World Briefs Highlight Global Happenings
Mrs James Schoolcraft Sherman wife of the vice president is critically ill in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Theodore Roosevelt Jr arrives in San Francisco with his bride Judge John F Philips retires after 27 years on the Missouri bench Stuyvesant Fish Sr to wed Mrs E Mildred Dick at Garrison on the Hudson July 14 Arthur Donner resigns as American Sugar refining treasurer Charles H Allen takes post Knox opposes using his name for Pennsylvania governor Taft aides the Radcliffe College dean Miss Mary Cocs secretary to succeed Agnes Irwin Aldrich son of Senator W Aldrich of Rhode Island ill with typhoid fever in New York Emperor William ill cancels Kiel races Dr Albert I Babrock dies at Brooklyn home.
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James Schoolcraft Sherman
Sherman
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander
New York
San Francisco
John F. Philips
United States Court For
Western District of Missouri
Stuyvesant Fish, Sr
E. Mildred Dick
Garrison
Hudson
Arthur Donner
American Sugar Refining Company
Charles H. Allen
Lowell
Mass
Taft
Knox
Pennsylvania
Mary Cocs
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Mess
Agnes Irwin
Richard 93
Aldrich
W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
William
Albert I. Babrock
America
Brooklyn
H. W. Wiley
United States
Bureau of" Chemistry
Robert T. Taft
Heverly
Ogden
Utah
Robert C. Abel
Frederick Abel
Harry Jessom
Tallis Equity
Missouri
George Badger
Jackson Midh
Jim Shivers
Reouf Bey
Turkey
Ministry of Public Works
Constantinople
Thomas A. Landregan
James H. Carroll
Welch & Landregan
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
MN. Y
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Congress
Gore
Gestonia
N. C
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Jefferson
N. H
White Mountains
Lewis B. Stillwell
Sangamon County
Lee O'Neil Browne
Robert E. Wilson
Frank J. Traut
Louis D. Hirsheimer
J. B. Johnston
Acme Packet Company
Victoria
Genoa
la Grosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Kenyon
Chicago
Erand
Landis
E. M. Nelson
Lakeside
Duluth
Minn
John Fry
van Wert, C
San Diego
Cal
Arbeiter Saengerbiund
Northwest
Howard YT. Ricketts
University of Chicago
Mexico City
National Bacteriological Institute
William Lee
Newark
W. Va
Dea
N. J
Wickersham
Supreme Court
Middle West States
Illinois State Bar Association
Marleno Scimeca
Genaro Pesce
Atlantic
Italy
Public Interest Wins Over German Oil Firm in Court Fight
Public prosecutors found no grounds for action against Deutsche Vacuum Oil, a Standard Oil unit, after a lengthy inquiry led by E E Quarles. The costly probe was borne by the state and hailed as a victory for American interests in Germany.
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Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Khava
E E. Quarles
Inmaneger
Gates Department
Quarles
Costa
Germany
Emil Rohn
Mount Glemens
Mich
Spain
House Committee
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
la Follette
Wisconsin
Oyster Hay
Teatro Colon
Buenos Aires
Porter Chariton
Chicago & Alton
Carlinville
Til
Theodore Roosevelt
Ethel
James Thompson Williams, Jr
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
Madison
Wis
Frederick Funston
Army Service Schools
Leavenworth
Kant
Army
Mystery in Death in Missouri Girl Found Murdered Near Osage City
The body of Anna Wendler of Osage City was recovered by fishermen in the Missouri river five miles west of town. A blunt instrument dent on her forehead suggests murder. Her belongings lay on the river bank two miles from Osage City. The coroner and local residents search for the killer amid fears of lynching. her father, John Wendler, has posted a reward.
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Jefferson City
Anna Wendler
Osage City
Missouri River
Osage County
John Wender
Port Arthur Opens as Free Commercial Port
The Official Gazette announces Port Arthur will open to all nations for shipping starting July 1. The Japanese government also declares Port Arthur a free commercial port of entry, ending its use as a military strategic point. A notable advantage is the port's ice-free winters.
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Tokio
Port Arthur
Standard Oil Cuts Oil Prices Nationwide
Standard Oil reduces refined oil wholesale price from one and a half cents to one cent per gallon. The move lowers the national average to 74. cents a gallon as Standard controls over 70 percent of refined output, highlighting the impact on the major corporation.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Great Corporation
Biplane Crashes at Emeryville Track Injuring Aviator
At the Emeryville race track in Oakland Frank M. Johnson, famed aviator, attempted a flight in a Curtiss biplane when a gust hurled the machine from 36 feet. The propeller and rear structure were damaged but Johnson was not hurt.
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Oakland
Emeryville
Frank M. Johnson
Court martial of Col Bowen Ordered in Manila
Gen Ramsay Patts commander of Luzon directs a court martial for Col F H Bowen Twelfth Infantry at Fort William McKinley. Charges and basis are not public.
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Manila
Ramsay D. Patts
Department of Luzon
F. EH. C. Bowen
Twelfth Infantry
Fort William McKinley
Midshipmen Die During Rescue Attempt in Washington
In Washington the superintendent holds Midshipmen Thomas and Nason died in an act of duty while performing a heroic effort to save a young woman they were swimming with.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas
Nason
Powder Explosion Kills Three at Graves Mercantile Store
A blast at the Graves Mercantile Company store in Boulder Jefferson County near Helena killed three people and injured four. Several buildings were destroyed by the explosion and ensuing fire.
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Helena, Moni
Graves Mercantile Company
Boulder
Jefferson County
Helena
Fire destroys block in Wymore Nebraska
A blaze in Wymore destroys a block including City National Bank and Taylor's Opera House. Firefighters from Beatrice arrive by special train to help battle the flames. Losses exceed $200000.
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Wymore
Wrymore
Neb
City National Bank
Taylor
Beatrice
Sioux City Beasts and Hogs Lead Market Quotes
Sioux City live stock market quotations show best beeves at 7.00 and top hogs at 9.10 for Thursday trading.
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Sioux City
Clark Denies Return to Senate Contest
New York report says former Montana Senator William A. Clark, back from Europe with his family, denied plans to again seek the United States Senate against Thomas H. Carter.
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Clark
New York
William A. Clark
Montana
Europe
United States Senate
Thomas H. Carter
Sugar Prices Rise in New York Market
All grades of refined sugar advanced 10 cents per hundred pounds in New York trading as supply demand shifts push prices higher.
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New York
Powder Plant Explosion Shocks Tacoma Area
An explosion at the Tupont powder plant near Tacoma Dupont injured workers foreman Thomas Blake of Wauxesha Wis George Strouse of St Paul Minn and Edward Smith of New Orleans La in the incident authorities reported.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dupont
Thomas Blake
Wauxesha
Wis
George Strouse
St. Paul
Edward Smith
New Orleans
Six Deaths Reported After Haat Incident in Philadelphia
Six deaths occurred here Thursday in a disaster near Haat in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Five victims were children and one an elderly woman. The day’s maximum temperature is not stated in available text.
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Philadelphia
Wide Range of Incidents Span Nations and Crimes
Reported events include a Taft automobile accident injuring a laborer in Massachusetts, a train robbery near Ogden Utah with robbers fleeing a bank payroll, and a capsized fatal auto crash in Missouri. Other items cover graft probes, strikes, regatta victories, river projects, and notable deaths and investigations.
Care Urged for Fourth of July Wounds in Iowa
Des Moines June 28 Secretary Guilford H Sumner of the Iowa State Board of Health urges immediate tetanus antitoxin for burns and wounds from fireworks or cartridge injuries. He warns of lockjaw, stresses timely immunization and dressing by physicians, and calls health officers to ensure antitoxin stock before July celebrations.
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Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
Iowa State Board of Health
Iowa
Childdren
Guilford H. Sumner
Convention of Iowa Shorthand Reporters in Des Moines
The Iowa Shorthand Reporters association meets in Des Moines July 7 and 8 with Carr of Des Moines as a principal speaker. The program includes president's address, committee on legislation, demonstrations, and discussions on court reporting and phonograph transcription.
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Des Moines
Jungs Weereeé HH. Carr
Iowa Shorthand Reporters’ Association
Eifintt
Court House
H. H. Beach
Carrall
Hoover
Marshalltown
Gordon J. Wiott
Mason City
Harly Court
Iowa
H.H. Burr
Cedar Rapids
C. M. Adams
J. H. P. Robinson
Gripnell
Hamilton
Sioux City
J. J. Ferguson
Council Bluffs
Towa Reporters
RK. C. Turner
Grand Junction
Court Reporters of
Pope's Diligence and Lifespan Shape Vatican Longevity
The pope is described as sturdier yet altered by burdened mental labor, rising early since childhood to study and perform rites. While Vatican life limits longevity, pontificate lengths have grown since 1870, with Pius X surpassing St Peter’s record. A joking note claims nine years as pope fits his career, which he dismisses with a laugh.
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Apostolic Palace
Vatican
St. Peter
Pius X
St. Peter's
Leo XI
Venice
Chicago tunnels born for freight now telecom plant
A Chicago firm built vast tunnels intended for automatic telephony wires but later focused on freight transport. Now a receiver runs the company as it plans a large telephone installation of 20 000 instruments across multiple stations, using the tunnels to carry wires as originally outlined.
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Chicago
Literary Peculiarities of Indian Braille System
A correspondent notes the il literacy of native classes and an anomaly in the oriental Braille alphabet. Sixty three dot combinations encode all languages for the Indian blind with no vernacular difficulty, while sighted natives face complex syllabaries and heavy type variety. Modern Asoka letters have become elaborate.
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Asoka
England's Sole Great Novelist Thomas Hardy Turns Seventy
The piece lauds Thomas Hardy as England’s last great man of letters at seventy, noting that while other talents exist, no clear successor to poets, novelists, and historians remains. It questions whether true originality will be born again, calling Renan’s remark to mind.
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England
Thomas Hardy
Hardy
Renan
London Saturday Review
Aeroplane Comforts Begin With New Aerocab
Henri Deutsch of Paris, famed for early aviation prizes, plans a Wright type aeroplane with a basketwork cab to shelter the driver and passenger from rain and cold, making aeroplaning more comfortable.
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Henri Deutsch
Paris
Tiy
Colony to Be Remembered at Shiloh Holy Ghost Colony
A former member of the Holy Ghost and religious colony at Shiloh Me predicts in the Portland Express Advertiser that Shiloh will vanish in five years. He notes many will forget it yet others enduringly remember those who went there to dedicat e their lives to God's service and the evangelist’s zeal.
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The
Holy Ghost
Shiloh
Portland Express Advertiser
Dentists in Washington Targeted for Gold Heists
Detectives report that eleven dentist offices in Washington have been entered and robbed of gold and platinum valued around 300 dollars. The word Pennyweighterz is used by investigators to refer to the suspects. Police seek leads on the string of break ins across the city.
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Washington
Lavender and Microbe Perfumes Linked to Fatality Claim
A fragment discusses Lavender and race perfumes allegedly fatal to microbes or microbes themselves. It notes claims of lethality and possible scientific context, but details and sources are unclear.
Explorations, Language, and Legend in Alpine and Polar Tales
A dense excerpt praises human audacity and endurance as explorers conquer alpine and polar desolation. It contrasts man’s courage with nature’s enormity, notes food and gear planning, and cites Owen Mereau and James Howell on language and travel lore.
Built Structure Around Tree in Maine Farm
A Kennebunkport resident built a barn around an old tree rather than disturb it. The tree stands on a farm site chosen for a barn and remains undisturbed with the barn wall circling it. The tree is part of a pair believed to have been already mature at the time of the American Revolution.
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New England
Kennebunkport
Woman Smokers in Tramp Life Report
A London Chronicle excerpt argues that female smoking reflects a harsh life rather than decadence. It notes women of all ages in tramp lodgings smoke incessantly, often with young girls sharing cigarets and black twist tobacco.
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Leven
London Chronicle
City grown strawberries show fruit in urban garden
Will A. Hendricks of East Twenty first and Albert streets submitted boxes of Magoon and Oregon improved strawberries to the Oregonian proving urban cultivation possible. He grew 1 006 plants in a dry yard and first picking yielded 56 boxes of oversized berries some over five inches in circumference.
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A. Hendricks
East Twenty-first
Albert Streets
Oregonian
Oregon
Hendricks
Small black hole in the sky spotted by Barnard
Professor E F Barnard notes a small sharp dark spot appears on many photographs of the Rha Ophiuchi nebula over 15 years. Placed in the constellation Sagittarius at RA 18h25m31s Dec 26°09, it is described as a genuine sky marking rather than a stellar effect.
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E. FE. Barnard
Gagittaring
Barnard
Civic services led by Rev Henry A Stimson in Manhattan church
In New York City the Congregations Church on Manhattan's main street hosts a series of civic services led by Rev Henry A Stimson. Publicists and residents discuss urban development and civic improvement during the gatherings.
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Lesedne Fromithe Pulgit
Manhattan
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