Heatwave action clocks cities with deaths and prostrations
Torrid heat covers the nation with high temperatures and casualties. Reports list Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburg, New York and other cities experiencing multiple prostrations and several deaths. A thunderstorm in Chicago yokes twelve fatalities, while Philadelphia shipyards and other plants halt operations due to heat.
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Philadelphia
Columbus
Louisville
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Detroit
Lancaster
Grand Rapids
Mich
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Washington
Omaha
Baltimore
Kansas City
York
Boston
Columbia Outsailed the Constitution in 15 mile heat
Batesman s Point July 1 The Columbia and Constitution started their windward and return race with a southwest breeze The Columbia crossed the line 11 10 22 Constitution 11 40 23 The Columbia led the Constitution turning the outer jut at 1 25 05 and finished first at 2 32 35 with the Constitution 2 33 18
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Batesman's Point
Constitution
Columbia
Vessels Sink and Crews Lost in Saturday News
Hiver via Houghton Michigan reports the tug Fern of Algonac lost with five crew members off here Saturday. The wreck of the guerite of Harcock was here with two men believed lost. Details are fragmentary and include references to local families and unrelated notices.
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Houghton
Mich
Fern
Algonac
Guerite
Harcock
Death by Cyanide Ends Disgraced Captain Thayer
Captain Jesse P. Thayer, once commander of the American Volunteer corps at Lincoln, died in Omaha on Saturday by ingesting cyanide mixed with whisky. Reported circumstances include a public horsewhipping by his wife in Lincoln and a troubled romance with Dottie Hashberger. Two notes to Hashberger were found, and his farewell message cited rest from suffering. Mrs. Thayer’s son William H. Thayer of Freeport was named in his pocket note.
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Neb
Jesse PF. Thayer
American Volunteer Corps
Lincoln
Jefferson Square
Captain Thayer
Dottie Hashberger
Moore's
North _Teeth
Klondike Hotel
Hashberger
Schuyler
William H. Thayer
Galena Avenue
Freeport
Fils
Thayer
Oliver Theatre
Aged Indianapolis Salesman Seeks Safe Confinement
Noah W. Krumler a 74 year old wholesale salesman living at 115 North Meridian Street was taken to the police station and held for a sanity commission. He fears he may harm family during a spell of insanity and asked to be committed for treatment after an incident with Captain Dawson. His son Clarence and wife supported home care.
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Noah W. Krumler
Meridian Street
Clarence Krumler
Krum
Death Shocks Bride as Bridesmaid Dies Before Honeymoon
In Fenton on July 1 a bride lost a bridesmaid when Pauline Latourette of Kalamazoo College died just after graduation. The ceremony for Miss Elizabeth Dunlap and Rev. F S Brewer proceeded with Latourette unable to attend. The news was kept from the newlyweds until after the wedding.
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Elizabeth Dunlap
F. 8
Brewer
Presbyterian Church
Pauline Latourette
Kalamazoo College
Dunlap
Miss Latourette
Miss Dunlap
Prairie State Politics Fold In Alleged 4th of July Plot
Bloomington reports a rumor of a July Fourth celebration alliance naming J Wy Fifer for vice president and Sherman for governor. Posters tout Lawrence Y Sherman of Macomb as speaker. Fifer would address the crowd amid talk of a three cornered deal and political trading for support.
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Bloomington
Als
di Lon
Wiseacres
Sherman
Pifer
United States
Georgetown T
D. C
Coe
Nin
Kraeozleip
Burdies
Massive United Mine Workers Strike Threat Looms
Pittsburg and surrounding areas brace as Amalgamated Association calls for a broad walkout after no compromise on wage scales with American Sheet Steel and American Steel Hoop firms. About 35 000 workers could be affected with guards and arrests noted in Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Pittsburg
American Sheet Steel
American Steel Hoop Company
Great
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Hoop Trust
American Sheet Steel Company
Shaffer
Amalgamated Committee
Sheet Steel Company
Sheet Steel
Combine
Smith
Death of Dr. Byron Sunderland in Catskill
Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland aged 83 of Washington died in Catskill yesterday from cerebral embolism. A minister for over sixty years he led the First Presbyterian Church in Washington for 48 years and married Grover Cleveland to Miss Folsom after officiating at their wedding.
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Catskill
N. Y
Byron Sunderland
Washington
Sunderland
First Presbyterian Church
Cleveland
Folsom
Grandfather Clause in New State Constitution Sparks Debates
Montgomery July 1 The proposed constitution includes a grandfather clause for electors. Sections specify that men 21 plus who can read or own property may register, with further disqualifications for criminals and vagrants. The clause aims to limit the colored vote and imposes a poll tax of $1.50.
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Montgomery
Alr
United States
Mexico
Confederate States
Leper Ends 418 Misery in Duluth Victim’s Death
Duluth man J. Knueeth, long afflicted with leprosy and missing from public view, dies ending forty two years of illness and isolation as local records note his passing on Friday.
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Duluth
Mrt
Knueeth
South Carolina Challenges Federal Liquor Taxes on State Dispensing System
The South Carolina government seeks a refund of 34916 in internal revenue taxes and asks if federal laws apply to its dispensary network. The case questions whether the US internal revenue tax can touch state instrumentalities and foresees a possible appeal to the Supreme Court.
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South Carolina
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
United States
Board of Commissioners
Columbia
Board of State Commissioners
Palmetto
Uneye
Yerkes
Supreme Court of the United States
Out of the Jaws of Death Springfield Story
Henry Smith of Springfield learns a son believed drowned in the Johnstown flood is alive in Youngstown. Mrs. Smith and the two year old were lost on a train evacuation. the mother’s body was found and identified years ago. The man travels to verify the living child’s identity.
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Johnstown
Henry Smith
Springfield
Dayton
Youngstown
Smith
Ively
President for a Day Marries Kentucky Bride in New York
Edgar Russell Thomas once led the Seventh National Bank for a day in New York and wed Miss Linda Lee of Louisville, Ky., after illness and a bank failure delayed their Louisville ceremony. The bridegroom’s father dislocated his shoulder en route, his arm in a sling during the wedding at the bride’s aunt’s home.
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Louisvil
New York
Edgar Russell Thomas
Seventh National Bank
Linda Lee
Louisville, Ky
FE. R. Thomas
W. B. Dick
Thomas
Louisville
Excursion steamer Mohawk sinks after striking rock
Seven hundred workers from the John W. Green hat factory who toured Glen Island on the Mohawk were rescued after the ship struck a rock and sank. Launches aided by the Myndert Stearn pulled survivors from the water with no lives lost.
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South Norwalk
Conn
John W. Green Hat Factory
Danbury
Glen Island
Stoamer
TOC
Myndert Stearn
Farm feud ends in boy killed with pattern of gunfire
Dayton Ohio July 1 due to a bitter neighborhood quarrel C D Guild and his eight year old son Clarence were shot. Oliver Bricker says Guild drew a revolver and fired Bricker was struck thrice with minor injuries. Bricker says the boy fired after Bricker knocked away the weapon. Bricker then shot the boy and killed the father as he reached for the pistol.
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Dayton
C.D. Guild
Clarence
Lie J
Oliver Bricker
Bricker
Guild
George
Magnificent Gift Boosts Detroit Public Library
Detroit public library board member George W. Radford reports a $750 contribution from Andrew Carn toward a new public library building in Detroit. Also notes strike progress in Reading Pennsylvania with a planned New York conference between railroad president Baer and Strikers' committee chair Boscher. City National Bank in Buffalo remains closed after receivership with no official statement.
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George W. Radford
Detroit Public Library Board
Andrew Carn
Reading
Simon
Reading Railway
Baer
Railroad
Boscher
New York
Buffalo
City National Bank
Dawes
Richmond Negro Lynched by Mob
A black man accused of attempting a sexual assault on a young woman was seized from the Lawrenceville jail by a mob and lynched on Sunday near Richmond Virginia. The incident occurred two days after the alleged crime.
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Richmond
Laverenceyille
Senator Kyle Suffers Relapse in Aberdeen
Sen Kyle, after a ten day illness, suffers a relapse at moon lesions and is not expected to recover. Reports from Pekin say British forces occupied the city but were turned over to Chinese authorities. Other items note banking, labor, and weather related incidents across various states.
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Kyle
Aberdeen
S. D
Pekin
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