Rain Ends Long Drought Across Mid Atlantic Regions
Rain ends an eight week drought in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania with heavy showers spreading through the Catskills and Adirondacks. High winds damage telegraph lines hindering communication as fires abate and relief is seen building toward New England.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Catskills
Adirondacks
Adirondack
Weather Bureau
New England
Taft Greeted by Big Crowds in North Dakota Rally
Taft campaign crowds swelled through Fargo Grand Forks and several Minnesota towns as the Republican hopeful spoke in an outdoor forest amphitheater and in halls. A barbecue feast drew thousands of excursionists, with torch light processions and a pair of chained bears observing the event. Taft’s address covered labor tariff and Roosevelt policies while city crowds and regional delegates solidified unity aboard the train.
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Fargo
N. D
Great Northern
Minnesota
North Dakota
Taft
Grand Forks
Nelson
App
Hansbrough
McCumer
Kennedy
Opera House
St. Cloud
Sauk Center
Alexandria
Fergus Falls
Barnesville
Ada
Crookston
Minn
Tragedy at Fourteenth Street Station Sets Panic
A well dressed woman threw herself before a moving train at the Fourteenth street station on the Sixth Avenue elevated line in New York. She died moments later as crowds shrieked and fainted. Her underclothing bore the name Sherwood in ink.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Sherwood
Trolley Cars Collide in Brooklyn Fatal and Serious Injuries
In Brooklyn two trolley cars collided at Church and Flatbush avenues leaving likely fatally injured men David Couter and Frank Kinasik, six others hospitalised with severe injuries, and about twelve more bruised. Earlier a second crash at Third avenue and Sixty first street killed Frank Kinteny and seriously hurt three others.
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New York
Church
Flatbush Avenues
Brooklyn
David Couter
Frank Kinasik
Booklyn
Third Avenue
Sixty-first Street
Frank Kinteny
Haskell Marshal Kills Man Using Same Weapon
Sam Tulk town marshal of Haskell Oklahoma shot and killed Will Legon using the same revolver that allegedly killed his brother Luther Legon on January 6. Will Legon unwrapped a revolver from a newspaper when Tulk fired, killing him instantly. Tulk surrendered to the sheriff and was later cleared by a coroner's jury which found the killing justifiable after twenty seven witnesses. Bad blood had existed between the men.
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Muskogee
Okla
Luther Legon
Sam Tulk
Haskell
Will Legon
Legon
Tulk
Steamer Neshoto Grounded in Dense Smoke at Crisp Point
The iron ore laden steamer Neshoto ran ashore in heavy smoke and fog at Crisp Point on Eastern Lake Superior. The ship was broken by the gale and deemed a total loss, but the crew were rescued by lifesavers.
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Marquette, Mich
Crisp Point
Lake Superior
Mayer Building Fire Wipes Five-Story Erie Structure
Fire ruined the Henry Mayer building in Erie Pennsylvania a five story brick edifice burned to ashes. Estimated loss stands at 500000 with investigators suspecting arson by incendiaries.
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Erie
Henry Mayer
Despondent 20-Year-Old Lydia Dahlquist Takes Poison
Minneapolis report states Lydia Dahlquist aged twenty died after she swallowed carbolic acid in her room, the act driven by ill health and despondency.
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Minneapolis
Lydia Dahlquist
Night of Exposure Fatal in Waterloo Area
Richard Himes a young farmer from near Traer died after getting lost at night from exposure. His body was found in the timber near Black Hawk County earlier this week.
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Waterloo
Richard Himes
Traer
Black Hawk County
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