Demand for Money Under Threats Reaches Evansville
Italian merchant Michael Fascine received a Mexico City letter from a supposed banker naming Guima demanding $5000 with a threat to abduct his children if unpaid. A post office inspector is en route to investigate a Black Hand case, with arrests possible. Fascine, a longtime Evansville resident, reported the threat to local officials.
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Evansville
Ind
Michael Fascing
Minis
Paseino
Mexico City
Mes
Guima
Mexico
Paris
Bereros
Fascino
Fascine
Kit
Cincinnati
Post Office
Hopes of Strikers in Evansville Antiboycott Hearing
Evansville carmen push peaceful strike rights in a hearing before Judge DeBruler arguing that workers may strike and invite noncoercive boycotts. The Evansville & Southern Traction Co officials claim no strike exists, only a boycott while running on time with about twenty percent of normal patronage returning.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansville & Southern Traction Company
DeBruler
Ben Commons
Jindsay
Durbin
Brewers Trade Political Winds For Campaign Of Education
Indianapolis report notes a clash as State Brewers association members debate removing politics from business. Sims Goodrich Beveridge New all figure in a push for party alignment with Captain Harry S. New favored for Republican state chairmanship as veterans plan retirement.
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Indianapolis
State Brewers’ Association
Pole
NATO
Scecmtacs
Fred AL Sims
Whea
Tican Assanita Fon
Washincon
Sims
Goodrich
Beveridge
Washington
Capt
Harry S. New
Republican State Committee
Captain New
Duluth Woman Receives Part of Stolen Money Letter
Mrs George Shea of Duluth reported a May theft of 30000 hidden under a bed mattress during a parade near her sister’s home in Geattle Washington She has now received 15000 from a letter signed Two Thieves claiming prior use of 6000 to furnish their home and referencing a dispute between Austria Hungary and Great Britain.
Presbyterians Probe Elizabethtown Minister in Crossfire
A committee examines Rev. W F Hunt over alleged improprieties with Belah Remy sixteen. Dr Thompson testified of criminal intimacy and a woman witness named one. Belah Remy and Mrs Remy described hugs and kisses in court as Hunt defended himself. The panel plans a further report.
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Columbus
Ind
Elizabethtown
W. F. Hunt
Elisabethtown Presbyterian Church
Belah Remy
D. A. Thompson
Elisabethtown
Rev. Hunt
Augustus Remy
Gloucester schooner Senator Gardner fires on French steam trawler
Word reaches North Sydney of a clash off Quero bank between the Gloucester Massachusetts fishing schooner Senator Gardner and a French steam trawler. The American vessel fired with a rise and the steam trawler's rail was splintered. no injuries reported amid long standing antagonism between steam trawlers and hand line fishers.
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North Sydney
C. B
Gloucester
Mass
Senator Gardner
Quero Bank
Senator Owen Attacks Tariff Bill in Full Senate Debate
Washington June 16 Senator Owen delivered a vigorous critique of the tariff bill arguing it serves special interests. He contended the measure is drafted to favor certain groups and pass without true reform, urging broader consideration and revision.
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Owen
Washington
New Linotype Jointer Aids Montpelier Herald Production
The Merzanthaler Linotype Co. machine installed at The Herald delivers solid line type from matrixes. It can set a column of reading matter in an hour, replacing three hand compositors. For a period, some news will be set by hand while operators gain speed. readers are invited to see the machine in action.
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Linotype
Merzanthaler Linotype Co
New York
Herald
Montpelier and
Vicinity
Desire l
Re Herald
B Cones
Montpelier
Children’s Day Observed Across Three Churches
Sunday was children’s day with services at Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian churches. The Methodist crowd overflowed with chairs in the aisles while Miss Putnam’s orchestra and Edna Shannon provided music. Baptist and Presbyterian programs showcased skilled recitations, songs, and floral stage decorations. An offering supported Sunday schools for mountain districts lacking access.
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Mesdames
D. F. Shannon
L. L. Weat
G. H. Myers
Sam Weazley
William Arnold
Miss
Putnam
Baptist Church
Mesdames B. A. Beddens
N. B. Cortein
Presbyterian Sunday School
Mary Pulver
Crete Bourne
Grace Sinclair
Dorothy Smith
Quen
State Health Board Alerts on Bleached Flour Sales
A formal notice sent to millers and flour dealers a month ago warns inspectors of the state food and drug department to be alert for the sale of bleached flour when not properly processed.
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Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
Taft Urges Two Measures Before Congress
President Taft asks Congress to consider a 2 percent tax on undistributed net earnings of corporations and a constitutional amendment to empower a federal income tax. Committees likely to act Friday as debates begin with Republicans split on the plan and Democrats voicing criticisms.
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Congress
Wasitheton
Jaime
Tattedios
Senate
Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Fell Half a Mile Berwyn Neb Airship Flight Ends in Crash
Uriah Sorenson the Berwyn blacksmith built a cigar shaped airship thirty feet long and four feet in diameter. He attempted to fly from his shop and ascended about 3000 feet before the craft tortioned and plunged to the ground. He survived with a broken leg and multiple injuries and planned to begin another aircraft soon.
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Berwyn
Neb
Uriah Sorenson
Sorenson
Mrs Frances Cleveland testifies in Brandenburg case
Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland testified for the prosecution in the Brandenburg case charging a magazine writer with peddling a Grover Cleveland article as a presidential work. She said the signature on the article was not her late husband's and compared it with signatures on checks. The scene drew a large crowd as she appeared in deep mourning and with composure.
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New York
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Broughton Brandenburg
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
White House
Golfers Gather for Tony Morris Memorial Trophy
Golfers across the nation and especially the West compete today for the Tony Morris memorial trophy on Western Golf Association courses. Teams of eight play at about 125 clubs with results sent to the association's executive committee. The trophy becomes the property of the club that wins it three times.
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Tony Morris
Western Golf @ssociation
Western Golf Association
Slavonia Wreck at Flores Island Total Loss Expected
Liverpool reports the wrecked steamer Slavonia at Flores island in the Azores has seven fathoms of water in the holds. The captain telegraphs that salvage is impossible and the vessel will be a total loss. Bows are pinned to a 1,000 foot cliff. baggage of saloon passengers in the hold will be lost.
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Liverpool
Flores Island
Azores
Hunter fatally attacked by lion in Naivasha hunt
In Naivasha British East Africa on June 16 H. C. Williams, secretary to George McMillan of Michigan, was fatally mauled after a lion he and McMillan shot turned on him. Williams suffered a broken shoulder and severe flesh wounds.
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Naivasha
British East Africa
H. C. Williams
George McMillan
Michigan
Senator McMillan
Williams
Wiliams
McMilian
Seized With A Fit Over an Embankment
In Hammond on June 16 a big touring car carrying six passengers lost control as driver Walter Mellon suffered an epileptic fit. Nicholas Emmerling tried to save him, the car plunged 15 feet into a ditch by the Calumet river bridge. No deaths but all occupants were shaken and bruised.
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Hammond
Walter Mellon
Nicholas Emmerling
Calumet River Bridge
County Official in Troubie Arrested for Embezzlement
Robert J. Comer a 38 year old deputy clerk in the office of County Clerk Leonard Quill was arrested on charges of embezzling county funds. He confessed guilt admitting he misappropriated fees amounting to about 1000 dollars and was held on $8000 bail.
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Troubie
Indianapolis
Robert J. Comer
Leonard Quill
Gomer
Robbery at Lakeville Post Office Sparks Manhunt
On June 16 in South Bend Indiana a band of men stole a horse and bag and blew open the Lakeville post office safe escaping with several hundred dollars. Police pursue the suspects as details remain unclear.
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South Bend
Ind
Lakeville
Eages Ball Club Debuts at Nesthat Park
A fragment notes the Eages ball club on the field at Nesthat s park, indicating an early game or practice setting at the local venue. The text is incomplete but confirms the team and park reference in a sports context.
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Eages Ball Club
Nesthat*s Park
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Western Association
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