Johnstown Fire Devastates Downtown as Loss Near Million
Round Smiths publishers sweep ends as devastating blaze guts central business district of Johnstown Pennsylvania. Flames started in Swank Co hardware and spread to adjacent blocks destroying Johnstown Journal and other buildings. One fireman William Campbell killed. telegrapher G H Santamore missing. several firefighters injured. electric wires burned leaving town without power. By 3 30 am fire under control, expected to burn out in Geis building.
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Johnstown
Swank & Co
Johnstown Journal
G. H. Santamore
Publishers’ Press Association
William Campbell
Electric Light Company
Geis
Bloody Fray Threatens New Russian Uprising
St Petersburg reports say despite assurances of low outbreak risk new storm could emerge before parliament meets. Public anger grows among workers as revolutionists plan a political strike and general uprising in mid April, signaling potential bloodier clashes than before.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Ragging Probe Puts Scots Guards Under Scrutiny
A London dispatch reports War Secretary Haldane ordered an exhaustive inquiry into the ragging incident involving Lieut. Clark S Kennedy of the First Battalion Scots Guards. Four officers have been arrested and the regiment’s remaining officers ordered back to Aldershot as a full court of inquiry is convened.
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London
Haldane
Clark S Kennedy
Scots Guard
Aldershot
Ohio Lowlands Flooded After Rain and Thaw
The Miami River and its tributaries in Ohio surged into torrents from Monday rainfall and thaw. The Miami River rose four inches per hour, endangering the lowlands south while Dayton remains reportedly protected.
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Miami River
Ohio
Miami
Dayton
Three Bach children die in Florida house fire
The three children of Junius Bach erls were burned to death in their home near Oxford Florida Monday night while parents were away. The youngsters could not escape the flames the eldest was only a few years old. The house burned.
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Junius Bacherls
Oxford
Fla
Robbers Loot Kansas Bank in Bentley Bank Crime
Robbers early Tuesday wrecked the safe of the Bank of Bentley Kansas with dynamite and escaped with 1500 dollars. Bank officials and police begin investigation into the break in and possible suspects.
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Kansas Bank
Bank of
Bentley,nkan
Sioux City Live Stock Quotation Highlights Thieves Market
Tuesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market show butcher steers at 8.00 and 5.15, and top hogs at 6.25. The fragment notes prices for cattle and hogs but lacks full market context. No year or additional items are provided.
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Sioux City
Four die in prison cell fire at Corsicana farm
At Corsicana Texas a Black prisoner set his cell ablaze on Tuesday to escape. The fire spread beyond control and four prisoners perished while others were removed. A man named Orth was fatally injured in the blaze. An unrelated obituary notes Daniel Spires, who bought his freedom in 1861 for $600, died at East Liverpool at 102.
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Corsicana
Tex
Daniel
Spires
Exclave
East Liverpool
Firemen Killed as Greenwich Village Factory Fire Rages
A six story Bedford and Downing Streets factory in Greenwich Village collapsed after a lunch hour fire and explosions. Four firemen died, about a hundred others were injured or rescued as firefighters and volunteers saved more than sixty women clinging to fire escapes. The toll included workers, tenants, and passersby with damages estimated at 300000 to 400000 dollars.
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New York
Bedford and
Downing Streets
Greenwich Village
Lower West
New York City
Croker
Jacob Cohen
Lewis F. Call
Frr
Two Iowans Die in North Dakota Freight Car Fire
A freight car near Gardiner station North Dakota burned. two Iowans from Ayrshire Iowa died P S McGuire and E M Van Horsem were killed when a lantern exploded igniting hay. McGuire’s son escaped severely burned after forcing a way through flames.
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North Dakota
E. M. van Hor Sem
Fatal railroad washout near Casper Wyoming
Nine people died and thirteen were injured when a Chicago and Northwestern accommodation train struck a washout twenty six miles west of Casper Wyoming. Most deaths occurred in the caboose at the rear as a heavy water tank car crushed it and trapped occupants amid the mud.
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Northwestern
Wyoming
Casper
Wyo
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Prairie
Here
Walter Scott Arrested in San Francisco on Assault Charge
Telegraphic report from San Bernardino County sheriff states Walter Scott, a Death Valley miner, was arrested in San Francisco Saturday night. He is wanted to answer a charge of assault with a deadly weapon in Haaren Dine County.
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Walter Scott
Death Valley
San Francisco
Cal
San Bernarshot
Devries
Haarendine
Scott
Tragedy in a Penitentiary at Jefferson City
Monday morning at the Missouri penitentiary convicts attacked guard J W Woods of Macon. He was stabbed three times and died instantly. A second guard shot the attacker. Bad weather delays dry dock Dewey near Gibraltar. Glacier dispatch reports all aboard safe but weather worsened conditions.
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Jefferson City
J. W. Woods
Macon
Woods
Disney
Sprague
Gibraltar
United States
Glacier
Dewey
Woard
Miners and Operators Resume Joint Sessions in Indy
Representatives of bituminous coal operators and miners in the central competitive and southwest districts met in executive sessions at Indianapolis on Monday. The deadlock remains as firm as ever, with little progress toward a settlement.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dowie Arrives in Mexico City From Jamaica in Improved Health
John Alexander Dowie of Chicago has arrived in Mexico City from Jamaica and is reported much improved in health.
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John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Mexico City
Mex
Jamaica
Russia Crisis In Parliament Debate
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports an AP conversation with an unnamed high figure who says assembling the national parliament may trigger a crisis but not a republican upheaval. The government believes reform path remains and weapons, riots, or terrorism will not topple it though assassinations and violence may occur. The key issue is whether reform or reaction will prevail as the emperor pledges to meet public wishes.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Russia
Hfe
Count Witte
Durnovyo
Fatal Bolt in His Pulpit at Carson
Reverend J B Lentz of the Latter Day Saints church in Carson Iowa died after a lightning strike struck the pulpit during a Sunday sermon. The bolt came through a chandelier above his head causing collapse and a fire alarm. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Carson
J. B. Lentz
Latter Day Saints
chandeHer
Lentz
Seven Nesbit Family Killed In Rail Crossing Disaster
Seven members of the Nesbit family spanning three generations were killed Sunday when their wagon was struck by an express train on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at Hass crossing, one mile south of Sunbury. They were en route to a family reunion at G. W. Neidig’s, Augustaville, and the collision left mangled remains after the wagon was dragged by the locomotive.
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Philadelphia and
Reading
Hass Crossing
Sunbury, Pa
G. W. Neidig
Augustavile
Augustaville
Kingdom of the Netherlands
William I
Milan
Nankin
Niagara Bridge
Lucknow
Kingdom of Italy
William George of
Denmark
Greece
Bentonville
N. C
Lincoln
Fayetteville
Mexico
Sing Sing Oingon
Paris
Satory
San Salvador
Rienzi
Miss
England
O’donovan Rossa
Lovonta
Billy the Kid
Mineapolis
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Central Station
Lady Florence Dixie
Windsor
Khartoum
Egypt
Kassala
Rhenish
Prussia
Ceronimo
Maus
Arizona
Boston
Wiehmond Hotel
Buffalo
Morovca
United States
Poole
Cherokee Strip
Mutayla
Gibraltar Bay
Iver
Neystone National Banks
Philadelphia
Milwauken
Jules Ferry
Senute
Walter Wellman
New York
Telos Regente
Gibrale Tay
Azo
Colobia
Alumes i
Deabody
Colorado
Linevitch
Kuropatiin
Coatine
Harmond
W. Va
Five Years for Casey in Canton Bank Forgery Case
In Harrisonville Missouri Thomas M Casey former general manager of the bank of Salmon Salmon Canton ton pleaded guilty Saturday in the circuit court to forgery and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. He was taken to the penitentiary by the sheriff that Saturday afternoon and said he was anxious to begin serving his sentence.
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Harrisonville
Thomas M. Casey
Bank of Salmon & Salmon
Cantonton
Casey
Slavs Arrested in Ambridge for Wreck Plot on Cleveland Flyer
Three Slavs Tony Miller Charles Pecone and Paul Probkerns were arrested in Ambridge Pennsylvania Monday night charged with attempting to wreck the Cleveland flyer on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad on the night of January 28. The men claimed to act in revenge for a friend killed by a train.
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Tony Miller
Charles Pecone
Paul Probkerns
Ambridge
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Two Die in Aguilar Saloon Flight Attack
At Aguilar Colorado a shooting during a late night flight to a saloon killed two men and left two others severely wounded. Authorities investigated the incident as a fatal shooting with motive under review and no arrests reported.
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Aguilar
Colo
Hawthorne Manuscripts Damaged by Fire in New York Home
Damaged original Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscripts suffered water and fire loss after a blaze at the home of his son Julian Hawthorne in Youthers New York. Several manuscripts were destroyed while others were water damaged. Swedish parliament keeps wheat duty unchanged at Plockholm after Saturday vote.
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Pormous Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ambre
Julian Hawthorne
Youthers
N.Y
Sweden
Pluckholm
Linden
Leghorn
West Point
N. Y
Charles IV
Spain
Delaware River
Dynamite Discovery Ties Estherville Firm to Fraud Probe
Postal clerks along roads into Estherville report fear after a farmer John Johnson of near town ordered dynamite by mail. A Fort Dodge dispatch notes the dynamite was packed in small boxes labeled Ales and sent by a local hardware firm, which sparked legal action against the firm for possible prosecution.
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Fort Dodge
Estherville
John Johnson
Mal
Grachtinger
Johnson
Clinton Police Chief Seized Dual Phones in Shock Accident
Clinton police chief Rundgren was struck by a strong electrical current when two desk telephones at city hall rang at once. He collapsed, fell to the floor, and escaped serious injury by being detached from the instruments. He remained partially paralyzed for hours but physicians expect no lasting harm.
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Clinton
Rundgren
Ogden murder trial opens with defense claim
Bloomfield dispatch reports H C Taylor tells jurors that if Claude Whisler killed Frank Ogden last April it would prove the husband fired to save his wife's honor. The state argues Ogden was shot during a heated quarrel. body found near Whisler’s home in a position suggesting it was placed there after an earlier attack by Ogden on Whisler.
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Bloomfield
H. C. Taylor
Claude Whisler
Frank Ogden
Whisler
Ogden
Tragedy Follows Wedding In Reinbeck Iowan
Adolph Zell a Reinbeck craftsman hanged himself within 54 hours of his marriage. The bride is distressed and the coroner investigates the mysterious act. Also Des Moines man William Mullaney dies of cirrhosis after refusing hospital care at Summit House.
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Adolph Zell
Reinbeck
William Mullaney
LeMars
Des Moines
Summit House
Ball Players Robbed on Chicago Great Western
Twenty players from Des Moines and Milwaukee teams were robbed after a thief entered their sleeper car on the Chicago Great Western in Des Moines Sunday night. Fifteen were from Des Moines and five from Milwaukee.
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Des Moines
Milwaukee
Chicago Great Western
Passenger Train 619 Wrecks After Open Switch
Passenger train No. 619 from Cedar Rapids to Sioux Falls on the Rocky Island was wrecked in the yards at Sberville at 7 15 Sunday morning. The wreck was caused by an open switch. The train ran for some distance on the ties.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux Falls
Rocky Island
Sberville
Lightning Fire Destroys Royster Farm Stock
Lightning struck Royster farm near Pilot Mound Sunday night, igniting a blaze that burned hay, farm implements, grain, valuable horses, and headcount. J. W. and L. J. Royster face a heavy loss from the fire.
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J. W
L. J. Royster
Pilot Mound
Gas Explosion Damages Stores Across Private Plant Blast
Fire follows a gas plant explosion damaging Leuthold Evang store by 60000 dollars and WTY Lemke property by 35000. No serious injuries reported.
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Leuthold & Evang
W. TY. Lemke
Novel Sibley Spelling Contest
In Sibley a spelling contest saw twenty high school pupils defeat twenty citizens. Dr. J Neill was the last citizen eliminated, leaving eleven scholars still standing.
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Sibley
J. Neill
Soldier Tribune to Be Published in Soldier Monona County
New Marions County Paper, Ired Wonder, son of W H Wonder, former Onawa Democrat editor, has moved to Soldier and will launch a new paper called the Soldier Tribune. The first issue is planned for the first week of April.
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New Marons County
Wind Causes Iowa Wreck at Duncombe
A westbound Imola Central limited bound for Omaha struck a freight train at Duncombe early Thursday. Fireman Walter Cutting was killed instantly. both engineers were badly bruised and sprained. The freight cars telescoped. the passenger engine was crushed yet all coaches remained on the track.
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Imola Central
Omaha
Duncombe
Thursaday
Walter Cutting
Cutting
Dr Gordon Gray Sentenced to Twenty Years in Fort Madison
Gray, a Des Moines forger who escaped Sheriff Hutson, was captured in Kansas City. In Marshalltown district court Judge Burnham gave him twenty years hard labor at Fort Madison penitentiary on three counts including uttering a forged instrument forgery and obtaining money by false pretenses. The sentences are cumulative and warrants exist in other states.
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Gordon Gray
Hutson
Des Moines
Kansas City
Marshalltown
Burnham
Fort Madison
Gray
American Bankers’ Association
Editors In Manchester Convene Midwinter Meeting
Northeastern Town Editorial Association, about forty members, gathered in Manchester for a midwinter session on Thursday and Friday. Hon. Lafe Young of Des Moines lectured on Taft in the Philippines to a large audience. Editors toured the Spring Branch fish hatchery and attended a banquet at Pythian hall with Geo. D. Perkins as principal speaker.
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Northeastern Town Editorial Association
Marnchester
Lafe Young
Des Moines
Taft
Philippines
Government
Spring Branch
Pythian Hall
Geo. D. Perkins
Farmers Organize Tenth Co-Operative Grain Company
The tenth Co-Operative Farmers' Grain Company in Cerro Gordo County was organized at Plymouth with subscriptions totaling 1700 dollars to build an elevator. Farmers rapidly subscribe as plans move forward. Articles of Incorporation for the Farmers' Co-Operative Creamery of Reserves filed at Mason City with capital stock of 5000 dollars. Theodore Mannix serves as secretary and Loren Faaberg as treasurer.
Fire Rages Through Ottumwa Dry Goods Buildings
A Friday night blaze at 9:45 started in the J. & Chase Dry Goods on Main Street Ottumwa. The fire rapidly engulfed the third floor and spread to adjacent W. J. Donelan Dry Goods and the First National Bank building. Loss estimated between 75000 and 100000 with insurance undisclosed.
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Ottumwa
J. &. Chase Dry Goods Company
Main Street
W. J. Donelan Dry Goods Company
First National Bank
Fire at Cambridge destroys five business houses
A Friday morning blaze in Cambridge destroyed L. Greeley’s restaurant Miss Doubleday’s millinery Thompson’s drug store and Heasy meat market. Total losses run about 30 000 in stock 12 000 in buildings 18 000 overall with insurance under 16 000. Origin of the fire is unknown and could not be extinished until five businesses were razed.
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Auoss
Cambridge
L. Greeley
Miss Doubleday
Thompson
Heasy
Horse Killed in Collision After Party Farewell
A head end collision occurred Saturday night in Treton between Alvin White and a Mr Johnson returning from a town party. Each drove a one horse rig. Johnson’s buggy struck White’s driving horse, which died within minutes from the wound.
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Alvin White
Mr. Johnson
Treton
Johnson
Mr. White
Paper ity Years Old and Sentinel’s Central Iowa Heritage
A historic note marks the Town Walls Sentinel as fifty years old, describing it as the oldest paper in central Iowa. It references its establishment around Mdornu oon Mureh ue, dated the 8th, with a brief nod to its enduring presence in the region.
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Town Walls
Iowa
Mdornu Oon Murehue
Sixdieth Wedding Diary at Newton
Mr and Mrs Abraham Carder celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at home inviting friends. The actual anniversary fell on Saturday, but the celebration was postponed to Sunday.
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Newton
Abraham Carder
Accident Injures Boy in Rural Accident Tale
A six year old boy named Alfred Wuaitz was accidentally shot six miles south of Independence by his fourteen year old brother. The incident occurred when the older sibling raised his right arm, causing the discharge. Local authorities are investigating the event.
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Alfred Wuaitz
Yenurs
Trindependence
A Chronicle of Battles and Events From 1082 to 1905
A dense timeline lists battles explorations and political moves from 1082 Treaty of St Germain to 1905 notes. It cites Canada Nova Scotia in French hands 1082 and Providence charter 1644 plus invasions revolts and notable deaths across Europe Asia and America with dates and brief descriptions. Names include Cortes Bying Walloms Portland Cornwallis and Sherman among others. The compilation reflects sweeping imperial conflicts colonial encounters and milestone events across centuries.
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St. Germain
Canada
Nova Scotia
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Missouri Bank Examiner
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William Mehle
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John Bying
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