New Aveline Hotel Fire Claims Ten Die
A hotel fire in Fort Wayne Indiana trapped guests as flames spread rapidly from a blown fuse. Ten confirmed dead with three missing and many injured while rescuers faced ladders too short to reach upper floors and spectators watched in horror as victims fell or burned.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Aveline
D. J. Leahy
Charles Baird
Leahy
Hipson
Alaram
Jlipson
Slipson
Love Letter From 3000 Years Ago Shown In New Inquiry
In Brooklyn Prof Gabriel Oussami presented a clay tablet letter written by an Assyrian swain to his beloved from Ashur. The fragment asks why she did not meet him and cites sorrow and longing. German students unearthed the tablet during ruins exploring in Assyria.
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New York
Gabriel Oussami
Brooklyn
Fair
Ashur
Assyria
Re united After 31 Years in Petersburg Special
Everett Robling, once of Logan township, returns from Kansas City to live with his wife of his youth in Petersburg after 31 years apart.
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Petersburg
Ind
Everett Robling
Logan Township
Kansas City
Corpse Wore New Boots
London report describes a Stepney barge incident where a drowned steerer was found wearing new boots. The widow questions suicide, suggesting other causes for the death. Newspaper tone notes confusion and mystery surrounding the accident.
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London
Stepney
Prominent Editor's Controversial Interracial Musing
St. Louis report notes Henry Watterson's remarks urging liberal views on intermarriage between blacks and whites. He suggested some women would be happier with negro husbands and even claimed such women should be allowed to mate with monkeys. The comments referenced a Cosmopolitan Club event in Brooklyn where affluent white girls and black attendees supported racial equality.
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St. Louis
Henry Watterson
Cosmopolitan Club
Brooklyn
N. Y
Central American Preparations Stir Fears of U S Interference
Diplomats in capitals report Central American republics push mobilization amid hostilities fears. States are eager to fight but dread United States influence and Mexican intervention. Nicaragua attracts general jealousy as tensions rise.
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City of
Mexico
United States
Nicaragua
Ingenious prisoner uses want ad to win freedom
In Oklahoma City, Silber, jailed since May 1907, advertised for freedom with a 25 cent want ad offering poems and a plea for release. Judges, lawyers, and legislators intervened, leading to a parole and pardon after a decade of legal drama. Silber then aimed for a switchman job in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Okahoma City
Okla
Daily Oklahoman
Silber
The
Oklahoman
John H. Silbier
Kay County
Newkirk
A. IK. Moroney
R. M. Conway
R. Ke. Kroh
Oklahoma City
Burwell, Crockett & Johnson
J. I. Burns
Burns
House
Senate
Lincoln
Neb
Jie
J. ©. Wheeler
J. Ek. Moore
Santa Fe
Bert Jones
Hinkle Acquitted in Bloomington Murder Case
After 48 hours of deliberation the jury found Harvey Hinkle not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1907 killing of John R. McClintock. The defendant shot McClintock as he escorted a young woman home whom Hinkle had pursued.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harvey Hinkle
Hinkle
John R. McClintock
Mass town drys sweep Worcester Haverhill Lynn in Mass
Boston special prohibition, spreading nationwide, has taken three leading saloon towns in Massachusetts Worcester Haverhill and Lynn. Worcester stands as the largest U S city with prohibition by local vote.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Worcester
Haverhill
Lynn
United States
Beveridge Plans Summer in Massachusetts Estate Purchase
Special Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana will spend summers in Boston after buying a magnificent North Shore estate for his family. They will move in once the Washington season ends.
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Beveridge
Tony
Boston
Mass
Aobert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Massachusetts
North Shore
Washington
Queens Oppose Royal Engagement Duke of Abruzzi Marries Katherine Elkins
Rome officials say the two queens continue their opposition to the marriage of the Duke of Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins as the court entourage reports.
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Rome
Duke of the
Disaster at Sea Matsushima Sinks After Explosive Fire
More than 50 men perish when the training cruiser Matsushima sinks off Pescadores Islands after a sudden deck explosion. 141 saved from 600 aboard. officers and sons of notable figures among the dead. US Navy expresses deep sorrow to Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Matsushima
Pescadores Islands
Marine
Noshimatsu
Pesca- Gores Waters
Baron Chinda
Foreign Office
Bield Marshall Ovame
Itsukushima
Hashaidate
China
Newberry
Washington
Tokio
Department
Whisky Prescription Volume in Charlotte 1907
Reports show Charlotte drug stores filled 39 645 whisky prescriptions in 1907, totaling 35 011 quarts and 210 dozen bottles of beer. Fourteen stores paid $1 400 in liquor tax, while doctors earned about $20 000 from writing prescriptions and stores about $43 760 from whisky sales.
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Charlotte
N. C
You Must Run Again
President Roosevelt faces a flood of letters urging a third term, with many authors insisting he must run and succeed himself to complete reform crusades. The petitions argue reforms started by the president require his continued leadership.
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Washington, Special
Roosevelt
Big Lumber Merger Coming
St. Louis lumbermen from firms holding about 4,000,000 acres of yellow pine timber in the south met in conference. They expect to form a holding company or merger capitalized at 309 million dollars.
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St. Louis
Five Year Old Drowns in Shallow Jar Water
In Murphysboro Illinois the five year old son of Ernest Dillday drowned after falling into a jar that held about five inches of water. The water was just deep enough to cover his head.
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Murphysboro
Tll
Ernest Dillday
Miss Evelyn Murphy Dies by Self Destruction at Sanitarium
Miss Evelyn Murphy aged 22 daughter of John J Murphy a leading banker of Woodstock Alabama died by her own hand at Pennoyer Sanitarium in Kenosha Wisconsin. She reportedly suffered from an incurable nervous disease.
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Kenosha
Wis
Evelyn Murphy
John J. Murphy
Woodstock
Pennoyer Sanitarium
Mother Town for Roosevelt Urges Nomination
Atlanta area Roswell residents special citizens sign a petition urging the Republican National Convention to nominate President Roosevelt. The effort centers on the birthplace of Roosevelt's mother in Roswell, Georgia.
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Roosevelt
Atlanta
Roswell, Ga
Honeymoon Bride Wins With Father’s Check Torn Up
In New York Mrs. William J. Ryan tells how she paid $200000 for her husband. Father William Henry Gambles, Philadelphia banker, offered the money to stop the wedding. The couple agreed to marry after the check was torn up by the father.
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New York
William J. Ryan
Helen K. Gambles
Philadelphia
Plaza Hotel
Ryan
William Henry Gambles
Gambies
Resourceful Burglar Entertains Child and Robs House
A ten year old girl in Chicago entertained a burglar who, posing as her long lost uncle, spent two hours in the home guiding him as he gathered clothing, jewelry and silverware before escaping. Police pursue the Italian suspect who befriended the child then fled.
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Chicago
Rosie Barcelli
Alexander Barcelli
Wells Street
Rosie
Tam
Mother and sisters arrested in Potocki murder case
The mother and three sisters of Siezinski, who killed Count Potocki, governor of Juerberg, are in custody. The mother confesses she urged and funded the crime and accused Potocki of oppressing Ruthenians. Sic zinski, 21, a popular student with notable intellect, faces trial as his 11 year old England educated son inherits a vast fortune.
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Vienna
Siezinski
Count Potocki
Juerberg
Siczinski
Bank of England
England
China Plans Reception for American Fleet
Admiral Sah orders Shantung and Chi Fa officials to cooperate in arranging a plan of reception for the American fleet, detailing entertainment arrangements in Pekin and coastal ports.
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Pekin
China
Admiral Sah
Shantung
Chi Fa
Lost Million on Street New York Special
Friends of Charles Coster the broker believe his death by his own hand followed a discovery that he had lost 1 060 000 in speculative dealings. His heavy involvement surprised even his closest friends.
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New York
Charles Coster
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