Governor to suspend Newark mayor amid riot in Columbus
Gov. Harmon arrives from Charleston to Newark to view rioting and interview Mayor Atherton and Sheriff Linke. He says immediate action will follow under the Eubanks law and municipal code, with Ankele to govern Newark inAtherton's suspension.
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Columbus
Herbert Atherton
Newark
Judson Harmon
John M. Ankele
William Linke
Eubanks
Atherton
Wade H. Ellis
Harmon
Charlevoix
Will Enter The Long Race Between New York And Washington
New York prepares for a historic aviation race to Washington D C with Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss likely to compete. A $20000 purse attracts both sides as organizers finalize rules and travel stops in Philadelphia and Baltimore with a finish inside the federal district.
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New York
Washington D. C
Wright Brothers
Glenn Curtiss
Mr. Curtiss
Wrights
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Federal Capital
Mexico City Court Hands Heaviest Mexican Judgment
The Mexican Mine Development Co. vs George D. Barron resulted in a record 23,059,049 dollars in Mexican silver valued at two trillion subunits, with the equivalent of 50 million dollars in gold. Barron has eight days to settle before final action.
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Mexico City
Mex
Federal District
Mexican Mine Development Co
George D. Barron
New York
Barron
Boy bandits capture ends real life Jessy James tale
Pittsburg three boys under seventeen robbed a street car and fatally shot a police lieutenant aboard. Two were captured and confessed. the third fled as the crime occurred. In other news, W. H. Allison of Boulder may die after a cliff auto crash near Virginiadale Hill, injuring Judges Garrigues and Gamble. Patrick Lyons, an American priest, died aboard the steamer Arabic at Queenstown on July 5 after leaving New York.
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Pittsburg
Jess¢ James
Ft. Collins
Colon
W. H. Allison
First National Bank of
Boulder
James Garrigues
Harry P. Gamble
State District Court
Virginiadale Hill
Queenstown
Mev
Patrick Lyons
New York
Luther Lyons
Ten Deaths in Philadelphia Amid Heat Wave
A Philadelphia heat wave drove temperatures above 90 degrees with humidity at 85 percent. Reports indicate ten deaths linked to the extreme heat as residents adapted to the prolonged hot spell. city officials urged precautions and cooling centers.
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Philadelphia
Taft Plans Coast Cruise on Mayflower From Bar Harbor
President Taft will end ten days of vacation with a ten day cruise aboard the naval yacht Mayflower. The voyage starts July 18 from Beverly and will call at Bar Harbor and nearby Maine ports with family aboard. Prof Louis More will join at Biddeford Pool and a convoy will accompany the ship for safety.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Navy
Army
Bar Harbor
Maine
Biddeford Pool
Prof
Louis More
Indicted as Jury Fixer Tainting Browne Retrial
Chicago reports a fresh bribery case as John A. Maloy a grocer is indicted for attempting to corrupt juror Oscar Morford in the Browne bribery trial. Morford and family testified, Morford allegedly offered to sway the verdict for a payoff and to spare him railroad work. Retrial of Browne's case was moved to July 20 as per court agreement.
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Chicago
Wayman
John A. Maloy
Cscar
Morfords
Maloy
Browne
Morford
Lee O'Neil Browne
Charles A. White
William Lorimer
United States
Mrs Young Named President of National Education Association
Boston July 8 Z X Snyder principal of Colorado State Normal School led with 24 votes while Ella Flagg Young of Chicago had 19 but Mrs Young won the election before the convention and was chosen president.
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Boston
Mass
Z. X. Snyder
Colorado State Normal School
National Educational Association
Snyder
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Young
Shipbuilding gains in year show sudden rise
Washington reports a strong rise in U S shipbuilding in the just finished fiscal year. The bureau of navigation lists 1,502 merchant vessels totaling 347,025 gross tons built, up from 1,362 vessels and 232,816 gross tons the previous year.
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Bureau of Navigation
United States
Washington
Taft Son Exonerated In Highway Accident
Beverly Massachusetts July 17 President Taft learns state highway commissioners have completed their inquiry into the collision in which Robert Taft son of the president struck Di Gregordio an Italian laborer. Young Taft is fully exonerated with no responsibility found.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Robert Taft
di Gregordio
Racing Driver Kincade Killed at Indianapolis Speedway
Thomas Kincade, a noted racer, died during trial practice at the Indianapolis motor speedway when the Nationa car ran off the embankment at the southeast corner and crashed, trapping him beneath wreckage. Another brief item notes a Missouri freight wreck near Bea Cedar Creek with one dead and several injured.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Kincade
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Card Nationa
Mason City
Mlinois Central
Bea Cedar Creek
Slayer Is Lynched After Near Beer Riot in Newark
In Newark Ohio a 22-year-old Kentucky dry detective Carl Etherington is lynched from a telephone pole after shooting saloonkeeper William Howard. A mob fretted by Prohibition tensions attacked the jail and beat detectives while authorities protected them during a violent outbreak tied to anti saloon league activity and near beer saloons.
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Newark
Carl Etherington
William Howard
Third Street
Howard
Etherington
Drys
Cleveland
Charles Richards
Anti-Saloon League
James Henderson
Columbus
Newark Hospital
Ball Park
Beer
William Linke
Mosquitoes Poison Five in Port Arthur Area
A severe mosquito plague in southeast Texas sickens 600 to 700 residents in Port Arthur and nearby areas. The outbreak prompts two large oil refineries to shut down as workers suffer poison injuries.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Port Arthur
Mve
Pan American Congress Opens in Buenos Aires
The fourth Pan American conference begins in Buenos Aires with delegates from all American republics. U S participants include Prof Shepherd Henry White chair John Bassett Moore Col Enoch Crowder Lewis Nixon Bernard Moses Lamar Quintero Paul Reinsch and David Kinley. Delegates travel aboard the Sumner and will visit Chile Peru and Ecuador after the meeting.
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Buenos Ayres
North
South America
United States
Prof
Shepherd
Columbia University
Henry White
France
John Bassett Moore
Enoch Crowder
Lewis Nixon
Bernard Moses
University of California
Lamar C. Quintero
Louisiana
Paul 8. Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
David Kinley
University of Illinois
Sumner
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Baroness De la Roche Injured in Flight Crash
Bethany Plain Rheims July 9 Baroness De la Roche the first French woman aeroplanist was injured fatally after falling from more than 150 feet. She lost control near the ground as two other aeroplanes approached and died from a fractured skull. This followed Aviator Wachter's death last Friday at the same meeting.
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Bethany Plain
Rheims
Baroness de la Roche
Wachter
Woman shoots husband and child then commits suicide
Emma Mulsow killed her husband Henry and their three year old daughter at their Chicago home before taking poison. He and the child were hospitalized in critical condition. Notes described abuse and neglect, accusing the husband of infidelity and choking her when she asked for a walk.
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Chicago
Emma Mulsow
Henry H. Mulsow
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Mrs James Sherman Leaves Baltimore for Big Moose Lake
Mrs James Sherman wife of the vice president left Johns Hopkins Hospital to join the vice president and his sister Mrs De Long en route to Big Moose Lake New York She had been brought to Baltimore two weeks earlier for treatment of a nervous attack.
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Baltimore
James 8. Sherman
Johns Hopkins Hospital
de Long
Big Mooge Lake
N. Y
Sherman
Ovation For Victor Returning Champion Alights From Car II
Chicago crowd of 5,000 plus cheers Jack Johnson upon return to his home, many colored, with police unable to curb the mob. He is carried on shoulders into an auto, waves to admirers, and later greets his mother. a suit over a $1,200 diamond ring follows. A push to ban Jeffries Johnson fight films gains wider backing.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Wabash Avenue
Jeffries
Johnson
George W. Little
New York
United Societies of Christian Endeavor
International Association of Police Chiefs
Jeffries Johnson
Christian Endeavor Society
Boston
William Shaw
Taft
Roosevelt
Hughes
Goulds plan remarriage in New York
Ralph Hill Thomas, assistant treasurer of American Sugar Refining, and Mrs Helen Kelly Gould, formerly married to Frank Gould until their divorce on August 26, 1909, apply for a marriage license in New York City.
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Ralph Thomas
New York
Ralph Hill Thomas
American Sugar Refining Company
Helen Kelly Gould
Frank Gould
Pines
Controlled Newspapers and advertiser influence
The Atchison Glove argues advertisers do not control editorial policy while noting tension between business interests and press independence. It outlines how owners, political papers, and large corporations shape coverage, yet publishers must defend patronage and independence amid expected courage versus subsidization. Emporia Gazette.
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Atchison Glove
Globe
Emporia Gazette
Caring for the Baby
A brief dialogue shows an older woman praising a boy who watches his little brother. The boy admits the child swallowed a dime and fears potential kidnapper danger.
Marine Eye Salve Trial Size Ad
An advertisement for Marine Eye Salve trial size 25c promotes relief for red itching eyelids cysts and falling eyelashes. It invites readers to ask a drug ae or write Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
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Dragae
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Cago
An Answer in Kind Burlesque Exchange
In a humorous domestic exchange a wife tires of her husband's strong wit and replies with a sharp comeback. She throws the amp at him, escalating their lighthearted quarrel into a comic domestic moment. The line hints at marital friction driven by verbal sparring.
Household Consternation
A humorous scene shows Mrs. Torkins alarmed as she cries, the baby has swallowed a gold dollar, prompting Charley to worry about escalating living costs if the child forms such habits.
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Charley
Coming Down to Earth in a Rainy Night Conversation
A philosopher declares happiness lies in pursuit not possession. A plain citizen interrupts, asking if the thrill of chasing the last car on a rainy night captures happiness or just proves a chase. The exchange contrasts lofty thought with down to earth experience in a compact chatty vignette.
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Plain Citizen
Real Reform and Municipal Government Ideas
Emerson contrasts truth and repose in public life and motivates reform. The dialogue notes a need for a new office to fill a stated into and suggests advancement through strict processes, referencing ambition and achievement.
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Knicker
Bocker
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