Astor Turned Down Marriage Offer in Newport
Colonel John Jacob Astor and his fiancée Miss Madeline Force sought a Newport wedding between Monday and Thursday but no license was issued. Rev. Edward A. Johnson said he refused the $1,060 fee, calling it a temptation for a poor minister, and noted Rhode Island law would delay any ceremony for non residents by five days.
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Newport
R. I
John Jacob Astor
Madeline T. Force
New York
Astor
Edward A. Johnson
John Clarke
Frederick Brooks
Methodist Episcopal Church
Little Compton
R. J
Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Colonel Astor
Philadelphia
William Paine Sheffield
Rhode Island
Sheffield
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Sheffield
Colonel Sheffield
Miss Force
City Hall
Superior Court
Milk From Taft's Cow At Milwaukee Dairy Show
Milwaukee will buy milk from Pauline Wayne President Taft's cow at the international dairy show. A dairy firm has contracted the entire supply at five dollars per eight gallon can, the highest milk price in Milwaukee. The milk will be bottled in small bottles for resale, with souvenir bottles at fifty cents each. Pauline Wayne yields about sixty four quarts daily.
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Taft
Milwaukee
Pauline Wayne
Pauline
Five Poisoned by Buttermilk in Binghamton Incident
Five members of the family of T. J. Goughesay fell critically ill from ytomaine poisoning after drinking buttermilk bought from a local farmer in Binghamton on Monday. Authorities investigate the cause and source of contamination.
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Binghamton
T. J. Goughesay
Two Aviators Die as Deadly Toll Rises to Sixty Eight
Chicago native St Croix Johnstone, a former motorcyclist, set an American endurance record over a closed circuit at Mineola New York flying four hours and two minutes 195 miles. Pittsburg heir William Ralph Badger, twenty five, son of a wealthy oil man, died in Chicago after pursuing aviation as a sport and scientific interest.
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St. Croix Johnstone
William R. Badger
Chicago
United States
St. Croix
Montreal
Count de Lesseps
Johnstone
Havana
Moisant
Detroit
Mineola
N. Y
William Ralph Badger
Pittsburg
John Goettman
Camorra Trial at Viterbo Struggles On Without Surprise
Five months into the Viterbo trial with no end in sight the Camorra case shows no new shocks. Judges anticipate convictions for criminal association but doubt proof for instigating murder. the Camorra’s power wanes as high officials lose protection and public offices may no longer welcome Camorra backers.
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Viterbo
Camorra
Italy
Cuoccolo
Fabbroni
Capezzuti
Farris
Association
Criminal Association
Peace Centenary Plan Outlines 1914 Celebration
National committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English speaking peoples issues details. Andrew Carnegie chairs the committee as it forms and reports labor toward the year's end event. Plans include engaging legislatures, a memorial bridge on the Canadian frontier, and a battlefield monument in New Orleans.
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National Committee For
Andrew Carnegie
New Orleans
Life Story of the Sinclairs Reveals Scandals and Struggles
A retrospective on Upton Sinclair and his wife Meta Fuller sketches their poverty driven marriage, Sinclair’s rise as a socialist novelist, and the making of The Jungle. It notes early log cabin life, financial hardship, and the Kansas editor who spurred the Chicago writing of Sinclairs landmark work.
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Arden
Kemp
Sinclair
Delaware
New York
Sinclair Menage
Upton Sinclair
College of the City of New York
Meta Fuller
Columbia University
Miss Fuller
Kansas
United States
Col. Roosevelt
Citizen Club
Taft
Manassas
Chicago
Kansas Socialist
Sinclairs
Legislature Reopens as Albany Debates Recess and Primary
Albany September 7 the legislature reconvened with 23 of 51 senators and 35 of 150 assemblymen present. A recess may be taken for a week due to Senator Wagner illness while Governor Dix demands a direct primary bill before any enactment. A joint committee will draft a reapportionment law during the break.
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Albany
Wagner
Senate
Dix
Cression
Rochester
Grady
Smith
Brackett
Cullen
State Commissioner of Education
Miss Emilie Grigsby Brings $800000 Jewel Haul To New York
Miss Emilie B. Grigsby, ward of the late Charles T. Yerkes, arrived on the Olympic in New York. She wore jewels valued at $800,000, claimed to be the costliest collection ever brought into the United States by a single person after leaving London.
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New York
Emilie B. Grigsby
Charles T. Yerkes
London
George V
Taft Prepares Hartford State Fair Peace Address
President Taft travels from Boston to Hartford for a luncheon with Governor Baldwin and 85 prominent citizens before delivering a peace focused speech at the Connecticut state fair grounds. The trip follows an early departure to attend the event.
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Beverly
Taft
Hartford
Boston
Baldwin
Edward L. Smith
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