Guadalajara Demonstration Against Modern Meat Packing Plant
Mexican protesters including local meat dealers gathered at the Independence monument plaza to oppose foreign and American concessions. They marched to the government palace demanding abrogation of the Pacific Packing Company concession and called for an official inquiry by Governor Gutierrez Allende.
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Independence Monument Plaza
Abajo el Monopolio
Government Palace
Pacific Packing Company
Ine i
Mexico
Recvisions
Mexico seeks national irrigation by prisoner labor plan
Mexico City reports the first step toward economic improvement with a dispatch to state governors calling for cooperation on a national irrigation plan. It suggests organizing prisoners to build dams and canals to reclaim wastelands and directing squads to guarantee crops on already cultivated lands.
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Mexico City
Republic
Ex-chief of Chihuahua Police Arrested in Bank Robbery
A dispatch from Chihuahua reports the ex-chief of police and several officers arrested for robbing Banco Minero. Enrique C. Creel, former governor and later minister of foreign affairs, heads the bank.
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Monterey
Mex
Chihuahua
Banco Minero
Enrique C. Creel
Ivy
Strike at Mapami Camp Demands Huge Wage Increases
Eleven thousand miners at Mapami near Torreon go on strike demanding wage hikes from 80 to 100 percent. Authorities fear trouble and dispatch troops to restore order. A special train carries away American women.
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Mexico City
Mapami
Torreon
Fire at Riverview Park destroys five buildings
A blaze at Riverview Park in Chicago caused about $10,000 in losses. The fire threatened the entire enclosure before firefighters saved the main entrance. Five buildings including Tours of the World Lobster penny arcade and a moving picture show were burned.
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Chicago
Riverview Park
Aged Packer Shoots Self at Home in Indianapolis
Albert W. Coffin of the Coffin-Fletcher Packing Co. killed himself with a bullet to the temple at his home on 971 North Delaware Street. The 61 year old had retired two years earlier after a nervous breakdown and was found dead by his wife. In Lafayette, Frank Atkinson, 18, son of Wilbert Atkinson, died suddenly from sunstroke while trimming a ledge near the family farm in Benton County.
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Indianapolis
Albert W. Coffin
Coffin-Fletcher Packing Company
North
Delaware Street
Lafayette
Ind
Frank Atkinson
Wilbert Atkinson
Atkinson
Benton County
Keenwood
Frank Snow
Ralph Stewart
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Francis Station
Stewart
Coronation Parade First View of King's Drive Thro' City
A royal procession drawn from the coronation pageant arrives in America, giving observers a first view of the King's route through the city. Crowds gather along streets as flags fly and marching bands perform leading the parade.
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King’s Drive
Express Probe Next All U S Express Firms To Be Investigated
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a sweeping inquiry into all United States express companies. The investigation will cover rates practices accounts and revenues and will be one of the widest ever undertaken. Most lines except Long Island filed tariffs ahead of the move, signaling possible rate reductions.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Long Island
Commission
Great Lakes Naval Station Opens In Chicago
Chicago July 2 The great lakes naval training station is now in commission with Rear Admiral Albert Ross officiating. About 100 officers in uniform, their wives and families, attended a simple ceremony as the flag dipped and harbor sounds marked the opening. Recruits start arriving Monday with about 100 expected weekly for months. Formal dedication planned for early fall with President Taft cabinet members and governors. Total cost now about 10 million dollars with future $2 million for new buildings and landscape improving.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Albert Ross
Commandan
Ross
Neago
Great War School
Taft
War Department
Ironquill dies poet Eugene F. Ware ex pensions official
Eugene F. Ware known as Ironquill and ex pension administrator died in Colorado Springs. He preferred producing poetry in local Topeka columns, saying obscurity fuels vitality and publicity does not keep it alive.
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Eugene F. Ware
Colorado Springs
Celo
Buly
Ironquill
Pillows Spark Divorce Tale in South Bend Store
In South Bend a divorce case centers on three sofa pillows displayed on a bargain counter. Mrs. George Crofot of Mishawaka ordered them during a shopping trip and the husband refused payment, triggering the separation.
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South Bend
Ind
George Crofot
Mishawaka
Cooler Weather Sending Sounds Across Regions
The forecast predicts moderate temperatures for the south Atlantic and Gulf states this week with higher readings in the north and middle states east of the Mississippi early on. A low pressure system over the Rocky Mountains moves east with showers and thundershowers across the Mississippi Valley by Tuesday or Wednesday and reaches the Atlantic states by Thursday or Friday before cooler air moves into the plains and Missouri Valley.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Mississippi River
Middle States
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic States
Plains States
Miseiesitpf
Neal found guilty of second degree murder in Hutchinson case
Bloomfield Indiana July 6 The jury found Daniel Neal guilty of murder in the second degree for the killing of George Hutchinson and assess a life sentence.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Daniel Neal
George Hutchinson
Neal
Diet and Health by Dr Allen Food Specialist
A compact excerpt presents Dr Allen on dieting as foundational to body renewal and heredity. It frames the body as the soul’s house shaped by food and thought, with remodeling possible like a house. Oliver Wendell Holmes is cited via a Chambered Nautilus passage about building nobler mansions.
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Oliver Wendel Holmes
Bandits Steal Girl in Central Park Taxicab Assault
Five young men believed to be in a west side gang leaped from a taxicab in Central Park and shot a man, then abducted a young woman. Frederick Held, 21, was shot in the temple but survived. The assailants fled before witnesses or police could intervene. A separate brief notes a July Fourth accident in South Bend where Earl Koon, nine, was badly burned by a firecracker.
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New York
Central Park
South Bend
Ind
South Bends
Earl Koon
Tablet to William Penn Memory Erected in London Church
The Pennsylvania Society of New York plans a July 1 dedication in All Hallows Barking London to Penn baptized there Oct 23 1644. International committee led by Knox Carnegie Beresford Reid will unveil the tablet with dinner in London and a memorial banquet in Philadelphia.
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New York
Penneylvania Society of
William Penn
Church of All Hallows
Barking
London
Penn
Philander
Knox
Andrew Carnegie
Lord Charles Beresford
Whitelaw Reid
Robinson
International Committee
Mekim, Mead & White
Charles Mellen McKin
Pennsylvania Society
William Andrews Clark
Pennsylvania
Eny
Robert M
Thomson
Arthur James Gbatfour
Aden Carnegie
Lord Charle Beresford
James M. Beck
Philadelphia
Forgo t Cipher in Will Alters Grandchildren’s Share
In Milwaukee July 3 Mrs KI Allis widow of the founder of what became the Alis Chalmers company forgot a cipher in her will. Four grandchildren who were to receive 25000 each were cut off to 25. The circuit court ruled the extra cipher could not be read as a coima and third cipher. The case followed an appeal from the probate court. Wheat Crop Earliest in Years at Kokomo Indiana reports first load of wheat marketed as the earliest crop in years.
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Milwaukee
KI Allis
Alis-Chalmers Company
Conflict Seen in Lorimer Testimony
A recently appointed diplomat officer in Washington testifies about a conflict surrounding Lorimer. The testimony highlights political tensions and pending actions as officials assess the case and potential remedies.
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Washington
Taft Tours Indiana Speeches On Reciprocity And Reform
President William Howard Taft visits Indianapolis and outlines his address plan on reciprocity arbitration and currency reform. He speaks at the soldiers home on world peace and arbitration and later to bankers and editors about the Aldrich currency plan as crowds greet him in Springfield and Worcester.
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Marion
Ind
William Howard Taft
Indiana
Seldiers
Aldrich
Todianipolia
Marton Elf
Beverly
Taft
Washington
Springfield
Mars
Della” Torrey
Worcester
Marsh
Millbury
Mase
Torrey
Pittsfield
Aged Mother Struck by Streetcar Tragedy
Richmond reader recounts a fatal streetcar accident involving Mary Me fouehtin a seventy year old widow and former resident. Motorman Wert Tester and conductor John AT fellin were involved as the Terre Llaure, Inc apolia and Eastern line car struck. The driver discovered the victim was his mother, provoking distress and attempts to restrain others from harming him.
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Richmond
Tad
Mary Me Fouehtin
Dene Melaneldin
St. Street Car
Mutn
John AT. Fellin
Verurbana
Terre Llaure, Inc Apolia and Eastern Company
Tavior
Deneen Plans Missionary Push for Water Legislation
Springfield July 3 Governor Deneen says he will keep up his fight for deep water legislation during the legislature's recess. The state senate and house agreed to a recess until October 2, with a late decision to halt further work for now.
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Springfield
Deneen
Testimony in Lorimer inquiry shows conflicting perjury risk
The Senate investigation halted in Washington on July 8 as Funk and Cook contend Hines sought or discussed large campaign payments to influence Lorimer’s election. Affidavits from Marquette claim boastful talk of Lorimer victory and $100,000 expenditures. Hines denies requesting funds and places blame on Funk’s alleged proposals.
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Washington di
Lorimer
Senate
Kenyaou
Clarence 8
Funk
Bower
International Harvester Colony
Hines
W. H. Cook
Springfield
Marquette
Ich
Punk
Cyrus Ho McCormick
Edgear A Bancroft
International Harvester Company
H. J Kohleaat
Chicago
Therald
Kohisa
Union League Club
Harvester
Hielm Committee
Sunday News Briefs Highlight Legal and Global Clips
Residents debate general parcels post as Theodore P. Shonts’s wife sues for separation. Verlin puzzled by U S delay in Ambassador Hill recall. Liverpool strike nears end amid partial agreement. San Francisco tremor triggers panic. ICC orders probe of all U S express firms. Tomlinson inquiry paused to July 13 as Hines camp testimony clashes.
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Verlin
Amercan
Ambassador Hill
Liverpool
Tr O'Connor
San Francisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Tomimer
Washington
Hines
Earthquake Damage Seemingly Mild in Bay Area
Reports from San Francisco and surrounding cities indicate only slight damage after Saturday's quake. Panic and crowd exodus occurred in stores and restaurants while tremors were felt as far west as Sacramento valley and as far east as Carson City and Reno, Nevada, with Carson experiencing its strongest shock in history.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Sacrato
Sacramento Valley
Carson and
Reno
Nev
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Diet and Health Hines
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Tral Park, New York
Frederick Held
All Hallows Church
Vigor
Penneylvania
Allis
Kokomo
Low Assn
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Hinea
Atao
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Union League
Theodore P. Shonts
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