Fire Erases Banta Farm Home West of City
Seven miles west on Burnettsville road the Banta residence burned between seven and eight Tuesday evening. Mrs Pauline Banta alone awoke to the fire caused by a defective flue. Telephone girls alerted neighbors who saved some belongings. Fred Banta returned to find the house in ashes. partial insurance on the structure.
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Gladys
George Bowyer, Jr
Huband
George Tritt
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Burnettsville Road
Funeral for Salvation Army founder William Booth in London
Funeral services for William Booth founder of the Salvation Army were held at the Olympia with thirty four thousand attendees. The ceremony featured a plain coffin a crimson flag a grand procession flags portraits and a moving prayer meeting reflecting the army’s traditions and global reach. Bramwell Booth succeeded his father as the army’s new general amid dense crowds and ceremonial honors.
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Salvation Army
General William Booth
Evangelist
Stock Exchange
Saul
Jerusalem
Hadley Wood
Bramwell Booth
Booth
Salvation Soldiers
Taft rescinds order to move Tenth Infantry to Nicaragua
President Taft halted a twelve hour old order directing the Tenth Infantry to Nicaragua from Panama. He recalled the dispatch from his private car in Rochester as marines were readied to sail for Corinto and Managua to protect Americans and property. The recall followed a Denver cable and reports of unrest in Nicaragua. The president warned conditions abroad could worsen and tied current events to his Nicaragua treaty push.
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Nicaragua
Tenth Infantry
Rochester Yards
State
War
Navy Department
Washington
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Denver
Managua
Corinto
Sutherland attacks recall of judicial decisions at ABA
U S Senator George Sutherland urged a uniform system of pleadings and criticized recall of judicial decisions as polls for show of hands. The debate followed a motion to urge Taft and Congress to raise federal judges salaries, which was tabled. The hour included praise for constitutional stability and concerns about impulsive policy shifts.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
U. S
George Sutherland
Utah
American Bar Association
Sutherland
Taft Sand
Congress
Floodand storm devastate Lebanon Ohio with widespread inundation
A cloudburst and lightning hit Lebanon, Ohio at 10 o clock causing complete city flooding. Water covered blocks to the upper stories with many buildings submerged and phone and telegraph service ruined. Rescue boats saved sick and aged residents while fires started by lightning burned unattended due to inoperative fire crews.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Lebanon
Warren County
Zep Enfield
Enfield
Roosevelt Says Taft Will Carry Vermont
Republican rhetoric asserts Taft strong in Vermont as campaign effort in Union era politics targets state support and turnout.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Vermont
Roosevelt forecasts narrow Taft states victory in Vermont tour
In Oyster Bay Col. Roosevelt lists only six states likely to carry for Taft and includes Vermont among them. He plans a half week there with speeches in Bennington Mutland Middlebury and Burlington and heads to New York for a midnight train north. He spends time drafting a letter to Senator Clapp about Penrose’s position.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
Col
Roosevelt
Taft
Vermont
New York
Bennington
Mutland
Middlebury
Burlington
Clapp
Penrose
Coroner's verdicts in five inquests include Romig and Richey deaths
Coroner Palmer delivered five inquest verdicts including the deaths of John L Romig and Robert Richey killed in Panhandle south yards last week. He censured the Panhandle Railway for night hazards and the use of the tunnel brake, noting dangerous track proximity and lack of lighting. He described the yards as a man trap at night and detailed the fatal incident with train No 118 and cars at the hump. Richey’s death involved a tunnel brake car and an oil tank car. while cars moved at fifteen miles an hour he fell between them.
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Palmer
John L Romig
Robert Richey
Panhandle South Yards
Richey
Komig
Nas
Maniner
Jurors for Grand and Petit Drawn for Fall Term
Jury Commissioners J D Porter and Edward Donovan drew the grand and petit jurors for the upcoming fall term. Grand jurors include Charles B. Wilson Tipton Isaac Parish Will R Berry Henry Myers George W Bundy James M Countryman. Petit jurors list Albert Rogers Dell Williamson Daniel T Harvey Geo W Duncan Leslie A Kistler John K Baird Ira A Fisher William Beshour Leroy M Brockett Noah L Begs George W Calloway Arthur Wells Scott Warrick Harley Benner George B Peters Edward Thomas.
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J.D. Porter
Edward Donavan
Charles B. Wilson
Tipton
Isaac Parish
Eel
Will R. Berry
Henry ‘Myers
Clinton
Geo. W. Bundy
Harrison
James’ M. Countryman
Jackson
Albert’ Rogers
Clay
Dell Williamson
Deer Creek
Daniel ‘T
Unclear fragment from police district report
Fragmentary text mentions police department and subpoenas. Unable to determine a coherent event, names, or locations from the readable portion.
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