Spreckels Sees Claus Jr to Give Up Art for Business
Wireless report on Claus Spreckels Jr meeting Miss Mary Case aboard the Cincinnati and denying engagement rumors. He plans to abandon art studies in Paris to enter business, while Case, Portland-born concert singer, contemplates a West Coast tour and opera ambitions.
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Wolcott
Jean
Claus Spreckels, Jr
Miss Mary
Repaeie Case
Paris
John Dpd
Claus Spreck
Studges
Cincinnati
Myrtle MacAteer
Pittsburg
Cherbourg
Young Spreckels
Mme. Lischer Miller
London
Knicker- Becker
Clsus Spreckels, Jr
Walcott
Mr. Spreckels
Miss Case
Seval
John D. Is
San Francisco
Cal
Oceanic Steamship Company
Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
Augustus P
Claus A
Spencer Ecdy
Rudolph Spreckels
San Fran SA
John Ferris
Paris Aerial League Plans Dirigible Lines to Major Cities
The French Aerial League curves toward a Paris to Nancy Lyons Pau and Rouen network using five dirigibles. Ships range from 2200 metres in length with capacities of 3500, 5400 and 7200 cubic metres. Be Me Nancy line begun Paris Nancy service daily with September opening. Government aid and prizes from Santos-Dumont back the project aiming for a wartime ready aerial fleet.
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Paris
French Aerial League
Nancy
Lyons
Pau
Rouen
Me-Nancy
Paris-Nancy
Meaux
Beary Deutsch de la
Six excursionists drown when steamer wrecks wharf
Six excursionists including four women and two children die when the steamer Margaret wrecks at a La north coast lake wharf. The shore wharf collapsed under the crowd about seventy five feet from shore. Several people were thrown into the lake and others are missing as rescuers search amid heroic efforts.
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Fou
Margaret
Lake In
New Ork
Drowned in Mudhole Near Bergen Beach Brooklyn
Eugene Skellen a sixteen year old of 445 Graham avenue drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing with James Reilly and James Cumberland near Rush Meadows. They hired a boat in shallow water and Skellen vanished after crying for help. despite hours of dredging, his body was not recovered.
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Rush Meadows
Bergen Beach
Brooklyn
Eugene Skellen
Graham Avenue
Skellen
James Reilly
James Cumberland
Richardson Street
Jamaica
Five Balloons Land Indiana Endurance Race Won
Indiana endurance race ends with a surprising finish as five balloons land to claim the win. Teams from local clubs and sponsors celebrate a high altitude duel with precise navigation and swift descent.
Balloons From Indianapolis Fail to Land in Time
Indianapolis observers report five of nine balloons in the Aero Club of America endurance race have landed with three more touching down near Columbus and Scottsville. The Indiana team disperses southward as pilots attempt to avoid a disqualification for water descents. In Niagara Falls a Buffalo man’s wife dies after leaping into the river. hero husband rescues but cannot save her. A new Curtiss aeroplane succeeds in a trial at Hammondsport with planned further tests.
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Indianapolis
Aero Club of America
Aero Club of Indiana
Cleveland
A. H. Morgan
J. H. Wade
Columbus
Ind
Indiana
Carl G. Fisher
Fisher
Sumner County
Tenn
Chicago
C. A. Coey
John Bennett
Scottsville
Goethe Link
R. J. Irvin
Westmoreland
Ohio
H. W. Thompson
Salem
J. Blake
Canton
Nashville
Imi
University City
Virginia Girls Willing to Marry in Philippines Boom
Richmond reports a stir in Virginia over news that young American men in the Philippines are making fortunes and have few wives. Histories of the Philippines are sought. a prospective wife club may be formed in Richmond to connect single Virginians with potential spouses abroad.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Philippines
Virginia
Honor Bishop Farrelly Returns to United States
Unusual honors planned for the arrival of Bishop John J. Farrelly, newly appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Cleveland, aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Cleveland Catholics will welcome him with a reception equal to that given Cardinal Logue, with Monsignor Lavelle of New York and a two day stay before a tour of the South including Memphis and Nashville. Farrelly, former spiritual director at the American College in Rome, is favored by the Pope. The Kronprinzessin Cecilie, reported east of Sandy Hook, is due to dock about 7:30 am tomorrow.
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Indiana
Dr. Link
R. J. Irvin
Indianapolis
Chicago
Ohio
Aldred LeBlanc
France
St. Louis
James Gordon Bennett
Asbury Park
N. J
Pensacola
Florida
Mexico
Fayetteville
Lincoln County
Tenn
University City
John Berry
John McCullough
Blanche
United States
John J. Farrelly
Cleveland
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Cardinal Logue
Farrelly
Farley
Rome
Monsignor
Lavelle
New
Bay
Bishop Farrelly
South
Memphis
Nashville
American College
Kronprinzessin
Sandy Hook
Idea for a Junior Republic founder in Grove City
W R George, founder of the George Junior Republic, is in Pittsburg to establish a junior republic at Grove City Mercer County Pennsylvania. He credits the Fresh Air Fund idea from The Tribune as the foundation for organizing boys into a proprietorship in their work and becoming better men.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
W. R George
George Junior Republic
Grove City
Mercer County
Penn
George
Fresh Air Fund
New York Tribune
German balloons launch long distance trial from Essen
Thirteen balloons started from Essen on a long distance trial race. The three with the best records will compete for the International Cup in Switzerland in the fall.
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Essen
Switzerland
Crow Revealed as Diamond Thief in Kentucky Home
A Rockport Kentucky crow owned by Alexander V. Anderson was identified as the thief of diamonds and jewelry long attributed to servants. The bird flew from the house with a diamond brooch and investigators found a gold watch two rings two ten dollar bills a twenty gold piece a woman's rat and other valuables in its nest.
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the Tribune
Lexington
Alexander V. Anderson
Rockport
Wellman and Vaniman Plan Arctic Balloon Expedition
Paris reports Walter Wellman and engineer Melvin Vaniman prepare for a North Pole voyage. They upgraded the dirigible with movable propellers, a sun compass inspired by a sun dial, and a new Arctic navigation theory using curves. The party aims to depart Spitzbergen in about two weeks and target the pole around August 1.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Melvin Vaniman
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Pole
Two Stricken in Church in Separate Brooklyn Chapels
Two men were stricken during Mass within a half mile of each other in Brooklyn. Charles Lietch, 22, died at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary after heart failure. John Isler, 39, survived initial collapse at St. Rose of Lima and was taken home. doctors cited syncope as the cause.
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Charles Lietch
Gravesend Avenue
Brooklyn
Lietch
M. J. Tierney
Pischer
Kings County Hospital
John Isler
Cortelyou Road
Flatbush
St. Rose of Lima
Fright Kills Noted 102-Pound Woman in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on June 6 Mrs. Julia Cousins described as the heaviest woman in the world died after a fright when a fire started near her home. Apoplexy from excitement killed her. A mulatto who posed as Caucasian, she toured with a famed show and recently opened a boarding house. It may require a roof cut to remove the coffin.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Julia Cousins
McWhirter Displays Preaching Wall At Queensboro Bridge Opening
William H McWhirter, though not listed on the official programme, has arranged a conspicuous wall display on ground at Hunter Avenue and Bridge Plaza South for the bridge opening celebration next Saturday. The Scotch merchant, living at 42 Woolsey Street Astoria, displays bold phrases from John 3 16 and Matthew 11 on a frame building to reach thousands of passersby. He is involved in stone works and various real estate deals and is described as wealthy.
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William H McWhirter
Queensboro Bridge
Jlunter Avenue
Bridge Plaza South
McWhirter
No. & Woolsey Street
Astoria
Brutal masked robbery shocks Belmont villagers
Five masked men broke into the home of 90 year old Mrs Minnie Ashe in Belmont Penn binding and torturing her and two female relatives. They looted $360 found in the house and used candles on their feet before fleeing. Miss Minnie Ober summoned help later. The mining village searches for the assailants but maskwork hampers identification.
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Pittsburg
Belmont
Penn
Minnie Ashe
Mary Ober
Miss Minnie Ober
Miss Ober
Churches Set on Fire in Chicago Destruction Heavy
Chicago July 6 The Austin Methodist Episcopal Church at Ohio Street and North Central Avenue was destroyed by a fire believed incendiary. The Holiness Church nearby was damaged about 1000 dollars earlier. Fire started near the organs in both cases. Police investigation opened. Methodist damage 75000 dollars insured.
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Chicago
Austin Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio Street
North Central Avenue
Holiness Church
Death follows shame in St Louis tragedy
Mrs Martha Glaesser, days after her husband John Glaesser was taken by police on embezzlement charges, was found dead in bed with her two children Annette and John Jr. Gas filled the room, police theorize she turned on the gas after the arrest drove her to insanity. Nicholas Glaesser found the scene. The husband’s arrest was followed by no prosecution, the cigar firm saying he had already been punished.
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St. Louis
John Glaesser
Martha Glaesser
Annette
John, Jr
Nicholas Glaesser
John
Thefts On Cruisers Delay Manila Squadron Departure
The Galveston and the Denver, part of Rear Admiral Giles B. Harbers's squadron bound for Manila, faced delays after thefts aboard these ships implicated two warrant officers and several seamen. Court martials were ordered as brass and engine room materials totaling twenty-five hundred pounds were stolen on Memorial Day and sold to junk dealers in Yokohama. Estimated value of the material is $1,000.
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Tokio
Giles B. Harbers
Manila
Galveston
Denver
Yokohama
Burned 4900 of 10009 dollar gypsy money tale
Terence Connell, 18, arrested in New York and brought to Ardmore on a charge of complicity in the six week old theft of 10009 from Mrs. Rhoda Lovell. He claims 4900 of the money, in pale silver certificate bills, was burned in the Lewis home kitchen stove after being deemed gypsy currency. Sam Lewis, a negro, was arrested and 6900 recovered. he was sent to the penitentiary. Connell says he received only 190.
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Ardmore
Penn
Terence Connell
New York
Rhoda Lovell
Sam Lewis
Lewis
Connell
Floods hold up Canadian Pacific trains in Rockies
Winnipeg June 6 Floods continue in the Rocky Mountains blocking the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. No trains have run for days. A log jam has flooded the track for a mile between Sicamous and Revelstoke. Transcontinental trains are stalled and hundreds are housed and fed by the railway. A circus train is among those halted on the west side.
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Winnipeg
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Siacamus
Revelstoke
Pigeon Adopts Chicks in Curious Foster Bond
Telegraph report from Greenwich dated June 6 describes James Nedley of Byram Shore finding two fledgling chicks under a mothering pigeon. The mother nurtures them though she cannot feed them, while Nedley’s household houses both pigeons and chickens.
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
James J. Nedley
Byram Shore
Netiey
Nedley
Quick Revenge on Auto Speedster in Rockaway Hit
Timothy J Bresnan a former fireman attacked a chauffeur after a near run down on Hammond avenue Rockaway. Bresnan shoved his wife to safety and struck the driver between the eyes as the touring car sped past. The couple escaped on a Far Rockaway bound car and the chauffeur later boarded a return car to Arverne.
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Timothy J. Bresnan
Hammond Avenue
Rockaway
Fresnan
Bresnan
Far Rockaway
Arverne
Fire Department
Great Jones Street
No Argentine Beef Invasion Rumor Denied by Chicago Packers
Chicago packers largely refuse to discuss a report of plans to invade Argentina and ship cold storage meat to the United States. Arthur F. Evans of Swift & Co. says no plans exist and calls the notion a mania while noting inquiries have occurred as they focus on current operations.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Argentina
United States
Arthur F. Evans
Swift & Co
South America
King Alfonso Undergoes Nose Operation Reported Success
San Sebastian dated June 6 reports King Alfonso recently had another minor nose operation by Bordeaux specialist Dr. Moore and officials state the procedure was successful. Includes an adjacent hotel advertisement for the Bretton Woods Hotels in White Plains New York with contact details.
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San Sebastian
Alfonso
Moore
Healer asks $5000 price to "be good" say scientists
Mrs. Della M. Gilbert a Christian Science practitioner accuses Boston church leaders of valuing money over faith. She says she would pay any price to destroy Eddyism and claims she was pressured to drop Plaza church plans in New York. Christ Scientist officials deny that Eddy is dead and accuse Gilbert of mercenary motives.
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Centrol
Boston
Della M. Gilbert
Christiana Science
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Gilbert
Mary Paker G Eddy
Christian Science
Christian Science Organization
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Church
Idy
Christian Science Movement
Eddy
New Yorks
New York
Dellam Gilbert
Sth Street
Plaza
Christian Scientists
Dyker Heights
Augusta Stetson
Driver Heights
Tribune
Christian Science In
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