Franco German tension eases after high level talks
Paris June 19. Reports of potential war between France and Germany faded after a long conference between Prince von Radolin and Premier Rouvier. The German ambassador outlined plans for an international conference while Germany clarified the scope to avoid threatening France or Morocco prestige.
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Paris
France
Germany
Europe
Prince von Radolin
Rouvier
Foreign Office
Premiser Rouvier
Prince Radolin
Berlin
Morocco
Britain and France discuss defining Morocco conference scope
Premier Rouvier and French ambassador Paul Cambon hold talks with British figures to define the conference scope. Britain pledges to support the declaration on diplomatic aid and is willing to participate if the conference focus is clearly defined, amid tension over Madrid treaty articles on Most Favored Nation.
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Rouvier
Paul Camden
Great Britain
Lord Lapsdowne
France
Morocco
Madrid
Germany
England
Tangier
Russian recapture and theater notes from Manchuria report
Emperor Nicholas receives zemstov delegates in St Petersburg. In Manchuria Russian cavalry recaptures Laioyangwopeng after Japanese occupation. Japanese hold Sumiencheng briefly, lose it, and retreat three squads southwest as of June 16 and 19.
France Opposes Meeting as Tensions Escalate Toward War
Fragmentary report notes France resisting calls to convene a council. The dispute escalates and the article hints at an approaching war, reflecting rising international tension and potential for wider conflict.
Arrest in Carter tragedy shocks Valdosta
In Lenox Georgia Art Moore a negro is arrested in connection with the Carter children murder case Moore claims he was hired by Rawlings to aid in the killings He says Rawlings brought his supper to him in the woods and that the plan was to kill the entire family and burn the house A heavy jail guard was placed due to rising excitement.
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Valdosta
Carter
Art Moore
Lenox
Rawlings
Toledo man survives Charter Oak Park car race crash
Hartford June 19 George Soules of Toledo Ohio narrowly escaped death at Charter Oak park during a three mile special race with his brother Charles. A front tire collapsed at high speed causing a rollover that left Soules with a broken nose and severe facial bruises.
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Hartford
Conn
George Soules
Toledo
Charter Oak Park
Charles
George
Mayor seeks bids for 100 miles of city street railway
Chicago on June 19 Mayor Dunne will ask the city council to authorize the commissioner of public works to advertise for bids to construct and equip fully 100 miles of street railway to be operated for and by the city of Chicago. Democratic members of the transportation committee promise to back the plan.
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Chicago
Dunne
City Ecouncil
Commissioner of Public Works
Local Transportation Committee
Brother's Act Saves Younger Hollingsworth Drowns
Don Hollingsworth ten and Leigh Hollingsworth fifteen, sons of Albia city superintendent, drowned at Ottumwa while attempting to save Leigh after both children fell into the water. Their mother perished in a runaway accident last Thanksgiving day.
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Albia
Don
Leigh Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Ottumwa
Prince Albert Hosts Banquet for Birth of 21st Child
In Luccia Italy on June 19 Prince Albert of Bourbon former Duke of Parma hosted a grand banquet celebrating the birth of his twenty first child. The baby’s godparents are Pope Pius X and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
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Luccia
Italy
Albert of Bourbon
Duke of Parma
Pope Pius X
Grand Duchess of
Luxembourg
Pioneer Killed in a Runaway Near Dubuque
William Clark aged 81 died instantly when thrown from a carriage during a runaway at Dubuque Iowa on June 19.
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Dubuque
William Clark
Two Rules for Writers by Thurlow Weed Shared with Seward
Frederick W. Seward recalls Thurlow Weed advising new journalists to write with a definite point and purpose. He urged finishing by editing aggressively to strike words and sentences and improve the article.
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Frederick W. Seward
Thurlow Weed
Bird policy at apartments keeps canaries but bans stork
Mr Younghusband asks to keep birds in a flat. The landlord allows canaries but bans one bird, the stork, in a lighthearted exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Mr. Younghusband
Louisville Courier-Journal
Professor Montgomery Inventor of Aeroplane That Flies
Professor Montgomery, a Santa Clara College physics instructor in California, demonstrates an aerial device called a feroplane. Lifted by a balloon, it carries a man and circles at the operator's control but cannot yet rise unaided from the ground.
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Montgomery
Santa Clara College
California
Woman Schemes Arctic Journey With Peary Aboard Roosevelt
Miss Mamie Babb leaves teaching to join Commander Peary's voyage to the North Pole aboard the Roosevelt. She will install wireless gear, operate telegraphy, photograph scenes, prepare routes and press material, and plans to stay aboard to the end despite relatives' opposition. Mrs Peary and daughter Marie, 12, also travel, then return when relief stations are set.
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Norway
North Pole
Mamie Babb
Robert E. Peary
United States
Miss Babb
Robert & Peary
North Harpswell
Mrs. Peary
Lieutenant Peary
Peary
Roosevelt
Pole
Arctic Club of North America
Secretary
West Brook
New York
Arctic
Young Woman Influences Washington Circles After Peary Visit
A Maine woman who impressed Washington figures with her ardor for Arctic exploration gained prominence after helping organize events around Admiral Peary's visit last year. Her activities drew attention from policymakers and scientists alike in the capital.
Brothers Gorgen Drown While Fishing Near Kenosha
In Wisconsin on June 19 two brothers, John Gorgen 11, and Peter Gorgen 19, sons of farmer John Gorgen of Somers, drowned in Pike river while fishing. Clothes were found on the riverbank by their father. bodies not yet recovered.
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Kenosha
Wis
John Gorgen
Peter Gorgen
Somers
Pike River
West Maryland wreck leaves sixteen dead near Patapsco
Baltimore June 19 A collision between a passenger train and a double header freight near Patapsco caused heavy loss of life among engine crews and railroad workers. Sixteen men died and seven teens were among the wounded as three freight engines were wrecked and passenger cars largely escaped major damage.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Patapsco
Westminster
Finksburg
Passnger
Maryland
George B. Covell
Hagerstown
John J. St. Ledger
Shoemaker
Wright
John Crouse
Taneytown
Derr
James Groshon
Charles Kelly
William Sweeney
McClellan Sweeney
Frank Sweeny
Harry Sweeny
Local Names In Incomplete Report From Wartime Incident
An injured group is reported including Charles T. Miller of Thormont and other individuals from Gary Lynn and T OC Lyne in Middlebure IL. Details are unclear with several casualties anticipated.
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Charles T. Miller
Thormont
Gary Lynn
T. OC. Lyne
Middlebure
Rite
Mawerstown
Roosevelt Handshakes Backwoods Visitor at Red Witch
President Roosevelt, visiting Mrs. Roosevelt at Red Witch in Albemarle County, Virginia, receives a blunt greeting from a plainclothes woman who does not recognize him. He helps her up a step and gives a firm executive handshake, then the woman storms off. In Freeport, Illinois, a lightning strike kills Edward Atkinson and injures four Boekermann family members at their home four miles west of town.
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Richmond
Jane
Roosevelt
Red Witch
Albemarle County
Vreeport
B. Boekermann
Edward Atkinson
Boekermann
Veteran AP Operator Dennis Kearney Dies in OW City
Dennis Kearney 61 veteran Associated Press telegraph operator died at his home in OW City Pa from heart disease. Born in Kenosha Wisconsin he had worked in the west before moving to the oil country during the speculative fever era.
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Kins
OW City
Dennis Kearney
Associated Press
Kenosha
Wis
Chicago Markets Open With Mixed Results in Grain and Livestock
Chicago reports show varied receipts and prices across hogs cattle and sheep with overall weakness. Light hogs mixed packers and shipping grades move at modest losses while cattle and sheep activity edges lower or steady amid heavy weekly receipts.
Russia Accepts Washington as Peace Conference Site
Russia finally and definitively accepted Washington as the meeting place for the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries. The emperor directed Lamsdorff to inform Ambassador Meyer of the choice after Japan opposed The Hague. The decision ends a tense dispute and allows negotiations to proceed rapidly.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Washrington
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Meyer Count Lamedorf
Peterhof
Count Lamsdorff
Meyer
Washington
Lamsdorf
Count Lamedorff
Thuseia
Hague
Japan
United States
Battle intensifies in Manchuria amid Russian retreat
London reports Japan pushes toward Liaoyang and advances near Chantufu and Sipinghal as Russian detachments under Linovitch retreat. A Tokyo dispatch notes a Friday clash yielding 30 Japanese deaths and 185 wounded with Japanese forces driving Russians from Liouyangwopeng and surrounding positions.
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London
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Liaoyangcehungkeng
Liaoyangwopeng
Liao River
Fakeamen
Linovitch
Chantufu
Sipinghal
Linevitch
Tokio
Weiytianpaomen
Chamotu
Tastamotun
Kangplu
Tienchiawopeng
Lochuanpou
Miaoyangwopeng
Mistchenko
Sky rocket tragedy kills teen and injures toddler at Indiana show
In Cayuga Indiana on June 19 Madeline Ashley 19 was killed instantly when a sky rocket struck her and a two year old girl Madeline Adams was probably fatally injured. The rocket stick penetrated Ashley's chest.
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Cayuga, Ind
Madeline Ashley
Madeline Adams
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Zemstov
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Sumiencheng
Changtufu
Mamaku
Ing
Ed Sumiencheng
Vention
Georgia
Negro
Carter Children
Mayor Dunne
Ekaterinoslav
Khartsisk
Donetz Company
Hitchcock Cement Works
Hitchcock, C. T
John Montgomery
Will
Perry
Maine
Lis
Virginia
Beach-Wickham Grain C Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCall Bros
Hussia
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