Peary Party Starts for Pole Aboard Roosevelt
Commander Peary sails from New York aboard the Roosevelt with a party of relatives and Arctic Club members as reporters and crew prepare to accompany him toward Cape Sabine. Dr Louis Wolf to join as surgeon. Columbia Professor Munroe Smith nearly falls overboard during departure.
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New York Harbor
Columbia University
Popsiat
Washington Port
New York
Peary
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North River
Peary Arctic Club
Pentucket
Coghlan
New Haven
Hartford
Boston
Sidney
Maria Anighito
Snowball
Gaughte
Jeanette
Ronsavelt
Robert, Jr
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Miss Babb
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Oman
Ho Les
Smith
Louis Delatwld
Prof Smith
Fred Stewart
Lecaise
Peory
Peorys
Ahe
Wolf
George Wardgl
Charles Percy
Matt Henson
Matt
Paary
Percy
Roag B. Marvin
Ithaca
Cornell
Battery
Herbert Bridgman
Godspeed
Lewis
Frederick Delafeld
Holland Stone
Russell Lowell
Charles Millken
Philp K. Wolcott
Wallace Downey
Commander Peary
Morris E.i Jesup
Erik
Cape Sabine
Engineer Private Killed in Maryland Random Shooting
Private Patrick Cummings of Company FE United States Engineer Corps was murdered by Hayes Donaldson at a Curtis Creek landing in Anne Arundel County near Baltimore. Donaldson fled after being beaten and left unconscious on the wharf. Cummings’ companions later realized the hit. Cummings, a New Jersey native, and others were enroute to the rifle range at Glen Burnie when the shooting occurred.
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Baltimore
Patrick Cummings
Company FE
United States Engineer Corps
Hayes Donaldson
Smell Landing
Curtis Creek
Anne Arundel County
Cummings
Glen Burnie
Donaldson
Cumlings
New Jersey
Police clash at St Louis synagogue dedication crowd riot
In St Louis on July 16 a crowd of over 2,000 fought with police to gain entry to the Congregational Sharif Phard synagogue dedication. Dozens hurt as hats crushed and women fainted. Ng Prk, a director, was dragged from a door. Police restored order after an hour while Kantor B Lieberman praised the late Secretary of State in the dedication prayer.
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St Louis
Sharif Phard
Ng Prk
Kantor B Lieberman
Shot Husband Dead in Mountain Home
Gustave Heuter, a San Francisco merchant and hatter, was shot dead at his Santa Cruz Mountains home near Patchen after a quarrel with his wife Mia Heuter. A coroner's jury exonerated Mrs Heuter, saying the shooting was in self defense as Heuter attacked with a shotgun and she fired with a revolver from beneath his pillow. Heuter was thirty and Mia Heuter his third wife.
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San Francisco
Gustave Heuter
Santa Cruz Mountains
Patchen
Heuter
Train Runs Down Auto in Wilkesbarre Crossing
Wilkes barre July 16 S R Sanders veteran journalist his son in law Dr Morgan Weller and Weller escaped death when struck by a Pennsylvania train backing down from yards at a street crossing The automobile was dragged about 2001 feet occupants buried in embankment Sanders leg broken in two places and injured internally Dr and Mrs Weller badly shaken and bruised
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Wilkesbarre
R Sanders
Morgan Weller
Weller
Pennsylvania Con
Ita
Sandere
Well
Excursion Train Leaves Washington for Pennsylvania Railroad Route
An early 20th century notice advertises a Pennsylvania Railroad excursion priced at 1000 Niagara Falls for a group leaving Washington. The ad mentions standard vestibule coaches and a parlor car, with tickets for ten people at 1000 dollars, and directs readers to B M Newhbol at 15th and G Street for descriptive pamphlets.
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Retara
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Uckets Leer
M. Newhbol
Ste
Witte Sees Meyer as Orders Are Specific
St. Petersburg reports M Witte met with Mr Weyer the American Ambassador at the Kleinmichel Palace discussing the peace conference. He plans Paris audiences before leaving for the Emperor and delivering a message to President Roosevelt, while denials persist about alleged Russian plenipotentiary instructions.
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M. Witte
Mr Weyer
Kleinmichel Palace
Paris
Witte
M Witte
Roosevelt
Associated Press
M. Hartwig
The
Foreign Office
Boho de Paris
Drevenang
M Hartwig
Lamedorff
Becho de Paris
Echo de Paria
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Hartwig
Muravieff
Lumadorff
Novos
Cogicion
Great Britain
Russia
Europe
Far East
Austria
Germany
Adriatic
Balkan
Morocco
Prince Mestchersky
Grashdenin
Wacely
M Putkovaky
New York
Commission
M .Hipoff
Treasury Department
Index to Today's Issue Prominent Names and Events
A fragmented index lists topics and people including Peery ship, Witte, Raikying, Grand Army Chief dead, naval appeal to the President, Japanese death, Hendricks Defends Equitabls, 4-H, Heys ia, police campaign, two killed in freight wreck, editorials on peace talks, hotel guest notes, nationels win a game, letters from the Post's headers, Darrow enigma serial, and convention discussions.
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Peery
Pele
Witte
Vorare
Raikying
Grand Army
Navy Yard
Ranke
Hendricks
Equitabls
Heysia
Nationels
Russian husband admits to killing wife in mass murder tale
John Schidlot ska, a Rus e lan migrant, told officers he quarreled with his wife after learning she misrepresented her age and wealth. He described a plan to travel west after the murder, confessed to slashing her throat, dumping the body in a gully, and returning home to depart with unused tickets and cash received.
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John Schidiofeka
Saya
Sherif Barr
Massachusetts
Chicago
Barr
Schidlotska
America
Poland
Lynn
Mass
California
Schidiotska
West
Clark Rally After Serious Operation in New York
Senator William Clark of Montana continues to rally after yesterday’s abscess removal. Doctors report stable progress, with no fever, while Mrs Clark remains abroad in Paris and will not travel home before next Friday. The four day window for final safety underscores the grave nature of the procedure and cautious optimism remains.
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New York
United States
Willam & Clark
Montana
James F. McKernon
Lnter
Mra Clark
Paris
Mre Clark
Clark
McKennop
Thomas L. Benltt
Craigville
Mass
W D Madon
Chicago Labor Riots Endanger Union and Nonunion Drivers
Riot erupted between union and nonunion teamsters near Union Headquarters as about a hundred nonunion drivers filled striker roles. Police intervened to separate crowds after bricks and clubs were used, several shots fired, and Michael Donnelly of Amalgamated Butchers Union beaten. Voting chaos at Chicago Federation of Labor meeting led to police calls and injured, with express drivers voting to keep the strike.
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Chicaxo
Union
Ume
Chicago Federation of Labor
Michael Donnelly
Amalgamated Butchers’ Union
Hal
Donnelly
Railway Express
Express Drivers' Union
DROWNED IN A NATATORIUM TWO PECULIAR TRAGEDIES
Two drownings occur in Memphis on July 1. August Fust, a local machinist, drowns in a natatorium after sinking in view of bathers. James R. Postal, 21, breaks his neck on a sand bar in the Mississippi River while swimming with friends near the city. he dies thirty minutes later. Postal is a Memphis Boat Club member. Fust’s body is recovered after the natatorium closes. his father lives in Louisville.
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Memphis, Tenn
James R. Postal
Memphis
Tenn
August Fust
Ed Postal
Fust
Louisvile By
August Fustar
Mississippi River
Young Postal
Memphis Boat Club
Mob After Five Negroes Rouses Alabama Troops
Alabama Governor wired for military aid as mob gathers at Gadsden jail over rape and murder of white widow Mrs S J Smith. Troopers, sheriff, and judges bolster guard to protect six black prisoners including Vance Gardner amid tense standoff with crowd of up to 300. No further trouble anticipated tonight.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Jelka
Gadsden
Te B Htanes
Gadsden _fall
Vance Gardner
Will Johnson
Ea Jounsop
Bunk Richardson
Jeff Alford
Fannie Mayo
S. J . Smith
Lfe
Burnett
Judge Disque
Hrindley
Chandler
THREE DIE IN FEUD FIGHT IN LEE CITY KENTUCKY
Three men die in a Holly Creek feud with Frank Smith and two Smith men killed. Scott McQuinn allegedly confessed a 10 year old murder linked to a brother killed by William Smith and Wayne Taubbs. Smith had just left the state penitentiary after five years. Also, two youths drown in Milwaukee river during a bathing incident. Thomas McFadden 15 and William Franz 14 drowned after currents pulled them under. Bodies recovered. Salt Water Bathing Chesapeake Beach promoted for family outings.
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Holly Creek
Frank Smith
William
Manfred
Scott McQuinn
Scott Mc
Quinn
Wilam Smith
Wayne Taubbes
Smith
State Penitentiary
Milwaukee
Thomas McFadden
William Franz
Manomink
McFadden
Franz
Hoch Praises Folk In Topeka Indorsement
Special to The Washington Post From Topeka Kansas July 16 Gov Hoch Republican of Kansas endorses Democrat Folk of Missouri for president praising him as a safe choice for the nation The two governors met at Ottawa and Hoch contrasted their states prohibitory laws noting Folk’s insistence on enforcing laws and living up to ideals
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Washington Post
Topeka
Kans
Joseph W Folk
Missouri
Gov Hoch
Kansas
Hoch
Folk
Ottawa
Joseph Folk
Mist
Bourk
Gov Folk
Gov. Folk
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Death of Gen Wilmon Blackmar G A R commander in chief
Gen Wilmon Blackmar, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died in Boston of intestinal nephritis. Born 1841 in Bristol PA, he served in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry and First West Virginia, later as Massachusetts judge advocate general. John R King of Baltimore becomes acting commander in chief on his death. Funeral arrangements planned in Boston. wife present.
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W. W. Blackmar
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Blackmar
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Rice
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Grand Army of the ‘Republic
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B. B Stillings
Kinsley
Morray
West
John R. King
Baltimore
Blackman
John R King
Ehist
GAR
Capt King
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virgnna
Washington
Jobs D. Long
Telegram cost him job at Chicago Theological Seminary
Prof Andrew Fox, dismissed from the Chicago Theological Seminary faculty after sending a telegram to John D Rockefeller asking for tainted funds for the seminary. The action surfaced with the autumn roster and a farewell statement, Fox now links the telegram to a major donor breach and Rockefeller’s large endowment program.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Andrew Fox
John D Rockefeller
Chicago Theological Seminary
Fox
Kirchen Tote
New York City
Andrew
German Institute
Chicago Theologiesl Seminary
Burglar Attacks Grenell Island residents in night assault
Mrs Fanny Hamera and her daughter Ida aged eighteen, wealthy Syracuse summer residents at Grenell Island Park, were brutalized by a burglar who entered the daughter’s room to steal diamond jewelry. Mrs Hamera tried to alarm neighbors, was clubbed, and both women remain in critical condition as a man named Albert Nuley from Fishers Landing was seized by locals.
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Fanny Hamera
Ida
Syracuse
Grenell Island Park
Iss Harners
Mra Harners
Albert Nuley
Fishers
Thorgand Island Park
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