Northeaster Sweeps Sea and Land Across Cities
A $1,000,000 northeaster battered New York with an 80 mile wind and heavy rain, causing fires and structural damage. Four people died in Brooklyn Jersey City and Paterson, with notable losses including a Standard Oil tank in Bayonne and new houses in West Hoboken and North Bergen. Separate reports recount drownings in Wisconsin and Indiana from related storms.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Paterson
Standard Oil
Bayonne
N. J
West Hoboken
Union Hill
North Bergen
Appleton
Wis
Little Lake
Butte Des Morts
Michigan City
Ind
J. D. Marshall
Here
International Daily Newspaper Planned in Paris
Theodore Stanton announces a movement to publish an international daily focusing on world affairs. Plans have advanced to publish first in Paris in January with coverage of global events and issues.
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New York
Theodore Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Europe
Paris
Auto Fire After Collision Near Fort Myer
An automobile driven by Harry W. Mitchell of Glencarlyn Virginia burned after a collision with a trolley electric car at Fort Myer. Mitchell died trapped under the vehicle while Fred Kitchen a private in the Fifteenth Cavalry was seriously injured and three other trolley passengers were severely hurt.
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Washington
Harry W. Mitchell
Glencarlyn
Fred Kitchen
Fifteenth Cavalry
Ft. Myer
Mitchell
Strike Averted as Southern Railway Firemen Reach Settlement
Washington report says government mediators announce a satisfactory settlement to the threatened firemen strike on the Southern railway. Mutual concessions were made though terms remain undisclosed. Demands had sought a 20 percent wage increase and improved working conditions.
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Washington
Southern Railway
First Cotton Bale of Texas Growth Sets Records
Rivera in the Rio Grande valley reports the year's first bale of cotton ready for market, shipping to Houston for sale. The bale arrives 11 days earlier than the next earliest date and 14 days ahead of 1910. In Connecticut Kemace Inonya, a Japanese student, earned a diploma and heads to Japan with a dozen bullfrog specimens for breeding in his homeland.
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Houston
Texas
Rivera
Rio Grande Valley
Madero Names Cabinet Choices in Mexico Portrait
Francisco I. Madero declares if elected he will appoint Senor De La Barra as minister of foreign relations and General Reyes as minister of war. Both men have consented to accept these cabinet portfolios.
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Mexico City
Senor de la Barra
General Reyes
Francisco I. Madero
Fleets To Withdraw From Guan tanamo and San Diego
The Atlantic and Pacific fleet vessels sent to Guan tanamo Cuba and San Diego California early in March will be withdrawn June 18 due to the situation in Mexico.
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Washington
Guantanamo
Cuba
San Diego
Cal
Mexico
Baldwin Loco Works Strike Halts Mfg Across Departments
In Philadelphia the boiler makers strike at Baldwin Loco Works spread to all departments, nearly shutting down operations and affecting more than 10,000 workers. The stoppage began with augurated labor action and now involves the broader plant.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Volcano in Action Leaves 700 Dead in San Andres Zone
Reports from Mexico City on June 9 describe Colima erupting lava and destroying Tonillita San Andres Tonila San Gabriel Tuxpan and Zapotiltic, towns housing 300 to 6,000 people, with 700 confirmed dead and many more buried. Nurses and doctors rushed to Apotlan while rebel troops assist relief efforts as tremors stretch 660 miles from Gulf to Pacific.
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Mexico City
Colima
Tonillita
San Andres
Tonila
San Gabriel
Tuxpan
Zapotiltic
Mexico
Popocateptl
Tehuantepec
Red Cross
Apotlan
Jalisco
Nurges
Alfonso Miranda
Morelos
Guerrero
Bravos
Coros Hidalgo
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Lake
Xochimilco
Papke Captures Middleweight Title With Knockout
Billy Papke defeated Jim Sullivan by knockout in the ninth round of a 20 round bout at the Palladium. The English champion weighed 160 pounds and Papke was two ounces under the limit. The match was fierce with repeated referee interruptions and rough tactics.
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London
Billy
Papke
Jim Sullivan
the Palladium
Sullivan
White Sullivan
Garment Workers Strike for Union Recognition in Cleveland
About six thousand union garment workers walk out in Cleveland on June 8 demanding that manufacturers deal with the union rather than with individual workers. The action aims to improve conditions by centralizing bargaining.
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Cleveland Garment Workers
Cleveland
Garment
Recalltroops from Texas as order sent abroad
The president after a conference with General Wood approved recalling 2,000 marines from Guantanamo 4,000 troops from Galveston and 1,500 troops from San Diego. The main division stays in Texas but will be sent to several camps.
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Washington
Wood
Guantanamo
Galveston
San Diego
Texas
Fabulous Sum Gold Treasure Sought Off Honduras Coast
Treasure seekers aboard the Star Eureka report locating a vast cache of gold buried by a Chilean cruiser off the Honduran coast over twenty years ago. Estimates range from 15 to 65 million dollars. The vessel, commanded by Captain Burtiss, heads toward San Diego after a thirty day voyage chartered by San Francisco investors led by Harry Krelling.
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San Diego
Cal
Star Eureka
Honduran
Hureka
Burtiss
San Francisco
Harry Krelling
Honduras
Krelling
Salina Cruz
Santa Fe California Limited wreck near Domingo
Santa Fe rail disaster near Domingo, 25 miles from Albuquerque, kills J W Green Las Vegas engineer and injures fifteen to twenty passengers. Fireman Ray Flowers dies from scalding. Lone light engine ignored orders and failed to clear Domingo station. Investigation urged by General Superintendent J M Kurn. List of injured includes dining car, kitchen staff, and several Chicago and California residents.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
California Limited
Domingo
J. W. Green
Las Vegas
Ray C. Flowers
Limited
J. M. Kurn
C. Schiermer
Chicago
George Selover
Ray ©. Flowers
Anto Sitor
EB. J. Franjie
Ed Geary
Arthur Robinson
H. BE. Tomlinson
New Market
Marjorie Pratt
Kearney
Neb
BE. C. Schuster
Webster
8. D
A. W. McCourt
Stamford
Cal
Martin Luther
C. A. Canfield
Los Angeles
United States Steel Buys Basset-Presley Firm
Announcement from Cleveland reports United States Steel Corporation has acquired the Basset Presly company, one of the largest finished steel jobbing concerns in the country. The deal totals at least $1,000,000.
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United States Steel
Cleveland
United States Steel Corporation
Basset-Presley Company
French Maid Loses Suit Shoots Rich Frisco Man
San Francisco June 9 Adele Verge a French maid formerly employed by Mrs Kohl shot C Fred erick Kohl a San Francisco millionaire as he lit a cigar in the Grant building corridor. Bystanders wrestled away the weapon after she fired. Verge had been in a lawsuit with the Kohls over wages and alleged slander and malicious prosecution.
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San Francisco
C. Frederick Kohl
Adele Verge
Kohl
Grant Building
Miss Verge
Kohls
Frank A. Miller
Glenwood
Riverside
Gosford
Senate Finance Committee Reports On Canadian Pact
The Canadian reciprocity bill faced a split Finance Committee vote as it heads to the Senate floor without recommendation. The Root amendment on print paper and wood pulp passed 8 to 6, with administration warning it jeopardizes the pact. A tied vote blocked an unfavourable report and signaled a surprise shift of battle to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Teother
Senate
Mrs Kingdon Passes Away in Paris
New York reports the death of Mrs Mary Kingdon mother of Mrs George J Gould in Paris. She had suffered poor health for years and was staying at the Hotel Ritz with the Gould party arriving last Tuesday.
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New York
Mary Kingdon
George J. Gould
Paris
Madison Square Garden Sold for 26-Story Office Plan
Madison Square Garden in New York has been sold to a syndicate that plans to demolish the arena and construct a 26 story office building on the site. The purchase signals a major redevelopment tied to midtown Manhattan real estate expansion.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Carrie Nation Dies After Years of Prohibition Action
Carrie Nation aged sixty six, famed for hatchet attacks on saloons, died in Evergreen sanitarium Leavenworth Kansas after a nervous breakdown. She was admitted January 22 and spent five months in seclusion with only relatives and nurses at her bedside. Born in Kentucky in 1846 as Carrae Moore, Nation sparked a nationwide temperance drive and inspired bills strengthening Kansas prohibitory law.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Carrie E. Nation
Evergreen Sanitarium
Kentucky
Mrs. Nation
Enterprise
Kansas
Nation
Joke on House Democrats in Free List Debate
Washington June 10 Republican senators mocked the House free list bill noting it keeps timber on the free list while listing cabinet woods as exempt. They question how a later free list law would treat these specific woods like lignum vitae boxwood rosewood and mahogany.
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Washington
House
London Bank in High Holborn Suspends Payment
The Birbeck bank in High Holborn, after withstanding a run last fall caused by rumors of trouble, has suspended payment. Directors estimate a deficit of 1,875,000 dollars, but actuaries believe 3,750,000 dollars is nearer the mark.
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London
Birbeck Bank
High Holborn
Munyon’s Paw Paw Pills Offer Free Trial by Mail
A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills will be sent free to anyone on request. Address Professor Munyon, 83d 4 Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. They claim to stimulate the liver gently without scouring or weakening, correcting constipation and improving digestion. Regular bottle has 45 pills for 25 cents from Munyon's Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Professor Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Munyon’s Laboratory
Progress of Civilization Cannibalism Joke Dialogue
A satirical exchange shows a missionary debating cannibalism with a Lady And. The missionary recalls persuading the congregation to abandon cannibalism in favor of knives and forks after considerable effort.
An Outsider at the Resort Experience Meeting
Gwendolyn explains she feels out of place as the only single girl among many proposed by one man. Genevieve asks if it is because there are no men, but Gwendolyn says the issue lies with the lone suitor courting all others except her during the experience meeting.
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Gwendolyn
Genevieve
Coffee Troubles and Postum Comeback Narrated by A Rome Matron
A Rome New York matron details coffee’s ills including logy dizziness stomach upset and irritability. She quit coffee for Postum and reports rapid relief of symptoms and restored appetite, health, and well being. The ad asserts Postum as a nourishing beverage and points to Battle Creek Michigan’s Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Rome
N. Y
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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