Mark Twain Dies Peacefully After Angina Attack
Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain died at Stormfield Redding Conn after a calm passing from angina pectoris He slipped into coma at 3 pm and woke briefly before fading His daughter Clara Ossip Gabrilovitch and biographer Albert Bigelow Paine were among those at the bedside Two physicians and two trained nurses attended the deathbed with restoratives used but no recovery recorded The burial will be in Elmira NY with wife and children interred in the family plot Date not set.
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Samuel L. Clemens Dies at Connecticut Home
Renowned humorist Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died at his Connecticut residence after a long illness. The literary giant leaves a legacy of classic works and a vast body of American humor.
Bank Robbery At Kaylor Ends In Manhunt
Mitchell April 22 A cashier at First State Bank of Kaylor in Hutchinson county fought off three armed robbers at 2 AM. One likely mortally wounded was captured by Scotland police. two others seriously hurt fled about four miles toward Scotland.
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Duluth Woman Killed by Speeding Car
Mrs. Francis Monroe, seventy, was killed in Duluth when struck by a car driven by Herbert Hielmer. The vehicle, carrying D. R. Black and his wife, was traveling about thirty miles per hour. After hitting her, the driver fled for two blocks before calling an ambulance. the driver is under arrest.
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Roosevelt Enthralls Paris With Welcoming Reception
The former U S president Theodore Roosevelt received an unprecedented Parisian welcome in Paris on April 22. He met with President Fallieres and Foreign Minister Finkane before an ovation at the Comedie Francaise. The French press hailed his tour as unparalleled in history praising the man not the office. He visited ex President Loubet and the sister of artist Edward Simmons amid cheers as Americans celebrated abroad.
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Bridegroom Rebounds After Ill-Fated Wedding in North Dakota
Hagbardt Halvorson, who wed Miss Minnie Larson last week while gravely ill, has improved and is expected to recover. Judge Murray of Minot performed the ceremony under unusual conditions, making the union seem like a deathbed romance potentially turning into a lasting marriage.
Woman to face murder charge after shooting husband
Deadwood South Dakota information charging murder will be filed against Jeannette Todd a colored woman who Wednesday shot her husband Jerry here amid a quarrel though he asked that she be released before he died.
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Factional Strife at National DAR Session
Washington April 22 factional strife erupted during the nineteenth Continental congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Amendments on officer discipline and states rights of state auxiliaries were voted down. Nine vice presidents general were elected, with a large majority said to be administration supporters, leaving one vacancy to be filled at a second election.
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Silver dollar would go
Washington April 22 report that a banking and currency committee bill aims to supply clean money for all at government expense. It would pay transportation on sailed bills and return new money at no cost to the remover. If enacted, the plan could erase the silver dollar from ordinary business nationwide.
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Actress Edna Goodrich Reaches Rochester for Medical Advice
Mrs Nat Goodwin also known as Edna Goodrich wife of a famed actor is listed at a Rochester hotel seeking medical counsel. She is accompanied by her mother Mrs J Goodrich and sister Miss Mabel Goodrich with local specialists to consult.
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Senate Adjourns Amid Traffic Agreements Fight
Washington April 22 Senate debates over traffic agreements consumed the entire session. Senator Cummins held the floor opposing the section permitting such agreements and the Crawford substitute as the railroad bill remained under consideration at adjournment.
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Costly Fire Strikes Standard Lumber Yards in Dubuque
A blaze at the Standard lumber company yards in Dubuque Iowa on April 22 caused about 80000 dollars in damage. It marks the third fire in ten days at the same yards all believed to be incendiary. The previous fire had caused about 90000 dollars in losses.
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Regional Heavyweights Fight At Duquesne Gardens
Pittsboro report says Al Kaufman of San Francisco and Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia earned a popular decision in a six round heavyweight bout at Duquesne gardens, Westerner likely the winner.
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Taft May Run Again If Party Chooses Him
Washington reports say President Taft will accept renomination if the Republican Party wants him after his first term, but will retire if not. He stands by Interior Secretary Ballinger amid calls for his removal and rejects political expediency. Dairymen and butter interests schedule hearings on proposed changes to existing law with Tawney to close the argument.
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Dairy interests oppose oleomargarine tax repeal plan
In Washington on April 22 the House Agriculture Committee heard dairy men and butter producers protest repeal or amendment of the anti oleomargarine act. Representative Tawney led the dairy delegation and challenged the committee's alternating hearing schedule.
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Baseball scores from multiple leagues across cities
Results on the diamond show American Association games with Columbus 2 Toledo 1 and St Paul 5 Minneapolis 0. Indianapolis 3 Louisville 2 and Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 1. National League matches New York 3 Boston 2 and Pittsburg 9 St Louis 4. Chicago 6 Cincinnati 1 and Philadelphia 1 Brooklyn 0. American League Detroit 5 Cleveland 0 and St Louis 4 Chicago 1. Boston 10 Washington 3 and New York 1 Philadelphia 0.
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Sensational Developments Plague Hyde Case Trial
Prosecutor Virgil Conkling hints at new papers and possible sensational twists in the Hyde murder case. Nurse Pearl Keller testified about the Swope residence typhoid link and matching symptoms, while defense cross examination left minor details unsettled.
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Revenge for loss of cow
Aberdeen South Dakota April 22 August Bauer Chris Baumgartner and Christopher Wallerine farmers near Roscoe are under arrest charged with attempting to wreck Milwaukee passenger trains. They admit guilt saying a train killed a cow owned by one of them who could not obtain redress. Their arrest followed a third attempt within days. Vallerine is accused as accomplice holding the horses while ties were piled on the track. Bauer is married with five children. the others are single.
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Child killed by freight train in Chicago yards
Four year old Willie Gribble playing with a dog near the Robert street bridge was fatally injured when a Chicago Great Western train passed over his right leg and cut off his left foot. He died en route to the hospital.
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Wesley Millard Dies After Rig Accident Near Veblen
April 22 report from Veblen states Wesley Millard was fatally injured when a falling piece of machinery struck him while he was operating a well drilling rig near town.
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A Cruel Retort in a Dated Dialogue
A fragmentary exchange shows a wife remarking that several men she refused are wealthier than her husband responds that this explains his position. The snippet conveys a witty gendered banter about wealth and status.
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