Cannon Recovers To Address Kansan Campaign Tour
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon arrived in Emporia after recovering from heat in Winfield where he collapsed during a 105 degree speech. He plans stops in Burlingame Herington and Marion to aid Representative Miller in the Fourth District campaign, urging support for the tariff debate and party unity.
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Cannon
Emporia
Burlingame
Herington
Marion
Kansas
Winfield
Joseph T. Lafferty
Bristow
Dismantling of Black Horse Tavern Prompts High School Plan
Cannonsburg school board buys the 136 year old Black Horse Tavern site on the old Washington pike for 8345 dollars to replace it with a modern high school building. The tavern housed General Washington and General Braddock and once served as a base for mail robbers and whisky rebellion insurrectionists in 1794 95.
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Cannonsburg
Black Horse Tavern
Washington Pike
General Washington
General Braddock
Hoosier Falls to Death From Window in San Angelo
Houston July 18 Harry B Nu gent traveling rep of the Houston Chronicle fell from a three story hotel window in San Angelo and was instantly killed. Roomers heard him muttering and talking of shooting himself shortly before the fall. A message to Charles E. York Washington D C said he was pursued by a strange nemesis. It is believed he was temporarily insane. his mother and family live at Knightstown Ind.
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Houston
Tex
Harry &. Nugent
Houston Chronicle
San Angelo
Charles E. York
Washington, D. C
Knightstown
Ind
Death by Own Action Over Lemon Note in Colorado Springs
James A Hunter was found dead in his room in Colorado Springs on Monday with a revolver in one hand and a lemon in the other, a note dated July 17 1910 attached. He had fallen in love with 16 year old Lottie Colling who, after hearing his declaration, left the room and returned with the fruit. He shot himself shortly after.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Jemon
James
Hunter
Lottie Colling
Does Santa Claus Act
Waco Texas July 18 H K McHarg of Stamford Conn who sold holdings in the Texas Central railroad has notified management he will give a year's salary to all employees who had been in service 20 years. In addition every conductor agent brakeman and porter on the line of almost 300 miles will receive a half month salary.
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Stamford
Conn
Texas Central Railroad
War record mistake drives man insane
Mrs. Wm. H. Whitney says her husband now in Bellevue psychopathic ward believes a civil war photo with another man’s name caused his breakdown. He accuses the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts regiment of needing him at the front and claims he must go at once. He is charged with imprisoning his wife in their flat for three days, denying her food, and threatening to take his life.
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New York
Wm. H. Whitney
Bellevue
Twenty-fourth
Massachusetts
Whitney
Bull Run
Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment
Special Train Carried Woman to Hospital After Accident
Mrs. Edward A. Zeiter wife of a Cincinnati bank executive rushed toward Omaha by special train to avoid probable total blindness. She was among the injured in an accident on the Rapid City Biz Bend Western railroad where broken lenses cut her eyes after a night of intense agony.
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Rapid City
Edward A. Zeiter
Cincinnati
Omaha
Specia
Zelter
Rapii City
Biz Bend & Western
Burras Secretary Curry Injured In 40 Foot Car Plunge
Eureka Cal July 18 Secretary of State Charles F Curry a Republican governorship candidate and four others were in a car that toppled from a 40 foot embankment. All occupants were hurt but expected to recover doctors treating Curry amid the injuries.
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Eureka
Cal
Charles F. Curry
Cotton Shipped in Special Trains to New York
New Orleans July 18 report that for the first time cotton is sent to New York in special trains at high speed. Two specials left Monday with over 3,000 bales to ease the July cotton squeeze in the east, while two more left Sunday draining the south of available supply.
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New Orleans
New York
Spalding Enters Senate Race In California
A. G. Spalding, famed sporting goods man, filed his U S Senate candidacy with the California secretary of state shortly before the filing deadline as friends urged him to enter the race.
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Sacramento
Cal
United States
A. G. Spalding
Sporting Goods
Secretary of State
Hibernians to debate Roosevelt speech at national convention
Portland July 18 delegates to the Ancient Order of Hibernians may adopt a resolution denouncing Theodore Roosevelt's Guildhall speech. President Matthew Cummings of Boston is poised to condemn Roosevelt as imperialist while other delegates expect a heated debate at the convention opening tomorrow.
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The
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Theodore Roosevelt
Cmnild Bal
London
Matthew Cummings
Boston
Hibernians
Cummings
Roosevelt
Vatican
Lexington
Lonely death in city center studied by sociologists
Sociologists in Washington examine Maury Arentrue, 49, who died by asphyxiation, to test if a person can live utterly alone amid a large city. Seven months earlier she wrote a note dated November 28, 1909 asking why she should live, citing no friends, money, or relatives.
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Washington
Maury Arentrue
Christian Science Founder Mary Baker Eddy Celebrates 89th Birthday
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, marked her eighty ninth birthday at Chestnut Hill Boston staying home for quiet study. She remains active and in good health, with no congratulatory telegrams sent per adviser Alfred Farlow, as Eddy dislikes messages.
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Boston
Mass
Mary Baker G. Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Chestnut Hill
Mrs. Eddy
Taft to host Brazil's Da Fonseca on August visit
Gen Hermes da Fonseca of Brazil, soon to be president, travels from Europe with Dr. Jose Carlos Rodrigues to visit Taft in Beverly in early August. The 55 year old general will be inaugurated November 15, 1910, and plans to gather insights on governance and taxation. They will tour Chicago Buffalo Philadelphia and other major cities to boost U S Brazilian trade.
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Washington
Hermes de Fonseca
Brazil
Taft
Beverly
Gen. da Fonseca
Europe
William
Germany
Chicago
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Boston
State Department
South America
da Fonseca
Jose Carlos Rodrigues
Jornal Do Commercio
Rio de Janeiro
Rich Hungary Landowner Travels Incognito in New York
Lajos Berrar, a wealthy eastern Hungarian landowner over 65, arrived in New York wearing tramp garb to mimic poverty on the final leg of his around the world trip. He fears brigands in America and says he has never been far from home before this journey. Berrar is registered at the Hotel Netherland with two six‑footed companions.
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New York
Lajos Berrar
Hungary
Berrar
America
Hotel Netherland
Eight Men Hurt At Pittsburg Fire
Pittsburg July 18 six firemen and two other men were seriously hurt and 25 horses burned to death in a fire that destroyed A S Breitweiser s lumber yard Monday causing damages of about 75000 dollars
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Pittsburg
A. S. Breitweiser
Taft to View Atlantic Fleet at Provincetown Ceremony
President Taft visits Provincetown to dedicate the Pilgrim monument, reviewing fifteen battleships from the Mayflower. A land parade of sailors marines and several regiments of soldiers is planned to honor the occasion.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
United States
Provincetown
Theodore Roosevelt
Keep Babies Clean Is Doctor's Advice
New York reports rising infant mortality prompt Dr. W K Terriberg of Junior Sea Breeze hospital to urge plain milk not sterilized, daily beef juice and barley water, early summer gruels for older babies, orange juice by ages, and strict cleanliness. He notes heat harms food chemistry, insists fresh air hospital plans may aid, and cites a 33 1 3 percent rise in infant deaths this year across New York institutions.
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New York
W. K. Terriberg
Junior Sea Breeze Hospital
New York City
Fresh Air Board
The
Association For Improving the Conditions of the Poor
Gillis Island
New York States
Health Department
Foss Boomed for Vice President by Massachusetts Supporters
Springfield dispatch reports Friends of Congressman Eugene N. Foss launching a bid for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. They argue Foss is young, could wait for governor's race, and would bolster the ticket in the East amid labor discontent with the current administration.
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Foss
Massachusetts
Wife Arrives to Claim Husband’s Body in Chicago Tragedy
Chicago reporters recap the case of Charles W. Rigdon a broker who fatally shot Mrs Emma Deufex and then killed himself in a city skyscraper. Miss Mary Wilson sister to Mrs Rigdon faced police arraignment after being with Deufex at the time of the shooting. Mrs leutex lies dying at St Luke’s Hospital as detectives press on with the investigation.
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Chicago
Mary Wilson
Emma Deufex
Charles W. Rigdon
Rigdon
Corporal Meyer Becomes Second Lieutenant in Pay Corps
Washington July 18 Corporal Albert J Meyer of the Fifteenth Cavalry has been commissioned as second lieutenant in the army pay corps with the title of assistant pay master. A longtime enlisted soldier from rank to officer he was known as the "millionaire corporal" for his prominence in Washington society. Meyer, grandson of Brig Gen Albert J Meyer, joined as a private, often attending dinners with his officers in civilian clothes, prompting etiquette concerns.
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Meyer
Washington Society
Army Pay Corps
Ft. Meyer
Washington
Society of the Carabbao
Col
Joseph Garrard
Albert J. Meyer
Condemned Murderer Chooses Suicide In Ohio Pen
Columbus July 18 Antonio Mangano a Cleveland murderer in the penitentiary annex attempted to cheat the electric chair by climbing jail bars to the ceiling and dropping to death. He died from the impact of the fall, ending the sentence.
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Columbus, Q
Antonio Mangano
Cleveland
Penitentiary Annex
Manugano
Mrs Blake Loses Jewels In Hotel Safe Theft
Chicago July 18 report says Mrs Frances S Blake of Boston, a wealthy society woman, reported Sunday the loss of jewels valued at 34.50 deposited in a safe at a local hotel, with investigators examining the case Monday.
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Chicago
Frances S. Blake
Boston
Ballinger Case Declared Vindicated by Committee Findings
The joint congressional committee reports Ballinger as vindicated and unjustly accused by Pinchot Garfield and Gravis. Majority findings condemn Pinchot and Garfield, with Nelson and McCall leading. Minority reports by Madison Purcell Fletcher James Graham challenge the conclusions. Final reports to press before the Sept 10 assembly to avoid campaign impact.
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James RB. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Louis RB. Gravis
General Land Office
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Frank J. Fifot
California
George Sutherland
Utah
Elihu Root
New York
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Edwin Denby
Michigan
Marlin B. Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Nelson
James
Republican Party
Colorado Stock Growers Gather at Grand Junction Convention
Colorado Stock Growers' association opens its annual session in Grand Junction amid anger over rival Colorado Cattle Growers' association securing Roosevelt for its November meeting. Delegates seek resolutions denouncing misrepresentation of cattlemen and opposing Roosevelt-Pinchot conservation policies.
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Grand Junction
Col
Colorado Stock Growers’ Association
Colorado Cattle Growers’ Association
Roosevelt
Stock Growers’ Association
Cattle Growers’ Association
Pinchot
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