Forest fires wipe out Porcupine towns and more
A vast Michigan forest fire sweeps Porcupine and Au Sable Oscoda areas. Dozens dead or missing as West Dome Dome and other mines burn. Refugees flee by lake, rail lines disrupted. Gov Osborn mobilizes National Guard. multiple towns including Waters and Port Austin face destruction with total losses likely over a million dollars.
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Ontario
Porcupine
West Dome
Dome
The
North Dome
Preston
East Dome
Vipond
Foley O'Brien
Philadelphia
Tnite
Fildorado
Standard Imperial
Success
Robert Weiss
United Porcupine
Eldorado Porcupine
Stanchard
Imperial
West Mines
Poreuone
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Pottsville
Golden City
Avia
Hfe
Big Domo
Tisdale
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Kelso
Detroit
Mich
Au Sable
Oscoda
Samuel Rosenthal
Michigan
Osborn
Michigan National Guard
la Roque
Posen
Alpena
Cheboygan
Metz
Millersburg
Gardner Peterman
Onaway
Frenchtown
Tower
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Loud
Suit Bryan for President
Western and Southern men predominate in a Commoner editorial listing Democrats fit for the presidential nomination. Harmon is omitted. Folk Wilson and Clark are noted as acceptable, with many other named governors senators and mayors proposed as potential tickets or running mates.
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Washington Post
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Wilson
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Plaisted
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Kev
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Senator Chamberlain
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Senator Owen
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Senator Patterson
Adams
George Fred Williams
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Glenn
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Senator Turner
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Senator Gore
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Comer
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Beckham
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Malinois
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New York
Morrison
Chicago
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Georgia
Burke
North Dakota
Marshall
Dix
Culberson
O'Gorman
Shaforth
Colorade
Foss
James
Osborne
Wyoming
Grandels
Pomerene
Ohblo
Approve Treaty Changes at Imperial Conference
The Times reports the imperial conference fully discussed revising the Anglo Japanese alliance to align with a proposed Anglo American arbitration treaty. Any new agreement with Japan will have fresh authority and moral force from prior assent of self governing dominions. The Times says this is among the conference's key anticipated outcomes.
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London
the Times
Japan
Train Wreck Kills Twenty Near Superior Docks
Twenty men reported killed after a Shoore passenger and a freight train collide on a trestle near Deerwood Minnesota. The bridge burned and cars derailed into a ditch as fire followed the wreck this evening.
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Deerwood
Minn
Shoore
Superior
Wis
Court Fines Mary Garden and Acquits Duke in Paris Auto Crash
In Paris on June 19 the bicyclist Robin sued singer Mary Garden and Duke de Talleyrand for injuries. Garden's chauffeur Jack Curtis was fined $2, and Garden was ordered to pay $140. The Duke de Talleyrand was acquitted. Robin sought $2,220 in damages.
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Paris
Speciel Cable
Washington Post
Robin
Mary Garden
Anna Gould
Miss Garden
Jack Curtis
Duke of Talleyrand
Curtis
Gossip Causes Her Death On 138th Street Fall
Mrs Mollie Borts aged 21 or 23, while chatting with a neighbor on a floor above, slipped from a second floor window extension at 676 One Hundred and Thirtyeighth Street and fell about forty nine feet to a basement, dying instantly at the scene.
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New York
Mollie Borts
One Hundred and Thirty- Eighth Street
Ice Riot and Heat Death Toll Across Cities
A sweeping heat wave triggers ice riots and rising fatalities in New York Philadelphia and New England. The Knickerbocker Ice Company limits sales sparking protests while Gaynor orders an inquiry. Pittsburgh tightens park use as deaths from heat mount and ice prices soar with supply constraints across the region.
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Philadelphia
New York
New England
Pittsburg
Gaynor
Walda
Knickerbocker Company
Pittsburgh
Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Berlin
Dr Ralph E Gallinger Killed In Pembroke Auto Crash
Dr Ralph E Gallinger of Concord son of Senator Jacob H Gallinger was killed when his car overturned on a sandy road between Pembroke and Concord. Insurance superintendent A E Davies was severely injured. Gallinger, 40, practiced in Concord. the senator left for New Hampshire after learning of the death.
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Pembroke
N. H
Ralph E. Gallinger
Concord
United States
Jacob H. Gallinger
Gallinger
A. E. Davies
Davies
Ralph ©. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Tax U 3 Qowries Kahn Wow Who Lize Girls
A fragmented item references a tax topic and a group called the girls in a bunched phrasing. Readable names and dates are unclear. the fragment hints at a local or school context with possible leaders or events but lacks coherent details.
Penurious wealth seekers in struggle over dowry diplomacy
A California representative urged a tax on dowries in international marriages to curb wealth-hungry nobles and defend dollar diplomacy. He cited State Department papers and recalled Jefferson and Adams medicines of salary and status, while debating ambassadors and coronations and noting long-standing pay inadequacies for diplomats.
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California
State Department
Kahn
Henry
Texas
Republic
John Hay
Elihu Root
Puilander C. Knox
Knox
John Hays Hammond
George
Miss Emily Tuckerman Defeats Stockbridge Chimes
Washington visitor Miss Emily Tuckerman wins dispute with Stockbridge over Field family chimes, leading to silent bells for the first time since 1878. Dudley Field legacy provided 5,000 dollars for daily ringing. dispute arose after she argued the chimes disturbed meditation. Relatives warn the gift may lapse if chimes do not ring daily.
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Washington Post
Stockbridge
Mass
Emily Tuckerman
Washington
David Dudley Field
Fraud Indictment Over $7 Million Debenture Scheme
E G Lewis, prominent publisher and promoter, indicted in St Louis on 12 counts for fraudulent use of the mails. He allegedly sold unsecured notes and debentures totaling about 7.16 million dollars via misrepresentations connected to his publishing companies and real estate ventures. Lewis claims Congress persecution and seeks trial in late October concurrent with a women’s league convention.
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E G. Lewis
St. Louis
St.Louis
E. G. Lewis
United States District Court Today
Lewis
Woman's Magazine
Woman's National Daily
University City
University Heights Realty and Development Company
Lewis Pubiishing Company
Congress
Washington
Ita
Ught
American Women's League
Lewis Publishing Company
Postoffice Department
House
Post Office Department
Edwin ©. Madden
Lewis Concern
Austin
Tennessee
Madden
Cortelyou
Lawmaker seeks jail for death by own action attempts
Washington police urge a new statute to deter self-destruction attempts by fining and jailing offenders. Maj. Richard Sylvester argues many acts are bravado or sympathy quests and claims the law would curb sensational cases and push would be suicides toward treatment or dismissal. Coroner Nevitt offers no clear stance, noting no evident rise in crisis reports, while the measure awaits guidance from the corporation counsel amid a flurry of past poisoning cases and legal debates.
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Richard Sylvester
Maj. Sylvester
Maj
Sylvester
Sylvester Gasetta
Department
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Anacostia River
Maiy Sylvester
R. A. Sanders
Sanders
Anacostia
Nevitt
New York
Widespread Fires and Frauds Dominate Headlines
Pages report massive forest fires with hundreds dead and large fraud cases charged. Other items include Sylvester proposing personal crisis reports curb, an ice riot in New York, railway safety laws, a wreck death list, Mrs. Walcott's body found, and a Hoodoo car blamed for the wreck. Kentucky leans Taft, Norment resigns, an embezzler gets five years, and aero travel is denied for the President.
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Sylvester
New York
Alsop
Haiti
T—Society
E. J. Harvie
Eggs Hatched in Twelve Days Challenge by Doctor Bontecou
Special to The Washington from Flyshkill Landing N Y July 12. Dr Bontecou wagered chickens could hatch in twelve days contrary to the three week norm. He watched a hen on twelve plus eggs, moved them to a hot oven after opening, and within half an hour fifteen chicks peeped. All survived and were healthy.
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Washington
Flyshkill Landing
Bontecou
War on Household Graft In Newport Merchant F. P. Garrettson
Frederick P. Garrettson of Garrettson & Co. says his stand against household graft has cost him only three families but gained his overall trade. He announced a week ago he would refuse commissions for trade from households and would have anyone soliciting commissions arrested.
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Newport
Washington, Post
R. L
Frederick P. Garrettson
F. P.,garrettson & Co
Garrettson
Stnmef
Resignation of Gen Nodarse Shocks Cuban Government
Havana July 12 Gen Orencio Nodarse director of the national lottery resigns citing ill health President Gomez accepts the move amid rumors of a duel with editor Maj Andre and widespread unrest. Opposition paper El Dia accuses Nodarse of 380000 a month in illegal commissions. The unrest grows as Stimson and Crowder visit to probe concessions to foreign corporations.
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Havana
Orencio Nodarse
National Lottery
Gomez
Nodarse
el Dia
Mai Andre
Cuba
Henry L. Stimson
Warm
Col. Crowder
la Discusion
Maj
Andre
Girl and fiancé killed in highway accident near Hendersonville
Miss Lena Bowman of Sumter and Mr. Robert Bettis of Trenton were killed when an automobile went over an embankment near Hendersonville, North Carolina, early today. Miss Mabel Bowman, Lena's sister, was seriously injured. Lena and Bettis were to be married soon.
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Ashevill
N. C
Hendersonville
Lena’ Bowman
Sumter
Robert Bettis
Trenton
Mabel Bowman
Oe Lena
Lena Bowman
Connecticut Tragedy Prompt McChord Plea on Railroad Safeguards
Commissioner McChord orders report on tragedy to back plea for authority to compel railroad safety actions. Representative Sheppard supports plan to protect traveling public. The item notes union of political push for stronger railroad precautions and public safety oversight.
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Connecticut
Sheppard
Call for stronger power over railroads after Bridgeport wreck
The Bridgeport Connecticut wreck death toll and injuries spark calls for a tougher law. Representatives and Interstate Commerce Commission officials urge broader authority to compel railroads to adopt safety devices and immediate reporting. McChord orders rapid, thorough investigation and telegraphic wreck reports. Critics say current penalties and enforcement are inadequate. CONTINTED ON SECOND PAGE
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C. C. McChord
Federal Express
Bridgeport
Conn
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Congress
New York, New Haven, and Hartford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
McChord
Hiram Belnap
New York
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