Notable Early 1910s Headlines From Dispatches
Theodore Roosevelt Jr arrives in San Francisco with his bride Eleanor Butler Alexander in New York several days earlier Judge John F Philips retires after twenty seven years on Missouri western district court Stuyvesant Fish Jr to wed Mrs I Mildred Dick at Garrison on the Hudson July 14 Arthur Donner resigns as treasurer of American Sugar Refining Co succeeded by Charles H Allen of Lowell Mass President Taft asks Knox to refuse use of his name as Republican Pennsylvania governor candidate bid Miss Mary Coes named Radcliffe College dean to succeed Agnes Irwin Senator Aldrich III ill with typhoid fever in New York City Emperor William indisposed cancelling Kiel races Dr Albert H Babcock dies in Brooklyn Edith Gaynor elopes with Harry Kermit Winger Three bandits kill Thomas A Landregan James H Carroll and flee with 5000 The robbers captured Cornell crews win Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta Pennsylvnia varsity eight defeated by close margin in Hudson dispatch Congress orders investigation into Gore bribery charges Cotton mill consensus signs shut down for July August Electrocution death of E M Nelson and daughter in Duluth Minn High wire performer John Fry dies in Van Wert Ohio Lane county man Lionel Hand dies after ball injury in Dayton Ky Readiness and loss figures follow for various national events and rising standard oil price cut noted plus assorted criminal and social notes from across the country
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander
New York
San Francisco
John F. Philips
United States Court-For-The-Western District of
Missouri
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
I. Mildred Dick
Garrison
Hudson
Arthur Donner
American Sugar Refining Company
Charles H. Allen
Lowell
Mass
Taft
Knox
Pennsylvania
Mary Coes
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Agnes Irwin
Richard
Aldrich
N. W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
William
Kiel
Albert H. Babcock
America
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edith Gaynor
Gaynor
Harry Kermit Winger
Wilmington
Del
Thomas A. Landregan
James H. Carroll
Welch & Landré@loan
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Congress
Senator Gore
Gastonia
N. C
E. M. Nelson
Lakeside
Duluth
Minn
John Fry
van Wert
Leonard Hand
Dayton
Howard T. Ricketts
University of Chicago
Mexico
National Bacteriological Institute
N. J
Buffalo
Kansas City
Southwest
American interests prevail in Deutsche Vacuum probe and other news
The public prosecutor cleared the Deutsche Vacuum oil unit of wrongdoing after an inquiry led by E. L. Quarles. The American Institute of Electrical Engineers opened its annual convention in Jefferson New Hampshire with Lewis B. Stillwell as president. Indictments issued in Sangamon county include Browne Wilson Traut Hirsheimer and Johnston for conspiracy to bribe. The Sixty first congress completed its first regular session with the rivers and harbors bill, while the J S excursion steamer burned near La Crosse Wisconsin causing multiple deaths and injuries. W. S. Kenyon prepares a beef inquiry in Chicago. Judson Harmon seeks Ohio governorship as Democratic candidate with presidential support. An Aston railroad wreck near Carlinville injures passengers.
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Deutsche Vacuum
Oil Company
Standard Oil1 Company
E. L. Quarles
Gales—Department
Quarles
Germany
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Jefferson
N. H
White Mountains
Lewis B. Stillwell
Sangamon County
Ill
Lee O'Neil Browne
Robert E. Wilson
Frank J. Traut
Louis D. Hirsheimer
J. B. Johnston
Congress
J. S
Acme Packet Company
Victoria
Genoa
la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Kenyon
Chicago
Landis
Democratic Party of
Ohio
Judson Harmon
Democratic State Convention
Dayton
Prairie State Express
Chicago ” Aston
Carlinville
aAd
Hills Girl Surrenders After Killing Lover's Daughter
Morris Nathanson, 23, burst into a Fifth Avenue police station claiming I killed my girl and handed over the gun. Police found Jennie Minkoff, 17, dead from two bullet wounds in her East Twenty-third Street home. Nathanson said he killed her because her father refused their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Fifth Street
Morris Nathanson
Jennie Minkoff
East Twenty-third Street
Minkoff
Nathansen
Morris—Minkoff
Triumph for Americans in Hamburg Oil Probe
The Hamburg public prosecutor ends a months long inquiry into Deutsche Vacuum Oil Co alleging American graft methods. No charges will be pursued against E L Quarles, American manager, and the investigation costs are borne by the state. The ruling marks a notable American victory in Germany. The article notes German firms often resort to slander when unable to compete on favorable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Standard Oil Co
Deutsche Vacuum -Oil Co
Hamburg
Vacuum
E. L. Quarles
Two Die In Race Riot in Harrisville Miss
Wild racial clashes in Harrisville Simpson county leave two dead Luther Buckley a white farmer and Jones a negro killed after a confrontation with two black men earlier in the day. Armed posses hunt fugitives as dawn patrols continue.
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Jackson
Miss
Harrisville
Simpson County
Luther Buckley
Jones
McDowell
Negro Jones
Taft to Take Two Weeks Rest at Beverly
President Taft plans two weeks of rest at Beverly after arriving June 28 and will forego appointments except for the Fourth of July address to the National Teachers' Association. Officials say the break follows ten days of intense labor with approx 18 hour writing days and rapid bill examination.
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Washington
Taft
Beverly
National Teachers’ Association
Congress
Twenty Hurt by Thrown Bomb at Buenos Aires Theatre
Twenty people were injured when a bomb was thrown from the gallery of the Teat Colón during a performance in Buenos Aires. Six remained gravely injured and may not survive, including Senor Nicolas Lozano, a physician, and Senora Lozano, Senora Fausto Roberts, Senora Roberts, and Senores Guido Lavalle and Jose Zabour.
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Buenos Ayres
Teat
Colon
Senor
Nicolas Lozano
Senora Lozano
Senora
Fausto Roberts
Senora Roberts
Guido Lavalle
Jose Zabouir
Democrats Name Ticket in Ohio Primary Convention
Dayton Ohio reports the Democratic state convention nominated a full slate for statewide offices. Judson Harmon for governor Alice Pomerene for lieutenant governor Charles H Graves for secretary of state D Creamer for treasurer Frank McKean for clerk of the supreme court S E Strode for public school commissioner J A States for state board of public works Maurice H Donahue and James Johnson as supreme court judges Timothy Hogan as attorney general.
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Dayton
Judson Harmon
Alicé, Pomerene
Charles H. Charles H. Graves
D. 9. Creamer
Supreme Court
Frank McKean
S. E. Strode
State Board of Public Works
J. A. States
Maurice H. Donahue
James Johnson
Timothy Hogan
Democratic Platform Endorses Harmon at Day ton Convention
The Dayton Ohio platform commits to state issues, pledges tax reform including a ten mill minimum rate, supports popular election of U S senators, and a nonpartisan judiciary. It calls for tariff revision, dollar a day pension for veterans, and conservation while condemning Ballinger and Republican officials.
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Harmon
Dayton
Democratic Party
National Unity and
Ohio
United States
Senate
Banker Freed On Legal Transactions Reversal
Former Canton State bank vice president William L. Davis, convicted of misapplying funds, has been freed after Circuit Judges Henry and Metcalf at Lisbon reversed the lower court judgment. Davis, sentenced to five years, reacted with distress and called his wife as prosecutor Charles Krickbaum consents to appeal.
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Freeg
East Liverpool
William L. Davis
Canton State Bank
Henry and
Metcalf
Lisbon
Days
State
Charles Krickbaum
Faithful Dogs in Tragic Pool Rescue Tale
A pair of spaniels belonging to Mr. Woodgate’s family chase their young master to the New pool after a bath. When Austin strays the dogs dive for a drifting straw hat and search hours for him, ending with a grim reminder that the hat signals disaster. The village later learns divers must recover the missing boy amid the grim task.
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Mr. Woodgate
Gerald
Austin
Austin Woodgate
Lawyers' Oratory Declines In Modern Courts
A Cleveland Leader quote from Jack Collister recalls a bygone era of dramatic legal speeches. He cites Bill Robinson whose jury turning line claimed the opposing man boiled potatoes in widows tears, illustrating vivid, memorable rhetoric once common in courtrooms.
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Jack
Acre
Cleveland
Bill’ Robinson
Robinson
Busy Little Switzerland Telegraph Network in 1908
Switzerland boasted 14 717 miles of telegraph and telephone lines and 2 255 telegraph offices handling 4 942 000 telegrams in 1908, generating revenue of 880 444 dollars.
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Switzerland
Rich Australian Coal Mine Aims to Feed Victorian Railways
News reports a new coal mine near Melbourne producing 600 tons daily. It is expected to supply all Victorian state railways' requirements next year.
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Melbourne
Easy One for Him Diddler’s boast ends with owed tab
A tale describes a Diddler inviting two or three to drink and bragging about feats. When challenged to reveal limits he admits he cannot pay for the drinks already consumed. The humor rests on his admission of debt.
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Diddler
Blonde Class Casts Light on Hospital Visitor
A terse dialogue describes a young woman in a hospital setting as light-headed, with a nurse noting she belongs to the blonde class and denying serious trouble. The exchange contrasts concern for her condition with casual self-description.
Markets echo steady bonds and mixed farm prices
New York notes money on call at 2 3 4 percent with sterling around 4 5 g for demand. Grain and live stock prices show wheat near 1.04 4, corn 63 64, oats 42 44, butter around 29 31 cents, cheese 17 19, timothy hay about 18.00 18.50, cattle 6.50 7.00, hogs about 9.70 10.10, lambs 7.00 7.50. Regional quotes from Cleveland Toledo and Pittsburg reflect similar movement with July futures listed for wheat corn pork and lard.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
New
Ohio
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