Four Drowned When Auto Plunges From Pier Into North River
New York reports describe four partygoers drowning after an early evening ride ended when the chauffeur's car ran off a dock on Fifty-ninth Street into the North River. The chauffeur John Bauer freed himself and surrendered, while John Nolan jumped clear. Bodies recovered include Mrs Coleman, with one little girl still missing. The incident prompted a rescue attempt by bystanders and divers, and authorities indicated no further bodies in the vehicle.
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New York
Wil Abend
Weet
North River
John Bauer
Owen
John Nolan
Bauer
Padoe
Raver
Nolan
Ay iMring
Mra. Coleman
Miss Herdon
Mr. Colermn
Ittle Knight Girl
Pasteur Institute conducts hydrophobia prevention trial
A June 16 treatment at the Pasteur Institute aims to prevent hydrophobia in three dogs. One dog, bitten by a stray animal, is a prize specimen. The other two, a French pointer and a great Dane, are also taking the treatment as valuable subjects.
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Pasteur Instituti
Metiwilidh
Patrick Denied Freedom in Habeas Corpus Case
New York June 16. The application of Albert H. Patrick for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by Judge Lacombe. Patrick, who recently received a life sentence for the murder of William Marel Nice, a Texan millionaire, sought relief from imprisonment.
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Patrick
New York
Albert H. Patrick
Bing Sing
William
Marel Nice
Lacombe Monnay
American Defeats Australian in Close Naval Duel
The American pilot defeated the Australian opponent in an eighth round Watt encounter at Neulily, as part of a hard fought battle.
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Tommy
Amertermn
Watt
Neulily
Prisoner Sleeps Awaiting Verdict in Cleveland Murder Case
Cleveland jurors deliberated late Monday on the murder charge against George McLaughlin, a saloon keeper, as he slept in his cell after a day of tense courtroom action. His mother, fearing the verdict, pleaded for strength while watching the proceedings.
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Cleveland, O
George McLaughlin
Cape
McLoughlin
Bin
Metanghlin
Fare Qulliver
Tno
Thaw Dines With Evelyn in Sheriff’s House
June 16 Poughkeepsie N Y Evelyn Thaw visited her husband in the sheriff’s room at the court house. She arrived at 11 a m and joined him for dinner at Thaw’s request officials tried to keep the visit quiet. Evelyn Thaw’s counsel Daniel O Reilly said despite opposition from Thaw and family she will keep her portion as Harry Thaw’s wife.
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Poughkeepsie
Riverym Thawdgate
Sheriff Chanter
Thaw
Hee Vielt
Puble
Daniel O'Reilly
Evelyn Thaw
Mex
William ‘Thaw
Former Ohio Woman Disappears in New York
In New York on June 16 a woman named Elizabeth Marbury, sister of Minn and daughter of Andris A. Stone of Cleveland, has disappeared. Police have been asked to search quietly without publicity. Her husband, a prominent local lawyer and founder of the New York Bar Association, says she had been under treatment for nervous prostration.
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Ohio
New York
Mre
Marbury
John Hay
Washington
Indow
Minnelizabeth Marbury
Andris A. Stone
Cleveland
Mel Marbury
Her Hieband
Old Offender Bent to Pen in New York Prison
Charles Bartlett, aged four at his 1870 sentencing, pleaded guilty to forgery and was sent to three years in state prison. Bartlett, a lifelong thief and forker, has served 27 years in various facilities since 1867 as authorities describe his long criminal career.
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New York
Jone
Charles Bartlett
Bartlett
Mexico to build Pacific coaling station at Manzanillo
National congress appropriates about 400000 for a key Pacific coast coaling station at Manzanillo. Other items note Carnegie gift cast of diplodocus installed in New York Museum, Mrs. Thomas J. O'Brien travels from Tokyo to Brussels, Lautelana's prohibition fate, and a mutiny in Abdel Azis army signaling Mulai Hafid's rise.
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National Congress of Mexico, the
Republic Io
Manzanillo
Pacific
Andrew Carnagie
France
Museum of Natural History
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Fallleres
Lautelana
House of Representatives
Sultan Abdel Azis
Easr el Kebir
Tangier
Rabat
Mulal Hafid
Fee
Mulal Hafi
Mulal Hath
Soldiers' Camp Ravaged by Severe Storm in New York
A powerful wind and rain storm devastated a federal soldiers and guards camp stretching seven miles from New York to Pine Plains. Shelters were leveled, horses escaped, and payrooms were disrupted as currency briefly filled the air during the chaos.
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New York
Pine Plains
Federal Oldiers
National Guardsmen
Mynister
X Ray Of Dancers Feet Highlights Pedal Musculature
London reports Adeline Genre the European sensation whose New York season created a stir had an X ray of her dancing feet taken at friends’ request. The image aims to show muscular development of her pedal extremities for aspiring dancers.
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London
Adeline
New York
Miss Marion Hilford Aboard Steamer New York
Message from New York bound steamer reports Miss Marion Hilford aboard without funds or clothing. Officials at South Armpton pier uncertain if she secreted herself aboard or was accidentally carried off while friends were away.
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Newcern
Sane
New York
South Armpton
Sanonced Mowlay
Marion TK. Hilford
American Line
Hilfard
Indiana City Treasurer Short Brncrington Ind June 16
Indiana City Treasurer Harry A. Axtell faces about 49000 in suspected irregularities as secretary of the Real Ketete Building Association with city book shortages reported at 7200. Details about the treasury shortfall and related losses are cited as ongoing developments.
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Indiana
Short
Brncrington
Ind
Twiliente
Harry A. Axtell
Real Ketete Buildng Association
Fainting Bertha Recaptured After Escape in Peoria
Bertha Lebecke known as Fainting Bertha, a notorious con artist and purported female drummer, escaped the Bat Donville asylum convoy and was recaptured in Peoria. Police link her to multiple Nevada Missouri disappearances and Iowa robbing schemes that rely on feigned fainting to steal from those aiding her.
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Peoria
Bertha Tebecke
Allan
Hertha
Aeghim
Bat Fonville
Connell Bluffs
Iowa
Bertha
Nevada
Asylum
Bertha Lebecke
Sho
LIVES 150 DAYS ON MILK DIET
Avahtabula Ohio June 16 Twenty one weeks and a half have passed in the illness of Joseph A Rasey who has now survived 150 days on a milk diet. He is paralyzed and totally helpless unable to move or speak while remaining partially conscious and able to recognize family. He cannot take solid food and has had only a tiny amount of milk kept by his side.
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Avahtabula
Joseph A. Rasey
Raxey
Moair Pants for Taft Sent to Chicago Nomination
A pair of mohair trousers from Texas are prepared for Secretary Taft and destined for Chicago as part of a tribute if he is nominated for president. The note places the gift in the context of the 1908 nomination process.
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Taft
Chicago
Texas
Sews Up Woman's Heart at Roosevelt Hospital
Two physicians at Roosevelt Hospital performed heart repair after a dagger stab. Susan Crane, a Black woman, suffered multiple wounds with one thrust piercing the heart. Surgeons removed the exterior and sewed the injury, with the patient reported resting and said to be possibly recovering.
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New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Susan Crane
Nathan
College President Returns for Buchtel Renovations
Akron June 16 The first president of Buchtel College Dr Sullivan M McCollester Marlboro Hyde returns for the reno mencement exercises. He led the college for six years after its 1872 founding. A Case detective agency chauffeur crashed into a buggy in Cleveland injuring an occupant who leaped into the water to escape the wreck.
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Akron
Buchtel College
Sullivan M. McCollester
Marlboro
Cleveland
Caseh Detective Agency
Democrats Name Committee In Ohio Democratic Quorum
Columbus memo notes the 17th district member being named to the Democratic executive committee completing the committee roster. Metal trades league formed by national unions of metal workers with officers elected. A disguise theft at Mist Nellie Flannery’s millinery shop led to a hat valued at $25 being stolen during a ribbon and button raid. Wooster high school incident ends with suspension for the entire class as faculty discipline is upheld amid parent protests.
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Columbus
Oclnelnmat
Metal Trades League
Merry Widow
Hiyria
Wooster
Devon
Wooster High Webcock
Prohibitionist Odell Reputedly Remains Active at 90
A fragmentary note recalls Odell as a Prohibition party figure still discussed in circles. The text mentions his alleged influence and a reference to family ties, but specifics are unclear due to the damaged source.
Woman Dies in Tragic Streetcar and Train Collision
Cleveland on June 16 reports Laurice Enlen, 20, killed after being struck by a Nickel Point train while crossing near a streetcar. The victim’s sister, Miss Borign, boarded the streetcar moments earlier but was not harmed. Authorities investigate the sequence of events and assess safety gaps at the crossing.
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Cleveland
Laurice Enlen
Way Rim
Borign
Extradition for Veteran George Ginbie Ordered
Sacramento dispatch reports California Governor approves requisition to return arson suspect George Ginbie to the county. The aged man is under arrest in San Francisco and will be brought back for trial.
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Bellefiotaine
Sacramento
Cal
Convay
California
George Ginbie
San Brancisco
Bankere Row Condemned In Ohio Bank Sentences
The United States government will sentence convicted bankers to terms in Fort Leavenworth, with most sentences originally set at three years or more. The district attorney announced that going forward, standard terms exceed one year and one day, affecting bankers in the northern district of Ohio.
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Cleveland
United Staten Government
Ohio
United State Court
Fort Leavenworth
Kat
Held for Embezzlement in Richland County
Mansfeld Ohio June 16 Fubert FE Hell former postmaster and prosecuting attorney was arrested on a warrant by James Hopkins for embezzling 1050.44 dollars from the James F Bowls estate of which he was administrator. Bell waived examination and was bound over under two thousand dollars. He has long been active in Richland county politics and notable as a horseman and starting judge.
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Mansfeld
Fubert FE. Hell
James 8. Hopkins
Wiihale Surety Co
James F. Bowls
Bell
Richland County
Foraker Delegation Faces Taft Support Conflicts in Ohio
The draft list shows Burley from the Eleventh and Pewter from Athens among Taft supporters, with Poston deferring. Burley, a Foraker ally, pledged to follow district instructions, while Vorys and Willing push credentials battles to influence representation. The Toledo narrative hints at intra party tensions as Taft seeks Ohio momentum.
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Burley
S. A. Weller
Zanesville
Thurley
Taft
Worgswald
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Wwentnr
Foraker
Yorks State
Heary Willing
Walter F. Brown
Shoupe
Xenia
Vorra
Poreier
Olio
Anier
Frank Hitchéook
Vorys
Charles II
Voryn
Uriel
Varvé
Hitchcock
Vonilsinkebly Manneing
Unclear text on Tart and convention committee
Fragmentary note mentions Tart and colleagues in a national convention committee inquiry. It hints at tensions over chairmanship and relations with Vorga Hitchcock and others, but readable facts are limited and no definite outcomes are provided.
Chain Cables and Anchors through Naval History
A historical overview traces the origin and adoption of chain cables from early experiments by Robert Filnn in 1808 aboard the Anne and Isabelle to Lieut Samuel Brown's later trials on the Penelope, leading to the shift from hempen lines. It covers naval battles, Dorsetshire industry, and evolving anchor design from wooden to stockless, including cost and technical details of modern anchors and stowage methods.
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Rovert Filnn
Anne
Isabelle
London Globe
Samuel Brown
Navy Board
Lieut. Brown
Penelope
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Watley
Brown
Baltic
Black Sea
Dorsetshire
Hendy VIII
Bridport
England
Ohalna
Bishops’ large families noted in historic church lineages
The Bishop of Ripon is said to have eleven children while the late Bishop of Exeter, father of Leeds’ new Vicar, had fifteen. The Bishop of Beverley reportedly has seven, and the Bishop of Norwich may hold a record with fifteen children and a fifteen year age spread between oldest and youngest. Work will start in New York on the world’s largest restaurant.
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Ripon
Exeter
Leeds
Beverley
Norwich
New York
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