Severe snowstorm disrupts Colorado rail lines and roads
A heavy snow and wind siege grips the region from the Rockies to the Missouri River causing rail delays and derailed Santa Fe trains. In Denver up to 20 inches fall by Monday evening with higher drifts in eastern slopes. reports headline nine foot drifts in Emery Gap and widespread traffic paralysis.
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Denver
Col
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
Weather Bureau
Plains
Corona
Moffat
Denver-Salt Lake
Emery Gap
Clayton
Colorado Southern
Santa Fe
Wagon Mound
Springer
Trinidad
Salt Lake City
Utah Packing Company
Damag
Ellis
Kan
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Grand Valley
Former U S Senator Burton Surrenders at Ironton Jail
Former United States Senator J R Burton of Kansas arrives in Ironton Missouri with wife and niece after dining in St Louis. He yields to the sheriff and is placed in Ironton jail to serve a six month federal sentence imposed in St Louis.
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Ironton
United States
J. R. Burton
Kansas
St Louis
Father and Son Die in Fire Near Deering Ye'kns
Independence Kan fire destroyed the home of J W Ye lkns two miles north of Deering Ye lkns early Friday killing two men including a son. Three other family members escaped unharmed.
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Independence
Kan
J. W Yelk'ns
Deering Ye'k'ns
Mild earthquake rattles region from Montpelier area
A sharp tremor struck at 6:20 PM Thursday, felt across a wide area from Montpelier Idaho, reaching 50 miles north into Idaho and 50 miles east into Wyoming, with reports of the disturbance spreading over towns and countryside.
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Montpelier
Idaho
Wyoming
Five Robbers Blow Safe in Vergennes Bank Heist
Murphysboro Illinois police report five robbers blew open the safe of the Pank of Vergennes early Monday securing $100 in cash. They shot and mortally wounded Abraham Kimmel a merchant and escaped.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Vergennes
Abraham Kimmel
Woman Confederate Officer in Richmond Home
Capt. Sally L. Tompkins, the only woman commissioned by President Davis, resides at the Home for Needy Confederate Women in Richmond. Also noted is Defiance Starch offering more starch per price in a popular sale.
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Richmond
Sally L. Tompkins
Davis
Differences in Gasoline and Alcohol Fire Safety
The text argues alcohol is safer than gasoline for commercial use because it does not ignite from pure radiant heat, water can extinguish burning alcohol but only spread gasoline fires, and burning alcohol flames radiate little heat while gasoline flames radiate heat rapidly.
Vesuvius Fog Evidence Cites 1822 Ash Match
A 19th century scientific note describes Paris shrouded in a yellow fog on April 11. A researcher tested dust on glycerin plates and found ash matching Vesuvius 1822 eruption plus iron globules. The item mentions CASTORTA and travel promotions for Canadian scenic tours via Grand Trunk Railway.
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Vesuvius
Paris
Mount Vesuvius
Inquest Juror Challenges Jury Service in Pennsylvania
An inquest in a Pennsylvania town sees a juror claiming exemption from jury duty as a busy general manager. The coroner consults Jervis on juror exemptions and replies that only idiots, imbeciles, and lunatics are exempt.
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Pennsylvania
Morgan
Jervis
Remarkable discovery claims pain relief oil with healing oils
The report highlights Max R. Zaegel’s claimed amber oil mixture said to penetrate skin and muscle to bones, providing antiseptic and pain relief. It offers free samples from Zaegel & Co in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, for rheumatism piles back pain and catarrh, with mail request. Also a Key West update describes a Florida coast storm wrecking a houseboat with 150 men aboard, many died as the craft broke up.
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Max R. Zaegel
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Sheboygan
Wis
Zaegal
M. R. Zaegel & Co
Main St
Key West
Fla
Florida Coast Railway
The
Keys
W. P. Dusenberry
Long Key
Jennie
Gulf
Sanks Channel
Hundreds of Storm Victims Across Central America
Telegraph lines restored after disaster reports flood Coatepeque with over 100 drowned. Churlo volcano expelled sulfur water invad ing Panchin alco wiping out most residents. Pimiento and other towns said swept away by floods. Schooner Tzelene with many passengers lost between Corinto and Alcapala with all hands drowned.
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San Salvador
Coatepeque
Churlo
Panchinalco
Pimiento
Tzelene
Corinto
Nicaragua
Alsapala
Honduras
Standard Oil Found Guilty at Findlay Ohio
Findlay jurors convict Standard Oil of Ohio of conspiracy against trade under the Valentine anti trust law. A fine of 50 cents to 5000 dollars may be imposed per day or six to twelve months imprisonment. The company will seek a new trial with three days to file.
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Findlay
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Rockefeller
David
John D. Rockefeller
Supreme Court
New York
Court of Common Pleas
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of Ohio
Ute Indians to be rounded up in Wyoming by cavalry
Secretary Taft acting on Gov. Brooke's request directs Maj. Gen. Creely to send a cavalry detachment to Wyoming to capture and return Ute Indians to their reservation. The action follows presidential direction amid ongoing pressures over tribal lands and relocation.
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Washington
Brooke
Wyoming
Secetary Taft
Creely
Wage Increase Notice at Dunbar Coke Works and Rail Line
In Connellsville Pennsylvania notices posted by the Dunbar Furnace company the Semat Solvay Coke Works and the New Haven and Dunbar Railroad company announce a ten cent daily pay raise for all laborers effective immediately.
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Connellsville
Dunbar Furnace Company
Semat Solvay Coke Works
New Haven & Dunbar Railroad Company
Torpedo fleet sails from Newport for New York and Norfolk
The torpedo fleet that has been at Newport for five weeks to practice, including the Whipple Worthen Truxton Lawrence and McDonald, sailed Monday for New York and Norfolk.
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Newport
R. I
Whipple
Worthen
Truxton
Lawrence
McDonald
New York
Norfolk
Mrs Lena Potter Cowdin Dies in Cromwell Private Sanatorium
Mrs Lena Potter Cowdin 44 daughter of Bishop Henry C Potter of New York died by her own action at a private Cromwell sanitarium. She escaped a nurse Tuesday night and was found hanging in the cellar. Her husband Winthrop Cowdin and body were sent to New York.
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Cromwell, Conn
Lena Potter-Cowdin
Henry C. Potter
New York
Train collision kills three in Cedar Rapids area
A fast Northwestern train struck a carriage near Lowden killing Mrs. Charles Luett and two Luett relatives, with only a baby girl surviving. The incident also killed Mrs. Luett's brother William Luett Al, leaving one child uninjured.
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Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Lowden
Charles Luett
Luett
William Luett
Female centenarian dies in Bayonne after accident
Mrs. Johanna B. Dempsey died at her home in Bayonne in her hundredth year. She was the oldest woman in the city and among Hudson county's oldest residents. Her death followed an accident.
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New York
Johanna B. Dempsey
Bayonne
That City
Hudson County
South Carolina Senator Praises Peruna Remedy
A South Carolina senator touts Peruna as a cure for dyspepsia caused by catarrh of the stomach. The item notes that dyspepsia stems from stomach catarrh and presents Peruna as the remedy.
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Peruna R. S
Ex-Senator Butler Praises Peruna Medicine
Letter from Washing ton D C quotes former South Carolina senator praising Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. He says he uses the medicine briefly and feels relieved noting it is a wonderful medicine and a good tonic. He mentions catarrh of the stomach and says internal remedies like Peruna eradicate it.
European Rulers Invest Vast Sums Abroad
The article notes nearly all European monarchs invest private savings overseas. It cites the czar and czarine of Russia entrusting much to British and French banks, King Leopold of Belgium as a major rubber and ivory dealer and financier, King George of Greece investing in art and markets, and the sultan of Turkey keeping savings in British banks.
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Czarine
Russia
Leopold
Belgium
Leopold & Co
Congo Free State
Europe
George
Greece
Turkey
They Cure Anemia With Dr Williams Pink Pills
A Akron Ohio woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing her anemia and long lasting weakness after illness. She details severe weight loss, nervous indigestion, and recovery after starting the pills. The ad promotes the pills as a general remedy for stomach trouble weakness and debility and lists price and mail order details from the Drene Medicine Company.
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Dr. Williams
Drene Medicine Company
Schenectady
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Ames, Iowa
Burt Kooser
Mutual
Iowa
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Kaeser Main Smerr
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PrReor
Arle
H. Kelso
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Ames
F. H. Waters
Ames Savings Bank
G. J. Snyder
Gambe's
Matual
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W. E. Harriman
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B. G. Dyer, M. D
Roves Grocery
Roth
M’carthy & Lef
Ames,iowa
E. F. Posegate
W. M. Grertwy
EB. W. Stanvron
Hanky Worson
A. Donps
Ass’t
Union Naliional
Ames Times
E R. Hardin
Publishen
Colorado Rail
Niagara Falls
Muskoka
Kawartha Lakes
Georgian Bay
Temegami
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
Thousand Islands
Algonquin National Park
White Mountains
Atlantic Sea Coast
Grand Trunk Railway System
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N. Y
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Minneapolis Journal
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