Wholesale killings in boarding house tragedy in Washington
In San Francisco on May 8 Walter Charles Davis, a carpenter, killed six boarders at 414 Pierres street with a double barreled shotgun. Victims included Orson B. Bush his wife and child, W. S. Bard, M. E. Zinton, and Mrs Lillian D. Carothers. one 17-year-old lodger escaped. Davis, who slept with Bush and Bard, then also killed his wife and child before killing himself. Police overpowered him during a reload attempt.
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Walter Charles Davis
Pierres Street
Orson B. Bush
Bard
St. Louis
Denver
M. E. Zinton
New York
Lillian D. Carothers
Davis
Young Bush
Revival claim after Texas execution shocks residents
A Southern Pacific report from Fort Worth says John Armstrong hanged at Columbus on April 19 for wife murder revived in his coffin. Delivered to his brother in Sealy for burial, he allegedly received medical care and is now living. Friends keep quiet to avoid state action.
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Tex
Southern Pacific
John Armstrong
Columbus
Sealy
Armstrong
Fire Devastates Bocas del Toro Panama Town
Advices report a major blaze at Bocas del Toro on the Pacific island town nearly destroying it. The port, with 3,000 to 4,000 residents, suffered prior fire damage in 1904 when over 100 houses burned and losses reached about 500000 dollars in gold.
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Panama
Bocas del Toro
Pacific
Sterling MayorDismisses All City Department Heads
Sterling May 8. Mayor John L Jansen at a city council meeting dismissed the head of every department of Sterling. The dismissals are not due to lax duty or misbehavior but to the spoils system principle of reward to political victors.
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Sterling, II
John L. Jansen
City of
Sterling
Large steamer ashore near Coronado identified as Victoria
San Diego May 8 a large steamer believed to be the Victoria of the Mexican Canadian line lies ashore off Coronado. Coast guard and harbor pilots respond to the incident and assess damage.
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San Diego
Cal
Victoria
Coronado
CANNUL MARRY IN CATHEDRAL
Long Island Bishop Burgess vetoes a ceremony planned by William and Mabelle Gilman. He says no Episcopal clergyman would wed a divorced couple at Garden City Cathedral and denies any wedding next Monday.
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New York
Long Island
Burgess
William &. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Garden City
Offers to Deed Valuable Land Near Colorado Springs
General William J. Palmer offers to deed 1500 acres including Monument valley and High Drive to the city if a six citizen park commission is named. Land valued over 1 000 000 dollars with extensive improvements and scenic trails. Also reports crowd unrest in San Francisco at rail yard and a Iowa incorporation notice for H L Munn Lumber Company.
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Col
William J. Palmer
Palmer
Monument Valley Parks
Paseo Boulevard
Monument Valley Park
Rio Grande Depot
Iowa
H. L. Munn Lumber Company
Ames
Seia
A. H. Ee
Upps
Fe Apenes
L. Munn
F. M. Cupps
A. H. Munn
C. H. Spears
H. L. Munn
Cc. H. Spears
Cyclone leaves nine dead in Texas towns
A tornado swept north Texas causing heavy damage near Ridgeway and Birthright about forty miles west of Mount Pleasant. Nine people are reported killed in the two villages and surrounding area including Mrs Brazi and infant, Calvin Tramwell and son, Roy McFall, Mr Stephen and wife, Sidney L Owakey, Mrs Owakey.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Ridgeway
Birthright
Here
Brazi
Calvin Tramwel
Roy McFall
Stephen
Sidney L. Owakey
Owakey
Fire Claims Three At Beaver Brook Village
A mother and her two infant children died in a blaze that leveled a Beaver Brook mining village block near Hazelton Pennsylvania. The victims were Mrs. Joseph Dueavey and her two infants.
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Hazelton
Beaver Brook
Here
Joseph Dueavey
England to Assist Jamaica Earthquake relief aid and loan guarantee
London reports the British government plans a grant of 3 750 000 pounds to Jamaica and to guarantee a 5 000 000 dollar loan to aid in rehabilitation after the earthquake. In Chicago a jury decides a bicycle has right of way over an auto, awarding 200 dollars to cyclist Michael Bandlings who was struck by a car.
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Jamaica
London
Chicago
Gemmill
Michael Bandlings
Rheumatism Relief Through Chamberlain Pain Balm
Key West patrolman Rolland Curry describes two years of rheumatic pain that settled in his knees feet and hands. After a night of severe pain his wife bought Chamberlain Pain Balm from a local drug store and it nearly ended the pain. Use continued for about two weeks and the disease has not troubled him for over three months. Sold by Loughran Bauer and Joel C. Cag win.
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Loughran & Bauer
Joel C. Cagwin
Railway Time Cards Chicago and North Western In Effect May Fifth
Rail timetable notice announces schedule changes for Chicago and North Western lines effective May 5 1907. Timetable details include departure and arrival times and station references for travelers. The notice appears in the transit section of the newspaper with emphasis on service updates.
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Chicago & North-Western Ra
Office Entries At Gamble's Drug Store Iowa
Office listings show Gamble's Drug Store location in Iowa with street numbers 121 M and 128 J Mutual and phone lines 121 and 199. The brief ad notes a "Phone Office" service and references Mutual Phone Office lines.
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Gamble’s
Iowa
M. Res
J Mutual
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