Harret Quimby and the Detecive Spoils a Safe Sing
A chaotic report chronicles a high Flying incident with aviators in distress followed by a separate tale of crime in Philadelphia and New York. An affable stranger nicknamed Billy lures coal dealer J H Jackson from Parkdale Avenue into a Detroit and New York escapade ending with a billiard hall theft and multiple arrests. Investigators track the con to a West 90th Street address with five suspects named Thompson Stone Lethbridge Dixon Neil Collins. The case centers on Jackson losing $1000 to a gang after a gambling setup. Trains between New York and Point Pleasant halt on July 4 per Pennsylvania Railroad schedules.
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Jackson
Billy
Mr Jackson
Detroit
New York
Hotel Astor
Broadway
Philadelphia
Someody
Mike
West Street
West 47Th Street
Glouster
Ward Thompson
West 90Th Street
Stone
James Lethbridge
Henry Dixon
West 125Th Street
David Neil
West 106Th Street
William Collins
Chicago
Mr. Jackson
West Tmth Street
Fatal aviation record grows with Harriet Quimby death
Boston reports Miss Harriet Quimby the first woman to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane is killed in a sea landing accident near Dorchester Bay. The crash also claims her passenger, while fellow aviator Blanche Scott attempts a risky recovery maneuver before landing. The incident marks aviation fatalities rising to 158 since 1908 and extends a grim tally of incidents during June.
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Harriet Quimby
F New Science
Reim
Budapest
Mile
Denise Moore
Etampes
Suzanne Bernard
Julia Clark
Springfield
Philip ©. Parmalee
Washington
Hazelhurst
al” Welsh
Henry Turner
Hempstead
N.Y
Selfridge
Boston
Harriet Quinb
New York
America
English Channel
Wee
W. A. P. Willard
Boston Aviation Meet
Atlantic
Dorchester Bay
Aviation
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Aviation Grounds
Miss Quimby
Willant
Sfiss Quimbs
Drowning tragedy in Newark lake during rival canoes race
Lola O Connor a 17 year old from Newark drowns at Park Lake while canoe racing with friends. Edward Pallant, 15, also drowns while trying to rescue her. Four girls, Virginia 13 Hettie 11 and Catherine Grey 12, narrowly escape as the canoes overturn. Lifesavers and police recover bodies as hospital staff attempt resuscitation.
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Lola O'Connor
John H. O'Conner
North 7Th Street
Newark
Park Lake
Branch Brook
Edward Pallant
Orange Street
Mister
Virginia
Hettie
Cathering Grey
Second Avenue
Park Avenue
Pallant
Bes
Swan
Lrle Lois
Patsy
R. H. Davis to wed actress Bessie McCoy
Richard Harding Davis and actress Miss Bessie McCoy plan marriage on July 8. Davis announced the match last night after earlier denials and noted no location or details had been arranged. Davis’s first wife, Cecil Clark, obtained a divorce in Chicago about two weeks earlier. they wed in 1889 and separated around 1891.
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Bessie McCoy
Richard Harding Davis
Mr. Davis
Chicago
Ballot by Ballot Summary with Shifts and Absences
The record lists vote tallies for Sulzer Gaynor James and Foss across ballots. Foss replaces Baldwin on the nineteenth ballot in column six. From ballot twenty seven to forty two, there was half a vote absent.
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Sulzer
Gaynor
James
Foss
aJames
bGaynor
Hamilton Lewis
dJames
Baldwin
Anders
Clark, Wilsonwood
Harmonshal i
Baldwin, Bryan, Kern
Alleged Swindler Gone From Court In Forfeited Bail
J Burton Scott, dubbed the world’s most widely known swindler by postal authorities, failed to appear in U S court to face a mail fraud charge. Bail of 10000 was forfeited by Judge Mc Pherson Scott. Charles FE Collins, tied to the swindle, also fled, with bail forfeiture of 2000. Meanwhile Speaker Clark’s Baltimore visit yields no in-person campaign events. nerves blamed on Bryan attack. Special train from Atlantic City July 4 to New York via Pennsylvanian Railroad advertised with parlor dining coaches.
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J. Burton Scott
Philadephia
United States
McPherson Scott
Motors
Baltimore
Clark
Washington
Bryan
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Trenton
Elizabeth
Newark
Democratic Convention Deadlock Grows in Baltimore Ballots
The Democratic National Convention in Baltimore extended a protracted deadlock as Woodrow Wilson gains momentum while Champ Clark struggles to reach the two thirds needed for nomination. Ballots show Wilson climbing past 500 before adjournment with Clark stagnating and leaders close to negotiations amid persistent factional tension.
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Veya
Tribune
Baltimore
Clark Itera
Kern
Wilson
Foss
Underwood
Gaynor
Harmon
James
É Bryan Rea
J. Ham
Lewis
Woodrow Wilson
Champ Clark
Preston
Convention Hall
Washington
Clark
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Boston Harbor
Blanche Stuart Scott
Kang
J H. Jackson
Parkdale Avenue
Jack
Point Pleasant
Bce
Yacht Club
Mies Quimby
Wierd
Squantum Head
Woop
State Cavalry
George Sheehan
Quincy
Milas Blanche Stuart Scott
Aviaor
Miss Scott
Mis Quimby
Missy Beatt
Khe
Col Ink
A. Len Stevens
Helen Vanderbilt
Fih
Columa
Mineola
Clay
Corteme
Hardelot
English
R. H. Davis
Hall
Leders
Norman E. Mack
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
George Harvey
John J. Fitzgerald
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Mack
Mr. Mack
Missouri
Indiana
Marshall
John W. Kern
Tom” Taggart
Taggart
Sullivan
Mr. Clark
Jersey
Dr. Wilson
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Maryland
Follows Wilson
Gaynor Clark Underwood
Bryan Foss
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