Republic Sinks Off No Man’s Island near Martha’s Vineyard
The steamship Republic sank near No Man’s Island off Martha’s Vineyard after being towed by the revenue cutter Gresham and the destroyer Seneca. Captain Sealby and the crew were rescued by the Gresham and landed at Grayhead, Massachusetts.
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Nance Mass
Baltic
Revenue
Gresham
Seneca
New York
Sealby
Joose
Hner
Massachusetts
Capt
Grayhead
Mast
Newport
Republic
No Man's Island
Martha's Vineyard Island
Ambushed and killed in Kentucky family feud shooting
In Amite City Kentucky Benjamin Breland his wife and Mrs Joe Everett were shot and killed Sunday night by Avery Blount and Garfield Kinchen amid a long running feud. Kinchen Breland and family ties loom over the tragedy as investigators pursue motive and identify suspects.
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Alan
Kentucky
Benjamin Breland
Joe Everett
Amite City
Avery Blount
Garfield Kinchen
Kinchen Breland
KiKnehen
Gary
Murder on the Doorstep and Other Disturbances in City News
Reports from St. Louis describe a woman found dead with a bullet wound after autopsy. Three more bodies were recovered from a water crib in South Chicago. at least sixty are expected. Rescue of six on a wrecked schooner Soquel succeeded at sunrise. In Texas and Pacific rail service, Conductor Burr Hall was shot and killed by a negro passenger near Wall's Spur.
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St. Louis
St.Louis
South
Chicago
Burr Hall
Texas and Pacific
Wall's Spur
Evangelist Event Sparks Fainting at St Louis Coliseum
Sunday night at the St Louis coliseum 14 000 spectators fainted during a gypsy smith evangelist meeting. The excitement subsided as a choir of 1 006 voices hummed hymns. Also notes Sioux City live stock market quotes with hog prices and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Gypsy Smith
Berlin Socialists Promote Universal Suffrage Protests
Socialists held many public meetings in Berlin on universal suffrage. They attempted to form processions to march to the palace and demonstrate before the emperor, but police halted the progress with little trouble.
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Berlin
Snow Storm Paralyzes Central California in Two Decades
A severe central California snow storm halts traffic and blocks roads, described as the worst in twenty years. Flooding worsens travel, while residents brace for further winter impacts as authorities assess conditions.
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California
Governor Accepts Portrait Gift After Court Session
Gardiner Lathrop presented to Gov. Herbert S. Hadley a large portrait of The Mysterious Stranger by John T. McCutcheon after Hadley argued before Judge Smith McPherson in a Missouri railroads case challenging the 2 cent and maximum freight laws. The courtroom cheered as Hadley accepted the gift and affirmed his administration will serve Missourians.
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United States District
Kansas City
Gardiner Lathrop
Vollchor
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Herbert
Hadley
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Smith McPhorson
Missouri
McCutcheon
Gov
Lathrop
Mysterious Stranger
Missouriana
Banker A Big Embezzler California Man Accused
Homer G. Taber president of the San Diego Bank and Trust Company was arrested in San Diego California and will be taken to Pioche Nevada to answer to nineteen indictments alleging embezzlement of about 750000 dollars. The indictments allegedly also cover a separate charge of embezzling 40000 dollars in bonds from U Grant Jr of San Diego.
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California
Largo
Homer G. Tabor
San Diego Bank and Trust Company
San Diego
Cal
Sheikf
Pioche
Lincoln County
Nev
Taber
U. Grant, Jr
Leavitt Completes Paris Lord's Supper Painting
William Homer Leavitt of Newport Rhode Island son in law of William Jennings Bryan has finished his 17 by 22 foot canvas in Paris depicting the Lord's Supper and sent it to Newport. He and his mother plan to leave Paris in two weeks and will stay in Newport until fall when he will exhibit the work in New York and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Homer Leavitt
Newport
R. I
William Jennings Bryan
Paris
Terrifying North Morocco Storm Devastates Villages Near Ceuta
A five hour tempest with heavy rain hit the northern Morocco region near Ceuta. No casualties in Ceuta, but runners report several villages in Ahmara territory overwhelmed with many killed or injured.
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Morocco
Ceuta
Ahmara
U S to Extend Its Ling From Greeley to Pierce
Union Pacific officials announce the line will run eastward from Greeley Colorado to a point eight miles east of Pierce. The extension will top the new Greeley Poudre irrigation district which has opened 150 000 acres of arable lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Union Pacific Railroad
Greeley
Colo
Pierce
Greeley-Poudre
Ban on Rave Gambling at California Track Stirs Governor Sign
Developments in the tight bet by race track interests aim to prevent enactment in California similar to New York's ban on betting on races. This momentum suggests a signature from Gov. Gillett may come soon.
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California
of & Hiw
New York
Gov. Gillett
Tragedy in Winois Ends in Double Shooting
Alvin Boling shot his wife and mother in law Mrs. John Swanson before killing himself near Galve St. in Winois. Mrs. Swanson is fatally injured while Boling died instantly and Boling’s wife may recover. A separate note reports Treasury balances and a fatal fire at Mahoning County Infirmary. A mob lynched Douglas Roberson near Mobile, Alabama, after his earlier killing of Deputy Sheriff Fateh.
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Winois
Alvin Boling
Galve
Ils
John Swanson
Holme
The
Treasury
General Fund
Mahoning County
Canfield
Haugers
Douglas Roberson
Fateh
Mobile
Alu
UC President declines Michigan headship invitation
President Benjamin Wheeler of the University of California announced Friday he would not accept the offer to become head of the University of Michigan, a proposal extended during his recent visit to Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Wheeler
University of California
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Floods Cripple Western Railways and Communications
Severe storms flood the West disrupting rail traffic from Oregon to San Diego. California rivers breach levees near Sacramento flooding 3000 to 6000 acres. Spokane isolated as Great Northern slides halt service. telegraph and telephone networks damaged. floods derail schedules and cut detoured routes via Mojave and Daggett to Salt Lake City.
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San Joaquin
Sacramatio Valleya
California
Oregon Coast
San Diego
Varleya
Ames
Southern ParciNe
Ogden
Mojave
Daggett
Salt Lake City
San Pedro Road
Sherman Island
Sacramento
Sacramento River
Spokane
Portland
Puget Sound
Great Northern
Leavenworth
Hallard
Admons
Trale
Pension boost proposed for Civil War veterans
The House Military Committee chaired by Capt. Hull voted to report favorably a bill to retire all Civil War officers over 70 at $50 a month if they do not receive equal public official pay. An amended version would set retired pay at $25 a month for enlisted veterans over 70. The plan, awaiting funding, would require more than $10 million annually.
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House Military Committee
Capt. Hull
Washington, D. C
Officers’ Association
Saloon not the root of evil says Peoria man in Kentucky
Nathan A. Cole of Peoria Illinois told a Model License league convention in Louisville Kentucky that prohibition laws create hypocrisy and disdain for law. He recalled efforts to prohibit liquor beginning in 1650 and urged a different approach to curing drunkenness.
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Nathan A. Cole
Peoria
Ill
Model License League
Loluaville
Tennessee liquor manufacture bill passes lower house vote
The Tennessee House approved a measure to prohibit manufacturing intoxicants after January 1, 1910 by a 60 to 30 vote. The bill had cleared the Senate and now goes to the governor for expected veto, repeating the pattern seen with a previous liquor sales bill amid a long debate.
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Tennessee
Senate
Conference to discuss child labor evils and reform
The fifth annual conference of the national child labor committee opens Thursday in Chicago to debate social evils tied to child wage earners and to urge Congress to create a federal child labor bureau to address the problem.
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Fift
National Child Labor Committee
Chicago
Congress
In Memory of Lincoln Commemorates Birth Centenary Stamps
Postmaster General Meyer announced 100,600,000 two cent stamps to honor Abraham Lincoln’s birth centennial with a Lincoln portals design. The Canadian Pacific Railway plans $6,000,000 in new vice and extensions west of Fort Williams to be spent this year. A no rent campaign begins in Tipperary Ireland amid land issues under the 1903 purchase act.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Meyer
Canaan Puelle
Canadian Puelfic Railway Company
Fort Willaams
Ireland
Tipperary
Lundyy
Planet's Satellite Photo Captured at Greenwich
A cablegram from Kiel to the Harvard Observatory reports the eighth satellite of Jupiter photographed at Greenwich Observatory on January 18. The satellite light is visible in a large telescope.
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Harvard Observatory
Kiel
Supiter
Greenwich Observatory
Bank Note Official Johanles Gaus Found Dead at Hotel Wellington
Johanles Gaus, an official with the International Bank Note company, died Thursday afternoon at the Hotel Wellington in New York. Gas escaping from every jet in the room is noted in the damaged report while Broderick Osborne, 55, is also mentioned in connection with the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanles Gaus
Broderick Osborne
International Bank Note Company
Wellington
New York
Modern girls and changing wedding costs noted in reflection
A fragment reflects on changes in marriage culture from ten to twelve years ago, noting how brides funded their weddings, assisted by family or partners, and contrasting the perceived depravement of women with that of men.
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Marrlet
Wom
Backache and kidney complaints praised by Mrs Martin Doug
Mrs Martin Doug asa of Kingston reports relief from backache dizzy spells and languor after using Deans Kidney Pills. The testimonial notes irregular kidney secretions and improved health with Dean's Kidney Dills bought through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. The article also mentions Chinese workers in Transvaal coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Dougasa
Cedardt
Kingston
Dean
Ee Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Beware of Mercury Ointments and Elixirs Print Warning
A chaotic ad verd containing notices on mercury in gatarrh ointments and cautions to consult physicians. It promotes Hall's Catared Cure from Toledo and references other remedies and advertisements including quinin e and teething syrups and a note on aviation era travel.
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Hall
Ed. Cheney
Toledo
F. J. Gheocy & Co
Mall
Experienced Walker Mayes Praised at New York Dinner
An eccentric dinner in New York features longtime walker Mayes praised by peers. A lively exchange jokes about walking prowess and experience, with colorful mispronunciations and banter among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayes
New York
Mr. Tityes
Grape Nuts Promises Health Through Daily Use
An essay-like ad touts Grape Nuts as a keystone of health urging breakfast routines for workers. It cites testimonials from curious readers and claims daily use improves energy, mood, and work performance, with a nod to the Road to Wellness inside every pack.
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Arch of Health
Lemengher
Endowment Push for Carthage College Carried by Washington Benefactor
The Carthage Lutheran college, founded by Henry Denhart, is pressed toward independence through a local fundraising drive. A Washington benefactor pledged 200000 dollars if residents matched the amount, with Andrew Carnegie adding 20000 for a science hall if the goal is reached.
Poison In Chicken at Highview Club Dinner Causes Illness
Nearly 60 guests at the Highview club monthly dinner in Mason City fell ill after eating chicken pattes mixed with cabbage. Initial confusion over the cause gave way to a report that leftover chicken served by hostesses may have sickened four members of the Draper family, including J. H. Draper, with several guests briefly feeling very weak.
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Mason City
Highview Club
Tuaten
J. H. Draper
Western Grocery Company
Reward Offered for Slayer of Linn Trimble in Carroll
Iowa officials issued a proclamation offering a $300 reward for the arrest and conviction of the assailant who shot and killed Linn Trimble in his store at Unton Jardin county on January 16. The killer, masked, apparently intended to rob the store and fled into the darkness.
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Iowa
Linn Trimble
Carroll
Thon Trimble
Jardin County
Kenyon To Return As State Attorney For Central Railroad
Fort Dodge reports W S Kenyon will return at once to assume duties as state attorney for the Central railroad replacing the late Thomas D Healy. Kenyon had held the state attorneyship when appointed general attorney of Chicago Trealy had succeeded him in Fort Dodge. His return is at his own wish.
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Dutlea
Central
Fort Dodge
W.S. Kenyon
Ute Lnois Conentral Railroad
Thomas D. Healy
Kenyon
Chicago
Trealy
Osceola Woman Fights Off Masked Highway Attacker
Miss Lottie Kimball, famed Osceola beauty, wrestled with a masked man who seized her on the highway. After a fierce struggle her hands were cut but she escaped into a house and collapsed in a faint. No clue to the assailant found. the whole community is alarmed.
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Osceola
Lottie Kimball
Minister Fifty One Years Pastor Resigns in Iowa
Rev. James Edgar Sownden after fifty one years preaching retires from the Congregational church in Cocar Falls Iowa ending an inner thirteen year Iowa pastorate at the close of July. His wife is named Dragged and Robbed. A Postmaster reports his wife drugged and robbed of six hundred dollars in diamonds on a train and taken to St Paul before waking. Indicted on five counts Elmer Over a Chicago import faces trial in Dubuque for offenses from June last. Damages pursued against the city of Due Hidee for injuries to Mary Dempsey. A new $75,000 hotel will be built on the site of the burned Bother house. Deaths noted for Need Counte and others in the area.
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Iowa
James Edgar Sownden
Cocar Falla
Western Canada
MCU
Whentiwyn
Sark
Tuungenttoy
Whuntpeg
Manitoba
Wolley
Lunday
Lorens Blasello
Whentiyn
Sombre tragedy at Council Bluffs hotel ends life of man
Chutes Svarte, a 1907 Nebraska immigrant and former bank clerk now in Council Bluffs, ended his life at the Ogden Hotel after purchasing a pistol in the forenoon. He was found in a doorway in a dying condition by a hotel porter with no clear motive. His brother A L Hoarta, an Omaha attorney, is named in connection with the case.
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Counail Cluits
Jfo
Haan
A. L. ‘Hoarta
Omaha
Gas Explosion at Cedar Rapids Hall During Dedication
A gas leak at Cedar Rapids hall caused a powerful blast during Sunday ceremonies. Steward Charlo Hickman lit a match and an explosion injured several, including Eekmin and veterinarian De Chilfitth, as flames damaged wiring and plumbing. Fire crews extinguished the blaze. investigators probe neglected gas plug and leak.
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Mer Hall
Nohomlan Purner Hall
Cedar Rapila
Charlo Hickman
Olnek
Eekmin
Chilfitth
Asshatant
Davenport teacher sues for slander over dollar claim
Ressla Johnson, a long serving Davenport Township school teacher, won a verdict against Harry Martin for one dollar on a slander charge. She has filed similar suits against several wealthy county residents, seeking ten thousand dollars in damages for repeated allegations of a tarnished reputation.
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Dane Age
Clary
Ressla Johnson
Tetcher
Davenport
Harry Martin
Miss Johnson
Potter Charged With Mistreatment of Sister in Burlington
Thurston Potter 21 of Burlington is tried on charges of injuring his 16 year old sister. Prosecution says the girl accused him of indignities after a dispute over money. Defense claims the girl attempted to shield the boy’s sisterly affection. Potter formerly worked for Edward Rosinwater on the Omaha News.
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Thurston Potter
Burlington
Slater
Uuit
Re- Verge
Ka Aman Interea
Potter
Edward Rosaiwater
Omaha
Two Davenport Men Die by Own Hand in Fairmount Cemetery
In six months two Davenport men died by self inflicted gunfire in Fairmount Cemetery. William Rokle killed himself at his wife's grave with a revolver after reading inscriptions. Julian Peters, 26, in a love tragedy, placed a revolver to his temple and shot himself. The report notes a broader pattern of suicides in Davenport.
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Davenport
Fatenin
Fairmount
William Rokle
Julian Peters
Western Canada settlers recount fortunes and farming life
A letter from Whentiyn Sask contrasts hardships and success in early western Canada. Loren Blase ll O describes homesteading in Loon Creek district, building a wheat-and-horse farm, hiring help, and becoming landowners with substantial crops and cattle. The piece pairs with unrelated items and ads from the era.
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Bloux Oly
Sioux City
Wve
Edward English
H.C. Walston
Benirice
Radley
Bryan
Pacific Coast
Clinolson
Chase Labor Bureau
Kite Chun
Josiah
Bilderback Vo
Winslow
N. W. Ide & Pur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Gadys
Harold
Darling
Learvld
Grove
Success Magazine
WA State News
Endows Lutheran School
Carthage
Trenry Donhart
Hyva
Acho
Northwest
Wenry Denhart
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Teagy
Gurl
Witie Man
Dex Moines
J. Th. Hexseniius
Valeria
Innes Moulnea
St. Paul
Elmer Over
Dubuque
Washington L. Davyla
Lagan
Uwardson County
Hulda Stewart
Marshalltown
Davia
Boone
Sol Holst
Halats
Yelopedia
Daugherty
Greer
Dounherty
Medan
Wallis
Genge Merten
Miertha
Dninka Cannolic Acm
Devendorf
Gedar Rapids
Lizzie O'Leary
Mamie Kelley
Austin
Minn
Boorl
D. A. Johnson
Ethel
Mimgelf
H. Jugenheimer
LeClaire
Lulu Towland
Coumity Cork
M. W. Howland
Arthur Dearth
Great Western
Ienry Lindner
Ray Trombar
Webster Gly
Owtth
Pocketkhife Ina
Mixon City
Nora Spruga
Chee Wall Kinawer
Andlox Julgen
Taddis Hole
Hobert Craftren
Ivie Auut
Hed Giartiera
Aloux
Hod Split Lake Railway Company
Crinaterrout
Thartlay
Manx
Malin ‘Athe Stockholters
Slurtley
Uosday
Sloan
Stonn
J. Af. Melee
Suscumbia
Ala
Chattanooga
Memphis
Tenn
Olver
Bua Rags
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