Roosevelt Reviews Largest American Navy Fleet at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt inspected a vast display of 45 warships off Long Island, ranging from 16,000 ton Louisiana to torpedo boats and submarines. He praised naval strength and accuracy in target practice, thanked officers, and hosted admirals and ship crews at a reception, stressing duty and patriotism.
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Long Island Beach
Sagamore Hill
United States
Louisiana
Presidnt
Roosevelt
Naval Committee
Vans
Brownson
Davis
Bonaparte
Santo Domingo
Murder Rouses County in Woodford Farmstead Tragedy
James Gibbons, a wealthy Woodford County farmer, is found dead in his bedroom with a shotgun wound to the head. Robbery appears likely as rings and clothes are taken. A theory links the crime to William Thomas, the noted wife murderer, with a posse and sheriff conducting a wide search.
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Woodford
James
Gyo
el‘ Paco
Vicw
Gibbons
Emeratte-Waags
William ‘Thomas
Long Point
Ibbons
Ps | Koown
Suspect Arrested in Burglar’s Tools Find in Paris Illinois
L Wittick a Paris leader in younger social circles was arrested charged as owner of a grip containing burglar tools found at the Boyer hotel Kansas Ill The kit included dynamite caps drill bits gunpowder and safe blowing implements Clothing bearing Wittick’s collar and a tag aided identification The 18 year old son of J G Wittick Paris Herald proprietor denied knowledge of the items and said he registered as Jameson at the hotel He claimed he left the grip intending to return for it and asserted the clothing belonged to him Myrtle Wynt engagement with him was recently announced.
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Rery
Cop L. Wittick
Seral
Paris
Boyer Hotel
Kansas
Iil
Tete
Aiso
Wittick
Damson
J. G. Wittick
Paris Herald
Myrtle Wynt
Suicide at Elgin Asylum Reported
A patient at the State insane hospital in Elgin, Bartolo Vanini from Kensington, died by hanging with a bed sheet. He tied the sheet to a window screen while others slept and strangled himself. Hospital officials called the death one of the most extraordinary cases before them. He had previously attempted self harm twice. The patient was committed for insanity.
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Chicago
Bartelo Vanini
Elgin
Kencington
Vaninr
Hospital
Two Rakers Held in Death of Teamster Rutolph Eckert
Hare Erickson and Peter Frigaard are held for murder after Rutolph Eckert, a teamster, was thrown from a saloon railing into the basement near Johnson & Inrt across from Mil- Wain Avenue State Bank. Witnesses portray Eckert as principal and Frigaard as an accessory in a drunken quarrel.
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Rakers
Hare Erickson
Peter Frigaard
Rutolph Eckert
Johnson &Inrt
Mil- Wain Avenue State Bank
Tield Erckwn
Frugoard
Vansore
Thimen
Eckert
Boy's Bravery Saves His Life After Train Crush
Emily Sletried aged 9 of Belleville showed presence of mind when a Streight caravan backed toward him. He leaned far over to save his body from being cut in two as a wheel crushed his foot. His foot was torn and ground. he was rushed to a hospital and the foot amputated.
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Cara Crush
Streight
Emily Sletried
Belleville
Hmil
Fatal drowning ends engagement in Rockford wedding plan
Bride to be Mrs Crul followed fiancé Edmund Danseels to Rockford where plans for a home wedding collapsed after his sudden drowning. The case joins a string of Illinois incidents including a brakeman killed by a train near Norton Junction and a Chicago man arrested amid an apparent public scandal.
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E. Dancels
Edmund
Daneels
Crul
Kewanee
Rockford
Prominent Marion Matron Killed in Ambush
Mrs John M Davis, 47, a Marion charity leader, was shot and killed while walking home from a friend’s house near a pond. Sheriff Barrera cites ambush as the murder motive. evidence shows a single left temple shot with witnesses reporting a smoke flash. Her husband, two sons, and an 18 year old daughter mourn her at services led by Rev Todds and Rev Photopsei.
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Marion
John
M. Davis
Sarion
Hbo Barrera
Davis
Baptist
Todds
Smd
M—Photopsexi
The
Methodist
Eipiscopal Church
Warris
Linirs
Davia
Tax Assessments in Cook County Reach Billions
Reviewers place Cook County personal property and real estate at about 2.21 billion dollars with total Chicago values near 2.07 billion. Taxes are projected at roughly 30 million, pending State Board of Equalization action at Springfield on corporation capital stock and railroad property.
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Cook County
Board of Review
State Board of “Equalization
Springfield
Allllinois Corporation
Chicago
Girl flees with old lover on eve of wedding
Vivian Weinhold of Rockford abandons fiancé William Burke for Will F. Gleason of Freeport. The couple wed in Dubuque after leaving Freeport. Burke’s plans at her Freeport home were abandoned on the eve of the ceremony.
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Vivian Weinhold
William Burke
Rockford
Freeport
Chicago
Will F.gleason
Dubuque
Burke
Gleason
Sees Her Child Killed on Train Tracks
Mrs. Joseph Hirst of Towanda searches for her 2 year old child and tragically sees it struck by a Chicago and Alton train. In another incident Raymond Daniels drowns after separating from his wife and 5 year old son while bathing in Rock River at Ri ford.
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Joseph. Hirst
Towands
Chicago and
Alton
Rock River
Riford
Raymond Daniels
Sin
Gans Wins Title In Foul Victory Over Nelson In Goldfield Bout
Gans defeats Nelson by foul in the forty second round to retain the lightweight world title in a gruelling match at Goldfield. The bout draws prominent spectators including United States Senator George S Nixon. Gate receipts reach $76,000 with 6,200 in attendance and $150,000 in bets placed on the scene.
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Negro
Nelson
Goldfield
Battling Nelson
Chicago
Victory Gans
United States
George S. Nixon
Nevada
Gans
Labor unions and wage gains across cities and industries
Reports show unions winning wage increases in Boston and Chicago, eight hour day gains in Grand Rapids, and new local unions formed by the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers Alliance. Articles note strikes in Denver and New Orleans style markets, rising union membership, mutual benefit plans, and tuberculosis support funds amid varied regional labor activity.
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Womay Cooks
New York
Boston
Mass
German Metal Workers’ Union
Ameritas
Empecene
Oldham
England
Labor Council
Sydney
Patternmakers’ Association of
San Francisco
Department of Labor
Commercial Telegraphers’Union of America
Railroad Brotherhood
Electric Club Slectrick
Co- Workers’ Union
Pennsylvania
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Colorado
New Mexico
Toad Saving
Weery Rostow
Niagara Falls
WD. Huber
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Progress
Wrorld
United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers
Ameétiex
Organization of Denver
McGuire
P. J. McGuire
United Brotherhood of Carpen Joiners
Fund For the Relief of
California
Fragmented timeline of wars and events from the 15th to 20th centuries
A jumbled list traces events from 1290 exiled Jews, 1365 St Augustine, 1595 Drake raids, 1609 Hudson discovery, 1620 Mayflower voyage, 1645 peace with Narragansett, through 1905 peace talks and science notes. It mixes battles, treaties, discoveries, and institutional milestones with loose phrasing and erroneous spellings.
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Edward Fr
England
Gov. Menendez
St. Augustine
Drake
West Indies
Hudson
Delaware
Plymouth
New England
Narragansett
Norkettin
Charles _ fon
S.C. Ceived
Philadelphia
Egypt
Hardingingens
Alexandria
Fort Erie
Algiers
New York State
Auburn
Constantinople
Monterey
Cal
Otis i.Mussims
Fort Aculga
Maria Christinia
Spain
Madrid
Forts
Hatteras and Clark
N. C
Richmond
Sedan
Ohio River
Sultan of Ranzibar
Henry
Dreyfus
Mount Pelee
Gov. Goebel
Kentucky
Liaoyang
Edwin I Holmes, Jr
Wortsmouth
L. J. Bailey
Cornwell University College of Agriculture
Noweebenelstat
George M. Gould
New Volcanic Island Emerges in Bogoslof Group
Revenue Cutter Service officers reached the newly formed Bogoslof island on July 20 after a volcanic eruption ten days earlier. The northern edge rises to 400 feet and the western side to 700 feet while the surface remains hot and soft. A vast column of smoke and storm marks the newborn land.
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Revenue Cutter Service
Bogoslof
Bering-sed
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Avista
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
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Dien
Albert Hurd
West
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Galesburg
Hurd
Brent East
S._S. McClure
Hares Magazine
Miss Chapman
Adelehapmen
Montgomery County
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New Orleans
Martin
Fureral
Charles D. Carr
Vicksburg
Grand Trunk Railway
Norton Junction
Blue Island
Carr
Carry
John McHugh
Galena
Illinois
Fred Grant
Swift
Kohlsants
Omaha
Neb
Benoit Demeschalk
Pana
Patrick
St. Paul
Charleston
John Sheldon
Litchfield
Man
A. L. Bartlett
Derwent Mall
Derwent
Kankakee
Water Valley
Jobin
Roberts
Rob
Angarts
Theodore Lodin
Rose
Beleville and
TN. Vincent
John Ott
Lexington Avenue
Steswenger
Rockford Boat Club
Lawrence Cartnett
Hartnett
Robert Lockerbr
Nakotierville County—Court
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Ola D. Reagan
Granite City
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Vinegar Hill
Germany
Piscard
Kansas Oil
Port Arthur
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Téras
Charles W. Kohisaat
Europe
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