Taft Joins Wright Flight at Fort Myer
President Taft witnessed Orville Wright’s trial flight at Fort Myer. Senator Aldrich proposed free-list leather tariff concessions if the House lowers rates on boots and other leather goods. Treasury Secretary Mac Veagh plans a summer break to Dublin New Hampshire after Congress adjourns. June immigration to the United States decreased 20 percent from May.
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Taft
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Aldrich
House
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Washington
Dublin
N. H
Congress
United States
Noted figures linked to looming events and political moves
A New York report links Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst to U S agitation for women's rights. John W Herron, father of Mrs Taft, is paralyzed in Cincinnati. John A Johnson plans to move from St Peter to St Paul at 586 Lincoln Ave. Deep Sky, Sioux chief, obtains license to marry Adele Rowland. Henry Farman flies 40 miles in over an hour from Chalons to Suippes. John S Wise Jr cites Roosevelt as possible New York mayor candidate. Charles W Eliot predicts a new religion this century. William Franklin Willoughby named census assistant director. Huntington Wilson ill with appendicitis.
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New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
John W. Herron
Taft
Cincinnati
John A. Johnson
St. Peter
Will
St. Paul
Lincoln Avenue
Deep Sky
Adele Rowland
Henry Farman
Chalons
Suippes
France
John S. Wise, Jr
Paris
Roosevelt
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Boston
William Franklin Willoughby
Virginia
Census Bureau
Huntington Wilson
Washington
Notable Early 20th Century News Roundup Highlights
A collage of incidents across the United States and beyond. A Tipton banker flees with sixty thousand dollars, causing the bank's closure. St Louis balloonists land after a mid summer storm over Savanna Illinois. Thaw trial figure Dr. Evans testifies on Thaw’s sanity at White Plains. Spain faces possible civil strife after a Barcellona general strike. Riot erupts among Brothers of Friendship in St Paul, police intervene. Americans injured in Guadalajara riot tied to Diaz re election. Riots of white mobs disrupt New York City life. Robert Fanning of New Bedford kills his wife then commits suicide. Dailey’s body found at Houston Point. Roosters of friendship riot at St Paul. Walter Farmer is ejected. Roosevelt and Kermit holiday in Nairobi. Argentina and Bolivia seek peaceful settlement. Dr Anna Shaw urges women to police and fight fires if suffrage wins. Duluth suffers a deadly cloudburst and property damage. Captain Hains, jailed in Sing Sing, touts new street cleaning invention.
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Noah R. Marker
First National Bank
Tipton
Ind
Ballonists
St. Louis
Savanna
Ill
Britton D. Evans
White Plains
Barcelona
Spain
Brothers of Friendship
St. Paul
Guadalajara
Mexico
Diaz
New York City
Robert Fanning
New Bedford
Mass
Houston
Tex
T. C. Dailey
Galveston Tribune
Tarpon
Houston Point
Walter M. Farmer
Ilinois
Col. Roosevelt
Kermit
Nairobi
British East Africa
Turf Club
Washington
Bolivia
Anna Howard Shaw
Minneapolis
Duluth
Minn
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Sing Sing
Clermont-Ferrand
France
Amoy
China
Los Angeles
Cal
National Hay Association
Cedar Point
Maurice Niezer
Monroeville
North Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Alfred Wortman
Portland
Oregon
Philadelphia
Missouri River
Kansas City
Big Four
Zionsville
Josephine K. Einwick
Newport News
Louis Bleriot
Calais
Dover
England
Edward McCann
Chicago
S. W. Strong
Pontiac
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Kankakee
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Cellarius
William Thompson
United States Navy
Sunnyside
Lake Washington
Seattle
Providence Hospital
General Biscuit Company
Hartford
Two- Mile Canyon
Boulder
Col
J. L. Byrd
Memphis
Tenn
Denver
Madarial Dhinagri
William Hutt Curzon Wyllie
Cawas Laleaca
London
Cornelius Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Alice Walsh
New York
Foster
Amos P. Dorrence
Helena
Mont
Hot Springs
Ark
Max Ozzine
Hoboken
N. J
Richard Cannon
Speaker Cannon
John Noone
Danville
Crawfordsville
St. Petersburg
James Griffin
Fred G. Jenkins
Farmers' National Bank
Cynthiana
Erie
New Jersey
American Telegraph & Telephone Company
Central District and Printing Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Concern
Pittsburg
Wisconsin
Kenosha
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Thames
Corporation of London
Explosion in French mine kills twelve miners
An explosion of fire-damp at a Clermont-Ferrand mine in France kills 12 miners. The era’s wide range of reports includes plagues in Amoy China, train wrecks in Missouri and Indiana, and other global incidents and safety concerns.
Bank cashier absconds with vault cash in Tipton
Noah R. Marker, assistant cashier of First National Bank of Tipton, vanishes with between 50 000 and 60 000 in cash after locking the vault. The bank faces litigation over 40 000 in Cuyahoga county bonds, tied to a loan Marker allegedly secured from an Indiana bank. Authorities and bank officials seek the bonds or their value as the search continues.
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Tipton
Ind
First National Bank of
Noah R. Marker
Marker
Indianapolis
William Marker
Cuyahoga County
E. W. Shirk
Lima
Replevin
Farmers & Citizens Live Stock Insurance Co
Insurance Company
Noah Marker
Indiana
Shirk
Tipton Bank
Insurance Department of
State of Ohio
Ohio
Political riots in Mexico escalate in Guadalajara
In Mexico City riots spread as a Delagado theater meeting supporting Diaz and Corral sparked violence in Guadalajara. Police and mobs clashed, with over 200 arrests and numerous injuries including two Americans and two deaths. Downtown plate glass shattered as property damage spread.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Guadalajara
Delagado Theater
Porfirio Diaz
Ramon Corral
Diaz
Reyes
Man Murders Wife Then Commits Suicide in Massachusetts
Robert M. Fanning of Westport, 28, reportedly killed his wife with a hatchet near New Bedford, left a letter claiming murder, and shot himself at the police station after returning from Westport. Officers then found Mrs. Fanning’s body seven miles away in the direction indicated by the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Robert M. Fanning
Westport
Thomas W. Comstock
Child Torn by Leopard at Rockwell City Fair
Myrtle Strauber aged 3 was severely mauled by a leopard at the county fair in Rockwell City near Des Moines. The child approached a cage and was critically injured with possible death risk.
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Des Moines
Myrtle Strauber
Rockwell City
Four Jap Gunners Killed in Ship Gun Accidents
The Japanese battleship Asahi at Ise bay suffered a fatal accident during gun practice when a 12 pounder exploded. Four gunners were killed and five were wounded in the incident reported from Tokio, Japan.
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Tokio
Japan
Asahi
Ise Bay
Wrights set new air speed and duration record over Fort Myer
Orville Wright piloting with Lieut. Frank Lahm aboard, flew one hour 12 minutes 40 seconds covering about 50 miles at roughly 40 mph. The flight ended with the aeroplane touching ground without incident near the previous accident site.
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Washington, D. C
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Frank P. Lahm
Army Signal Corps
Lahm
Wilbur
Aeronautical Board
Wright
Arlington Cemetery
Orville
Dane
Riots Bring Martial Law in Catalonia Provinces
Barcelona endures martial law after a general strike over Morocco war prompts violent street battles. Police use pistols amid clashes. casualties rise as trains, bridges, churches, and public buildings are damaged across Tarragona and Catalonia.
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Barcelona
Spain
Morocco
Tarragona
Catalonia
Mellila
Shooting in Court Room Ends Life of Indianapolis Liquor-Store Owner
In Little Rock Arkansas a shooting in Circuit Judge Falk's court room leaves Nathaniel Parker Willis dead. W Y Ellis of Pine Bluff killed Willis while escaping, former husband of Ellis's wife. Sheriff Roberts detained Ellis who turned over the pistol to the judge.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Jeff Davis
Falk
W. Y. Ellis
Pine Bluff
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Indianapolis
Ellis
Roberts
Judge Fulk
Har gest Named Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Gov Stuart promotes William M Har gest to assistant deputy attorney general in York. Nevin Freed is arrested on cornering eggs at the Central market house and will challenge the anti cornering ordinance in court. Twenty five counties report personal property tax revenues with three fourths later returned if counties are debt free. Statewide thunderstorms over the past week bring rain that helps crops but farmers remain uneasy.
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York
Nevin Freed
Central Market House
Freed
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Fish Board to Rule on Trout Streams
The board of fish commissioners will decide in August whether four streams across the state are trout streams. Section 28 of the new fish laws makes the commission's ruling final on any dispute over stream status.
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Harrisburg
Board of Fish Commissioners
Stay granted in capitol conspiracy case against Snyder and Shu mater
The Pennsylvania supreme court issued a stay in the first capitol conspiracy case charging ex Auditor General William P. Snyder of Spring City and ex Superintendent James M. Shumater of Johnstown. The stay lasts until the court rules on a show cause why an appeal should be allowed and argument on that rule will be heard here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Supreme Court
Capitol
William P. Snyder
Spring City
James M. Shumater
Johnstown
New Theatre Safety Rules Limit Aisle Widths and Fire Escapes
Harrisburg reports the new regulation sets aisle width standards for moving picture theaters and other amusements. It requires specified fire escapes for multi story venues with galleries and two or more floors, with standard blueprints completed by the chief factory inspector.
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Harrisburg
Traction workers to resume 1814 cent wage rate after August
About 3,000 motor men and conductors on Interstate Railways traction lines in eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware will revert to the 1814 cent an hour wage rate from which a 1 percent cut was made a year ago after August 1. Company officials promised an increase when business warrants it. No demand was made by the workers.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Railways Co
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Petrol butter scares Pennsylvania dairy chief
Harrisburg reports State Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust examining a Standard Oil petrol butter sample that resembles vaseline in appearance and taste. The product, 80 percent vaseline, 2 percent salt, 10 percent cornstarch, is sold as imitation lard or lard substitute in New England, prompting potential action by authorities.
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Harrisburg
Standard Oil Co
Dard Oil Co
State Dairy and Food
James Foust
Foust
New England
Pennsylvania
New pine rust hitchhikes from Germany to Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports a new rust affecting pine seedlings imported from Germany. The rust spreads to US pines with spores resembling iron rust and has no known remedy. State Zoologist Surface urges private growers to burn entire consignments showing rust. The spores alternate on pines and gooseberry plants.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Germany
Triplets Brighten Pittsburg Births At Home
In Pittsburg a second set of triplets arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bagensky. The three newborn boys weigh about two pounds each and come as part of a trio of very small infants in the city.
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Pittsburg
Tony Bagensky
Better Times Ahead for Coke Region Ovens
The article notes a sharp rebound in coke production with a few weeks needed before ovens operate at full capacity. It cites a current shortage of workers as the region's main constraint to resuming full output.
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Connellsville
Letter Praises Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
Minneapolis reader Mrs Joan G McLdan says the remedy cured her female troubles and restored strength after three months She urges publication to show benefits of Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound The notice claims thousands of testimonials and offers confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. McLdan
Second St
North
Tuberculosis Education Reaches Millions of Schoolchildren
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports over 2.5 million of 17 million U S schoolchildren were instructed on consumption dangers and prevention during the past school year. An additional 1 million received instruction through exhibits and separate classes nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States
National Association
How an Angry Woman Looked
A Nebraska Journal observation describes a street car scene where an angry woman confronts the conductor. Her expression, though lacking a real grievance, appears more terrible than any justified complaint.
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Nebraska Journal
Doctor's Test of Food Surprises Boy and Patient
A Kansas doctor reports his four year old son improved rapidly on Grape Nuts during pneumonia recovery gaining eight pounds in a month. An elderly patient with stomach trouble also recovered after two to three weeks on Grape Nuts with milk and a touch of sugar, eventually adding rice or eggs.
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Kansas
Wellville
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