Battleship Georgia Disaster Kills Eight At Cape Cod
A powder explosion in the after turret of the battleship Georgia during target practice near Barnstable Bay injuries and deaths. Six officers and crew died onboard or soon after. eight dead total with numerous severely burned, including Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich and William Pair. A long list names victims and injuries from the blast aboard the famed warship.
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Boston
Georgia
Boston Harbor
Cape Cod Bay
Barnstable
Faulkner Goldthwaite
Midshipman
Kentucky
Wm. J. Thatcher
Wilmington
Del
Joseph Burke
Qu'ncy
Mass
George G. Hamilton
South Framingham
George FE. Miller
Brooklyn
N. Y
William M. Thomas
Minn
Win
Scamin
Edw
T. Walsh
Lynn
John A. Bush
New York
Chas. L. Eich
Frankfort
Ind
John A. Fane
Southwick
Harold J. Gilbert
John C. Maleck
Cleveland
Louis O. Meese
Berea
Samuel L. Rosenberger
Philadelphia
James WP. Thomas
N.Y
Free
Turret Explosion on Navy Yard Gun Crew
Lieu tenant Casper Goodrich and Mid shipmen Faulkner Goldthwaite and John T. Cruse commanded eight inch guns when two powder bags ignited in the loader area. A flash and blaze filled the turret with flames and smoke, injuring several crew members as they sought cover.
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Casper Goodrich
Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Faulkner Goldthwaite
John T. Cruse
Eich and Hansell
Chevaso
Tumel
Jongler
Joader
Theories On Spark Cause Of Turret Fire In Ship
Two theories arise about the turret blaze aboard the vessel. One suggests a spark from the discharge of the suns floated back into a gun port and settled onto the powder cases. The other proposes the spark originated from the funnel of the ship and drifted through the gun ports.
Death of Lieutenant Goodrich After Naval Hospital Visit
Barton July 16 Rear Admiral Goodrich and family arrived at the naval hospital to see Lieutenant Goodrich who lay unconscious with no hope of recovery. He died half an hour after their arrival. The admiral had just returned to the New York navy yard from a Maine vacation and learned of the tragedy aboard the Georgia. Messages sent to his gun’s condition were dispatched along the railroad for the admiral on the move toward Boston. A Kentucky family also learned their son had died.
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Barton
Goodrich
Varios Points
Boston
Midshipman
Goldthwaite
Kentucky
Burk Family Arrested Over Illegally Shipped Fish
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on July 10 C Burk 18 months Tenri Burk 12 Edward Burk and Peter Burk father of the trio were arrested for illegally shipping fish to Chicago. Peter Burk allegedly used the baby’s name as consignor to dodge the law, triggering the arrests.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
C. Burk
Tenri Burk
Edward Burk
Peter Burk
Chicago
Four dead as Erie train derails near Foraker Ohio
A Erie passenger train en route from Marion to Huntington jumped the track near Foraker Ohio and rolled into the ditch. Four people were killed including baggage master McDowell of Marion and fireman Pearl Gott and Frank Everhart of Kenton. Several other passengers were seriously injured.
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Toledo
Erie
Marion
Huntington
Ind
Foraker
McDowell
Pearl Gott
Frank Everhart
Kenton
Union Leaders Prevailed on Job Reappointment in Toledo
Evansville Indiana July 16 It is conceded that T W Rowe president American Flint Glass Workers union W J Croke vice president and W P Clarke secretary all of Toledo will be unanimously reelected The mold making committee recommended a reduction of from fifty four to fifty hours for a week s work
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Evansville
Ind
T. W. Rowe
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
W. J. Croke
W. P. Clarke
Toledo
Ptomaine in a Picnic Dinner at French Island
Twenty prominent society people suffered ptomaine poisoning after consuming home cooked veal and prepared salad at a July picnic on French Island Wisconsin. Several are seriously ill including Mr and Mrs Hosmer Hart and Mr and Mrs Wilt Dolling who remain in precarious condition.
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la Crosse
Wis
French Island
Hosmer Hart
Wilt Dolling
Oklahoma Election Day Set For Sept 7
Guthrie July 14 The constitutional convention adopts an election ordinance calling a state election for September 7 to decide both the state officers and the constitution. Governor Frantz will issue an election proclamation soon.
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Guthrie
O PR
Constitutional Convention
Frantz
Scores On The Diamonds July 1 Baseball Rundown
Chicago sports page lists scores from multiple leagues and games. Key results include Boston and St Louis in a doubleheader at Boston, Philadelphia beating Chicago, New York routing Cincinnati, Brooklyn defeating Brooklyn at Brooklyns. Chicago and New York in a sixteen inning tilt, Detroit-Cleveland weather, and minor league scores across Minneapolis Milwaukee St Paul Louisville Kansas City Omaha Sioux City Des Moines and Lincoln in a busy regional roundup.
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Chicago
Lespite
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Cinciunation
Brookhaittshore
Brooklyn
Detroit
Cleveland
Minrernetis
Toelado
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Columbus
St. Paul
Louisville
Kansas City
Daily Journals Citywide Delivery Week Offer
The Daily Journals announce a citywide distribution week offering delivery to all areas. Subscribers can receive timely issues at doorsteps or pickup points across the city. Details on dates, rates, and service options are available at local offices.
Perjury Again in Haywood Case Amid Conflicting Testimony
Boise July 15 another warrant charges perjury against a defense witness in the Idaho versus William D Haywood case. C W Aller a former Florence and Cripple Creek railroad operator is charged and to be arrested with bond hearings set soon. Eleven rebuttal witnesses challenged Aller on key dates and locations including Cripple Creek and the June 6 1904 Independence station explosion. Orchard admitted his uncle Peter McKinley died by hanging years ago and was insane.
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Boise, Ida
Orchard
Haywood
Harry Orchard
Peter McKinley
Hansins
Ireland
Aller
C. W. Aller
Western Federation of Miners
Gas Explosion Debate Over Bradley Case in San Francisco
In San Francisco the Bradley residence blast is argued over gas ignition. Expert C D Lampson testifies that gas could not explode from a cigar and would leave a odor. Idaho Springs attorney Sabine engages in sharp exchanges with Richardson, claiming counsel beat him but acknowledging prior rulings.
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Fred Bradley
San Francisco
Boise Gas Company
C. D. Lampson
New York
Bradley
Richardson
E. F. Richardson
M. Sabine
Idaho Springs
Col. Sabine
Western Federation of Miners
Sabine
Haywood
Beveridge to Marry Miss Eddy in Chicago Cable News
Announcement from July notes Miss Katherine Betdy Eddy daughter of Mr and Mrs Augustus Eddy will wed Senator Albert de Beveridge of Indiana. The societys press wires from Chicago confirm the union with Augusts Eddy and Mrs Marshallfield in Chicago and the ceremony to take place in August at an American embassy in Tortin.
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Beveridge
Miss Eddy
Chieapo
Katherine Betdy
Mir
Augustus Eddy
Marshallfield
Aloert de Peveridge
Dnchina
Aue
Seysttos Beveridge
Cascasweet Promotes Baby Health and Comfort
Cascasweet for babies and children soothes stomach upset and inflammation, calms irritation, and keeps the baby content. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkuuz, druggist at 85 Stephenson Street. Vacation season prompts subscribers to forward addresses to the office. phone 25 offers flexible address updates.
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Wm. F. Jungkuuz
Stephenson Street
Cannon in Milwaukee on pleasure trip reports
Speaker Cannon and Chicago businessmen toured toward Oconomowoc for a leisure trip. He said the United States will not seek war over Japan and that Taft is a “big” man. On railroad government ownership he advised voters to elect a representative who supports their preference.
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Milwaukee
Cannon
Hose of Representatives
Chicago
Oconomowoc
United States
Japan
Taft
Congress
Washington
President Roosevelt Night Camps at Lloyds Neck
President Roosevelt spent the night on the sound shore at Lloyds Neck in Oyster Bay with his sons and three nephews. He has long made night in woods or on shore a summer vacation climax, enjoying a camp fire meal and a low dawn breakfast under a new moon.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sound
Lloyd's Neck
France postal reform fails to reduce costs
Paris reports the 2 cent letter rate cut did not boost mail volume as expected. Postal receipts for the first nine months after the reform fell by 4,457,230 dollars, with service costs rising by 871,720 dollars. The share of letters sent at the reduced rate increased by less than 10 percent.
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Paris
France
Restraint of Trade: Georgia-Florida Saw Mills Shut One Month
Atlantic Beach Fla July 10 The Georgia-Florida Saw Mills association decides to shut down all mills owned or operated by members for one month starting August 1 due to low lumber prices.
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Atlantic Beach
Fla
Association
Strike of Ore Trimmers in Duluth Dockyard
Duluth Minnesota July 15 seven hundred fifty ore trimmers on the Duluth Missabe and Northern dock struck for higher pay. Day men demand two dollars and fifty cents instead of two dollars and twenty five cents while night men seek two dollars and seventy five cents instead of two dollars and fifty cents.
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Duluth
Minn
Tuluth
Missube
Northern Dock
Pass cuts in Missouri pipeline and other news notes
Supply of natural gas in St Joseph Missouri cut off by a break in the pipeline from southern Texas. Heavy rains totaled eight inches in many counties of southern Nebraska hindering railroad traffic. New York hosts a Union of Orthodox Rabbis convention with about fifty clerics. Frank A Leach named director of the Mint in Washington. The International Federation of Travellers Organizations meets in Detroit. Roosevelt supported public strict practice. Earthquakes rattled Paris at midnight.
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Natural Pass
St. Joseph
Teansas
Pam Platt
Revo Dun Thomas R Bowman
Nebraska
United States
New York
Union of Orthodox Rabbis
Frank A Leach
Cn San Provecisco
Washington
International Federation of Commercial Pravelers’ Organations
Detroit
Winchell
Rock Island Railroad
Roosevelt
Georgainy
Richard Croker
Member of Partiaent
East Wicklow
Ireland
Cogan National Sti
The Rivals in Painless Dentistry Showdowns
A witty exchange between rival dentists airs in The Rivals column. The baldheaded practitioner boasts painless work with patients often dozing in the chair, while his rival quips about capturing patients’ expressions on camera during treatment. The piece also notes early mentions of Washington as the first town named for a president in Wilkes county Georgia.
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London Express
Washington, Wilkes County
Magill Declares Escape Plan and Will Return for Trial
San Diego telegrams report Frederick H. Magill and his wife intend to return to Clinton without extradition papers. Magill calls the charges a conspiracy by relatives and asks officials to hasten transfer, offering to cover escort costs.
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Clinton
San Diego
Cal
Frederick H. Magill
Moulton
Justice of the Peace
Thorp
Dewitt County
Eugene Dacey
Magill
Campbell
San Diego Bays
Tinois
Carroll the churchgoing vagrant in Carmi
Charles Carroll a vagrant arrested for drunkenness in Carmi Illinois has spent a week attending services at the Methodist church after asking police to let him go and promising to return to his cell. He keeps returning to his cell each night but sings loudly during services drawing attention. He faces charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Carmi
Calaboose
Charles Carroll
Carroll
Parsons
Springfield schedule of IY. B. Tate Manufacturing liabilities
In Springfield on July 16 a filing with the United States district court lists the liabilities and assets of the IY. B. Tate Manufacturing Company of Decatur. Receiver S. Chiy Wilson filed the schedules. Liabilities total 140,253.00 dollars and assets total 145,151.40 dollars.
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Springfield
IY. B. Tate Manufacturing Company
Hecatur
United States District Court
S. Chiy Wilson
Felix B. Lute
I. BB. Pate Manufacturing
Doesn't Care for Him Any More in Springfield Th
Described by his wife whom he married six years ago is the lot of Rev. C. Th. His kell pastor of the Christian church Williamsville. Mr and Mrs. Haskell promised to go to China as missionaries. She is in Colorado now. While there she wrote Haskell she did not care for him any longer and would not return. Three years ago Mrs. Haskell deserted her husband but he got her to return.
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Springfeld
C. Th. Hiskell
The
Christian Church
Williamsville
Haskell
Ching
Colorado
McLeansboro Forms Business Men’s Association
McLeansboro business and professional men organize a business men’s association to boost local interests. Officers named include L. J. Smith as president S. M. Blades as secretary and John Zachman as treasurer.
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McLeansboro
McLeansborod
L. J. Smith
S. M. Blades
John Zachman
Fostered Tragic Fall Ends in Death of Mrs Maury Gaylord
Bloomington July 16 Mrs Maury Gaylord 28 of Ton tine fell downstairs while visiting her sister and died from injuries. Her husband, a widely known wal physician, died two deaths ago.
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Bloomington
Tih
Difficulties of the Naturalist Reported in Globe Democrat
A brief excerpt reflects on challenges in observing animals, noting that to study a scale one must hold the creature by the head while studying a bull requires a tail hold as a vantage point, illustrating the paradox of close inspection.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Dark letters hint at longing after separation
A fragmentary quotation reveals a man admitting darkness since departure and suggesting love is binding. The speaker notes the possibility of truth in the claim, reflecting emotional tension and unresolved distance.
Trades and Diseases Linked to Occupations
A detective notes how specific trades cause unique illnesses. Blacksmiths show right side paralysis and weak eyes, carpenters acquire varicose veins, bakers and miners suffer from weak lungs, miners also endure weak eyes, coopers develop swollen knees, housemaids suffer from kneeling, India rubber workers suffer headaches and low mood, and painters risk fatal lead poisoning.
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India
Not Irish but Delightful Auto Tour Tale from Dakota Cross Country
An automobilist embarks on a cross country tour in Dakota. The narrative highlights the traveler’s unique background and the engaging, humorous tone of the journey, capturing local color and the spirit of exploration. The piece blends travel observations with character notes in a concise newspaper card style.
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Dakota
Automobilist Seeks Monkey Wrench in Nord Dakota
A traveler breaks down near a small house in Nord Dakota and asks a Swede if he has a monkey wrench. The Swede, amused and puzzled, quips about a monkey ranch and a string of comic mishearings, noting the stranger’s odd machine and accent.
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Tie
America
Ole
Meester Ferguson le Ban
Nord
Dakota
Embarrassing Exchange at Private Cleveland Party
A lonesome man is teased at a private Cleveland party as a guest quips that the affair is an embarrassment and that the host’s wife is the party’s source of humor. The banter centers on mistaken arrangements and social missteps in a quiet, intimate setting.
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Licely
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Ontaldo
Goodwich
William F. Pair
Nava Hospital
Charlestown Navy Yard
New England
Oklahoma
Cemys
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Car, William and
Joba Streets
Humphreys
Bruges
Hague
Elks
Grand Lodge
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Grand Opera House
Magil
Illinois
Arbuckles
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
Derma Viva
Derma Viva CO
H. J. Mooge
Joseph Emmert
Ee Erie
Matton
Buster Brown
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