Reno Revels in It Wickedness
Reno with the Jeffries Johnson fight imminent embraces a carnival of vice. Gambling dens rush to operate under new licenses as promoters prep in Reno Nevada for the July showdown and a flood of visitors from the West and East arrive.
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Reno
Reno, Nev
America
Nevada
Tert
California
Brooklyn
Westchester School of Section
San Francisco
Comstock Kings
Tex Rickard
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Bertha Bowers Fatally Burned Lighting Matches
Akron reports a tragic incident as Bertha Bowers, age two, caught fire in her mother’s yard while children lit paper with matches. She ran screaming until her clothing burned away, dies from injuries.
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Akron
Jime
Bertha Bowers
Steamer J. B. burned at Lacrosee Wisconsin
Three persons died and five were seriously injured when the excursion steamer J. burned on the Mississippi river near Lacrosee Wisconsin on June 27. An estimated 50 passengers sustained cuts and bruises. Local authorities opened inquiries into the disaster.
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Lacrosee
Wis
Misalasippi River
Suspicion of Murder Shocks Cleveland Neighbor
Cleveland Ohio June 27 Coroner Boopgera to hold a post mortem on Mrs A F Nagle after her husband photographed her body. The image shows her on the bed in an odd pose and a quarrel with a boarder is hinted as motive. The assistant believes heart disease, but the photo prompts the autopsy. Drops Dead on Porch Newton Storts a Gilbert farmer collapsed on his front porch.
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Cleveland
Moroner Boopgera
A. F. Nagle
Zanonville
Newton Storts
Gilbert
Can He Still Talk Roosevelt Tour Plans Revealed
Roosevelt may stay home for two months with no longer schedule announced. Friends have booked him for twenty four speeches mostly in the west after the next sixty days. He still talks with grit, as shown by his New York City appearance and camera footage.
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Roosevelt
New York City
Africa
Tim
Wife threatens to leave leads to fatal family tragedy
In Springfield Maine on June 27, David Downes killed his wife Mrs Iver Woodward and his mother after she announced plans to leave. He pleaded for reconciliation before shooting them and then fatally shot himself. A separate note from Cincinnati reports Leonard Wand, a semi pro baseball player, dying after being struck by a batted ball during warmups.
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Springfield
David Downes
Iver Woodward
Indaw
Downes
Cincinnati
Leonard Wand
Detectives raid Circleville bars for beer and whiskey
Three Columbus detectives in a car raided Denny Pickens and T N Caskey establishments in Ashville. They found bottles of beer and whiskey. Warrants issued by Mayor B B Smith in Rose County local option law cases require Pickens and Caskey to appear for hearings.
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Circleville
Columbus
Denny Pickens
T. N. Caskey
B. B. Smith
Ashville
Pickens and
Caskey
Rose County
Columbus Fatalities Report Amid Seven Accidents
In Columbus Ohio on June 27 three youths died in separate incidents. Rachel Shine aged 6 was cut in two by a Par sons avenue car while with an elder, Frank Krupp 31 was killed by a C A freight train at Fifth avenue crossing, and Henry Gease 12, son of Rev Isaac Gease, drowned in the Seioto river while swimming. Five others were seriously injured as seven accidents occurred in one day.
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Columbus
Rachel Shine
Frank Krupp
Fifth Avenue
Henry Gease
Isaac Gease
Seioto River
Mother's Friend liniment for expectant mothers features
A vintage promotional notice for Mother's Friend liniment claims it lubricates muscles and ducts, prevents breast lumps, relieves pain and nausea, and prepares the system for an easy delivery. It advertises widespread drugstore availability and a free information book from The Bradfield Co., Atlanta GA.
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Bradfield GO
Atlanta
Mitchell Resigns as Mount Vernon Railway General Manager
J H Mitchell general manager of Mt Vernon Railway and Light Co resigns effective July 1 after a few months in the post. He will join Columbus Railway and Light Co. His successor is H A Darrah of Van Wert Ohio who will begin duties July 1.
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J. H. Mitchell
Mt Vernon Railway and Light Co
Mitchell
Columbus Railway and Light Company
H. A. Darrah
van ‘Wert
Ohio
Memorial Day Observed by Eastern Star Chapter
The last Sunday was set as memorial day for the Eastern Star. A local delegation including Mrs D K Bind Mrs Harry Smoots and Mrs James C Scott decorated graves of Ann Hill chapter members in Mound View cemetery Fredericktown. Mrs Elizabeth Quaid was buried there this year. In the afternoon Mrs Scott spoke at memorial services in Fredericktown. Graves in Forest cemetery also received flowers. Six deaths occurred in Ann Hill chapter over the last decade.
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Order of the Eastern Star
D.K. Bind
Harry Smoots
James C. Scott
Ann Hill
Fredericktown
Mound View Cemetery
Ann Hil
Elizabeth Quaid
Scott
Frederick
Cattle and Hog Prices Across Cities and Markets
In Chicago and other cities livestock and grain prices are listed for cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves with varied values. The report notes a Browne bribery jury in Chicago, where a lone juror resisted conviction after 56 hours of deliberation.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Limba
East Buffalo
Cleveland
Browne
Chinamen at War in New York City Tong Feud Turns Fatal
A furtive tong war flared in Manhattan Chinatown near lower Broadway. Three Chinese men were shot. one died and another was fatally wounded, while over 40 bullets splattered bricks and pavement. The clash followed threats and failed treaties in a violent street confrontation.
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New York
Tite
Io Lower Broadway
Chinatown
Gore Charges and Probes Darken Congress Day
Washington reports the Sixty first Congress near adjournment carries investigations into McMurray Indian contracts. Senator Gore and Representative Murph lead probes into bribery and improper influence with select five member committees to report findings. Taft signs rivers and harbors bill with protest over pork barrel features and rising total appropriations. Fatally hurt in fall Charles H. Straight of Streetsboro after injury from a cherry tree.
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Washington
McMurray
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Murph
Missouri
Congress
Long
Kansas
Thurston
Nebraska
J. F. McMurray
McAlester
Okla
Taft
House
Kent
Charles HL. Straight
Ing
Mob Chase Near Detecives In Springfield Riot
Springfield, June 27 A raid by detectives Powell Carnahan and Shires on Earl Bancroft's place sparked a mob of about 500. Detectives drew revolvers to hold the crowd back. Sergeant Henry and Patrolman Bradford arrived to rescue Carnahan and disrupt the disturbance.
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Springfield
Powell
Carnahan
Shires
Earl Bancroft
Henry
Bradford
Family quarrel leaves former clerk wounded in hospital
Daniel J. Dalton former Mamillan county clerk was shot in the face during a family quarrel. A police court warrant accuses his stepson William Ungermeler of firing the shot, which struck Dalton in the face and ranged downward. he is reported seriously wounded in hospital.
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Cinetanat
Daniel J. Dalton
Mamillan County
Willam Ungermelr
Dalton
Four Alienists Split Roles in Porter Charlton Case
New York June 27 four alienists hired by Judge Charlton to assess Porter Charlton show a split approach. Three New York experts Dana Hamilton Picher enter a gentlemen s agreement to observe independently then confer before reporting. A Jersey City physician Arts works separately, will report directly to Judge Charlton likely tomorrow, with his view already shaped by prior remarks.
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New York
Lake Como
William Jerome Arlits
Jersey City
Charlton
Porter Charlton
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