Hail and Wind Ravage Connecticut Farms and Towns
Associated Press reports a destructive hailstorm across Connecticut. Tobacco farms suffered heavy damage with many young plants destroyed. Gaylordsville saw complete apple tree losses. Long Mountain homes had windows smashed in every house. Milford recorded unusually large hail including stones weighing up to two ounces and 300 carats.
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Associated Press
New Milford
Conn
Connecticut
Gaylordsville
Edward Hungerford
Long Mountain
Edwin Hill
Milford
New York City Conserves Water Amid Shortage Fears
New Yorkers cut daily water use by 38 million gallons to curb a potential famine. In June last year Manhattan and the Bronx averaged 327 million gallons daily. in the first three weeks of this month consumption stood at 289 million gallons daily.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Bronx
Doctors Get Increase in Public Health Salaries
In Washington on June 21 a senate-passed bill raises salaries for surgeons in the public health and marine hospital service to match army and naval medical corps rates. The measure increases total annual pay by 73 thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Marine Hospital
Senate
Army
Naval Medical Corps
Woman awarded damages in Malicious Prosecution suit
Mrs August Dahlberg won $22,500 in a Chicago superior court jury verdict against William Grace the millionaire contractor. The 1906 case involved Grace’s alleged malicious prosecution after Dahlberg was previously sentenced for throwing red pepper in Grace’s eyes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mra
Augustus Dahlberg
William Grace
McNutt
Grace
Estrada Says He Will Not Stir Nicaragua Revolt
General Juan J. Estrada denies plans to spark another Nicaraguan uprising. He notes he and General Moncada recently met in New York with Senor Cabrera and dismisses reports of financing a revolt against President Diaz. He adds they would oppose any movement, especially Zelayaist, to disturb Nicaragua’s peace.
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Associated Press
New York
Juan J. Estrada
Nicaragua
Moncada
Interior
Diaz
General Estrada
Senor Cabrera
Senor Estrada
Chicago railroad president Clarence Knight dies after surgery
Clarence A. Knight, president of the Chicago and Oak Park railroad and general counsel for multiple corporations, died early today in a Chicago hospital after an operation for appendicitis performed Monday. He had been involved in major litigation over corporate and real estate interests in federal and state courts.
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Chicago
Ill
Clarence A. Knight
Chicago & Oak Park Railroad
Knight
Gesser and Wife Take Month Vacation at Corpus Christi
Gus G Gesser and his wife of Clower's White Furniture Palace depart for a month long vacation in Corpus Christi with plans to tour gulf coast sites and return to business duties in their store after the trip.
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Gus G. Gesser
Clower
White Furniture Palace
Corpus Christi
No Drinkers Admitted to Illinois Central Hospital Plan
Chicago June 21 The Illinois Central railroad announces a new hospital department will bar tipplers and brawlers from benefits. Employees with drink problems are warned they should not expect treatment in company hospitals for ailments caused by such conduct. Officials say the measure enforces discipline across the system.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
International highway project to link Montreal and New York
Prominent officials from the United States and Canada will attend a July 20 meeting at Rouse's Point on the border to mark the start of work on the international highway linking Montreal with New York City. The Canadian end may be named King Edward's road with the approval of King George.
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Associated Press
Plattsburg
N. Y
Canada
Rouse's Point
Montreal
New York City
Florida
Rouse’s Point
King Edward's Road
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Endorsed for Children
A vintage medical advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy used for over sixty years by millions of mothers for teething pain diarrhea wind colic and general discomfort. It claims to calm the child and be harmless and urges readers to buy the twenty five cent bottle.
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Mars
Winslow
St Marys Alumni Banquet Adorns Campus nostalgia and honors class of 1911
Alumni of St Marys college mark the fifty second annual banquet on the campus with electric lights and a long feast table. Veterans from 1856 to 1870 recall school life while Judge Edward Dwyer presides and leaders from St Marys and St Louis colleges address the gathering. The midnight vote endorses continuing the event annually.
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St. Mary’s College
St. Mary’s Alumni Association
Tommie Paschal
Adolph Huffmeyer
Edward Dwyer
Bryan Callaghan
J. J. Stevens
Hugh Rice
C. H
Ed Tynan
Jack Biterfield
Arthur Wynne
Roy Beitel
Will Menger
William J. Ernest
St. Mary's College
Bertran
St. Louis College
Kolzem
Brother Francis
Weir Mitchell Fights Back at Anti Publisher Writers
The Philadelphia neurologist Dr Weir Mitchell condemns writers who blame publishers for cheating them. He recalled a New York banquet toast promising the publisher drinks wine from the author’s skull, a quip he cited to criticize such writers.
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Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Franklin Inn
New York
Washington Star
Texas Central registers bonds on Delon Cross Plains line
The Texas Central railroad filed in the state department to register 798000 dollars of its first mortgage bonds for the recently completed forty mile extension from Delon to Cross Plains and for associated improvements.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Central Railroad
State Department
Delon
Cross Plains
Professor Moss Kills Himself at Southwestern University
Professor Martin A. Moss a German instructor at Southwestern University Georgetown killed himself by poison in the presence of his wife who is visiting her parents in Palestine Texas.
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Palestine
Tex
Martin A. Moss
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Swindler Suspect E. J. Moore Freed on Bail
San Francisco reports E. J. Moore, linked to the Maybray gang of swindlers arrested in October 1909, has been released on $3000 bail. The case centers on federal actions against the alleged group, with Moore's release noted in the local update.
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San Francisco
Cal
E. J. Moore
Maybray Ga
Submarine Grampus Ram Ames Rowan in Narrow Escape
SAN DIEGO Cal June 21 The submarine Grampus under Lieutenant J P Olding rammed the torpedo boat Rowan and narrowly avoided sinking with all on board.
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San Diego
Cal
Grampus
J. P. Olding
Rowan
Photographers Convene as Southern Show Opens in Atlanta
Atlanta June 21 The Southern Photographers show and convention opened with 400 to 500 attendees.
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Atlanta
Twenty Fourth Annual A A A Meeting Opens in Kansas City
The American Association of Freight Agents convenes its twenty fourth annual meeting with five hundred delegates in attendance as sessions begin today in Kansas City.
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Kansas
American Association of Et Agents
Deleg
Home Missions Debate Captivates Delegates in San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 21 thousands of delegates engaged with the subject of home missions at a major gathering. The discussion focused on internal church work and community outreach within domestic missions.
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San Francisco
Cal
Thirteenth Convention of the International Sunday School Association
Fragmentary article notes the thirteenth convention of the International Sunday School Association of North America. Details unreadable but indicates gathering of church educators and delegates to discuss program standards and cooperation.
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The
International Sunday School Associatice of
North America
Drouth Broken by Heavy Rain in Louisiana
SHREVEPORT LA June 21 A heavy rain has fallen breaking the drouth across the region. The downpour offers relief to farmers and residents facing dry conditions. No damage or casualties are reported in the initial bulletin.
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Drouth
Shreveport
Bluefields Steam Ship stockholders elect directors in court
Stockholders of the Bluefields Steam Ship company met in a U S court room in New Orleans to elect a board of directors after Frederic Steel of Chicago applied to the federal court for a receiver.
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New Orleans
Bluefields Steamship Company
United States Court Room
Frederic Steel
Chicago
Funeral held for former Governor J Proctor Knott
In Lebanon Kentucky on June 21 the funeral of former Governor J Proctor Knott was held using the Knights Templar burial service. Telegrams of sympathy continued arriving at the Knott home from across the country.
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Lebanon
J. Proctor Knott
Knights Templar
Knott
Woodmen of the World choose Jacksonville for 1918 convention
Rochester N Y June 21 Sovereign camp Woodmen of the World in biennial session here today selected Jacksonville Florida for the 1918 convention after a spirited contest.
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Jacksonville
Rochester
N. Y
Sovereign Camp
Woodmen of the World
Fla
Riebe Undertaking Co. Auto Ambulance Service Ad
Riebe Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service with 221 Be. Com. phone 841 for immediate local transport and assistance.
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Riebe Undertaking Co
BE. Com
Robbed and Wounded in Jersey City Canal Bridge Shooting
Walter Riley treasurer of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics was found mortally wounded under a canal bridge in Jersey City after leaving a lodge meeting. He reported a tall stranger attacked him, after which the assailant fled with Riley’s money and valuables. Theo. Artzt's orchestra. Both phones.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Walter Riley
Order of United American Mechanics
Riley
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