Roosevelt Speech at Guildhall Criticizes England's Africa Policy
Ex President Roosevelt’s Guildhall address praises Anglo American cooperation while urging civilized nations to support frontier work abroad. He defends British empire efforts in Africa and India, notes progress in Phili ppines, and calls for mutual goodwill among nations in civilizing work.
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England
Seynt
Edward
Mr. Loosevelt
Africa
Europe
America
Joseph Dimsdale
Algiers
Tunis
India
East Africa
Philippines
Lord Cromer
Royal Blue Train Wrecked Near East Junction
A Royal Blue express on the Baltimore and Ohio line bound from Washington to New York derailed at East Junction Del during the night. The engine fouled a switch and buried into a bank. two cars left the track. Fireman Rubeck and engineman Smith were hurt, with Rubeck in serious condition. No passengers were injured.
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New York Times
Ilmington
Del
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Washington
New York
East Junction
Pen
Rubeck
Baltimore
Engintman Smith
Philadelphia
Twentyfourth
Chestnut Street
Philaleighta
Smith
Valedictorian Virginia Brown Dies After Illness
Virginia M Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs William T Brown of Burnet Avenue Hilton New Jersey died after a two week illness due to triphlost fever She had just been named valedictorian of South Orange High School and was to be pallbearers at her funeral Her commencement exercises were set for June 21 and the school closed after her death with services tomorrow based on the readable text.
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South Orange High School
Virginia M. Brown
Willam T. Brown
Burnet Avenue
Hilton
N. J
Ebhops
Suunday
Mrs Brittan Seeks Divorce In Connecticut Suit
Mrs Mabel Flagg Brittan files for absolute divorce and alimony in Watertown Connecticut papers served in the afternoon. She accuses her husband of selling mahogany furniture silver and bric a brac to beat income from his father estate while he denies the charge and a plate found in a New Haven pawnshop. The couple have a three year old son named Truxton.
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New York Times
Watirbury
Conn
Mabel Flagg Brittan
Brittan
Woodruff Avenue
Watertown
New York
Willhm Flagg
New Haven
Brittana
Truxton
Brown University Drops Sectarian Restrictions
Providence records show alumni voting 2008 in favor and 223 against removing sectarian limits from Brown University charter. A special committee including State Senator Everett Colby of New Jersey backed abolition last year and will present to the Trustees for final action. The tradition required Baptist trustees and president.
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Providence
Brown University
Everett Colby
New Jersey
Aan
Weather links frost months to Halley's comet finds
A Asheville historian links monthly frosts to Halley's comet, noting 1835 had frost every month and this year shares frost in multiple months. He cites crop failures in 1835 and heroic efforts in Charleston to supply food, attributing extreme weather to the comet’s influence.
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New York Times
Asileville
N C
John Poe
Halsey
Charleston
Halley
Thase
Valentine the Ice Cold Geyser in Yellowstone
In Yellowstone Park a geyser named Valentine erupts daily to 135 feet with ice cold water. Winter Keeper Bunsen of Norris reports the puzzling phenomenon challenging the standard theory that subterranean water heats to produce steam.
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Livingston, Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Bunsen
Norris
Travel fare notices and dates toward St Louis and New York
Partial transit fragment lists round trip costs and dates including 31.90 to St Louis and return via West Shore R A and 45.40 via New York routes with June 3 4 5 references and a torn portion. The fragment mentions a phone note.
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TO &T. Louis
West Shore R. A
New York
Genie
Warfield Quells Theatre Panic in Grand Opera House
David Warfield and a dozen calm attendees stopped a potential disaster during The Music Master as a gallery fight sparked cries of fire. Warfield reassured the audience, a fireman aided, and doctors tended fainting patrons. two men were arrested. Warfield's farewell performance followed with a brief thank you.
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David Warfield
Grand Opera House
Warfield
Barwig
von Barwig
Jeanette
William Purcell
West Twentyseventh Street
Michael Kelly
West Nineteenth Street
Purcell
Kelly
West Twentieth Street
Mr. Warfield
William J. Luce
Engine Company 19
Luce
Frederick A. Carpenter
West Twenty-third Street
Alfred Camilo du Pont
Pasteur Institute
Wilbur
Old West Twentieth Street
Station House
Warfiel
Memorial Day Pictorial Highlights and Society Notes
A mixed page listing sections and features for Memorial Day 1910. It highlights the Garden Party at Governors Island, society figures abroad, a Philadelphia collegiate track meet, Curtiss flight from Albany to New York, and a Columbia University lawn fete. May 20 mass noted at Brooklyn Navy Yard alongside varied magazine items and fashion notes.
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Governors Island
Philadelphia
Curtiss
Albany
New York
Columbia University
Brooklyn Navy Yard
McKinlay Rainey Clash Over Sugar Trust Ties in House
In a June House session California Republican McKinlay and Illinois Democrat Rainey clashed over Attorney General ties to the Sugar Trust. Rainey accused McKinlay of putting a Rainey speech in The Record. McKinlay denied writing the speech and asserted he authored it with his own notes and the AG’s input.
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New York Times
Washington
Representative McKinlay
California
Representative Rainey
Illinois
House
Attorney General
Sugar Trust
McKinlay
Rainey
Congressional
Wickersham
Strong & Cadwalader
Henry W. Taft
The
Sugar Company
Ippines
Mr. Wickersham
Mr. Rainey
Austin
Tennessee
Department of Justice
Heike
J.E. Parsons
John E. Parsons
Herbert H. Parsons
New York
Representative Parsons
I.tc
Panama Canal
Sapeeteg St
American Sugar Refining Company
George H. Barle
Pennsylvania Sugarefininompany
Left on Uninhabited Guadalupe Isle Near San Quentin
A. Marcomson of Los Angeles and a companion left a woman and child on Guadalupe Island about 150 miles off San Quentin Lower California. They arrived in Ban Quentin after six days in an improvised raft. The four person party includes the husband of the woman and two others who planned to reach Bale AA Island for relief.
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San Diego
Cal
Guadalupe Island
San Quentin
Lower California
A. Marcomson
Los Angeles
Ban Quentin
Quentin
Taft Gains Favor in Radical West as Railroads Seek Harmony
In Washington June 4 the Presidents injunction against Western railroads sparks approval from Middle West letters to senators. Senator Brown of Nebraska says almost all 40 letters praise the move and expect swift Congressional payoff, while insurgent skeptics caution that Taft must prove staying power. Presidents or other officials of about a dozen railroads to attend next week’s rate conference. Wickersham withholds reassurance on Admin attitude toward railroads.
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New York Times
Washington
Middle West
Brown
Nebraska
Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Col
Wickersham
Plainwell Bank Closed Amid Investment Probe
Citizens State Savings Bank of Plainwell in Kalamazoo County was closed by State Bank Examiner Zimmerman. Cashier A I Shepard is charged with investing 38 000 in Texas lands without approval and an investigation has begun.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Citizens’ State Savings Bank of
Plainwell
Zimmerman
A. I. Shepard
Texas
Gilkey
Surf
Giles
Young Egypt Party Threatens Roosevelt Over Guildhall Speech
Geneva dispatch reports the Young Egypt Party denounces Mr Roosevelt for his Guildhall remarks calling the speech an insult to Europe and Egypt. An extremist member said if the speech had been in Cairo they would have shot Roosevelt.
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NEW York Times
Geneva
Roosevelt
Guildhall
Europe
Egypt
London
Cairo
Hill denies candidacy for New York governor
Ambassador Hill stated to a New York Times correspondent that he objects to being considered a candidate for any office at this time in response to questions about possibly seeking the Republican nomination for New York governor. The remarks were given from Berlin on June 4.
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Berlin
New York Times
New York
Ambassador Hill
Strike at The Breakers Gardeners Demand Higher Pay
Newport June 4 The Breakers assistant gardeners strike after request for raise is refused by the new head gardener. The gardener now advertises for assistants at fifty dollars a month.
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New York Times
Newport
Breakers
American sailors meet Pope in Rome audience
In Rome the Pope received Megr. Kennedy rector of the American College in Rome and a group of American sailors from the United States cruiser New York now anchored in the Bay of Naples. He urged discipline and loyal, brave service to their country.
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Rome
American College
United States
New York
Bay of
Naples
Half of Hyden Town Destroyed by Fire
A Hyden Ky special reports more than half of Hyden’s houses burned last night, likely arson. The blaze caused about 75000 dollars in damage. Hyden Academy burned about a month earlier, tied to the same feud driven by the French and Eversole factions in a remote, rail-free region.
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Lexington
Hyden
Hyden Academy
Sugar Trust Threatened by Sherman Act Probe
Washington reports the American Sugar Refining Company may face Sherman anti trust action. The probe hinges on investigations by Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary MacVeagh with no overt act yet by the department, but potential prosecutions expected from gathered information.
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Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
Wickersham
MacVeagh
Poison in their coffee shocks York residents
In York Pennsylvania Mrs Jacob Miller 40 Sylvester Miller 6 and Melvin Young 16 were poisoned by paris green in their coffee at breakfast. Farmhand Clarence Brenneman 19 is detained in the city jail as the prime suspect after being seen entering the kitchen where paris green was kept. he denies the charge and the victims are expected to recover.
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New York Times
York
Penn
Jacob Miller
Sylvester Miller
Melvin Young
Clarence Brenneman
City
Brenneman
Miller
Round Trip in One Day Hopes to Travel 200 Miles
A one day round trip aims to cover 200 miles with a single stop in Philadelphia. Chicago expects the total to reach $100,000 as additional cash is offered by cities along the route for the big race.
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Chicago
Hamilton Takes Passenger and Aerial Trip for Two
Hamilton performs a daring flip in the Ale at Mineola and treats a passenger to an aerial excursion for two, showcasing bold stunts and crowd appeal.
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Mineola
Flight From New York to Philadelphia by Hamilton Promises 200 Mile Round Trip
Charles K. Hamilton plans a 100 mile flight from Van Cortlandt Park New York to Philadelphia and back in a single day. He expects to average around fifty miles per hour with possible winds altering speed. The route follows the Pennsylvania Railroad corridor passing Newark Elizabeth Rahway New Brunswick Trenton Bristol and aims to land at Westmoreland station before returning to Van Cortlandt Park.
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Delphia Public Ledger
Charles K. Hamilton
Aéroplanist
Hempstead Plains
New York
Philadelphia
Phila
Elphia Public Ledger
Ledger
Tims
Hamilton
van Cortlandt Park
Hudson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Newark
Elizabeth
Rahway
New Brunswick
Trenton
Bristol
Mr. Hamilton
Westmoreland Station
Curtiss
Albany
L. Paulhan
London
Manchester
Hamilles
Man Without a Country in Deportation Tug of War
Willie Wah, acquitted of leading a bid to smuggle Chinese across the Mexico border, is deemed a man without a country by U S officials as Heaford denied deportation to China. Wah claims Malay mother and unknown birthplace, asserting no Chinese nativity despite immigration arrest.
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San Francisco
Willie Wah
Mexico
United States
Hea
China
Wah
Yale to Change Subjects for Entrance Examinations
Yale authorities report many replies from heads of preparatory and public high schools favor substituting science and history for Greek in entrance exams. Chemistry and physics would replace Greek in science, and English and American history would replace Greek in history.
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New Haven
Yale
I. Department
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Fifth Avenue
Denver
Russia
Ayer
Society
Boctery
Paris
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Rel Estate
the Times
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Story
Shippere
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F ‘Bose
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Young Egypt Committee
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Paris Green
Cortlandt Park
Vanderbilt
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