Yacht Turns Turtle In Lake Massakahie Rescue
A party of five from New York and Chicago faced a sudden squall on Lake Massakahie as a sailboat overturned near Massesett Hotel Childwold. Adirondack guides and mountaineers launched a large rowboat, rescuing three men and two women before tragedy struck.
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Childwold
Lake Massakahie
Jackson
Smith
Chicago
Barnet
Davis
Collingwood
New York
Dan Rogers
Death From the Heat Paralyzes City and Claims a Life
A scorching humid day chilled the city, with highs near 86 degrees and several prostrations. Henry Egert a 17 year old died in Grand Street near Pitt Street after leaving an ice shop, while others were taken to hospital for heat related conditions. Some cooling showers offered relief in parts of the city but the East Side and suburbs saw little or no rain.
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Princeton
Coney Island
Henry Egert
Gouverneur St
Grand-st
Pitt St
Hamill
Gouverneur Hospital
Pldtridge St
McDermott
Hudson River
Olaf Bordsen
Bellevue
Micone Narrao
Micone Narrao, En Islan, of No. 112 Mul- Qerryst
Hudson Street Hospital
Henry Miller
Park Row
Central Park
Bronx
Upper West Side
Pitanure
Key West
Fin
Yellows Park
Boston
New England
Cubans Talk of Strike Over Eight Hour Law
General movement for an eight hour law threatens most businesses in Havana as union agitation spreads across urban industries. An American Federation of Labor rep in city aims to recruit Cuba’s active members, with a strike expected to be declared tomorrow. Support rallies show sympathy with Havana’s deposed Mayor.
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Tribunet
Tribune Association
Havana
Cubs
American Federation of Labor
Falles
Key West
Cuba
Gomex
Sefor O'Farrill
Mutiny on Niagara as crew strike aboard yacht
A third of the crew on Howard Gould’s yacht Niagara demanded higher pay and better food before July 4 and refused to work. They disrupted officers but did not try to seize the ship or harm the captain. Captain Grant argued most of the crew remained loyal while some Norwegian seamen from the Bergen Club left the vessel.
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Howard Gould
Mr. Aid
Grant
Hegeman Marsen
Oiter
Charles Marsen
Carl Carlwien
Joseph Krolstofelsen
Wiliam Horn‘Derg
Tom ‘Thompson
Martin Swensen
Bergen Club
Brooklyn
Union
Henryets
Mareen
Tribune
East Zits
Mia
Gould
American Bark Wins Ocean Race
A cable dispatch from Boston reports the New York bark Saranac under Captain Bartley won a mile race against the British bark Strathera captained by Fleming. The race finished in a decisive tee hours on a sixty five day voyage to Buenos Aires with heavy bets tied to the outcome.
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Boston
Buenos Aven
New-York
Saranac
Bartley
Strathera
Fleming
K Wopeter
Huenocaires
Southern war bonds dispute to be discussed by governors
Atlantic City June 9 Special A conference of governors from four Southern states will convene within ten days to debate repudiated war bonds. North Carolina holds 19 million dollars in bonds outlawed by state acts and constitutional provision. Governor Glenn, in town, will join others while New York officials seek settlement with North Carolina over bonds bought by a New York syndicate.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Glenn
North Carolina
South Dakota
United States Court
New York
Albany
Higgins
Carpet Bag
Pass History of Eastern War in a Nutshell
Pass history of the Eastern War summarized in a compact nut of events and statements amid Cotton Scandal mentions. A vice crusade in Indiana unions is noted with subway trains running from Bronx to Battery. Count Cassini begins homeward journey as Jews honor John Hay. A million dollar fund for an American Art Academy at Rome is reported as completed. An incipient race riot is mentioned alongside praise for Elihu Root by Dr. Lyman Abbott. A heat wave sends thousands to Coney Island. dynamite fatalities total eight.
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Pas
Ind
Los
Bronx
Cassini
John Hay
American Art Academy At
Rome
Lyman Abbott
Elihu Root
Coney Island
Fort George Cleaned Up by Police and Society
Police Inspector Sweeney and West 192nd Street station officers, with the Children's Society and NYC Railway Company agents, swept Fort George yesterday afternoon and evening. Between fifty and seventy five prisoners will be arraigned in Harlem court. Thirty five officers arrested barkers sellers and kept courts of saloon and hotelkeepers to close by midnight. Two Brownsville youths lacking funds beat their way to Fort George. The Tribune highlighted the conditions at the resort.
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Sweeney
West
Children’s Society
New York City Railway Company
Fort George
Harlem Court
Brownsville
Tribune
Scotty Pays $5500 For Special to Chicago and New York
Walter Scott the famed mining prospector departs Los Angeles aboard a special train, promising a 45 hour Chicago arrival or $500 forfeited from the $5500 prepaid. The voyage includes champagne, a large larder, wife, companions, reporters, and a dog with a diamond collar. He plans onward to New York and even England, aiming for record speed. Scott claims a Mojave Death Valley gold mine fuels his spree and he disappears for months to return rich.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Scott
Santa Fe
Chicago
New York
Santa Fe Road
Scotty
England
Lawson Loses Voice On Speech Tour
Kansas City dispatch reports financier Thomas W. Lawson lost his voice during a day of events in Ottawa. Doctors say his larynx is swollen and throat inflamed after hours of speaking in adverse conditions. He is advised to return to Boston but intends to press on with two more invitations.
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Kansas City
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Ottawa
Ottawa Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Lawson
Man Found Dead in Mulberry Bend Park
Patrolman Howe discovered a dead man in Mulberry Bend Park yesterday. Dr. Merrill from Hudson Street Hospital stated the unknown man, about sixty, starved to death. He was found on a bench with sunken eyes and emaciated limbs, wearing a gray check coat and striped shirt.
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Howe
Elizabeth St
Mulberry Bend Park
Merrill
Hudson Street Hospital
Seek Mrs Schaeffer in Toronto Kidnap Case
Toronto Sunday publication says detectives hunt for Mrs Emil G Schaeffer former wife of wealthy New York brewer General Schaeffer and her two children Eleanor nine and Fred eight accused of kidnapping The will left each child 500000 detectives believe she and the children summered in Toronto and may travel by boat authorities have detailed descriptions and are on the lookout at Hamilton and Toronto wharves awaiting probate outcome of the late General Schaeffer’s will.
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Tradgraph
the Tribune
Ottawa
Toronto
Emil G. Schaeffer
General Schaeffer
New York City
Eleanor
Fred
A. Worth
Fitzgerald
Blanchard Warns Grand Jury Over Lynching in Point Coupee
New Orleans July Governor N C Blanchard urged the Point Coupee Parish Grand Jury to act decisively in the daylight lynching case. He said the eyes of the state are on them and that it is unacceptable that the guilty parties remain unknown, pledging accountability to the government and state.
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Telngramn
the Tribune
New Orleans
N.C. Blanchard
Point Coupee Parish
Aeronaut Will Canfield Leaps to Save Woman
Boston aeronaut William Canfield leaped from a leaking balloon over Lynn Common to save Mrs Camila Stafford as the craft drifted. He dropped 1000 feet and was badly injured by hitting a house. Five thousand spectators watched the dramatic descent amid strong winds. The ascent had been postponed from July 4.
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the Tribune
Lynn
Mass
William Canfield
Boston
Lynn Common
Camila Stafford
Canfield
Subway Tavern Criticized by Bishop Over Legalized Saloon
In Epworth League remarks in New York City Bishop Luther B. Wilson of Chattanooga denounced the legalized saloon. He argued prayer and Christian songs cannot sanctify vice and warned that hell breaks out into laughter when a saloon is supported. An advertisement notes travel details for the 20th Century Limited with Chicago to New York service and urging early reservations.
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Denver
New York City
Luther B. Wilson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hell
20Th Century Limited
New York
Cennies
New York Daily
Chicago
Lake Shore
Stork Arrives on Williamsburg Trolley Ride
A stork arrived on the Williamsburg trolley as Mrs. Gussie Hollander of Manhattan rode with friends to a Maspeth phain. The car halted after a mile and an ambulance was summoned. The birth of a boy was announced. mother and child were reported do wn towed and healthy.
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Williamsburg
Gussie Hollander
East 8Thil
Manhattan
Hollander
Phain
Maspeth
Eastern District Hospital
Jr. Cahen
G Flounder
Iowa’s richest woman dies in frugal Iowa home near Marshalltown
Jane Martin once touted as Iowa’s wealthiest, died at 65 in Marshalltown area. Despite a fortune reported in thousands, she lived frugally, dressing poorly and denying basics. She abused her adopted daughter, who was removed by the State Humane Society a year earlier.
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Loy Frametaph
Sioux City
Iowa
Jane Martin
Marshalltown
State Humane Society
Judge halts lynching over insult claim in Gretna
In Jefferson parish court at Gretna Judge Gaudet ordered the release of Spencer Roy to avert a lynching after Roy allegedly insulted Miss Trene Bourlet. Roy was removed from the parish to ensure safety.
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New Orleans
Spencer Roy
Gaudet
Judicial Court of
Jefferson
Gretna
Shertt
Marrero
Roy
Trene Bourlet
Lemuel E Quigg Arrested In Stamford Police Dragnet
Greenwich Conn July 9 Lemuel E Quigg the politician is cited as the latest victim of a Stamford police dragnet for automobilists He allegedly drove an eighth of a mile in twenty seconds and was taken into custody with two ladies and a man His chauffeur James Morin posted a $50 bond for appearance Others charged today include Chester Devonde an actor and Bigmund Morris a broker of Newark NJ
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Greenwich
Conn
Lemuel BE. Quigg
Stamford
Quigg
Use
Peabody rescues two in lake tragedy ends in death
Glens Falls July 9 George Foster Peabody financier known for Lake George retreat saved a maid and a child from drowning after his yacht heard cries. He pulled the child and one woman to safety. Hulda S Nelson died. Constance Snow, daughter of Henry Snow of New York, was aboard with two maids when the boat capsized.
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Trincye
Glens Falls
George Foster Peabody
Lake George
Peabody
Hulda
Nelson
Constance Snow
Henry
Snow
New York
Bathing tragedy at Brighton Beach ends in drowning
A woman stepping on a body at Brighton Beach exposed the death of Edward B. Heim of Sehuytkitt Haven Pennsylvania, a Princeton University engineering student. Heim and Joseph T. Connell of Princeton visited from the Parkway Bathing Pavilion for a final dip. Connell refused but Heim disappeared and was found drowned in four feet of water near the scene as darkness settled tonight.
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Brighton Beach
Edward B. Heim
Sehuytkitt Haven
Penn
Mechanical Engineering
Princeton University
Hein
Joseph T. Connell
Princeton
Parkway
Connell
Hesn
Boy Hits Yacht and Drowns at Prospect Park
Horace Cook seventeen son of Emil Cook of Clayton hit the yacht Tranquilo off Prospect Park while sailing in a skirt. He sank in ninety feet of water. The yacht owner, unnamed, paid 30 dollars to the parents and offered 50 dollars for recovery of the body.
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the Tribune
Clayton, N
Prospect Park
Horace Cook
Emil Cook
Kingston
Cook
Negro postal clerk forced out in Greenwood row
Memphis, July. A negro from Alabama, A. Harmon, becomes next on the eligibility list after Carter’s resignation from Greenwood Mississippi. White citizens oppose a Black post clerk under a female post mistress, fearing mail disruption. Appointments to continue until the next examination on July 15.
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Tmbune
Memphis
Tenn
J. A. Harmon
Alabama
Carter
Greenwood
Miss. Harmon
Harmon
Indianola
Trust Buys Rival Concern In Tobacc o Monopoly
Pittsburg reports an official announcement tomorrow on the Weyman Brothers' Company sale to the American Tobacco Company. The deal values the property at about 1,590 to 2,000 and will give the trust a complete snuff monopoly in the country and eliminate its chief tobacco rival. Rumors say a big Wheeling plant is planned, with expansion of the Pittsburg operation. In Massachusetts, census analysis shows declines in 92 municipalities over ten years, notably North Brookfield down 43.4 percent. Hatfield up 40.97 percent with 31 people gained.
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Thimens
Pittsburg
Weyman Brothers’ Company
American Tobacco Company
Tobwcre Trust
Trust
Wheeling
W. Va
Ferne de Celt
Boston
Massachusetts
North Brookfield
Hatfield
R R and Seaboard Air Line Ty Arrive in Birmingham
Readable lines note the R R and Seaboard Air Line tycoon rigs arriving at Birmingham via Broadway with a brief telegraphic ad notice.
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R. R
Seaboard Air Line Ty
Wirmingham Tiss Broadway
Japan Seizes Saghalien Island in War’s Wake
News from St Petersburg notes Japan’s flag rising on Saghalien after eighteen months of war. Complete occupation seen as likely, influencing Washington talks. Divergent views exist on peace talks with some fearing indemnities while others see Japan’s leverage as decisive. Muravieff arrives in St Petersburg to consult with Count Lamsdorff as baron Rosen earns praise.
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St Petersburg
Nowoe Vremya
Regan
Washington
Miore
Japan
Port Arthur
M. Muravieff
Rome
St. Petersburg
Count Lamsdorff
Foreign Office
Novoe Vremya
The
Hague
Baron Rosen
Potemkin Mutiny Transfer In Romania Port
Admiral Kriger received the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine after Romania transferred the vessel to Russian authority. Reports say mutineers resisted, officers were ill treated, and Matuschenko allegedly killed ten officers. A Russian priest conducted a purification service aboard after the transfer.
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Kustenji
Rumania
Kriger
King Charles
Kniaz Potemkin
Odessa
Kniaz Potemkine
Krizer
Associated Press
Matuschenko
Kniax Potemkine
Pox Diedonosets
Kuatenst
Russhe
Keliger
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Southern War Bonds
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Monte Cristo
Lawson Loses
Park Bench
Mrs. Schaeffer
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Subway Tavern
Stork
Central
Grand Central Station
Alban
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffaro
Lemuel E. Quigg
G. F. Peabody
Bather
Brighton -Princeton
Boy
Miss
Armingham, Ala
Pullman
Russia
Potemkine
Scmottston
Pennaytvasia
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