Garfield Tells Attitude Toward Taft and Progressive Tariff Plank
Garfield arrives in Columbus with Taft backed progressives as Burton foes rally. He defends a vigorous tariff commission and a short ballot while outlining planks demanding public accountability, cannel reform, worker protections, and strict supervision of corporate power. The piece notes discord over committee leadership, with Dick facing opposition for chairmanship and Cassidy and Howland voicing reservations.
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Garfied Tomsht
Taft
Tery Aml
General Corporation
Nk Rehime
Garfield
Coltags
Taft Im
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Senate
Ooftimo
Mick
James Cassidy
Paul Howland
Cassidy
Nurse Mixed Own Medicine Found Dead in New Rochelle
Coroner in Mount Vernon ruled the death of Mrs. Josephine Wanetall a death from paralysis of respiration caused by an irritant poison taken accidentally. The poison, likely from headache powders she customarily used, was not fully identified. Wanetall was a trained nurse who mixed the powders herself.
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Washington Post
New York
Boedecker
Mount Vernon
Josephine Wanetall
New Rochelle
Weath
$60,000 Seized in Kursaal Raid On Baccarat
Police raided the Kursaal's literary society rooms in Ostend and found many men and women, including foreigners and Americans, playing baccarat. They seized stakes totaling 60000 dollars. players protested but were detained for two hours during investigation.
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Washington Post
Ostend
Kursaal
Taft Cruises in Fog as Maine Port Hosts Visit
President Taft sails the Mayflower through dense fog off the Maine coast and anchors near Negro Island light at Rockport. He will speak at Rockland briefly tomorrow, his last Maine address, before heading toward Casco Bay. Hadley of Yale faces decision on railroad securities commission post. The president’s ankle pain eases but remains in bandages as he recovers aboard.
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Hadley
Rockland
Taft
Penobscot Bay
Maine
Logan
Penobscot
Darle Harbor
Islesboro
Rockport
Mies
Negro Island Light
Gilbert Dock
A. H. Chatfield
Cmemnati
Beachamp Pont
President Taft
Casco Bay
Casco Tas
Portland
Thomas B. Reed
A. T. Hadley
Yale
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beverly
Grayson
Assassin Bomb Kills Virginia Mayor on Lawn
Ridgeway Virginia July 2 Mayor A H Bousman was killed by a dynamite bomb while lying on his lawn smoking a cigar A motive of revenge by someone he had sentenced for crime is suspected Bloodhounds and posses search for the killer and a reward of 260 is posted The mayor who sat as police court judge was known for fining and jailing petty offenders and a prior exploded attempt against him is noted with dynamite possibly sourced from local kaolin and mica mines or the distant coal fields as the investigation proceeds
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Washington Post
Ridgeway
A. H. Bousman
Virginia
Bousman
Nmbs
John O. Coan
Winston Salem N. Cy
Mr. Bousman
Henry
Franklin
Wider
Ginsberg
Antwerp
Montrose
Montreal
London
John Robinson
Robinson
Dr Crippen
Tf Robinson
Crippen
U S Minister Combs Ill in Peru Visit Plans
United States Minister Leslie Combs is confined to bed with influenza in Lima on July 25. He plans a Pen Mar and Return trip to Baltimore and Ohio from Washington at 7:30 a.m. on July 30, returning the same day at 7:15 p.m. This creates a limited travel window and notes the outing opportunity.
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U. S
Combs Mit
Lima
Peru
United States
Leslie Combs
Pen Mar
Beltimore
Ohio
Washington
Suuzhutm
Corn Market Rallies on Heat Wave Across Corn Belt
The Chicago board of trade saw corn take center stage as scorching Sunday heat and ongoing drought fears spurred active buying by shorts and country houses. Prices closed 2.14 to 4.42 cents higher amid reports of serious damage and moisture shortages in Oklahoma, Kansas, and the southern belt. experts warn further heat could worsen conditions.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Oklahoma
Kansas
B. W. Snow
Ogek
Lyle
Strike disruption eases as railways resume freight traffic
Reports from Montreal and Ontario show Grand Trunk Freight trains operating at reduced levels after arbitration talks faltered. Police patrol yards in South Bend while militia readiness remains. Vermont and New England towns report continued supply issues and partial work resumption, with striking workers placed as special officers in Pontiac Michigan.
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South Bend
Vermont
Ind
Grand Trunk Railroad
McKee
Indiana National Guard
Ontario
Toronto
Grand Trunk Railway
Mimico
Brownlee
Palmer
Mass
Central Vermont
Monson
Stafford
Conn
New London
Northern
Central
Pontiac
Mich
Grand Trunk
Nelson
Chicago Builds Trades Council Votes 18 000 Strike
In Chicago a general tie up of building operations was decided by the Buildings Trades Council. About 18 100 construction mechanics will strike starting Wednesday unless employers yield. The move targets Otis Elevator to reinstate striking elevator constructors. In New York a Queens Borough President Lawrence Greseer indictment was dismissed for insufficient evidence by Justice Garretaon.
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Chicago
Chicago Buildings Trades Council
Otis Elevator Company
Elevator Constructors’ Union
New York
Lawrence Greseer
Queens
Garretaon
Supreme Court
Music Makes Girls Strike at Chicle Plant
Twenty eight workers at American Chicle Company's Cleveland plant quit work over pay. They earned one dollar daily and demanded one twenty five, inspired by music from a nearby pavilion. Superintendent, after being asked to decide, fired two dozen workers and replaced most of them as strikes spread.
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Cleveland
Ohio
American Chicle Company
May Curver
Heat Fueled Tragedy: Richmond Couple Slashes
In Cincinnati, Dr. William Buinley of Richmond origin fatally wounded his wife with a razor then injured himself. Insanity and extreme heat are blamed for the act. Mrs. Burnley collapsed at the doorway. Burnley is in critical condition. The couple, with two daughters at a boarding school in the East, had recently moved to Cincinnati.
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Richmond
Cincinnati
Ohio
William Buinley
Burnley
Virginia
Bread and Eggs By Weight Adopted in New York
New York on July 25 reports that bread and eggs may be sold by weight following a mayor approved act and an older ordinance. Commissioner Driscoll announced readiness to issue compliance instructions and said enforcement should be straightforward for bread. The eggs by weight presents more complexity, with a planned conference of egg dealers and potential extension to canned goods.
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New York
Drigcoll
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Gaynor
Ege
Driscoll
Burglary Charge Against Blond Woman in New York
Police say Mrs. Anna Wilson, a blonde 2 years old not clear, is held on a burglary charge after a break in described as done by an expert cracksman. Miss Elizabeth King alleges jewelry and apparel theft. The door was reportedly jimmied and other neighbors report recent robberies linked to the same woman.
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Jimmy
New York
Anna Wilson
Locke
Elizabeth King
Dynamite Used In Riots On Delaware and Hudson Rail Road
Rioting between 1200 striking section hands and new men along the Delaware and Hudson line from Wilkes-Barre to Carbondale Pa escalates with dynamite, train wrecks, and gunfire. One man killed, six injured at Carbondale. several locomotives derailed, tracks and signals damaged. arrests include Gentile Wilson Johnson Marco Ernest Sullivan. Police protect strikebreakers as state troopers and company officers guard the line.
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Washington Post
Wilkes-Barre
Delaware and Hudson
Carbondale
Laurel Line
Avoca
Hudson
James Ciccone
George D. Gentile
George Wilson
Thomas Johnson
John Marco
James Ernest
William Sullivan
Ciccone
State Constabulary
Theft shock hits Russo-Chinese Bank cashier case
New York police issue general alarm for ErWin Wider missing Russo-Chinese Bank cashier after thefts surge from 80 000 to 600 000 in securities and stocks. Bank seeks to recover brokers and securities while Wider alleged to have an outside accomplice and a supposed gentleman's agreement to delay public disclosure.
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New York
Erwin Wider
Wall Street
Cornelius Alvord
First National Bank
Sing Sing
E. Markowski
Pitze
Gertz
Gingberg
Markowski
Sults
Court of Appeals
State Banking Department
First National
National City
First National Bank of
Chicago
Index to Today s Issue i Garfield Not Fos of Taft President
Todays issue highlights include fogbound Taft voyage, a mayoral bombing death, a major cash theft of 500000, a wife assault claim, a prisoner rumor about Dr Crippen, poisoned cavalry horses, and a general hero amid slum warfare. Also noted are army airship tests, Negro Elks convention, Roosevelt in Ohio, Bryan reaction, Bristow Aldrich dispute, Hughes campaign, Madrid envoys in New York, and regatta funds growing. The paper covers army navy news, society, sports, and finance with plans to float the Maine and other items amid local policing.
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Garfield
Taft
Dr. Crippen
Negro Elks
Roosevelt
Ohio
Bryan
Bristow
Aldrich
Hughes
Madrid
New York
Army and Navy
Invades Wife Home as Police Nab Notorious Man Belote
Albert Belote, infamous for sensational acts and past assaults, entered his wife’s home at 631 G Street SW despite a restraining order. He accompanied Officer Ricketts to the station after a brief disturbance, amid a history of arrests for assault and drunkenness. His 1908 Panama service and family tragedy, including his son Sidney’s drowning, are noted.
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Albert Belote
G Street
Justice Wright
District ‘Supreme Court
Belore
Ricketts
Eaenel
Belote
Near death from sunburn in Atlantic City
Lawrence Brannison a young Philadelphia man lies in City Hospital with the worst sunburn the resort has seen. Surgeons expect to save his life but may need skin grafts after hours in hot sun and wind. The National Metropolitan Bank promotes large and small accounts.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. 3
Lawrence Brannison
Philadelphan
Crippen Case Duo Aboard Montrose in Atlantic Pursuit
London reports Scotland Yard believes Dr. Hawley Crippen and his former stenographer Ethel Leneve are aboard the Canadian Pacific steamer Montrose bound for Montreal. Wireless messages, arrests, and sightings in Antwerp and Rimouski frame a mounting pursuit as inspector Dew presses to identify the fugitives, with the pair using alias Robinson.
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Montrose
Antwerp
Montreal
Washington Poat
London
Daily Express
Robinson
Ethel Leneve
Crippen
Kendall
Express
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Clara Leneve
Scotland Yard
Hilldrop Crescent
Pertiecier Aitentet
France
Leneve
Dew
Inspector Dew
Liverpool
Rimouski
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dr. Crippen
Belgium
Camphbell
Brown
Belle Isle
Father Point
Ends Her Life in Niagara Falls
Miagara Falls N Y July 2 Mme Clerker a young dressmaker formerly of Wilkes Barre Pa committed suicide tonight by leaping from the second Sister Island bridge. Earlier in the day she attempted to kill herself by gas inhalation.
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Mme. Clerker
Wilkes-Barra
Wiagara
Sister Island
Shereek
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