Double Tragedy As Man Kills Rival Then Ends His Own Life
William Dunstan 45 of 218 Wallabout Street Williamsburgh is slain by Elias Anderson 50 of 220 Suh Street South Brooklyn. Anderson cuts Dunstan's throat then kills himself after quarrel with Dunstan and with his wife absent. Mrs Anderson and Mrs Wolf held as witnesses.
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Wiliam Dunstan
Wallabout Street
Williamsburg
Elias Anderson
Suh Street
Dunstan
Anderson
Eight Saved as Trainmen Rescue Storm Wanderers
A Long Island Railroad train traveling from Flatbush to Far Rockaway rescued eight people stranded on a Jamaica Bay trestle after a storm capsized their rowboats. Mrs Bertha Stohrs and vaudeville actor Stewart Barnes were among those saved, with several injured and all treated at St Joseph's Hospital for exposure.
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Hammel's Station
Far Rockaway
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Bread Channel
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Bertha Stohrs
No. 181
East 75Th Street
Rudolph Proester
East 13Th Street
Stobrs
James M. Wheelwright
Ennever, Kenny
Hegeman
Fer
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Mulholland
Rockaway Beach
Wheelwright
Mrs. Stohrs
Preester
Charles P. Schmidling
Brooklyn
Mike O. Gittlinger
Nicholas Volkmann
Bronx
Stewart Barnes
St. Joseph's Hospital
Polo Grounds
Giants
Pittsburg
Florence Pratt
St. Nicholas Avenue
J.head Wright Hospital
Pr. Goldberger
Delancey
Forsyth Streets
Fourteen Dead In Storm Hits New York Harbor And City
A fierce gale from New Jersey swept the Hudson and East River causing widespread damage in New York City. The storm shattered windows, tore down poles, sank boats, uprooted trees, toppled flags, and injured and drowned several. Rescue efforts and evacuations followed as crews battled 70 mph winds and heavy rain.
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Hudson River
Battery
Manhattan Island
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
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Washington Building
No. 1 Broadway
Roosevelt Water
Battery Landing
Central Park
Bronx
Zoological Park
Manhattan
Broadway
157Th Street
Knox Boom Strengthens Bid for Governor in Pennsylvania
Pittsburg reports 65 delegates pledged for Knox, with Western counties solidifying support. Indications favor Knox leaving the cabinet, while anti-Penrose forces rally and a possible fusion movement emerges. Washington notes Knox may remain in the Taft administration, with pressure mounting to accept the nomination.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Philander C. Knox
Knox
Indiana County
Lawrence County
Mercer County
Fayette County
Washington County
Greene County
Somerset County
Tener
Fayette
Crow
Penrose
Bradford
Republican County Committee
R. P. Habgood
Beaver County
Crawford
Venango
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Con
Gressman
James F. Burke
Congress
H. C. Frick
Washington
Ice cream outbreak linked to ptomaine poisoning in Houston
Ninety five cases of ptomaine poisoning from impure ice cream were reported across Houston on June 18. Physicians saved several victims from death. many remain seriously ill in hospitals.
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Houston
Tex
Lost Track of Mr. Taft in Electrical Storms
President Taft left Lincoln University for Washington but wire service was cut by storms across Eastern Pennsylvania delaying news until 7:33 p.m. Severe weather damaged crops and caused hail damage in Pottsville York and the coal regions. In Shamokin a runaway injured a driver after a frightened horse. In Norristown lightning struck All Saints Episcopal Church causing minor damage.
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Philadelphia
Taft
Lincoln University
Washington
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pottstown
York
Shamokin
Norristown
All Saints Episcopal Church
Taft Meets Penrose in Philadelphia Discusses Pennsylvania Politics
President Taft and Senator Penrose conferred in Philadelphia with plans to see Villanova. They avoided releasing details about the meeting while signaling Knox to remain as Secretary of State. Discussions touched on Pennsylvania gubernatorial prospects for Knox or Tener and potential cabinet changes.
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Democratic State Central Committee
W. H. McNair
Pittsburg
Allentown
Berry
State Committee
James M. Guffey
United States
Penrose
Pennsylvania
McNair
Munson
New Commerce Court
Taft
Senator Penrose
Yale
Norton
Commerce Court
Philadelphia
Villanova
Knox
Secretary Knox
John K. Tener
Western
Tener
Congress
Larue Munson
Williamsport
Dalzell and Black Face Off in Primary Spending
Primaries featured Jonny Dalzell and Dr. Robert Black with Dalzell spending 33200 and Black 2429. Contributors listed include John 91.50, B F Jones Jr 31.00, Wills Fr King 1000, John Pitcairn 1999, William L Jones 1000, and D Armstrong among others. Several entries are incomplete or garbled in the source.
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Robert Black
Dalzell
Black
John
B. F. Jones, Jr
Wills Fr. King
John Pitcairn
William L. Jones
William B
Ron George S. Davison
Mel
KE. P. Douglass
C. Myere
D. Armstrong
Gs Hobinson
All Man Coi
Usean
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