Press agents mobilize king George for public backing
London reports detail an English publicity drive to pair King George with mass audiences. Roosevelt’s media profile is cited as inspiration as Lon Roseberry and clerical figures promote the monarch, aiming to boost popularity and secure political support through press coverage.
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United Brees
London
England
Theodore Roosevelt
George
Roosevelt
Pub
Lon Roseberry
George V
York
Americans Repel Race Riot at Railroad Camp
At Rayett and Fauubert's construction camp on the Northern Pacific near Grand Mound, 56 Hungarian laborers attacked Americans who resisted provocation. Foreman fled to a steam shovel with five other workers. six men held the mob at bay for hours using improvised weapons. Deputy sheriffs arrived as Hungarians were knocked unconscious and wounded, then retreated into the woods.
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Olympia
Rayett & Fauubert
Grand Mound
Rochester
Chehalis
Girl Drowns as Companion Is Rescued at Camp Meeker
Edith Johnson a 16 year old San Francisco high school graduate drowned in the river at Camp Meeker while bathing. Roycee a Frisco boy who had saved Elsie Selsinger after two disappearances under the water attempted the rescue but could not save Johnson. Edward Phillips of San Francisco saved Slattery.
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Camp Meeker
Cal
Edith Johnson
San Francisco
Roycee
Elsie Selsinger
Slattery
Edward Phillips
Suicide Attempts After Jeffries Defeat In Sacramento
Antone Rochi, who earlier tried to hang himself after James J. Jeffries defeat, again attempted suicide by diving from a jail cell to the cement floor in Sacramento. He was seriously but not fatally hurt.
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Sacramento
Cal
Two Air Travel Martyrs Mark Early Flight History
A historical survey traces aviation's deadly toll from early ballooning to the 1908 crashes. It notes Littunthal as the first aeroplane martyr in 1906 and Thomas E Selfridge's fatal 1908 Wright machine crash, illustrating persistent risks as flight progresses.
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Stirling
Scotland
Darlun Green
Littunthal
Selfridge
Thos. E. Selfridge
United States Army
Wright
Orville Wright
Baroness De La Roche Dies In Airship Crash
RHEIMS France July Barones de La Roche an aviator fell from an aeroplane at the International aviation meet at Heth any Plains and was fatally injured. She fell 240 feet and was dying on extraction from the wreckage. An earlier injure from a January flight at Mourmeton is noted. She had flown in Egypt at Heliopolia near Cairo and was an accomplished automobile driver motor cyclist and horsewoman.
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Egypt
Heliopolia
Cairo
Mosquito Plague Hits Port Arthur and City Nearby
Mosquito swarms invade Port Arthur and nearby regions with 600 to 700 people bitten. Five seriously injured by bites include a woman whose leg was amputated to save her life. A local oil company donates ten thousand barrels to cover swamps surrounding Port Arthur to destroy larvae.
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Uested Pree
Galveston
Tex
Port Arthur
Doctor seeks annulment over mistaken marriage in Brooklyn
Walter Sutton, an intern in Brooklyn, filed for divorce claiming his wife Josephine Leake was really Mrs. Grigg from a prior marriage. He alleges he learned the truth on their honeymoon and cites the shock of his bride’s past as the cause of his claim.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter Sutton
Brooklyn Hospital
Josephine Leake
Millionaire Ex-Convict Pledges Aid to Released Inmates
San Rafael California July William B Bradbury a millionaire ex convict plans to aid first term convicts He offered San Quentin Warden Hoyle $2500 to fund relief for released convicts The warden declined saying no authority and will present the matter to prison directors at the next meeting
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United Press
San Rafael
Cal
Wiliam B. Bradbury
Santa Rosa
Bradbury
San Quentin Penitentiary
Hoyle
Cavanaugh Secures Injunction Against United Wireless
M L Cavanaugh wins a Superior Court injunction prohibiting United Wireless Telegraph and agent George H Parker from disposing of or assigning promissory notes for stock allegedly obtained by misrepresentation. He claims notes totaling 3764.35 dated June 15 1909 and that he paid 36 per share with Parker alleging Marconi patent ownership. Also notes battleships visiting navy yard over weekend with trips from Colman dock at 50 cents.
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M. L. Cavanaugh
Frater
United Wireless Telegraph Company
George H. Parker
Cavanaugh
Parker
Marconi
Notice To Taxpayers King County Board of Equalization Session
King County Board of Equalization will meet in Seattle at the auditor's office to equalize the 1910 tax roll. Taxpayers seeking abatement must appear by August 20, 1910, or be barred. Otto A Cabe is the county auditor and ex officio clerk. Dated July 2, 1910.
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Ing County Board of Equalization
Auditor's
King County Court House
Otto A: Cabe
Board of County Commissioners
King County
Washington
Seattle
Coupon Ad for White City STAR DAY Attraction
A fragment notes a coupon worth 6 cents for the bearer to White City and an attraction inside the grounds on STAR DAY Friday July 15. The terse item implies a promotional event or entry incentive at a fairground location.
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White City
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20Th Ave
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