Chinatown gunfight shuts off city as eight arrested
A Chinatown street battle between the Four Brothers and On Leong Tong left two men dying from shot wounds. Police, led by Capt Hodgins, sealed off the district with about 100 officers and arrested eight suspects, amid a feud over gambling privileges in New York's Chinatown.
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Chinatown
New York
Big Bill Hodgins
Jimmy Naughton
Mott Street
Church of the Transfiguration
Pell Street
Four Brothers
Delmonico’s
Four Brothers Society
Clan of
Chung Fook
Rodgins
Sergeant Magner
Sing Yen
On Leong Tong
Gin Sing
Chu Pan
Capt
Hodgins
Magner
Capt. Hodgins
Hudson Street
Lin Yen
Gin Ching
Chu Pang
Elizabeth Street
On Leon Tong
On Leongs
Hig Sing Tong
Hip Sings
Gasoline Blast Fatal at Arnstein Dry Cleaning Plant
In Grand Rapids Michigan on June 27 a gasoline explosion at the Arnstein Dry Cleaning plant trapped Robert F. Erwin Serra Button and workers. Four firemen and two employees escaped with minor burns as a second blast followed their entry to inspect the fire slain.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Arnstein Dry Cleaning Company
Robert F. Erwin
Serra Button
Péter Johnson
John Klageerty
Joseph Hansennedz
Wilbur Loge
James
Closing days of Congress and the postal bank clash
A brisk account of taft pressuring lawmakers over the postal savings bank bill and land withdrawal measure. Insurgents warn against Wall Street influence and defend Borah amendments while the president threatens swift action and a lengthy summer stay in Washington.
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Washington
Taft
Biff
Bing
Teddy
Yale
Robert
Postal Savings Bank
House
Senate
Wall Street
Cummins
Pinechot
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Garfield
Pope Refuses Cardinal’s Resignation in Rome
Revelation that Cardinal Merry Del Val, papal secretary of state, sent his resignation to Pope Pius X. was reported in Rome. The pope did not accept the resignation, causing a sensation in the city.
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Rome
Merry del Val
Pope Pius X
Mad Horses Block Train at Columbus Trestle
A team of eight horses owned by Boschen & Washington blocked a Big Four passenger train near Columbus Indiana for three hours by running onto a trestle. The animals were rescued by block and tackle and all suffered some injuries.
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Columbus
Ind
Boschen & Washington
Boat Burned at Poughkeepsie Dock Sparks Rescue
The Steamer Poughkeepsie owned by Central Hudson Steamboat Co burned to the waterline at Highland wharf. Ten passengers aboard including five women were rescued after a small panic. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars includes a storehouse, two dwellings, a West Shore rail spur, a trolley car and several smaller buildings.
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Poughkeepsie
Central Hudson Steamboat Company
Highland
Highland Wharf
Woman dies in Linden Wood graveyard morphine incident
In Fort Wayne Indiana on June 27 Mrs George Alderman about 40 injected morphine into her arm and lay on a grave in Linden Wood cemetery and fell asleep. Decorators arriving at the plot found her and had her arrested.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
George Alderman
Linden Wood Cemetery
Steamer Koenigin Luise Reports Propeller Damage
A wireless dispatch from the steamer Koenigin Luise reports a broken port propeller at longitude 44.49. The vessel is making eight or nine knots on the starboard propeller and all aboard are well. The Bremen message is dated June 27.
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Bremen
Soldiers drilled to death in German exercise disaster
Berlin reports that last week a company of the Seventh Baden infantry at Mulheim endured drills so severe that fifty men exhausted. Two died and eight are in hospital with lung inflammation and related injuries.
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Berlin
The
Vorwarts
Mulheim
Baden Infantry
Roosevelt reaches coast with bride in San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his bride Eleanor Butler Alexander have arrived in San Francisco after a New York wedding. They plan to live there where Roosevelt will be connected with a carpet business.
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San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander
New York
Roosevelt
The Philosopher of Folly Observes Time
A wry saying by the philosopher of folly urges not to be idle and that winding a watch when nothing else to do can save time. The quip blends humor with a reflection on idle moments and efficiency.
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Philosopher of Folly
Mi o na Stomach Tablets Claim Quick Digestion Relief
Advertisement claims Mi o na stomach tablets cure indigestion and dyspepsia with a money back guarantee. A testimonial from Herbert L Patterson of Brewer Maine describes rapid relief after using a box from Booths Mi o na Buffalo New York and Lemmon's Pharmacy offers a large box for 50 cents with free test samples.
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Bangor Daily News
Herbert L. Patterson
Brewer
Banger
America
Lemmon
Booth
Buffalo
N. Y
State Rifle Shoot Team Heads to Des Moines
The Company D rifle team sails for Des Moines to compete in the state shoot. Members include Lieut LeRoy Schilling Sergeant Grover Spring man Sergeant Ed McGee Sergeant John Jackson Corporal Thompson Brookhart and Private Thomas Osborne with Glenn Laffer and Ed Manmes as pit men. Col W Brookhart, state inspector of Small arms practice, accompanies the team. The squad, one of the best to represent Company DD, aims to defend the regimental trophy with possible additional trophies. Events run Monday to Wednesday at the state rifle range near Des Moines.
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Des Moines
LeRoy Schilling
Grover Springman
Ed McGee
John Jackson
Thompson Brookhart
Thomas Osborne
Glenn Laffer
Ed Manmes
Col. & W. Brookhart
National Guard
Death of Hallie Sueile Anderson
Yesterday at 4 30 am Hallie Sueile Anderson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Anderson died of cholera infantum. The funeral was held at 3 pm at the residence with Rev W R Sawhill officiating. Interment in Elm Grove cemetery. The parents express deep gratitude for the sympathy of friends.
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Hallie Sueile Anderson
W. A. Anderson
Sigourney Road
W. Rsawhill
Elm Grove
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound touted for middle age women
An advertisement from Brookfield Missouri extolls Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as the remedy for the change of life. It claims the product cures a range of female ailments and invites readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for personal advice.
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Brookfield
Cee
Pinkham
Satan Lotignant
Livingston Street
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Jungt
Inlwler
Batra
J. A. Harwood
John Shields
Lydia E. Pinkham
Shallenberger
Washin
Washington, Colenso Hotel
Schallenberger
Sicians
W. E. Shallenberger
Lake Ave
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Geo. Peck
South Dakota
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