Boston-Harvard aero meet winner takes Globe prize
Claude Graham White, a British aviator, won the Boston Globe prize of 19000 for a harbor to Boston and return flight. The report lists several notable deaths and political shifts including former Gov Odell retirement and Solicitor General Bowers death.
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Claude Graham White
Boston Globe
Boston
Congressman Fowler
Fifth District
New Jersey
United States Senate
Sennator Kean
Grace Vxs Grudiford
New York City
H. Rowland Clapp
Baltimore
Baltimore Compost Type Company
Albert W. Ntarris
Chicago
Omaha
Los Angeles
Cal
Ezra J. Warner
Sprague, Warner & Co
Lake Forest
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
New York
Lloyd W. Bowers
Hoston
Champ Clark
Moberly
House of Representatives
Missouri
Pennsylvania Avenue
Florence Pardee
George C. Pardee
California
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Isaac T. Ellwood
Witneis
Illinois
de Kalb
Resignation Touches Hamilton Club Over Roosevelt Banquet
United States Senator William Lorimer resigns from the Hamilton club of Chicago after the club president John R. Batten withdraws an invitation to the Roosevelt banquet. Also noted are arrests, killings, lynching, and a fatal train wreck across several states along with Canada's wheat crop estimate for the year.
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Hamilton Club
Chicago
United States
William Lorimer
John R. Batten
Chambers Q. Templeton
Tyrone
Altoona
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Knoxville
Tenn
Cincinnati
Williamsburg
Shelburn
Ind
Ray Orr
Sullivan
Will Sharp
Bob Bruce
Tiptonville
Sallie
Callie Downing
Canada
Sinking of Pere Marquette 18 Claims 29 Lives in Lake Michigan
Aboard the Pere Marquette No. 18 29 lives were lost when the car ferry sank off Sheboygan. The ship valued at 400000 dollars carried 82 loaded cars valued at about 150000 dollars. Thirty three men were saved. Police investigate the New Jersey murder of F. P. Gardner.
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Lake Michigan
Pere Marquette
Sheboygan
Uhlan
Charter Oak Park
Hartford
Conn
C. K. G. Billings
F. P. Gardner
Shore Electric Company
New Jersey
Red Bank
N. J
Cracker’s Town Brigade
Washington
Maine
Plaisted
Fernald
Hinds and Guernsey
McGillicuddy
Gould
North Wood
Lynden
Whatcom County
Wash
Miles Poindexter
Thomas Burke
United States
Ballinger-Pinchot
Congress
Congressional Investigating Commission
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Landisall
Landis
Thomas Shields
Stanley Chubb
Montreal
Mount Royal
Czar
Russia
Passaic
Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Legate Vannutelli
Que
New World
George W. Donaghy
Arkansas
Frederick W. Plaisted
Augusta
Hudson
New York
John E. Scanlan
Philadelphia
Winlt, Mason
Kansas
Man Found in Well Near Plano Sparks Murder Theory
The body of a man about forty, weight 160 pounds, was found in a well on Jacob Shoemaker's farm near Plano. Coroner Bradley noted two skull wounds and a covered, unused well. He wore corduroy trousers and a striped shirt with no shoes, and death appeared to have occurred about six weeks ago. A theory links him to a junk dealer seen nearby six weeks earlier.
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Martinsville
Jacob Shoemaker
Plano
Bradley
Accidents Pursue This Family in Columbus
In Columbus the Kirts family faces a string of injuries at local workplaces. Ches ter Kirts, 21, lost a finger after a machine entanglement at Shinnerer sopper shop. Clifford Kirts was injured days earlier. Charles Kitts, older brother, was struck in the eye by steel, with multiple lancing and cheek injuries requiring medical intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kirts
Chester Kirts
Shinnerer Sopper Shop
Clifford Kirts
Charles Kitts
Reeves Pulley Company
Ilis
Collision to avoid collision injures Campbell and Snyder
George W. Campbell and Russell Snyder were in Campbell's automobile when they ran into a telephone pole to avoid a collision on the way to the fair in Shelbyville. Both were thrown to the ground and knocked unconscious. They were taken to a physician, Campbell suffered a paralyzed right arm and severe bruising, Snyder sustained serious bruises but both recovered with treatment.
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Shelbyville
George W. Campbell
Ruszell Snyder
Campbell
Snyder
Tragic Electric Shock Fatality Reported In New York Office
Three year old Terre Maute-Elle sen, daughter of Bernard Hoke, wire chief for the Central Union Telephone, was instantly killed after touching an uninsulated part of a power board connected to a dynamo at her father’s office. The child wandered behind the board while her mother and father were present. The parents were found in a state of nervous prostration.
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Terre Maute
Elle Sen
Bernard Hoke
Central Union Telephone Company
Tree Crash Kills Two Mules Near Martinsville
Theodore Brown of Monroe County, south of Martinsville, was mowing grass when his mower snagged near a rotten tree. The tree fell with force, breaking the backs of two mules and injuring no one else. Brown escaped unharmed.
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Martinsville
Theodore Brown
Monroe County
Mr. Brown
Grandparents Marry at Local Church
Noblesville David Neill aged eighty two wed Julia A Dunham aged seventy seven in a ceremony led by Rev H Brightmire of the M I church. Neill had two prior marriages while Dunham was married five times. Both couples have grandchildren who are married.
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Noblesville
David Neill
Julia A. Dunham
H. &. Brightmire
M. i. Church
Dunham
Indiana Postmasters Chosen
Washington PD reports postmasters for Indiana points appointed days ago. In Wayne county Boston Joseph G B Meek replaces J S Powell deceased. In Allen county Hoagland William H Reapp replaces W H Waltemath removed. In Kosciusko county Packerton Barry D Mort replaces O E F Kline resigned.
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Indiana
Washington
PD C
Boston
Wayne County
Joseph GB. Meek
J. S. Powell
Hoagland
Allen County
Wiliam H. Reapp
W. H. Waltemath
Packerton
Kos
Clasko Counny
Barry D. Mort
O. ‘Ef
Kline
Woman Dies After Attending County Fair
Mrs. William Leviston aged sixty nine of Brownsville collapsed from heart trouble in the street at Liberty after attending the county fair in Connerville last week. She leaves a son in St. Louis and a daughter, Mrs. Sanders, in Indianapolis.
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Brownsville
William Leviston
Here
Liberty
Connersville
St. Louis
Sanders
Indianapolis
Married Against Her Will in Terre Haute Court Suit
Mrs. Gertrude Shidler sues for divorce alleging an unwanted September 8 marriage performed by Rev. William Halberstadt while she fainted. She says she has not lived with Clyde Shidler since, after prior divorce filings from a two year marriage. Both from Clay City, with families in Clay County.
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Terre Haute
Gertrude Shidler
D'Vorce
Shidler
William Halberstadt
United Brethren Church
Indianapolis
Clyde Shidler
Clay City
Clay County
Tetanus Kills a Boy in Logansport
Allen Wall twelve died on his family lawn from convulsions caused by tetanus after stepping on a rusty nail. His father found him lifeless within two minutes. A week earlier the boy ignored the wound and later developed fever and seizures after returning from the country. The wound proved festering.
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Logansport
Allen
Frank Wall
King's Daughters and Sons
Fatal Fall From a Hay Mow in Frankfort
Samuel Williams aged fifty new arrival from North Salem was killed at the T. N. Butler feed barn in Frankfort after falling from the haymow and striking his head on a manger, breaking his neck. Williams slept in the haymow nightly. his absence aroused no suspicion and the body was found two hours after death.
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Frankfort
Samuel Willams
North Salem
T. N. Butler
Williams
Federal Building Funds Arrive for Construction
A government check for 10 000 dollars, received by RKIL O'Hair, designates a distributing agent for the federal building project. This is the first of 50 000 dollars appropriated. Excavation is complete and the foundation will start next week.
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Greencastle
RK IL. O'Hair
Letter Demands Money From Hagerstown Merchant
P H Davis a Hagerstown tobacco retailer with a cigar factory above his shop received a Black Hand letter demanding 100 dollars with threats to blow up his business block and home and to take his life if refused. He will likely involve government authorities.
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Hagerstown
P. H. Davis
Davis
Country Home Burned In Carmel. Doctor Kimberlin's Loss
Fire destroyed the country home of Dr. Frank K. Kimberlin dentist of Indianapolis. The family had stored household goods upstairs and occupied a flat in Indianapolis. Neighbors moved part of the furniture to safety. Loss placed in the several thousand dollar range nearly all insured.
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Carmel
Frank K. Kimberlin
Indianapolis
Indiana News in Brief
Fort Wayne tax levy set at 47.15 cents per 100 dollars, down 1.44 from last year. New Albany reports Judge Nicholas R. Peckinpaugh, once a local resident, seriously ill at his Louisville home. Peckinpaugh served under President Harrison as U S clerk in Alaska and acted as territorial governor for several years.
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Fort Wayne
Allen County
New Albany
Nicholas R. Peckinpaugh
Louisville
Harrison
United States
Alaska
Explosion in Vandalia Mine Saved Hundreds From Death
A gas explosion in Vandalia No 10 mine near Linton Indiana killed Andrew Waxter and critically injured David Reese with others burned. Nine miles from Linton the shaft remained safe as workers had been moved. Relief teams and doctors rushed to the scene as reports of many deaths spread. The mine did not catch fire and ventilation aided recovery efforts.
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Linton
Ind
Vandalia
Andrew Waxter
David Reese
W. C. Beatty
Charles Young
Ora Parks
Frank Stewart
David Huston
James Huston
William Cleland
George Ross
The
Coal Company
California Fire Rages Twelve Days Aboard Ship Arrival
Havre France The French steamer California arrived from New York with a blaze that burned for twelve days in the hold. Crew and ashore firemen fought the fire as sixteen passengers disembarked unharmed. The ship owned by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique sailed August 27 from New York with merchandise and only second class passengers aboard. The fire began September 1.
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Havre
France
California
New York
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Wreck of Special Train Kills Three Near Delorme
Norfolk and Western officials L. E. Joinson and N. D. Maher escaped injury when their special crashed into Delorme station, 91 miles west. Fayette L. Woolwine, E. D. Burton, and John Roland were killed. station agent H. QO Hughes died after being injured by flying timbers.
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Iluefield
W. Va
L. E. Joinson
N. D. Maher
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Delorme
Here
H. QO. Hughes
Burglars Take Jewelry From Two Mattapoisett Homes
Ten thousand dollars in jewelry was stolen from two summer houses on Lighthouse road in Mattapoisett Massachusetts. Mrs A L DeKoven of Chicago and Mrs Arthur W Blake of Boston reported losses of over six thousand and about three thousand respectively, with investigators blaming professional burglars working along Buzzards Bay.
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Mattapoisette
Mass
Lighthouse Road
A. L. Dekoven
Chicago
Arthur W. Blake
Boston
Buzzard’s Bay
DeKoven
Blake
Bullion Vanishes En Route to Seattle Mall
A registered pouch containing several thousand dollars in gold bullion shipped from Fairbanks to Seattle is missing and presumed stolen after traveling via the government trail to Valdez. Secret Service agents have been investigating for several days.
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Seattle
Wash
Fairbanks
Valdez
Secret Service
Canada Wheat Yield Lower This Year
Ottawa reports Canada’s total wheat crop for the year at 122,785,000 bushels, according to the government statistician’s office. This is 48,959,000 bushels less than the 1909 yield, reflecting a lighter harvest across the country.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Government Statistician’s Office
Robbery at Trenton Bank Yields Copper Cent Loot
Robbers forced entry into the Rob Kentucky Bank in Trenton Kentucky and escaped with 100 dollars in copper cents. Other cash in the safe was untouched. The heist targeted copper coinage and left minimal disruption to remaining funds. Authorities investigation ongoing with no suspects named.
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Kentucky Bank
Trenton
Bank of
Two Killed as Belgium Building Collapses in Charleroi
A construction site in Charleroi Belgium saw an ex position building collapse injuring several workers. The disaster left two workmen dead and others hurt as rescue crews worked at the scene.
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Charleroi
Belgium
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Clay
Mitchell
Edward P. Moore
Indiana News
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