Cupid Robs Uncle Sam of Employee Miss Kelly
Miss Margaret Valentine Kelly of Massachusetts, acting Mint director, has announced engagement to Major Robert Callan of the Coast Artillery Corps. Taft appointee with a high Treasury salary, she may resign due to civil service rules. Her career, privacy, and social absence contrasted with public interest as investigations unfold into allied cases and a looming wedding before Christmas.
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Miss Kelly
Massachusetts
Taft
Bvll
Robert Callan
Coast Artillery Corps
Washington, D. C
Dan Cupid
Margaret Valentine Kelly
Mint
T Hightet
One
Comsi Artillery Corps
Fort Mamison
Mass
John W. Kelly
Attvorney
Portsmouth
N. 1
Pointe O
Watt
Hare
United States
George S. Itolerts
Missholly
Massachuesetts
Bay Suite
Washington
Civil Service
Treasury
Partowcot
Roberts
Uncle Safu
Bi Bank
Wasi Snapelot
New York
EF Street
Christ Mas
Treasury Department
Nh Datervigen
Olberts
Miss Welly
John Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Richmond to seek death penalty for attacks on girls
City officials in Richmond plan to push amendments to raise the age of consent after reports of assaults on girls under sixteen. Police Commissioner Gordon, with Mayor Ainslie and Commonwealths Attorney Polkes, will present resolutions at a 5 PM board meeting. Four girls were abused at a Marshall Street pickle factory. two suspects, Emmett Mescoe and J J Anthony, are jailed with three others sought.
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Gilbert Pollock
Toas
Menilco County
Leo Kidd
J. J. Anthony
Herman Anthony
Henrico
Kellum
Willer
Smith
Justice Cratchfield
Sint
Charles i. Cannon
T12
North Thirtyfourth Street
Grace
Marrest
Mr. Cothonu
Oil Ambler
Chih
Ueber
Meseomont Anhens
Richmond
Virginia
Hrichamoml Police Commission
Aimslie
Polkes
Douglas Gordon
Commonwealth
Crutchfield
House of Delegates
Ainslie
Marshall Street
Emmett Mescoe
East Clay Street
North
Tragedy at Newark Cycle Races Claims Seven Lives
Authorities probe a deadly incident at the Vailsburg Motordome track in Newark New Jersey where seven died. Manager Paul Berckum ordered to explain the event as stadium safety is questioned. Victims include a teenage Texan and a Denver man’s wife, with speculation that excessive speed caused the crash.
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Newark
N. J
Vailsburg Motordome
Mott
Paul J. Berckum
Los Angeles
Cal
Pilanees
Hlasha
Faldic
Waco
Texas
Hasha
Denver
John Albright
Kilhal
Albricht
Vorel
Denches
Vogel
Roosevelt Scores Wilson in Speech in Spokane
Colonel Roosevelt replying to Governor Wilson's criticism of a federal minimum wage plan called Wilson's folly. He defended government power to regulate hours and wage floors, citing the Interstate Commerce Commission's reforms and warning of risks to underpaid workers. He also voiced support for woman suffrage, stressing working women' s interest.
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Spokane
Wash
Wilson
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aviation student fatally injured in wing collision
George Monnard of New York, a pupil at Maissant Aviation School, was struck by a descending monoplane wing and knocked thirty feet. Aboard the plane was Lieutenant Eustace Salinas of the Mexican regular army who is training to form a Mexican air corps for operations against the insurrectos.
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Hempstead
N.Y
George Monnard
New York
Maissant Aviation School
Eustace Salinas
Senator O Gormay Shapes New York Democratic Rise
Senator O Gormay increasingly wields influence in New York Democrats. He asserts that if other states mirror Vermont’s recent gubernatorial result, all 532 electoral college votes will go to Governor Woodrow Wilson.
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O’gormay
Democratic Party
New York State
Vermont
Woodrow Wilson
Royal Welcome for Prince Henry at Tokyo Funeral
P C Knox United States Secretary of State arrives as special envoy for Emperor Matsuhito's funeral and plans a meeting with Viscount Yehida next week. Emperor Yoshihito greets Knox as Prince Henry of Prussia, envoy of Emperor William, arrives with a large retinue and is housed near the German embassy.
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Tokio
P. C. Knox
United States
Matsuhito
Knox
Viscount Yehida
Yoshihito
Prince Henry
Prussia
Emperor William
Two Burned in Fire at Diamond Match Company
Special to the Akron paper reports two Diamond Match Company workers fatally burned at the Mesa Mast and Michael Dia ppe plant near Barberton when a crate of matches toppled in a drying room. Several employees leaped from windows to escape the blaze.
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Diamond Match Co
Akron
Diamond Matcoh Company
Mesa Mast
Aliehael Diappe
Barberton
Stabbing Affray In Richmond Coal Yard Ends In Wounds
In Richmond West End Murphy's coal yard Tuesday morning a fatal stabbing arose from a team dispute. Archer Rustin and Ruf fin Winston clashed. Winston was wounded and jailed, Ruf fin severely cut and ordered home by officials and surgeon.
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Richmond
Worcmder
Murphy's Coal Yards
West End
Archer Rustin
North Mantisem Street
Ruaffin
Dames Winston
North Firth Street
Goth
Ruffin
Winston
R Rufin
Rutlin
Bullock
Whm
Pr. Lipscomb
City Wars on Blackbirds in Topeka Firework Battle
In Topeka a concerted effort against infesting Blackbirds in elm trees around Bethany College and local residences involved four men firing roman candles for hours. The pyrotechnic assault caused noisy disruption but failed to drive the birds away, prompting talk of arming the city with shotguns for extermination.
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Topreka
Topeka Yast
Bethany College
L. L. Dyche
Senator Heyburn Growing Better
Senator Heyburn of Idaho, treated for heart trouble, shows marked improvement. Confined to his Stoneleigh Court apartment after a breakdown from heavy work in Congress, he is recovering rapidly and plans to return home to Wallace, Idaho. Taft rests. T. R. rocks the boat.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Heyburn
Idaho
Stoneleigh Court
Heyburn
Wallace
Maine Defeat Shakes Up State Politics In 1912 Election
Maine voters swung R to W as William T. Maines won the governorship by about 3,700 over Democrat Frederick W. Pinisted. Republicans gain two Congress seats, with Edwin C. Burleigh and Gardner tied to the slate. Bull Moose support splits the GOP. Despite Republican edge, Wilson looks favored in November. turnout about 110,000. Monument Square saw little excitement as results came in.
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William T. Maines
Frederick W. Pinisted
Hoo Ikids
Tin Vete
Portland
Banger
Aveta
Willie Republican
Wilson
Roosevelt
Haines
Abere
Monument Square
Maine
United States
Senate
House
Remarkable ten mile race for $1000 purse in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles California a notable race will be held Thursday at Washington baseball park. Thirty G A R Veterans form three relay teams to face Colonel J L Smith over ten miles. Smith posts a $1010 check to be given to the ten G A R men who beat him, sparking much interest among veterans at Venice Beach and the Sawtelle Soldiers Home.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Washington Baseball Park
J. L. Smith
Smith
G. Albr
Venice Beach
Sawtelle
Bugs Raymond Dies After Brutal Assault in Chicago Hotel
Arthur I. Raymond known as Bugs Raymond former major league pitcher died after a brutal assault. Coroner Hoffman reported a fractured skull and cerebrum hemorrhage. Pred Cigrang was arrested charged with his death after admitting to beating Raymond a week earlier at an amateur game.
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Chicago
Ill
Arthur I. Raymond
Bugs Raymond
Tamous National Lreseue
Hoffman
Pred Cigranx
Raymond
Velry
Cigrang
Music teacher speed trials fatal crash in East Side
Peter Miller twenty two a piano teacher racing a motorcycle to keep an appointment was killed and Samuel Palofsky an electrician fatally hurt when their machine slammed into a truck at Avenue A and Eleventh Street. Both riders and the horses were thrown onto the street.
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New York
East Side
Peter Miller
Samuel Palofsky
Avenue A
Eleventh Street
Arthur Raymond a Wastrel Remembered as a Lost Boy
A fragmentary poem recalling Arthur Raymond as a once strong youth who wasted by illness or fate. It laments a boy turned by misfortune, urging pity for the child who chased a phantom and faced a grim end. The speaker asks if those who preached of right and wrong will welcome him softly.
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Arthur Raymond
William Fe Kiex
Convicted Banker Opens Wall Street Office After Release
A banker recently released from a fifteen year Federal Prison sentence in Atlanta has opened an office on Wall Street and aims to regain his fortune. President Taft pardoned Morse after a physician said he was in desperate condition and unlikely to live six months.
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Atlanta
Wall Street
Taft
Morse
Roosevelt Hopes to Carry Washington in 1912
Ex-President Roosevelt spoke in Seattle and Spokane, urging Progressive support to carry Washington in November. He aimed to unseat Bal linger and urged women voters to use their suffrage, saying voting is essential to a People's government. He praised Eastern Washington and signaled Western support with the eastern march.
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Seattle
Wash
Roosevelt
Washington
Ballinger
Spokane
Women 10 Hunt for Lost Treasure Near Cocos Island
Plymouth special reports a modern crew of women explorers led by Miss Barrey Tu and Miss Genevieve Davies sailing from Plymouth aboard the Melmore to race for treasure on Cocos Island in the Pacific southwest of Panama. French rival Matilde Durand from Marseilles contests the venture, claiming knowledge of the treasure and a fast vessel.
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Plymouth
Eng
Dowd
Soeking
Barrey Tu
Genevieve Davies
Cocos Island
Pacific Ocean
Les
Panama
Tighne
High Seas
Melmore
Milo
Matilde Durand
Marseilles
Ois
Gvent Cocos Island
Lime
Miss Davies
England
Durand
Lifesaver Farrell Rescues Men Amid Route Crane Crisis
New York special reports Joan Farrell, a stationary engineer at the Main Street crossing bridge project in Plushing, saved four workers after a trolley wire shock caused a crane incident. He previously rescued several others, while a loaded bucket and a cracked crane platform nearly toppled, Farrell then released the bucket and steadied the crane, averting disaster.
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New York
Joan J. Farrell
Farrell
New Bridge
Long Island Rathrona
Plushing
Henrys System in an Washington apartment house
A Washington apartment house elevator conductor explains his odd system for answering doors. He says he only answers if he hears a caller, and if not he asks, What? The anecdote reflects a humorous miscommunication relayed by a judge.
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Washington
Henry
Virginia Christian Mission Society meets in Lynchburg
Special meeting of the Virginia Christian Missionary Society, Disciples of Christ in Virginia, opens in Lynchburg. President Atkins welcomes delegates at Fifth Street Christian Church as Gerald Cults raan of Martinsville delivers a keynote on a Resurvey of Zion.
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Lynchburg
Virginia Christian Missionary Society
Disciples of Christ
Fifth Street
Warren Baldwin
JL. BL McWane
Gerald Cults Raan
Martinsvile
Zion
Skat Sharps Chase Prizes at Fifth Nordwestlicher Event
In the Bronx at Ebling's Casing the fifth annual Nordwestlicher Skat-Verband convention opened with a free-for-all tournament. About 1000 skat players gathered around 250 tables to compete for $500 top prize, $450 second, and $250 third, with the event ending in a Casino banner ceremony tonight.
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New York
Bronx
Ebling
St. Ann's Avenue
Herman Ridder
Dorough
Cyroe Miller
Carson's Point
Zoological Garden
Five bolts strike Winnsville home in Fork Union storm
A morning storm in Fluvanna County, Virginia, directed two bolts to strike the Winn home near Fork Union. The bolts caused minor damage including plaster, shutters, and water damage, with no injuries reported. The occupants were Misses Willie, Lucy, Anna and Ela Winn, and Phil J. Wink. The storm lasted briefly and affected a small park union neighborhood.
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Fork Union
Wva
Fluvanna County
Winnsville
John F. Winn
Willie
Lucy
Anna
Ela Winn
Phil J. Wink
Union Neleh Berhowd
Mt Holyoke College to mark 75th anniversary
Mt Holyoke College in Holyoke Massachusetts will celebrate its seventy fifth anniversary next month. Founded by Mary Lyon the college was the first higher education institution for women along the Atlantic coast. The celebration highlights the college’s history as a women founded institution and its role in advancing women’s education.
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Mrs& Jace
Lyon
Mary Lyon
Holyoke Gokicze
Mt Holyoke
New Beals and Colleges
Geld of
Amd Uin
Ife
Educawerk
St E Vents
Mt Holyoke Semt
Bity Hiolyoke College
Colterge
MT. Holyoke
Mass
Mt. Holyoke College
Mt. Holyoke Seminary
Atlantic Seaboard
Drought Severe in Eastern Virginia This Summer
Eastern Virginia suffers a prolonged dry spell with only 1.49 inches of rain in August and a year-to-date deficit near 7.11 inches for Richmond. Heavy rain in March and May partly offsets the drought, while evaporation remains low and swift prolonged periods of dryness hurt agricultural pursuits.
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Richmond
State Fair Thrillers Arrive as Richmond Debuts at Fair
Fred Lewis returns to Richmond to oversee State Fair concessions during Fair Week starting October 7. He notes prominent shows from Coney Island and promises thrilling attractions. Entries for the women’s department close October 14, with other divisions also due by that date or later.
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Richmond
Fred Lewis
Department of Concessions
State Fair
Lewis
Conay Island
Coney Island
Copia
Afr. Lewis
Warwick
Victor Allen Trial Nears End In Wythe County
Five witnesses testified for the prosecution and the defense rested in the Victor Allen case in Wytheville Virginia. The State argued Floyd Allen threats tied to the Carroll County shooting while defense witnesses described the defendant’s cautious conduct and disputed prior statements in the case.
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Wytheville
Monay
Victor Alen
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Wesleyds
Ns County
Preston Prowler
Re Serve
Fowler
Suffragette tale and a curious railroad damages case
A recalled anecdote features Mrs. Pankhurst and her suffragette circle reacting to a railroad damages lawsuit. A plaintiff reportedly sued for forty thousand dollars and accepted full payment under a verdict after her attorney asked for a “penny.” The exchange ends with a remark about outwitting the attorney and a question about how she did it, followed by a stray note about a prehistoric two room house in Mexico and an optical shop listing in Norfolk.
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Hina
Pankhurst
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Louies
Thie Leviserheundl
Ehief
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
College Cfirt
Sternhoon
S. T Willis
Lytehbure
Alise Annie Dudley
Witners the Women of the Church
Skat
Winnsvilele
Pluvanna
Women For Women
Eastern
Virginas
Victor Allen
Mexico
Catakh
Chile
OPTI
Granby St
Norfolk
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