Marquette Tornado Deadly Toll Tops Two Dozen
A Kansas tornado at midnight destroyed Marquette and surrounding areas killing 24 and injuring many. Churches and the opera house block damaged while residences suffered widespread wreckage. A temporary morgue formed at Olaf Oleon’s store room. aid from Salina and nearby towns was organized as residents describe narrow escapes and frantic rescue efforts.
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Marquette
Kan
Kansas
Olaf Oleon
Gil
Main Street
Rka Tompson
Ione Sailen
Charles Sailen
Saileen
Salina
McPherson County
Union Leaders Cautious As Roosevelt Visit Looms
In Chicago a Teamsters strike committee plans to meet President Roosevelt but shows little optimism he will intervene. Disputes over deliveries continue as employers threaten shortages if strikes persist. Police and guards bolster urban routes while court actions delay injunction dissolution.
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Teame
Chicago
Employers’ Association
Ene md
Roosevelt
P Shea
Charles Dofd
John J. Fitzpatrick
T. A. Rickert
J. F. O'Neill
T. Quinn
Roosevelt Is Seen by Denver After Colorado Journey
President Roosevelt enjoys a royal Denver welcome as he travels from Glenwood Springs to the capital. Crowds greet the party at Denver railroad towns and the Diamond Palace hosts a banquet given by the Denver Chamber of Commerce.
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Denver
Col
Roosevelt
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Brown Palace Hotel
Storm Damage Strikes Cincinnati Area After Weekend Storm
Reports from Cincinnati say the May wind and rainstorm caused severe damage. Trinity Methodist Church, recently repaired and redecorated, was wrecked. the steeple of Cumminsville Lutheran Church blown down. several residences damaged. trees toppled and minor wreckage reported across the area.
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Cincinnati
Trinity Methodist Church
Firefighters aided by shower fight forest blazes in Massachusetts
Weary Massachusetts firefighters from Plymouth Plymton Kingston and Carver battled forest fires all week. A Tuesday shower boosted morale and allowed the crew to close on the flames after days of night work and extensive efforts to protect timber and buildings. Captured spoils at Sanaa include 79 guns and 20 000 rifles as rebels gain control while Turkish officials depart. Risa Pasha is replaced by Marshal Ahmed Fezi Pasha who arrives with eight Albanian battalions to reinforce Turkish forces in Yemen.
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Wrymouth
Mass
Plymouth
Plymton
Kingston
Carver
Onyol
Hodeida
Turkish Arabia
Sanaa
Risa Pasha
Yemen
Ahmed Fezi Pasha
Haight & Freese Brokerage Firm Placed in Receivership
Boston based Haight & Freese stock brokers went into receivership Tuesday and all their offices closed including several in Boston and others across New England.
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Boston
Pfails
Haight & Freese Company
New England
Labor unrest and store deliveries spark street disruptions
The text describes armed figures and deputy sheriffs backing a citywide disruption as workers and delivery teams press claims against department stores. Leaders discuss coordinating direct action with plans to secure wagons and horses, while labor federation officials visit Chicago to assess conditions and press demands.
Massacre of Jews areas Zhitomir Russia reported
Reports from St Petersburg confirm a two day riot against Jews in Zhitomir Volhynia starting May 7. Jews defended themselves as casualties mounted with twelve killed and fifty wounded. Authorities were urged to take strong measures to stop renewed fighting.
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St. Petersburg
Zhitomir
Volhynia
Russia
Novosti
Japan Warns France as War Tensions Rise in Indo China
Paris reports that Japanese protests over French neutrality are natural yet uneasy as Rojestvensky’s fleet tests Indo China waters. France orders naval officials to ensure Russia leaves French waters following talks with Admiral de Jonquières.
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France
Rojestvensky
Japan
Great Britain
Tokio
Togo
Novoe Vetinya
Weta
Roestvensky
Inddline
Paijestvensky
Toxo
Indo- China
Jena
Novosticays
Novosti
Great
Paris
Indo-China
Nebogatoff
de Jonquieres
de Joncuieres
Rosestvensky
Konghai Bay
Annam
de Jonquires
Konghai
Rojesttensky
Jonquieres
President Roosevelt Leaves Denver for Chicago by Presidential Train
The presidential train departed Denver Union Depot at seven thirty morning bound for Chicago. A crowd gathered but no ceremony occurred as the president slept with curtains drawn in his private car. Engineer Hockenberger piloted the decorated locomotive, with Conductor Clark overseeing operations, and a one minute stop at Fort Morgan preceded the journey where the president spoke briefly predicting greater prosperity for Colorado.
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Denver
Cal
General Marorer
Union
Union Pacific
Chicago
Hockenberger
Clark
Fort Morgan
Col
First Convention of American Stock Growers Association
Denver hosts the first annual convention of the American Stock Growers association formed by seceders from the National Live Stock association. Cattlemen hear welcome from Gov. Jesse, Mayor Speer, and John W Spriveer. W W Turner of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association responds. President Conrad Schaeter has died. Murdo MackKernzie is favored as his successor.
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Denver
American Stock Growers Association
National Live Stock Association
Broadway T Theater
Gov
Jesse, FL McDonald
Robert WL Speer
John W Spriveer
National Ave Stock Association
W. W. ‘Turner
Texas Cattle
Conrad Schaeter
Murdo MackKkernzie
Colomado
Texas Enttleman
Legond Killing or a Passenger Train by the Same Man-Forties
Houston May 16 Edward Calhoun was shot and killed on an incoming San Antonio and Aransas Pass train at Wallis by W T Eldridge of San Antonio formerly vice president and general manager of the Cane Belt railroad Eldridge had been acquitted of murder in a previous Donovant case Calhoun was brother in law of Capt Wm Donovant who was killed by Eldridge three years earlier on the same line A feud followed Donovant s murder and threats against Eldridge remain prominent among the Cane Belt railroad interests
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Houston
Tex
Edward Calhoun
San Antonio
Donovar
Donovant
Eldridge
Elridge
Carche Steel plans huge expansion in Youngstown Ohio
The Carje Steel company prepares to enlarge its Youngstown plant with five furnaces of 460 tons each and 50 open hearth furnaces of 100 tons daily capacity. Structural mills will be added, boosting employment by about 3,000 and costing around 20 million dollars. Dr Oliver Wood Nixon dies in Biloxi Mississippi after long service with the Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Stee
Pianoungstown
Carje Steel Company
Ohiont
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