Mrs Jack Johnson's Wife Ends Life After Ostracism
Chicago reports Mrs. Etta Duryea Johnson wife of boxing champion Jack Johnson shot herself in New York City after a troubled marriage marked by racial prejudice. She was 31, divorced from Clarence Duryea, and had faced ostracism and health worries amid race and social tensions surrounding the famous boxer.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
David Ter‘ry
Brooklyn
Clarence Duryea
New York
Herusband
Etta Duryea
de Champion
Johnson
Pittsburgh
Etta ‘Erry
Johnon
Las Vegas
Ed. W. Smith
the American
Monson Picture Men After Taft Again
Beverly Massachusetts September 12 The moving picture men who failed to secure good films of President Taft yesterday were down for a second try today. The president faced a busy day as he motored from Parramatta for the golf links. Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeigh called at Parramatta.
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Beverly
Mass
Moving Picture
Taft
Parramatta
Wickersham
MacVeigh
Parrapmatta
Roosevelt Urges Oregon Women Vote Like Western States
In La Grande Oregon on September 12 Col Roosevelt spoke at the Union County fair and urged Oregon to follow western states in granting women suffrage. He called irrigation development a national effort and noted possible future stops including Huntington and Dallas if time permits.
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la Grande
Ore
Col. Roosevelt
Boise
Union County
Huntington
Oregon
Texas
Dallas
Papal Letter Praises Emperor at Vienna Eucharistic Conference
Large attendance marked the Vienna Eucharistic conference with Emperor Francis Joseph and the imperial family taking communion at Hofburg church. The papal letter thanked organizers, praised the emperor, and urged care for youth against deceitful teachings. Cardinal Nagl stressed ecclesiastical focus and generous citizen support faced a housing challenge for thousands of visitors.
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Vienna
Austria
Cathedral of St. Stephen
Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Cardinal van Rossum
Joseph
Franz Nagl
Seek Testimony Against Oghepps and Becker Case Update
New York reports Assistant District Attorney Rubin plans to travel to Hot Springs Arkansas to obtain affidavits from three men ready to dispute information given by Sam Schepps. Becker murder trial adjourned to October 7 while Whitman weighs delaying again if the Hot Springs witnesses refute Schepps. In Rochester a Wabash mail train wreck injured the engineer and fireman with many passengers hurt.
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New York
Rubin
Hot Springs
Ark
John F. McIntyre
Becker
Sam Schepns
Herman Rosenthal
McIntyre
Whitman
Schepps
N. Y. Central
Rochester
N. Y
Rome, Watertown
Ogdensburg
New York Central
Morton
Charlotte
President of Mexico and Type of Revolutionists
Washington report notes two more cavalry regiments sent to the Texas border raising the possibility of U S intervention in Mexico. Intervening would imply war, as the interior shows unrest while a port landing offers no leverage. Taft hopes Madero can improve conditions to avert such action.
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Mexico
Uncle Sam
Washington
Texas
Taft
South
United States
Madero
Girl assaulted by tramps and left in field near Vinton
An 18 year old girl, daughter of Louis Risensh tal, was seized by two tramps as she rode to milk cows. gagged, carried a quarter mile into an adjoining field and left unconscious. Hundreds aided in a search until 10:20 pm when she was found and described one assailant. Sheriff Wykoff pursues suspects.
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Vinton
Town
Louis Risenstahl
Garrison
Young Lochinvar Outwits Daddy by Smooth Trick
In Bristol Virginia a 16 year old girl Myrtle Moore eloped with Arthur Hagey after her father blocked the match. A party of friends used cars and a revolver to move her to a crossroads then to Johnson City Tennessee where the couple married. An Abingdon officer shot tires to halt pursuit but Miss Moore had already wed.
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Bristol
Lochinvar
Arthur Hagey
Hagey
Myrtle Moore
Magey
Myrtle
Miss Moore
Johnson City
Tenn
Abingdon
Abington
Miss Monroe
Arthur
Explorers Claim Descendants Of Lost Nordic Race Found
University of Iowa alumni R. M. Anderson and Vilhjalm Stefansson, once rivals in college, now report discovering descendants of a vanished Nordic race in the far north. Both men, graduates of 1902, are due to arrive in San Francisco on November 1 after their decade of field work.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
R. M. Anderson
Vilbjani Stefansson
Jost Yare
Stafansson
Anderson
Atu
Stefansson
North
Irelander Anderson
Forest City
Towa
Tes Moines
Iowa
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Vidette Reporter
Quill
San Francisco
Gibson Nabbed Murder Charge in Szabo Case
New York lawyer Rourton W. Gibson was arrested in Orangy county on a first degree murder warrant tied to the July 16 death of Rosa Menechik Szabo during a boating accident on Greenwood Lake. He denied guilt, insisted no struggle occurred, and offered to surrender peacefully.
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New York
Rourton W. Gibson
Vgent
Rosa Menechik Stabe
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
de Graw
Orangy County
Gibson
DeGraw
Bigs
Szabo
Tetanus Serum Used To Treat Horse Disease In Nebraska
Holdrege Nebraska September 12 Dr D F Palmer county health officer of Phelps county reports the successful use of tetanus serum in treating horses stricken with a new disease diagnosed as meningitis He treated three late stage cases two recovered and one died The Holdrege Commercial club with county officials will extend the experiments.
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Holdrege
Neb
D. 5. Palmer
Phelps County
Palmer
Holdrege Commercial Club
Receivers appointed for United States Motors Co in friendly suit
Receivers W E Strong and Robert Walker were named by Judge Hough in an insolvency case involving the United States Motors Co a $42 5 million holding group formed in 1898 to control Lem auto and gas engine makers The five constituent firms Alden Sampson Detroit Brush Runabout Detroit Columbia Motor Dartford Conn Dayton Motor Car Dayton Ohio and Maxwell Briscoe of Tarrytown N Y are listed Bankers say the action is friendly and aimed at reorganizing the company amid long standing curb market declines and reported difficulties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Motors Co
Lem
W. E. Strong
Robert Walker
Hough
Alden- Sampson Manufacturing Company
Detroit
Brush Runabout Company
Columbia Motor Company
Dartford
Dayton Motor Car Company
Dayton
Maxwell-Briscoe Company
Tarrytown
N.Y
United States Motor Company
Victory Reversed as Roosevelt Progressives Win Few Colorado Seats
Denver reports show Tuesday’s statewide primary reversed earlier gains for progressive Republicans. Stewart narrowly beat Clifford for governor, possibly ending a Roosevelt progressive state ticket. Ammons won the Democratic gubernatorial race by about 5,000 over Tynan. progressives won all state offices. Democrats and Republicans each chose six electors.
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Denver
Progressive Repubiicans
Philly Us
Stewart
Clifford
Parks
Benjjamin Griffith
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Elias M. Ammons
Thomas Tynan
Colorado State Penitentiary
Progressive Democrata
Wisconsin Progressives Block State Ticket Naming
Milwaukee Sept. 12 The Wisconsin Progressive convention failed to name a full state ticket as Senator La Follette resisted. Delegates debated a complete slate with a Sept. 24 deadline for a possible compromise. Roosevelt forces pressured Gov McGovern to back Roosevelt by Sept. 17 or face a rival ticket and a bitter intra party fight.
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Milwaukee
Wis
la Follette
Wisconsin
Francis RE. McGovern
Progressive Party
McGovern
Roosevelt
Central Bureau of Credits Proposed by Banking Groups
In Detroit delegates at the American Bankers Association convention consider a central bureau of credits to protect bank finances and broaden the market for legitimate short term commercial paper. The trust company section discusses annuities and pension fraud, plus cooperative publicity for their organization. In Beverly Taft meets Chandler Anderson to discuss the Mexican situation and related conditions.
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Detroit
Mich
American Bankers’ Organization
Wichard L. Crampton
Chicago
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Central Bureau of Credits
Trust Company
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Chandler P. Anderson
State Department
York Beach
Anderson
Mexico
Rebels Plan Attack Near Agua Prieta As Mexico Mobilizes
Three trains carried about 900 Mexican federal soldiers and Yaqui allies toward Douglas Arizona to defend Agua Prieta against rebels led by Orozco. Reinforcements, rifles, and carbines were reported for border arming as federals push toward the border.
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Doug
Washington
Mexico
Steaver
War Department
Rojax
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
Fl Paso
Naco
Steerer
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Tanaulipas
Cuchila
Concho River
Orozco
el Paso
Tex
Augustin Sanjines
Sonora
Juarez
H. L. Roberts
Twenty-second Infantry
Col. Roberts
Steever
Fort Bliss
Viator Peck Falls To Death In Aviation Meet
Paul Peck died after his Columbia Gyro bi plane spiraled into the ground at Cicero field during the international aviation meet. Spectators watched as Peck attempted a corkscrew descent from about 1009 feet. he could not recover, dying at St. Anthony de Padua hospital.
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Chicago
Paul Peck
Cicero Field
Peck
John Shaffer
Chauncey M. Vought
Shaffer
Vought
Forty Eighth Avenue
St. Anthony de Padua Hospital
Nineteenth Street
Marshall Boulevard
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Pugilist
Monson
Menfter Taft
Oghepps
William Stein
Ednaugh
New Hartford
J. E. Dempster
Young Lochinvar
Outwits
Daddy
Smooth Trick
el Verso
Havana
OWA
Towa! University
Will
Far North
Middletown
Nebraska
Colorado
Iss
OWS
City
Las, Ariz
Viator Peck
Automobile
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