Taft Attends Mecklenburg Anniversary in Charlotte
President Taft visits Charlotte for the Mecklenburg declaration centennial celebration with Governors Kitchin and others in attendance. The three day event includes drills, parades, musical festivals, and a public reception at the Selwyn Hotel.
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Taft
Charlotte
North Carolina
Mecklenburg
N. C
United States
United States Cavalry
Fair Grounds
Gov. Kitchin
Fair Ground
Cellent
Order of Red Men
Charlotte Artillery
Selwyn Hotel
Biddle University
Mrs. Taft
Ates
Diet Cures Rheumatism Says New York Press
The New York Press argues a humane diet can heal rheumatism and treat diseases from a diseased liver to a bad disposition, criticizing harsh remedies like salicylic acid and iodine of potash as barbaric and unnecessary.
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New York Press
Southern firemen strike threatens all lines over race clashes
Violence marks a Georgia railroad walkout as white firemen clash with black coworkers over the hiring of negro firemen. Reports say two black firemen were killed in Camak with others beaten in Thomson and Deering. Authorities consider mail delays and vow investigations.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Camak
Thomson
Thomas E. Watson
Deering
Georgia Railroad
United States
Carter F. Tate
The
Macon
Athens
Georgia Road
Tate
Georgian Road
E. A. Ball
Brave Postmistress in Georgia Fends Off Burglary
Mrs Helen D Longstreet widow of a Confederate general and Gainesville postmistress awakened to a noise and fired on a burglar in her dining room. The intruder fled to a window as she emptied her pistol and believes she may have wounded him. She keeps a pistol under her pillow and is skilled with the weapon.
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Gainesville
Helen D. Longstreet
Mrs. Longstreet
Nearly Bled To Death In Theater Gown Pin Incident
Mrs Charles P Hart wife of a prominent Milwaukee politician had a narrow escape from death after a sewing error left a pin in her theater gown. The pin scratched her wrist, severed an artery, and a stream of blood gushed forth.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charles P. Hart
Man killed by revolver mishap in New Jersey
George Zell, of Williamstown New Jersey, was killed instantly in Camden on Thursday when a revolver exploded in the pocket of a hunting jacket he was throwing over his shoulder. The bullet pierced his heart in the presence of his wife and young son. Zell worked as an agent for an insurance company.
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Camden
N. J
George Zell
Williamstown
Here
Zell
Double Tragedy and Powder Plant Explosion Reported
In Indianola Mississippi on May 21 an unknown assailant shot into the home of Joe Hutchenson killing him instantly. his mother and sister were unharmed. Separately Pittsburg’s Dupont Powder Co plant near Fair Chance was wrecked by a mill powder explosion injuring Nenue.
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Indianola
Miss
Joe Hutchenson
Nixon Place
Hutchenson
Pittsburg
Dupont Powder Co
Fair Chance
Nenue
Sherman urges needs of good roads at Baltimore congress
Vice President James Sherman addresses the National Good Roads congress in Johns Hopkins University hall, urging road and highway improvements to boost commerce. Gov. Crothers and Mayor Mahool attend as Topeka sends a telegram inviting the next convention. Delegates plan to visit President Taft after the session.
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Baltimore
James 8. Sherman
Crothers
Mahool
National Good Roads Congress
McCoy
John Hopkins University
Sherman
England
France
Switzerland
New York
Nevada
Maryland
Germany
Commercial Club
Topeka
Kan
Congress
New Willard Hotel
Washington
Taft
Western Union Wins Suit Against AT&T for 6 Million
Boston May 22 After eighty years of legal battles the Western Union Telegraph Co wins against American Telephone and Telegraph Co in a case tried in U S courts. A special master appraises the stocks in litigation and will file the appraisal with the court. The Western Union sought 12 to 15 million while AT T argued it had overpaid under the contract.
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Great Britain
Massachusetts
Virginia
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Congress
Davidson
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
Nathaniel Macon
Senate
Joseph Graham
Representative Davidson
Macon
Joseph McKnitt Alexander
John McKnitt Alexander
Alexander
Raleigh
N. C
The
Register
Boston
Lexington
America
Americas
United States
Western Union Telegraph Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Western Union
Circuit Court of the
Telephone Company
Telegraph Company
Demented Mother's Terrible Deed at Carsten Farm
Mrs Jennie Carsten 38 killed two of her children and herself at the Carsten farm near East Hampton Connecticut. A third child was slashed but may recover. She told Louis Carsten I wanted to die and take the children with me. Husband says she had mental trouble treated in a western sanitarium.
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East Hampton
Jennie Carsten
Louis Carsten
Carsten
Here
Aged Woman Hangs Herself in St Louis Home
Mrs Catherine Kraft aged 67 hanged herself in her daughter's attic rafters in St Louis after two weeks of brooding over her husband’s failing health. The couple had lived together nearly 60 years before her death on Friday.
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St. Louis
Catherine Kraft
Two Workmen Killed In Interurban Crash Near Grand Haven
Two workmen were killed and a third fatally injured when a work train on the Grand Rapids Grand Haven & Muskegon interurban jumped the track near Grand Haven on the Highland Park branch Friday afternoon.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Haven
Five Babies Born to Wisconsin Couple in Thorp
The wife of Fay Irish of Thorp in Clark County gave birth to five babies on May 22 in Eau Claire. Three daughters and two sons survive. the Irish family now has ten children in total.
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Stork
Eau Claire
Wis
Tne
Fay Irish
Thorp
Clark County
Hold Up Near Omaha Fetches 150000 Rewarded Bandits
Four bandits raided the Union Pacific Overland train near Omaha on a Saturday night using an express wagon to haul away registered pouches. Estimates put the loot near 150000 with a 5000 reward for each robber dead or alive. U S officers and state sheriffs form a wide net as investigators seek to identify the masked quartet. A mail clerk on the train, M C Rush, is the only named potential witness able to identify any suspect if captured.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Overland
South Dakota
Union Pacific
Fremont
Forty-third
Jackson Streets
South
Eddie Cudahy
Secret Service
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Marshall Warner
Post Office
Perkins and
Thompson
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Union Pacific Co
M. C. Rush
Burglars Loot Holy Angels Church Altar Treasures
In Chicago on May 24 Fath ers William Griffin and Timothy O'Shea disturbed burglars in the Holy Angels church basement at Oakwood boulevard and Vincennes avenue. A priest seized a revolver and fired during a pursuit. Silverware, a gold chalice, candlesticks, a crucifix and other altar items stolen from the Maryland hotel on Oakwood were recovered wrapped in a cloth.
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Chicago
Holy Angels
Oakwood Boulevard
Vincennes Avenue
William Griffin
Timothy O'Shea
Maryland Hotel
Four Fall Through Floor In Center Township Dining Room
In Hamburg Pennsylvania on May 24 three women and a boy fell from a second story room into a dining room where guests gathered. One woman landed on Mrs Bias Balthaser and a second woman struck her neck, causing potentially fatal injuries. authorities investigate the accident at William Kauffman’s home.
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Hamburg
William Kauffman
Center Township
Bias Balthaser
Bullet Lodged In Neck In Accident At Union Station
Humprey ONeill of Worthville Kentucky dropped a revolver at Union Station Chicago that discharged, the bullet striking Frank Frame in the neck and leaving him in serious condition.
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Chicago
Humphrey O'Neill
Worthville
Union Station
Frank Frame
Frame
Fugitive Bank Employee Arrested in Evanston
George White, employed by the National Valley Bank of Staunton Virginia, was arrested by Evanston police on a warrant from Staunton for embezzlement. He faces charges in Staunton and is in custody.
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Chicago
Geo. White
National Valley Bank of
Staunton
Evanston
Sraunton
Infant Quieted By Whisker Tugging War
Mrs White protests as baby pulls at Mr White's whiskers, claiming the comforting facial hair keeps the child calm. He warns he must shave to stop the root-tugging, while she accuses him of depriving the baby's pleasure.
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Mr. White
Baby
Mrs. White
Three Meals at Once Dinner Dinners Exchange
A maid internalizes a quirky instruction to announce meals. In a drawing room doorway she recites breakfast is ready and supper is ready but dinner is served, provoking amused guests who step between portieres to echo the line. The scene spotlights domestic routine and comic timing within a household.
Debutante Surrounded by Officers at Colonel's Ball
A fair debutante is surrounded by an admiring crowd of officers at a colonel's ball while mamma smiles at her daughter's social success. The day’s quarrel between two brothers is recalled with the question casus belli and the ensuing rebuke to Maud for her mispronunciation.
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Mamma
Thinks Food Improves Health in Fond Du Lac Woman
A Fond Du Lac woman credits Grape Nuts and Postum with resolving years of indigestion heart palpitations and fatigue. She reports rapid stomach relief after one week and full health restoration within a month while praising the products and their coffee-like taste.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Wellville
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O'Shea
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