Taft Helps Unveil Shaft for Gettysburg Heroes
On May 31 at Gettysburg Taft attended the monument unveiling for Civil War soldiers. Helen Taft unveiled the shaft as the crowd filled the battlefield, with Secretary Dickinson transferring the monument to the Gettysburg park commission. Graves at Andersonville were similarly honored as flowers marked the memory of 13 722 Union soldiers. Kent Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks met Japan's emperor and empress.
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Pittsburg
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Dickinson
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Nicholson
Washington
Andersonville
Henry Wirz
Kent Fairbanks
Mrs. Fairbanks
Japan
Zeppelin completes 850 mile journey before mishap
Goeppingen May 21. The Zeppelin on the return from Bitterfeld landed in an open field near here after the bow envelope snagged on tree branches tearing it. Repairs to Friedrichshafen were planned. The pilot called the trip the longest excursion yet, covering about 850 miles in 35 hours.
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Friedrichshafen
Bitterfeld
Swedish Runner Leads the Field in International Derby
Chicago May 31 John Svanberg of Sweden won the international derby at Comiskey Park over seven top marathon stars in 2 6 miles 385 yards time 1 8 11 15. Henri St Yves French wonder dropped out in mile 16 due to an accident. Johnny Hayes finished second, weary but close. The field then trailed far behind the champion in this era of distance racing.
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Chicago
John Svanberg
Johnny Hayes
Ross
Baccalaureate Sermon Encourages Youth to Achieve
Senior class heard Rev. R. B. Williams at First Methodist Church. He urged that youth is the time to do great things, citing Plato Virgil Napoleon and Cicero. The service featured hymns prayers solos and a benediction as commencement festivities begin.
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Cicero
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R. G. Pierce
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Watch Tower
Ilinois
Solomon H. Clark
University of Chicago
Get Heels From Horse Injures Scott Lodge
Scott Lodge was struck in the abdomen by a horse at the Sand & Gravel barn on First Avenue. He was rendered unconscious and taken home by ambulance, with doctors stating no internal injuries yet detected and a speedy recovery expected barring complications. An earthquake was also reported in the Morea peninsula near Athens on May 31 with slight damage.
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Deadlock seals adjournment in Illinois assembly
After an all night session the 46th Illinois general assembly fails to adjourn sine die over a 335000 appropriation for Dunning institution. Senate back Thursday aims to settle the fight while per functionary sessions keep the journal straight. A waterway bill dies in the Senate amid clashes that saw arrests and injuries.
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Cook County
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Illinois Legislature Passes Bills Into Law May 31
Springfield May 31 Following is a list of bills passed by the general assembly and signed by the governor and now law. The roster includes appropriations for assembly employes and incidentals, relief for earthquake victims in Italy and Sicily, and committee expenses. It notes changes in court timing, holidays, elections in East St. Louis, fraternal insurance provisions, and salary increases for the state superintendent of insurance. Also listed are pending measures on roads and bridges, reinsurance prohibitions, emergency hospital appropriations, lake front lands, park and street improvements, park district elections, and tax and building provisions for counties and tuberculosis facilities.
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General Assembly
46Th General Assembly
Italy
Sicily
Daviess County
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Ill
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Elgin
Eastern Hospital
Kankakee
Lake Front
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Supreme Court
State Board of Osteopaths and Osteopathic Colleges
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Superintendent of Education
House
Tornado devastates Zephyr as Brownwood county reels
A massive tornado struck Zephyr early yesterday, killing 32 and injuring about 50. Nearly 50 houses were demolished, a lumber yard burned, and two churches and a stone school building were toppled. Rescuers rushed to Brownwood with surgeons and relief supplies as bodies lay twisted in trees and streets.
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Texas
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Brown County
Santa Fe Railroad
Thad Cabler
Nelson Retains Lightweight Title in 23rd Round Knockout
In San Francisco on May 31 Battling Nelson defeated Dick Hyland in a ferocious bout to preserve the world lightweight title, winning in the 23rd round with a left to the stomach as Hyland collapsed. Hyland impressed by standing up round after round and scoring blood with several blows, while Nelson remained confident and dominant. Goodman KO’d Farmer in New Orleans while Willus Britt filed Ketchel-Papke signing for Colma bout on July 5.
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Jimmy Coffroth
Dick Hyland
Hyland
Eddie Smith
Bat
Goodman
Farmer
New Orleans
Danny Goodman
Chicago
Kid Farmer
Peoria
Royal
A. C. Goodman
Ketchel
Willus] Britt
Stanley Ketoffel
Billy Papke
Colma
Papke
Special Board Tests New Army Field Equipment
Washington May 31 a detachment from Fort Sheridan will test field equipment devised by a special board in session at Rock Island arsenal. The board, designated by General Crozier to study ordnance gear such as cartridge belts haversacks canteens rations and temporary camp gear will be funded to manufacture and试 run equipment. Troops will be sent to Rock Island for practical testing of the board s designs at a convenient time.
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Rock Island
Crozier
Rock Island Arsenal
War Department
United States Army
Special Board
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