Two Women Die as Lake Shore Limited Crashes
Ossining New York July 31 The Lake Shore limited crashed into a one horse surrey at Main Street. Miss Gertrude Barker 38 from Stapleton Staten Island was catapulted forty feet and died instantly. Her mother Mrs Mary Barker 65 was injured and died later. Driver Patrick Skelley escaped unharmed. Coroner Dunn ordered an arrest and investigation.
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Ossining
N. Y
Lake Shore Limited
Main Street
Gertrude M. Barker
Stapleton
Staten Island
Mary E. Barker
Ossining Hospital
Surrey
Patrick Skelley
Dunn
Skelly
Joy ride on stolen engine ends in wreck near Williamsson
John Meadows a drunken engineer stole a Norfolk and Western locomotive with three friends for a joy ride. Speed reportedly reached 100 mph before a pursuing engine crashed into his, both engines wrecked. Meadows escaped, then vanished, later found asleep in woods. He claimed the three men paid him for the ride.
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Here
Roundhouse
Meadows
Mrs M Drummond Must Pay Tax on Trust Fund
An English court has ruled that Mrs M Drummond must pay tax on her trust fund. The decision clarifies tax liability for beneficiaries and affects related financial arrangements handled by the estate.
Mrs Drummond Loses Tax Appeal Over Guardianship Funds
Mrs Maldwin Drummond formerly Mrs Marshall Field Jr of Chicago loses her appeal to the High Court over a 50 000 income tax bill on funds from the Marshall Field estate trustees. Judge Horridge rules the Chicago payments count as income from foreign possessions and tax due.
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London
Maldwin Drummond
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
High Court
Marshall Field
England
Drummond
Thomas Horridge
Solicitor General
Malawin Drummond
Field
Organizing Farms Agenda From American Commission
Senator Fletcher, chairman of the American commission on agricultural co operation, announced plans to digest the three months of foreign study and publish a final report. Permanent headquarters will open here and the commission will meet in November to finalize and send the report to Congress governors and the Canadian government. The commission stresses the need for a united rural population and cites European lessons as timely warnings.
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Fletcher
American Commission On Agricultural Co-Operation
Congress
Southern Commercial Congress
Europe
America
Women Return Verdict in First All-Female Jury
In St Louis Illinois a justice court tried Mrs Blanche Thompson on disturbing neighbors. The all female jury of six women returned a quick verdict, fining Thompson five dollars plus costs. Forewoman Miss Emma Mitchell led the panel. The jurors, aged 25 mostly stenographers, included Mrs Lizzie Mooney Elsie Ax Ruth Brown Jennie Ward Ruth Littlefield. Ax serves as a society editor for an East St Louis paper.
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Findis
Thompson
St. Louis
Emma Mitchell
Lizzie Mooney
Elsie Ax
Ruth Brown
Jennie Ward
Ruth Littlefield
Mrs. Mooney
Miss Ax
Moderation as silk string in virtue chain by Puilér
A succinct line frames moderation as the silken thread weaving virtue, attributed to Puilér, suggesting restraint as a refined moral fiber.
Parcel Post Rates Cut Amid Senate Criticism
Washington reports the Postmaster General Burleson will issue final orders to cut parcel post rates and raise package size, effective August 15. Senators debated authority and impact while Burleson cited Chicago revenue gains and profit from 20 pound parcels as justification.
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Washington
Burleson
Senate Post Office Committee
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Postoffice Department
Senate
Parcel Post
Chicago
Senator Bristow
Bryan
Bristow
Postmaster General
Congress
Treasury Department Employees Reach Over Eleven Thousand
The treasury department of the United States government employs more than 11,000 workers. The count reflects a sizable federal workforce across divisions and agencies.
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Treasury Department
United States Government
Caminetti Trial Date Set After Not Guilty Plea
Maury Diggs and Drew Caminetti pleaded not guilty before United States District Judge Van Freet to conspiracy and Mann act charges. They are accused of transporting Marcia Warrington and Lola Norris from Sacramento to Reno. Trial was assigned for next Tuesday as defenses sought to quash indictments on technical grounds.
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San Francisco
Maury Diggs
Drew Caminetti
McReynolds
United States District
van Freet
Marcia Warrington
Lola Norris
Sacramento
Reno
New
Diggs
Caminetti
Marshall Woodworth
Theodore Roche
Wig Wearer Dies From Heat At Work On Pennsylvania Line
O B Swarner a 32 year old section laborer on the Pennsylvania railroad died after 10 hours in a 116 degree sun while wearing a heavy artificial wig. Doctors believe the wig caused blood vessels in his head to burst.
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Swarner
Pennsylvania Railroad
McCormick’s Curtis flying boat makes aero commuter record
Harold F. McCormick, wealthy sportsman and aviator, piloted the Curtis flying boat Editon from Lake Forest to Chicago for work, a 30 mile trip in 28 minutes, averaging over a mile a minute. The flight marks him as the first American aero commuter, eschewing trains and cars.
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Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
Curtis
Editon
Women Police Approved for Chicago Beach Patrols
Chicago council passed an ordinance to create women on the police force. Mayor Harrison will name 10 patrol women to work at beaches dance halls and other venues where they are expected to be more efficient than men.
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Chicago
Harrison
Twenty One Caskets Laid For Binghamton Fire Victims
Funeral tribute marks Binghamton Clothing Co fire death toll with twenty one caskets brought to Spring Forest cemetery and a monument funded by subscription. Official list shows 31 dead with 10 identified. many remain unknown. Fire escape and wedged stair rungs described at coroner inquest.
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Binghamton
Binghamton Clothing Company
Spring Forest
Stone Opera House
Opera House
McEwan
Fire Department
Exempt Firemen’s Association
Bingham Clothing Company
Stillson
Secretary Houston to Send Weekly Agricultural Letters
Secretary Houston announced in Washington that the Department of Agriculture will mail a weekly letter to 35,000 township and 2,800 county correspondents. The letters will cover crop conditions prices pest discoveries pure food rulings irrigated land forests and other farmer benefiting work.
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Houston
Washington
Federal Department of Agriculture
Big Price For Yearlings At Market in Clay County
Clay county Missouri benefits from marketing yearling cattle. R H Ray of Braymer sold 32 steers and heifers at $8.95 per hundredweight, after feeding since fall. The stockyards weighed 741 pounds and fetched $8.99 per hundredweight, the year’s high for baby beeves.
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Clay County
R. H. Ray
Braymer
Sulzer backs women suffrage petition in senate drive
Governor William Sulzer signs the petition initiated by the Men's League for Women's Suffrage urging a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote. The document circulates for signatures to push federal reform.
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William Sulzer
Senate of the United States
Men’s League For Womans
United States
Sulzer Campaign Fund Details Unearthed in Albany Probe
The Frawley investigating committee disclosed that Governor Sulzer received $3,000 for his campaign last fall not in his sworn election records. Evidence included a Kuhn Loeb & Co. check marked Mr Schiff's contribution and Elkus checks, with deposits tied to Sulzer accounts and possible family and Jersey City bank deposits.
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Albany
Frawley Investigating Committee
Sulzer
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Louis A. Sarecky
Abram S. Elkus
William Sulzer
Jacob Schiff
Schiff
Elkus
Sarecky
Mutual Alliance Trust Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Frawley Committee
Jersey City
Lebanon Bride Marries as Fiancé Dies in Hospital
Miss Miriam Bowman of a Lebanon family wed Wallace Van Sickle of Macon Georgia in a hospital by quarantine due to smallpox. Van Sickle had contracted typhoid after engagement. the wedding proceeded with vaccination, and he died soon after the ceremony.
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Lebanon
Wallace van Sickle
Macon
Miriam Bowman
van Sickle
Climbing Snakes Invade Mill to Catch Mice in Pa
J B Kester of Maineville near Bloomsburg reports snakes enter his mill to catch mice. The reptiles crawl along rafters and cause havoc among the rodent population in the mill setting.
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Bloomsburg
J. B. Kester
Maineville
Lightning Claims Grave Digger In Holy Cross Cemetery
Philadelphia hearse crews report Patrick Toney aged 50 was killed by lightning while digging a grave at Holy Cross cemetery as heat related deaths rise to four.
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Philadelphia
Patrick Toney
Holy Cross
Toney
Typhoid Strikes Wedding Party In Philadelphia
Typhoid fever outbreaks hit to wedding guests of Mr and Mrs John Winchell after a June 24 ceremony in Philadelphia. Health officials blame germs in watercress or milk used for ice cream. The couple's guests include Elizabeth Burt and many visitors from out of town. Sixty attended breakfast. twenty two contracted malignant typhoid with onset ranging from five days to two weeks after the wedding. Mr Winchell is an officer at Bell Telephone in New York.
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Philadelphia
John Winchell
New York
Health Department
Winchell
Bell Telephone Company
Elizabeth Burt
Expressman Me Ser ve Escorted Wife In Public
Irving L. Meserve, an expressman, attempted to seize his wife’s tan shoes from her feet on Main Street Saco Maine as she walked with a man. Deputy Marshal Grant released them after a lecture. The couple alle gedly fought. Officer Whiteworth arrested both and turned them over to Grant.
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Saco
Irving L. Meserve
Main Street
Marshal Grant
Meserve
Slit Skirt Foils Mad Steer In Pittsburg Street Breakaway
Miss Helen Grasmeth of Pittsburg Pa escapes a mad steer attack on Frankstown avenue by slashing her skirt to gain a long stride. Companion Mrs Harvey Wallace wearing a hobble gown is trampled and severely injured as the steer charged down the street.
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Helen Grasmeth
Pittsburg
Harvey Wallace
Frankstown Avenue
Sixth Marriage for Hillwood City Janitor Henry Marberger
Henry Marberger a 65 year old janitor at a Hillwood City public school married again, his sixth wife Mrs. Margaret A Main. Four prior marriages ended in two deaths and three divorces. He says the sixth union will be his happiest.
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Tan
Henry Marberger
Hillwood City
Margaret A
Main
Marberger
Widow seeks control of oilman estate in lengthy hearing
Mrs. Sarah Preston of Buffalo appeared in Washington on July 25 to seek administration of the John Preston estate valued at about 250000 dollars. The case centers on whether she is the widow and rightful beneficiary, with a nephew James Burns opposing and testimony from Register Parshall and other witnesses. The hearing signals a protracted dispute over the oil operator's holdings and permissions.
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James Burns
Washington
Sarah Preston
Buffalo
N. Y
John Preston
Pennsylvania
Preston
Olean
New York
Maud
John Burns
Ing
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Mrs. M. Drummond
Lish Court
U.S. Agricultural Commission
General Burleson
Mifflin
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O. B. Swarner
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