Zeppelin Makes Record Flight Over Swiss Lands
Count von Zeppelin's airship completed a twelve hour voyage over Northern Switzerland reaching up to 2,500 feet. It visited Winterthur Lucerne Zurich and Schaffhausen circling Zurich Cathedral before returning to Friedrichshafen covering about 220 miles. An American girl asked for a ride as crowds cheered in multiple towns.
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Geneva
Count von Zeppélin
Switzerland
Winterthur
Lucerne
Zurich
Schaffhausen
Lake Constance
Lake Zouz
Schweizerhof
Zeppelin
Burgenstock
Pilatus
Cathedral
Basle
Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Constance
Frauenfeld
Canton
Albis
Liegenz
Austria-Hungary
Military Balloon Falls Over Berlin During Trials
A new military steerable balloon, after its first successful flight, crashed during wind gusts over Charlottenburg at 5000 feet. It descended into Gruenwald Forest, with all five car occupants escaping uninjured by climbing down via the rope. The machinery suffered minor damage as military aviators moved to dismantle and inspect the airship.
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Berlin
Charlottenburg
Gruenwald Forest
Belmonts and White Exchange Sharp Paris Social War
Paris July 11 Belmonts clash with American Ambassador Henry White in a widening social feud. Belmonts host dinners at the Ritz while their cards are not returned by White and the Stuyvesants gain social favor at the embassy, amid a frigid, widely commented summer season. A scathing letter from Mr Belmont to Ambassador White is reportedly unanswered.
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Ritz
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Stuyvesants
Ambassador White
Fireworks sales forecast reach ten million as Fourth of July demand rises
Local New York fireworks dealers predict a record season ending tomorrow night with sales near 10 million dollars. Wholesale firms report no impact from hard times and note strong profits, aided by a wide range of novelties and a booming export to Porto Rico, Panama, and the Philippines.
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Porto Rico
Panama
Philippine Islands
Timmes
America
China
United States
Bailey Escapes From Ship Off Puerto Cortez
Francis G. Bailey president of the Export Shipping Co of New Jersey and others were aboard the Norwegian steamer Utstein when Bailey escaped in a small boat last night. A search by soldiers and the American Consul continues as the fugitives are pursued. The incident follows earlier seizures and arrests in Honduras and doubts over extradition. A Chihuahua revolt report says Palomas attackers moved toward Ascension with fifty soldiers marching out, while US officials head to Del Rio to coordinate Federal troops and Fort Bliss retains a reduced force.
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Honduras
Francis G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company of
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Albert W. Bailey
Charles H. H. Myers
Albert Oxley
Utstein
P. W. Beery
Albert W. Brickwood
New York
Goldsboro
Bailey
Atlantida
Ulstein
New Orleans
EL Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Palomas
Ascension
San Antonio
United States
Eugene Nolte
Charles Boynton
del Rio
Fort Bliss
Prize Winner Rabid Pointer Wanders Ivoryton Streets
A prize winning dog with registry number from Buffalo, New York, afflicted with rabies ran through Ivoryton prompting a hunting chase by locals with guns. The dog was abandoned while on an automobile tour.
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Waterbury
Conn
Ivoryton
Buffalo
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Pennsylvania Railroad to Long Branch Auto Race Day Trains
Fast express trains from nearby stations run on July 4 with departures at 8 04 AM and 10 55 AM to reach Long Branch in time for Elkwood Park auto races.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Branch
Elkwood Park
Bandits Not Rebels Diaz Tells Times
In a dispatch from City of Mexico on July 1 the Mexican government states the so called rebellion is led by bands of unemployed thieves aiming to plunder undefended villages. Private Secretary Rafael Chonsal addresses the New York Times refuting the rebel label and asserting authorities control the situation.
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Diaz
United States
RAFAEL_CHONSAL
U S Troops Sent to Del Rio as Mexico Insurrection Reports Grow
Gen Myer in Washington wires that four cavalry troops were dispatched to Del Rio to monitor insurgent operations in Mexico. Consul Ellsworth plans an independent probe of Las Vacas, reporting findings to the State Department. Reports confirm a Las Vacas clash left nine Mexican soldiers and twelve bandits dead, with Capt Perez wounded. Officials foresee an early subsidence of the insurrection due to Mexican government action and U S neutrality efforts.
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Myer
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War Department
del Rio
Mexico
Ellsworth
Porfirio Diaz
Coahuila
State Department
Las Vacas
Perez
Texas
Government of
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Raiders Attack Palomas near Chihuahua repulsed
Reports confirm an attack on Palomas in Chihuahua by twenty Mexican raiders. The assault was repulsed. their leader wounded and captured. Raiders said to come from Douglas Arizona. Nearby raiders near Viesca scattered. prisoners were peons claiming conscription by the bandits.
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Mexico
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Tate
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Douglas
Ariz
Viesca
Quiet Torreon Report Praises Safety Amid Rural Depredations
Dispatch from Torreon Mexico asserts city life is peaceful and safe for residents, while noting only rural districts suffer disordered activity. It claims no foreign interests are molested and that authorities have kept the situation under control.
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Torreon
Mexico
Fire in Williamsburg tenement injures residents
Smoke from a cellar blaze at 255 South First Street Williamsburg traps Ernest Klaubout and his niece Emma Stolt on the second floor. Salvage Corps rescues them and other tenants crowd to fire escapes as firefighters arrive and evacuate everyone. Fire Marshal investigates likely incendiary cause after a string of neighborhood fires.
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Emma Stolt
Sergi Fitzpatrick
Salvage Corps
Cruiser Inflexible Reaches 27 Knots in Trials
The Standard reports the cruiser Inflexible on Clyde trials hit nearly 27 knots over a measured mile, achieved by reducing armor weight. The test date is July 2, with London as the origin of the dispatch.
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London
Clyde
Land of the Sky: Asheville Toxaway Black Mountain Excursion
Advertisement promoting Western North Carolina travel by Southern Railway. Highlights the Glorious Mountains region including Asheville Toxaway and Black Mountain with quick service and low excursion rates. Offices listed at 1,200 Broadway New York.
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Glorious Mountains
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N. Y
Broadway
Taxicab Connection Reported in Columbus
A fragment notes a taxicab call line at six hundred Columbus for taxis. The unreadable text hints at a Columbus based taxi service or dispatch point with a six hundred street reference.
New Metropolitan Singers to Boost Opra Season
Andreas Dippel says the Metropolitan Opera House season will top all past ones with 60 soloists 210 chorus and 120 orchestra. New hires include Fejn hals Loomer Kasjkowska Sparkes Reinzenberg and Mme Niessenf Stone. Spetrino and Sarocco to lead conductors and ballet. Season starts November 16 with Aida and Emmy Destinn debuting alongside Caruso Toscanini. Weekly pay set at 80000.
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Reinzenberg
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M. Speck
Paris
Opéra
Expert Swimmer Drowns in Harlem River Under Willis Bridge
Henry Brudel an expert swimmer, 356 St. Ann's Avenue, drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming in the Harlem River under the Willis Avenue Bridge. It is believed he was seized by a cramp and sank before he could call to companion Joseph Glass. His body was recovered after an hour as Glass, exhausted, assisted searchers before Patrolman Hurley and Bridgetender Kelly recovered Brudel's body.
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Harlem
Willis Avenue
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Glass
Brudell
Hurley
Alexander Avenue
Bridgetender Kelly
Brudel
Kelly
Czar approves Duma after audience in St Petersburg
The Emperor met M Khem yakoff the Duma president in St Petersburg for the last time this session. He praised the Dumas work and approved its rejection of the battle ship scheme and piecemeal appropriations. The monarch supported Guchkoff against the Grand Dukes and backed student university measures.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Khemyakoff
Duma
M. Guchkoff
M. Khomyakoff
Paul Milyoukov
Panic on Electric Train at Ozone Park Station
Passengers on a Long Island Railroad electric train bound from Flatbush Avenue to Rockaway faced a frightening delay when the controller box shorted, bursting into flames. The motorman fled, fire broke out in woodwork, and passengers, mostly women and children, rushed for exits as guards blocked doors. Firefighters and police arrived. an explosion under the first car followed by smoke. After about an hour the train was repaired, then delays led to a dispute over trestle stops before the conductor finally agreed to resume all stations.
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Long Island Railroad
Flatbush Avenue
Rockaway
Ozone Park
Jamaica Bay
Brewery Workers to Protest in Milwaukee Parade
Milwaukee, July 1. The Brewery Workers’ Union plans a 8000-strong march July 26 to protest against the Anti-Saloon League. Pabst Park will host addresses on prohibition’s impact on labor. Secretary Gustav Richter notes 600 idle union men and $450,000 in lost wages from the movement's spread.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Wis
Brewery Workers’ Union
Anti- Saloon League
Pabst Park
Gustav Richter
Brewery Workers’ Association
The Fourth at Saratoga Train Special Announcement
The Saratoga Special departs Grand Central Station at three P M Friday, arrives in time for dinner in Saratoga. No fireworks on the Fourth, two quiet days, and return to New York Monday morning for business.
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Grand Central Station
New York
Adv
Kalil's Restaurant at 141 Park Place Reported As Open
Kalil's Restaurant located at 141 Park Place is highlighted in a local brief noting its ongoing operation and appeal as a dining spot in the neighborhood. The feature mentions its signature dishes and renewed freshness.
Roosevelt plans African hunt to benefit museums
Kermit Roosevelt says he will join his father on a yearlong African hunt. They will send back skeletons and skins to be mounted in American museums, likely the Smithsonian or New York Museum of Natural History, with a professor along to prepare carcasses for shipment. The expedition will be conducted with minimal outside contact.
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McClure Publications
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Rudyard Kipling
Thackeray
Dickens
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Whitney
Joe Washington
Panama
Times
Kermit
Harvard
Smithsonian
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Continent
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William
Genesee Valley
Shot Man Through Window in Raleigh Killing Case
Engineer B. M. Stultz of the Seaboard Air Line died from a pistol wound after a late night incident in Raleigh. Turner Smith, 19, is jailed for the killing. Coroner's jury testimony says Smith's sister awakened him after a man peeped through blinds, then Smith fired through the window. Stultz died in the train room shortly after.
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Raleigh
N. C
B. M. Stultz
Seaboard Air Line
Roanoke
Turner Smith
Smith
Stultz
Hard Run for Republicans in Waterbury Campaign
Senator N B Scott of West Virginia and Mrs Scott visited Waterbury on a tour bound for Poland Springs. He warned that Bryan and Gray would give Republicans a hard run, though he expected the party to win and noted signs that the campaign would be unusually strenuous.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Conn
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Scott
Poland Springs
Bryan
Gray
Through Trains to Atlantic City This July
Pennsylvania Railroad through trains to Atlantic City July 3 leaves New York at 9 55 M 1 25 and 2 55 P M No 1 25 P M train on July 4 Adv Haan's Restaurant Park Row Bldg Cool place downtown for luncheon dinner Magic Ve
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Orchard Not to Be Hanged in Idaho
The Idaho State Board of Pardons commuted Harry Orchard’s death sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of ex Governor Frank Steunenberg. Orchard had pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree after revealing a wholesale assassination plot. Judge Wood had recommended clemency, believing Orchard had told the full truth at the Haywood and Pettibone trials.
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Boise
Idaho
State Board of Pardons
Ife
Harry Orchard
Frank Steun
Orchard
Wood
Board of Pardons
Haywood
Pettibone
Lusitania Aims For New Ocean Speed Records
The Lusitania sails from Liverpool for New York next Saturday hoping to eclipse all previous running times. After alterations in her propellers including larger size and altered pitch, the liner anticipates a 27 knot average under favorable weather, aiming to gain a stronger grip on the water.
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Liverpool
New York
Operation on Evans in New York reports relief
Rear Admiral Evans, spending summer at Lake Mohonk, underwent foot surgery to remove chalky deposits from gout. Dr. G. W. Poucher of Poughkeepsie performed the procedure, which greatly relieved the admiral. He is said to be well and cheerful aside from the ailment.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Evans
Lake Mohonk
G. W. Poucher
Clayton man held for manslaughter in motors boat crash
George Miller of Clayton was arrested in Watertown on a second degree manslaughter charge after a motorboat trial at 80 mph without lights crashed into a skiff, killing Miss Lulu Carman of Albany and Edward Wells of Frontenac. He is released on $1900 bail.
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New York Times
Watertown
N. Y
George Miller
Clayton
Pitcher
Miller
Hewitt Morgan
New York
Lulu Carman
Albany
Edward Wells
Frontenac
Brooklyn and Long Island City Unified Local Telephone Rates
The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company announced that Brooklyn, Long Island City, and Astoria form one local area. Rates drop to 5 cents per message within the area, with Brooklyn subscribers receiving regular city rates. Also reduced are inter-area connections from Coney Island to Astoria and other nearby routes, including East New York to Richmond Hill.
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Oney Island
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Richmond Hill
Sherman to Leave for Home
Rep James Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate travels by private car with Mrs Sherman and a physician from Cleveland to Utica New York. They plan rest upon return and may have surgery after his strength returns. The trip was shortened due to his weakened condition and Dr Finney of Baltimore will meet them in Utica.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James
Hotel Guests Flee as Lake George Auditorium Burns
Two hundred fifty guests at the Lake George Hotel fled after a fire destroyed the new hotel auditorium, a convention hall within 100 feet of the main building. The blaze began shortly before 11 pm. guests in night attire rushed to the lawn as clerks and bellboys woke them. The Silver Bay Association built the hotel and auditorium, which housed about 1,500 and was partly insured.
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Lake George
N. Y
Lake George Hotel
Silver Bay Association
Full Summer Schedule for Sandy Hook Route In Effect
Sandy Hook Route expands service with normal trips and an extra July 4 run from West End Long Branch Spabright to New York. The plan adds a special event shuttle to accommodate holiday demand and provide additional capacity for travelers along the coast.
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West End
Long Branch
Spabright
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New York E
Fight Over Denver Platform Shapes Democratic Endorsement
A Denver July 1 dispatch reports national Democratic leaders debating the party platform with Bryan's nomination prospects seen as strong. Debate centers on radical vs conservative planks and a potential New York choice for vice president, with Judge Gray and Gov. Johnson among discussed names.
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