Taft Silver Wedding Celebration Lights Up Washington
Washington June 19 Thousands line the White House grounds as Taft hosts a grand silver wedding fete. Fireworks of light and searchlights illuminate the historic mansion while 5 000 guests, including Cabinet members and foreign gifts, celebrate the president and Mrs Taft in an outdoor gala with bands and lavish silver presents. Fire destroys seven blocks in Swift Current, Sask, including a large lumber yard.
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Reed Creates Panic Starts Folk Boom For Missouri
Washington dispatch reports Senator James A. Reed of Missouri challenged Champ Clark supporters by citing the 1910 Missouri Democratic convention endorsement of former Governor Joseph W Folk. Reed urged unity around Folk and declared his personal endorsement for Folk for president.
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Aviator Beats Train In Short Race
New York on June 19 Lt Croix Johnstone flew from Mineola to Belmont Park aerodrome racing a Long Island railroad train. The engine arrived first at Belmont, Johnstone followed with a swoop close to the ground then rose again and returned to Mineola after about 22 minutes.
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Quarreling Over Debts Ends in Tragedy in East Liverpool
East Liverpool on June 1 reports Guy Alexander 30 of Georgetown Pa died in the city hospital from a bullet wound to the right side after a quarrel over a debt of rents. John W. Porter 40, married, is in Beaver County jail after turning himself in following the shooting. Alexander ran a ferry between Smith's Ferry and Georgetown. Porter, returning home from this city, was in the plumbing business. A brother of Alexander relates the dispute over rents.
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Two Women Die In Burner On Governor Andrew Steamer
In East Hoton the wooden passenger steamer Governor Andrew of the Nahant line burned to the water’s edge at 4 when two women Harriet Kelly and Elizabeth McNeill aboard perished. Five men were injured. their wounds were not serious. Police recovered the bodies.
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Woman Florence Magee Dies Abroad in Cholera Sudden death noted of Florence Magee longtime Cincinnati resident and superintendent of Italian missions in the Presbyterian Foreign Mission field.
Telegrams from Rev Frederick C McMillan report the sudden cholera death of Florence Magee, a Cincinnati resident for many years and leader of Italian missions for the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board, with headquarters at the mission training school in Italy. The notice notes the remote location and the abrupt passing surrounding the mission work.
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Akron churches oppose revival invitation to Sun dey
Akron Congregational churches vote against inviting W. A. Sundey the baseball evangelist for Akron revival. The Akron Ministerial association initiated the move and will send a delegation to Erie next Saturday to extend the invitation. The item dominates a disjointed local page with multiple stray notes.
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Marker Named State Highway Commissioner in Ohio
Governor Harmon appointed James R. Marker chief engineer of the state public works to succeed James C. Wenders as highway commissioner. Marker will earn $4,000 annually in the new post and oversee disbursement of more than a half million dollars yearly for road building and full supervision of construction work.
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Hitchcock Plans Enormous Saving in Railway Mail System
Washington details from Portmaster General Hitchcock show potential annual government savings of about $9,000,000 by adjusting railway mail payments. The investigation, overseen by the postmaster general, aims to reward profitable routes while reducing excess compensation to trunk lines and ensuring smaller roads still provide service.
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Tragedies mar aviation meet at Vincennes and Paris
At Vincennes and nearby Paris sites a deadly aviation meet turns tragic as multiple crashes kill pilots and several soldiers. Reports describe LaMartin dying on impact as his monoplane fails, Lieu tentant Princeteau's craft bursting into flames, and others badly burned or missing after fuel and carburetor failures. Spectators and authorities faced dangerous scenes as fire crews struggled to control the wreckage.
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Jealous husband kills wife then takes his own life
In Toledo and nearby, Frank Ernest 28 sexton at Sts and Jude's Catholic church shot his wife after christening, then killed himself. Four children left orphaned. Jealousy cited. Also William Graham 94 killed wife at Clay Center and wounded himself. Benjamin F. Longnecker 24, attorney, drowned off Essex in Lake Erie.
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Clay Center
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Toledo
Benjamin F. Longnecker
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Ohio Columbus centennial linked to state fair plans
June 19 centennial discussion by the state board of agriculture outlines arrangements for the Ohio Columbus centennial to be featured with the state fair. A Rutherford auto accident in Tennessee left Mrs. Allen dead, Dr. J W Allen and a child injured. A stray line notes a ruined photograph and casual dinner talk in Detroit.
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Worton
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Edward Burnham Held Over Post Office Mail Destruction
Cincinnati detectives arrest Edward Burnham foreman in the general delivery division for alleged destruction of postcards mailed for general delivery. The case ties to a broader inquiry across postal operations and related indictments in Indianapolis and Los Angeles.
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