Fire destroys famed Princess Anne Hotel at Virginia Beach
Neighbors and a women’s bucket brigade heroically fought the blaze that swept the Virginia Beach resort, destroying the 25 year old hotel and nearby structures. All guests and staff escaped except two. property losses reach $185,000 with only $83,000 insured.
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Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk and Southern Depot
Virginia Beach Development Company
Emma Clark
John Faton
Gypsy life disguise of Lady Grosvenor travels England
London reports Lady Arthur Grosvenor sister in law to the Duke Westminster travels the countryside in a gypsy guise. Her mobile shop van carries baskets and cooking gear and she has been living as a gypsy since May 27 while touring Oxfordshire. She rises at five each morning and sets out at eight. A book about her experience may follow.
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London
Arthur Grosvenor
Westminster
Ape
Grosvenor
Oxfordshire
Well Known Hotel Man Dead in Peoria
C H Hudson a prominent hotel executive in the midwest died at St Francis hospital Peoria of Brights disease. He came from Indianapolis six months ago and had no known relatives. Previously he served as chief clerk at the Palmer House in Chicago.
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Peoria
Ill
C. H. Hudson
Middle States
St. Francis Hospital
Bright
Hudson
Indianapolis
Palmer House
Iago
Incendiary fears grip Parker as soldiers guard saloon
On June 11 Parker Colorado blocks off streets as Fort Logan troops patrol after a feared arson to Lambert saloon. A soldier shot at twenty men injuring two. Suspect Lambert fled while townsfolk vow revenge by setting the building ablaze and an initial fire attempt failed.
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Parker
Cols
L. F. Lambert
Fort Logan
Lambert
Taft Visits Janesville Speaks at Station Show of Support
Secretary of War William H. Taft rode through Janesville on his way to Madison and addressed about 200 business and professional leaders at the station. He praised Senator Spooner and credited newspapermen with forcing him into the presidential race, noting he had chosen a different career otherwise.
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Janesville, Wis
William H. Taft
Here
Madison
Spooner
Taft
Bonds Pass to Pay Coles County Debt in Court House Vote
Charleston June 11 The measure to issue bonds for Coles county debt of 225000 tied to the new courthouse won by about 500 votes after eight years and seven elections. Support hinged on a supreme court ruling that the debt is legal and binding.
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Charleston
Til
Coles County
Supreme Court
Haskell Leads Oklahoma Democratic Primary in 1906 Vote
Guthrie Oklahoma June 11 The Daily Leader reports C N Haskell of Muskogee won the governorship by about 14 000 votes over Lee Cruce of Ardmore while R L Owen of Muskogee and Roy V Hoffman of Chandler secured Senate nominations by margins from 6 000 to 8 000.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
O. T
The
Daily Leader
C. N. Haskell
Muskogee
L. T
Lee Cruce
Ardmore
R. L. Owen
Roy V. Hoffman
Chandler
United States
Should Be a Hanging Offense
Albert Niesinger, a St Louis plumber, is arrested for throwing vitriol at Lena Wunach after she refused his marriage proposal. Wunach suffered severe facial burns and blindness in both eyes. Fred Lautenschwegen, who was with her, was burned on the face. Niesinger denies the attack.
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St. Louis
Albert Niesinger
Lena Wunach
Fred Lautenschwegen
Niesinger
Another Good Train Robber
Sheridan Wyoming June 11 sheriff Guy and a Johnson county posse pursue two Montana horse thieves. They shot and killed one robber who held up a Northern Pacific passenger train at Welchspur.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Montana
Guy
Johnson County
Northern Pacific
Welchspur
Terrorist Chernav Shoots Self in Failed Attempt
In St. Petersburg on June 11 a terror ist named Chernav, alleged to be involved in a plot against Emperor Nicholas, shot himself twice in a suburb while trying to die by his own hand.
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St. Petersburg
Chernav
Nicholas
Firing Reveler Injures Three in Detroit Row
Detroit residents report a man named Lawrence Kosowlski aged 45 fired two revolvers during a loud merrymaking near Walter Gradkowski’s home on June 11. He wounded Walter Zimris the fiddler and Walter Gradkowski and his wife Nellie. none suffered fatal injuries.
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Detroit
Old Town
Lawrence Kosowlski
Walter Gradkowski
Walter Zimris
Gradkowski
Nellie
Gas Explosion Kills Two in Connellsville Home
A June 11 explosion in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, caused by a defective rubber hose feeding a stove and ignited by an oil lamp, killed two people and seriously injured four others including John J Monaghan and his wife Kate Monaghan.
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Connellsville
John J. Monaghan
Kate Monaghan
Elizabeth Monaghan
Mary Monaghan
Allie MccGarrrity
Hazlewood
Elizabeth MecGarrity
Aged Man Hangs Himself in L'Anse Schoolhouse
Henry Steinback a 60 year old janitor and pioneer copper country resident of L Anse hanged himself in the school tower after weeks of despondency. He leaves a widow and several grown children two of whom reside in Chicago.
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Houghton, Mich
Henry Steinback
L’anse
Copper Country
Chicago
Frank Cooke Dies After Being Run Over by Car
Janesville Wisconsin June 11 Frank Cooke the oldest jeweler in Wisconsin is dead from injuries after being run over by his own automobile. The accident occurred in Janesville with details limited to the fatal incident and the victim.
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Janesville
Wis
Frank Cooke
Wisconsin
Tio Ewan 2H
Eacee Ala
Brownson Named Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson has been appointed chief of the bureau of navigation and has served as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis for four years. He graduated from Annapolis at the close of the Civil War and has commanded a vessel in the Spanish American War along with wide naval service and deep sea research.
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Willard H. Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Brownson
President Roosevelt Seeks Employer Liability Reform at Jamestown Exposition
At the Jamestown exposition in Exposition Grounds Norfolk on June 11 President Roosevelt urged national and state legislation to enact strict employer liability for workplace accidents. He argued workers and families should receive compensation, and proposed abolishing long civil suits, with railway workers explicitly included. He praised naval renewal and urged enhanced navy support.
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Congress
Navy
President's speeches on railways and labor
The president spoke to Georgians and editors praising the state’s building act and detailing railway and corporate regulation for worker safety. He opposed child labor and woman labor in factories, and discussed indemnity for injuries to employers amid rising mechanical operations.
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Georgia
President Advocates Graduated Income and Heirloom Taxation
The president spoke to the editors on taxation and the land question. He endorsed a graduated income tax and argued the inheritance tax better serves national aims by bending large fortunes toward a rising tax burden, even contemplating a 100 percent top rate for amounts above a set threshold.
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Supreme Court
Tax on thrift and industry floated in discourse
The passage argues that a tax aimed at wealth accumulation harms neither thrift nor industry, claiming these forces have lost influence in growing fortunes long before any such tax would impact them.
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America
Aged 90 Demands Divorce in Kalamazoo Case
Levi Woods a territorial pioneer and longtime Presbyterian pillar seeks a divorce from Mary after twenty seven years of marriage. The circuit court is considering the case. He accuses his wife of a former marriage daughter causing trouble and driving him to sell property and move to California.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Levi Woods
Presbyterian Church
Mary
Circuit
Woods
California
CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA GROWS MORE SERIOUS
A St. Petersburg dispatch to The Telegraph reports rising internal distress in Russia with murder and pillage increasing as peasants express landowning dissatisfaction. The week ending Saturday saw 158 persons harmed, including 80 killed and 78 wounded, with organized terrorist bands and widespread arson reported.
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London
St. Petersburg
Telegraph
Russia
Opening hogs and cattle market report for Chicago
Market report from June 11 1907 shows steady to slow demand across hogs cattle and sheep with official receipts and shipments for yesterday and today. Prices vary by grade with light hogs rough and heavy shipping hogs and beef cattle all showing modest declines from prior week levels.
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Chicago
John A Babcock and Will Ghigago in Illinois dispute
The text provides names John A Babcock and Will Ghigago with unclear context set in Illinois Ghigago. The fragment suggests a notice or informal message about timing and a deal.
Takahashi Plotting With Aoki Figures in Pacific Coast Pressure
Thousands of dollars are being raised by Japanese on the Pacific coast to back a compact with the Progressive party of Japan aimed at overturning the Satanji ministry and securing naturalization rights for Japanese subjects in the United States. The funds intend to incite anti US sentiment in Japan and influence American policy during a tense political period.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Progressive Party of Japan
Satanji
United States
Takahashi
Japan
Associated Press
Yamaoka
Seattle
Japanese Society of
Aoki
San Francisco
Congress of the
Defied the United States leads to wedding tale in St Louis
In East St Louis on June 11 Roger Kennedy of Edwardsville and Rose Wolff of St Louis married after her insistence helped discharge him from the army. She tore his enlistment papers, faced the recruiting officer, and Kennedy was discharged to wed. Other items note a schooner sinking near Barbados with 28 aboard lost and a Boston servant exodus as domestic staff seek summer abroad at $8 weekly wages.
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Roger
United States
Crown
Barbados
Cayenne
St. Lucias
Boston
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