29 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Princeton Daily Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1914
Page
1
Play began today on the courts of the Kings County Tennis Club in Brooklyn for the lawn tennis championship of Long Island. Many participants from the Metropolitan matches two days earlier entered the event seeking the title.
A 16 year old girl named Bessie Sims wandered the west end of town Saturday night saying she had been kidnapped by a man and a woman in a wagon and dropped four miles east. She sought lodging, called Trustee Braselton for help, stayed at the Payne House, and later disappeared after asking for a pencil to write home for money. Her suitcase and parasol remained at the hotel.
A meeting of the Fourth of July celebration committee will be held at the office of Attorney C C Baltzell on Monday evening at 7 oClock to finalize the program and arrangements. The group expects to announce a complete schedule within a few days.
The Ocean Flyer America built for Rodman Wanamaker was launched at Hammondport New York with Lieut John Porte and George Hallett aboard. Its first test flight impressed, and a July 18 crossing setup from St John’s Newfoundland is planned. A poem tied to the flight praises Anglo American peace and Wanamaker’s sea spirit.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to Austria-Hungary and Duchess of Hohenberg were killed in Sarajevo after a bomb failed to kill them. The couple died minutes after reaching the palace as two assailants fired on the procession. Anarchy and shock ripple through Vienna as officials fear the emperor's health may fail.
Clyde White of Evansville was found guilty of manslaughter after a 19 hour jury deliberation for the shooting of Hillis Young in an alley behind the John Street home. White received a sentence of two to twenty-one years in the state reformatory. the verdict came as Judge Vandeveer delayed due to a car accident.
If you neglect your teeth you know it and everybody else knows it because the teeth are so prominently located that any lack of care is quickly noticeable. Good TOOTH BRUSHES cost but little here. The better ones we guarantee. We also have the latest and best CENTIFRICES, those that polish, whiten and preserve the teeth and cannot harm. We can supply you with a complete tooth saving outfit for very little money.
Ores White aged 20 and Mrs Young aged 32 denied having intimate relations. The defense argued there was no improper conduct and rejected the allegations as baseless. The court record centers on the individuals named and the asserted standards of conduct.
A car with Mr and Mrs Hastings and Mr and Mrs Arthur Antell rolled off Mt. Carmel’s Fifth Street ferry into the White River when its brake failed. Rescuers retrieved the vehicle with little water depth, and four passengers escaped serious injury while minor damage occurred.
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