Coronation May Be Further Postponed In King Edward Health Woes
London reports King Edward remains an invalid unable to walk and may be carried in a bath chair to Westminster Abbey if coronation is delayed. The Times notes advisers may limit activity while Balmoral recuperation is planned and an Isle of Wight bulletin says health improves with wound healing.
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NEW York Times
London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
the Times
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Italian squadron visit to Tripoli reassured by Vienna report
The Pester Lloyd claims the Tripoli visit by the Italian squadron is a semi official communiqué. The Vienna Times correspondent notes European anxiety is not warranted and Istanbul expects a cordial Turkish welcome. Italy reportedly reconquers influence in the Mediterranean.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Pester Lloyd
Vienna
Times
Tripoli
Europe
Constantinople
Pest
Lloyd
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Mediterranean
Less German Anglophobia
The Berlin correspondent of The Times notes a shift toward a more judicial tone in German press about British policy since Count Berchem's plea. Regret over the rift with Britain is common but often accompanied by false claims that British papers are wholly anti German.
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Loxpon Times
New York Times
London
Count Berchem
Berlin
the Times
Germany
Great Britain
Index to Departments and Market Listings
Stocks weak in trading with details on Wheat Corn Oats Cotton Iron Butter and other commodities. Page references indicate where Arrivals at Hotels Legal Notes Insurance Notes Real Estate and Weather will be found.
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United Service
Weather Rt
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Ad Highlight
An advertisement promotes Burnett's Extract of Vanilla as the exclusive vanilla flavoring used by leading hotels and clubs, targeting upscale culinary venues and society patrons.
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Burnett
Boers to Serve on Legislative Councils
A blue book from London dated July 23 reports that Joseph Chamberlain consented to enlarging the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies legislative councils with non official members. Lord Milner suggested the councils meet in September, signaling cross national cooperation despite earlier doubts. In Commons Mr MacNeill condemned the Royal Commission appointments. the motion was defeated 210 to 664.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Milner
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange River
House of Commons
J. G. Swift MacNeill
Lord Alverstone
England
John Bigham
King’s Bench
High Court of Justice
Brodrick
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
MacNeill
British Cabinet Change Names Chamberlain President of Trade Board
London reports that J Austen Chamberlain will succeed Gerald W. Balfour as President of the Board of Trade replacing the outgoing cabinet member.
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London
Mayor Harrison Named Fugit ive by Glencoe Police
Glencoe police chief Dennis declares Chicago mayor Harrison a fugitive from justice. He describes Harrison as the reckless chauffeur of Sheridan Road and offers a 25 dollar reward for capture by a village patrolman. Officials say Harrison fled to Michigan but may return to face trouble.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Dennis
Glencoe
Harrison
Sheridan Road
Michigan
Mrs Elizabeth Stoddard III Ill at Home in New York
Mrs Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard wife of poet Richard Henry Stoddard lies critically ill at her home on East Fifteenth Street after three weeks of influenza. She was active as a novelist in the 1860s and recently had a book of poems published by Scribner.
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Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard
Richard Henry Stoddard
East Fifteenth Street
French American Educational Plan Discussed in Paris
Adolphe Cohn of Columbia University met with M Chaumie the minister of public instruction to outline a plan to create scholarships for French students to study in American universities, notably Columbia, and to invite Americans to study in French universities. Chaumie showed interest in the proposal.
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Paris
Adolphe Cohn
Columbia University
New York
M. Chaumie
Violin Solo Draws Bets at Ocean Grove Meeting
At a Temple youth meeting in Ocean Grove New Jersey Cecilia Bradford played Safe in the Arms of Jesus a man from Alabama bid five dollars to hear the solo again. Leader Yatman split the winnings between a Wesley Lake carnival fund and the violinist with ice cream as the prize.
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New York Times
Ocean Grove
N. J
Tvil
Alabama
Temple
Cecilia Bradford
Jesus
Yatman
Boarding Houses listed in No 15 Our-Track Series
Advertisement notes fifty dollar boarding houses listed in Our-Track Series No 15. Free copy sent on receipt of four cents by G H Daniels New York Central.
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G. H. Daniels
New York Central
Westcott's Express Baggage Check Promises Time Savings
Travelers save time and avoid trouble by checking baggage with Westcott's Express. The service operates with offices in New York and Brooklyn, offering a convenient option for baggage handling and delivery.
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Westcott’s Express
New York
Brooklyn
Adv
Pennsylvania Special Advertises Fast NYC to Chicago Rail
The notice touts the Pennsylvania Special train offering only 20 hours between New York and Chicago with a dining car barber shop and luxurious conveniences aboard.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Two Slain in Primary Riots in New Jersey
Camden N J July 28 two men were killed another dying and many hurt as bitter factional Republican primaries over delegates to the Woodbury Con?ension sparked violence in Camden Gloucester and Salem Counties. Joe Goddard heavyweight pugilist shot in PenSacuen Township and died at Cooper Hospital. John P K Scott shot through the heart in Camden Third Ward. Patrolman Harry Miller stabbed and injured. Authorities blame Philadelphia repeaters amid heated contest between Loudenslager and Van Sant factions.
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Camden
N. J
Republican Party
Woodbury
Joe Goddard
John P. K. Scott
Philadelphia
Harry Miller
Harry Loudenslager
Congress
Alpheus van Sant
Gloucester
Salem
Scott
Miller
Joe
Goddard
Merchantville
Pensauken Township
Robert Washington
Cooper Hospital
Isance Fowler
Pensauken
Third
Beckett
van Sant
Loudenslager
Eanage
Raud
Prof Bell's Flying Machine Nears Test
Sydney July 28 Prof Alexander Graham Bell is nearing completion of a flying machine built under his direction. The craft, about 20 feet long and made of canvas and linen on piano wires, uses a kite principle and differs from Santos-Dumont's design.
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New York Times
Sydney
C. B
Alexander Graham Bell
Santos-Dumont
Prof. Bell
Syndicate Formed to Buy New Jersey Meadows for Development
Journal reports a New York backed syndicate with 65 million capital plans to buy lands along the New Jersey coast and Hudson County. James C. Young confirms parts of the plan and says options on 38728 acres in Hudson County have been secured for meadow land development. officials await incorporation filings. William C. Demorest denies knowledge of the scheme.
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Jersey City
New York
New Jersey
Hackensack
Passaic
Hudson County
Vanderbilt
Realty Trust Company of
Central Realty Bond and Trust Company of
George W. Young
United States Mortgage and Trust Company of
James
Young
Trenton
William C. Demorest
the Realty Trust Company
Pressed Steel Car to Expand as Contracts Reach 30 Million
The Pressed Steel Car Company will enlarge its plant after closing contracts totaling 30 million dollars. Clinton Iron and Steel Company bought land in the Thirty third Ward for 100 thousand dollars to build an open hearth furnace at a cost of 500 thousand. The firm currently produces sixty cars daily.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Pressed Steel Car Company
Clinton Iron and Steel Company
Car Company
Thirty-third Ward
Limerick
Barbour Wins Heavy Vote In Englewood Primaries
In Englewood New Jersey the congressional primaries yield William Barbour five votes and James Stewart one. Donald Mackay a Barbour supporter will lead the delegation. Barbour holds about two thirds of the combined Passaic Sussex and Bergen county votes with conventions set for Thursday at Passaic. The nomination effectively seals election.
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Englewood
N. J
William Barbour
James Stewart
Donald Mackay
Barbour
Passaic County
Passaic
Sussex
Bergen
Philadelphia Rapid Transit to Build Its Own Cars
Philadelphia reports the Rapid Transit Company plans to erect mammoth shops in West Philadelphia this fall to build new cars employing hundreds. The cars will surpass current models with vestibuled interiors and full-length aisles with seats on both sides, eliminating running boards and improving safety for conductors and passengers.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Miss Mary Paxton to Wed Harry L Hamlin in Autumn
Engagement announced at East Hampton Long Island. Miss Mary Paxton daughter of Rev John Randolph Paxton New York to marry Harry L Hamlin manager Grand Opera House Chicago Yale graduate plays dramatist member of University Club Chicago Golf Club Lambs Players Club New York. Wedding date to be fixed for early autumn.
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New York Times
Chicago
Mary Paxton
John Randolph Paxton
New York
Harry L. Hamlin
Grand Opera House
Miss Paxton
East Hampton
L. I
New York Avenue Church
Washington
West Presbyterian Church of
Treasury Deficit Seen If Revenue Drops Persistently
Treasury figures for July show income around 17 million to 20 million by month end with expenses 11 million above income. If the trend continues, the fiscal year deficit could reach 10 million, contrasting earlier estimates of a 23 million surplus before war tax repeal.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Uncle Sam
Gage
Heiress Claim Sought in $100000 Kansas Estate
A Kansas estate valued at $100000 awaits Miss Dolly Emerson now Mrs Wilkinson if she comes forward to claim it. Fifteen years ago Emerson met Joseph E Donnelly in the West and he promised to leave her his entire fortune upon his death. Donnelly recently died and his will awards the estate to Emerson if she is identified. Mrs E Donnelly of New York searches nationwide for the beneficiary.
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Kansas
Dolly Emerson
Miss Emerson
West
Joseph E. Donnelly
Junction City
Kaw
Donnelly
E. Donnelly
Emerson
Wilkinson
Pittsburg Syndicate Buys Mesaba Land for Iron Ore
A Pittsburgh group led by E H Jennings pays 250000 for the Mesaba Central Land and Exploration lands totaling thirty nine acres on the Mesaba range Duluth Minn. The tract holds a proved high grade ore body estimated at 6000000 tons and a stripping contract for 1000000 cubic yards has been awarded. Alfred Merritt chairs the company in question. the buyers’ exact interests are undisclosed.
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Duluth, Minn
Pittsburg
E. H Jennings
Mesaba Central Land and Exploration Company
Mesaba Range
Alfred Merritt
Land and Exploration Company
Jennings
Ex Good Leading Men and Women Endorsement Tract
An advertisement touts Johann Hoff's Ex good as a trusted product used by leading men and women worldwide. The copy emphasizes broad endorsement and strong reputation to persuade readers to try the item.
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Johann Hoff
Electric Lighted Overland Limited Promotes Travel
Advertisement describes electric lighted 7% Overland Limited service linking routes toward California. Mentions Broadway 461 287 349 and emphasizes “the best of everything” in the travel package.
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California
Fom
Dalen
Chicago
Southern
Broadway
Severe Southern California quake devastates Santa Barbara area
A major 15 minute earthquake swept Northern Santa Barbara County near Lompo c and Santa Maria damaging oil fields in Careaga and injuring buildings in Lompoc and Los Alamos. Water mains broke, river beds filled, and the event shook Omaha Nebraska and nearby states with minor damage and rattled bells.
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New York Times
Santa Barbara
Cal
California
Santa Barbara County
Lompoce
San Maria
Los Alamos
Western Union Oil Pte
Iowa Republicans Near Convention Face Tariff Reciproc ity Fight
Des Moines July 28. As Iowa Republicans prepare for the state convention, leaders clash over adopting a reciprocity plank versus a tariff stance. Gov. Cummins pushes reciprocity while administration allies seek to maintain the last year's tariff protective plank. Tonight’s pre convention meeting failed to resolve the platform, with new coalitions forming as delegates arrive and the Seventh District shows leanings toward Lafe Young. Cummins remains committed, fighting vigorously for his cause.
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New York Times
Des Moines
Cummins
Frinds
Henderson, Shaw
Lafe Young
Iowa
Rubber Company's New Plant in Morrisville
The Good year Vulcanitic Rubber Company has purchased land across the Delaware River in Morrisville Pennsylvania and will immediately build four facilities 40 by 275 feet two stories high for a large plant. The project plus new machinery will total nearly 360000 dollars.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Goodyear Vulcanitc Rubber Company
Delaware River
Morrisville
Penn
Widow Sues Two Millionaires Over Mine Commission
Mrs. William Van Slooten sues H. McK. Twombly and James B. Haggin in Brooklyn Supreme Court for 10 percent of a $6.5 million copper mine investment in Cerro de Pasco Peru. She alleges her late husband William Van Slooten located the mines and influenced their purchase and development plans. The case notes his Peru trip, subsequent disputes, and his death by suicide.
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William van Slooten
Supreme Court of Brooklyn
H. McK. Twombly
James B. Haggin
Cerro de Pasco
Peru
van Slooten
Brooklyn
Haggin
Sidney Place
Justice Gaynor
Messrs. Twombly & Haggin
Dan Bradley
New York Capitalist Allegedly Swindled in Nome Mining Deal
George Wagar of New York, a lumber dealer, claims he was defrauded of 60000 by Charles Russell in a Nome mining scheme. Russell secured supposed options on Rich No 7 and on Anvil Creek, backed by cash advances, then vanished as reports found the claims bogus.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
George Wagar
New York
Nome
Charles Russell
Russell
Wagar
Anvil
J. H. Anderson
R. Rumry
Rumry
Fires Rage Across Yukon Timberlands In Alaska
Vast areas of spruce and birch in the Yukon slopes have been burned by fires over several weeks. Flames rage along the river from Dawson to near the Yukon mouth, with smoke clouding the great valley. The Northern Commercial Company reports a loss of 1,000 cords of wood at Nunivik Greyling and Kaltag valued at $7,000, as river steamers witness flames leaping 100 feet above the line of travel from Rampart to Dagon.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Yukon
Dawson
Great Valley
St. Michael
Nunivik
Greyling
Kaltag
Northern Commercial Company
Rampart
Dangon
Blackbird Scarecrow Patrols Central Park Mall
Central Park hosts a parkmenagerie scarecrow named Dona hue who uses a shotgun to deter large numbers of blackbirds at the Mall. Park officials say birds are unusually abundant this year and trouble benches and lawns. The morning blank shots were tested and kept the Plaza clear for a day.
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Central Park
Keeper Donahue
Smith
Mall
St. John
Donohhue
Donohue
Storm Devastates City Killing Two and Damaging Landmarks
A fierce afternoon storm struck New York causing one man and a boy to die by lightning. It toppled flagpoles and damaged churches including St. Paul the Apostle, disrupted transit, and sent shoppers fleeing on Sixth Avenue and nearby streets. The storm also drew rescuers to the Hudson River where a boy disappeared.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Denis Cash
East One Hundred and Seventh Street
Cash
Harlem
Ezra Engel
Columbus Avenue
Hudson River
McCarthy
Engel
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Sixtieth Street
Theuditorium
Twenty-third Street
Sixth Avenue
Metropolitan Company
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Australia
Big Joe McCliffe
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Jersey Meadows
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H. L. Hamlin
Treasury
Pittsburg Syndicate
Careaga
Lompac
Santa Ynez
Lempoc
Santa Barbarba
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Omaha
Neb
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Santee Agency
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New Yorker
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Yukon Valley
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