Blow Up Cleveland Car Injures Seven In Dynamite Attack
Euclid Heights police probe a dynamite attack on a municipal traction car in Euclid Heights Cleveland injuring seven including passengers a motor man and conductor. Explosive on the track lifted the car nearly to the curb while windows shattered and seats were thrown about. Dynamite sticks were found on the rails indicating intent to blow up cars headed in the opposite direction. The event echoes a street car strike that has not yet been declared officially finished.
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Noreants
Euclid Heights
Cleveland
Misscreante
Iwe
Caratrite
Priciqly
Heiress Marries $60 Clerk in Bold Fortune Match
Mary Montana Largey of Butte Montana, 18, heir to a fortune of about 1.5 million dollars, wed Raymond J McDonald a Broadway pub office clerk earning $60 a month. Asked why marry a poor man she said she loved him and had money for both. They left for San Francisco then a touring car trip to New York and Europe.
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Mary Montana Largey
Largey
Butte
Mont
Raymond J. McDonald
San. Francisco
New York
Misa Largey
Europe
Lost $100000 Registered Mail Pouch Reported Missing
A registered mail pouch traveling from Los Angeles to New York vanished in Kanasas City jurisdiction Saturday night. Officials acknowledge a possible haul of at least 50 000 dollars in currency plus many letters and valuables. The total value could reach 130 000 dollars.
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New York
Kananas City
Los Angeles
Family of Six Drowned in Missouri River incident
Reports say seven people drowned along the Missouri river with six victims at Runny Side ranch owned by B Power of Helena Montana. Foreman Mel Madden his wife and four children perished. A laborer died at Crain Montana while working on the Great Northern railroad. A shipbuilder named Wilson also drowned nearby.
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Missouri River
Runnyside
B. Power
Helena
Mont
Mel Madden
Big Wife
View Tims
Crain
Great Northern Railroad
Wilson
Leiter and Miss Williams Wed At Parents Home
Miss Julietie Williams daughter of Col and Mrs John R Williams of Washington DC became the bride of Joseph Leiter son of the late Levi Z Leiter of Chicago and Washington at the bridegroom’s home on Wednesday.
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Joseph Leiter
Julietie Williams
Col
John R. Williams
Washington, D. C
Levi Z. Leiter
Chicago
Washington
Must Hold Fair Elections Warned By Taft And Roosevelt
Secretary Taft and Provident Roosevelt warned the President of Panama that elections in the republic must be conducted fairly or Waele Sum will face consequences later.
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Taft
Provident Roosevelt
Panama
Gov Hughes Wins Fight in New York Tracks Battle
Gov Hughes seals victory after a long push against New York race tracks in a Senate session. Belmont dies at home in Nassau County after appendicitis surgery. A five story tumble ends in a boy’s instant death as he falls from an open window after bouncing on a sofa.
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Gov. Hughes
Gov. Tlughes
New York
Senate
Uurt Agnew
H. BP. Belmont
Oliver JH. P. Belmont
Wempstead
N. Y
Willie Wilsick
East 160Th Street
Ile
Wealthy Milwaukee poorhouse denial shocks former magnate Mayer
Charles J Mayer, once a Fond du Lac railway magnate and Wisconsin millionaire, aged 77, sought admission to Milwaukee's poorhouse after moving to Chicago. He was refused admission, told his Chicago relocation forfeited his rights. An agent for local charities promised to appeal to his son-in-law to help.
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Hven
Ochicagoan
Charles J. £. Mayer
Iiniber
Fond du Lac
Wii
Milwaukee
B& Aberdeen Street
Chicago
Gustavo Vrellaon
Aveociated
Illinois Leads Nation in College Gifts to Endow U of Chicago Donation
Illinois tops the nation in gifts to higher education, totaling 23,127,702 for the year. Illinois reports 3,100,200.08 in endowments and 1,898,519 for buildings and equipment, boosted by a 4,371,220.87 gift to the University of Chicago. The report notes Washington State’s Whitmore College as the smallest contributor with 10,592.06, while Harvard received 548,423.99 for endowment and 161,601.48 for buildings and equipment, Yale 773,374.31 and 112,286.69, and Princeton 148,400 for endowment and 550,101.70 for facilities.
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U. of O
United States
General Education Board
New York City
Illnois
University of Chicago
Washington State
Whitmore College
Harvard U University
Yale
Princeton
Frugal Youth Inherits Large Estate Amid Will Contest
Eight of Carlos Hale's grandchildren challenge Percival White's 9000 bequest from Meriden Connecticut. They claim undue influence and thrift misrepresented his intent while Hale feared waste. Testimony notes White banked a $5 Christmas gift for each grandchild and accepted a bicycle offer while others discarded decayed apples used as tests.
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Carlos Hale
Meriden
Conn
Percival White
White
Legacy rewards kind Duluth pioneer leaves 25000 to Miss Edith Bane
Giles Gilbert a Duluth pioneer left $25,000 to Miss Edith Bane of Chicago in recognition of her kindness to his wife during illness. His estate valued at 226,000. Bane a teacher of pigguo playing in Sher Wood school for years, known as a successful instructor of children. The legacy was unexpected and she has not decided how to use the funds.
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Duluth
Edith Bane
Giles Gilbert
Minn
Chicago
Nurse on trial for Dr. Auspitz shooting claims no regret
Young nurse Sarah Koten says she shot Dr. Martin W. Auspitz after luring him with a false call and insists she did not murder him. She cites lack of help from his refusal to aid her as motive and awaits court summons in New York. The case raises questions of the unwritten law as a jury awaits. Meanwhile a southern Nebraska tornado crosses into northern Kansas, killing at least 23, injuring many, with Bryon Nebraska and Courtland Kansas among affected towns.
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Sarah Koten
Martin W. Auspitz
Uwarlem
New York
Zoes
Nebraska
Kansas
Bryon
Neb
Courtland
Kan
Nursery Business Large Convention in Milwaukee
The American Association of Nursery Men opened its annual convention at the Plankinton House in Milwaukee with 400 delegates. Over 60 million dollars are invested in the U S nursery business, employing about 95 000 men and 3 000 women. President J W Th of Des Moines highlighted a strong year and urged uniform national inspection.
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Milwaukee
American Association of Nurserymen
Plankinton House
J. W. TH
Des Moines
Enid
United States
Weason
Miners Trapped by Fire at Gold King Mine
In Gladstone Colorado a mine blaze destroyed the Gold King mine building. Twenty three men are missing and believed dead. A rescue party of thirty four entered the mine to search for them. At the fourth level rescuers faced bad air and gas. fourteen reached the air but twenty were overcome.
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Gold King
Gladstone
Colo
Train engineer falls from moving coach near Henton’s
Engineer Falla from Onb. while his engine ran at forty miles an hour, Engineer BK Starling of passenger train No. 23 of the Darlington fell from his cab several miles south of Henton's, Towa. Fireman Jackson missed the engineer after the train passed without whistling. The train was stopped and the engineer found unconscious by the track.
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Falla
Onb
Bk, Starling
Darlington
Henton's
Towa
Henton’s
Jackson
Missouri Supreme Court Invalidates Grain Weighing and Dispatchers Laws
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled the state grain weighing law unconstitutional for enabling multiple suits. It also struck down the eight hour dispatcher statute for permitting twelve hour work where only one operator is present. The court further held liquor dealers may ship intoxicating liquors into local option counties when the sale occurs at the point of shipment.
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Supreme Court
Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court
Grace Snell Love Files Second Divorce Suit in LA
Grace Snell Love files divorce suit in Los Angeles against Hugh M. Love for the second time in two months. The document notes her various name forms and the long history of appearances before the divorce court.
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Grace Snell Love
Los Angeles
Hugh M. Love
Mya. Love
Wabash Must Pay 860000 in Toledo Case
In a United States Court in Toledo a judgment of 800000 was awarded to the Compton estate against the Wabash Railroad. The dispute concerns a segment of the Wabash between Toledo and the Ohio State line and the case will be carried to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Wabash
United States
Toledo
Compton
Wabash Railroad
Ohio State Ling
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Tries to Slay Family Then Dies in Williamsburg Home
Frederick Bogust shot his wife twice as she slept, fired at his two young sons, and then killed himself in Williamsburg New York. His 13 year old daughter Annie attempted to wrest the gun away. Police believe Bogust was insane.
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Frederick Bogust
Annie
Williamsburg
New York
Riot on Eastbound Market Car Injures Five in St Louis
Five people were injured in a riot on an eastbound Market street car in St Louis. The motorman and a assailant were taken to the city hospital with critical injuries. An innocent spectator was run over by the car and lost a leg.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
Wage Cut in Kerr Thread Mill Hikes 5 to 10 Percent
Notices posted at Kerr Thread Mill in Fall River Massachusetts announce a wage reduction of five to ten percent across all departments. The mill employs about six hundred fifty workers.
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Kerr
American ‘Thread Company
Fall River
Maas
Bandits Rob Pay Train Near Guerrero Mines
Bandits attacked a pay train en route to the Les Grandes mines near Baléas Guerrero Mexico. Four men were killed and one wounded in the estort theft of four thousand dollars. The mine is owned by a foreign American company.
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Les Grandes Mines
Baleas
Guerrero
Mexico
Fin American Company
Fire destroys Gallipolis Foundry and Machine Co plant
Fire of unknown origin wiped out the Gallipolis Foundry and Machine Company plant in Gallipolis Ohio causing about 50000 dollars in damage with 12000 dollars covered by insurance. The plant was among the oldest in the Ohio valley.
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Ohio
Gallipolis Foundry and Machine Company
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley
Car Collision Killa Ten Eight Die In Head On Crash
A fatal head on collision on the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Fleetric Railway near Annapolis Maryland killed ten or eight persons and injured many seriously two special cars involved in the crash two miles out of Annapolis Maryland.
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Washington, Tultimore
Annapolis
New York Plunger Bankrupt Plundering Bear Trader
A New York attachment for 23415 dollars has been granted against John Brandt Walker, known as the plunger. Weeks earlier reports claimed he cleared about 4 million dollars on bear side stock trading.
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New York
John Brandt Walker
Banker Sentenced for Horse Stealing in Indianapolis
Robert H. Green of Waynetown, vice president of Farmers and Merchants Bank, trustee of the local Methodist church and large property owner, was sentenced in Indianapolis to from one to fourteen years in the State penitentiary. He was disfranchised for one year and fined $100 after pleading guilty to horse stealing.
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Robert H. Green
Waynetown
Farmers and Merchante’ Bank
That Place
Indianapolis
State
Guilty Verdict in Denver Robbery Case Involving Blind Woman
The jury found Mrs. Leonora Pearce guilty of robbing Mrs. Harriet Crowe, an aged and blind woman, of 106000, by exploiting Crowe's belief in spiritualism as the method. The trial centered on the alleged deceit and financial theft in a Denver court.
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Leonora Pearce
Marriet Crowe
Denver
Rule adop tion sets No 2 Wheat deliverable at 8c diff
The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce voted 256 to 109 to make No 2 Northern wheat deliverable on all future contracts with an 8 percent cent per bushel differential. The rule takes effect June 15.
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Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerte His
Street Car Plunges Off Bank Near St Louis Suburb
A street car jumped the track and toppled ten feet into an embankment, killing one man tas ki led. Three people were fatally injured and about twenty were hurt to varying degrees. Motorman Wrancia McEndre was arrested.
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St. Louis
Wrancia McEndre
Fire hits Swift packing plant in Winnipeg damage
Fire destroyed a large portion of the wall building at the J. Y. Graffia packing plant owned by Swift & Co in Winnipeg Man. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Swift
Waln
J. Y. Graffia Packing Plant
Swift & Co
Winnipeg
Man
Inmate in Police Stand Off Ends Life in Washington
Dr Joseph Pospisiel pension office employee in Washington killed himself after firing at pedestrians and neighbors during a long police standoff. He believed an assassination attempt was underway and fired about fifty shots from a second story window before dying en route to a hospital. His wife remained with him. he had moved from Wisconsin about eighteen years ago.
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Pospisiel
Pension Bureau
Joseph Pospisiel
Pension Office
Washington
Pognisiel
Wisconslo
Ay Promen
John Fospisiel
Tejneman
Heroic Swim Saves Four After Boat Capsizing Near Georgetown
Selby M Harrington a 14 year old swam two miles through storm tossed Chinco Teague Bay near Georgetown Delaware to summon help after a gust capsized a small boat containing his sisters Florence 18 Ruth 16 and their cousin Clarice Harrington. He reached land and returned with fishermen to rescue the others.
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Georgetown
Del
Selby M. Harrington
Chincoteague Bay
Harrington
Florence
Ruth
Clarice Harrington
Selby
Sioux Work Utes Loaf in Bear Dances Tension
Sioux on Cheyenne reservation in South Dakota continue spring farming and government work while Utes at Thunder Butte obtain agent permission to hold bear dances. Sioux pay little heed to the Ute activities, highlighting contrasting tribal guidance toward self-support versus reliance on government aid.
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Utah
South Dakota
Thunder Butte
Fierce Fighting in Korea Amid Insurrection Campaigns
Japanese forces have intensified actions across Korea, with trepidation spreading through disaffected provinces. In the nine days ending June 4, sixty nine engagements occurred between Japanese and Korean troops and insurgents, signaling a broad suppression effort.
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Korea
Associated Press
14 year old claims he killed two cousins in Brooklyn
Anthony Santo aged 14 testifies in northern Norfolk District Court Dedham Mass that he murdered his cousins James and Frank Marino in Brooklyn last March by throwing large stones at their heads. He provides no motive and Flo remains jailed awaiting investigation.
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Anthony Santo
Norfolk
Dedham
Mass
James
Frank Marino
Brooklyn
Flo
Drowns in Lake Near Winnetka Widow Margarethe Raster
Mrs Margarethe Raster widow of Herman Raster editor of Minols Stata Zeitung was found drowned in Lake Michigan near the North Shore Wealth Resort at Winnetka. She could not care for herself after a temporary absence of her nurse Misa Clare Ott and fell into the water.
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Margarethe Raster
Herman Raster
Minols Stata Zeitung
Lake Michigan
North Shore
Winnetka
Misa Clare Ott
After Fifteen Years Is Jew Again
The Rev. Samuel Freuder of New York, an Episcopal clergyman, said in Boston at a Sabbatical Messianic Society meeting that he renounced his orders and again became a Jew in religion.
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Samuel Freuder
New York
Episcopal Church
Boston
Council of the Sabbatical Messianic Society
Gore Hopes for Eva Cure.
Senator Thomas P. Gore, blind from Oklahoma, is treated at Episcopal Hospital in Washington and believes his sight will be restored. Mrs. Gore stays with him, keeping him informed on all the news.
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Gore
Eva
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Episcopal Hospital
Washington
Mrs. Gore
Foil Plot to Slay Manuel in Lisbon Arrests Ringleaders
Lisbon police dispersed a major plot by the Society of the Black Cross to bomb members of the royal family during a religious feast on June 18. Ringleaders Jose Avila Adao Duarte and Constantino Mendes, noted anarchists, were among those arrested.
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Manuel
Lisbon
Society of the Black Cross
Jose Avila
Adao Duarte
Constantino Mendes
Anna Wins George Over in Royal Wedding Approvals
George J. Gould sanctions his sister Anna's marriage to Trince de Sagan and plans to attend the wedding as Europe sails. Rob Banker reports jewelry theft of $10,000 to the Los Angeles bank president W. F. Botsford. A mine fire at Porter mine near Durango Colorado causes thousands in damage with no injuries.
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Anna
George
George J. Gould
Europe
Trince de Sagan
Rob Banker
W. FB. Botsford
American National Bank of Los Angeles
Durango
Porter Mine
Colo
Women Shot and Man Killed in Chattanooga Hold-Up
A man was shot dead and two women wounded in a night holdup near the southern limits of Chattanooga Tennessee about 0:30 o clock. Names of the deceased and injured were not learned.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Naval ceremony and militia reforms in early 1900s
A shipboard rendition of the Star Spangled Banner shows naval decorum amid heat as crew rise after band leads. President Roosevelt signs militia reorganization to fund arming and equipment up to 2 million dollars and gifts his pen to General Crain. Additional notes cover a George Clinton funeral with military honors, presidential clemency for enlisted men, and legislative moves on rivers, harbors, and the Rainy River dam.
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Roosevelt
United States
J. A. Crain
National Guard Association
Wisnedy
Oliver
War Department
Congressional
Washington
George Clinton
Revolutionary Army
New York
Kingstone, N
McMinley
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted for backache cure
An old advertisement extols Lydia E B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments including backache, nervousness, and fatigue. It cites testimonials from Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Harford Pennsylvania, praising relief after use. A note highlights the product's thirty years as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation and related symptoms. A second memory section describes a Georgia Chautauqua where a steam merry-go-round drew crowds near the grounds.
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Will Young
Volumbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia B. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Har
Pinkham
Lydia EB
Lydia BK. Pinkham
Georgia
Philadelphia
Uc Ledger
Ezzy
A Bit Different Towne and Browne Quote
The Philadelphia Press quotes Towne on his wife who decides she cannot afford a thing she does not need, then Browne adds that she buys it first and fixes her mind afterward, illustrating opposing views on spending and impulse purchasing.
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Browne
Philadelphia Press
Two Topees A Teacher's Experience Postum Ad Letter
A Minnesotan teacher known as The Postum Preacher promotes Postum as a coffee alternative. She describes nervous prostration from coffee, then a conversion after trying Postum, praising steadier nerves and improved health for herself and her husband. The ad notes Postum Co. of Battle Creek and references The Road to Wellville.
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Minn
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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