Old age pension bill under debate in house
A bill introduced by William Bauchop Wilson proposes 120 per year for adults 65 and older with limited property or income. The piece argues the amount is too low and suggests higher pensions could boost circulation and longevity. Also noted is New Jersey’s mosquito control efforts in Bayonne to oil and ditch infested areas to curb larvae and health risks.
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House of Representatives
William Bauchop Flson
Blossburg
United Mine Workers of America
Brooklyn Eagle
Wilson
Paper from cane fiber and corn stalks may cut costs
The article reports Cuba claims cane fiber paper and corn stalks can be made into paper cheaper than wood pulp, aiding forest conservation. It notes ongoing cross channel airship crossings and credits Charles Rolls with a nonstop England to France round trip in a Wright airplane, giving partial American credit.
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Cuba
English Channel
Louis Biennot
Jacques de Lesseps
France
England
Charles Stewart Rolls
America
Prospectors rush to Alaska fields debunk chemist myth
Dispatches from Seattle describe an almost unprecedented rush to Alaska gold fields. The report questions a Scranton chemist claim of transmuting baser materials into gold and silver, noting such a method would undermine precious metals values and diminish old philosopher's stone lore.
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Seattle
Alaska
Railroad sanitary rules movement aims to aid travel safety
The effort to devise sanitary rules for passenger trains and stations grew from railroad origins and was suggested by Dr. W A Applegate, chief surgeon of the Southern railway. Railroads have long led in traveler safety and comfort and will cooperate with the U S Public Health and Marine Hospital Service to combat germ diseases.
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W. A. Applegate
Southern Railway
United ‘States
Pictures Barred in 50 Cities Over Prize Fight
Moving pictures of the Jeffries Johnson prize fight to be barred in eight states and over 50 cities as governors and officials plan a nationwide suppression. Churches urge action. leaders in Georgia and Massachusetts push bills and proclamations. mayors in San Francisco Boston and others aggregating concerns claim the films harm morals and public order.
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St. Louis
Charles 8. Deneen
Illinois
Chicago
Georgia
McCarthy
San Francisco
California
Fitzgerald
Boston
Draper
Massachusetts
Marshall
Indiana
Crothers
Maryland
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
South Africa
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Tex
Mobile
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
Atalanta
Milwaukee
St. Joseph
Cape Town
AERO FERRY LINE PROMISES NYC TO Newport LINK
The Zodiac dirigible airship, 100 feet long and capable of carrying six passengers for over two hours, has been brought to New York aboard the steamship George Washington. It will operate a passenger ferry between Narragansett pier and Newport within six weeks, marking America's first actual aerial ferry line. A station near Scarborough Beach, Newport, is nearly ready, with duplications planned at Newport and potential expansion if successful.
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New York City
New York
Narragansett Pier
Newport
America
Scarborough Beach
Milwaukee banker Frank G. Bigelow may be paroled by Taft
Milwaukee Wisconsin Frank G Bigelow a convicted president of the First National Bank serving a ten year term for a shortage of 1 600 000 is reported to be considered for parole under a new law President Taft may sign. The family needs his return with an aristocratic tea and the sons are at work.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Frank
Justice Fuller dies suddenly on bench at Maine home
Chief Justice Welville Weston Fuller of the United States Supreme Court died suddenly of heart failure at his Sorrento summer cottage in Maine. He was last at court May 31 and had been in apparent good health. Born 1833 in Augusta, he rose from Bowdoin to Harvard law studies and was appointed chief justice by President Cleveland in 1888. He died surrounded by family. services planned at Sorrento chapel before body transported to Chicago.
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Bar ‘Harbor
Maine
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Nathaniel Francis
Washington
Sorrento
Aubrey Francis
Phelps
Sullivan Harbor
Little Chapel
Chicago
Harvard University
the Age
Common Council of
Augusta
Ill
Cleveland
Senate
Riot quell in Joplin as eight are arrested
In Joplin Missouri eight negroes were arrested after rough treatment by white men left five badly bruised. Police have quelled several incipient riots as the tense situation develops in the city.
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Joplin
Missouri
Riot in Bessemer City Park Over Jeffries Johnson Result
In Pueblo Colo two white men named Irwin and Moore were stabbed in the back during a riot between whites and negroes at Bessemer City park. Twenty five others on both sides were slightly hurt as trouble erupted over the Jeffries Johnson fight outcome.
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Pueblo
Golorado
Mex” Irwin
J. H. Moore
Bessemer City Park
Jeffries-Johnson
Clashes in Philadelphia Amid Citywide Tensions
In Philadelphia Pennsylvania clashes occurred between white and black groups in several city districts. The unrest preceded an announcement declaring John Ak victory over Jeffries.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Johnak
Jeffries
Bolivian Minister Weds Trained Nurse in Secret Ceremony
Bolivian minister to the United States Don Ignacio Calderon quietly marries Beatrice Monica Ainley at Mamaroneck New York. The ceremony followed a private license filing where Calderon listed his age as 60 and occupation as professor. Ainley is described as a trained nurse who had worked in Calderon’s household for years.
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New York City
Don Ignacio Calderon
United States
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Beatrice Monica Ainley
J. E. Zalles
Senor Calderon
Washington
Ainley
Holy Trinity Church
Judge Orders Gardner to Show Cause for $170000 Disgorgement
In St Louis Judge Withrow orders Harry B. Gardner to appear at 10 a.m. Monday and explain why he should not disgorge about $170,399.34. The funds, claimed as commissions on stock sales for Continental Assurance and International Fire, are tied to a bankruptcy case. Morse y, attorney for Reynolds as receiver, notes books show roughly $298,000 realized from stock sales and $128,000 to the treasury, with only $14,000 cash on hand and the rest missing.
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Tor
To, Gardner
Lynching of Two Negroes Stirs Charleston Missouri
In Charleston Missouri two unknown Black men accused of killing farmer William Fox were lynched by a mob of about 350, one near the jail and the other in the Black portion of town. Fox was slain after being halted in a wagon ride by two men who demanded aid. Governor Hadley asked a grand jury to investigate the lynching.
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Jal
Charleston
William Fox
Riely
Mississippi County Circuit Court
Hadley
Grand Jury
Fox
Anderson
Cupp
Paroled MEA Frees 175 from Joliet Prison
One hundred seventy five paroled prisoners from Joliet penitentiary are free after a Supreme Court reversal of its earlier ruling on parole illegality. Most of 824 inmates with indeterminate sentences, confined eleven months or more, are expected to learn they have won paroles within two weeks. However many will remain in-cell with forty three other paroled convicts due to lack of jobs.
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Chicago
Joliet
Supreme Court
General Matuty Executed Report Unverified in Nicaragua
A former Estrada army commander known as General Matuty, who later joined Madriz forces, is reported executed by the provisional government’s troops. The report is unverified and doubted by locals, with unclear sources and questionable timing.
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Nicaragua
Matuty
Estrada
Madriz
Department Kon
New Rea la
Life sentence for Dr Hyde in Swope poisoning case
Dr B C Hyde, found guilty of poisoning Colonel Thomas H Swope, is sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor by Judge Ralph S Latshaw in Kansas City Missouri. An appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court is filed, Hyde remains in the county jail, and his wife sits by him as the court bars bail.
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Kansas City
B. ‘C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Ralph S.latshaw
State Supreme Court
Hyde
Latshaw
Dr. Hyde
Lucas
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Mra. Hyde
Dock wounded steamer Baltic hits New York harbor
A six foot hole tore the Baltic near New York as it collided with the oil tanker Standard last Thursday at sea. Passengers rushed ashore as officers calmed fears, while the Standard drifted away unnoticed in the night fog. No help was requested from the tanker.
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Baltic
Standard
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Ransom
Hie
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