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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1907

Page

11

Improving Influence Of Good Associations

A playful exchange centers on Chimmy who cracks a golf ball and exclaims in shock. The joke reveals he is caddying for the bishop who recently joined the club.

Bodies recovered after Minneosta disaster near Norfolk

Norfolk, June 19. Bodies of Midshipman Walter Carl Ulrich of Milwaukee and Seaman Hurley Vandorne were found bringing total recovered to six from the ill fated launch of the battleship Minnesota in Hampton Roads. The first body to be sent home was Midshipman Holcomb, with his father and Lt. Thomas Holcomb Jr. aboard for shipment to New Castle Delaware.

Norfolk Walter Carl Ulrich Milwaukee Hurley Vandorne Minnesota Hampton Roads Ulrich Field, Stevenson and Holcomb Westphal Naval Hospital Portsmouth F. P. Holcomb Thomas Holcomb New Castle Del Thomas Holcomb, Jr United States Marine Corps Field Stevenson Neenah, Wis

Tug Chrisfield Crew Ordered to Face Public Hearing

The entire crew of the tug Chrisfield was summoned to appear before Supervising Steamboat Inspector Cast for examination regarding the Minnesota launch wreck and eleven navy crewmembers drowned. Officials expect a rigid open hearing to determine if the tug or its tow caused the disaster, with confidence that the steel bow hawser struck and upturned the launch in the roads.

New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Chrisfield Minnesota Navy

Scalding Water in Standpipe Injures Firemen at Spring Street

Six firemen were severely scalded during a night blaze at a nine story building on Spring Street when steam and hot water burst from a standpipe nozzle. Fire crews had connected hoses to the standpipe and the water blast turned the system into a boiler.

New York Spring Street

Tragic Lake Sammamish boating deaths claim five

In Monchan on Lake Sammamish five people including Antone Myer a 13 year old boy his sisters Lizzie and Ida Myer their mother Mrs Myer and Mrs John Herter sister of Mrs Myer died. The four women perished while trying to save the boy.

Seattle Wash Monchan Lake Sammamish Antone Myer Lizzie Ida Myer Myer John Herter

Civil War Soldier William Stewart Dies From Sunstroke

Leavenworth Kan June 19 Lieus tenant William Stewart of the Eleventh Pennsylvania infantry in the civil war was killed by sunstroke at the battlefield or encampment following years of service in a reference to his death during a distant conflict.

Leavenworth, Kan William Stewart Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry

Taft Receives Warm Welcome in Western Tour

Secretary Taft arrived in Sturgis amid cheers after a Rapid City stop where he received a carved Indian tomahawk and at Fort Meade a bead work bridle. He announced Roosevelt’s policy as the western standard and was escorted by Colonel Rogers before reviewing the troops.

Deadwood Taft Sturgis Rapid City Fort Meade Perkins Roosevelt West Rogers

Sunstruck man saved and turns gun to doctor story

Appleton Wisconsin June 19 After stealing a revolver to end his life M J Lover collapsed in heat and was revived by a physician He returned the gun in payment and was arrested for larceny The officer noted the man no longer wished to die after the near fatal loss of consciousness The tale includes a wartime anecdote about a private who planned to rust a gun in his yard after the war.

Appleton Wis Black Creek Lover New York Times

British ambassador James Bryce visits Guthrie Oklahoma

James Bryce the British ambassador and party visit Guthrie as guests of Governor and Mrs. Franz. They traveled through western Oklahoma and met Quanah Parker the Comanche chief, sharing a peace pipe and observing Indian villages.

Guthrie Okla James Bryce Franz Oklahoma Bryce Quanah Parker

Bankers Hill Celebration Bloody

In Boston on June 19 celebrations of the 121st anniversary of Bunker Hill caused about 100 accident cases in hospitals. Juvenile revelers suffered roughly thirty five lacerated fingers and faces burned by powder along with numerous scorches from firecrackers toy pistols and small cannon.

Banker Hill Boston Bunker Hill

Engineer and Fireman Killed in Bainbridge Collision

Scranton reports Charles Craig engineer and John Keyter fireman both of Carbondale Pa were killed when their empty coal train ran into the rear of a second train on a siding at Bainbridge N Y the switch had been left open while returning from Oneonta N Y on the Delaware and Hudson railroad.

Scranton Chales Craig John Keyter Carbondale Oneonta N. Y Delaware and Hudson Bainbridge

Double Tragedy in Washington Department Clerk Shoots Girl

Thomas Johnson, 25, a clerk in the agriculture department, fatally shoots Jennie Washington, 17, then kills himself with a head wound. Officials say jealousy sparked the double tragedy in Washington, D. C.

Washington Washington, D. C Thomas Johnson Department of Agriculture Jennie Washington Johnson

Fire devastates Harlowton store district in gasoline blast

In Harlowton Montana a gasoline explosion at Marshall's general store sparked a major blaze that destroyed nearly all commercial buildings. Only one store and the railroad station remained. Estimated loss runs around 128000 dollars. In New York City a US grand jury indicted the Central Vermont railroad for alleged refunds on coffee shipments under the Filkins act.

Harlowton Mont Marshall Central Vermont Road New York United States Grand Jury Central Vermont Railroad New York City Detroit

Commission Came Forty Years Late to Boone Captain

Captain A Sherman of Boone Indiana received a government commission dated April 20 1866 after a forty one year delay. The document was signed by President Andrew Johnson and Secretary Edwin Stanton and reached him only recently through a chain begun by Captain Kelly who misplaced it.

A. Sherman Boone, In Sherman Andrew Johnson Edwin M. Stanton Boone Seaman Charles A. Sherman Captain Kelly Company A Philadelphia Press

Weird History Coffin Found in Indiana Wareroom

A metallic coffin with a Civil War past is unearthed in Shra der Bros. wareroom in New Albany Indiana. The coffin once housed a Confederate soldier whose body was shipped home after a steamboat sank near Brandenburg Kentucky. The vessel sank, the body lay in the hull for six months, then was moved to another coffin and sent home.

Shrader Brandenburg Chicago Inter Ocean

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