Terror Hurricane Wrecks Grand Turk in Turks and Caicos
A fierce hurricane devastated Grand Turk Island from Thursday night into Friday morning. Fires were reported and streets became wreckage, with uprooted trees and partially wrecked buildings. The Raysent Telegraph foundered with all hands and ships tied at Hawks Nest went adrift. The danger to Dr. T. R. Robertson, a Caicas district commissioner, was noted amid widespread damage.
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Grand Turk Island
Grand Turk
Raytien
Telegraph
Hawks Nest
Dan Lean
Toast Caicos Fiber Company
Turks and Caicos Islands
Sin
Lyat
Cholera Grips Saint Petersburg As Cases Surge
In the Russian capital cholera sparks alarm with eleven news and three deaths, totaling sixty eight cases in three days. Authorities draft one hundred doctors at two dollars and fifty cents daily and charter a tank steamer to distribute boiled water to river barges amid rising illness. A case is reported from Peterhof.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Peterhof
Army of Unemployed Storm London Hospital
Three thousand unemployed men surrounded a London hospital seeking work at 24 shillings a week with meat provided. Police were deployed to hold back the crowd, highlighting the scale of joblessness and social unrest.
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London
Toft and Bryan to Meet in Chicago Banquet
William H. Yait and William J. Trvan, rival candidates for the presidency, will meet in Chicago in October for a banquet hosted by the Highagan Coalition of Commerce. The event aims to present their platforms and engage supporters ahead of the campaign.
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Toft
Bryan
Wiliam H. Yait
William J. Trvan
Camdidates
Chivake
Hieagn
Comiaerc
WLW
Tragic Elevated Railroad Collision in Brooklyn Injures Dozens
A rear end crash on Myrne Avenue involving an elevated railway train near Brooklyn killed Queman a Mebemon and seriously injured about twenty five passengers. Rescue teams rushed to the scene as authorities investigated the cause of the derailment and collision.
Iowa special session ends with primary law but senator deadlock
The Thirty second Iowa General Assembly adjourned Thursday after noon at 5 o clock with half its work done. A primary law passed, but electing a U.S. senator was blocked by a deadlock deemed impossible to resolve. The assembly will reconvene November 24 at the statehouse to choose a candidate for the unexpired Allison term ending March 4, 1909, under a concurrent resolution pledging to elect the winner of the November primary.
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Thirty Second General Assembly
Iowa
United States
State House
United States Senate
Senate
House
General Assembly
William B. Allison
Victory for the roads in interstate commerce ruling
The United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declared the commodities clause unconstitutional. It held the clause does not regulate commerce as intended by the Constitution and falls outside federal power. The case, argued by Attorney General Bonaparte, centered on coal hauling railroads resisting the clause as confiscatory and discriminatory.
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Hepburn
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Bonaparte
Philadelphia
Interstite Commerce Commission
Accused Robber Freed in Chicago Subtreasury Case
Gea W Fitugerald, charged by state authorities with stealing 3173. mn from U S subtredns in Chicago, was freed Thursday by Judge Caetlain. Subtreasurer Dyal Vomweek refused to testify, and Judge Caetlain discharged the case. District Attorney Wilkerson said federal investigators would be hampered if witnesses were compelled to testify and early publication could reveal existing evidence.
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Gea
United States Secret Service
Iowa House, Senate Pass Primary Election Amendment
Both chambers approve a bill to allow a United States senator primary at the general election next November. The measure requires voters to pledge loyalty to their party and restrict cross party voting from prior primaries. House passage follows Senate approval and party-line votes with Democrats opposing the Oregon plan substitute.
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Iowa General ‘Assembly
United States
Senate
Gilliland
House
Congress of the United States
Oregon
Nelson Defeats Gans to Retain Lightweight Title
Yattling Nelson defended his lightweight crown by stopping Joe Gans in the 21st round at Calma arena in San Francisco. Gans failed to rise after the count, as Nelson pressed from the opening bell and battered the aging champion before the fading foe sank to the canvas.
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Gans
Nelson
Eddie Smith
Wright Breaks Alh Records At Fort Meyer Flight
Orville Wright broke aeroplane speed and duration records near Washington D C at Fort Meyer on Wednesday. Circling the mast around fifty eight times, the craft stayed aloft about sixty minutes and six seconds at an estimated speed of six to six and a half miles per hour. Wright praised the achievement though blamed occasional motor slips for a shorter stay, and he planned another attempt later in the day.
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Orville Wright
Fort Meyer
Washington D.C
Wright
T Hefiy
Awe Struck Astronaut Survives Balloon Fire Public Escape
Dan Rice, veteran aeronaut, narrowly survived a Webster City balloon ascent when the balloon caught fire at 3 100 feet. He sat on a frail trapeze as flames consumed the parachute rope and fabric, then escaped uninjured after the chute finally deployed. The peril occurred during his county fair flight, witnessed by thousands including his wife and two children.
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Webster City
Acronaut
Dan Rice
Rice
Jackson
Mich
PLOWMAN WILL CONTEST NEAR CHEROKEE PLANNED EVENTS
The Pilot Rock Plowing Match association will hold the first event at T W Fee farm in Roach township seven miles from Cherokee on September 27. Prizes include a grand sweepstakes geld cup for the best plowing in the field, with special prizes for boys under 17 and under ten. Plowing starts at 9 30 AM. A colt show in the afternoon offers prizes for top colts, followed by a baseball game. All contests are open to Cherokee county residents. women serve dinner and may win baskets. A large crowd is expected.
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Cherokee
T. W. Fee
Roach Township
Ganz
Plam
Cherokee County
Freeing Stein Women Ends Ohio Murder Probe
Mrs Morris Stein and her mother Mrs Mary Bayard were freed from fugitives charges in Des Moines after Chief Johnston recommended releasing bondsmen. A September 11 pokee court appearance remains. investigators say one charge may still apply and the women could be fully released. The case concerns the shooting of Morris Stein and his wife’s aunt Miss Hester Porter in Loudonville, Ohio.
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Ohio
Loudonville
Morris Stein
Mary Bayard
Des Moines
Stein
Johnston
Stewart
Morrisstein
Hester Porter
Loucenavine, O
Held for Alleged Assault in Nora Springs
Hurl Readamaker was held to the grand jury after a hearing in Nora Springs for alleged assault on Miss Huffiman, a neighbor’s daughter. The youth was accused of kicking and striking the girl and stabbing her with a pitchfork tine. his mother, charged with vile language, awaits trial later.
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Hurl Readamaker
Nora Springs
Insane man attacked family with ax in Delaware
Pearson Talley of Wilmington aged 60 violently struck his wife in bed with a broadax splitting her skull He then attacked his niece splitting her head open and fractured the skull of her husband Andrew Johansen Police report a brutal domestic incident arising from temporary insanity with multiple injuries to three relatives
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Pearson Talley
Wilmington
Del
Andrew Johansen
Mystery in New York Woman Found Dead in East 45th Street Room
Police identified the victim as Mrs. Anna Mauro. The body was found in a room at 317 East Forty-fifth Street New York with arms bound and a gag, Friday. Investigators are pursuing leads in the case.
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New York
East Forty- Fifth Street
Anna Mauro
Salted Peanuts Kill Child in Middletown Tragedy
A Middletown boy died after eating salted peanuts from MWarry app, with convulsions appearing within twenty four hours. The incident is reported as a fatal allergic or toxic reaction connected to the meal.
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Mwarry
Middletown
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices
Friday quotations from Sioux City market show Ten beeves at 4.00 dollars and top hogs at 96.75 dollars.
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Sioux City
Cholera Spreads in St Petersburg with New Cases and Deaths
An official cholera update for St Petersburg reports 5 new cases and deaths on Friday. It states 197 patients remain in hospital, reflecting the ongoing outbreak and hospital burden.
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St. Petersburg
Mathematical Society opens meeting at Illinois campus
The American Mathematical Society opened its meeting at the University of Illinois on Friday with prominent educators in attendance.
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Mathematical Society
American Stathematiical Society
University of Illinois
Locomotive Company Declares Dividend for Common Stock
The American Locomotive Company directors Thursday issued the quarterly dividend on common stock. The last quarterly dividend was 17 percent. The regular quarterly dividend of 13 percent on preferred stock was declared as usual.
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Locomotive Company
American Locomotive Company
Death of Charles K. Lord, railroad executive, dies in Philadelphia
Charles K. Lord, president of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company and former third vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio, died in Philadelphia on Thursday from Bright's disease.
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Charles K. Lord
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Philadelphia
Bright
Wundrials Homeless After Forest Fire Destruction
A forest fire Wednesday night destroyed the Wundrials business section six miles from Menominee. Hundreds of people are affected. Loss estimated at $200,000. The residence section remains menaced by the flames.
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Presti
Menominee
Tolstot Square Named by Durnrk City Council
The municipal council of Durnrk Russia named Tolstot on the square 1 the counter of the rig and sent a congratulatory telegram to the author.
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Tolstot
Durnrk
Russia
Police Captain Shot in Street Battle With Burglars
Police Captain Walter Auble of Los Angeles was shot during a desperate street fight with two burglars. One suspect, Fred Harning, a chauffeur, was captured, while the fleeing gunman, Carl Sutherland, a waiter, escaped.
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Walter Auble
Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Harning
Sutherland
Hoo-Hoos Converge in Seventeenth Annual Conven tion
Hao, the fraternal lodge of the National Lumbermen's association, began its seventeenth annual session in Chicago on Wednesday with the ceremonial rites. The gathering marks a formal start to the order's activities for the year.
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Huon
Hao
National Lumbermen’s Association
Chicago
Geo Lieu For Governor Nominated by Republicans
George L. Liley of New Haven Connecticut was nominated for governor by the Republican state convention on Wednesday.
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Geo
George L. Liley
New Haven
Conn
Boy Dies From Street Car Mishap Injuries
Cleo Moore, injured in a Mason City street car accident, died Thursday evening after lingering about twenty four hours. A warned boy had repeatedly been told to stay away from the tracks during play, but did not heed the caution. Splinters of his skull pierced the brain, severing an artery and causing fatal hemorrhage.
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Cleo Moore
Mason City
Record enrollment hits 1700 pupils in Museon City
Seventeen hundred pupils enrolled Wednesday on the first day of Museon City schools marking the largest first day enrollment by about 200 pupils in the city’s history.
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Muson City
Museon City
Minneapolis Fatality From Fall After Horse Kick
Friends of William Gardner formerly of Corning report his death in Minneapolis from a head injury after a horse kicked him in the leg and the lime gave way, causing a fall that concussion of the brain.
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Towan
Minneapolis
William Gardner
Corning
Memorial Services Honor Senator Willant B. Alison
Iowa lawmakers pause partisan vows in a joint assembly to honor Willan Boyd Allison. Tributes praise his half century of public service and moral character as veterans and citizens gather to pay last respects and reflect on his enduring influence.
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General Assembly
Willant B. Alison
Iowa
Warren Garst
Hy la Quartette
Frudden
Dubuque
Allison
J. A. Alen
Pocahontas
Harding
Woodbury
Republic
Willan Boyd Allison
Towa
Narrow Crossing Tragedy Near Murray Ends With Escape
Harvey Frank of Murray township narrowly survived when his buggy horses were struck by a fast passenger train on a C B Q crossing. The engine tore the buggy tongue, but Frank was unhurt aside from the scare. Both horses died in the collision at the crossing. The incident highlights the dangerous crossing and the close call for Frank.
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Murray Palmer
Harvey Frank
Murray
Mr. Frank
Frank
Sensational divorce suit filed by Manson woman
Mrs. J. H. Hinrichs files for divorce from her husband alleging cruel and inhuman treatment during their 35 plus year marriage. The couple near sixty, with several married children and many grandchildren.
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J. H. Hinrichs
Manson
Noth
Alleged Sale of Impure Flavoring Extracts
Five complaints filed by state food commissioner H.R. Wright target Lootts-FPletecher company and Wholesale grocers in Marshalltown along with retailer A B Meyers for selling flavoring extract not meeting legal standards. The action accuses them of distributing impure products in violation of the food laws.
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H.R. Wright
Lootts-Fpletecher Company
Marshalltown
A. BE. Meyers
Drops Dead While Retiring In Mason City
Mrs. FF S Cramer wife of Mas Cramer inspector of the federal building at Mason City dropped dead while retiring in the act. She fell at her husband feet from apoplexy. Mas Cramer in charge of the new federal building at Mason City Town City Hotel Burns Arlington Hotel in Town City owned by BE 2 Meade burned Monday night with loss about 4000. Death of J B Fuller agent for the Dimnes Central railway at Independence for sixteen years died Tuesday of hemorrhage of the lungs aged about 45. Thugs Beat Chinese Laundryman Sum Kee in Boone kicked nearly to death after a brutal assault following a supposed insult. Frank Graff prominent young farmer near Anamosa thrown from a vicious horse Monday and died a few hours later.
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FF. S. Cramer
Mas. Cramer
Federal
Mason City
Town City
Arlington Hotel
BE. 2. Meade
J. B. Fuller
DiMneis Central
Independence
Boone
Sum Kee
Frank Graff
Anamosa
Wes
Nis
Meath
Fragmented Chronology of Global Events and Dates
A long OCR fragment lists centuries of world events, explorers, battles, political milestones, and notable deaths. It pockets dates from 1522 to 1907 with scattered figures, places, and institutions, including Plymouth, Deerfield, Philadelphia, York, and Tripoli, alongside references to Washington, Versailles, and various wars and legislations. The text reads as a catalog of milestones rather than a cohesive narrative.
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Tonstall
Boghind
Jacques Cartier
Saguenay
Plymouth
Cromwell
Worcester
Deerfield
Delaware
Wi Penn
Duke of York
Eugene
Turin
Sir Guy Carleton
America
Ireland
England
Beauharnois
Canada
Williamsburgh
Linke George
Charles Thirdy
York
de Lancey
Nova Scod
Bloody BI Mich
Philadelphia
Charles Townshend
Continental Congress
Carpenter's Hall
Paipia
Uwt
Washington
New York
Mississippi Valley
Louis
Wagner
Gael
Pacific Railroad
Gold Mont
Linkhyy
United Staties
Lis International
Toasevelt
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British West Indies
Been Tost
Jaytien
Islands Dependency
Jamica
Towa Solons
Jsh
Steabee AA
Joe Gans
Neevo Pug
Plowman
Insane Man
Charles KK
Germany
Japan
Tleships
New Zealand
Ince
Tream
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