Tragedy at Kresge Toy Store Panic In Detroit
In a crowded Detroit Kresge five and ten on Woodward avenue a scuffle over a bargain sparked a panic as shoppers cried fire. About 600 women and children surged for stairs, guard rails gave way, and a 7 year old girl Rose Bascondi was fatally trampled. Dozens more injured rushed to St Marys hospital and others treated at the scene. Police and store employees quelled the panic and ambulances moved the injured to hospitals.
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Detroit
Mich
Kresge
Woodward Avenue
Rose Bascondi
St. Mary’s Hospital
Woodland Avenue
State Street
Senate Finance Debates Tariff Bill Provisions on Tobacco and Tax Exemptions
The article details Senate discussion on a tariff bill amendment affecting tobacco taxes and package sizes, with a July 1 1910 effective date. It records opposition from Senator Daniel and debate over exemptions for religious charitable and fraternal groups, labor organizations, and Trinity Church linked to a real estate role.
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Burkett
Senate
Bacon
Nebraska
Trinity Church
New York
Clark
Wyoming
Trinity Corporation
Depew
Root
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Gore
Bridal couple tragedy at dam sighting ends in boat overturn
A rowboat with a man and a woman, apparently visitors to South Bend, overturned near Island Park dam as crowds watched. The man later identified as John Starzewski drowned after the craft capsized in view of hundreds. Police and witnesses recall warnings from the shore as the boat collided with the dam.
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Ain
South Bend
John Starzewski
Island Park
Death at South Bend Tied to Dam Incident
J H Lindeman, foreman at a Chicago printing plant, and his bride died after going over a dam near South Bend. The bride, Eleanor Zinter, was from Chicago. Relatives offered no reason for suicide theory as Lindeman had long pursued Miss Lister. The couple had planned to marry in Elkhart but chose St Joseph instead.
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Chicago
J. H. Lindeman
South Bend
Eleanor Zinter
Lindeman
Miss Lister
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Senate Tariff Bill Raises Cigarette Rates Across Classes
Senate adopts tariff changes on cigarettes with a $3.60 per thousand house rate for heavy wraps and a reduced $1.25 per thousand for lighter weights, marking an overall increase. The measure also classifies certain tobacco products and packaging as subject to the new duties.
Talk of the Conferees
Washington observers note nearing final action on the tariff bill and discuss likely conferees. Republicans may include Aldrich Hale Penrose Burrows Smoot, Democrats Daniel Money Bailey, while House picks may name Payne Dalzell Boutell McCall Calderhead or Needham with Clark Underwood Griggs filling out the Democratic side.
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Washington
Senate
House
Aldrich
Hale
Maine
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Burrows
Michigan
Smoot
Utah
Daniel
Virginia
Money
Mississippi
Bailey
Texas
Cannon
Payne
New York
Dalzell
Boutell
Illinois
McCall
Massachusettes
Calderhead
Kansas
Needham
California
Champ Clark
Missouri
Underwood
Alabama
Griggs
Georgia
Senate Meets on Independence Day For Twelfth Time
Washington July 6 Senate session marks the twelfth Independence Day gathering in U S history. Nebraskas W V Allen engaged in a mild filibuster over Hawaiian annexation as Senator Frye Maine interrupts for a news update Admiral Sampsons telegram reports American victory at Santiago prompting an unusual wartime Senate show of applause.
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Washington
Senate
W. V. Allen
Nebraska
Hawaiian Islands
Frye
Maine
Sampson
Santiago
Advertisement Secures Bride for 72 Year Old Farmer
Terre Haute Indiana July 6 an advertisement in a weekly paper led farmer Richard Bollerman of Carmi to choose bride Buna Davis widow of a Methodist minister from Hillsdale Indiana. They obtained a license and were married.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Richard Bollerman
Carmi
Buna Davis
Hillsdale
Peyton takes charge as Indiana reformatory leader
Dr David C Peyton of Jeffersonville assumed charge at the Indiana Reformatory with Capt Leon Leaf as first assistant. He pledged no immediate personnel changes and will move into the official residence after Whittaker departs in about two weeks. Peyton, 49, a noted surgeon and former president of the Indiana State Medical Association, has served in the Spanish American War and held major medical posts in Philadelphia and for several corporations. Whittaker and Mrs Whittaker remain ill as inspectors, trustees converge, and routine board business continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
David Co. Peyton
Indiana Reformatory
Leon Leaf
Peyton
Whittaker
Henry C. Sharp
Utica
Ohio Medical College
Cincinnati
University of Louisville
American Medical Association
Indiana State Medical Association
American Car & Foundry Co
Big Four Railway Company
B. & O. Southwestern Railway Co
McKinley
Second Army Corps
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
J. W. Fortune
W. H. Whittaker
Reformatory
Board of Trustees
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Barnard
Butler
Demarchus Brown
Father Gavish
State Board of Charities
Leaf
Board‘of Trustees
Notable Claim of Innocence Amid Monthly Contract Payments
A figure states they have nothing to say beyond denying involvement in receiving a stipulated monthly sum from contractors. They pledge innocence and trust the public to believe them based on their character. The remarks emphasize a desire to clear themselves of the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nard
Scott Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Saloon Fight
Testimony centered on a Toledo saloon dispute over drinks ending in violence. Scott claimed Welch attacked him with a blackjack and spittoons flew as Thornton joined. prosecutors questioned timing of the fight. Scott, born in Iowa, 38, claimed to have worked for himself since youth and cited prior marriages. Police testimony noted Scott’s clothing damage and missing hat after the brawl.
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Thornton
Scott
Kenneth Swift
Welch
Wyandotte County
Iowa
Findlay
Ohio
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Martin HE. Ankenbruck
Evansville Strike Nears End as Organizer Departures Loom
Evansville Ind July 6 Ben Commons national organizer for the union of street car employes was ordered to leave for Beaumont Texas to head a strike there It is believed his departure will end the five week old strike in Evansville The street car company announced it will reinstate its veteran workers
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Evansville
Ind
Ben Commons
Union of Street Car Employes
Beaumont
Texas
Commons
Street
Judge Massie Returns to Havana as Maine Claims Action Ends
New York reports Judge D M Massie of the Spanish treaty claims commission returns to Havana after finishing testimony. Of 542 claims totaling 61 million dollars the commission has granted 70 totaling about 1 million, rejected 442, and left thirty undecided.
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New York
D. M. Massie
McKinley
Maine
Havana
Two Drowned and Three Missing Near Maryville
Two farmers Charles Daniela and John Brewer drowned while crossing a swollen stream after a bridge washout near Maryville Missouri. Their team and wagon went under as three other men are missing and feared drowned in the same incident or a related flood event.
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Missouri
Maryville
Charles Daniela
John ‘Brewer
Adding big 200 to attractions at the park
Robison park plans a zoo named The Jungles with a menagerie secured in Richmond Va and en route to Fort Wayne. Proctor Bulger Franklin Amusement Co will install cages and lighting for evening visits. Animals include a giant black bear American lionesses sacred cow elk peccaries raccoons black monkeys Wildcats alligators wolves owls eagle deer and more. Park damps river water supply by centrifugal pump for chutes basin.
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Robison Park
W. S. Proctor
Proctor- Bulger-Franklin Amusement Company
Fort Wayne
Richmond
Mr. Proctor
Chutes
Slot machines ordered destroyed in City Court
James R. Sturgeon, a Grand Street saloonkeeper, was arraigned for operating slot machines. He pleaded not guilty but offered no defense and consented to have the two machines destroyed by the sheriff, with the seized money to go to the former owner. Additional cases involved drunkenness and a Warsaw man upset by firecrackers, all released with suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Sturgeon
Grand Street
Harry Hilgemann
Warsaw
Government scores a whisky adulteration victory in Cincinnati
Judge Thomp son overruled a motion for a new trial in a case where the federal government secured a verdict that thirteen barrels of whisky seized from Corbin & Co contained substituted spirits. The ruling marks a landmark in whisky legislation with chemists worldwide watching the use of a chemical test to prove adulteration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Thompson
United States District Court
Corbin & Co
Liquor Association
Washington, D. C
United States
McPherson
Sanducci Put to Death in Auburn Electric Chair
Giuseppe Sanducci was executed in Auburn New York for the Belfast murder of Italian detective Dardo Joseph on December 21 1907. Two electric shocks were used with rapid execution and a crowd of about fifty witnesses present at the Belfast railroad station. Sanducci’s crime followed the arrest of his employer on liquor tax charges. John Mishler of South Bend was mentioned in the report.
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Auburn
N. Y
Guisseppe Sanducci
Joseph Dardano
Belfast
Allegheny
Sanducot
Trust company moves to newly built Calhoun Street home
The People's Trust company opens its six story Calhoun street building between Wayne and Washington with 50 offices, Italian marble halls, mahogany doors, and a large safety deposit vault. The firm spends over 50000 dollars on the new structure with architecture by Charles R. Weatherhage and construction by Fred J. Rump. Public tours of the new offices are planned within a week.
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People’s Trust Company
Calhoun Street
Wayne
Washington
Trust Company
Indiana
Patrick McDonald
Charles R. Weatherhage
Fred J. Rump
Battery B Revolver Shoot Produces Notable Winners
The west city range event drew many outsiders with 15 prizes awarded across two courses. Top honors went to Britzenhofe Scheffer Clark Simmers Schnorr Ayers Hornberg Roesner Whittaker on the 400 point course and to Britzenhofe Scheffer Ayers Simmers Schnorr Hornberger on the 600 point course. The six officers and men may represent the battery at the state shoot at Fort Harrison later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britzenhofe
Scheffer
Clark
Simmers
Schnorr
E. Ayers
Hornberg
Roesner
A. R. Whittaker
Hornberger
Fort Harrison
Hived Swarm of Bees At West Superior Corner
A swarm of about thirty thousand bees gathered on a tree branch at the corner of West Superior and Wells streets around 1 20 PM drawing hundreds. Fred M Smith’s yard, Bloomingdale area, was the source, with Henry G Felger and Dr James A Lomas coordinating the removal. The bees were placed in a wooded box after the branch was cut and the bees shaken into the container.
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West Superior
Wells Street
Fred M Smith
Bloomingdale
Henry G. Felger
James A. Lomas
Firemen Honor Captain Stahlhut With Signet Ring
No 4 Station Fire Laddies present Capt Stahlhut with a gold signet ring after fifteen years as head of No 4 on Maumee Avenue. He moves to captaincy of No 3 on West Washington Street within days. Fireworks display praised. volunteers and donors thanked for support.
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No. 4
John Stahbut
Maumee Avenue
No. 3
West Washington Street
Stahlhut
Mysterious Unknown Woman Found Murdered in New York Stairway
The unknown woman was found brutally slain in an East Thirteenth Street Italian tenement hallway. She fought hard as her head and face were battered beyond recognition. Two men were arrested but not believed to be the killer. Public sale of John Mitchell’s farming implements and stock in Kendallville raised 5300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Thirteenth Street
Appointment of Executor for Diederick Galleneed
Notice announces that William Eggeman has been appointed executor of the last will and testament of Diederick Gallieneed, late of Allen County Indiana. The filing includes the executor's authority and duties to settle the estate under Indiana probate law.
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Diederick
Lake Champlain centenary events at Fort Ticonderoga
Rain disrupted plans for ceremonies marking the Lake Champlain centenary at Fort Ticonderoga. Governors Hughes and Prouty spoke during a literary program while Dr. Mabie delivered an address on The Story of Lake Champlain and Percy Mackaye contributed an original ballad Ticonderoga. Indian pageants were planned for the afternoon and evening.
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Ticonderoga, N
Fort Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
Ethan Allen
Continental Congress
Hughes
Prouty
Hamilton W. Mabie
New York
Ticonderoga
Percy Mackaye
Cornish
N. H
Washington
Champlain Tercentenary Observed by Vermont French Groups
Burlington Vermont observes Champlain tercentenary with a French centered program. An open air meeting featured French addresses and a parade with Vermont New England French societies and Canadian participants reviewed by city state and church representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Champlain
France
Samuel de Champlain
Vermont
New England
Canada
Taft Train Struck by Coal as Vermont Trip Arrives
President Taft arrived in New York at 3 AM from Norwich to attend the Champlain tercentennial in Albany. A chunk of coal shattered a window on the car ahead, lightly injuring a trainman. Railroad officials said the coal likely fell from a trailing train the special was passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Taft
Norwich
Conn
Albany
Stamford
Commissioner’s Sale Of Real Estate In Allen County
Public notice of a commissioner sale of real estate in Fort Wayne Indiana in the case Swank vs Wells and others. The sale is July 24 1909 at Walpole Colerick office with two described parcels amounting to 40 and 18 acres. Terms: one third cash and installments at nine and eighteen months with six percent notes secured by mortgage. Commissioner Mason Swank signs, Colerick attorney, June 17 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Allen County
Daniel Swank
Martha Wells
Walpole G. Colerick
Pixley & Longe
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Allen
Ifn
Notice to non resident in Indiana divorce case
State of Indiana Allen County case Grace E Stewart vs James L Stewart a divorce action against a non resident defendant. Court sets August 19 1909 as day to appear and answer or demur otherwise default order will be entered. Attest Joseph N Mason Clerk Underwood Attorney for Plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
Grace E. Stewart
James L. Stewart
Indiana
Joseph N. Mason
H. C. Underwood
Pitt
Executrix Appointed in Indiana Will Case
Legal notice states the executrix is appointed for the last will and testament of Thomas Wank late of Allen County Indiana. The document outlines probate actions and relevant duties for the estate administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wank
Allen
Indiana
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Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
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OLOT
Sturgeon
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Auburn Prison
John Mishler
Indianapolis
Wells and
Superior Streets
John Mitchell
Kendallville
Old Ticonderoga
Big Victory
Mason Swank
Ww. G. Colerick
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