Throng Arrivals Mark Chicago Convention Festivities
Crowds fill Chicago streets as state delegations from California Oregon Idaho and Wyoming arrive for the national convention. Taft and other candidates plan private talks while headquarters buzz with bands and banners and preparations for platform debates continue.
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Flood Reaches Its Crest Along Great Kaw Missouri
Kansas City reports the Great Kaw Missouri flood crest drawing hundreds of thousands for river bluffs views. Yards evacuated, packing houses and lower floors abandoned, Armourdale with 12,000 residents displaced. Walter river 12 feet deep. residents sheltering property as weather bureau predicts further rise by Monday night. Jefferson City notes Cedar City residents also forced from homes as river continues to rise.
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Emperor Receives Dr Hill in Berlin Audience
The German emperor held an audience with American ambassador David Jayne Hill, succeeding Charles Maime Tower. Hill arrived in court carriages, was greeted by officials, and presented with greetings from President Roosevelt. He met the emperor in a garden setting and spoke with him for about thirty minutes, wearing plain dress in line with German social norms.
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Let Mail Thief Get Away
Kansas City police announced last week arrest of a mail thief connected with a Los Angeles to New York shipment containing over $50,000 in money and valuables but released him for lack of a definite charge. Government inspectors broadcast descriptions nationwide and will continue efforts to locate him.
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Football Captain Dunne Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Jackson Minn June 45 Dunne captain of University Minnesota football team shot himself in the breast after a quarrel with his former sweetheart dying at his home Sunday night local authorities stated the tragedy shocked the town and campus community
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Revolt in Tangier as Moroccan Troops Seize French Officers
Four thousand troops loyal to Abd el Aziz rebel in Revait Tangier taking prisoners a French commander and three officers. The incident signals a major shift of power within Morocco as authorities seek to quell the uprising and secure control over key coastal regions.
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Dolliver Boom Grows Rapidly in Republican VP Talk
Chicago dispatch reports a rapid Dolliver surge as a leading vice presidential possibility with Iowa and Ohio figures shaping the ticket. Fairbanks gains momentum in Indiana while Cortelyou’s campaign fades, and Sherman’s prospects improve as the convention race intensifies.
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Woman Kills Entire Cooper Family in Suspected Murder Suitor Case
A wife and mother reportedly killed her husband Daniel Cooper and six children, aged 48 down to 5, with lulet through the head in Birmingham Alabama. Suspected motive linked to a rejected suitor, Luther Birchfield, who later shot Mrs. W A Van Hooser and killed himself at her home.
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Monument to German Poets Unveiled in Milwaukee Park
Milwaukee residents gathered Sunday as a monument to poets Schiller and Goethe was unveiled at Washington Park. German citizens funded the statue, with Christian Steger presenting and Mayor David Rose accepting for the city. A 4,000-voice choir sang German anthems and The Star Spangled Banner, echoing the Weimar tribute.
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Blind Tom Dies in Hoboken After Retirement
Sting Tom, famed musician known as a marvel across three generations, died Saturday in Hoboken New Jersey where he lived in retirement on charity. He was born Thomas Wiggins near Columba, Georgia about 1830s, a former slave who used a surname he adopted.
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Milwaukee Charity Request From Former Prominent Politician
J Meyer Aska for aid at Milwaukee county poorhouse as charitable appeal fails. 77 year old former Fond du Lac mayor and Chicago railroad president once a Republican delegate, built wealth in lumber and furniture ventures, now poor in Chicago and rejected by two married daughters and a son.
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Romance comes to light in Garlow estate case
Complications arise in settling the estate of late Robert Garlow a noted southern Wisconsin machinist who moved from England over 25 years ago. A supposed wife in England surfaces after his death triggering correspondence with English lawyers to determine if any formal divorce or separation occurred.
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Twenty Years For Robbery Sentences Assertive Justice
Green Bay men Charles Rogers and Peter Busch received 20 year terms each in the state prison at Waupun by Judge Hastings for entering the hardware store of J. Guype at Hilbert Junction last fall. The verdict and length of sentence are described as extraordinary for a robbery crime.
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Franchises Invalid Questioned in Wisconsin Items
Franchises are invalid as Kenosha officials question two Kenosha Electric Railway franchise ordinances. injuries reported as a watchman injured. In Sheboygan Fred Rogalske sustains injuries from being run over while attempting to throw a switch near Northwestern yards. Spooner editor Frank Hammill seeks Assembly.
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To Extend Car System Ashland Lighting Voters Bonds
Ashland Lighting Company voters approved 455000 in bonds to extend streetcar lines through the city residence area. Funds will also build a new gas plant buy more cars and secure water and power facilities. Norman Smith of Neenah 24, single, killed himself by shooting himself in the head with a revolver.
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Ethel’s Heaven Dilemma Turns Into Grandma Dialog
A grandmother teaches a five year old about heaven. Ethel grins at the reward and confesses she might want to “get out.” The exchange turns into a humorous debate on heavenly travel and family companionship.
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Missing Link Found in Java by Dr Dubota
The 1895 discovery on the Bengewan river in central Java produced skull, thigh bone and two molar teeth. Scientists built a non human creature from the remains and named it Pithecanthropus Erectus, hailed as the missing link between man and ape by the New York Spierlcan.
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