Roosevelt Vindication Trial News Notes Publicizing Slander Verdict
The trial over a Michigan paper's claim that Col Roosevelt drinks is summarized with emphasis on temperance testimony and a six cent damages verdict. The piece notes widespread sensationalism and levity in reporting, and highlights reaction from both supporters and critics including rivals to the White House mint beds.
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Michigan
Col. Roosevelt
Total Abstinence Brigade
White House
Billy Sunday Loses Favor In Indianapolis Churches
A Congregationalist and Christian World account notes Indianapolis pastors voted 33 to 28 against inviting Billy Sunday. The Indianapolis News calls the matter averted calamity while mocking the evangelist and valuing him at thirty cents compared with twenty thousand dollars. Other comments label Sunday’s methods buffoonish and vulgar.
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Billy Sunday
Indianapolis
Billy
Sunday
The
Indianapolis News
Burlesque Manager Probes Local Rules After First Show
After the opening performance Lola the Live Wire’s dance is deemed too advanced for the town. Police Captain suggests adding insulation as a conformity measure while June Lippincott’s notes the exchange.
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Lola
Live Wire
Three S's rule in modern editorial culture
A witty dialogue contrasts the old three R's with the three S's for a sharp paper. An editor emphasizes snappy editorials, snoopy reporters, and a snippy society editress as the recipe for strong coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Puck
Suffragette Worker Question Sparks Debate in Detroit
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt a suffragette worker asks what she is doing for the cause. A man replies he supports one of the movement's most enthusiastic members, highlighting public support discussions.
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Detroit Free Press
Jury Verdict Describes Death Cause As Heart Failure
An alleged verdict states the deceased died of heart failure caused by business failure and speculative misjudgment. The phrasing notes the jury found failure to foresee consequences as the underlying cause.
Noted Egg Quotation on Duck and Hen Lays
A humorous aside compares duck eggs to hens eggs, stating ducks lay quietly while hens cause a ruckus. The quip links hens eggs to higher demand due to publicity and advertising.
Wanted To Find A Country Where It Is Always June
A humorous notice from Titusville Herald about seeking a country with perpetual June and a refusal to contribute any part of a reward for this brand. The item plays on the idea of endless June and the newspaper’s playful stance on rewards.
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Titusville Herald
State School for the Blind Receives $70,000 Allocation
Superintendent Hamilton at the Batavia state school for the blind reports Albany has appropriated $70,000 this year. Of this, $56,000 funds maintenance while separate special appropriations total $14,000 for boiler to kindergarten piping $7,000 for building equipment $3,000 and for boiler capacity $4,000.
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School For Blind
Hamilton
State School For the Blind
Batavia
Albany
Eggs Costly at Egg Harbor
Jame Warden William Loder of Egg Harbor New Jersey spied two men near Little Beach along the bay. They discarded seagull eggs from their basket into the water and a search found 38 eggs. The fine is twenty dollars per egg. the warden arrested J Hammell and his son of Absecon.
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Egg Harbor
William Loder
Eg Harbor
N. J
Little Beach
J. Hammell
Absecon
Gas Well Strikes In Old Washington Field Near Taylorstown
A gasser on the George Bloomingstock farm near Taylorstown in Western Washington county is flowing about 3,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. The well, owned by Frank Young John Knox Frank Egan and Edward Blayney, is in the Taylorstown field which is old though few recent wells have been drilled.
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Washington
Washington County
George Bloomingstock
Taylorstown
Frank Young
John Knox
Frank Egan
Edward Blayney
Wheat crop to be bumper. 1901-like yield possible
Government June crop report forecasts a bumper wheat harvest of 44,000,000 bushels with winter wheat at 492,000,000 bushels and spring wheat at 252,000,000. The new method shows total wheat at 744,000,000 bushels, larger than last year, while oats and barley yields are adjusted to 1,194,000,000 and 177,000,000 bushels respectively.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Southwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Woman Alive After Grave Digging Ordered for Kelley Wife
Mrs. William F. Kelley of North Tonawanda New York was found alive in a Buffalo hospital after undertakers had dug a grave and taken charge of her body. The hospital had believed her dead and a grave had already been prepared. The charities commissioner had arranged burial at public expense due to lack of funds. The undertaker learned the truth but arrived too late to halt the burial.
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Buffalo
William F. Kelley
North Tonawanda
N. Y
Kelley
June White Sale: House Dresses at 67 Cents Saturday
Delayed shipment of house dresses saved from May 1 arrival lowers price to 67 cents with neat patterns and good fit. Crepe kimonos offered at 98 cents, normally 1.50 to 1.98, with multiple colors and sizes. Two sacques per customer.
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Paris
Bath helps this thief
In Patchogue New York Mrs Samuel Cordon hid behind a rear screen in a fruit store when a thief robbed the register. She shouted Stop thief but did not pursue as he taunted her. While she bathed she overheard him leaving with about eight dollars.
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New York
Patchogue
Samuel Cordon
Cordon
Editor Killed In Car Train Crash At Union City Crossing
Frank McLean editor of the Union City Times was killed instantly when his auto was struck by a freight train at the Main street crossing of the Philadelphia and Erie railroad in Union City Pa. Miss Bernice Barr a school teacher was probably fatally hurt and four other car occupants suffered minor injuries.
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Frank McLean
Union City
Dress Reform Advocate Lillian Stuart Testifies in Missouri
Mrs. Lillian Stuart told the Missouri senate wage investigation committee that men were once more beautiful than women until fashion and clothing became commercial factors. She argued for reform in dress to curb economic influence on appearance.
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Lillian Stuart
Missouri Senate Wage Investigation Committee
Kansas Seeks 19000 Outside Men for Wheat Harvest
State labor commissioner W L O'Brien says Kansas must hire nineteen thousand migrant workers from outside the state to harvest the wheat crop. He also directs the state employment bureau to oversee the effort and arrange payroll and housing as needed.
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Kansas
W. L. O’brien
Two More Cornell Students Found Dead in Cayuga Lake
The bodies of Miss Martha E. McCormick of Troy and Rheinhart A. Zimmer of Rochester, two of four Cornell students who drowned canoeing May 17, were recovered from Cayuga Lake on Tuesday.
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Cayuga
Bodieis
Martha E. McCormick
Troy N. Y
Rheinhart A. Zimmer
Rochester
Cornell
Cayuga Lake
Mr Marshall Denounces Fashions And Divorce Threats
Terre Haute Ind June 12 Vice President Marshall urged graduates of the Sisters of Providence girls college to resist freakish fashions and avoid divorce. He urged women to seek a mission by making homes for mankind and to keep to the marriage vows even if husbands meet hardship.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Marshall
Girls’ College of the Sisters of Providence
Dog’s Bark Rescues Boy Adrift at Sea
A Polish boy aged 10 from Dunkirk nearly drowned after his rowboat capsized several hundred feet from shore. He clung to the skiff’s bottom until his dog’s barking alerted helpers, who then reached him.
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Peter Pszewcosz
Dunkirk
Oil Work Underway for Gettysburg Anniversary
State highway crews are oiling roads near Gettysburg ahead of the semi centennial celebration of the battle to be held July 1 to 4. The preparations aim to ease travel for visitors to the Harrisburg reunion route and related events.
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Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Sullivan Secretly Sails to Europe Amid Illness
Timothy D. Sullivan leaves for Europe under secrecy to hasten recovery from a long illness. The move signals a personal step toward treatment abroad while remaining out of public view.
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Europe
Young Man Dies After Accidental Gunshot In Titusville
In Titusville Pennsylvania on June 12 John Bohart, described as a well known local youth, jokingly handled a revolver he believed harmless. He placed the loaded weapon to his temple and fired, the single cartridge killing him within two hours.
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Titusville, Pa
John Bohart
Special enrollment fund approved by Chautauqua board
The Chautauqua county board of supervisors approved a 250 dollar appropriation at a Mayville meeting to cover the expense of a special enrollment enabling the Progressives of the county to enroll and hold primaries.
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Chautauqua County Board of Supervisors
Mayville
Friedmann treatment shows no definite improvement in 18 patients
Dr George Mannheimer reports in Medical Record that 18 Friedmann treated patients here show no definite improvement from the vaccine. Twelve were pulmonary, six surgical. Some cases worsened or progressed, fever did not normalize, and five developed abscesses.
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George Mannheimer
Mannheimer
Motorman Biddle Discovers Boyhood Friend Fatally Struck
Canton report: after a collision between a Canton Massillon interurban and an automobile a Massillon motorman Jacob Biddle found his boyhood friend Samuel A Sauer dead at the roadside. He knelt to cradle the head and discovered Sauer had died.
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Canton
Jacob Biddle
Massillon
Samuel A. Sauer
Biddle
Sauer
Unusual Rossiter Ball Game Sets Local Championship
A Rossiter championship game between the upper and lower town teams stretched from 1:30 AM to 3:39 PM with no dinner break. The lower town team won 112 to 98 in a unique local tale from Indiana County. A Tennessee resident attacked the idea of the eagle on U S currency and urged tar and feathering the wearer in a letter to Senator Martine.
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Indiana
Rossiter
Tennessee
Martine
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