Father finds daughter believed lost at New Jersey beach
Franz Funk of Doylestown Pa camps at Downsend's Inlet when a three year old girl named Dorothy runs to him crying Papa He learns his wife died December 19 and the girl had been moved from Camden Street to a foster family after being found as Little Mary A town guard pulls Funk from the waves after he tries to drown himself near Merchantville N J
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchantville
N. J
Franz Funk
Doylestown
Downsend
Funk
Dorothy
Camden Street
Camden
Mary
Townsend’s Inlet
Bandits Prepare to Wage Battle In Border Clash
El Paso Texas Special reports two cavalry companies under Colonel Steever pursue Mexican bandits crossing the boundary near Bisbee Arizona. Authorities expect a fight as raiders shelter in the mountains and have seized cattle and horses amid heavy armament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
International Boundary Line
Indian School Bill Advances For Mobesoen County
In Washington the Senate approved a bill by Senator Simons to provide fifty thousand dollars for constructing a school on the Indians in Mobesoen County N. The action reflects ongoing federal efforts to improve Native American education and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Simons
Mobesoen County
Paradox Verse Exchange Cited by Judge
A brief quoted exchange features a paradoxical pledge of love. He asks preservation of affection and she replies with a vow to prove fidelity by returning it, as noted by the judge. The fragment reflects a witty moral twist in dialogue.
A Girl's Experience in the Siege of Vicksburg
A survivor recounts scarce provisions during the siege of Vicksburg. Louisiina soldiers ate rats, mules were meat, and children sampled mule meat. The family fled across Glass Layout Bridge at night, sheltering in a ravine camp as cannon fire struck nearby and a shell hit their tent.
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Mother
Glass Layou Bridge
Miss Lightcap
Court rules on slander case over stole versus took
Kentucky Court of Appeals reverses a verdict in Harrison county, finding a material difference between stating Joe Gregg stole a sheep and that he took it. The court notes stole implies crime, while took is a noncriminal possession claim, affecting the defendent’s verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Harrison County
Joe Gregg
India
Tuck de Hang
Greger
Louisville Courier-Journal
Colonial Snowball Charge and a Black Officer Legend
A fragment recounts Civil War era anecdotes including a Confederate regiment led by Fred Clack in a snowball battle near Dalton Georgia. Fred, a body servant, wore the colonel’s coat and sword, leading chants of Colonel Fred as Arkansans hurled rocks in a humorous melee.
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Clack
Fred Clack
Pulaski
Tenn
Dalton
Gunee Chin
Calvin Clack
Third Tennessee Infantry
Fred
Arkansas
Arkansans
Popular Magazine
Richmond police tracked bank cashier case through misidentified suspect
Telegrams from Fulton Ky claimed a suspect matched bank official Finn but Richmond police, led by Chief Louis Werner, debunked the claim. Detective Simmons pressed for identification and payment of expenses and reward as the case echoed a previous $40,000 embezzlement. Indictments against Finn were pending.
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Bailey
Richmond
Fulton
Simmons
Blue Grass
Hill
Dinile
Louis Werner
Forrest Bailes
Fulton, Ky
Hin
Reuben T. Heithenshier
Reformer
Bank of Richmond
Werner
Sven
Iheur
Ament
Mitenge
Thia
Finn
Church Collapse Kills Three on Indiana Avenue Site
In Chicago, three wrecking crew members died when an old church at Indiana Avenue and Twenty first Street collapsed. Six were buried alive and several others injured by flying debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Indiana Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Taft vows to veto commerce harming measures in court bill
President Taft announced he would veto the legislative and judicial appropriation bill carrying 34 million dollars for government expenses for the fiscal year. He said the measure lacks provisions to protect commerce and notified James Tanner, register of wills for the District of Columbia, of the veto after reviewing the bill at the White House. The steel bill veto is anticipated to meet Congress on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, PD. C
Taft
Commerce Court
White House
Corp
James Tanner
Register of Wills
District of Columbia
Congress
Bankers Tell of Graft System in Rosenthal Case
New York and New Jersey bankers will testify before the grand jury in the Rosenthal police graft investigation. District Attorney Whitman seeks evidence that Lieutenant Charles A. Becker and top police officers hid funds under assumed names, with hundreds of thousands beyond salaries. Investigators report payments from gaming houses and resorts to an inspector, with cash deposits exceeding five thousand dollars, and questions arise about officers aiding suspects and concealing income. A Rochester banker reportedly saw Becker deposit two thousand dollars, illustrating wealth growth amid probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
Herman Rosenthal
Whitman
Charles A. Becker
Attornney
Sam Schenps
Louis” Rosenberg
Tarry Horowitz
Rosenthal
Desse
Rochester
N. Y
Becker
Illness Didn't Stop Him From Winning Bet
In New Haven Coxn a dramatic tale unfolds as Frank Cornwell once eyed as a bachelor stakes a wager with Ebenezer Hill Jr. After typhoid left him near death at Woodmont home, hope faded until a hidden marriage license surfaced. On Saturday a quiet ceremony united Cornwell and Mrs. Martis Beach with only close family present, sealing the bet in health and wedding law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
COXN
Cornwell
Connecticut Naval Diilitia
Ebenezer Hill, Jr
Hilda
Fi Anid
Alartis Beach
Woodmont
Fred Yates
Mr. Cornwell
Joseph Anderson
Yale Corporation
Governor Asks Taft to Halt Mexican Invasion in Texas
Special Governor Colquitt telegraphed President Taft and the War Department urging swift U S action to repel Mexican rebel incursions at Sierra Blanca Texas. He warned he would mobilize Texas Ranger and cavalry forces if no reply by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Colquitt
Taft
War Department
United States
Sierra Blanca
Sherif Edwards
el Paso
Carnegie warns millionaires will be taxed for state support
In Montrose Andrew Carnegie argues a just tax must levy income-based contributions from the wealthy. He notes Britain leads in imposing such duties and predicts Americans, especially Dominions millionaires, will face similar taxation for the public good and national contentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Montrose
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Adam Smith
Haiti Blamed For Recent Outbreak War Threats Rise
Reports from Santo Domingo say the Dumontian government blames Haiti for the revolutionary outbreak and plans to demand restitution. The State Department cautions uncertainty and vows to prevent war, while Haiti’s president Leconte dies in a palace blast.
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Washington, D.D. C
Leconte of
Hiaidi
Haiti
Santo Do Mutige
State Department
William R. Russel
Santo Domingo
Tty
Dumontian
Don J. Peyuide
Martih
Department
United States
Kenry W. Furniss
Port Au Prince
Ilaul
Santo Dominico
Dominican Customs
Port AU Princh
Cincinnatus Leconte
Tron
Tancrede Auguste
Senate
Chamber
National Assembly
Schmidt
National Palace
Wtroaderend
Kodak pictures pull teen romance case into felony warrants
Richmond authorities arrested Herman Anthony for a felony charge after a mother uncovered Kodak photographs linked to the West End case. Warrants were issued for two other young men as police probe alleged rides to Henrico County and orgies involving 14 year old girls. The Juvenile Court holds the photos as evidence as officers seek fuller testimony and ages of all participants.
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Richmond
Kodak
West End
Herman Anthony
North Nineteenth Street
Frase Charce
Siean
Pictoris
Othe Jodee
Atos Les Een
Ble
Pofson
Beindler
Henrico County
Younz
Hiko
Brunk
Hellet
Mustings
Nator
Mashers and Mothers Clash on City Streets
A Washington woman voices strong views on the so called mashers issue. She defends women’s right to go where they please but blames mothers for placing their daughters in situations inviting attention. She urges restraint and experience as guidance for young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Hecky Sharp
Iis
Hove
Washington, D. CC
Washington
U S Well Watch Foreign Powers
Washington reports a Sayville wireless station near New York harbor, alleged to be German-influenced, drawing Navy and Commerce and Labor scrutiny under the Lodge resolution and pending radio bill. Officials weigh regulatory options as rival wireless firms' interests surface and Taft’s signature awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sayville
Lone Island
New York Harbor
Navy Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Senate
United States
House
Fort Myer
Congress
New York Yacht Club
New York Navy Yard
Taft
Millionaire Gold Rush Reaches Tacoma via Victoria
A steamship Victoria arrived in Tacoma carrying one million dollars in gold from New Placer in the Yukon region. It ferried five passengers from Nome and Michael, among them several new Alaska millionaires made wealthy by placer and quartz discoveries in Animk, Ruby, Inneko, and the Fairbanks district. Many have not left Alaska in years and seek Alaskan sights and luxuries ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
New Placer
Yukon
Kuskokwin Valley
Victoria
Nome
Michael
Alaska
Animk
Inneko
Fairbanks
Alaakan Campe
Want Lime Bill Put Into Effect
Attorneys in Richmond meet in the attorney general's office to plan responses to a Supreme Court challenge to the lime grinding bill. The measure creates a state lime grinding board to operate quarries with convict labor, supplying farm lime at near cost, amid opposition from time manufacturers and strong Farm Union support.
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Richmond
Attorney Generals ‘Office
Inj
Stuff Limeshinking Board
Ity Cibewlc
Williams
Asiistant
R. B. Davis
Charles V. Meredith
John Pickerel
Aubrey E. Strode
William J. Mann
Virginia Farmers’ Union
Virginia
Richard J. Gyrd
A. Caperton Braxton
John S. Eggleston
Supreme Court
I. Carter Scott
Ctrcdit Court
Funeral for Emperor Matsuhito Set for September in Kyoto
Special report details funeral arrangements for Emperor Matsuhito who died July 30. Ceremony in Tokyo on September 13 with interment September 14 at Momoyama. Burial site near Kyoto, old capital, where emperors rest in pine covered hills. Night services, old Japanese costumes, Shinto rites, and evergreen branches mark the solemn rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Mutsushitsn
Momoyaimsa
Kyoto
Matsuhito
Japan
Shinto
Life reception and plans of Miss Cow Bullmonose
The report notes Miss Cow Bullmonose wearing real old moss from Taft at her life reception and her plan to spend winter with Teddy Bull in the Bad Lands, with his early retirement in November. It also mentions the Chinese republic gaining momentum and the large referendum ballot proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cow
Oll Moss
Taftback
Teddy Bull
Charlottesviile Progress
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