Tornado Devastates Snyder Oklahoma Hit by Deadly Cyclone
Reports from Hobart Chickasaw and Snyder Oklahoma describe a devastating tornado that destroyed Snyder killing at least 95 with about 150 injured. Rescue trains carried nurses and physicians from Hobart and Chickasaw to aid the scene. the town lies forty miles west of Lawton in Comanche county. Estimated financial loss reaches $350000 as of May 12 with many still missing.
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Guthrie
C. T
Hobart
Oklahoma
Chickasaw
I. T
Snyder
Lawton
Chickasaw, I.J
Oklahoma City
O. T
Comanche County
Passenger Train Collides With Dynamite Freight In Harrisburg
An express on the Pennsylvania Railway collided with a freight train carrying dynamite at 1 10 this morning in South Harrisburg near the Paxtang plant. Three blasts wrecked both trains and set fires, with 50 dead and 100 injured among 169 passengers, though figures may be low.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paxtang Light, Heat and Power Company
Insolvent Haight & Freese Company Placed in Receivership
On May 10 Judge Lacombe appointed Walter D. Edmunds of New York and James D. Colt of Boston as receivers for Haight & Freese Co in New York. The firm is accused of insolvency and fictitious brokerage dealings benefiting over 5,000 customers with claims exceeding a million dollars. Banks are restrained from paying out customer deposits pending debts settlement.
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New York
Wriggway Bowker
Camden
N. J
Lacombe
Walter D. Edmunds
James D. Colt
Boston
Haight & Freese Company
Foster
Seaboard Consolidated National Bank
Bowker
Flour Millers Adjourn In Washington State Meeting
The Tacoma session of Washington millers ended without forming a state association. A committee led by A M Ingersoll and including Alexander Miller Moritz Thomson John T Bibb and C A Peplow was tasked to draft a constitution and by laws and arrange permanent organization. A July 10 meeting will finalize incorporation and setup.
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Tacoma
Millers of
Washington
A. M. Ingersoll
Alexander Miller
North Yakima
Moritz Thomson
Seattle
John T. Bibb
C. A. Peplow
Red Cross to Move to China Amid Harbin Evacuation
The Times correspondent at Moscow reports the Red Cross will be relocated to China in preparation for Harbin's probable evacuation.
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London
Moscow
the Times
Red Cross
China
Harbin
President Roosevelt Addresses Rate Legislation in Denver
President Roosevelt speaks at the Brown Palace in Denver on railroad rate regulation and federal supervision of great transportation corporations. He urges expansion of interstate commerce commission powers and cautions against injustice while noting private car reform as a further concern.
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Denver
Roosevelt
Colorado
Gilenwood Springs
Denver and Rio Grande
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Brown Palace Hotel
Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Genera
Customs Seizure at Los Angeles Port Over Valued Japanese Goods
For months customs officials have seized Japanese imports at the Los Angeles port due to evasion of customs laws. Goods valued at many thousands of dollars were confiscated as Japanese wholesalers on the other side shipped invoices at about 60 percent of real value.
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Los Angeles
The Collector Persists in a Tiny Debt Dispute
In a Chicago Daily News vignette, a debt collector presses a debtor over four dollars and eighty cents. The shirt sleeved man delays with humor and offers a possible week’s postponement while hinting at larger Confederate notes and U.S. silver certificates as leverage.
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United States
Chicago Daily News
Independent Line Steamers to West Coast Services
Grays Harbor to San Francisco and Los Angeles routes listed with second class at 13.50 and first class at 17.50 dollars for voyages, reflecting coastal steamship fare structure. travel options, destinations, and price points emphasized in the notice.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Professional doctors and lawyers in Aberdeen area
A list of medical professionals and attorneys with office locations hours and phone numbers. Includes Dr. Smits and Dr. Karshner at Aberdeen General Hospital and Red Cross Pharmacy, Dr. Long osteopathic physician, cross street offices in Crowther Wooding and Hayes buildings, and attorneys R. Fox and R. Taggart with office in Postoffice and Dabney blocks.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Memory of Country Sleighride Brings Nostalgic Joy
A St Louis Chronicle reminiscence recalls a bygone country sleighride with four horses, straw, robes, sleigh bells, and a Farmer Williams home party. It highlights the warmth, singing, courting, hugging, and festive foods that defined rural winter gatherings.
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Jimmie Markey
Williams
Nellie Gray
St. Louis
Fortune Worries a Washington Woman with Wealth
Mrs. Cynthia Nicholson, widow worth about forty to fifty thousand dollars, worries over her fortune after inheritance. Judge Stephenson informs her of her share and a $1000 installment, while she frets about banks, real estate agents, and lawyers. She recalls forty years of work without savings and fears trust and safety in her new wealth.
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Cynthia Nicholson
Henry C. Stephenson
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Commission
Independent
Grays Harbor
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Aberdeen, Wash
Aberdeen
Paul Smits, M. D
W. M. Karshner, M. D
Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
Dr. Watkins
Fverett
E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
R. H. Long
M. A. Smoot
Osteopathic Physicians
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Portland
Points East
Ocosta
Kinnison
Market Street
Points
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
R. 4. Fox
Frobert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
W. Mason
Heron Street
Vammen
G Street
Heron
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
Heron and
F Streets
J. A. Moller
Prop
F Street
Eel
Toronto
Montreal
Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
F. C. Collins
A. B. Calder
H. A. Tereda & CO
South G
Zelasko
Tam
Cleveland Leader
Beth
Aberdeen Transfer
A. Ingebrightsen
Hayes & Hayes Bankers
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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