Tornado Toll Across Missouri and Ohio Strikes Church
June 18 reports reveal a sweeping tornado path from Kansas through Missouri into Ohio. Dead include Mrs Cory and Mrs Reed near Drexel, Missouri, with multiple injuries and a train derailment noted. In Zanesville the church steeple fell during mass as Rev Father Roach administered last rites to two dying, while rescue teams saved others.
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Barnard Daniels
Thomas Skinnion
John F. Dinan
Delaware
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Prince of Wales Reaches Legal Majority at Eighteen
London June 18 the prince of Wales attained his legal majority and celebrated his eighteenth birthday. He was given his own household and was selected by the king and queen for this new status.
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London
Prince of Wales
Forty Two Clubmen Wrecked Near Death in New York
A motorboat Count with 42 Hancock Social club members and 12 crew went aground on a dike along Flushing Bay’s west shore as high tide hid the danger. Rescuers aided survivors, details of injuries or fatalities not specified.
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New York
Hancock Social Club
Flushing Bay
Roosevelt at Chicago Demands Honest Politics Fight
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Chicago to rally thousands, denouncing corrupt politics as a moral fight and claiming strong public support. The national committee finished contests awarding Taft 235 delegates and Roosevelt 19, with results moving to the credentials committee as party lines hardened.
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Roosevelt
Missouri
Kentucky
Washington
Virginia
Texas
Quotation Sparks Debate on Statesmanship and Duty
In a terse exchange, a friend questions how a statesman’s duty relates to his treatment of children. The other replies that statesmanship appears detached from private obligations, challenging the link between public duty and personal conduct.
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Reading on finish in work sparks debate among critics
A man asserts his method yields exceptional finish in labor, while another voices clear recognition of the perceived quality. The exchange hints at standards of craftsmanship and pride in execution, reflecting a era of detailed artisan critique.
Logical Deduction on Auto Maker’s Diligence
A witty quip argues that judging a man by his works applies to an automobile manufacturer. If a maker’s outputs are always tired, is the creator a lazy man. The joke plays on the word works as both labor and manufactured products.
Its Opportunity snake line prompts rattling lovedness
A quirky exchange features a speaker noting a live snake in the play and another replying with a wish for rattling good lovedness, hinting at playful mischief surrounding a theatrical production. The dialogue surrealistically blends animal imagery with affection and humor.
Poets and Advertising in the Night Exchange Thoughts
A fragment discusses poets and advertising verse, noting electricity replacing late hours, and claiming skilled poets can harness midnight energy to produce compelling ads. The tone hints at creative rivalry in marketing and literature during changing times.
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A Delicate Hint Between Verse and Life
A brief exchange contrasts artistic ambition with practical needs as one speaker asks to keep writing verse while admitting they cannot live on poetry, and another urges persistence. The dialogue hints at the tension between creative labor and economic necessity.
Democratic meet on Baltimore headquarters opens in preconvention year
National Chairman Norman Mack and Secretary Urey Woodson arrived in Baltimore to formally open the Democratic national committee headquarters. Leaders from New York attended as the preconvention session gathered, with speculation over Mack’s retirement and the selection of a temporary chairman. Plans floated included Harmon and Clark camps, while Edwin Henderson of Detroit prepared to second Harmon's nomination and Champ Clark’s headquarters discussion began.
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Norman Mack
Democratic National Committee
Urey Woodson
New York
National Committee
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O'Gorman
James
Kern
Parker
Daniels
Judson Harmon
Edwin O. Wood
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Harmon
Wilson
Clark
Underwood
Tugboat Firemen Strike Paralyses Great Lakes Traffic
Cleveland on June 15 saw river and lake traffic crippled as tug firemen for Great Lakes Towing strike. Main Avenue Bridge on the Cuyahoga is out, boats blocked, Buffalo and Detroit passenger services halted. The dispute stems from Chicago workers opposing a wage scale after a Black fireman was hired, with disobedience to grand officers and potential for wider trouble.
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Cuyahoga River
Buffalo
Detroit
Floods Threaten Des Allemands as Special Train Evacuates
Water from Hymelia crevasse floods the Des Allemands area in Louisiana. In response to relief appeals, a special train removed refugees and delivered food. Four feet of floodwater covers much of La Fouche, with rises expected as supplies continue.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Hymelia
Mississippi River
Des Allemands
Des Allemanids
la Fouche
Ex-Banker Held for Theft in Elgin
Melvin C. Jocelyn former assistant cashier of the Migin National bank in Elgin Illinois was arrested at his home on charges of misapplication of funds and embezzlement. The charges mirror those against Jos N Seaman former cashier who was arrested in Los Angeles recently.
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Elgin
Melvin C. Jocelyn
Migin National Bank
Jocelyn
Jos. N. Seaman
Los Angeles
Two Airmen Die in Washington Biplane Crash
A. T. Welch of Brunswick Georgia representing the Wright Biplane company and Lieut. Kk. W. Hazlehurst of the Seventeenth Infantry were killed when their biplane plunged from about 100 feet during an ascent in Washington on Tuesday.
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A. T. Welch
Brunswick
Wright
Kk. W. Hazlehurst
Seventeenth Infantry
Allen Bandit Is Captured in Clay City
Wesley Edwards, one of the Hillsville courthouse assassins, was captured Thursday at Clay City in Powell county, according to a special report received here.
Governor Vetoes Arizona Fight Bill
Governor Hunt vetoed the bill permitting twenty round prize fights in Arizona. In a message to the legislature he called the measure a step backward.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Hunt
Women Ask for Franchline Vote Amendment
Petition from 116,582 supporters urged a constitutional amendment to enable women to vote on the same terms as men. The submission was presented to the house on Sunday by Berger of Wisconsin in Washington on June 17.
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Washington
Berger
Wisconsin
Rioters Battle Guards at New Jersey Smelting Plant
In Perth Amboy New Jersey on June 17 a mob of about 1000 strike sympathizers attacked the American Smelting and Refining Company and Barber Asphalt plant. One striker was killed and two were wounded by deputy sheriffs firing to prevent arson and capture. The rioters fled leaving three men in the street. one identified as Joseph Powell. Local officials awaited militia while Governor Wilson was notified.
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American Smelting & Refining Company
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Wilson
Joseph Powell
Stanley committee to file steel report in ten days
Washington June 12 The Stanley committee has completed an exhaustive probe of United States Steel corporation and will file its report with the House of Representatives within ten days. Washington June 13 The Senate voted 36 to 23 to abolish the commerce court by not funding it in the judicial appropriation bill. The House had struck out the court and the Senate rejected a restore amendment. Paris June 13 Frederic Passy, the French economist and peace advocate, died in his ninety first year after a brief illness. He was the first Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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Curb on Rate Injunction Amended by Senate
The Senate amended the legislative, executive and judiciary appropriation bill to prevent any single federal judge from enjoining or restraining Interstate Commerce Commission orders. An amendment requires a majority of three judges, including the chief justice, for injunctions. The Cummins amendment was extended to state administrative boards. The Senate refused to reassign the five Commerce Court judges, 25 to 23.
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Legislative, Executive and Judiciary
Cummins
United States
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McCumber
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Big suffrage plea petition signed by 116000 supporters
Representative Berger in the house backed a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage. A petition circulated by the Socialist party gathered over 116,000 signatures, California leading with 18,582, New York second with 12,178, while Pennsylvania and Illinois each exceed 10,000.
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Berger
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Socialist Party
Cox Named Defendant in $80,000 Bank Suit
New York June 15. George B. Cox former Cincinnati political boss was named Thursday as a defendant in a supreme court action by National Reserve Bank to recover 80000 dollars.
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New York
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
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La Follette Reaches Fifty-Seven in Washington
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin the Progressive presidential candidate turned fifty seven on Friday in Washington. He is in the city at present and enjoying the best of health.
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Washington
Wisconsin
West Point Hotel Destroyed by Explosion
An alcohol lamp used by a guest to heat curling irons caused a blast Friday at the West Point hotel in Newburgh New York. The historic 1829 building suffered nearly total destruction with fire and smoke damage reported. Local firefighters battled the blaze but the hotel was heavily damaged.
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