Taft Urges Longer Summer Vacations In Bar Harbor Visit
President Taft and his party sail from Bar Harbor on the Mayflower, with plans to speak in Bangor and meet Senator Hale. He advocates a sixty day summer rest under modern conditions, citing health and vigor benefits, while critics suggest political undertones during a holiday trip. The entourage includes Mrs Mark Hanna and Mrs Charlemagne Tower, with fans cheering as Taft disembarks and addresses townspeople before departing for Mount Desert and future engagements.
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Eugene Ff
Lisworty
Ts & P
Taft
Praise for the Maine welcome in Bar Harbor speech
A speaker extols Bar Harbor and Maine as desirable winter retreats praising the region’s climate scenery and hospitality. He notes Westerners’ admiration for Maine and Vermont origins of many successful individuals and thanks locals for a red letter three day stay in Bar Harbor.
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Day State Primary Sees Prohibition Split in Texas
Texas voters head to Democratic primaries amid a split on statewide prohibition. Two pro prohibition candidates for governor, Cone Johnson and William Poindexter, oppose anti prohibitionist O B Colquitt. Gov Campbell may push a constitutional convention if prohibition is submitted, while most observers expect a close race between Colquitt and Davidson with the statewide issue shaping the outcome.
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U Austin
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William Poindexter
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Poindexter
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J Matin Jones
Guv Campbell
Campbell
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Senate
House
United States Senate
J W Bailey
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Tiib
Madriz Must Quit to End Nicaraguan Crises
The United States demands Madriz resign and a fair open election for Nicaragua’s constitutional president. Barrios and Salinas, Zelaya allies, will seek US backing, but only if Madriz fully withdraws and accepts a(us) open election process. Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica back US stance.
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Sebastian Salinas
Washington
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Department
Knox Barrios
Salinas
Colon
New York
Thomas C Dawson
Luis Corea
Salvador Castillo
Madriz and Estrada
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Madriz Party
Rodrigue
Guatemala
Salvador
Costa Rica
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Zelaya
Honduras
Niaragua
Estrada
Setire
Manila Railroad offers 30 million dollar first mortgage bonds
New York July 22 the Manila Rail road Company which controls the Luzon railroad system arranged a public offering of first mortgage bonds through Speyer & Co and Speyer Bros with subscriptions at the bureau of insular affairs in Washington and at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp offices The bonds totaling 30 9 million dollars are four per cent due 1939 and constitute a direct first lien on the southern lines and their equipment covering about 820 miles split into northern and southern sections The southern portion about 470 miles includes miles in operation and both sections share a common Manila terminus but are operated separately.
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Manila Railroad Company
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Luzon
Speyer & Co
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Tandon
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Washington
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Manila
Woman killed after being swept under moving car
A well dressed woman about 70 with a stamped envelope to Misa H VanBess was fatally struck at Bath Beach West End Line platform. A six car train stopped elsewhere as a car sped by, her body was entangled in the electric shoe and the rear wheels passed over her head. Identified later as Mrs M Jennie Bogart of Bath Beach and Thirty-fifth Street, Manhattan.
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Misa H. VanBess
South Street
Manhattan
Bay Twenty-fifth Street
West End
Bath Beach
M Jennie Bogart
John Lee
Harway Avenue
Lee
Bogart
Thirty-fifth Treet
Fifth Avenue
Mackay
Millions for King George Civil List Passed in Commons
London reports the house of commons approved King George's civil list at 470000 pounds yearly. Amendments by Barnes and Keir Hardie were defeated by large margins as Lloyd George and Lloyd-George proposals to amend royal revenues were carried, with the final vote 197 to 19.
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Keir Hardle
Balfour
Lloyd-George
Former Premier Maura Shot at Barcelona Train Station
Senor Maura, ex prime minister of Spain, was wounded by Manuel Posa who fired three shots as Maura left a Barcelona train. Maura was rushed to a steamer bound for Palma. guards increased after the attack and Ferrer’s execution era is cited as provoking unrest.
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Senor Maura
Manuel Posa
Posa
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Maura
Palma
Ferrer
Morocco
Spain
Francisco Ferrer
Ile of Maura
Mysterious tip leads to arrests in Rawn death case
Chicago mourners watched as two men described as colored and seen near the Rawn home were taken to city hall on a coroner tip. Mrs Rawn gave a detailed account of the shooting while police question her account, noting three key points supporting suicide versus murder and a possible discharged chauffeur as a suspect.
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Rawns
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Mona Lisa Theft Rumors Stir Paris Louvre Case
Paris reports that da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by a museum official, with a copy left behind. A New York millionaire, initials J. K. W., is said to possess the original, driving speculation amid high value offers and guarded dealer chatter. The piece’s famed smile and legend are recounted as background color.
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Washington Post
Paris
Cri de Paris
da Vinci
Giaconda
Louvre
New York
Leonard da Vinci
Rephrae
la Joconda
Arthur Mahler
Vasari
Mona Lisa
Hghby
Leonardo
Walter Pater
Mosquitoes Balk Schiff in Alaska Trip News
A San Francisco dispatch to the New York Herald says mosquitoes in the Yukon region led banker Jacob H Schiff and his party to reverse course. They left Dawson for Skagway instead of continuing down the Yukon to St Michael, while women aboard favored the coast journey to avoid insects.
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New York
San Francisco
New York Herald
Yukon
Tacoma
Jacob H Schiff
Dawson
Skagway
Stichael
Alaska
Women Heroes Drowned While Saving Others
In St Paul Minnesota on July from Lindstrom Mrs John Crosby and her daughter Peart, 19, drowned while attempting to save Mrs Chris Miegen and her 8 year old son. Mrs Miegen and her son were rescued by John Guen ther of St Paul. The Miesen boy fell from a raft prompting the fatal rescue attempt.
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John Guenther
Crosby
Two Men Rescued From Peril
A brief item notes two men rescued from danger in an unspecified incident. No further details provided in the readable text.
Seven Year Old Ruth Brashears Strands From Grandmother
Ruth Brashears seven-year-old daughter of Shipley Brashears, a Penn Mutual executive, walked from Clarks Station Virginia toward Washington. Separated from her sister and grandmother, she sought to reach 3414 Thirteenth Street NW, refusing a police offer of help. She arrived home by six, feet blistered and frock soiled, after an apparent independent trek nearly sixteen miles from the Calvary Baptist Church camp. Police hunted the area as she traveled toward home, maintaining calm persistence throughout the ordeal.
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Whitney Yacht Under Fire From Coastal Artillery Fire
Harry Payne Whitney and Payne Whitney, summer residents of Narragansett Pier, escaped injury when shells from Forts Wetherill and Greble ripped a hole in the mainsail of their yacht Atlantic during a trip from Newport. The exact shell origin is unknown and no further shots hit the vessel.
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Greble
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Woman Kills Boy on Mount Holly Wharf Virginia
A 16 year old boy Benjamin Smith was fatally shot on a wharf at Mount Holly Virginia by a young woman from a launch carrying several girls. The weapon, a gun, discharged while she handled it during joking. the shooter’s name is not known. The incident occurred in Westmoreland County near the Potomac, with coroner certifying accidental death. Benjamin Smith, a Washington resident with Idaho ties, died three hours after the shot. His body was sent to Staunton Place Washington and then Boise Idaho for funeral arrangements. siblings Walter and the other boy Dinger provided details. Funeral is set at Waugh M E Church with burial in Glenwood Cemetery before interment in Boise.
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Mexico
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Dinger
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Ife
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Ohio
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Boise
Washington Public Schodla
Lastern High
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Waugh M_E
A H Thompson
Glenwood Cemetery
Theft on Hamburg-America Steamer Amanka Reported
Hamburg July 2 thieves aboard the Hamburg American Line steamer Amanka allegedly stole jewelry worth 340000 from Eva Stradford of New Jersey. authorities suspect an international gang active on transatlantic liners. Direktors say they know nothing of such theft.
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