Tragic boiler explosion at Standard Steel kills four
A molten metal spill from a cupola caused a massive explosion at Standard Steel in the night. Four men died and twenty were fatally injured or seriously burned, many foreigners, as the plant’s wheel-house was demolished. Rescue teams worked for hours amid scorched remains and panicked crowds.
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Standard Steel Company
Suthers' Pe
Hes
Nick Dorna
Nicholas Blotar
John Vereck
Stamp Envelope Fraud Tied to Hartford Manufacturing
Postmaster General Meyers suspended payments due from the Postal Service to Hartford Manufacturing of Hartford Connecticut and referred the case to the attorney general. Chemical tests show envelope paper fell short of contract standards and experts estimate the company benefited about 425000 over the past four years. One supplier admitted furnishing cheaper materials at the Hartford firm’s urging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
General Meyers
Hartford Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Post Office Department
Lenci Officer Attacker Lynching in Cumberland Md
A mob in Cumberland Maryland lynched William Burns after he shot Policeman Auset Banter. About 1200 men gathered past midnight, forced entry using a telegraph pole as a battering ram, and dragged Burns from his cell to the street where he was kicked and shot to death. Sheriff Pendley was present. The incident marks Cumberland's first lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Mod
Auuset
Whilam Burns
Desperato
Derby
Pendley
Dale
Burns
Detroit Celebrates as Detroit Wins American League Title
Detroit hailed its baseball champions after a dramatic election-night style victory in downtown streets. Thousands of fans, including seniors, cheered the Detroit team to the American League crown amid festive scenes across the city.
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Detroit
Mich
Thirty Years for Murderer Ludwig Schryghel Convicted
Polish private Ludwig Schryghel was convicted of second degree murder in the killings of Andrews and Stephen Stagrunski of Paris last August. He received a thirty year sentence to serve at the Western penitentiary. Death of the Mikado's Mother confirmed. mourning to begin. Women to Make Fight for Equal Suffrage. New York Equal Suffrage League holds regular meeting to oppose a rule change. Market notes: Bronx live stock quotes include Beaves and Tophage prices.
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Ludwig Schryghel
Andrews
Stephen Stagrunski
Paris
New York
Equal Suffrage wisUg
D-Resthurania
Ludwig Serygiel
Pittsburg
Andrew
Stephen Starzyusi
Illinois Central stockholders oust Harriman allies at Hartford meeting
At a Hartford Connecticut meeting of Illinois Central stockholders the proxies of those present were handed to director Charles M Bench. The gathering, with over 5 000 shares represented, denounced Harriman influence and urged directors to curb executive power and prevent self serving loans.
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I. C. Stockholden
Martlman Canin
Iineis Central Railroad
Hartford
Cann
Charles. M. Bench
Stuyvesant Fish
Harriman
Wilness Central Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Board of Directors
Governors Plan National Resource Convention in Memphis Speech
President Roosevelt announced plans for a Washington convention on January 3 to advocate preservation of the country’s natural resources including coal and water power. Sixteen governors attended a luncheon aboard the Mississippi river voyage and a radio deck meeting where endorsement efforts were aired and ultimately a resolution was withdrawn to avoid preempting the deep waterways issue.
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Roosevelt
Memphis
Toun
Washington
In- Inna
Col. Mackenzie
Gov. Folk
Draaidant
Orst
Gov
Quadruple Execution In Lancaster For 1906 Gap Shanty Murder
Four men Anthony Delero Stephen Cartul Sivereo Rodelil and Joseph Cellone were hanged in Lancaster Pa for murdering Italian laborer Plato Albamase during a raid on a Gap shanty on August 30 1906. A razor fight left Albamase badly wounded and he died as other victims were injured. The four fugitives were captured later and after trial two offered statements to save the others.
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Lancaster
Anthony Delero
Stephen Cartul
Sivereo Rodelil
Joseph Cellone
Plato Albamase
Gap
Albamase
Temele
Philadelphia
de Jero
Selione
Coffin Awakening. West Virginia Funeral Drama
Relatives at a Huntington area funeral near Huntington West Virginia recount a widow’s revival as she sat up in a coffin minutes before the minister arrived The pale woman’s swoon as mourners rushed outside followed by the minister’s surprise A four day residence of the woman elsewhere and the husband’s belief of death are noted In Argentina a revolution begins in Corrientes province with clashes between insurgents and government troops leaving casualties on both sides
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Frederick Hatzett
Huntington
W. Va
Corrientes
New Orleans Port Commissioner Clark Steen Found Drowned
The body of Clark Steen of New Orleans, secretary of the Port Commission, was found in Lake Pontchartrain on Thursday after he had been missing for days. A note on the skit indicates Steen killed himself.
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Clark Steen
New Orleans
Sailor Rescued After 26 Days Drifting on Lake Michigan
Austin A. Higby of Caloma Michigan was rescued sixteen miles off the Chicago River entrance after drifting in a small sailboat for twenty six days. He was nearly starved but survived the perilous voyage, being found on Thursday.
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Lake Michigan
Austin A. Higby
Caloma
Mich
Chicago River
Man and Hilde Bedly: body found under bandstand
The dead body of George Hanson aged 26 vice president of Caucassian Printing Company Shreveport Louisiana was found Thursday under a bandstand on Doeuglass stand.
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KU Man
Hilde Bedly
George Hanson
Caucassian Printing Company
Shreveport
Doeuglass
Resignations and sentences in terse report from Honolulu to Oklahoma
A Honolulu internal revenue official resigns after his wife’s death. A Philadelphia church leader died at his home. A Polish priest in Pittsburgh was sentenced to 30 years for murder. An angry mob forced a group from Danville, Washington, with shots fired but no injuries. A tornado destroyed much of Porrel Oklahoma and damaged nearly every house.
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Ap Iowan
Roy J. Chamberlain
Towa
Honolulu
Hawaii
Jhis
Divine
Trev
James GM
King
Board of
The
Methodist Church
Philadelphia
iWndan
Danville
Wash
Vividus
Nuesta Canada
Okdlatonia
Poarel
Okla
Roger Atte
MORMONS ARE DRIVEN OUT OF GERMANY BY EXPULSION
Three American Mormons were expelled from Germany after repeated warnings against spreading their propaganda and conducting river baptisms. Arrested and escorted to the frontier, they were part of a broader crackdown that 1908 authorities deemed necessary to protect public morality and social order.
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Germany
Berlin
Cannon
Europe
Foreign Office
Switzerland
Salt Lake City
Utah
Movement to obtain pardon for Jessie Morrison
Kansas Friends and Jessie Morrison supporters urge Gov. Hach to grant a pardon for the Kansas woman convicted of second degree murder. They seek letters of support as the application is filed. Morrison has served four years and a half. her father is near death.
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Kansas
Jessie Morrison
Hach
Eldorado
Actress Blasted on Stage in Wisconsin Shooting
Vaudeville actress Miss May Vernon was shot in the face by a blank cartridge during a stage scene in La Crosse Wisconsin. Doctors fear she may lose the sight in one eye as a result of the injury.
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la Crosse
Wis
May Vernon
Train Collision on Wabash Road Near Nelly ML
A light fourt collision between a passenger and a freight train on the Wabash road near Nelly ML left eight people slightly injured. Sixth engines were practically destroyed.
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Wabash Road
Nelly
Mangled by Nitroglycerin In Army Accident At San Antonio
An explosion from nitroglycerin killed Owen Vi Anderson in San Antonio Texas friday shattering a house. His mother narrowly escaped. A second fragment of text notes a forecast that rice crop in Japan will be 1344 percent above average. A Cincinnati meeting appointed a committee to urge Mayor Dempsey to withdraw from the Democratic ticket for an independent run. A burglary at Burgers Lew North Dakota Bank in Lamure county New Jersey netted $3 909 in cash.
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Owen Vi Anderson
Ban Antonio
Tex
White
Papan
Japan
Cincinnati
O.helfly
Dempsey
Burgers Lew North Dakota Bank
State Bank of
Dickey
Lamure County
N. J
Yearmen
Fight over banker McHugh will estate in Ida County
The $500000 estate of Ida Grove banker and pioneer Alex McHugh becomes the subject of a major Ida County court fight as Attorney M M White objects to probating a will. White seeks to invalidate the document claiming McHugh signed while weak and not of sound mind, leaving everything to his wife instead of favored tenants or William Meyers.
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McHugh
Alex McHugh
Ida Grove
Ida County
M. M. White
William Meyers
Sioux City
McHugh’s
McHugh T
Coal Consumers Arouser in Des Moines
Grand jury will probe claims of a price raise for Des Moines soft coal from 3.50 to 4.00 per ton. Officials plan an thorough investigation into a possible coal price conspiracy amid threats of a miners’ strike and disputes over royalties, mining costs, and operator profits.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Grand Jury
Escee Eee
WIUTE WOMAN WEDS NEGRO IN CHARLES CITY
Mrs. Louisa Fairbanks, a white widow with four children, marries Walter Roger Hamilton, a black hotel porter at the Hildreth hotel in Charles City. The union, the county’s first black white marriage since its organization, sparks city comment. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. R. D. Robertson.
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Charlies City
Walter Roger Hamilton
Hildreth
Charles City
Louisa Fairbanks
R. D. Robertson
The
Baptist Church
Hart-Parr
Students IIGUT Road feud over fares and seats
Students at Iowa State College Ames clash with Des Moines Fort Dodge and Southren Interurban, ejecting several from cars when no seats were available. They refuse to pay fares until additional cars are provided. managers seek more cars and larger cars, signaling action from an eastern factory.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
South
Presidents of Iowa state universities gather in Iowa City
Twelve state university presidents will assemble in Iowa City on October 31 for their annual conference. The association began about ten years ago to discuss welfare of institutions and coordinate larger policy actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowan City
Iowa City
United States
Burgo? Bunco Case Ends With Settlement in Cornish City
Three men linked to a Omaha saloon swindle are released after reaching a private settlement with opposing attorneys. The case involved James Rapint Emil Martin and Dinuzza alleging a $413 swindle and a mistaken transfer of funds, with authorities arresting Martin and Rapint as they left. The parties declined to disclose settlement terms.
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Cornell
Bunco
Gatlafactory
Taltana
Dinuzza
Omaha
James Rapint
Emil Martin
Martn
Rescue of Injured Drunk Man In Des Moines River
Police and firemen saved William Hoffman after he fell into the Des Moines River at Ottumwa, drifting to the center on a Market Street bridge. Hoffmann, intoxicated and shivering, was pulled from water up to his neck with a ladder and tow rope, recounting he likely plunged in after drinking and being overwhelmed by cold. He vowed to avoid the river and alcohol in the future.
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Lownn
Sanddar
Ottumwa
Des Moines
William Hoffman
Fire Department
Hoffman
Market Street
Mackown Case Mired by Technicality in Iowa Court
The Mackown embezzlement case from Webster City remains stalled in district court due to a legal technicality. Prosecutors accuse Ceorie Mackown of stealing about 15000 from Northwestern Felt Shoe Company and then burning the plant to conceal the fraud. A Monday ruling by Judge Lee in Des Moines could quash the indictments if a motion by attorney Mr. Chase succeeds, potentially freeing the jailed suspect.
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Ceorie Mackown
Northwestern Felt Shoa Company
Webster City
District Court
Chase
Mackown
Lee
Des Moines
Band Sells For 250 An Acre Near Webster City
High price paid for Moamaton county land sets a record with an 8 acre tract adjoining Webster City. J A Simmons buys for 5000 at 260 per acre, versus Clow’s 1760 purchase years ago at 87.60 per acre. The truck garden site near the city was once valued as a high price, with Simmons also having sold a 210 acre parcel north of town to finals parties for 100 per acre.
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Webster City
Moamaton County
J. A. Simmons
Clow
Simmons
Interurban schedule eyed for Des Moines to Fort Dodge route
Fort Roden Des Moines and Southern announces October start for 214 car service. Des Moines and Fort Dodge departures every two hours from 7:00 am to 11:30 pm with eighty stops along eighty nine mile route. Sleeping cars to operate both ways after a few months. Clinton council holds special meeting to fill vacant clerk position after death of HW Van Meter. Attorney Wijhes, a young lawyer, elected to unexpired term.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Blake
Fort Roden
Southern
Pew Stories
Clinton
van Meter
Wijh Thinges
Hunting trip ends with boy injured by buckshot
Joseph Iane took 9 year-old Raymond Harvey on a hunting trip near Dea Moines. Raymond carried the game. A bystander removed buck shot from his head and shoulders. He is reported out of danger but with nerves in bad condition.
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Joseph Iane
Dea Moines
Raymond Harvey
Sur
Jeans
Raymond
Notable figures to address North Western Iowa Teachers meet
A list of distinguished figures including Mes Ashtrese, Senohers, Gov Hoch of Kansas, President KE Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska, and P Shelley O'Brien of the Nebraska Board of Education, secured to address the North Western Iowa Teachers' prociation at Cedar Map tde Get. Davenport-Dubuque Line. The report also notes the latest carload of rails for the Davenport-Dubuque Interurban line. A separate obituary item mentions Mra. B.D. Brown of Bayar Vrown who died of heart failure, and Dr. THleselt ta Eater Beenie Pet as a speaker connected to a local event.
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Mes Ashtrese
Senohers
Gov
Hoch
Kansas
KE. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
P. Shelley O'Brien
Nebraska Boned
North Western
Iowa
Cedar
President Roosevelt Focuses On Waterways And Reforms
President Roosevelt visits Keokuk praising river highways and national rescue of waterways. He urges river and railway improvements to boost commerce, defends enforcement of law against wealth or poor alike, and highlights veterans reception with praise. Conference talks touch on arms limits and a proposed inter national prize court linked to a permanent arbitration system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
National Congress
Mississippi
Fire destroys New York racing stockyards building
A fire in a building housing Lewla De Grot & Soi and racing stock shows damaged a structure in New York, causing an estimated loss of 250000. The report notes the Interstate Livestock and Horse Show at South Jaal stockyards closed recently and dairy prizes totaling thousands were paid. The piece weaves in political commentary about Congress, presidential actions, postal schemes, and governance without focused clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewla de
New York
May Secome Ambassador to the Court of St James
The article discusses a long standing suggestion for Theodore Roosevelt to become ambassador to the Court of St James. It notes exchanges from London and Washington, the likelihood of a Washington residence portion of the year, and Roosevelt’s potential to split time between Washington and New York or elsewhere.
Stranglew Admission Shocks Chicago Police
A Chicago man identified as Richard Walton confessed at Hyde Park police station to murdering Mrs Gillian White Grant. He smiled broadly and showed no remorse as details emerged in a force reenactment at the Study Park station led by Captain McWeaney, highlighting a dramatic crime disclosure.
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Stee
Geant
Chiccago
Richard Walton
Gillian White Grant
Chicago
Hyde Park
Fbr
Creebal
Emily Eron
Captain McWeaney
Coxey proposes state ownership of rails and utilities
An article notes Coxey’s new scheme to absorb and operate railroads and key public utilities by state action. Financed by long term securities held by the federal government, revenue from public services would cover expenses and private property would be unnecessary. The piece also mentions other political figures and recent maritime and church discussions, illustrated by varied quotations and references.
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Coxey
Comande
JT. S. Coxey
Washington
State of Rails
Ady
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News of
Iigut Road
Sack” Noot
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W. Bishop
Root
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Roullickers Company
Fred Setterly
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Standard Lumber Company
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Aaren
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Interurban
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Davenport-Dubuquey
Mra
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Bayar Vrown
County Riper Tote
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White House
Ton Ton Sons
York
Stranglew
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Dakota
George Ubhter
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Prise
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