Swedish steamer Cedric wrecked near Gefle
The Swedish steamship Cedric was wrecked near Gefle with twelve drowned, including all but the captain. In Minnesota Nora Peterson, nineteen, drowned while ice boating on Ripley lake. Harold Weeks, Glen Lacy and Fay Wheeler narrowly escaped. The group struck open water several hundred yards from shore.
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Population shifts in largest U S cities and states
The article analyzes growth in the nations largest cities and states, noting New York and neighboring towns as commuter hubs, shifts in state rankings with Texas and Massachusetts rising, Washington and Oklahoma leading growth, and overall US population up about 20 percent with industrial states outpacing agriculture. It highlights that Nevada and other western states show rapid gains.
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Nation on Pacific coast faces census recount issues
The piece notes most growth on the coast with the south faring well. Rural areas suffer where farming is the main industry while small towns lose population. Recounts occurred in Seattle Tacoma Portland Fort Smith and other cities. Some counts rose while others fell and officials were arrested. The article also cites Atlantic City and forecasts strong future growth for the nation.
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Rank of States with Full List and Territories
A ranked list places New York first, followed by Pennsylvania Illinois and Ohio, then Texas and others through Wyoming. It notes if territories were included Porto Rico would rank 31, the District of Columbia 4, Hawaii 49 and Alaska 52, with states below shifting downward accordingly.
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Hawaii
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First U S Census of 1790 Highlights 17 States
The 1790 census recorded seventeen states and a national population of 3,929,214. This marks the first census taken in United States history, outlining early national demographics and state counts.
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United States
General Smith Is Dead From Civil War Engineer He Died
Brigadier General Jared A. Smith retired and president of the Cleveland County Building commission died at his Cleveland home after months of illness. A West Point graduate, he served in the Civil War in the corps of engineers and afterward oversaw coast and harbor defenses river improvements and lighthouse engineering. He was United States engineer in the Cleveland district until retirement at age seventy.
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Corps of Engineers
United States
Smith
Hoch for federal control of utilities in Wilkesbarre
Former Kansas governor W E Hoch arrived in Wilkesbarre and voiced support for federal public utility oversight while opposing government ownership. He argued government ownership would kill competition but urged government supervision akin to that of national banks, as essential to the system.
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W. E. Hoch
Kansas
Accident in Vienna hunt injures Count Geisa Szechenyi
Vienna reports Count Geisa Szechenyi, first cousin of Count Laslo Szechenyi and husband of Gladys Van derbilt, was accidentally shot in the face during a hunt on Count Victor Szechenyi’s Surpen tele estate. A member of the hunting party fired at a deer and the shot struck Geisa, leaving his condition described as almost hopeless.
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Szechenyi
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Count Victor
Surpentele
Count Ledeber-Wieheln
Victor
Geisa
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