Tornadoes Strike Midwest Destroying Towns and Rail Lines
A massive storm system ripped through Missouri Illinois Indiana and Ohio with tornadoes and cloudbursts. Wabash trains were blown from tracks at St Charles Mo and towns including Lawrenceville Terre Haute and St Peters suffered extensive damage. Five people killed at least and hundreds of structures ruined as waters flooded streets and power lines failed across the affected region.
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Chicago
Missouri River Valley
Ufe
Missouri
Hilness
Indiana
St Louie
St Charley
St Charles
St Petera Mo
Lawrencevne
Vincennes
Lawrenceville
Rock Island 11
Cincinnati
Ghia
Valentine
Terra Haute
Ind
Correction sought on crime scene address in Gentry case
Fay Gentry bound over for assault with intent to kill gave 388 Peach tree street as the incident address, but police and paper records place it at 38 West Peachtree street. Mrs C. Lee of 88 Peachtree street asks correction to spare her boarding house from being cited as the crime scene.
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Fay Gentry
Peachtree Street
West Peachtree Street
The
Constitution
Gentry
Kenehtree Street
Mra C . Lee
Prison Farm Conditions Deemed Disgraceful by Health Board
A state board of health report portrays Millidgeville facilities as filthy and congested with lacking sanitation. It cites 28 typhoid cases and three deaths at the reform school and farm, warning legal action if immediate improvements are not made. The findings will be presented to the senate by Sen. John D. Walker as investigations continue.
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State Farm and Reformatory
Milladgeville
State Board of Health
Senate
John D. Walker
State Farm
Hilla Greave
Milledgeville
Visits Farm
House
Ray Werner
Department
Walker
Hoy Harris
Things Forgotten ad urges quick trip shopping
A nostalgic ad urging readers to check the newspaper's advertising for forgotten vacation needs. It encourages rapid decisions, noting two or three minutes to place an order by phone and that advertising helps when time is tight before downtown shopping.
Persecution Not Prosecution Dominates Indianapolis Cards
Indianapolis July 7 1914 120 of 131 men arraigned on fraud charges in the 1914 registration primary and election faced Judge James A Collins. Seven pleaded guilty prompting statements from Thomas Taggart and Mayor Bell decrying the proceedings as persecution. Several accused were released on their own recognizance. others remain jailed or in custody. A change of venue and selection of a new judge were set for Friday from a list of five lawyers.
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Tom Taggart
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas
Taggart
Indiana
James A. Colina
Joseph E Bell
Thos
John, W Lee
Theeignth
Robert Wosard
Charles Gibbs
Prima Park Club
Ngson Hadahes
Wawned O Loney
Bernard Richteman
Rickleman Lee Beard
Gibbs
Collins
Hughes
Olears
Califera Ie
Colling
Collins Thempson
Arrested Three Times Over Suspected Theft of Own Car
Mrs H R Jackson, wife of Juage R Jackson, drove four miles through two police districts yesterday and was arrested thrice on suspicion of stealing her own car. Police officials verified ownership after two roadside identifications and one Tower of London style check, ending with a warning that she should avoid lending the car without a guardian next time.
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H R Jackson
Juage
R Jackson
Poles
Jackson
James
Newt Garner
Ponce de Leon
Garner
Roliester
Hugh M Dorsey Lalér
Young Jackson
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Peachtree Street
Lasseter
Reen
Marietta
Broad Streets
Lakewood
Three Hurt When Passenger Train Hits Automobile
Three men were injured when Southern Railway passenger train No 31 struck their automobile at Henderson crossing near Atlanta. Toney suffered internal injuries, Hatcher fractured leg and sprained back, Stroud bruised. Train was moving slowly, about 20 to 25 mph. ambulance rushed them to Grady, Atlanta hospital and home.
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Mot Toney
Stroud
George O Hatcher
Atlanta
Southern
Columbus Divisi
Hendersons Crossing
Pryor
Mr Toney
Emmett Toney & Co
Mestra Hatcher
A Stroud
H I. Adams & Co
Hatchera
Jonesboro
Potts
Reeves
Hatcher
Atlanta Hospital
Hendersor 5
Pattersons Ambulance
Toney
Grady Hospital
Zipjober
Bishop Shot by Former Friend at Scottdale Store
C D Bishop a 27 year old Scottdale merchant was shot and killed last night at 9 30 in his store by C E Cuney who runs a Scottdale meat market. Cuney fired a shotgun then pistol shots as witnesses saw him threaten and flee. Cuney was arrested by county police and whisky found on him. Bishop and Cuney had short term business ties and were previously friends. Bishop leaves no widow.
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D Bishop
Scottdale
Decatur
E Cuney
Cuney
Bishop
Gay
Cansy
J C Harris
Buelees
See
DeKalb
Harris
M W Hishop
Death County
Tragedy Near Waycross Ends In Multiple Wounds
Near Waycross Georgia a failed elopement attempt led to gunfire injuring Miss Addie Inman and killing Charlie Inman. Griffin, the alleged suitor, was wounded and arrested as relatives pursued the girl. Henry Inman died, with two others wounded and police taking Griffin into custody.
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Addie Inman
Charlie Inman
Henry Inman
Griffin
Waycross
Waycross Ga
Griffinte
Jake McCormick
Waiss Inman
Inis Wites
Griffing Farm
Manor
Wavecross
Junk Dealers' King Puts in Appearance in Court
Decatur street junk merchant Robert Arth testified in Atlanta police court that Max Brennan is the supreme ruler of rag pickers, the king of junk dealers, aiming to drive Arth from the city. Arth also accused another junk man, H Smith, of assault as Brennan’s lieutenant, but the judge admonished all parties to end the dispute.
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Atlanta
Robert Arth
Decatur
Max Brennan
Arth
Driver Resigns After Philadelphia Estate Telegram
Macon Ga July 7 Special Blumer a wagon driver here resigned his job after receiving a telegram from Philadelphia stating he was to share more than half of an estate left by his father valued at 100. Blumer left Macon today for Philadelphia where he had been for about five months.
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Macon
Harvard professor Muenter identified as Frank Holt in Nassau case
Identification by three investigators and others from Cambridge and Boston linked Frank Holt to the Harvard instructor Erich Muenter, who disappeared after a wife murder indictment. Authorities said Holt died by suicide in his Nassau jail cell after the identification, with details on motive and relationships noted in court statements.
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Morgan
Harvard
Glencoe
Frank Holt
J P Morgin
Cipitel
Frich Muenter
Lewis
Smith
Nassau County
Holt
Muenter
Omeone
Holts
Sulse
Jeremiah Olyan
Olyan
Multset
Reid
Leona
Cambridge
Mass
Rmith
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Theodore Buller
A. Brown
Boston
Brown
Tusker
Lewis J Smith
Hult
Pirson
William Walkwarden
Nasau
Oftan
Ofvan
O Ryan
Olivin
Sherif
Stephen P Pettit
Martin W Littleton
Mineola
Mr Littleton
Distinct Check Given 10 Teutons by the Russians
Russian forces report heavy fighting on the Western Front with German efforts in the Woevre district. Arras remains in flames as bombardments and artillery duels continue from Arras to the Meuse front, with fierce combats and reported German attempts to regain ground.
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Woevre
Arras
London
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Krasnik
Rugaslangs
Austie Giurmans
Galteia Pas
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Flamen
Innes
Anpestata
Calas
Weather Prophecy Forecast for Thursday to Friday
Forecast predicts fair weather for Thursday and Friday. Projections show rising temperatures with a high around the mean and a normal pattern for early spring. Data reflects past 24 hours and notes significant deviations since January 1.
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Leen
Hani
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