Tener Nominated Republican Candidate for Governor
John K Tener of Charleroi is named by the Republican State Convention in Harrisburg as candidate for Governor. The slate includes John M Reynolds for Lieutenant Governor Henry Houck for Secretary of Internal Affairs and Charles Fred Wright for State Treasurer. Henry F Walton elected state chairman, with near unanimous accord and swift adjournment after a brief session at the Majestic theater.
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Harrisburg
John K. Tener
Charleroi
Pennsylvania
United States
Boies Penrose
Tener
John M. Reynolds
Bedford County
Henry Houck
Lebanon County
Charles Fred Wright
Poor Box Thief to Be Tried in New York Court
Joseph Smith of 52 Day Street Orange New Jersey faced Magistrate Moss in Yorkville police court on charges of robbing the St John’s Roman Catholic church poor box. Bail set at 1000 dollars. Sexton Michael O’Brien observed Smith pry open a box and steal 64 cents with a jimmy. Smith claimed acts were gratitude to the rector. Police records show prior reformatory and penitentiary terms.
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New York
Joseph Smith
Orange
N. J
Magistracy Moss
Yorkville
St. John’s
Hast Seventy-second Street
Smith
Michael O’brien
Reformatory
Disinterment of Civil War Soldier Fails in Baltimore
General Edward C. Jones of Binghamton N Y traveled to Baltimore to oversee the exhumation of Private Charles A Taylor of the Sixth Massachusetts but grave workers found no body buried at the Methodist cemetery where Taylor was said to rest. The plan to move the remains to Boston ends in disappointment.
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Baltimore
Edward C. Jones
Binghamton
N. Y
Charles A. Taylor
Boston
Taylor
Massachusetts
Jones
Washington
Memory Worth Preserving of the Magna Charta Link
The Order of the Runnymede brings together descendants of the English Barons who compelled King John to assent to the Magna Charta at Runnymede near Windsor in June 1215. The group preserves the historic charter legacy and its medieval origins.
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Order of the Runnymede
England
John
Runnymede
Windsor Castle
Tragic Fall Claims Life of Warren Worker on Roof
George Milton Hutchins 28, Warren, fell 25 feet from a broken scaffold while slating the new Eaton residence on Prospect Street. He and employer C E Spencer were on a 2x8 plank when it gave way. Hutchins died at once from head injuries. Funeral Thursday at 10 from 736 Market Street with Rev. W E Brinkman officiating. Interment Oakland.
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George Milton Hutchins
F. C. Eaton
Prospect Street
Hutchens
C. E. Spencer
Spencer
Hutchins
Warren
Hannah Hutchins
Clara Hutter
Edward Hutchins
Market Street
W. E. Brinkman
Oakland
President Judge Rice resigns from bench in 1910
Judge William E. Rice, president judge for Warren and Forest counties, tendered his resignation to Governor Edwin S. Stuart to take effect July 1 1910. He will become general solicitor for the Elk Tanning Central Pennsylvania Lumber and Central Leather companies following the death of C. H. McCauley. Rice will remain a Warren resident with offices in the city.
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William E. Rice
Warren and
Forest
Edwin S. Stuart
Stuart
Rice
Elk Tanning Company
Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company
Central Leather Company
C. H. McCauley
Ridgway
Judge Rice
Warren
Chicago Pupils Must Swim Under City School Plan
Chicago public school superintendent Ella Flagg Young orders compulsory swimming lessons for all pupils. In cooperation with the YMCA, several lakefront beaches will host training with professional instructors at set intervals. Proficiency marks will be awarded as in other subjects.
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Ella Flagg Young
Chicago Public Schools
Swan-faced Calcutta motorcar lights up night with hiss
A Calcutta resident owns a motorcar with a giant swan figure atop the bonnet. Prism lenses form eyes that glow at night, and the beak routes exhaust to emit a swan-like hiss, creating a striking, noisy display.
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Calcutta
Cause of Bust in Banks Explained
The Boston Herald explains that a bank fails not because of the large sums it holds, but because of the funds that are missing. The quote argues liquidity risk and unseen losses drive bank failures.
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Boston Herald
Graduation of Nurses at Emergency Hospital Training School
The Nurses Training School of the Emergency Hospital held its annual graduation last Thursday in the spacious dining room before about a hundred attendees. Three graduates were Miss Sarah Crooks Miss Agnes Wilson and Miss Cora Heeter. The event featured class colors brown and gold Milar's orchestra provided music Rev W H Jones gave the principal address Dr W M Robertson awarded the diplomas and Mrs F G Eaton presented each graduate with the hospital pin. Dainty refreshments followed.
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Emergency Hospital
Sarah Crooks
Agnes Wilson
Cora Heeter
Milar
W. H. Jones
Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church
W.M. Robertson
F. G. Eaton
Train 7 derailment injures twenty near Freemansburg
Easton Pa June 23 twenty persons were slightly injured when Lehigh Valley Railroad train No 7 the New York Chicago express derailed west of Freemansburg. The engine and tender were wrecked and several cars derailed due to rails buckling from heat.
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Easton
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Freemansburg
New York
Zeppelin Dirigible Flies 300 Miles to Duesseldorf
Duesseldorf marks a new era in air travel as Count Zeppelin’s Deutschland with 13 passengers completes a 300 mile leg from Friedrichshafen to the city. The flight inaugurates a planned regular air service ahead of schedule.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Fredrichshaven
Horse’s Kick Proves Fatal in Rockford
Rockford Illinois June 23 a young farmer Martin Ry man was killed by a kick from a horse he was leading to water Ost the Ways a tactless relative quips about debts to his wife during a bridge game with her and her mother.
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Rockford, Ill
Martin Ryman
Mr. Meekton
Her Slip
A brief dialogue exchange centers on a woman’s fear of her dog biting if a kiss occurs and the man’s question about the dog’s behavior, highlighting tension and uncertainty in a private moment.
Fireman Killed in Saw Mill Accident
Clarion Pennsylvania June 17 A boiler explosion at Myer and Lutz saw mill in Paint township left fireman Ernest Dare dead. The blast crushed him as he worked and wrecked the mill. Dare, about 40, leaves a wife and several children. Citizens mourn the loss and support his family.
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Clarion
Myer & Lutz
Paint Township
Clarion River
Pike Bridge
Ernest Dare
Dale
Page
Clarion Junction
Sells Fake Diplomas Led By Chicago Figure
Alexander Chittick, head of the Chicago and Crescent Medical universities, was sentenced by Judge Landis to two months in county jail after being charged with mail fraud. The case involved a diploma mill selling phony credentials. The state health board revoked Dr. David Apfelbaum’s license and cited Dr. N O Bourque for signing a diploma for Ida Mann.
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Chicago
Alexander Chittick
Chicago and Crescent Medical Universities
Adams Street
Landis
United States District Court
Chittick
State Board of Health
N. O. Bourque
Ida A. Mann
Alvaton
Crescent Medical University of
David Apfelbaum
Clark Street
Hofman
Cigarette Fire Fatal to Six-Week-Old Walter Mika
A lighted cigarette dropped in a cradle ignited Walter Mika’s clothing, fatally burning the six-week-old child of Paul Mika at 710 Noble Street. The blaze started Sunday afternoon while visitors were in another room. the mother saved the baby but suffered severe burns.
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Chicago
Walter Mika
Paul Mika
Noble Street
Mika
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Warren Murder
James McCaffrey 51 was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the March 18 killing of John Reynolds in Warren Pa. A German automatic pistol fired a steel nosed missile through Reynolds and into a curb window. The jury deemed McCaffrey insane now and he will be confined to a criminal insane institution under guard.
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Pittsburg
James McCaffrey
McCaffrey
John Reynolds
Warren
Liberty Avenue
Democratic State Convention Selects Nominations in Allentown
Delegates met in Allentown Pennsylvania at 10 30 AM on Wednesday June 15 to nominate state candidates. Joseph P McMullen of Philadelphia served as temporary chair and John M Garman of Columbia County was named permanent chair. Grim won the governor nomination over Berry by 191 to 10 with other state posts filled by Price Blakeslee Philson and more.
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Allentown
Joseph P. McMullen
Philadelphia
John M. Garman
Columbia County
Garman
Webster Grim
Bucks County
Samuel B. Price
Lackawanda County
John S. Blakeslee
Carbon County
Samuel B. Philson
Somerset County
Grim
Berry
Cottonseed Flour Gains Popularity and Praise
Enthusiasm rises for cottonseed flour as a wheat flour substitute. John W. Allison of Ennis Texas, its inventor, offered the first public loaf last January. Since then it has appeared at the tables of leaders worldwide, with demand spreading globally. Flour is blended with one half to two thirds ordinary wheat flour to improve texture and cohesion. Proponents say it is cheaper and healthier than wheat flour.
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John W. Allison
Ennis
Tex
Allison
Champlain Memorials Planned for New York State
Two Champlain memorials will be erected in New York state. Crown Point will host a joint memorial by Vermont and New York, commemorating the explorer Samuel de Champlain and the lake bearing his name. Bluff Point will also receive a memorial.
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Samuel de Champlain
New York State
Vermont
New York
Crown Point
Bluff Point
Shrewd Deduction Quips of a Wealthy Man’s Heirs
Bon Vivant notes a witty remark about a rich man declaring his heirs look cross today and wishing to be a little better. The line captures social satire of wealth and family expectations in a concise humorous aside.
Roosevelt greeted by vast crowds on return from Europe
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived in New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and transferred to the Manhattan and Androscoggin as a naval parade welcomed him. Mayor Gaynor and Cornelius Vanderbilt led the reception, with Rough Riders and other groups in a land parade to Central Park before Roosevelt headed home to Oyster Bay.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
England
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Manhattan
Archibald W. Butt
William H. Taft
Androscoggin
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Hudson
Fifty-ninth Street
Battery
Mayor Gaynor
Col. Roosevelt
Major Gaynor
Rough Riders
Alaska
Central Park
Theron Butler
Eleanor Butler Alexander
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Oyster Bay
L. I
Hughly
Soldier Infancy Trial In Binghamton Pension Case
In Binghamton New York John Briggs once long claiming Civil War service was found guilty of making false pension affidavits. Judge George W Ray jailed him for three months after he admitted he did not serve in the war stating his youthful influence misled his later belief he was a veteran.
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Binghamton
N. Y
John Briggs
Watrous and
Bartlett
United States
George W. Ray
Briggs
the Times
Auto crash on McKinley line kills child in Pontiac
A touring party of thirty cars from Pontiac advertising trip was struck near Mackinaw by an electric McKinley system vehicle. A seven year old boy died from injuries, his mother gravely hurt, and John Cummings escaped with minor bruises. The father and wife were aboard.
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Pontiac
Ill
John Cummings
Illinois
Mackinaw
Endless Chain Ends as Workers Create More Jobs
A terse remark notes that every person employed generates work for another, highlighting the ongoing cycle of employment and economic activity. The statement emphasizes interconnected labor and production dynamics.
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Emergency Training School
Clarion County
M'Caffrey
Champlain
Col
G. A. R. Man
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