Eleven Die as Texas Storm Blows Train From Bridge
A Kansas City Mexico and Orient passenger train fell from a bridge north of Sweetwater during a Central Texas storm. Eleven people died and many were injured. J E Stanford of Cromwell Texas, a traveling salesman, perished. Damage included towns Haskell and Laeders, with crops destroyed and several buildings wrecked.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Brazos River Bridge
Sweetwater
Haskell
Laeders
J. E. Stamford
Cromwell
Alexander
Vath Zandt
Mob Lynches Two Alleged Murderers in South Carolina
A mob of over 500 in Smoaks near Branchville hangs Quinie Simmons and Frank Samuels, arrested for Ben Smoaks's murder. Constable Maxey, escorting prisoners from Smoaks to Walterboro, was forced to return and witnessed the lynching. Bodies riddled with bullets after hanging near the railroad. The men reportedly confessed in part but denied pulling the trigger.
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Branchville
S. C
Smoaks
Quinie Simmons
Frank Samuels
Ben Smoaks
Maxey
Walterboro
Smoake
Murder Mystery Deepens in Bersin Case
New York police after locating the missing head identify the victim as Samuel Bersin, a Russian painter and decorator. Autopsy shows partial asphyxiation before throat slashing and body mutilation resembling the Guldensuppe case, leaving motive and assailant unknown.
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New York
Samuel Bersin
Bersin
Station Robbery Hits New Ulm Railroad Stop
Three masked men held up the Chicago and Northwestern station in New Ulm. Conductor A. E. Hutchinson and Night Operator W. H. Wilder were beaten with revolver butts and robbed of several hundred dollars before the robbers escaped.
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Winona
Minn
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
New Ulm
A. E. Hutchinson
W. H. Wilder
Widow and two children die from gas in Rochester bedroom
In Rochester on June 12 Cecelia Zwinner, a widow born in Austria, took two of her three children to a bedroom, started gas, and asphyxiated herself and the two children. A nine year old boy outdoors escaped. Authorities note she may have brooded over her husband’s recent death.
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Rochester
N. Y
Cecelia Zwinner
Gould Divorce Case Highlights Jewel Purchases and Witness Tangles
Mrs Katherine Gould’s hazy memory on cross examination revealed disputes over jewelry, costumes, and bootmakers’ bills in her separation suit against Howard Gould. The court noted her evasive responses as attorneys sparred and adjourned for the day.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Supreme Court
Dowling
Howard Gould
Jay Gould
Delancey Nicholl
Clarence J. Shearn
Gould
Mr. Shearn
Mr. Shearn Cautioned Mr. Nicholl
Nicholl
Buffalo Bill
Regis
Justin Farnum
The
St. Regis
Farnum
Hartford
Conn
Philadelphia
Miami University Centenary Celebrations in Oxford
Oxford Ohio marks the centennial of Miami University as part of commencement week. Alumni and students host six days of events with visiting scholars including Dr Henry Mitchell MacCracken delivering the centennial address. Miami alumni produced national leaders such as Benjamin Harrison and White Law Reid. War governors Dennison Morton and Yates also hailed from Miami.
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Oxford
Miami University
Ohio
Miami
Henry Mitchell MacCracken
New York University
Benjamin Harrison
Whitelaw Reid
Indiana
Ilinois
William Dennison
Oliver P. Morton
Richard Yates
Infinitude of Tenderness: Inheritance of Great Men Quote
A reflective line asserts tenderness as the chief gift and inheritance of all great men. attributed to Pnekin, it frames compassion as defining leadership rather than conquest or wealth.
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Pnekin
Red Letter Day at First Baptist Church
The Christian Brotherhood holds its final summer meeting on Sunday June 13 led by renowned orator Elias Handy. J L Mitchell directs singing with special music as the gathering aims to fill the Oakland Avenue St Paul Street church at 3 PM.
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Christian Brotherhood
Elias Handy
Middle West
Handy
J. L. Mitchell
Mr. Handy
First Baptist Church
Oakland Ave
St. Paul Street
The
Slias Vandy
Rentals and exchanges in Minnesota and North Dakota
Classified notices advertise four room rentals with amenities at 401 South River and a new flat with city water. Also offered are paper-hanging and painting services. Exchange offer: wild prairie lands near Crookston, Minnesota and improved lands in Nelson County, North Dakota for Mower County farms or Austin city property. Lyman D. Baird, Austin city.
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W. H. Adams
South River
Crookston
Minn
Nelson County
N. D
Austin City
Lyman D. Baird
Elias Handy to Speak at Last Summer Men’s Meeting
A walk down Main Street leads to Oakland Avenue where the Baptist church hosts Elias Handy, a distinguished orator-evangelist, for the final Men’s meeting of the season.
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Main Street
Oakland Avenue
Baptist Church
Elias Handy
Earthquakes Hit the French Riviera in June
Two quake shocks were felt across the Riviera on June 12. Major damage occurred in Lambeso with eight deaths as houses collapsed. smaller cities reported serious effects from the second shock.
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Marseillesa
Riviera
Lambeso
Cement Posts and Blocks Ad Promote Longevity
An old advertisement extols cement products for lasting use. It emphasizes durable cement posts and concrete blocks for houses and cisterns, urging readers to try the material for a lifetime of service and low maintenance.
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Justice Dowling
Mower County
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Chicago Boys’ Choir
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