West Point Class of 1909 Receives Diplomas
The United States Military Academy at West Point holds its 1909 graduation ceremony as 103 cadets receive diplomas from Secretary Dickinson. Stuart C. Godfrey tops the class, earning praise and a pledge of rigid obligations, with football and baseball players drawing the loudest applause.
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West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Dickinson
War Department
Godfrey
Academy
Two Towns Nearly Wiped Out Train Blown From Bridge
In Leaders Texas a tornado killed four people and injured others while wrecking thirteen houses and halting cattle losses. A Kansas City Mexico and Orient train was blown from a bridge over the Brazos River near Knox City and Benjamin with one passenger dead and several injured. Cloudbursts west of Fort Worth caused more deaths and injuries. A fire in Hillman Me destroyed the village, saving residents only via a relief train from Houlton. Refugees from a forest fire fled to Cambellton New Brunswick.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Leaders
Hamlin
Kansas City
Mexico
Orient
Brazos River
Knox City
Benjamin
J. E. Stafford
Crowell
Smyrna Mills
Aroostook County
Hillman
Ashland
Bangor and Aroostook
Houlton
Aroostook
Rich Boy Heir Opens Heart to Loss not Wealth
Chicago reports five year old William McClintock, an orphan living with his aunt at 2226 Calumet Avenue, learns he inherited 6 000 000 from his mother but says he wants his mother back. His father died in a recent automobile accident. the boy will come into his estate in time.
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Chicago
William McClintock
Calumet Avenue
New Washington Marriage Law Requires Medical Exams
A new Washington state law requiring medical examinations for marriage license applicants has taken effect. The rule exempts women under forty five. ten couples presented physicians certificates at the license office, while two couples planned to marry in British Columbia to avoid the law. Officials warn it may drive many Americans to wed in Canada.
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Seattle
Wash
British Columbia
Canada
Judge Rules Wife May Have Temper. Denies Divorce
In Macon Mag, Judge Shelton tells a man seeking divorce that a wife has a right to a temper and that a husband should yield to it. He notes the wife does housework and cares for four children and urges reconciliation rather than divorce.
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Macon
Mag
Death by Carbolic Acid In Toledo Widow Jones
Mrs Jane Clark Procter Jones aged sixty nine of Toledo Ohio died from self administered carbolic acid ten days earlier. She was sister of Ed ward Procter of Procter and Gamble and a brother William A Procter previously died by his own hand in March 1907 while president of the same firm. Authorities concealed the true cause of death until after hospitalization.
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Toledo
Ohio
Jane Clark Procter Jones
Edward Procter
Procter & Gamble
William A. Procter
Weak eyes and heart trouble blamed on Annapolis lighting
A Navy Department investigation at Annapolis links failing eyesight and rising heart issues among cadets to the academy lighting. Surgeons confirm blinding white glare from lamps. system to be changed before the next class. Excess athletic activity is also suspected to stress the heart. 60 of 180 cadets were eliminated or failed in medical exams during the three-year course.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Annapolis
Military Academy
Rixey
Naval Academy
Meyer
Academy
Naval
Uhich
Joy Rider Convicted of Manslaughter in York Road Death
A Philadelphia chauffeur Charles Scheers, employed by Adolph Segal, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after jury deliberation in Norristown Pennsylvania. He struck Patrick McLaughlin with an automobile on York road killing him, while the party included William McNamee Jennie Highland and Annie Heiney.
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Adolph Segal
Norristown
Charles Scheers
Philadelphia
Patrick McLaughlin
York Road
Scheers
William McNamee
Jennie Highland
Annie Heiney
Malaria Kills Ninety in Orange River Floods
Cape Town dispatch reports heavy rains overflow the Orange River in Gordonia Northern district breeding swarms of mosquitoes. A malaria outbreak follows, affecting three quarters of the population and causing ninety deaths.
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London
Cape
Orange River
Gordonia
Pay $10,250,000 End Sugar Suit
The American Sugar Refining Company agreed to pay 10,250,000 to end the suit brought by Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company under the Sherman Act. The settlement includes 2,000,000 cash to the government, 7,000,000 in securities, and cancellation of a 1,250,000 loan. The case, tied to alleged conspiracies by the Sugar Trust, was halted after final settlement talks.
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New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
Fm &Ement
Itseo
John E. Parsons
Gustav
Pennsylvania Company
Holt
United States District Court
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
United States
Brooklyn
Adolph Segal
Real Estate Trust Company
Philadelphia
Frank Hipple
Segal
Gustav Kissell
Segal's Sugar Company
Kissell
Black Hand gang in Columbus and Marion linked to Italy money orders
Investigators name Vicarrio and others among suspects in a nationwide Black Hand ring operations tied to extortion in Columbus and Marion Ohio. Evidence includes $2000 in money orders sent to Italy and ties to Petrosino’s murder, with Vicarrio arrested near Bellefontaine and connected to Demar firm events.
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Vicarrio
Petrosino
Italy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Columbus
Marion
United States
Joe Botella
Sam Rizzo
Lima
Gieader
Joe Rizzo
Dennison
Otto
Pennsylvania
Hand
Rion
Oecago
Pittsburg
Posto
Inspector Holmes
Black Hand
Bellefontaine
Oldfield
Collogero Vicarrio
New York
Antonio Vicarrio
Salvatore Cira
Demar
Six Men Sentenced in Bucket Shop Fraud Case
In Cincinnati Ohio Judge Thompson sentenced Louis W Foster John M Gorman Walter Campbell A C Baldwin Edwin Heil and J M Scott to six months in jail and 200 fine plus costs for using the mail to further defraud in operating the O Dell Brokerage Company bucket shop William J O Dell who came from Savannah with 10000 cash opened branches in the West and South and upon his death left an estate of two million dollars The defendants were O Dell s former clerks and telegraph operators who kept the business going
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Louis W. Foster
John M. Gorman
Walter Campbell
A. C. Baldwin
Edwin Heil
J. M. Scott
Thompson
United States District Court
United States
O’dell Brokerage Company
William J. O'Dell
Savannah
O’dell
O'Dell
Pastor Pays Alimony in Long-Running Suit
The Rev. Charles Russell, once of this city and now in Brooklyn, settles with his estranged wife Maria F. Russell. Alimony of 6056 up to Sept 1 1913 plus 1500 attorney fees and 60 costs are receipted on the docket. The case involved a divorce action and foreign attachment against the pastor's moved property.
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C. T. Russell
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Charles ‘’Y Russell
N. Y
Maria F. Russell
Prothonotary
Russell
Rifles Foil Jail Delivery at Joliet Penitentiary
A jail delivery plot aimed at freeing more than 100 inmates was stopped by guards who held 150 convicts at gunpoint after a breakout by August Vatter. He fled two hours before being trapped in a country shed by a farmer’s daughter who had been alerted by telephone.
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Vatter
Canadian canal wreckage closes Soo Locks for season
A Canadian canal disaster near Sault Ste. Marie involves the steamers Assiniaboia Crescent City and Abba Tesuit. The Perry G. Walker rammed lower gates causing hull damage and a hole in the Walker. The Crescent City foundered and the canal is out of commission with damage estimated at 250000 dollars and total losses around 4 million.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Crescent City
Perry G. Walker
Gilchrist
Four Autoists Drowned in Sacramento River
In Knight’s Landing California Mrs W Dixon Mrs J H Dungan Miss Merle Dungan and Miss Julia Dungan of Woodland were drowned when their car toppled into the Sacramento River. The chauffeur swam to a boat and was saved.
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Chine
Sacramento River
Knight's Landing
Cal
W. ¥. Dixon
J. H. Dungan
Merle Dungan
Julia Dungan
Woodland
Fierce duel with swords in Lisbon park
In Lisbon a political clash led to a sword duel in a local park between Domingo Centeno and Count Arnoso a former minister. Centeno wounded his opponent by thrusting a sword into the thigh as the dispute ended.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Domingo Centeno
Arnoso
Centeno
Jose Alpoim
Former Sheriff Edward Callahan Mortally Wounded in Ambush
Edward Callahan former Breathitt County Sheriff and key figure in the Hargis Marcum feud was shot from ambush at his Crooked Sttsville home and mortally wounded.
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Edward Callahan
Breathitt County
Kentucky
Croc Sttsville
Auto Speeder Loses License in Trenton
John F Betz of Philadelphia charged with excessive speeding in Trenton New Jersey. license cancelled and he must appear before the State Commissioner to show cause why his or cross permit should not be revoked.
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Trenton
N. J
John F. Betz
Philadelphia
Immense Pea Crop Shifts New Jersey Harvest
Pea picking has begun in New Jersey and the crop is immense. Local farmers report large yields and early harvest activity across the state as crews gather the ripening pods.
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New Jersey
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Quick, Easy Relief
An advertisement urges readers to take Kodol for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims Kodol digests all food, contrasts it with ordinary pepsin tablets, and promises a money back guarantee if not effective. The offer highlights a large bottle and a druggist in Hillsboro, North Carolina.
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WC. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Drowned Cricket Captain in Britain Tour
Atlantic City reports Captain William Parker Bonbright of the Hav erford cricket team drowned while bathing during a 1904 tour of Great Britain. Other items note a motorist death penalty warning, Patrick's habeas corpus ruling, and various regional notices including a factory expansion in Pawtucket and a Lake Champlain pollution injunction in Vermont.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Parker_Bonbright
Haverford
Great Britain
Taft appoints Harr Assistant Attorney General
President Taft appoints William R. Harr of the District of Columbia as Assistant Attorney General, replacing Alford W. Cooley who has been named a Supreme Court Justice in Arizona. Admiral Uriu places wreath at Mount Vernon to honor Washington.
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Japan
Washington
Washington, D. C
Uriu
Mount Vernon
Holbein Portrait of Christina Sold for 330000
The Christina of Denmark painting by Holbein, painted for Henry VIII who considered marriage, sold for 330000 dollars per the New York Evening Post. The article notes such unmatched royal portraits are rare among women Henry VIII did not wed.
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Holbein
Christina
Denmark
Henry VIII
England
New York Evening Post
Trials of a wireless telephone system at sea
Reports from Toulon and Tokyo describe wireless telephone trials between the armored cruiser Conde and shore stations with successful long distance voice transmission up to 110 kilometers. Other brief items include a call for trade ships, a fatal duel in Tiflis, a large death duty tax in London, and incidents in Ireland and Belgium.
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Toulon
France
Jeance
Clin
Conde
London
Charles Morrison
Japan
Victoria, B
Champion Swimmer Marries Mrs Goodyear Wag
Florence Goodyear Wag, recently divorced in Paris, wed Charles Daniels world champion swimmer at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
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Florence
Goodyear Wag
Paris
Charles Daniels
Plaza Hotel
York City
Mormons Planned Temple Visit and Transport News
The Duma passed a bill affecting Old Believers sect. The Georgia Railroad resumes normal passenger service. Americans in Porto Rico face abuse with no proper natives. Governor Hughes cuts 1909 appropriations by 464000, reducing spending from 1,000,000. The Christian Register comments on wisdom and morals.
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Chicago
Georgia Railroad
Duma
Porto Rico
Hughes
New
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Joy Rider
Cape Colony
Hipple
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
Marion, Ohio
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Comepany
Soo Canal
W. A. Hayes
Hillsboro, N. C
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Albert T. Patrick
W. M Rice
Lion Hunter
Louis L. Seaman
British East Africa
F. A. Heinze
Grand Jury
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Pawtucket
Pawtucket, RP. I
Lorraine Manufacturing Company
Helena
Mont
Jas
Goodwin
Custer
Yellowstone County
Hunt
Burlington
New York State
Lake Champlain
William H. Taylor
Vermont
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Pearl Harbor
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Wilson
McGill University
Montreal
Department of Agriculture
Gifford Pinchot
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Slays
Tiflis
Russia
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Peter Bagition
Eristo
Prin Kristoff
Bagration
Moss
Crookhaven
Ireland
Isaac Mi
Dr. Bus
Bad Nauheim
Germany
H. A. Chauchard
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Lais Royal
Louvre Palace
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Belgium
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Allen County Grand Jury
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Mur
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Beam
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