Drownings Across States Claim Several Young Lives
A string of drowning incidents reports twelve people dead. In Vermont at Grand Isle three Plattsburg women Lucy Perry and Sarah Disasway with Elizabeth Disasway fall after a deep hole. all perish. In Wilmington Clarence Button and Nellie Nickerson drown at Bowers beach. In Buffalo three die when a motor boat is struck by a barge on the Niagara River. In New York City two men perish after a rowboat capsizes near Ellis Island. Additional drownings include Patrick Somer and John Gilson while bathing at Belmar New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Isle
Vermont
Adams’ Landing
Lake Champlain
Lucy Perry
Sarah Disasway
Plattsburg
N. Y
Elizabeth Disasway
Brooklyn
Wilmington
Del
Clarence Button
Nellie Nickerson
Chester
Bowers’ Beach
Delaware Bay
Dutton
Miss Nickerson
Buffalo
Niagara River
William Pagels
Charlotte Myers
Raymond Pagels
Henry Schauss
New York City
Ellis Island
John Boyd
Fall River
Mass
John Starboro
Patrick Somer
Hast River
John Gilson
Newark
Belmar
N. J
Settlement of Puerto Rico church property dispute reached
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon returns to Washington after an accord with the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico. The federal government would gain control of the Santo Domingo convent and infantry barracks land for 120000 dollars pending congress approval, while the insular government gets market square San Francisco barracks and the insane asylum for 180000 in three installments. The church receives a chapel and sixty two acres near San Juan, ending protracted litigation over roughly one million dollars in Dominican and Franciscan estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Robert Bacon
Washington
Congress
Santo Domingo
Market Place
San Francisco Barracks
Insane Asylum
Prominent Columbus Doctor Killed by Court House Clock Weight
Dr. A C Hulbert, a leading Columbus citizen, was killed instantly when a clock weight fell from the courthouse clock tower. The weight's cable broke as he sat beneath the tower, crushing him through two floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Miss
A. C. Hulbert
Court House
Hulbert
Roosevelt May Pay Damages in Naval Collision Claim
Belfast Maine Captain Guilford Pendleton owner of the schooner Mena Way says President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower promised to pay for damages if the government did not. The July 22 collision occurred in Long Island Sound with the president’s yacht Mayflower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Guilford Pendleton
Menaway
Long Island Sound
Roosevelt
Mena Way
Twelve Thousand Eagles Parade Through Seattle Streets
Twelve thousand members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles from across North America paraded through Seattle drawing cheers from citizens and visitors in a citywide procession. The event showcased the organization’s reach and festive public presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Order of Eagles
North America
Opticians Elect Officers at Annual Convention
The eleventh annual convention of the American Association of Opticians closed in Philadelphia. Atlanta, Georgia was chosen as the 1909 meeting place. Elected officers include H. J. Cook Knoxville Tennessee as president W. H. Huston Kansas as secretary and Hardwick Ruth Alabama as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Association of Opticians
Opticians
Atlanta
H. J. Cook
Knokville
Political alignments and campaign moves across states
The piece outlines Republican nominations in Texas and Tennessee, divisions in Tennessee GOP, appeals to labor for Democratic funding, Taft’s stance on intra party fights, advisory and committee roles in Georgia and New York, Florida’s state ticket, and national fundraising plans for 1908. It notes Bryan, Kerr, and Taft campaign mentions and a Taft horse incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republicans
Texas
John N. Simpson
Dallas
Republican Party
Tennessee
George W. Tillman
Evans
T. Asbury Wright
William H. Taft
West Virginia
Taft
National Committee
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Culberson
Alton B. Parker
John Sharp Williams
Johnson
Minnesota
Daniels
Virginia
Raynor
Maryland
Chamberlain
Oregon
Democratic General Committee
New York
Tammany Hall
Bryan
Kerr
Democratic Party
Hoffman House
New York City
Florida
Republican Central Committee
Jacksonville
John M. Cheney
Orlando
J. L. Skipper
Bartow
Leesburg
S. W. Roley
San Mateo
Supreme Repurt
BE. Ely
DeLand
Fred W. Marsh
Pensacola
Democratic National Campaign Fund
Mr. Bryan
Toledo
Lincoln, Neb
Kern
Macon
Arthur J. Beveridge
Indiana
Washington
Hot Springs
Epworth
Lincoln
Neb
la- Follette
Wisconsin
W. J. Bryan
Timothy L Woodruff
Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Charles F. Murphy
U S Troops Ready for Service in Haiti
Rumors from Washington say U S troops are likely to be sent to Haiti to restore order under the Monroe doctrine. Active preparations have been made at Fort Myer Virginia to dispatch soldiers immediately upon order from the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
U. S
Washington, D. C
Washington
United States
Fort Myer
War Department
Turkish consul sulks in room over fears of return
Broken hearted Turkish official Mehmed the Syrian sits in a small red brick house once the Ottoman legation. He fears assassination if he returns to Constantinople to claim back pay, denies comfort, and hides in the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Washington
D. C
Sublime Porte
Mehmed
Ottoman Empire
Sankey Evangelist Moody Associate Dies at 68 in Brooklyn
Ira D. Sankey, famed hymn writer and Moody collaborator, died at his Brooklyn home at 68 after years of blindness and illness. He authored popular hymns such as The Ninety and Nine and When the Mists Have Rolled Away, with a global reach via phonograph records. Survived by widow Fannie V. Sankey, two sons Allen and Edward, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ira D. Sankey
Brooklyn
Mr. Sankey
Europe
Dwight L. Moody
Sankey
China
Egypt
India
Japan
Moody
Young Men’s Christian Association
Indianapolis
Great Britain
United States
Fannie V. Sankey
Allen Sankey
Edward Sankey
End of Era for Old Panama Canal Company in Paris
Paris reports the liquidation of the old Panama Canal Company. The Seine tribunal awarded a final 1 percent payment to creditors and discharged the receivers. The history spans 1870s to 1904 with de Lesseps's group, Colombia, and U S control shaping the canal’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Panama Canal Company
Tribunal of the Seine
Colombia
Societe Civile International du Canal Inter-Oceanique
Isthmus
Ferdinand de Lesseps
United States
American Senate
Republic of Panama
Panama
United Staes
New
Bank Clerk Charged With Embezzling at Wilkesbarre Bank
Norman Fogle chief of the savings department at First National bank Wilkesbarre was arrested for embezzling $6,000 of bank funds. Investigators noted he bought and kept a car on a $1,200 yearly salary, triggering suspicion among bank officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Norman Fogle
First National Bank
Girls Fight Over Man Disrupts Royal Street Traffic
Two young women fought over a man on the New Orleans Street Railway tracks in Royal Street blocking streetcar traffic for about ten minutes in a rough roll and tumble affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Royal Street
Tornado Devastates Coats Area In Pratt County Kansas
A tornado struck near Coats in southern Pratt County destroying houses barns and trees. Property loss is estimated at about 100000 with extensive damage across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Kans
Coats
Pratt County
Fifty-Eight Automobiles Burn in Chicago Garage Fire
A large fire destroyed fifty eight automobiles at A Coey's garage in Chicago Illinois causing an estimated five hundred thousand dollars in damage. Investigators determined the blaze caused extensive damage to the facility and several vehicles were scorched beyond repair. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
A. Coey
Wide Range of Juicy Notes From Court to Mining Careers
A Chicago matrimonial agency run by Charles Hudson prompts federal arrest in Minneapolis amid a spate of sensational notes. Other items report deaths from food intake in New York, an estate bequest to a housekeeper in Minneapolis, and a 12th annual fire insurance convention in St. Paul. Also noted are a hog attack killing Silas Griffin in Alabama, Kingdon Gould working as a Mexican miner, a Paris asylum case, a Texas encounter of brothers, Missouri University plans a daily paper, and Richard Harding Davis sworn as deputy sheriff in White Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hudson
Chicago
Hudson
Minneapolis
Harry Jarrell
Lillian Jarrell
Rochester
N. Y
Robert Pratt
Mary Lettin
Griffin
Kingdon Gould
George J. Gould
Guanajuato
Mexico
Young Gould
John Miller Moore
United States Navy
Villeyard Asylum
Paris
San Francisco
James H. Stevenson
Pueblo Col
Mecard County
Texas
Wilbur Stevenson
Missouri State University of Columbia
Department of Journalism
University Missourian
Edward Guerr
Cuyahoga River
Ohio
Richard Harding Davis
White Plains
New York
Bailey declines appointment to farm conditions commission
Washington reports Dean Liberty L Bailey of Cornell college of agriculture refused the role of five member commission to study social sanitary and economic farm conditions citing insufficient time. The piece covers related federal notices on navy plant contracts and political appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Liberty L. Bailey
Cornell College of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Navy Yards
New York
Government Accepts Ship
The Baldwin airship completed a 2 hour 5 minute endurance flight over about five miles in the trial, reaching 70 percent of prior speed. The Army Signal Corps now owns the airship, with Captain Baldwin set to turn it over to General Allen after final formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Baldwin
Fort Myer
United States Army
Signal Corps
General Allen
Thomas ©. Baldwin
Aeronaut
Curtiss
Brit officer says balloons could have changed Civil War
Colonel James Templer of the Royal Engineers argues that four Baldwin dirigible balloons at Bull Run might have altered the outcome and saved nine months of war. He travels to study balloon relevance to Civil War campaigns, visiting Chattanooga Chickamauga Bull Run and Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bull Run
Baldwin
Fort Myer
James Templer
Royal Engineers
Templer
Washington
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Gettysburg
Necktie Pattern Used to Identify Ten Chinese Deportations
Ten Chinese men charged with illegal entry from Canada at Rouse's Point were arraigned before United States Commissioner Kellogg. Defense claimed relatives in Ogdensburg but officials ruled neckties of identical patterns served as identification marks. Commissioner Kellogg ordered deportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
United States
Kellogg
Canada
Rouse’s Point
Four Die When Pleasure Launch Capsizes on Wisconsin River
Four Chicagoans drowned as a nine person launch capsized near Kilbourne Wisconsin while returning from a Dells trip. Victims identified as Mabel Ward Mrs W G Heath Edward G Pfeiffer and his son. Rescue efforts began immediately with boats and launches but four had already sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilbourne
Wis
Wisconsin
Mabel Ward
W. G. Heath
Edward G. Pfeiffer
Dells
Mauser Invents Rifle With Twenty-Five Shot Feeder
Paul Mauser, the aged inventor, unveils a new military rifle featuring a twenty-five shot automatic cartridge feeder. The weapon can also function as a single shot piece with the magazine kept loaded for emergencies in Oberndorf, Wuertemberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberndorff
Wuertemberg
Paul, Mauser
Bryan receives formal notification of nomination in Lincoln
In Lincoln a vast crowd cheered William J. Bryan as Henry D. Clayton formally notified him of his presidential nomination for a third time. Norman B. Mack presided and John W. Kern spoke praising Bryan. Bryan’s hour long address affirmed his principles and policies and the crowd, including many officials, gave an ovation before a reception at the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Haqe
Bryan
Iy. Com
State House
Plains
Sheldon
Norman B. Mack
Democratic ‘National Committee
John W. Kern
Kern
Mr. Kern
State Capitol
Harriman Roads to Buy 6000 Steel Cars in Major Order
New York City Harriman interests seek six thousand steel cars in a bid market. No order yet placed but bids may be based on specifications filed for over half the cars. Competition among equipment makers is keen as the total price ranges from six to seven million dollars and a price cut is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Harriman Roads
Harriman Lines
United States appoints envoy to international Esperanto congress
Mayor Paul I Straub of the army medical corps is officially named as the U S representative to the fourth international Esperanto congress in Dresden Germany on August 1 2 1908 Belgium first to recognize the language War Department library in Washington began collecting Esperanto literature in January 1906 and global schools and societies total about 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
D. C
Paul I’. Straub
Army Medical Corps
Dresden
Germany
Belgium
War Department
Cruelty Report Tied to Mexican Robbery Operatives
The article details William Moffatt Edward Maloney and James Russell being restrained in a Mexican cell as nails were torn from their finger tips with dental forceps for refusing to squeal on bank messenger robbers in Mexico City. Also mentions political clashes over Governor Hughes and other scattered political notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mexico City
Mexico
William Moffatt
Edward Maloney
Pittburg
Gough
Maloney
Baltimore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vermont Summer Resort
Bacon
U.S
Sules
OLD Panama Canal Company
Hague
Netherlands
Venezuela
Treasury Department
Department
John H. Meyer Company
Otto Goetze Company
The
Hochi
Count Okuma
G. C. Bantz
J. F. Meline
Bantz
William H. Gibson
Banz
James A. Sample
Robert H. Todd
Mauser
Hughes
Independence Party
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Texis Farmers’ Congress
James Landis
Illinois
William Batch
Bloomington
Landis
Ouls
California
Pryat
Robert M. LaFollette
James Wickersham
Alaska
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!