Tornado devastates Zephyr Texas killing 32
A Texas tornado struck Zephyr in Brown County on May 1 killing 32 people and injuring about 50 others. Nearly fifty homes were demolished and a fire destroyed an entire business block. Surgeons and aid rushed to the scene as the town faced heavy casualties and missing persons.
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Frownwood
Tex
Zephy
Brown County
C. A. Cabler
Thad Cabler
M. Carter
Gertrude Houston Oscar Ware
M. G. Simons
W. A
Brownwood
Santa Fe Railroad
Zephyr
Temple
Healthy breakfast promotes digestion and strength
A healthful living message argues most ailments come from self caused poor habits. It recommends a morning meal of E-C Corn Flakes or Egg-O See Wheat Flakes with milk or cream and fruit. The Ad cites the Eeg-O-See process for crispness and healthful corn and wheat flakes.
Tornadoes Slice Oklahoma Towns Causing Extensive Damage
May 31 reports from near Key West and Ashland Oklahoma describe a deadly storm with about fifteen injured and two possibly fatally. Depew suffers 40 destroyed structures, a torn hotel and gin with damage around 75 000 dollars. About 500 residents are homeless across two towns. no fatalities reported in Ashland.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Key West
Depew
Ashland
Lynching of Joe Blakely Follows Deputy Cain Killing
A posse lynched Joe Blakely, brother of Sam Blakely, in Portland Arkansas after Cain was shot and killed by deputy sheriff. The mob acted when Blakely vowed to avenge a dog killing blamed on Bud Harper, inflaming a case of vendetta tied to Cain’s death.
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Portland
Ark
Joe Blakely
Sam Blakely
Cain
Here
Bud Harper
Blakely
Monument 10 The Regulars Dedication at Gettysburg
Miss Helen Taft unveiled the eighty five foot monument honoring regular army units at Gettysburg on Memorial Day. Secretary of War Dickinson spoke as a guard of about 2,000 regulars gathered from Fort Myer and Plattsburg Barracks. The shaft commemorates cavalry infantry artillery and engineers of the Army of the Potomac in the 1863 campaign.
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Lincoln
William H. Taft
Helen Taft
War Department
Dickinson
Oliver
Joan C. Bates
J. F. Bell
Nicholson
Gettysburg National Park Commission
Congress
Army of the Potomac
Regular Army of the
United States
Pennsylvania
Regular Army
Fifteenth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Third Field Artillery
Plattsburg Barracks
N. Y
Coast Artillery
Artillery District of the Potomac
Artillery District of
Delaware
Baltimore
Stand Against Railroad Reflects Community Sentiment
Relatives and this feeling are attributed as the motive for the whole community’s stand against the railroad. If the negroes win, many believe strong sentiment will grow against allowing them to work.
Progress on tariff bill with July adjournment in sight
Washington notes steady progress on the tariff bill amid frequent speeches. Leaders expect final vote as schedules move slowly through the week starting with the lemon rate and then cotton and woolen sections. If a quorum is reached Tuesday, debate on Porto Rican relief and the forthcoming appropriations bill will follow.
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Washington
Congress
Three Men Drown in Boston Harbor After Craft Sinks
Boston May 31 three and possibly six men drowned when a pleasure craft capsized in Boston harbor. The known dead include Raymond von Limburg a cigarmaker and two Brockton men whose names were not learned. Three others may have perished near Apple island after being seen rowing near Shirley cut and the boat later found bottom up with no trace of the missing.
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Boston
Raymond von Limburg
Brockton
Apple Island
Shirley Cut
For Sale and Trade Listings Across Town and States
Farm for sale near town with cottage and outbuildings two and a half miles south of town near cement works inquire Albert Shubert 310 So River street also land for sale or trade in northern state and Dakota mower co farms good wild prairie lands near Crookston Minnesota and improved lands in Nelson county North Dakota to exchange for Mower county farms or Austin city property Lyman D. Baird owner Austin city tf
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So River Street
Dakota
Crookston
Minn
Nelson County
N. D
Austin City
Lyman D. Baird
Trade and services and real estate listings in Minneapolis area
Cut rates on household goods to the Pacific coast and other points. Su cker service at reduced rates. The Road Transfer Co Minneapolis Best storage house for stoves and all kinds of goods. Buy all kinds of second hand goods. A good 6 room house and 22 lots for sale at a bargain. Terms to ok. Bultenger. Modern painting and papering. Eclipse Lumber Co coal wood lime cement plaster or lumber.
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Pacific Coast
The
Road ‘Transfer Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Eclipse Lumber Co
Carnegie Proposes European Conference on Armaments
A Paris dispatch reports Andrew Carnegie sounding European rulers about a conference before which Great Britain and Germany might be arraigned to urge ending rivalry in armaments. The idea is presented as potentially dangerous and drawing wary reactions.
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London
Paris
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Cam
Death in riverbank tragedy linked to public safety item
A body found on the banks of the lican river is thought to be TM H Evilizer of a well Sa. The cause of passing is linked to a public safety item found near the body. A letter left by the deceased suggests she committed something.
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Bass
Evilizer
Lican River
Widow of Adana Massacre Missionary Returns Home
Mrs. Rogers widow of the late Rev. D. Minor Rogers arrives in New Britain Connecticut from Adana where she reported the massacre death toll as 339000.
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New Britain, Conn
Two Fatal Accidents Reported in Winona
In Winona Minnesota on May 31 two fatal accidents occurred. Miss Mabel Kirst drank carbolic acid by mistake and Fred Sieboldt a somnambulist was killed by a train while walking in his sleep.
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Winona, Minn
Mabel Kirst
Fred Sieboldt
DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Ad
Public notice warning against counterfeit imitations of DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve the original praised as good for any salve use and especially piles. Advertisement notes the product sold by druggists and urges readers to buy DeWitt's before the home talent minstrel show on June 11, 1909.
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DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Tragic double shooting in Fairmont leaves two dead
In Fairmont West Virginia on May 31 Pavin Bickinison Lithunian shot and killed his wife then killed himself. He is dying. Jealisy is said to have been the cause.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Georgia Railroad Strike Talks End With Arbitration Possible
Officials of the Georgia railroad and the Brotherhood of Firemen spent almost all day in conference over unsettled points of the strike agreement. Commissioner Neill Chairman Knapp and Assistant Postmaster General Stewart attended. A board of arbitration under the Ordman act seems likely to settle the remaining issues, notably the retention of negro firemen. The Georgia railroad is described as a home institution with Georgia men and locally intertwined relations across its staff.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
The
Brotherhood of Firemen
Neill
Knapp
Stewart
Georgia
Augusta
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Quick Relief and Refund
An advertisement for Kodol digestive enzyme liquid claims it starts digestion instantly with stomach-like activity. It urges readers to buy a large bottle from E. C. DeWitt & Co and promises a money refund if not satisfied.
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Otty
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