Wreck of Santa Rosa Brings Wounds and Uncertain Death Toll
Santa Barbara Chronicle reports the wreck of the steamer Santa Rosa with four known dead and many survivors rescued in a dramatic relief effort. The train carrying rescued passengers arrived, many ill clothed and exhausted, recounting a harrowing journey through heavy surf and wreckage.
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Santa Rosa
Santa Barbara
Cal
Eghere
E. Menson
K. K. Rees
San Francisco
Ross
Four Trainmen Hurt In Indiana Freight Wreck
In Logansport Indiana thirteen cars and an engine of a Pennsylvania freight train on the Richmond division derailed between Walton and Anoka Junction. Engineer Charles W. Weiss Fireman J Lord and head brakeman J G McFall suffered severe injuries. The wreck followed a flagman failure to warn about removed rails. All injured men resided in Indianapolis.
Center of Population Moves Near Bloomington
Bloomington, Ind., was informed by the census bureau that the center of population sits six miles northwest of the city. Washington notes the shift results from movements east, west, north and south, with the last decade moving south seven miles and west twenty seven. The center has tracked near the thirty ninth parallel.
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Bloomington
Ind
Census Bureau
Cit
Washington
Record breaking pharmacist examination in Chicago this week
More than 100 applicants compete for pharmacist diplomas with fifty candidates in the assistant pharmacist exam. The event highlights a large entering class of registrants from Sprinetiod UK scheduled for July 10.
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Sprinetiod
Chicago
Rise Against Madero Forces Seize San Cristobal
A rebel force of over 2,000 men organized along the Guatemala border has taken San Cristobel in Chiapas. Jose Monnosa Torres leads the movement and demanded the resignation of Provisional Governor Reinaldo Gordillo Leon, who complied. The uprising's political backing remains unclear.
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Monterey
Mex
Chiapas
San Cristobel
Guatemala
Jose Monnosa Torres
Torres
Reinaldo Gordillo Leon
Mexico
Tabaaca
Campeche
Vera Crus
Oaxaca
World and Nation Highlights From The World Over Sunday
A collage of items: King George welcomed in Dublin. Miss Barrymore’s surprise award. Mexican bond plans. Wisconsin reapportionment veto. ex Nevada governor linked to bank suspension. religious campaign by Christian Endeavorers. tax study proposals in New York. lawlessness concern in San Francisco. Captain Paria blamed for wreck deaths. Dimes Pettit drowns near Moraine Hotel. House Democrats probe President Tait with Morgan-Guggenheim interests. Cummins tariff vote on Canadian reciprocity bill defeated 14 to 22.
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King George
Dublin
Colt
Miss Barrymore
McGiovern
Wisconsin
Nevada
New York
Kertilion Pursu
San Francisco
Miectineg
Paria
Santa Rosa
Dimes Pettit
Board of Trade
Lake Mienizan
Moraine Hotel
Highlang Park
House Democrats
Tait
Morgan-Guggenheim
Alaska
United Sites Senate
Cummins of Fong
Munificence of Mrs Sace Poston Gifts Hanover Church
Mrs Russell Sage of New York plans to present the First Congregational church of Hanover with a 72 piece solid silver communion set valued around 700 dollars. The gift exchanges two old silver cups given to the church in 1782 by Dea Thomas Jogselyn, the donor’s ancestor and Hanover native.
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Sace. Poston
Russell Sage
New York
First Congregational Church of
Hanover
Steat
Dea. Thomas Jogselyn
Castro as Head of Armed Force with 2000 Men
Carena Venezuela July 19 Cipriano Castro, exiled leader, reportedly commands an army of over 2000 men armed with modern rifles and steel jacketed bullets. Backed by banker Silvera, he seeks to regain the presidency as government forces brace for possible conflict and foreign intervention.
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Carena
Venezuela
Cipriano Castro
Vernancla
Castro
France
Silvera
United States Gulf Ports
Dua Gulfport
Castilleras
Bay of Maracaibo
Ova Mountains
Showers and Cooler Arrive in Mid Mississippi and Great Lakes
Willis Moore of the Weather Bureau issues a forecast calling for a temperature drop with showers over the middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the Great Lakes region early in the week. However, showers return later in the week with generally moderate temperatures in those districts.
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Washington
Willis Moore
Weather Bureau
Lee Week
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
Monodiet At Banquets In Christmas Dinner Talk
At a Christmas dinner discussion a diet of oatmeal is cited by a distinguished professional among banquet habits. The governor is described as carrying walnuts and raisins, while Dr C A Reed notes a man who practices his diet and shows exceptional health indicators.
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C. A. Reed
Columbia University
Prices Rise Reported In 1910 Wholesale Market Data
A Washington dispatch summarizes a bureau of labor report showing wholesale prices in 1910 19 percent higher than 1900 48.7 percent above 1807 and 16.6 percent above 1900. The study covers 257 commodities with varying changes and notes the year 1907 as a peak period before declines. It also reports specific increases by category including lumber farm products and drugs with notable variations across goods. Will Rebuild Power Mills in Kenosha Wisconsin after explosion. Dupont company to reconstruct Pleasant Prairie plant with safety upgrades.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Bureau
TRO
Tso
Powcer Mills
Kenosha
Wis
BE. 1. Dupont Company
Pleasant Batrie
Sailors Lost and Henry Brown Death Noted in 1876 News
Fifty years ago today on July 10 a schooner Bowditch voyage from Jamaica to New York saw every man swept overboard in a huge sea while Captain Perkins endured eight days on the wreck. A separate note recalls a skirmish at Laurel Hill West Virginia and the death of Henry K. Brown at Newbury New York, maker of the first bronze statue cast in America.
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Bowditch
Jamaica
New York
Perkins
Laurel Hill
W. Va
Henry K. Brown
America
Newbury, N.Y
Wilson Docked Again in New Jersey State Ledger
Governor Wilson was docked for three days in June when he was away on a western trip. The acting governor during his absence received the salary, with Senator Ackerman listed as occupying the governor's chair for those days. This marks another deduction since his election, following an earlier docking in May for the same reason.
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Trenton
Wilson
Cain
Jane
John Riker
Riker
Senate
Ackermaan
Wages Raised for Rural Caprifas Governor Georgia Senator Hope
The Georgia governor and potential senator factions discuss wage increases for rural caprifas this Wednesday. Officials from the state government and associated groups weigh economic impacts and political implications ahead of the election season.
Smith Favored as Georgia Elects Senator in Joint Ballot
Governor Hoke Smith leads Georgia’s election to fill the late A. S. Clay’s unexpired term with Terrell Watson Stovall and Covington also in the race. A Senate majority against Smith is rumored but a House majority favors him, and a joint ballot Wednesday should decide. If chosen he would delay qualifying as senator until December while retaining the governorship.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States
A. 5
Clay
Whore Place
J. M. Terrell
Brown
Hoke Smith
Thomas Y. Watson
PLA
Stovall
House
Smith
Congress
Death Valley Scotty Returns to Goldfield in Wealth Flurry
Death Valley Scotty, the famed eccentric, arrives in Goldfield with $11,000 in cash and plans to reveal the location of his wealth after another cross country whirlwind by special train. Three months earlier he was allegedly broke in Reno as rumors of his fortune swirl.
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Goldfield
Nev
Death Valley
United States
Reno
Haw l
Anu
Scotty
Gored by Bull on Dover Farm Dies at Hospital
Horace Luce farm hand killed after a maidened bull owned by Damon Guptill gored him at a farm near Dover. Guptill was seriously injured in the encounter and escaped through a fence. Luce died shortly after at a local hospital.
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Dover
N. T
Damon Guptill
Horace Luce
Tocal Hospital
Banker Starts Long Prison Term in Leavenworth
Julius W. Hlopkins, a former Cleveland banker, arrived at the federal prison in Leavenworth Kansas to begin a seven year sentence for violation of banking laws.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Julius W. Hlopkins
Rural letter carriers to gain maximum salary of $1,000 a year
Postmaster General Hitchcock authorized a $4,000,000 salary increase for rural carriers to raise standard route pay from $900 to $1,000 annually, with proportional boosts on small routes. He argues the parcel post system will offset the cost via revenue.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Congress
Inez
Heat Kills 600 Horses in City Harness Runs
Report from New York on extreme heat killing six hundred horses in city ranches over the past six days. Brooklyn Queens and Richmond borough figures are not yet ready. Health officials say 106 carcasses were moved to sea on Friday and 140 on Saturday as bodies piled up streets remain stormed by rain.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Richmond
Health Department
25 Women Fall in Bay Disaster at Bay Shore
A crowded board pier collapsed at Bay Shore sending twenty five women and at least ten small children into Great South Bay. Rescuers on the pier and nearby motor boats pulled all to safety from eight to ten feet of water. some children were as young as two or three.
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New York
Bay Shore
Great South Bay
Boys in Pistol Tussle Ends in Fatal Eye Shot
In Bloomington on July 16, fifteen year olds Paul Griffith and Eamett Shepard wrestled over a revolver. Shepard was shot in the eye and died, while Griffith survived the incident.
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Bloomington
Paul Griffith
Eamett Shepard
Shepard
Dia
South Bend Boy Drowns While Swimming
William F. Snow, age seventeen, drowned while swimming in the St. Joseph river at South Bend Indiana. The body was recovered.
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South Bend
Ind
William F. Snow
St. Joseph River
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