Meridian Tornado Destruction and Patrols Amid Martial Law
Meridan news reports widespread damage in the business district from a cyclonic tornado. Governors declare martial law as troops patrol the city and a curfew is enforced. About one to two million dollars in damage is estimated, with recovery efforts led by SuperIntendent B D Curran and local rail and shipping firms.
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Bulding
C. M. Rubush
Fom Lyle Grocery Company
Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co
Flint Street
B.D. Curran
New Orleans
Alabame
Vickshoro Railway
Alabama, Great Southern
Curran
Flee
Vardamen
Meridian
Ned
Big Fire in New York City Destroys Streetcar Lines
Trolley car barns on Forty second Street to the Hudson River were wiped out by fire. One employee reportedly killed, several injured including a fireman, with 200000 plus dollar damage. Thirteen forty fourth street crosstown cars burned. gas tanks threatened explosions as crowds fled. Fire began from a short circuit.
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New York City
Barnes
New York
Metropolitan Street, Railway Company
Forty-Second Street
Hudson River
Thirty-fourth Street
Congolidatan Gas Company
Acrous
Etrest
Death by self-inflicted gunshot ends life of G E employee
Charles R Warner 36 a General Electric Company worker was found dead in his room with a rubber tube in his mouth. A Buffalo native who came to this city eight years ago his brother manages a Washington hotel. A Spanish War veteran he served in Company J Eighth Massachusetts. Medical examiner rules death as self inflicted.
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Gyan Mase
Gage
Charles R. Warner
Tan
General Electric Company
Warner
Buffalo
Beiny
New Willard
Washington, D.C
Finnish Population Terrorized in Silent Protests
A garbled appear to describe unrest in a province with social emotions tied to a revolutionary stance. Names and places are unclear but the fragment implies population fear and political tensions amid protest or upheaval.
Remains of ex Governor Hogg arrive for funeral in Austin
The body of former Governor Hogg arrives in Austin from Houston with his children and a delegation from the Houston Bar Association and labor unions. Thousands greet the procession to the state house where he will lie in state before the funeral. He had wished for a monument of stone with pecan and walnut trees planted at his grave to be shared with Texas' plain people. The Baptist Tabernacle hosts a major Bible conference starting Thursday with Dr Len G. Broughton leading and expectations of the largest crowd yet.
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Austin
Tex
Hogg
Houston
Houston Bar Association
State House
Texas
Baptist Tabernacle
Len G. Broughton
Wr. Chadwick
G. Campbell Morgan
Dr. Broughton
Chadwick
Leeds
England
Atlantic
Atlanta
Broughton
Campbell Morgan
Samuel Chadwick
Post Office Rules Free Mail Declares Patriotic Studies Not Public Document
The postmaster general upheld a decision that the International Reform Bureau under Rev Wilbur L Craftte used free frank. The book Patriotic Studies was circulated by the bureau and is not a public document printed by order of congress and not eligible for postage-free transmission under frank.
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Congress
Washington
Sostmaster
International Reform Bureau
Wilbur 3
Crafte
Frank
Congres
Battleship Texas to sail from Pensacola to Key West
Pensacola Florida March 4 definite announcement has been made that the big battleship Texas flagship of the coast squadron with three monitors and three torpedo boats will leave Pensacola next Thursday for Key West where they will remain for a few days and then depart for Charleston. All vessels here are engaged daily in small arms practice. It was thought the squadron would depart earlier but it is held up by the monster Arkansas which went to Natchez for carnival and cannot reach here before Tuesday.
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Texas
Pensacola
Fla
Coast Squadron
Key West
Charleston
Artansas
Natchez
Negro Hoodoo Doctor Shot in Columbus Ga
A Black man named Joan Thomas, described as a hoodoo doctor, was shot and seriously wounded in a colored residence area south of Columbus, Georgia, amid fears he could hex neighbors. Some witnesses claimed he shot himself, triggering great excitement in the Black community.
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Columbus
Joan Thomas
Tts
Ping
Diaz To Receive Thompson In Mexico City This Week
Ambassador Thompson will be received officially by President Diaz midweek in Mexico City. He has taken up residence at Pareo de la Reforma and expresses pleasure at being in Mexico. Lieutenant General Chaffee is planned to make several trips and is receiving many attentions.
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Diaz
Thompson
Mexico City
Marcy
Pareo de la Resorma
Mexico
Chaffee Ig
Memphis Jockey Club seeks spring racing dates
Racing interests in Memphis await the Western Jockey Club stewards meeting tomorrow to decide on the new Memphis Jockey Club application for a twenty one day spring meeting beginning in April. The Tennessee Derby and Oaks stakes are among those announced for decision. Secretary MacFarlan has already rejected several nominations, and the meeting promises success.
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Memphis
Tenn
Western Jockey Club
Memphis Jockey Club
MacFarlan
Philippine Town Destroyed by Fire at Tacloban
Manila reports Tacloban, capital of Leyte island, wiped out by fire. Financial loss estimated at 600,000. Tacloban ranked as the fifth city on Leyte, located in a key hemp district. Many warehouses destroyed. government aid to be rushed.
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Manila
Hawes Announces Senate Candidacy in Elbert County
Hon. P. M. Hewes former Elberton representative and current president of Elberton Loan and Savings announces his bid for the senate in the thirtieth district under the rotation system Elbert County to furnish the senator though he must win a district primary Hawes served two terms in the house and now seeks higher office.
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Elberton
P. M. Hewes
Elberton Loan and Savings, Bails
Senate
Elbert
Hawes
House
Deaths and funeral notices in a city paper
Agnes Cain infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cain died yesterday at 410 West Simpson street funeral 3 PM at the Church of the Immaculate Conception interment Westview Bros Mary Perkingon funeral this morning at 19 o'clock at 55 West Mitchell street postponed from yesterday interment Oakland J S Speer died at 12 Capitol Square after two weeks illness age 36 leaves mother wife two sisters and one brother funeral arrangements to be announced later Chinese commissioners arrive in St Paul to study conditions in the country and Europe tomorrow visit Minneapolis flour mills in the afternoon then return to St Paul for state capitol stop party leaves for the east tomorrow night
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Agnes Cain
Thomas Cain
West
Simpson Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Westview
Bros
Mary Perkingon
Mitchell Street
Oakland
J. 8. Speer
Capitol Square
W. S. ‘Tidwell
D. Tinsley
John Speer
Chink Officiela
St. Paul
Minn
Dots
Europe
St. Foal
Tsai Tsen
Minneapolis
Arty
Traveler's Napkin Wisdom Sparks Town Question
A wandering traveler finishes a meal at the image hotel and, while removing a napkin, muses on town life. His landlady, serving as cook and waitress, replies the town costs about 100. The traveler contemplates thrift and care, remarking on folding the napkin rather than mussing the plate.
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Nico
Inage
Wiz Napia
Siso Sasistant
Landslide Destroys Village at Lake Iseo
Rome reports a cliffside village near Lake Iseo in Brascia province was largely swallowed by rock and water after the cliff gave way. A roaring sound warned about 1,000 residents to flee. one fisherman died in the disaster.
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Rome
Tavernola
Iseo
Brascia
New Orleans Defeats Athletics 4-3 In Exhibition
New Orleans beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4 to 3 in the first exhibition game of the season played on local grounds. The scoreline shows a tight contest with the home team securing the win in March in New Orleans Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Athletics
Philadelpha Athletics
Got Coal BN Eight
The fragment from The Cleveland 2 ager presents a dialect riddled remark about a Mrs Murphy, suggesting steep sarcasm and insult. It hints at a tense domestic or social conflict with implied impropriety or theft. The garbled text echoes a provocative local voice.
Local items note Livingston Mims improving after illness
Major Livingston Mims is reported vesting easily last night and improving considerably over a few days ago. While not out of danger, there is no present alarm and hopes are for a speedy recovery. A major meeting of Evangelical Ministers' Association is set for 11 56 o'clock this morning at First Baptist church. The past week saw strong attendance at daily noon meeting at Wesley Memorial church led by Rev W Tunicutt. Services this week, led by Rev Tunicutt, cover revival needs, conditions of spiritual work, the Christian tor y, faith, and other topics. On April d we celebrate the first anniversary of these services. A special City Baptist Young People's Union meeting is planned at Second Baptist on Monday March 5 at 745 pm with Rev George T Webb speaking on Young People's Work. Public hygiene and attendance invited.
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Livingston Mims
Wesley Me ‘Morial
W. Tunnicutt
Payne Memorial
Atlanta
Tuestar
Dov
Sity Bontist Young People’s Union
Baothet
Oclotk
George T. Webb
Felq
Papist Young People’s Union of America
Earthquake Felt Across Portland City
A distinct earthquake was felt in Portland Maine today March 4. The tremor was accompanied by rumbling that lasted several seconds across several parts of the city.
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Portland
Accused Member Tragedy at St Pete Meeting
In St Petersburg on March 4 during a Father Ganon organization meeting, an accused member, under investigation over alleged acceptance of government funds, reportedly died by suicide. No further details provided.
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St. Petersburg
Ganon
A King's Wooing Noted Amid Royal Privacy
In Punch Townra a report says King Alfonso’s cruiser ship Wag was allowed to proceed privately. It notes sightings with Princess Fn in public, accompanied by three ladies in waiting and a handful of reporters, with minimal escort.
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Alfonso
Big Convention Closes Its Long Session At Nashville
Nashville March 4 The quadrennial Convention of Student Volunteers ends after five days with 4188 accredited delegates from 700 institutions and 26 foreign societies. Dr Carl Fries delivers farewell message from Stockholm and Ellen M Stone recounts her Macedonian ransom captivity to a crowded McKendrie church.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Robson
Edinburgh
Scotland
Carl Fries
Stockholm
Sweden
McDowell
Thoburn
Methodist Episcopal
Robert FE
Speer
Euditorium
McKendrie Church
Ellen M. Stone
Macedonian
Weasels Hunt Described In Natural Observation
An old text describes weasels chasing prey with a low, gliding back and keen scent along hedgerows. It recalls a Kentish sighting of a weasel dragging a freshly killed rat from a hedge and notes the species’ ability to enter tiny holes due to its flat head short limbs and tail.
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London
English Drummers Comfort at Hotels in England
Traveling English drummers receive special hotel arrangements such as dining rooms and rates. In Hig hfish hotels the lobby features a large open fire and comfortable seating where salesmen relax. The dining rooms use long tables and homey service with a halfpenny left by each guest to fund English schools and orphanages. Shoes are polished and marked each night to ensure they are ready the next day.
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Gouleville Courier-Journal
KO Simmons
Manchester
England
Amemos
Very Revere. A University professor on race suicide
Professor Howard A Ross of the University of Nebraska warns against neglecting boys after age five and urges strict discipline. He cites a rich widow who allowed her son to drift into drinking and crime, arguing early guidance is essential to prevent deterioration.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Howard A. Ross
University of Nebriska
Bette
Obdurate prisoner in dungeon stalemate over Officer McElroy
In a dark dungeon case at the prison, a prisoner remains defiant against penitent pleas after an attack on Officer McElroy last November. He endures solitary confinement, refusing to acknowledge fault while the warden notes no change in his resolve. The inmate shows no compassion for daylight access, staying obstinately stubborn as the sentence nears its end.
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Carolman
Pingst Ang
McElroy
Terial
USA
Bern
MeHlroy Ang
Hositian
Shrauss
Suliea
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