Fear Oakley Removal Threatened Over Subway Flooding
Mayor McClellan denounces Water Department incompetence after Sunday subway flood and long traffic delays. Rumors mount that Commissioner John T. Oakley may be ousted before Saturday night. Damages to Belmont interests and property flood claims loom, with officials questioned for absence and mismanagement.
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McClellan
John T. Oakley
Satorder
Trafic
Belmont
Water Department
Oakley
Charles F. Murphy
Geat
Temamany
John T. Oxley
Feary Catain
Depa Communalonneteh
Joey Becrenasy
Edtey
Interborough Company
Varios
Dan
Mrs Hubbard probes husband's death in Labrador trail
Mrs Leonidas Hubbard travels to Labrador to investigate her explorer husband’s death in 1908. She seeks evidence of possible failures to save him, aided by guide George Gelson who had promised to join the first party. Bernard Wallace’s circle remains divided over motive and timing of the trip.
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Leonidas Hubbard
Labrador
The
Tribune
Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard
Dillon Wallace
Mr.Wallace
Mr. Hubbard
Bert
Mr. Wallacs
Wallace
Wilde
Interior of
Canada
Gelson
Mrs Hubbard Heads for Labrador as Wallace Pursues Truth
Dillon Wallace travels seeking facts Hubbard could not uncover while Mrs Hubbard, Wallace’s dead friend’s widow, sails toward Labrador with the aim of gathering evidence about Wallace’s death. Officials note estrangement over prior statements. Wallace planned to return by mid October as his friends try to contact him. A railroad fare offer to Indianapolis appears in the notices.
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Dillon Wallace
Hubbard
Wallace
Mrs. Hubbard
Labrador
Mr. Wallace
Esid & Edgar Briggs
Revell Company
Rigolette
St. John's
Carnegie not unfair Shaffer defends Carnegie on Homestead
Theodore J Shaffer retiring head of the Amalgamated Association states Carnegie acted in no way against union members during the 1892 Homestead strike. He says records show Carnegie favored arbitration and demonstrated friendship for workingmen amid recent labor opposition to Carnegie gifts.
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Pittsburg
Theodore J. Sheffer
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Andrew Carnegie
Shaffer
Carnegie
Rooster Attacks Girl in Bronx Yard
May Rose, three and a half, injured when a large rooster tore at her lips in her Bronx yard on Sunday. The children teased the bird, it attacked, she fainted, mother drove it away. A physician attended. the girl recovery noted. Neighbors seek owner to prevent future harm.
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Bronx
May Rose
No. 1
May
Chicago seal in doubt over sleeping infant design
A Chicago ordinance changed the city seal to feature an infant sleeping in a shell but the infant’s upright cross leg pose challenges the meaning of sleeping. Experts doubt any baby can sleep like that, jeopardizing official documents and $2,000,000 in bonds planned for October if the new impression is invalid.
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Chicago
Two Bombs Found At Springfield Public School In Pittsburg
Two bombs discovered by the janitor at Springfield public school in Pittsburg, June 12. Each device contained guncotton powder and a metal tube with a brass cap, about two inches in diameter and several inches long. Police study foremen for possible anarchist ties among nearby Russian families as they investigate.
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Pittsburg
Springfield
Marriage After Prison Romance in Charlestons
A romance between sixty eight year old widow Elizabeth Chantwick and thirty year old George Tripp, once in prison, leads to an engagement and forthcoming marriage. Chantwick purchased a Campbell Street property where a home is being built for the couple. Tripp was pardoned about 16 months ago after intervention by Myo Chadwick with Governor Douglas.
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Charlestons
Eilesbeth Chanwick
Westhy
George Tripp
Avey
Chantwick
Campbell St
Charwick
Tripp
Pont Carpenter
Myo
Chadwick
Douglas
Beer and Beethovens Cafe Centacher Art Opening
An announcement from Loudon G. Charlton for a ten week season of Warren concerts at St. Nicholas Garden starting June 15. Part of the lower floor becomes a German style cafe with tables and tropical plants, offering refreshments and a refined garden setting. Mies Hatelle Liebling will be the opening night soloist with bishops and Dr Stires among the directors.
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Loudon G. Charlton
Richard Henry Warren
St. Nicholas Garden
Café Centacher Art
Berlin
Leipsic
Vienna
Mies Hatelle Liebling
Bishop Potter
Greer
Around World in Auto Completes Journey With Glidden
Charles J. Glidden, Boston businessman, and his wife have finished an automobile world tour. They drove 25,100 miles in 210 days and logged 4,407 miles by water. They are in Paris, left car in India, plan a November Arica tour, and will observe twenty five French cars in the Bennett Cup race. He is noted as the only person to drive an automobile within the Arctic Circle.
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Hostos
Charles J. Glidden
Paris
India
Arica
Demolition of a Morris Canal bridge after train wreck near Dover
A high bridge on the Morris Canal east of Dover collapsed when an engine and freight cars collided with a drawbridge. Engineer Henry Schafer leaped clear. the engine and tender fell, wrecking the gondolas and sending part of the boat and cargo into the canal. Mrs Meyers and her daughter Kate narrowly escaped drowning as the boat was wrecked and submerged. A new drawbridge and track repairs will follow on the Lackawanna line between Tuckahoe and Wharton.
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Dover
Ned
George Meyers
Henry Schafer
Mauch Chunk
Schafer
Mim Mayers
Katie
Dior
Sheawan
Cme
Captain Moyers
Kate
Abe
Holman
Trier
Wharton
END OF THE RAINBOW IN DANBURY DISCOVERY OF GOLD PAIL
Workmen repairing an old Danbury building found a pail containing gold coins with an estimated value of 1500 dollars. The exact amount and provenance remain unclear as finders refuse to disclose details.
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Danbury
Conn
Tragic Trolley Wreck Kills Girl and Hurts Family at Gravesend
In a late night trolley collision near the Gravesend crossing of the Coney Island and Brooklyn tracks a girl named Sadie Michaels died after being crushed beneath the carriage. Her sister Essie Judiy is bruised, father Samuel Michaels injured, and mother gravely hurt with risks of death. The man and conductor were arrested on homicide charges as the family was taken to Homecrest for care.
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Ladie ‘Michaels
Essie Judiy
Gravesend
Comey Island
Aye
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Bro
Michaelk
Homecrest
William Hansen
John J. Wall
Samuel Michaels
Metropolitan
Mee
Avenue U
Sadie Michaels
Jonkey
Herman Kunz
Michaels
Ryan Coup Hits Chicago Transit Talks
June 2 reports from Chicago indicate a high level conference involving John P. Wilson and FEL Winston for Union Traction Company, and WW. W. Careyley for the traction interests. The aim is to discuss transferring properties to the city after mobilizing capital from major financial firms. The plan to municipalize awaits formal submission and details remain unsettled as rehabilitation finances hinge on large investors.
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Ing Trargraph
TNE Chirags
Jonn A. Spon
Chicago City Railway Exchative Board
John P. Wilson
Fel Winston
Toxethee
Finshine
Equitable
Thomas Fy Ryan
Widener-Eiking-Whitney
Whitch
Union Trigton
Charlies “T Yerkes
Vier-Bresidente Milt
Ten
New-Serk
Gomes to fight duel in Havana duel challenged
General Joe Gomez, the Fulgencio candidate for Cuba's presidency, is challenged to a duel by Sefer Corsmuian, in Havana, with the likely fight tomorrow. The letter stems from Gomes's reply to a prior note, signaling a heated exchange and possible pistol action.
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Havana
Joe Mise Goren
FuMlonists
Cuba
Sefer Corsmuian
Gomes
Representatives Fall Out Over Loulatana Rice Bill
Havana July 12 Representatives Garvie author of the Loulatana rice bill and Representative Perez clashed during debate and a duel was anticipated. Amendments to the bill were defeated and the passage seemed unlikely as the House unanimously lauded General Gomes for his condition after exposure to gas.
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Havana
Garvie
Perez
Maxine Gomen
Gomes
Russia and Japan peace talks near in Washington
May 12 dispatches report rapid progress under the President guiding talks with Russia and Japan. Russia formally accepts the President's suggestions and will appoint plenipotentiaries to meet Japan. Paris or another European capital may host the talks as a first conference extends to reach a peace agreement.
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Tito Raimese
Avatar
Washington
Russia
Japan
Meyer
Count Casalat
White House
Snom
Count Cassini
Dle
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Yipheny
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Traction
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