Navy Disaster Claim Seaman Survivors Honor Fallen at Sea
Admiral Yamamoto sends bouquets to hospital for the ships crew while survivors recount the sudden blast on the battle ship Georgia. Gunners' mate Hansel recalls steering through the inferno as others describe the scene and the casualties among sailors, with families named among the wounded and dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansel
Georgia
Berdeuck
Helgson
Hodgson
Crymin
Ann Pyar
Sittin
Bob
Ramieson White
Mary
Apterson
Sumin James B
cPhoniis
New York
Michael Thomas Tioni
Ordballs Seamin
Stor
New
Aeal
Isa
da Coe
Wasal Hospital
Aly
St. A'S
Ash
Latteman
Wisner Decree Set Aside By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court set aside the divorce decree granted to Anna Eliza Wisner by Judge Rohnert from Raph D Wisner. The case questioned whether a wife must follow a husband to the domicile if the husband treats her kindly and provides support. Evidence showed Wisner shifted from law to mining, offered a home, and the wife refused to leave Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petrol
Mich
Supreme Court
Rohnert
Anna Eliza Wisner
Guv Dennison
Ohio
Raph D Wisner
George Wisner
Roosevelt
Deep Waterways Commission
Wisner
Rate
Detroit
Diamonds Disappeared and Suspect Arrested in Two States
Hessie Criswell Barton, accused of stealing $300 worth of diamonds from Marty Lilien in Wheeling and later charged in Washington Pennsylvania for another theft from Charles Gilmore, was arrested in Washington, Pa. She claimed Gilmore gave her the diamonds to pay her lawyers, then fled with them on a train to Wheeling. the diamonds were not recovered and she said they would never be returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeling
Wo Va
Hessie Criswell Barton
Marty Lilien
Hertory
Fillman
Waa
Charles EF Galmore
Bossla Rawnt
Emperor's exile deepens Korea crisis amid protectorate fears
Tokyo dispatch reports Korea's court in turmoil as the emperor retires to a secluded country place and rivals vie for succession. Exiled princes Cheung Yous and Pak Yun Mo contend with a crown prince seen as incompetent while foreign influence pressures Japan to push a protectorate agreement. Viscount Liayasid visits Seoul to untangle tensions arising from protests to Japan's stance on Korea.
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Tokyo
Crisia
Orean
Viscount Liayasid
Tipan
Seoul
Usgwe
Korea
Marvis Tt
Ito
Dia
Yakoa
Hague
Pak Yun Mo
Maymus
Eark
of Cheung Yous
Fusan
Ewa
Unconscious at throttle endangers Lake Shore Express
Flora Webber, engineer of a rapid westbound Lake Shore passenger train, collapsed at the throttle in Cleveland on July 1 as heat and fatigue overwhelmed her. The engine lurched toward yard limits before fireman took control, bringing speed under control. Webber's condition remained critical and the cause was unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Flora Webber
Lake Shore
Webber
Miss Ellwood Engaged to Syrian Dragoman in Egypt
Amazement followed the announcement that Elsie Ellwood daughter of W A Ellwood and granddaughter of Isaac L Ellwood of De Kalb Illinois became engaged to Said Kalil Halek a Syrian dragoman in Egypt who accompanied her homeward from the Holy Land and who claims wealth and a Turkish title though her grandfather doubts the match The Syrian declares future plans include marriage in De Kalb and life in Texas or De Kalb while Isaac Ellwood contemplates further inquiry with his son.
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Miss Ellwood
Said Kalil Haick
Egypt
Tonac L. Ellwood
W. L. Ellwood
de Kalb
Bast
Washington
New York
Elsie Ellwood
W. A Ellwood
Isaac L Elwood
de Kalb, I
Pteal Wire Souinnaire
John W. Gates
Kall] Huick
Holy Land
Holy Land the Friends of Miss Ellwood
Jooung Telles
Ellwood
Isaac Elwood
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr Ellwood
Hh Said Kall
Halek
Battery Park
Broadway
Misa Ellwood
Beirut
Indies
Thp
Mm de Kalb
Texas
Isaac Ellwood
Waldorf-Astorls
Syria
Mr. Emwood
MF Son
Return of Noted Traveler Amid War Tensions
Said Kall Hatek tours Beit Shebab Mount Lebanon claiming fame in Iseypt Syria and Italy with a State Department letter directing consular aid. Isaac Ellwood, grandfather of Elsie Ellwood, recalls early barbed wire ventures later sold to American Steel and Wire in 1898 fueling his vast fortune through steel industry mergers.
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Iseypt
Syria
Italy
Kall Hatek
State Department
Washington
Isaac le
Elswood
Misa
Elsie Ellwood
Mr. Ellwood
American Steel and Wire Company
Sungequeapt
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Elwood
Denounces Libraries By Colorado Bishop
Bishop N C Matz of Colorado denounces public libraries as sinks of corruption and denounces Carnegie and Rockefeller for boosting library numbers for self glory. He cites biblical alms and says widow’s mite is more acceptable to God than large endowments to colleges. He warns libraries expose readers to infidel Voltaire and sensational dime novels.
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Washington Fort Denver
Cola
N. C Matz
Catholic Tincere of
Colorado
Seck
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Voltaire
Hall Defense Plan On Visit To Sister In Law
Trial of Charge of Murdering His Mother in Law Opens Today. Washington Professor Carl Hall to assist as counsel. defense plans to challenge the state's circumstantial case and claim timing undermines the prosecution theory. Prosecution ties Hall to Frau Molitor's November death in Baden Baden, claiming he was there in disguise. The hearing is expected to be dramatic with anticipated courtroom clashes.
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Washington
Carlscade
Germany
Karl Hall
Hall
Frau Molitor
Baden-Baden
Thue
T'roi Han
Baden-aden
Villa Molitor
Brillant
Ananelas
United States
Frof Hall
Baden Baden
Hau
Fraulein Olga Molitor
Frankfort
Priggner
Clinton
Magill
West Jefferson Street
Pet Magill
Miller
Artine D Merwin
Merwin
Haywood murder trial bolsters bomb theory in clash over Orchard
In Idaho on July 16, the state challenged the defense claim that the mine explosion was an accident. Key witnesses contradicted defense testimony, with Sheriff Rutan questioned over Colorado lawlessness and a physician placing Orchard near Wardner at the time of the blast, while others testified about the mine’s levels after the explosion.
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Sopilal
Washington
Orchard
Janes Hawley
Rutan
San Miguel County
Colorado
Hawley
Union
Telluride
Haywood
Edward Alvard
Burke
Coeur D’alenes
Wardner
Werner
Alvard
Vindicator
Fremont ‘Wood
Justice of the Peace
D. C. Scott
Aller
Cripple Creek
Independence Depot
Breen
Nevers
Hay
Chicago's biggest baby born weighing eighteen pounds
A Chicago infant arrived weighing eighteen and a half pounds and nearly two feet tall. The child, named Fred Busse Ross, is associated with Harry Ross and Ida Host. Mayor F A Busse is expected at the christening on July 18, with travel details noted. The article blends sensational local news with unrelated courtroom items and mine disaster testimony.
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Washington
Chicago
Fred Busse Ross
Harry Ross
Ida Host
F. A. Busse
Harters Ferry
Baltimore
Dmo Station
Harpert Ferry
Dut Orchard Trial and Postal Telegraph Pay Report
Dut Orchard maintains a calm exterior as witnesses are examined in a lengthy trial. The Postal Telegraph Cable Company counters wage claims by presenting its San Francisco payroll for May, showing telegraphers earning from 3% to 434 cents per hour, with day and night shifts described and bonuses noted for excess of minimum daily messages.
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Wood
Orchard
Aller
Postal Company
New York
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Neill
San Francisco
Mont
Missing Man Found Dead After Ransom Letter
William D. Vines, 80, retired Brooklyn merchant, was found dead in woods near Mount Kisco NY after his son received a ransom demand of 5900 for his return. He disappeared June 23 from his son-in-law’s Mount Kisco home while visiting. a skull and crossbones letter warned he would be sent home if the money was left at a Brooklyn elevated railroad pillar. A decoy letter misled the sender. The son suspects the letter writer knew nothing of his father’s whereabouts and sought extortion.
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New York
William D. Vines
Brooklyn
Mount Kisco
Mr Wines
Charles Hibbell
Wines
Mr. Wines
Jewels Presented to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in New York
Thousands of worshippers from across the United States gathered in New York on July 16 for the Our Lady of Mount Carmel feast in the upper East Side. Processions moved through decorated streets while devotees offered jewelry valuables and money at the shrine inside the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliane
New York
United States
Our Lady of Mount. Carmel
Upper East Side
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
NO WAR ON MCLELLAN FOLLOWS MASS MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL
A sweltering crowd gathered at Tammany Hall to hear Charles F Murphy’s bid to oust Mayor McClellan. Resolutions condemned new public service commissions and urged balanced representation of community capital and labor in utility boards while criticizing court delays that affect poor litigants against wealthy figures.
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Pacia
la Fe
Washington Post
New York
Tammany Hall
Charles F Murphy
McClellan
Murphy
Hall
Fourteenth Street
Bourke Cochran
Corkran
Roosevelt
William W. Hearst
McClellen
Republcan
Prison Death Reveals Judicial Error in Alabama
Special to The Washington Post from Montgomery reports Rena Rivers died in prison after a clerical error extended her 20 month sentence to 20 years. At age twelve she was sent to the mines for larceny, and released too late to avoid a wrongful term. Her mother seeks state compensation as lawmakers consider relief.
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Washington Post
Montgomery
Ala
Rena Rivers
Mather
Co Master Appointed in Eddy Case in Concord NH
In Concord New Hampshire on July 16 Judge Robert M Chamberlin appointed Horace W Parker of Claremont as co master with Judge Edgar Aldrich and Dr George F Jelly to determine Mrs Mary Baker Eddy's competency in a matter brought by her alleged next friends. Parker replaces Dr Alden Blumock of Providence who declined to serve. Parker is a veteran New Hampshire lawyer and a political figure.
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S‘oncord
Robert M Chamberlin
Supreme Court
Horace W Parker
Claremont
Nsw
Edgar Aldrich
George F Jelly
Mary Baker G Eddy
Eddy
Parker
Alden Blumock
Providence
New Hampshire
Walls Collapse in London Ontario Killing Five
Five are dead five missing and five seriously injured after a wall collapse on Dundas Street in London Ontario. Rescuers freed eight girls trapped in the wreckage as they pleaded for food and water. The incident halted activity as rescuers worked through the night to reach imprisoned victims and aid workers reported multiple injuries and a missing unidentified man.
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Chrystal Hall
London
Ontario
Qve
Dundas
Bramilton Clothing
Prank Smith
Brestero
Archie Maccallum
Mise Clara Mullins
William Tamblin
Edward Boweit
Edward Howett
Joseph Long
John Robizson
Mr Lane
Mamitton Long & Co
John Loner
Debria
Fre
Cres
Brewster
Frank Reid
Rela
Landmark Crystal Hall collapses burying Brewster store
A three story Crystal Hall collapse in Clinton devastates Dundas Street, burying Brewster five and ten cent store and nearby shops. Dozens trapped or rescued. several taken out with injuries, including George Fistallen and Archibald Maccallum. Investigations follow into causes and prior renovations.
Train Robbers Kill Man Near Cherryvale Kansas
Two men stopped a Saint Louis and San Francisco freight train five miles east of Cherryvale and shot O J Brown dead and wounded Otis Taylor. The pair tried to rob them of earnings as they rode home to Western Kansas after wheat-field work. A posse began pursuit. Taylor wounded, hospitalized. The robbers escaped. Weeks-end excursions advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherryvale
Kan
St. Louis
San Francisco
O."j. Brown
Otis Taylor
Brown
Taylor
Kansas
Minneapolis Lawyer Vanishes Hours Before Draft Fortune
Prominent Minneapolis attorney Lemer G. Wells disappears after leaving a note stating he could endure the strain. three hours later a draft for a fortune arrives, his partner reports the letter, and Wells’ wife vows to use any wealth to find him amid police searches and rumors of a possible self harm. Local notices vary as reports describe travel plans and a Thursday theater event.
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Minneapolis
Washington Post
Minn
Lemer G. Wells
Minneapolia
Han
Wells
Tracy
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Caspar Po Goodrich
Mies
Louisa
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Soman
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Brookin Noy
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Nis
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Gema
Summer Neal
Will
Arthur Broore
Maxwell, Manning & Moore
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Moors
Karl Hatch
Ellwoods
Engileh
Mount Lebanor
Beit Shebab
Mount Lebanon
cHomsmemset Sipwis
San Miguel
C. W. Allen
Dent Theory
Beck
McCormick
Tris
Hobnen
LG Ramacy
Cormick
Holman
Beck and McCormick
Madonna
McLellan
Tammany
Crend
Horace W. Parker
Dr. Blumock
Crystal Wall
Crystal Hall
Brewsters
Hamilton, Long & Co
W J Peid & Co
Coiock
Crysports
Sir Bans
Tal Hall
Dundas Street
Elizabeth Louise Magill
Frederick Magill
Weldon Springs
Faye Graham
Pank
Miss Graham
Ira
Mra
Fred Magill
Mra Magill
California
Nile
Frenery
George Fistallen
W. T Hamilton
Hampion
Herms
Nalther
John Loney
Peter Smerless
Grand Rapids, Mich
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Ballumore
Obie
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Goldter
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