Rivers Recede as Pittsburg Flood Damages Rise
Pittsburg reports rivers back to normal levels with gauges at twenty feet two feet below danger. The flood district resumes business as steel mills begin cleaning up and expect full operation by week’s end. Two brick houses at 22 and 24 Penn avenue collapsed, forcing occupants into the street. one man injured and total losses described as enormous.
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Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Point Bridge
Penn Avenue
Floods Threaten Hazelton as Rivers Run Wide
Indiana flood report from Indianapolis on February 18 describes sudden river booms on the White and Wabash rivers. Water from five to ten miles wide flows from Petersburg to the White and Wabash junction, driving families to safety and risking main channel breaches near Hazelton.
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Indianapolis
Wabash
Hazelton
Petersburg
Ind
White River
Indiana
Priest Killed by a Car In Michigan and Indiana Tragedies
A Free Press dispatch reports Rev. Father Andrew Salmon was killed and Father Murphy fatally injured when their cutter was struck by an electric car near South Bend Indiana. Salmon began his priesthood after his brother drowned near Lake Superior and vowed to serve if his body was recovered. The tale ties his death to a vow fulfilled. In Minneapolis a boy eleven died after being pulled under a streetcar while playing tag near Ninth Avenue and Sixth Street.
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Detroit
Niles
Mich
Andrew Salmon
Father Murphy
South Bend
Ind
Father Salmon
Notre Dame College
Lake Superior
Minneapolis
Harry Allprim
Ninth Avenue
Sixth Street
St. Barnabas’ Hospital
Hotel proprietor shoots two men in Kansas City office
In Kansas City on February 18 James P. Hayes agent for the Traders' Dispatch and John O'Donnell cigar dealer were shot and seriously wounded by J D Cosby proprietor of the Cosby hotel in the hotel office. The trio argued with hotel clerk William Murray before Cosby intervened and shot Hayes and O'Donnell.
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Kansas City
James P. Hayes
John O'Donnell
J. D. Cosby
Cosby
Hayes
O'Donnell
William Murray
Murray
Telegraphic BREVITIES summary of scattered items
Fire damages a Chicago building at 120 Illinois Street with about 75000 dollars in losses. A six day Boston bicycle race has ten teams. Judge William T Nice of Phillip WV is dead. Merchants' National Bank of Portland reopens after eleven weeks under bank examiner. Crosby S Noyes of the Washington Evening Star ill in Pasadena. A roundhouse worker found dead in Harvard Wisconsin after being robbed. Albert Culler defeats Jake Schaefer in billiards in Philadelphia. Colonel Charles E Wood dies in Washington after a career in real estate and the Wood Harman company.
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Merchants’ National Bank of
Portland
Ore
Crosby
Noyes
Washington Evening Star
Pasadena
Cal
Harvard
Wis
Charles E. Wood
Wood Harman Company
Bright
Washington
Frantic women and nervous disorders trend in old text
The excerpt discusses organic disturbances of the female nervous system described as frenzied or frantic and notes such conditions cause misery to both sufferers and those around them. it hints that relief comes from a treatment not specified in the fragment.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Readers
Letters from Mrs Mary Wood of Christiana Tennessee and Mrs Wallace Wilson of Thompsonville Connecticut praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from severe female troubles and nervous exhaustion. The ad notes a 30 year history as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and backache and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mary Wood
Christiana
Tenn
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Morse Indicted on Perjury Charge in Grand Larceny Case
New York February 18 Charles W Morse former banker and promoter faces a third indictment for perjury during a grand jury probe after already being charged with grand larceny He pleads not guilty and is ordered to return next Monday for further hearing A $50000 loan to E R Thomas from Bank of North America is cited as the basis for the perjury charge with Morse having offered corrected testimony earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Grand Jury
Victor J. Dowling
Criminal Branch
Supreme Court
Philip J. Britt
Criminal Courts
E. R. Thomas
Bank of North America
Thomas
Taft Delivers Lincoln Day Banquet Speech in New Haven
Secretary Taft headlined the Lincoln day banquet of the Young Men's Republican club in New Haven drawing enthusiastic crowds. He traveled from Hartford, dined with Col. Isaac Ullman, attended Yale, and spoke at Music hall where 800 plus in attendance saluted him as the imagined next president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Taft
Young Men's Republican Club
Hartford
Isaac Ullman
Woodruff
Yale Corporation
Music Hall
Seymour M. Judd
Rollins Woodruff
United States
Secretary of War Praises Republican Rise Since Lincoln
The secretary of war delivered a review praising the Republican party and its steadily growing strength and unity since Abraham Lincoln, whom Taft called the real founder and constructor of the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repubican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Taft
Hughes' candidacy praised at Woodford Hughes League event
General Stuart L. Woodford accepted the Hughes League headship at the Hotel Manhattan signaling support for Governor Hughes for president. Speakers included John Mithholland Ex-Governor Bachlder Congressman Waldo and Ex-Mayor Seth Low. Woodford warned Republicans must not rely on Democratic mistakes and praised Hughes as capable of carrying New York electoral votes.
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New York
Hughes
Stuart L. Woodford
Hughes League of the United States
Hotel
Manhattan
Hughes League
General Woodford
John K. Mithholland
Bachelder
New Hampshire
Waldo
Brooklyn
Seth Low
Woodford
Beatrice Gordon Acquitted in Deputy Sheriff Killing
Denver report says Miss Beatrice Gordon was found not guilty of the murder of Deputy Sheriff W Shirey. She had lived with him as housekeeper and testified she planned to leave and end their relationship. A struggle over a revolver caused the fatal shot. the jury deliberated under an hour.
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Denver
Beatrice Gordon
W. ©. Shirey
British steamer Aslak wreck leaves fourteen dead
The British vessel Aslak, carrying cargo from Middlesbrough to Trondhjem, ran aground on the Norwegian coast. All fourteen crew members perished in the wreck near Trondhjem reported February 18.
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Trondhjem
Norway
Aslak
Middlesborough
For Sale Listings in 1907 Austin Area Real Estate
A column of sale notices lists properties including a Racemade house with two lots on St Yau and Mi Streets priced around 1500 to 4009, a Kenworth Baldwin street modern building for two families with three lots and barn, and various Lansing Ave parcels near Orris Hayes and C A Negge. Also listed is a 160 acre farm four miles east of Austin at 550 per acre, and a Mrs Susan Hormes residence at 310 South St Paul Street with easy terms.
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G. F
Lnvidaon
St. Yau
Iara
McGary Street
Kenwood
al. Molison
Kenworth
Baldwin Street
Lansing Ave
Orris Hayes
Ansing Avenue
Fox Hotel
Austin
Pos Sesson
Bale
Rail schedule notes for Great Western Railway
Passenger timetable fragment shows John Fairbanks bound services to Bivanl and Minneapolis with Chicago Des Moines Har. City 4:08 A.M. 3:36 P.M. Arrivals listed. Also bound to Lyre Munly Mason City with departures 11:45 P.M. and 2:40 A.M. and arrivals from Fort Dodge Mason City Lyle Council Blue and Omaha at 3:35 P.M. and 4:08 A.M.
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Aoarts
Bivanl
Minneapelle
Sabuquc
Chicago
Des Moines
Har
Lyre
Munly
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Lyle Council
Omaha
Special bargains in city property and Monsr County arms
A notice highlights special bargains involving city property sales and arms from Monsr County. It outlines eligibility and bidding details for potential buyers and interested parties.
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Monsr County Arms
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Ilinois Street
Boston
William T. Nice
Phillip
West Virginia
Phiadelphia
Albert Culler
Jake Schaefer
Miss Gordon
Shirey
Rapay Hons
Cy Rix
Yvecontatas Ag
John Kabaniks
John Fairbanks
Great Western Railway
Piso
A. H. Thurnes
Mgr
Wills Creek Coal Co
Buffalo
Foley
W. Carter
Ashboro
N.C
WOLD
Main and
Bridge Street
Turner
Minn
L&68
U. S
W. Shaw
H. L. Banfield
F Banfield
H J Droft
Capital
East Water St
Roth
Austin, Mina
Halid Office
Astern Valley
Montana
Banker’s Surety Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Que Stendard
Angus
Pole
Shalves
PI. Crane
N. W
Lameer
Anial Austin
Wallace Gregson, Electrician
Mill St
A. W. Allen, M. D
M & St Paulr K
H. Johnson
Einbh Block
Austin, Minn
Homer JF. Pierson
M. D
Wold's Drug Sters
Cor Main and
Bree Streets
Aussic, Minn
J. F. Fairbanks
Clifford C. Leck
Hirsh Block
Clas
Webber
Wold’s Drug Store
Win, Keefr
East Mii St
William Donov
Contractch and Mat
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