Bribe Allegations Plague Oklahoma Indian Lands Case
Oklahoma Senator Thomas Gore on the Senate floor charged that a bribe of 35 000 to 50 000 dollars was offered to him and an Oklahoma Representative to block legislation aiding lawyers seeking large fees for disposing of Choctaw and Chickasaw lands. He named lobbyist J F McMurray and said a 3 000 000 dollar to 16 000 000 dollar stake loomed for lawyers and lawmakers.
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New York Times
Washington
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
J. F. McMurray
McMurray
Gore
Nebraska
Kansas
House
Murphy
Cecil A. Lyon
Texas
Interior Department
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Mr. Gore
Hale
Senate Chamber
Challinger
Colorado
Bam
Tide of Representatives
Delightfully Cool Hudson River Tubes Ad
Delightfully cool Hudson River Tubes are advertised as a pleasant summer activity. The short note invites readers to try them today, attributed to Ady.
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Hudson River
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Workers Stand Pat on Wages
President Huff announces no wage increase as protests from Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes persist. Negotiations continue after a Thursday conference. current pay remains 23 cents hourly with an eleven hour day while proposals seek 25 cents and a ten hour day with a half hour for meals. The De Kalb Franklin Avenues and Smith Street Lines serve as the company’s routes.
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8. C. Huff
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Huff
de Kalb
Franklin Avenues
Smith Street
Bride pays wedding fee in Hoboken marriage
Theresa Sullivan and Albert Fraser were married by Justice Gregory Bulet at 61 First Street Hoboken N J. The bride wore a princess dress and jewels and handed money to the Justice, stating they were both 25 and single with Meyers Hotel as their address. Elisha Dyer denied any coachman named Albert Fraser at his Newport home.
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Theresa Sullivan
Newport
R. L
Albert Fraser
Elisha Dyer
Justice of the Peace
Gregory ~Bulet
First Street
Hoboken
N. J
Meyer's
Colored Pupils Outwitted In East Orange Class Dance
Seventy seven of seventy nine from the East Orange High School class of 1910 gathered at the Woman's Club for a subscription dance after the class announced attendance by colored members. The Vandervall sisters were unaware of the renamed event. Police attended to prevent trouble but none occurred.
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East Orange High School
East Orange
Woman's Club
Isabella
Irene Vandervall
Vandervall
John Herbert Hermann
Lost Memory Girl Found In Street Near 116th Street
A well dressed woman aged about 20 wandered dazed at 116th Street and Third Avenue and could not recall her identity or residence. Police officer Mead took her to East 126th Street station where Lt Downes and matron Mrs Marien began questioning. She was hospitalized at Harlem Hospital after Dr McCoombs concluded she is educated and refined. Her purse held 60 cents and a transfer for the 11th Street crosstown car.
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116Th Street
Third Avenue
Mead
East 126Th Street
Lieut. Downes
McCoombs
Harlem Hospital
11Th Street
Crosstown
Dalzell wins bid to block ballot box openings
Pittsburg June 24 Congressman John Dalzell secured a restraining order preventing the opening of sixty five ballot boxes in the Thirtieth District. Judge Josiah Cohen ruled the petition lacked specific fraud allegations and dismissed the equity suit, stopping certification of the tally sheet.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
John Dalzell
Robert J. Black
Josiah Cohen
Black
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Refreshing Tonic Relieves Summer Fatigue Quickly
A refreshing tonic Horsford's Acid Phosphate quickly eases the tired feeling from heat, overwork, or insomnia. Advertisement.
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Horsford
Socialist minister Irvine leaves Church of the Ascension
Lincoln Steffens led six speakers at a Hotel St Denis dinner honoring Rev. Alexander Irvine the Socialist lay reader. The Vestry says it cannot renew his contract, while supporters urge a new platform for Irvine and his message to continue. Dr. Elliott White urges understanding between rich pew holders and Irvine’s followers.
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Lincoln Steffens
Liberal Club
Christian Church
Church of the Ascension
Hotel St. Denis
Alexander Irvine
Bowery
Steffens
Percy Stickney Grant
Irvine
America
Mr. Irvine
Mr. Grant
Elliott White
Grant
Menalke Irvine
Mr. Steffens
Lfe
Mr. Irving
Robert Bruere
University of Chicago
Sol Friedman
Boston
Fifth Avenue
Patrick Quinlan
Irvine Bowery
George Gordon Battle
Famous Dine and Lunch Spot In New York Area
Ad reads a well known Hofbrau Haus near Broadway and 30th Street. It highlights a popular lunch or dining option at a famous place.
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B’ Way
30Th St. Musse
Taft's Triumphs Seen By The President Himself
A Sunday Times piece presents President Taft’s view of his own achievements. The article promises a detailed look at resolutions and policy milestones as Taft sees them, offering insight into his priorities and impact from the White House perspective.
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Taft
Sunday Times
Frances McCardell Weds on Auto Trip in Berkshire Hills
Frances McCardell marries Gallus M. A. Haas in Hoboken with a rapid New England honeymoon by touring car. Her father Roy McCardell, a New Rochelle humorist, forgives the elopement after the couple left home in a sixty horsepower touring car. The bride, an athlete and automobilist since youth, and Haas, a wealthy importer, plan to drift through New England as Justice Markely notes new marriage law timing.
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Berkshire Hills
Gallus M. A. Haas
New York
Mrs. Haas
Frances McCardell
Roy McCardell
Pelham Road
New Rochelle
McCardell
Haas
Liberty Street
Miss McCardell
Lee Shubert
Mr. Haas
Mrs. McCardell
Hass
Edward Markely
Hoboken
Justice Markely
Wilpaco Packing C Company
J M. Williamson
Glasgow
Scotland
Seventh Regiment
Two Girls Trapped in Refrigerator Car Rescued Near Secaucus
Ten year old Mary Momia and eight year old Nunzia Bifulco were lured into an empty refrigerator car by boys in Buffalo. The car moved to Scranton and then Secaucus where detectives located and rescued them. They survived hunger and thirst and were expected to return home.
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Lackawanna Railroad
Buffalo
Mary Momia
Nunzia Bifulco
Indiana Street
Scranton
Penn
Mary
San Francisco
Secaucus
Beattie
Hoboken Division
F. Schoeffel
King of
Devil Beside the Bottle Parade in Asbury Park
James A. Bradley former founder of Asbury Park and former New Jersey senator led a June 24 parade through town with an express wagon bearing a gigantic green beer bottle. A devil figure and a bearded man rode inside as Bradley mocked loopholes in New Jersey liquor laws that allow flavor sales but require consumer delivery proof.
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New York Times
Asbury Park
N. J
James A. Bradley
New Jersey Senate
Bradley
Mr. Bradley
New Jersey
New Station for Chicago Terminal Planned by Railroads
A joint decision by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago & Alton, and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to build a 25 million dollar Chicago terminal. The railroads, current users of Union Station, announced the plan at a federal bridge hearing amid protests over widening Chicago River bridges that could affect the project. The Day Line Stra. Thru rail option was noted as the Scenic Route to the North and West.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Aiton
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Union Station
Federal Bridge
T. H. Rees
Department of the Lakes
Chicago River
Stra
Thru
Cherries Lure an Old Man at Hollis Home
John Phillips aged sixty eight attempted to climb a cherry tree outside the Odd Fellows Home in Hollis IL. A branch broke and he fell suffering a spinal concussion. He was taken to St. Marys Hospital with likely fatal injuries.
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Odd Fellows
Hollis
L. IL
John Phillips
St. Mary's Hospital
Opening of Samoset Hotel Seaside Resort Maine
The Samoset Hotel at Rockland Breakwater Maine debuts as a premier New England resort featuring golf tennis bathing and music. Ricker Hotel Co props W Hodgdon manager ads.
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Rockland Breakwater
Maine
New England
Ricker Hotel Co
W. Hodgdon
Mgr
Wilbur Estate Leaves 17 Million to Family in Bethlehem
In Bethlehem Penn on June 24 under the will of the late Elisha P Wilbur financier and former President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad an estate of 17 000 000 is bequeathed to his family No gift to public or charitable institutions was reported to date
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Bethlehem
Penn
Elisha P. Wilbur
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Will Leaves Alma Naumann 100000 If She Weds
Milwaukee on June 24 reports Miss Alma Naumann is to receive 100000 dollars if she marries a husband. If she remains single she gets only the income from the sum under the will of Mrs. Henriette Friend, who died recently in Germany. Naumann is Mrs. Friend’s foster daughter.
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Milwaukee
Alma Naumann
Henriette Friend
Germany
Friend
Mrs Taft Wins Suit Over La Balle Theatre Lease
Mrs Anna Linton Taft sister in law to the President gains possession rights to the La Balle Theatre after the Appellate Court rules the lessees must accept renewal at a court fixed rent of 18 500 dollars yearly rather than the 8 500 demanded.
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Chicago
Anna Linton Taft
President Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
la Balle
Arizona Constitutional Convention Call and GOP Shift
The Arizona constitutional convention call will be published after Gov Sloan arrives on Saturday. The election follows sixty days later and the convention meets ninety days after returns are canvassed. Globe reports Hoval A Smith resigns as Republican territorial Central Committee chairman to run for Senator from the new state.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Gov. Sloan
Globe
Hoval A. Smith
Republican Territorial Central Committee
City Shares in Earnings From Power Company
Chicago city controller Wilson received 325313 dollars as the city’s share of Commonwealth Edison earnings for the year ending May 31. The report shows 10824470 dollars from current sales with the city receiving 8 percent and 5792 dollars from conduit space rental with the city receiving 19 percent.
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Chicago
Wilson
Commonwealth Edison Company
First All-Women Jury Reviews Sanity in County Court
In Hahn's Peak Colorado Judge Morning convened one of America's early woman juries. The town lacked eligible men after a recent fire, so six women were sworn to assess Elizabeth Hutchinson's sanity. They heard the evidence and ruled Hutchinson insane.
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Hahn's Peak
Col
United States
Morning
Elizabeth Hutchinson
General Funston Stricken With Angina at Leavenworth
Gen. Frederick Funston commandant of the army service schools at Leavenworth is dangerously ill at his home. Physicians and nurses attend him as the heat of the last week worsened a prior heart condition. Mrs. Funston, in California, has been notified.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Frederick Funston
Army Service Schools
Funston
Army Post
California
Jersey City Firemen Injured in Building Blaze
Four Jersey City firemen were seriously injured when a two story brick building at Montgomery Street and Tuers Avenue burned and collapsed. The Bergen Lodge home of A M destroyed with $50,000 loss including lodge furniture. Firefighters were trapped as roof and wall gave way. police and others pulled them from the debris.
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Jersey City
Montgomery Street
Tuers Avenue
Bergen Lodge
A. M
Mountain Birthday Gift: Proctor Receives Pico Peak
Mortimer R. Proctor, age eighteen, received Pico Peak a thousand acre mountain top in Rutland Vermont as a birthday gift from his father ex Gov Fletcher D Proctor. The 3900 foot peak will remain timbered as he plans to make it a game preserve with a trout pond and lodge on site. Proctor, a Yale sophomore, may enter the U S Senate race succeeding Carroll S Page.
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New York Times
Rutland
Mortimer R. Proctor
Fletcher TD. Proctor
Vermont
Pico Peak
Green Mountains
United States
Redfield Proctor
Mortimer
Senator Proctor
Mortimer Proctor
Yale
Carroll S. Page
United States Senate
Niagara Falls July 4th Special Round Trip Fares
Travel deals to Niagara Falls offer $9 round trip via West Shore and $10.25 via New York Central. Valid for select dates July 1st 24 and 3d with return July 6th. See agents for train times.
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Niagara Falls
West Shore
New York Central
Adv
Italian Extradition Bid in Jersey City over Charlton Murder
The Italian Vice Consul filed for Porter Charlton’s extradition to Italy after Charlton confessed to killing his wife and disposing of the body in Lake Como. Insanity defense plans trigger a commission, with multiple alienists to examine him at Hudson County Jail as Washington weighs the case.
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Gustavo di Rosa
Blair
Jersey City
Porter Chariton
Lake Como
Princess Irene
Hoboken
Washington
Chariton
State Department
Charlton
Hudson County
N.J
Allan McLane Hamilton
Charles A. Dana
Edward B. Fisher
William P. Ardlitz
Insife
Clarke
John A. Blair
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Holden
di Rosa
Charten
United States
Itay
Morasio
Como
Italy
Mary Charlton
Hayes
Ypers
Porter Charlton
Kingdom of Italy
Police Department
Haelo al Montagnari
Charsé Ad
Hudson Couniy
Michael Fallon
Chemas Garrick
Stey
McGovern
Worson
Merfovern
Court of Over and Terminer
Pierre P. Garven
Thomas Vickers
Molassi
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Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Newport Riding Academy
R. I
Harlem
Dalzell
Ascension
Dr. White
Rich Pew
Frances M’cardell
G. M. A. Haas
Berkshires
Geog
Raphy
Devil
Wilbur
Naumann
Chicago Theatre
Arizona Constitution
Electric Lighting Concern
Colorado Town
Gen. Funston
Leavenworth Army Post
Mountain
Proctor
Will
Jersey
Son
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