoning from newly papered walls. In Kansas four Laflin-Rand powder mill workers were killed when the mixing room exploded, injuring twenty and triggering a fire costing about 75000 dollars.
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George Gee
Elwood
Ind
Laflin-Rand
Turk Station
Columbus
Kas
Former lieutenant governor H P Riddle killed in auto wreck near Salina
H P Riddle former Kansas lieutenant governor died after a car near Salina struck an embankment five miles north of the city. The vehicle driven by Thomas Thomas sent the rear-seat occupants into a ditch. Riddle died an hour after the crash. Rockefeller to fund a new church in New York.
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H. P. Riddle
Kansas
Salina
Kas
Thomas Thomas
Riddie
Sunday Boat Disaster and Global Turmoil Headlines
Sunday reports a boating tragedy in the Susquehanna River with nine drowned. Other items note Prince Bukrhem Edem’s revolution plan, Congo trial dates, and Taft seeking Porto Rico reforms amid partisan battles. Augusta Evans Wilson dies, federal legislation forecast, and various political and criminal developments across nations.
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Susequehanna
Bukrhem Edem
Turkey
Sultan
Congo Free State
Belgium
Augusta Evans Wilson
Mobile
Ala
St. Elmo
Tiberius
Discipline by record on the Burlington railroad
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway officials announce a new discipline method using service records. Employees judged unsafe or unfit for passenger lives or property will be dismissed. promotions rely on records with elder tenure favored when equal. They argue suspensions do not improve conduct and harm family support.
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Chicago, Buringston and Quincy
Burlington
Churchman in Thief's Cell Confesses Embezzlement
Charles H. Moyer a Woodlawn Methodist preacher and church leader is jailed at Harrison Street station after confessing embezzling 1700 dollars from Clarkson Glue Company where he worked as bookkeeper. He admitted taking 400 initially and then more over two years.
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Charles H. Moyer
Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Cook County Bible Class Athletic Association
Mpnorth League
Harrison Street
Clarkson Glue Company
Moyer
Former policeman jailed twice for wife murder in St Louis
Michael J. McNamara, once a police officer, killed his wife in a hotel in August 1906. He was found guilty of fourth degree murder and sentenced to two years after a prior trial had ordered fifteen years.
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Michael J. McNamara
St. Louis
Farmers plan grain trust to control prices
Grain growers from many states met in Springfield Missouri at a mass meeting called by C S Barrett president of the National Farmers Union to unite grain interests The grain growers branch aims to build a system to sell wheat at high prices and store grain until values rise Congress will be urged to curb grain corners and to organize growers similar to southern cotton planters with a 3 000 000 member union Note The text reflects an early 20th century reform movement seeking price protection and anti corner legislation.
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Springfield
C. S. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union
Grain Growers’ Branch
Barrett
Atlanta
South
Congress
Wisconsin Assembly Rejects Direct U S Senate Election
The Connecticut General Assembly refuses to endorse election of U S Senators by popular vote. Ex Senator Fulton of Oregon declines Taft’s offer as minister to China. Gov Davidson names Crumpton and Johnson to Wisconsin grain and warehouse commission. Stephenson inquiry hears Wayland recount a clerkroom incident tied to the March 4 ballot and Stephenson’s election.
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Connecticut General Assembly
United States
Fulton
Oregon
Taft
China
Gov. Davidson
W. H. Crumpton
H. A. Johnson
Superior
Wisconsin Grain and Warehouse Commission
Stephenson
Wisconsin Legislative Committee
Chellis C. Wayland
BH. A. Edmonds
Senate Investigation Committee
Silas Towne
Lavalle
Isaac Stephenson
Elmo author Augusta Evans Wilson dies in Mobile
Augusta Evans Wilson renowned for St Elmo and Beulah died at her Mobile Alabama home from heart failure. Born 1835 in Columbus Georgia, she rose to prominence in romantic literature with novels including Inez Beulah St Elmo Vasht Infelice and Devota. Her life spanned frontier Texas Mobile and Charleston publishing adventures.
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Augusta Evans Wilson
Mobile
Ala
L. M. Wilson
Charleston, D. C
Havana
Cuba
New York City
St. Elmo
Twenty Drown In Ohio River Tragedy Near Pittsburg
Twenty men from the Pressed Steel Car Company at McKees Rocks drowned when a gasoline launch sank in the Ohio River near Schoenville four miles below Pittsburg. Of thirty aboard, only ten escaped after crowding into a boat built for twenty. The vessel sank quietly after taking on too much weight, pulling others under with a suction as passengers struggled to swim ashore in cold water.
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Ohio
Schoenville
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Two Killed in Panama Canal Zone Riot Clash
Panama police clashed near the dividing line with canal zone workers. An American electrician at Christobal and a second American died in the violence as police tried to arrest an escaped prisoner. West Indian crowds mobbed officers, and later zone police arrested them for disturbance. In night actions, Panama police returned to search for assailants, triggering more gunfire and business closures before invaders were driven off.
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Republic
Canal Zone
Panama
C. M. Abbott
Christobal
Christeba
Newburg Man Loses $110000 in Two Days at Fare
Marshall Bell of Newburg New York confessed to losing $110,000 over two days playing faro in New York City. He answered a suit in White Plains to recover $10,000 on a note he does not deny signing but says was given without consideration as payment of a gambling debt. Plaintiff Joseph Mager, listing Westchester County as his address, claims the note came to him via James Thompson on assignment.
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New York
Marshall Bell
Newburg
N. Y
New York City
White Plains
Asult
Joseph Mager
Westchester County
James Thompson
Taft urges changes to Foraker Act over Porto Rico
President Taft sent a special message to Congress urging amendments to the Foraker act to curb appropriation power after Porto Rico’s legislative assembly failed to pass funds. He warns of a gravity situation, cites Porto Ricans forgetting U S generosity, and advocates limiting irresponsible appropriation while awaiting wider reforms.
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Congress
Taft
Porto Rico
Legislative Assembly of
United States
Executive Council
Legislative Assembly
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rica
Two Chicago Men Vie For Gregory Land Claim
P. J. Laughlin of Chicago tried to file on land at Gregory 8S. D. one registered in Dallas the other at Gregory. Laughlin won because his slip was sworn where he claimed he registered and he gets the land. The other man disappeared. The Minnesota Senate passes a milk and cream bill requiring pasteurization or refrigerator car shipment. The state legislature rejects extending farm machinery manufacture at the state prison. Chicago bucket shops close after police orders. nine shops warned to shut or face prosecution. A new Minnesota butter scoring contest feature called the Improvement prize rewards the greatest percentage gain over last year’s record regardless of rank.
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P. J. Laughlin
Chicago
Gregory
Dallas
Minnesota Senate
Minnesota State Prison
Shippy
Board of Trade
Minnesota
Spectators Injured as Railing Collapses at Seattle Track Meet
Thirty spectators were seriously injured when a section of railing at the new state armor club track meet in Seattle collapsed. Many fell headfirst into the crowd below as panic spread among attendees.
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New State Armor
Seattle
Seattle A Club
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