Hose lifeline in Broadway blaze saves workers
A page article describes a dramatic ten story fire at 682 Broadway where celluloid stock fed the blaze. Webber & Co cloak makers on the seventh floor used an improvised fire escape from a hose. Firefighters, led by Capt. Clark, rescued workers and treated several injured. The blaze caused about 50,000 in damage and drew crowds from nearby hotels.
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Broadway
Jones Street
East River Bank
Webber & Co
Charles Mandelbaum
Bushwick Avenue
Mandelbaum
Capt
Clark
Windsor Hotel
Kraus & Glauberg Company
Morris Simon & Co
J. E. Hahlo
Binns
W. H. Beers
Addess
Walker Street
Riot on Kirk plantation leaves several dead in Yazoo City
A race clash at the Kirk plantation near Yazoo City Mississippi results in three Black workers killed, four White men shot, and two Black men whipped. The Johnson family barricades their cabin as armed Whites gather, gunfire ensues, and authorities move in to restore quiet.
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New York Times
Yazoo City
Miss
Kirk Plantation
T. P. Kirk
Abe Johnson
Kirk
Johnsons
Andy
Washington
Cyrus
J. T. Cheatham
Green Johnson
Ed Bell
Stubblefield
Rockefeller House in Cleveland Sold for Apartment Project
John D. Rockefeller boyhood home on Fast Nineteenth Street in Cleveland was sold to real estate dealer M. B. Beharfield for about 15000 dollars. The house, erected by William A. Rockefeller, housed John D Rockefeller until his marriage and later occupants included the Rudd family. The property will be razed to make way for a modern apartment building.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Nineteenth Street
Central Avenue
M. B. Beharfield
William A. Rockefeller
John D
W. C. Rudd
Mary A. Rudd
Young Autoist Fined $200 in Reckless Driving Case
Greenwich Connecticut June 8 John Johnson Jr son of Mrs E W Russell of New York fined 200 and costs for reckless driving that caused a collision with a cab injuring the driver and bruising two women Samuel Graham 20 received 50 and costs for alleged racing Witnesses Ward Mead and Fred W Lyon testified to the danger Their grandfathers attended as civil suits for damages are planned potentially costing more funds
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
John Johnson, Jr
E. W. Russell
New York
Burns
Samuel Graham
Johnson
James R. Mead
Fred W. Lyon
Schiffer Fire Inquest Hints At Unexplained Cause
A Coroners jury in Long Branch New Jersey returned a verdict in the Schiffer fire in which Walter A. Schiffer his two daughters Marion and Ruth and servants Mary Molgur and Tillie Watson died. The jury said they could not explain how the blaze started and rejected the acetylene gas explosion theory. Coroner John T Tetley cautioned that no large gas plant pipes existed on the premises to trigger the fire.
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New York Times
Long Pranch
N. J
Walter A. Schiffer
Marion
Ruth
Mary Molgur
Tillie Watson
Rothschild Cottage
John T. Tetley
Bank
Bel Hospital
Lone
Deadly storms strike Kentucky Illinois Indiana
In Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana a spate of violent storms left at least 29 dead and extensive damage. Gradyville Kentucky suffered the worst flood with more than twenty deaths, while New Minden and York Illinois endured tornadoes killing several residents and destroying churches and homes. Additional towns reported injuries and property loss as waters rose and communications failed.
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New York Times
Louisville
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Gradyville
Adair County
New Minden
Ill
St. Louis
York
Terre Haute
Big Creek
Columbia
Wre 'L
Nell
Hill
Lum
Wilmore
Carl
Wilson
Paul
Moss
Hartfield
Kestner
J. W
Mary
Lexington
W. 7
Galbraith
Henry Welhe
Childred
Carl Stuhmeyer
Wabash
Rook
Henry
Pinkerton
Lucinda
Bostick
John
Grayville
Ind
James Layton
Layton
Carlyle
Mrs Mackay Gifts Organ to Nassau County Jail
Mrs Clarence H Mackay, chair of the Woman's Prison Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, sent a large organ to the Nassau County Jail in Mineola. She learned inmates and visitors struggled with a out of tune piano during 8 o'clock Sunday services and wanted to restore music to worship.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. L
Clarence H. Mackay
Gildersleeve
Nassau County
Yong Dire
Dochay, Beugtee
United States Steel Directors Favor Corey's Retirement
A United States Steel Corporation director told The Times there is no division among directors on President Corey's retention and predicts he will resign by year’s end. The board includes Morgan, Rockefeller Jr., R. Winsor, Frick, and others. Corey's term as director expires in 1908.
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United States Steel Corporation
Corey
Standard Oil
Steel Corporation
Mr. Corey
Edmund C. Converse
Albert H. Gary
James Gayley
J. Pierpont Morgan
Knabenshue Escapes Death In Luna Park Air Rescue
Hartford on June 8 Roy Knabenshue the aeronaut making daily ascents at Luna Park had a narrow escape when gas condensed in the airship causing it to plunge into the Park River from about 1,000 feet. He tangled in machinery and was hauled from the water near the factory where the balloon fell. Spectators witnessed the dramatic descent and rescue. The airship was badly damaged but Knabenshue survived unharmed.
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Hartford
Conn
Roy Knabenshue
Luna Park
Park River
Electric Vehicle Company
Park
Knabenshue
Hotel Normandie to Close After Tomorrow
The Hotel Normandie at Broadway and Thirty-eighth Street will cease operations after tomorrow. An inventory will be taken for an auction of furniture and hotel equipment on Thursday, as years of decline and competition from newer grander hotels have driven away guests.
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Broadway
Thirty-eighth Street
Normandie
Fight at House of Refuge ends with stabbing
Coroner called to Randall's Island early this morning to take ante mortem statements from a 19 year old boy dying from a stab wound. The previous afternoon seven or eight boys fought in the House of Refuge and Antonio Durant is not expected to live after a knife stab in the back likely piercing a lung. Superintendent Byers says the assailant is unknown. Durant had been imprisoned for larceny.
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Randall's Island
House of Refuge
Antonio Durant
Byers
Durant
Overspeeding on rollers ends with fine in West Side Court
John Byron aged 24 of 60 West 104th Street was fined $1 by Magistrate Harris for roller skates speed over the twenty mile limit on West End Avenue. He faced a charge of disorderly conduct after a chase by Bicycle Patrolman Howe from Ninety-first Street to Eighty-sixth Street.
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John Byron
West 104Th Street
West Side
Harris
West End Avenue
Byron
Ninety-first Street
Howe
Eighty-sixth Street
Caddie Kills a Comrade at Brookline Golf Club
Boston June 8 An eleven year old caddie James Kirraine employed by the Brookline County Golf Club demonstrated today on the inks several shots he displayed in a surprising incident through which a comrade was killed and others were injured in an apparent accident involving a firearm on the golf course.
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Boston
James Kirraine
Brookline County Golf Club
Auto collision in Barnegat NJ leaves child dead
One killed and four seriously injured as a racing car swerved into a family car near Barnegat. Laura Brown, 10, died at Lakewood hospital from a skull fracture after the gasoline tank exploded in flames. The New York men in the other car fled. an inquest is planned.
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New York Times
Barnegat
N. J
Charles Brown
Mount Joy
Penn
Laura
St. James's Hospital
Lakewod
Mullen
Benjamin Brown
George Brown
Media
New Jersey
Atlantic City
New Brunswick
New York
Charles
Conover
Bunnel
Laura Brown
Lakewood
Ocean County
Brown
Tragedy in Biloxi: Navy Captain Kills Wife then Self
Captain John Walker shot and killed his wife before fatally shooting himself in Biloxi Mississippi. A former Confederate and US Navy captain he led coastal fleets and later presided over the Bank of Biloxi. The killing followed a marital dispute and shocked the region.
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Biloxi
Miss
John Walker
Walker
United States Navy
Perry
Japa
Mississippi
Louisiana
Bank of
South
Longest baseball game on record ends 28 innings in Dorchester
In Boston on June 8 a world record 28 inning game was played between Henry L. Pierce Grammar School of Dorchester and Bennett School of Brighton. Pierce won 4 to 3 after more than three hours of dramatic play with Goodale Emery and O Connor among the battery for Pierce and Bennett respectively.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Henry L. Pierce Grammar School
Dorchester
Bennett School
Brighton
Pierce
Lox FO PACIFIC COAST special train service note
An OCR read fragment notes a special Pullman service on the Pacific Coast with a June schedule reference and a faded line mentioning New York. The readable text is unclear but indicates train service details and origin city.
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Pacific Coast
York
Lee Cruce Nominated for Governor in Oklahoma
Reports from Oklahoma and Indian Territory reveal Ardmore I T candidate Lee Cruce nominated by the state Democratic primaries over C N Haskell and Thomas Doyle. Early returns show Roy Hoffman and T P Gore leading on the Oklahoma side while R L Owens leads in Indian Territory with rural results sparse.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Lee Cruce
Ardmore
I. T
C. N. Haskell
Muskogee
Thomas Doyle
Perry
Roy Hoffman
Chandler
T. P. Gore
Lawton
R. L. Owens
Haskell
Root to visit Diaz in Mexico City
A dispatch from Washington states Secretary of State Elihu Root will visit Mexico City to meet President Diaz in the near future. The Mexican Herald notes the visit carries no special political significance and will not affect Guatemala Mexico relations. Official circles had not discussed the coming visit for publication.
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Mexico City
Mexican Herald
Washington
Elihu Root
Mexico
Diaz
Root
Guatemala
Eight Hour Day Policy Extends to Arctic
War Department announced today that the eight hour law applies in Arctic regions as in other areas, covering public works and road building. Labor leaders question if workers in regions with half year days will log only eight hours annually under the rule.
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Arctic
War Department
Pulitzer Paper Revival Rumor Circles Chicago
News columns in New York and Chicago charged the Chicago Chronicle might be revived under Joseph Pulitzer with a new name and management as part of a chain. Chronicle officers deny plans for revival and say they know of no disposition of the paper.
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New York Times
Chicago
New York
Chicago Chronicle
Joseph Pulitzer
The
Chronicle
Taft Family Notes in Yale Prize Awards
Robert Alfonso Taft of Yale freshman class, son of Secretary of War Taft, won the Berkeley Prize in Latin composition in addition to the Barge Mathematical Prize. He recently earned the Hugh Chamberlain Greek Prize. Secretary Taft was salutatorian in 1878. his brother was valedictorian in 1868. their father Alfonso Taft, later attorney general, ranked third in 1883.
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New Haven
Conn
Barge
Robert Alfonso Taft
Yale
Taft
Berkeley
Hugh Chamberlain
Alfonso Taft
Cincinnati
Attempt to wreck train near Wilkes-Barre
A late night attempt to derail a Lehigh Valley passenger train at Fairview, Pennsylvania failed when two obstructing ties were found. A man named Bennett alerted a telegraph station, and detectives arrested him on suspicion of knowledge of the plot, with a hearing planned for Monday.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Lehigh Valley
Fairview
Bennett
Thaws retreat to Cresson lodge for summer
Elmhurst Lodge at Cresson is being renovated for Mrs William Thaw with several servants sent ahead. She plans to occupy the summer home as warm weather arrives and will be accompanied by Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. The younger Mrs Thaw will divide time between Cresson and New York and will continue visiting her husband.
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New York
Altoona
Penn
Elmhurst Lodge
Cresson
Thaw
William Thaw
Newark cigar makers pray for warm weather
Henry H. Hilfers secretary of Cigarmakers Union 138 calls thousands of Newark members to pray for warm, pleasant weather for the rest of summer. He notes many cigarmakers are idle and attributes the slowdown to inclement conditions while urging friends to join in prayers for heat.
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Newark
N .J
Henry H. Hilfers
Cigarmakers’ Union 138
R. Hilfers
Hilfers
President's Children Return Home in New Haven Harbor
The President's yacht Sylph anchored in New Haven Harbor overnight. In the morning, Masters entered, and Kermit and Miss Bethel Teseaveit with a governess were brought aboard. The Sylph then sailed for Oyster Bay.
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New Haven
Sylph
Kermit and
Mise Bethel Teseaveit
Farmin
Oyster Bay
Pains Fireworks Catalogue Listing 1907
A brief note advertises the Pains Fireworks 1907 catalogue from the firm at 12 Park Place New York. It highlights fireworks selections and ordering details for the season.
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Park Pi
Orchard asserts arson in saloon fire as trial unfolds
Boise report on Harry Orchard during the Haywood trial describes his admission to burning a saloon for insurance and his evolving moral stance. The cross examination by Richardson reveals disputed facts and the witnesses clash over credibility as Judge Wood maintains order.
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New York Times
Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Richardson
Orchard
Darrow
Borah
Wood
Richard
Richardeson
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Lewis Street
Israel Shapiro
Bristol Street
Brooklyn
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Broadway Central Hotel
Kruger
Rockefeller House
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Young Autoist
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