Illinois counties vote dry as 22 counties ban saloons
In Illinois opt ion elections across 1 200 townships in eighty four counties outside Chicago, about 22 counties voted to abolish saloons while roughly 1 500 saloons were shut down. Larger cities mostly kept licensing.
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Chicago
Illinois
Springfield
Freeport
Aurora
Elgin
Sterling
Kankakee
Lincoln
Monmouth
Bloomington
Danville
Joliet
Murphysboro
Rock Island
Rockford
Decatur
Dixon
Hoopestown
Georgetown
Pontiac
Shelbyville
Carbondale
Champaign
Mattoon
Ill
First National Bank
University of Illinois
Lyons
Dwight
Keeley Cure
Clinton
Snells
McGills
Warren County
College Center
Henderson County
Oquawka
Pike County
Douglass County
Edgar County
Paris
Peoria
Eilgin
Unemployed Estimate Raised at New York Convention
A convention at the Hotel Astor gathered labor and related groups to study joblessness in the United States. Samuel A. Stodel of the Industrial Workers of the World claimed a nationwide unemployed total of at least 4,750,000 and warned that conditions would worsen.
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New York
Hotel Astor
United States
Samuel A. Stodel
Industrial Workers of the World
Stodel
Italy to Sell Three Battleships to Argentina for 20 Million
Information from an official source indicates Italy is ready to sell to Argentina the battleships Regina Elena Napoli and Roma for 20 million dollars. Argentina weighs the purchase to strengthen its navy against Brazil’s growing sea power.
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Rio Janeiro
Italy
Argentina
Regina Elena
Napoli
Roma
Brazil
Kokomo Girl Shot to Death in Indiana
Fairy McClain a 23 year old Kokomo resident was found shot in the head inside her aunt Mrs. Mattie May's home. Police were told Worley Osborn her lover fled and could not be located. Investigators described the scene as a pool of blood at the aunt's residence.
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Kokomo
Ind
King to Review Home Fleet at Nore in Autumn
Naval circles expect King to hold an imposing review of the North Sea division of the home fleet at the Nore in early autumn. It would mark the first royal fleet review at the Nore since 1781.
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London
North Sea Division
Nore
Wheat Crop Shortfall in Britain for 1907
Official crop reports indicate a remarkable decline in wheat production across Great Britain during 1907. London cables highlight the notable drop in grain yields nationwide.
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London
Great Britain
Roosevelt to be Panama Canal director general idea
Former Missouri official says Taft election could lead to Theodore Roosevelt appointed Director General of the Panama Canal. Officials in the zone and Washington reportedly support the impression. Roosevelt reportedly seeks to finish his career by building the canal.
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St. Louis
Taft
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
John B. O’meara
Canal Zone
Washington
Emma Goldman Escorted to Border by Canadian Police
Canadian authorities order police to escort Emma Goldman to the boundary. If the U S bans her crossing she faces return to Russia, despite declaring U S citizenship.
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Winnipeg
Man
Emma Goldman
United States
Russia
National Statesmen Mourn Indiana Congressman Abraham Lincoln Brick
Indianapolis reports the sudden death of South Bend lawyer and Thirteenth Indiana District Congressman Abraham Lincoln Brick from Bright's disease after ten years in the House. A special election will be called to replace him. possible successors include Charles W. Miller and John Moorman.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Abraham Lincoln Brick
South Bend
Indiana
Bright
Overstreet
Watson
Chaney
Foster
Holiday
Gilliams
Dixon
Cox
Hemenway
Beveridge
Brick
Committee On Territories and Appropriations
St. Joseph County
Hanly
Charles W. Miller
Goshen
John Moorman
Knox
Riddick
Congress
TO GOTHAM BY TROLLEY Record Run From Chicago to New York
Elliott Flower of Chicago set a 1300 mile trolley record traveling to New York in seven and a half days. He used local and interurban routes with three small breaks, studying the expansion of trolley systems. He plans to return home by fast train.
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New York
Chicago
Elliott Flower
Flower
Balloon stunt to stump state for Milwau kee mayor
In St Louis special an enormous balloon named Sherbie Becker who is Milwau kee Wis young mayor will campaign for governor. The 115 foot tall balloon 60 foot diameter weighs 1500 pounds and holds 110000 cubic feet for the push.
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St. Louis
Sherbie” Becker
Milwaukee
Wis
Alaska road plan by Copper River line contractor
M. J. Heney, contractor for the Copper River & Northwestern Railway and Guggenheim Alaska road, will send 1500 railway laborers north as fast as they can be secured and transported.
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Alaska Road
Seattle
Wash
M. J. Heney
Copper River & Northwestern Railway
Guggenheim Alaska Road
Pastor Joins Elks Upends Pine Plains Baptist Flock
The Pine Plains Baptists request the resignation of Rev. Mervin V. Jacobs after he joined the Poughkeepsie Elks Lodge despite prior warnings from parishioners to stay out of the order. The move sparks church discontent in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Elks
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
The
Pine Plains Baptists
Mervin V. Jacobs
Poughkeepsie Lodge of Elks
Boy Gets Thirty Years in Camden Murder Case
Joseph Wood, an eighteen year old, was sentenced to thirty years in prison for second degree murder in the killing of nine year old Ethel Nevin in Camden New Jersey last fall.
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Camden
N. J
Joseph Wood
Ethel Nevin
Italian Dukes Rival In Legal Suit For Katherine Elkins
Frisco gossip says Lt. Adolphus Andrews U.S.N. speeds from San Francisco to Washington to challenge the Duke of Abruzzi for Katherine Elkins hand. Rumor links a two year Asiatic cruise with the Elkins family, noting Kitty Elkins’s wish for a titled match and Mrs. Elkins influence with Senator Elkins and the President. Andrews returns to report for duty aboard the Chattanooga via the China station after a two year assignment aboard the General Villaloboa.
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San Francisco
Asiatic
Adolphus Andrews
Washington
Katherine Elkins
Andrews
China Station
Roosevelt
Kitty Elkins
Mamma Elkins
Elkins
Kitty
Lieutenant Andrews
Stephen B. Elkins
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Chattanooga
Villaloaboa
United States
Szechenyis Besieged In Hungary Amid Wealth Rumor
In Buda Pesth the Count and Countess Szechenyi seek police protection after mobs tag along since entering Hungary. The husband is not poor, but public perception links their wealth to Gladys Vanderbilt. Their carriage is blocked by crowds hoping for gifts.
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Buda-Pesth
Hungary
Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Miss Vanderbilt
Man Learns He Inherited 375000 Fortune From Old Ad
Peter Andersen of near White Bluffs Washington saved a fellow emigrant in a wreck in 1873. Thirty five years later he found an advertisement on a wall that started the fortune transfer. He received a 5000 dollar check to travel to New York for final legal steps. Knudsen, his friend, made 1,000,000 in the New Jersey glove business.
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Tacoma
Wash
Peter Andersen
White Bluffs
Andersen
New York
Peter Knudsen
New Jersey
British Cruisers Collide Off Isle of Wight Killing 36
In night maneuvers off the Isle of Wight the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger and the cruiser Berwick collided. Thirty six men perished including Lieutenant Middleton commander of Tiger. The destroyer was cut in half and sank nearly at once.
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Portsmouth
England
Cable
Middleton
Tiger
Isle of Wight
Berwick
Smoking Innovation in Atlantic City Church Services
Rev. Sydney Goodman of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension plans special religious services in Atlantic City New Jersey that allow smoking and optional removal of coat and collar exclusively for men.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sydney Goodman
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Richmond to Get New Democratic Paper Soon
A morning Democratic paper will be launched in Richmond with no current Democratic daily in the city or Wayne county. The company is incorporated with a capital stock of 10000 dollars.
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Richmond
Special
Wayne County
Judge Cantrill Dies After Illness in Kentucky
Frankfort special reports Georgetown judge James E. Cantrill died Sunday after a lengthy illness. He presided over the first two trials of Caleb Powers, charged with complicity in the Goebel assassination.
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Cantrill
Frankfort
James E. Cantrill
Georgetown
Judge Cantrill
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Dynamite party ends with near calamity in Winsted club
In Winsted Connecticut a dynamite party at a local clubhouse unsettled guests when contractor A Hubby revealed he carried ten sticks of explosive. He lit one and claimed it would not explode in fire. Henry Skiker grew nervous and fled after a prank ice pick was dropped, causing a panic that terminated the gathering.
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Henry Skiker
Skiker
Electric Weapon of War Promises Swift Global Change
London dispatch reports Col F N Maude praising a new electric weapon described by an inventor as capable of imparting 50 000 ft per second initial velocity and 300 mile range. Simpson and Maude claim shells of various sizes can be fired with minimal cost, no recoil, and no smoke, potentially forcing navies to seek speed over armor.
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London
F. N. Maude
Simpson
Westminster Gazette
Colonel Maude
Royal Engineers
Maude
Populists Name Ticket at St Louis Convention
Thomas BE. Watson was nominated for President by the Populist national convention. Samuel W. Williams of Vincennes Indiana was chosen as his running mate. Williams is a 62 year old attorney with prior service in the Indiana Legislature and long active in politics.
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St. Louis
Thomas BE. Watson
Samuel W. Williams
Vincennes
Ind
Thomas
Watson
Indiana
New Public Printer Named in Philippines Appointment
John Leech of Illinois is named public printer in the Philippines replacing Stillings who resigned recently. The appointment by President Roosevelt comes as a surprise since Leech’s name had not been previously linked with the post.
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Washington
John
Rockerfeller Subject: Bald Man Regrows Hair in Spring
Henry Gilbert aged 78 in Columbus New Jersey puzzles neighbors and doctors as he sprouts a full head of hair this spring after thirty years of baldness.
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J. D. Rockefeller
Columbus
N. J
Henry Gilbert
Gilbert
Editor Narrowly Escapes as Fly-Wheel Slips at Owensville Plant
A 600 pound fly-wheel broke from its mount and crushed the composing room while a press ran at the New Echo office in Owensville. Editor Hulfish escaped serious injury as the accident disrupted operations.
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Owensville
New Echo
Hulfish
Asquith Likely Next British Prime Minister Amid Resignation
London reports the King accepted Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's resignation as prime minister after medical advice. The King summoned Herbert H. Asquith to discuss succession, signaling a likely move to make Asquith the new premier. Campbell-Bannerman led since 1895 as the cabinet contends with an unprecedented vacancy.
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London
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry
Sir Henry
Herbert H. Asquith
Herbert Asquith
Biarritz
Sir Campbell-Bannerman
War Office
Admiralty
Ireland
Would Wed Evelyn Again
In Matteawan a THAW case and his wife Evelyn’s annulment suit stir concern as experts report Harry Kendall Thaw remains unshaken. Alienists monitor his state while observers predict possible mental strain around the trial and Thaw’s hope to win Evelyn back after release.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Evelyn
Matteawan
Sea Turtle Gift Delights Roosevelt From Nicaragua
A Nicaraguan presents President Roosevelt with an 850 pound sea turtle captured in Nicaraguan waters. Col. James Dietrich of Grand River Station, Nicaragua delivered the notable gift, joining a long list of unusual tributes to the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Col
James Dietrich
Grand River Station
Nicaragua
Chicago Water Graft Figure Cited by McCourt
Superintendent McCourt estimates city losses from water graft at about 20 million dollars over ten years. The figure follows the suspension of seven more water department rate takers accused of connivance with large corporate consumers.
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Chicago
Water Department
McCourt
Indian Shot Up the Dance in Tahlequah
Eight miles south of Tahlequah at midnight a Cherokee man Bert Hampton shot and killed two white farmers Joe Bonhannon and Arch Barsha during a country dance. The murderer fled the scene and is sought by local authorities.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Here
Bert Hampton
Joe Bonhannon
Arch Barsha
Golden Key Presented To Admiral On Return To Seattle
In Seattle readers await the arrival of the battle ship fleet from target practice at Magdalena Bay. The people will present the Admiral with a key of virgin Alaska gold to symbolize the city opening its doors to the warships’ crew.
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Seattle
Wash
Magdalena Bay
Alaska
Unique marriage record at Washington Monument loft
Thomas Alexander a Philadelphia carpet manufacturer and Miss Anna Morrison also of Philadelphia set a new marital record in the loft of the Washington Monument in Washington DC.
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Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
Thomas Alexander
Anna Morrison
Philadelphia
How'd You Like to Be Kaiser? Berlin Cable Salary Rise
The Kaiser will have his annual pay raised due to his large family and higher cost of living. The current salary is 3.93 million dollars per year.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Girl Wins $6000 by Bank at Rawhide Resort
Miss Lillian Bennett, said to be from a prominent New York family, won $6000 in a single sitting by breaking a faro bank at Carl Young's Rawhide resort in Reno. After banks were closed, the game ended with her winnings and later losses in earlier play are noted. Bennett previously drew attention in the Klondike for gambling prowess.
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Reno
Nev
Lillian Bennett
New York
Rawhide
Carl Young
Young
Klondike
Far North
Notable Rescue by a Horse in Bethel Stable Fire
Spectators in Danbury observe Kit the horse heroically rescue a companion during the Bethel stable fire that destroyed Andrew J. Hallock’s stables. Kit broke free from handlers and reentered the blaze to guide the other horse to safety.
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Danbury, Conn
Andrew J. Hallock
Bethel
Kit
Toledo Park Bars Picture Hats In View of Game
Special Manager Armour announces no Merry Widows hats at Toledo park this season. He cites obstruction of view based on Chattanooga experience, noting twenty girls in one party wore oversized hats that blocked the crowd.
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Toledo
Armour
Chattanooga
Government to curb opium cultivation in effort to reduce imports
Shanghai reports an imperial decree orders governors and viceroys to limit opium culti vation as imports from India decline. The government pursues strict actions against smoking and other illegal uses of opium.
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Shanghai
India
Two Girls Wed on a Dare in Lynn Massachusetts
Blanche Tobin and Margaret Sinclair accepted a dare to propose to their sweethearts. They married secretly and are now on a joint honeymoon in New York as Mrs. Frank W. Osgood and Mrs. Charles A. Cornforth.
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Lynn
Mass
Blanche Tobin
Margaret Sinclair
Frank W. Osgood
Charles A. Cornforth
New York
Michigan Bans Special Athletes From University Honours
University of Michigan faculty declares that no special student may participate in athletic events. The rule change targets young men pursuing college athletic goals without proper study.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
New Industry for Farmers in Winsted Area
Farmers at Indian Hill near Winsted Conn anticipate a busy auto season. They are buying extra teams of horses to pull stalled automobiles up the steep incline, creating a new local activity and employment.
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Winsted, Conn
Indian Hill
Prince Edward Island Seeks Car Exclusion From Province
The Prince Edward Island Legislature votes to exclude motor vehicles from the province on grounds of public safety, reflecting a bold measure against car operation within PEI.
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Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Cable
Plowshare Uncovers $4000 Gold Slugs on Evergreen Ranch
Ramon Chaboya, a Spaniard living on a longtime Evergreen ranch near San Jose, uncovered a box containing 4000 in eight sided gold slugs once used by California's Spanish community. The find occurred while he plowed the field on the family property held for over fifty years.
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San Jose
Cal
Ramon Chaboya
Evergreen
California
Brooklyn Boy Kidnapping Demands $5,000 Escorting Fire Police
Hundreds of Brooklyn pupils aided fire police in a search for Bartolo Giuffe, a three year old son of an Italian grocer, believed kidnapped. A ransom of $5,000 was demanded for his return.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bartolo Giuffe
Death From Ill Fitting Teeth in Mason Michigan
George Morrison a Civil War veteran living two miles east of Mason died from necrosis of the jaw bone caused by ill fitting false teeth. He is described as a resident of Mason.
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Mason, Mich
George Morrison
Here
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