Sherman at Home Crowds Greet Utica Welcome Parade
Utica welcomed Congressman James S. Sherman home for his bid for Vice President with a two mile parade and electric lights. Mayor Wheeler and local officials praised the reception as a citywide, nonpartisan tribute to the popular candidate.
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Utica
Utica. N
James S. Sherman
Horatio Seymour
New York
Sherman
Genesee Street
Drs. Carter
Cleveland
Gibson
Mr. Sherman
Thomas Wheeler
Trica
Uncle Remus author Joel Harris critically ill
Atlanta dispatch reports Joel Chandler Harris famed for Uncle Remus stories is critically ill at his home near Snap Bean Farm. He has been ill over three weeks and his condition worsened about ten days ago. His family fears for his recovery as he remains a prolific writer known for the water rabbit tales he created.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
Weer End
Harris
Snap Bean Farm
Remus
Water Rabbit
Pennsylvania Railroad to Long Branch Trains
Fox reported trains to Long Branch with roving schedules and fare details. The article notes frequent departures, specific timing around 16 55, and mentions rapid service to the shore. It references Samy 4 and a Long ceh Lune race context.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Branch
Dresser Villa on Center Island Sold to W J White
The Center Island villa long owned by Mrs Danielle Roy Dresser was sold by S Osgood Pell & Co to W J White for about 200000 dollars. The property, famed as a premier Long Island north shore estate, overlooked Long Island Sound and was tied to Dresser’s famous social circle and divorce affidavits. White plans substantial improvements. this follows another north shore sale this week, the Stow estate at Wheatley Hills.
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Center Island
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Danielle Roy Dresser
S. Osgood Pell & Co
W. J. White
North Shore
Mr. Dresser
Gordon W. Burnham
Dresser
Suth Dakota
Douglass W. Burnham
St. Luke's
Death at Rye on the Sound Signal Pole Incident
Henry C. White and Frank Holmes of this city died yesterday afternoon near the New Haven Railroad Rye station as a signal pole they held touched a live main feed of eleven thousand volts. The pole carried the current through their bodies and they were knocked about twenty feet, killed instantly. Several other railroad workers suffered shocks as rails and ties carried the charge.
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New Haven Railroad Company
Rye-on-the-Sound
Henry C. White
Frank Holmes
Fatal High Voltage Accident Kills NY Edison Lineman
Michael Clune a lineman for the New York Edison Company, 514 East 149th Street, died instantly in the Bronx when a 2,200 volt wire, held without gloves, burned his body after he slipped from a tree on Independence Avenue. His coworkers warned him but he laid aside his gloves and fell to the ground with the live wire, causing a fatal flash.
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Michael Clune
No. 514
East 149Th Street
New York Edison Company
Clune
Independence Avenue
Bronx
New Yorker Robbed in Asheville
Morris Gross of New York and his wife, guests in Asheville en route to the Pacific, reported a theft to police today. He said $10.4 and a credit letter worth £2,000 were taken from his pocketbook, with the letter of credit drawn on Brown Brothers of New York and Brown Shipley of London. Payment has been halted. the couple will remain in Asheville for now.
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Tribune
Asheville
N. C
Morris Gross
New York
Pacific
Brown Brothers
Brown, Shipley & Co
London
Gross
Teeth Taken on Freight Train Raid by Homeless Men
A brakeman named T Roberts on a freight train in Omaha was assaulted by several tramps who forcibly removed eight of his gold teeth during an attempted removal of passengers. The attackers escaped with the teeth, leaving Roberts injured and shocked by the daytime assault in the Omaha yards.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
T ©. Roberts
Roberts
Verbal betting ruling boosts race track gambling stance
Justice Bischoff held verbal bets legal under the new anti gambling law, favoring the Coney Island Jockey Club interpretation that the statute targets bookmaking. The decision impacts Collins v hotspur and may curb police censorship while prompting possible appeals. Racing men expect continued wagering in man to man form with reduced stakes.
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Justice Bischoff
Melville Collins
Coney Island Jockey Club
Bingham
Dan” Slattery
Corporation Counsel
Elder
Kings County
Hughes
Bischo
Charles Bolinger
Schuyler L. Parsons
Jockey Club
George Wheelock
Metropolitan Turf Association
Brain broker in toils Hapgood arrested in fraud case
Herbert J. Hapgood president of Hapgoods Incorporated and Ralph L. Kilby his secretary were arrested on grand larceny charges totaling 32,000 after five complainants accused them of trickery in 1907. The pair, held at police headquarters, faced bail reduced to 20,000 after initial requests.
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Herbert J. Hapgood
Hapgoods (Incorporated
Broadway
McConville and
Nelson
Central
Ralph L. Kilby
Hapgood
Kernochan
Hapgood Concern
Hapgoods Companies
Hapgoods Sales Company
Hapgood Enterprises
Hapgoods
Hapsgoods Incorporated
Charles G Bittel
West 34Th Street
Hapgoods_ Incorporated
Walter H. Page
West 144Th Street
Hapgoods Incorporated
I. L. Collins
J. F. Elliott
Witte
Park Row
Hapgood Sales
Slocon Hapgood
Europe
Bittel
St. Louis
The
Hapgoods, Incorporated
Hapgood’s Opportunities
New York
Page
Collins
Sltott
Bomb throwing capital offence passes House in New Orleans
Telegraph report says a bill to make bomb throwing punishable by death passed the House and is expected to face little Senate opposition. The act applies when the explosive targets a building vehicle or vessel with a human being present. Authorities anticipate a reduction in Black Hand outrages in New Orleans.
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The
Tribune
New Orleans
House
Senate
Watterson denounces Parker over Cleveland death funeral plan
Col Henry Watterson blasts New York Lyon crowd and Judge Parker for proposing a Denver convention tribute to Grover Cleveland. He accuses Belmont, Ryan, Murphy Conners and Parker of using the dead president to sow discord and control the Democratic Party amid a Nebraskan Bryan bid.
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Louisville
New York
Alton B. Parker
Denver
Grover Cleveland
Henry Watterson
Granite Hills
Concord
Murphy-Conners
Judge Parker
Belmont-Ryan
Belmont-Ryan Money
Jefferson
Tilden
Cleveland
Democratic Party
David Bennett Hill
Princeton
Firebrand
Bryan
Ryan-Belmont
Parker
Buchanan
Greystone
Douglas
Breckinridge
Conners
Murphy
Belmont
Ryan
Sheehan
By Order of the President play draws federal scrutiny
Denver July 2 The Brownsville incident inspired production of the play By Order of the President at a local theatre. The President is alerted and the War Department plans to send an officer from Washington to view the premiere. A state military company lends arms and uniforms, with some officers appearing on stage. The props belong to the federal government.
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Tribune
Denver
Brownsville
War Department
Washington
Pork on wound causes tetanus at Nassau Hospital
William Mahon, a young farmer from Northport Long Island, lies dying of tetanus at Nassau Hospital Mineola after applying pork to a foot wound from pitchfork tines. He ignored the injury until Sunday when he could not open his mouth, then sought medical help.
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William Mahon
Northport
Long Island
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Mahon
Bryanites clash over Parker Cleveland tribute plan
Denver July 2. Democratic factions split over a Parker resolution honoring Grover Cleveland. Bryan supporters seek a non controversial tribute to Cleveland to avoid infighting at the convention. New York’s bid is criticized as a Bryan insult.
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Denver
Alton B. Parker
Grover Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Friends of the Nebraskan
Bryan
Parker
New York
Cleveland
James C. Dahlman
Omaha
N. E. Wade
Iowa
National Committee
Friends
Dahlman
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
Ilinois
Full Summer Schedule Adds July 4 Extra Trips
Sandy Hook Route remains in effect with regular service and additional evening trips on July 4. Extra departures originate from West End, New York Branch, Sea Bright and nearby stops, arriving in New York by P. M. Agee.
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Saratoga
Grand Central Station
New York
Saratoga -Tal
Aavr
Sandy Hook
West End
Ny Branch
Sea Bright
Lu P. M
Agee
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John D Kernan
Charles H Searle
Kernan
East
Lake Shore
Fhermar
Oneida County
Hotspur
Bischoff
Perge
Great Bear
H. J. Hapgood
Sunday Tribune
Col. Watterson
Bryan Camp
Ver
Bryanites
Republican Party
Bryan People
Bell
Mr. Parker
R. M. Johnston
Texas
Francis A. Day
Johnson
Day
Gray
Josiah Marvel
Marvel
Judge Wade
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