Death in Hoffman House Lobby Claims Wealthy Boston Merchant
Charles M. Holmes a rich Boston leather merchant died in the Hoffman House hotel lobby after a taxi ride from West Forty seventh street. Police, a cabman, Mrs Moore and others are questioned while coroner takes the body. A Scotland Yard detective tells of a con game victim. Rockefeller relaxed about cameras after discussing life on the golf links with an interviewer.
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New York
Charles M. Holmes
Holmes
Hoffman House
West Forty-seventh Street
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Clara Moore
Josephine Wells
Forty Seventh Street House
Cecil Pape
Scotland Yard
Pape
Lusitania
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Names on New York Churches and Rhinoceros Anesthesia Report
The article discusses how many New York churches lack visible denominational names on facades, with a contrast to other buildings and a note on street name signs. It also reports veterinarians anesthetizing Mogul the Bronx Zoo rhinoceros for cataract surgery using chloroform and ether, detailing the dose and post operative observations. A separate note mentions a History Medal presentation at Westport High School for an American history exam, with the winner unnamed.
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New York
Norte
Mogul
Elizabeth Benton
Daughters of the American Revolution
Westport High
Kansas State Agricultural College Shows Rising Enrollment
Manhattan Kansas May 29 The new catalogue will list 2189 students at the Kansas State Agricultural College with summer enrollments not yet counted. Past attendance rose from 1690 in 1906 to 1937 in 1907 and 2189 in 1908, with projections of 2500 next year due to new courses and buildings.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas State Agricultural College
Rand
Kansas State Agricultural Call
Maid Bitten by Rich Woman's Dog Settled for Four Thousand
Nurse Hida Reka Oberg filed $10,000 damages against Mrs. E. T. French, mother of Mrs. Vanderbilt, for injuries from a Newport dog bite. After two days of trial the case settled out of court yesterday for $4,000.
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Hida Reka Oberg
E. T. French
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Newport
Border tensions fade as Russia Persia talks hold
Reports of a Russia Persia diplomatic rupture are denied by the foreign office and Persian legation. Officials expect shahist government to restore order in border provinces before the Russian ultimatum deadline June 10.
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St. Peterstune
London
Russia
Persia
Foreign Office
Snarski
Burton to Nominate Taft at Chicago Convention
Washington reports Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio will present Secretary Taft’s name to the Chicago Republican convention. Burton, a close Taft adviser, plans a rest in Hot Springs before heading to Chicago around June 12 or 13. Burton, a former Cleveland mayoral candidate, has served multiple terms in Congress and chairs the inland waterways commission.
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WaAsumneron
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Taft
Chicago
Burt
United States
Burton
Washington
Hot Springs
Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Twenty
Inland Waterways Commission
Kansas City
Storm Destroys Oil Tanks and Santa Fe Bridge
A severe storm in northeastern Oklahoma destroyed twenty oil tanks and several rigs in the Glenn pool costing about $50,000. The Santa Fe bridge over Bird creek between Owasso and Collinsville was washed out, suspending train service pending repairs. The heaviest losses fall on Whetstone Oil and Gas, Selby Oil and Gas, Lieber Oil, and Beacon Oil. Other property and crops were injured.
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Tulsa, Ox
Glenn Pool
Santa Fe
Bird Creek
Owasso
Collinsville
Oklahoma
Whetstone Oil and Gas Company
Selby Oil and Gas Company
Lieber Oil Company
Beacon Oil Company
Children's Memorial Lutheran Church Purchases New Lot
The Children s Memorial Lutheran church sold its property at Admiral Boulevard and Tracy Avenue and bought a lot at Independence and Brighton avenues. A brick veneered church will be built at a cost of 10 000 dollars. Rev. A B Shrader is pastor and services are held at 5417 St John Avenue. Meanwhile in Kas a girl 17 dies from burns after being severely burned while burning trash.
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Children's Memorial Lutheran
Children's Memorial Lutheran Church
Admiral Boulevard
Tracy Avenue
Independence and
Brighton Avenues
A. B. Shrader
St. John Avenue
Paddle and Camp club event opens new clubhouse at river course
The Paddle and Camp club hosts a mixed doubles quarter and singles program at Fifteenth Street and the river. Events include canoe paddle races and a one mile doubles race with entries from Club members and guests, plus a tilting contest and official openings.
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Club Cmd
Fifteenth Street
Rushton
Missman
Glen Walduarter
R. Mudra
L. Ashby
Collins
S. H. Sieben
Bakerenton Awnings Company
Hague
H. E.ge
S. Sieben
W. Rosr
H. Skinner
Oliver Lain
Edward Bouts
William Welch
B. Schell
F. W. Whelan
J. D. Knalls
L. H. Kenton
R. Madra
A Shoop
Caleb Monroe
W.S. Gunotte
Curtis
F. A. Missman
C. F. Casmaer
Roy’ Pearse
R. Hogg
E. Leslie Schell
Vern C. Williams
Chester Rodgers
Glen Waldron
Charles A. Shoop
Sam Shopp
Eliott Smith
Charles M. Bush
Norman Woodson
P. W. Seaton
McCabe Howe
Henry Schott
Paddle and Camp Club
Percy R. Allen
J. C. Boyd
William J. Brown
A. Barnby
Edward Roethke Arthur
Bungart
A. B. Duffield
Cal Edwards
R. S. Emmert
Harold E. Frost
Walter H. Foster
James Guinotte
William Guinotte
Jules E. Guinotte
E. W. Guttenberger
W. C. Hansen
M. Hixson
W EL Heath
G. R. Heckle
Zach Flagg
Leon H. Kenton
J. Paul Knaus
Felix Lindgren
C. Star Leopold
B. C. Liflard
Barto
Leimbach
Caleb S. Monroe
Prank A. Missman
Herrmann Mertena
E. Monroe
Roy Milan
S. M. Manley
Fay R. Moulton
Louis F. Neon
Homer G. Norat
William Et
A. Osgood
T. Osgood
Frederick B. Schell
E Leslie Schell
L. Spencer
William Th
Charles Shoo Pembdl
Swearingen
Siumund Sieben
Dr. Award Skinner
R. S. Smith
HW. D. Tefft
Vern On Williams
Charles C. Wilson
Harry G. Wilson
William Welsh
F. V. Whelan
Berry harvest dwindles in Southwest Missouri after freeze
In Strinhheip Missouri the berry season is nearly over as a freeze during bloom killed about 40 percent of strawberries. Earlier plans for 4,000 pickers were reduced. Peach district near Koshkonong expects about four hundred cars of Ozark fruit to ship. apples are in fair condition but overall fruit crops are shorter than previous years.
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Strinhheip
Missouri
Southwest Missouri
Koshkonong
Ozark
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