Love Led to Shots Mrs A T Young in Tragedy and Revelations
Mrs Anna Theresa Young estranged wife of Philadelphia lawyer Alexander Young faced indictment after a fatal shooting in Chicago. Mary Turner sister of the wounded woman, previously Miss Mary Wilson, and Mrs Spear Turner mother of the two girls, were central figures. Investigation tied real estate dealer John Fetzer to the case, with motive rooted in jealousy and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Wilson
Mary Turner
Oscar Turner
Washington
Chicago
Tne
Charles Wigden
Rigdon
Anna Theresa Young
Alexander Young
Philadelphia
Mrs Young
Mary Wilson
Mise
Turner
Washington, DC
Mre Spear Turner
Washington DC
Evanston
Jail Breakers Escape From Camden Courthouse Cage
William J. Brown alias Gilespie and Charles Berger escaped from Camden jail by sawing an aperture in the iron cage high above the courthouse roof. The pair, dressed in street clothes, traversed a narrow ledge to an iron pipe and descended to a circuit courtroom before slipping into an awaiting automobile. Spectators noticed the escape as it unfolded and suspected confederates aided them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Camden
Braun
Prize cow Josephine sets milk production marks at Columbia
In Columbia Missouri on July 18 Josephine the prize cow of the State Agricultural College leads the six month milk test with a 1204 pound margin over the world record. She holds the world records for one day one month and four months with 1102 pounds in a day and 3960 pounds in a month, surpassing Beldenvale Wis and Coranthes Fourth Johanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Josephine
Josphine
State Agricultural College
Coranthes
Belsendale
Wis
Quarry Blast Kills Five in Nazareth Quarry
Five foreign men identified only by numbers died in a quarry blast at Nazareth Portland Cement Company this afternoon. The explosion was a premature dynamite charge, in the same quarry where seven men were killed in a similar accident a few weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth
Nazareth Portland Cement Company
Thia
Trainmen Strike Hits Grand Trunk System
A Montreal midnight strike by Grand Trunk trainmen and conductors affects 2600 on the Grand Trunk and 360 on Central Vermont, with 500 shop workers laid off. Telegraphers stay at work. Arbitration offered, wage increases discussed, system-wide disruption feared. many trains late or canceled and lines from Portland to Chicago potentially stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Portland
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
Hays
London
Ont
Stratford
Sarnia
Toronto
Belleville
Grand Trunk Pacific
Moncton
N. B
Pacific Coast
Grand Trunk Tonleht
Messrs Berry and Murdock
Canadian Pacific
Northwest
Brock+iHe
Ottawa
James Murdock
Shot By A Soldier Asylum Escapes With Companion
A shooting on the Aqueduct bridge near Rosslyn involved William L. Smith of Rosslyn and two friends. Two uniformed soldiers assaulted them, one fired a revolver wounding Smith in the abdomen, and the assailants fled toward Virginia. Smith was taken to Georgetown University Hospital in critical condition. Police pursued leads but the soldiers remained at large as investigations began with Fort Myer notified.
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William L. Smith
Rosslyn
Smith
Rosalyn
Virginia
Georgetown University Hospital
Reno
Frank D. Scott
Fort Myer
Washington
Potomac
Rossyth
Falls Church Electric Hne
Short
Walsh
Sergt. McQuade
Seventh Precinct
Sergt McDermitt
Henry Schneider
Capt Schneider
James Hertley
Setectives
Burlingame
Warren
Stone
Anthony Schilling
Sergi Hess
McGill Grove
Schneider
Rich contractor drowned in New York river
John W. Horton a Youngstown Ohio contractor was found drowned in the North River off Franklin Street New York. Coroner's physician Dr Weston reported no marks of violence and Horton believed to have fallen while boarding the Celtic steamship. He was 61, leaving a wife and family.
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Washington
New York
Weston
John W. Horton
Youngstown
Ohio
North River
Franklin Street
Horton
Celtic
White Star Line
England
Europe
Cox Fices Judge Brown Nomination on Second Ballot
Cincinnati dispatch reports George B. Cox predicts Dayton judge Oren Britt Brown will be nominated for Ohio governor at Columbus on July 26. Brown is to be chosen on the second ballot with about 534 votes, backed by Hamilton, Clermont, Butler, and Montgomery counties, with Cleveland’s Cuyahoga delegation solid for Brown.
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Ohio
Washington
New York
Cincinnati
New York Times
George B. Cox
Oren Britt Brown
Dayton
Columbus
George B Cox
Cox
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Brown
Hamilton
Clermont
Butler
Montgomery County
High Chair Strap Kills Baby in Home Accident
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Ralph Schafer months old living at East 132nd Street strangled at home when a high chair strap stretched under a movable shelf caught his neck. Mother left him briefly. upon return he was hanging, transported to Harlam Hospital where doctors said death was rapid.
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Washington
Frozen to death in July in Florence New Jersey
In Florence New Jersey on July 18 a young man known as Paolo died after being exposed to extreme cold at the Florence Iron Foundry. He was carried to his boarding house and ice was applied to his head and neck, which led neighbors to summon a physician. Dr Baird found the man had been dead some time and concluded that excessive ice caused his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Hawbecker Rigdon
Mra Young
Mr. Young
Mra Rigdon Alsemes
Rigdon
Parsons
Mire Young
Young
Frgdon
Inspector Lavin
Mr Fetzer
Trobad
Florence
N. J
Paolo
Hare
Baird
Riots Feared In Barcelona As Anniversary Nears
Anxiety grows in government and police circles as the July 2 1909 Barcelona riot anniversary approaches. Carlists and Republicans hold meetings while a general strike looms. Gen Weyler orders troops to key points and churches and convents reinforce with steel doors. In Bilbao coal miners strike becomes general with 15000 men joining after Saturday action.
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Barcelona
Spain
Weyler
Catalonia
Bilbao
Society Women to Pose for Charity Tableau In Newport
Newport July 18 Twenty or more prominent society women in Newport will pose in tableaux for a New York charity benefit. The event, organized by Miss Jeanne Wallach, will be staged at the Casino theater on August 22. Russian artist Prince Troutetskoy is in town to arrange and group each picture. Drowned in Swiss Floods Berne Canada July 18 The Gryonne River breached dykes for miles. Two firemen died rescuing two girls. Niagara Falls Excursion Baltimore and Ohio July 22 A special train from Washington departs 7 45 a m via Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley R R with return within fifteen days. Cheap side trips to Niagara Falls listed for August 18 September 2 16 and 20.
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Newport
R. I
New York
Jeanne Wallach
Barger Wallach
Casino Theater
Berne
Switzerland
Gryonne
Canton
Vaud
Rhone
Niagara Falls
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
R. R
Niagara
Fortune for trained nurse fuels romance and wealth
Mrs. Hollins, 23, a trained nurse from Atlanta, receives 30000 from Dr. Herbert H. Wyming of Los Angeles for nursing him during illness in Savannah. He also bequeaths 75000 more in his will. Wyming’s son Harry is urged to marry her. she says she would marry him for love, not the money.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
J. Holfins
Herbert H. Wyming
Los Angeles
Cal
Savannah
Wiyming
Secretary Worcester Escapes Ambush by Moros in Palawan
American Secretary of the Interior for the Philippines, Dean C Worcester, survived an assassination attempt by a band of Moros on Palawan Island during a governor installation. His bodyguard fired, killing three attackers, while others fled. The report notes Moro raids,Arab-descended warriors, and a history of resistance against American forces, including the Lake Lanao and Bud Dato campaigns.
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Philippines
Palawan
Manila
Dean C Worcester
Wocester
Sulu
Moynihan
Moro
Leonard Wood
Ore
Lake Lanao
Lanao
Fifteenth Cavalry
Twenty-Seventh Infantry
Cotta
Cotabato
Jolo
the Crater
United States
Taft Seafaring Trip Aims for Neutral Ohio Talks
At Beverly Massachusetts on July 18 President Taft plans a ten day Maine coast cruise aboard the Mayflower with Senators Burton and Dick and former Attorney General Wade Ellis. They discuss Ohio politics but Taft will not back any candidate. Ambassador Robert Bacon visits before departure. The voyage features wireless links and several speeches but no political pledges.
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Maine
Ambassador Bacon
Beverly
Mass
White House
Taft
Ins
Burton and
Wade Ells
Republican State Central Committee
Burton
Boston
Thea Taft
Elis
Ohio
Cluse
Mia Taft
Millis
Ellis
Washington
Robert Bacon
Rate
Charley Taft
Horace D Taft
Louis T. More
Cincinnati
Beekman Winthrop
Mills Mabel Boardman
Archibald W. Butt
Charles Norton
Eastport
Bar Harbor
Bangor
Rockland
Pages of shared tragedies and political notes in headlines
This scattered page lists varied items from a Chicago tragedy and a strike on the Grand Trunk to a soldier shooting a woman labeled Negra, escapes in Moros cases, Taft sea trip, betrayals to officers, Speaker Cannon, bafflement by Madriz, daylight hold ups, regatta entries, a plea seeking a daughter, funds for open shop fights, Alexandria news, Crippen recantation, Mrs. Rogers in peril, no Pennsy strike, shootings within families, Ballinger defense, Roosevelt aiding a nephew, Marine Corps changes, murder for money, plus financial, editorial, society items, sports, milk prices, a Silver Horse tale, and a bandbook trial postponement.
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Chicago
Grand Trunk
Negra
Moros Baba
Taft
Speaker Cannon
Madriz
News of Alexandria
Crippen
H. H. Rogers
Stepmother
Ballinger
Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Burly Utica teller caught for embezzling four thousand
Howard Lowery, note teller at Utica City National Bank, fled April 27 after secretly diverting about 4000 in a drawer. A private detective tracked him through several states, locating a Wilmington stenographer he had married, then arrested him in Philadelphia and transported him to New York. Authorities say no requisition was sought.
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Philadelphia
Howard Lowery
Utica
Lowery
New York
Wilmington
Utica City
Frogh
Kel- Neher
American Banking Association
Wilmington Dell
Keleher
Roosevelt to U. K Taft Good-Natured Thrusts Parried
Emporia Kansas July 18 Speaker Cannon and William Allen White shared a light exchange when a telegram hinted Roosevelt would oppose Taft. White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, joked about insurgents while Cannon praised the vigor of party factions and reporters. The scene included playful jabs about Vic Murdock and a nod to ongoing insurgent sentiment. The National Metropolitan Bank offers efficient banking services to patrons opposite L. A. Treasury.
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Emporia Kans
Cannon
Wiliam Allen White
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
New York
White
Emporis Gazette
Uncle Joe
Vic Murdock
William Allen White
W. A
Walt Mayon
Sunshine Factory
National Metropolitan Bank
L. A. Treasury
Cannon No Quitter Defies Muckrakers For Speakership
Burlingame Kansas July 18 Joseph G Cannon refuses to drop his bid for Speaker of the next House. He says he will accept if the Republican caucus nominates him, though he would rather serve in the minority than lead a shaky majority. He defends his eight-year tenure, rails at muckraking magazines, and argues for independence within the party while criticizing tariff revisions and the Payne law.
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Caucus
House
Jou
Bristow
Department
Burlingame
Kans
Joseph G Cannon
House of Representatives
Emporia
Cannon
Kansas
Henry Clay
Congress
Representative Biller
Taft
Senate
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C. W. Rigdon
She
Mrs
A. T. Young
James Hampton Lewis
Atorney
Aheard
Prize Cow
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Republic
Rich
Cox Fices Judge Brown
Fortune
Dean C. Worcester
Philippine Archipelago
Mindanao
Mindoro
Zamboanga
Jole
Indorse
Burton, and Ellis
France
Paris
Bat Harbor
Senator Hale
Hilleworth
Islesboro
Biddeford Pool
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Navy Yard
U. K
Leta
Sowt
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