Rioting and fatal injuries after streetcar crash in Cleveland
A mob attacked the motor crew after a Woodlawn Avenue streetcar collision left a girl fatally hurt. A crowd of up to a thousand gathered, cars burned, bullets were fired, and police rescued conductors as chaos erupted. Two morgue wagons misdelivered a head and a body, fueling public outrage and calls for franchise action and city council vote.
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Cleveland
W. J. James
John Swanto
P C Elsholz
John Gray
George Alesander
Mack Burlingame
Yetta Wolkinsk
Woodland Avenue
Tittle
Car Mens Union
Marriage and Death Notices Amid Local Papers Glimpsed
Fragmented text from notices hints at marriages and deaths in local papers. Names and dates are unclear due to OCR distortions, but references to community outlets and standard post items appear amid garbled lines.
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Listed Nearby
An old newspaper fragment lists multiple funeral directors and embalmers with addresses across Washington. Notable names include Thos A Costello, Frank Geier's Sons, Geo P Zubhorse, J W Wright Co, Tabler & Bro, Harvey & Sons, Speare, and Frank A Speare. The ad highlights services, offices, and affordable prices.
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WM H Sardo & CO
Funerai
Sergeon
Costello
Funema Diretor
ADF Mealmer Uuw
Frank Geier’s Sons
LLY
GEO P Zubhorse
Capitol
William Lee
Ani
John R Wright
Funeal
Lyery
Tabler & Browl
Harvey
Telenaone
Speare
N. W
Terre Frank A Speare
Vgr
Pionts
Heflin Wins as Delegate in Democratic Primary Returns
Late returns indicate Nebraskan supporter backing carried state by three to one. John W. Heflin and J Thomas Heflin of the Fifth district led Bryan adherents with strong delegate yields. The Alabama and Birmingham figures show Heflin allies dominating, while sentiment in Pennsylvan ia cited steel trust pressure and other trusts shaping responses.
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Dimagiam
Anidales
Cerual Penina
John
Tom Liser
Rieminglam
J Thomas Hefir
Pifth
Disrict
Clayton
Bryan
Larae Vile
EW Fueter
Birminehar
Ani
R Maim
Mryan
Sam Will Joner
Birmingham
Briar
Cremio
Bryai
Worky
Pevew
Bimingham
Go Johnsons
Asherens Phiedelphia
William Tennngsisan
Ierning
Jed
Alabama
Albama
Musrepr
Pennsylvana
Steel Trust
Pennsylania
Ie Steel Trust
Ohio convention bolt shocks Potsmuth riot breaks out
Riotous scenes erupt at a political convention in Potsmuth Ohio as police fail to maintain order. Delegates nominating HoH Mechlin of Adams County for Congress by acclamation clash with rival Romulus Johnson supporters. A bitter speech from Bannett and a contested second convention follow as the district weighs the rival nominees.
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Potsmuth
Ohio
Representaive Bannon
Hoh Mechlin
Adams
Congress
Clark Johnson
Romulus Johnson
Ironton
Congres
Bannett
Manufacturers Oppose Class Issues in U S Convention
The National Association of Manufacturers denounces class issue declarations by political parties and backs omitting them from platforms. It endorses halting Philippine market openings to other nations and plans a tour to push tariff policy while opposing Hepburn measures and perceived labor influence.
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van Cleave Claums
Hepburn Bullim
Philippine
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Untion
Jouhn van Cleave
Albany
Hartsourg
Boston
Columbus
Springfield
Washington
van Cleave
California for Bryan delegates push platform and reforms
The Democratic State convention adopted a platform favoring the total expulsion of Asiatic laborers and tariff reforms, including lumber duties repeal. It calls for strict trust enforcement, freedom for labor unions, direct relation of president to senator, direct primaries, initiative and referendum, and postal savings banks. Delegates at large elected: Theodore A. Gell, Nathan Pleto, Robert M. Fitzgerald, William Sontey.
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Yresna
Cal
California
W J Bryan
Theodore A Baller
Philip 'S
United States
Theodore A Gell Nathan Ple
Robert M Fitegerald
William Sontey
Big Names in Plot in Platt Case Still Under Scrutiny
In a sprawling testimony Mae C Wood asserts Senator Platt signed a disputed document admitting marriage, while defense contends the handwriting and typewriting indicate a forgery. Letters and notes from 1903 to 1906 are read as evidence, with Wood recounting duress, secret marriage, and alleged schemes to extort.
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Washington
BD C
Der
Mae C
Wood
Washington DC
Mae
Senators
Mi” Stanchfeld
Thomas C Platt
New York City
Aly
Mr Platt
New York
Stanchfied
Justice O Gorman
Senator Platt
Mae Wood
Mr Stanchfield
Howe
Jerome
Local Option Faction Wins at Prohibition State Convention
Delegates gathered at MCA Hall for the Prohibition State convention to elect national delegates. The body split into two factions, Prohibition and Local Option, after a proposal to reaffirm last year’s platform. A one-per-county committee was formed to draft resolutions for the convention.
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Tierton
Prohibition
Mca Hall
Pryan
Murphy to support Taft at speaking event
Charles Webb Murphy president of the Chicago National League Baseball Club announced he will travel this summer to speak on behalf of Republican candidate Taft if nominated. The offer was made to Harry M. New the National Republican Committee chair and accepted. Destination for Murphy’s appearance has not been determined.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Charles Webb Murphy
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Taft
Harry & New
National Republican Committee
Murphy
Senator McEnery Re-elected in Louisiana Vote
United States Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery was today elected to succeed himself as both houses of the legislature recorded a unanimous vote for him. The senate will meet the house tomorrow to compare and announce the vote. In St Petersburg a planned gavel between Guchkoff and Prof Milukoff was canceled due to intervention by a Douma member after a quarrel over a false statement by the Octoberist reader.
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Baton Rouge Li
United States
Samuel Douglas McEnery
Recordea
Senate
House
St Petersburg
Guchkoff
Milukoff
Constitutional Democrats
Guchkoffs
Saluting cannon explodes at Centerville Beach incident
Eureka Cal May 19 One man killed three women and one boy badly hurt while about a dozen others sustain minor injuries as an old four inch cannon used for a fleet salute explodes. Hundreds from Ferndale and Eel River valley gathered to watch the Atlantic fleet pass Centerville Beach. cannon secured at Ferndale and fired.
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Eureka
Cal
Ferndale
Eel River Valley
Centerville Beach
NEW ENGLAND MILLS RESUME
Woonsocket Rhode Island May 19 The Allee Mills of the Woonsocket Rubber Company will resume operation on full time next Tuesday after a two month shutdown. The mill will employ 1500 operatives. Amesbury Massachusetts May 19 The Hamilton Woolen Company, which has run on a four days a week schedule for several months, will resume next Friday. The mills manufacture cotton print goods and employ 740 hands.
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Woonsocket LI
Allee MII
Woonsocket Rubber Company
Amesbury Mass
Hamilton Woolen Company
Tracing Effects From the Baltimore American
A fragment from the Baltimore American discusses ancient myth and metaphor, quoting Jupiter and Vulcan to illustrate the idea of a splitting headache and the humor of classical references in daily thought.
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Baltimore American
Jupiter
Vulcan
Teeth Found in Ashes Point to Mrs Guinness Death Case
In Laporte Indiana relatives in Wisconsin write Sheriff about men who left home to visit a wealthy Indiana widow. The burned Guinness house yielded false teeth matched to Mrs Belle Guinness, likely identifying the adult female victim. The case centers on Ray Lamphere’s murder trial, with seven unidentified bodies buried and ongoing inquiries into other missing relatives connected to the Guinness family tragedy.
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Wisconsin
Sherif
Laporte
Indiana
Norway
Laporte Ind
Guinness Home
Belle Guinness
P Norton
Guinness
Mack
Ray Lamphere
Smith
Smutzer
William Riedinger
Delafield
Wis
David Hicken
Waukesha
Riedinger
Ming Jennie Graham
Peis
Henry Gurholat
Scandinavia
Luporte
Gurholdts
Gurholdt
Sweeney & Kugler Attorneys
Osage
Smutzers
Ginness
Potters Field
Panama Pledges Electoral Integrity Ahead of July Vote
Secretary Taft announced a Panama plan to create an electoral inquiry commission to investigate complaints and guard the electoral franchise for the July presidential election. Representations of possible fraud and denied registrations were raised, with the United States ready to join to preserve order under treaty provisions.
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Taft
Panama
United States
Taft Tg
Licensed to Marry in Richmond and Nearby Counties
A historic roster lists multiple marriage licenses or banns involving Frank J. McShane 41 and Helen A. Rogers 24 from Richmond with several other couples including Kate T Hobertson 2 and Margaret Regen 19, Rev W T Russell, and George Straues 43 with Annie L. Schaff 43. Names span numerous towns and clergy, with diverse ages and locales.
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Frank J. McShane
Helen A. Rogers
Honk
Milton & Ford
Kate T Hobertson
Ross
Frank J Dorr
Margaret Regen
Mark James Burke
Elizebeth Halloran
Richmond
T Russell George Straues
Annie L. Schaff
Ballimors
S Bundy
Arthur F Hodgson
Emeline P Countreman
G P Wilson James N Wngland
Culebra
Panama
Charlesetta Leonwed
HH Wells
Franwin
Mangum
Annie Hayes
Abbott
Jordan Yutram
Grace EB Grimth
Health Office Records Deaths Reported to Midnight Mar 18
Cant Wen Brown 211 Ontkriord és veers Thomas Varxher 1 S$ Sol Home D C 7asre Wm H Relta 987 Mass ave nw 87 years '. Wm Mufholland Nat Homeo Hospt 24 yrs Matilda C Lord 618 12d et nw 88 years Anne Dunn £ 26 23¢ st nw 83 yeara Florence L Nelson 417 M at ne 17 years, Veronica E Nolte 408 I at nw 64 years Elizabeth Lews 26 Quincy m. nw 3 years Robert M Tucker 1757 Columbia rd 1 month Tan Lewis 516 Rost nw 1 month Mary Huffman 2300 K at. 29 daye Horace Sigwart, Govt Hospt Insane 0 years Percy Brock 336 Vi st ne 18 years Lord Nelgon.3d and Hosts ne 71 years Estela Brown Childrens Hoant 7 vearn Sonegh Gibbona Washers Hosnt 53 years Julius Chamberlain 2115 Oth st 60 reara Tillmen Dorsey Home Aged and infirm, 70 year Alice B Howard $10 st se 68 rears Henry Duvall 3752 K at ww oo yeare Clara Kenney 115 Blair rt a years. Rosa Ware 625 lth at nw 37 years Charles Willis, 1704 VY st. nw, 6 deye,
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Wen Brown
Thomas Varxher
Relta
Mass Ave
Matilda C Lord
Anne Dunn
Florence L Nelson
Veronica E Nolte
Elizabeth Lews
Quincy m. Nw
Robert M Tucker
Columbia Rd
Tan Lewis
Mary Huffman
Horace Sigwart
Percy Brock
Lord Nelgon
Estela Brown Childrens
Vearn Sonegh Gibbona
Julius Chamberlain
Rear
Tillmen Dorsey
Alice B Howard
Henry Duvall
Clara
Kenney
Blair
Rosa Ware
Charles Willis
VY St
Arguments On Tobacco Ouster In Sherman Suit
New York May 13. After over four months of evidence the United States government and co defendants begin opening arguments in the suit to dissolve the American Tobacco Company under the Sherman act alleging monopoly and restraint of trade. The case could reach the United States Supreme Court regardless of outcome. Judge Cox asked what relief is sought the government attorney answered an injunction halting all American Tobacco Company business in the United States. McReynolds proposed two courses including action against the American Snuff Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
American Tobacco Company
United States Supreme Court
British American Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
American Cigar Company
United Cigar Stores Company
Coxa
McReynolds
Amercan Tobacco Company
Enjoinment or Receiver Proposed for Amerian Tobaco Co
The court could issue an injunction preventing interstate business activities or appoint a receiver to unwind the affairs of the Amerian Tobaco Company and restore competitive conditions. The move aims to address antitrust concerns and revive fair competition among industry players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerian Tobaco
Michigan Delegates Voted For Bryan at State Convention
Democratic voters prepare to elect four delegates at large to the Democratic National Convention. The race centers on supporting Bryan with a majority seeking instructed delegates while factions debate uncommitted and Gov Johnson options. Wayne County Democrats led by Judge Townsley oppose National Committeeman DJ Campau in Detroit as the convention nears.
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Nigit
del Gates
Brian
Gov Johnson
Hrvan
Ational
DJ Campau
Detroit
WT Townsliy
Wayne County Democrats
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Rend Herald
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Geo C.le Shaffer
Heflin
Ohio Convention Bolt
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14Th St. N. W
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Pratt
Cian
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Coronado Beach
Mae C Wood
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Robert J Wynne
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Loeb
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Local Option Faction
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Louisiana Statesman
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Delaware River Bridge
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Indianapolis
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