Family Killed in Auto Collision Near Los Angeles
Nicholas Jacobs, a Los Angeles real estate dealer, his two daughters and two sons die in a crash between their car and an electric trolley on the Los Angeles & Santa Ana line six miles from the city. Mrs Jacobs and her two month old baby die soon after. Eight others are injured, some seriously, as the first collision hurled the car forty feet. The baby is crushed and the mother dies later.
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Nicholas Jacobs
Los Angeles
Cal
Jacobs
Anthony
Clement
Kate
Mamie
Death Overtakes Wedding Party in Muskegon Lake
Five Muskegon residents drown when a boat carrying nine young people capsizes after a gasoline explosion. Four victims from the Carlson family Oscar Hulda Anna and Jennie perished along with Anna Saunders. The party planned to attend a wedding on the lake’s north side and were within 150 feet of shore when the blast caused panic and capsize.
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Muskegon
Mich
Muskegon Lake
Oscar
Hulda
Anna
Jennie Carlson
Anna Saunders
Poole
Football Player Fatally Injured In Ohio Game
In Springfield Ohio during the Otterbein Wittenberg clash quarterback Cole of Wittenberg suffered a concussion and skull fracture after a tackle. He remained conscious but recovery is doubtful as medical staff monitor his condition.
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Otterbein-Wittenberg
Springfield
Ohio
Cole
Wittenberg
Otterbein
Three Trainmen Killed in Wisconsin Train Wreck
A Northern Pacific wreck near Lind Wisconsin left three trainmen dead and five cars destroyed while two others were believed fatally injured and the remaining passengers were unharmed. The incident involved a Northern Pacific passenger train.
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Great Northern
Lind
Wisconsin
Five Die in Tenement Fire in Brooklyn
Five persons burned to death in a Brooklyn tenement fire. Eight Italians were seriously burned and taken to nearby hospitals.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Postoffice Robbed of 1500 Dollars in Eaton Indiana
A small Eaton Indiana post office was robbed of stamps worth 1500 dollars. The robber manipulated the safe combination to steal the stamps.
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Eaton
Ind
Hartford City
168 Bodies Recovered from Cherry Mine Tragedy
Explorers uncover 168 dead in Cherry Illinois mine after fire and black damp cut off escape. Victims found 500 feet from the main shaft in a submerged chamber as water rose and endurance failed. rescuers hauled bodies out by boat from Winds River with a skiff lowered to retrieve them.
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Cherry
Winds River
Warner Resigns as U S Pensions Commissioner
Vespasian Warner, appointed by Roosevelt in 1904 and later by Taft, has submitted his resignation to President Taft. Taft accepted it. Warner received notice in Clinton Illinois. The elder Warner returned home due to his son M Warner’s illness and to ease the burden from the two estates managed by the youth.
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Vespasian Warner
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Taft
Washington
Warner
Clinton
Ill
Roosevelt
M. Warner
Warners
Tragic mine disaster details emerge of trapped workers
An exploring group recounts waist deep water and a four foot vein as they reach the bodies in the shaft area. Workers attempted to barricade, build a air fan, and endure days of smoke and steam before collapse. West Jaden location noted with veterans urging Bird Warner not to resign.
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West Jaden
United States
Bird Warner
Moxley Elected to Congress in Illinois Sixth District
William J. Moxley, a Chicago batterine manufacturer and Lorimer protege, won the Illinois Sixth District congressional race on Tuesday. Moxley 14,594 votes. Frank S. Ryan 6,414. Carl L. Barnes 6,317.
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William J. Moxley
Chicago
William Lorimer
Congress
Illinois
W. J. Moxley
Frank S. Ryan
Carl L. Barnes
Ind
Ever bearing strawberry claim by H Rockwell sparks trade note
H Rockwell of Iowa reports twelve years of testing to produce an ever bearing strawberry. St Paul officials say freight rates show no concession in the Northwest. Lyman H W Gudions, Chicago millionaire truck gardener, died leaving 700 acres under cultivation in the city. Immigration commissioner cites 13 817 arrivals in Western Canada farming districts over three months with monthly gains. Michiel Ryan of the American Pickers Association warns meat prices will not fall without a surge in cattle. James J Hill to award 2500 in gold at the Omaha corn exhibit for Montana grown grain within 25 miles of the Great Northern. Montana to display mining and cattle heritage now in farming terms.
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H. Rockwell
Iowa
St. Paul
Northwest
Lyman HW. Gudions
Chcago
Chicago
Cranston
R. L
United States
Canada
Michiel Ryan
American Pickers’ Association
America
James J. Hill
Omaha
Maztana
Great Northern
Mountana
Miners Rescued Alive After Seven Days Entombment in Cherry
Twenty one miners escaped death after seven days trapped in the St Paul mine at Cherry Illinois. They rose from the grave to cheers as a fire cut off further rescue efforts. Wives and townspeople gathered in Elation while coffins lay nearby and hope spread for others still inside.
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Cherry
Illinois
St. Paul
Boy Captor Shot After Boy Escapes in Idaho
An unknown tramp who held Harry Garrett captive for 24 hours in the Garrett Francis house near Boise Idaho was shot and killed at daybreak after the boy escaped. The outlaw slept briefly and fell to the floor as the boy leaped from a window. Guards fired a volley through the floor when he refused to surrender.
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Harry Garrett
Garrett Rancis
Boise
Idaho
Storm tossed sailors escape on Lake Superior shores
Axel Oberg his wife two children and two sailors endured eighty four hour storm in a gaso line launch on Lake Superior. After being cast on rocks thirty miles south of Duluth they survived without food for sixty hours amid exposure. They drifted twenty miles off course but none injured.
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Lake Superior
Axel Oberg
Duluth
Robert Oberg
Oberg
St Paul mine sealed as death toll reaches 393 in Cherry Illinois
The St Paul mine at Cherry Illinois was sealed Wednesday night after an out of control fire. About 204 bodies remain trapped in the tunnels with total deaths now placed at 393. Rescue work suspended until flames are under control. Captain Corrigan and Chicago firemen continue to battle the blaze in the main shaft.
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St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Corrigan
Taft appoints Davenport Cable Mills to federal posts
President Taft announced three key appointments. James L. Davenport of New Hampshire becomes Pension Commissioner, Benjamin S. Cable of Chicago is Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and Chief Justice W. J. Mills of the New Mexico Supreme Court is named Governor of the Territory. Davenport is a 64 year old Republican veteran of the Civil War.
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Taft
James L. Davenport
Vespasian Warrner
Benjamins. Cable
Chicago
Commerce and Labor
Ormsby McAlarg
W. J. Mills
New Mexico Supreme Court
Davenport
New Hampshire
Washington
Pension Office
Roy Hurt in Football Game at De Graff
Webb Boone of Logansville reports a football injury at De Graff Ohio where he suffered a double leg fracture and possible internal injuries in the contest.
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Roy
Webb Boone
Logansville
de Graff, C
Wright brothers acquire 700 acres for aero plate park near Springfield
Wilbur and Orville Wright purchase 700 acres northwest of Springfield Ohio near Tippecanoe City for a park to be used in aero plate experiments. Howard B Phillips longtime trainer and driver of light harness horses in Pennsylvania dies at Pottstown.
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Wilbur
Orville Wright
Springfield
Ohio
Tippecanoy City
Howard B. Phillips
Pennsylvania
Pottstown
Phillips
Death of Representative De Armond and kin in Butler blaze
Fire at the De Armond home in Butler Missouri killed congressman David A De Armond and his grandson Waddie six. bones believed to be the congressman were found. The house burned at 3 am with neighbors and family members escaping unharmed. James A De Armond attempted a rescue but was restrained.
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David A. DeArmond
Congress
Waddie
de Armond
Butler
James A. de Armond
James
DeArmond
Congressman DeArmond
Williams
Mr. de Armond
Clair County
Pennsylvania
Washington
Life term for Cleminson in Chicago wife murder
Dr Haldane Cleminson was found guilty of murdering Nora Jane Cleminson in Chicago. A jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment after a short deliberation and four ballots.
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Haldane Cleminson
Nora Jane Cleminson
McSurely
Chicago
Rogers Park
Cleminson
Wayne Avenue
Paul Hullhaorst
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
Six Die in Brooklyn Tenement Fire Tragedy
A blaze at Havens Place Brooklyn in a crowded four family tenement killed six people and injured ten. Police say about 100 occupants slept inside, all identified as Italians, including two women a man and three children aged two to four. A woman remains missing.crew
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Havens Place
Brooklyn
Former Actress Florence Bishop Dies in New York Home
Florence Bishop a 60 year old former actress was found burned to death behind a smokehouse at the home of her former partner W A Haviland near Lockport New York Officials suspect suicide. A second report says James P Scott 35 and his 12 year old son were smothered to death near Lynchburg Virginia under a wagon load of leaf tobacco.
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Vianne
Florence Bishop
Cmy
W. A. Haviland
Lockport
N. Y
James P. Scott
Lynchburg
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Denmark
North Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Arctic
University of
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Torp
Copenagen University
DP. McCallum
Sun
BK. Ath
Don
Warrenton
Minneapolis Journal
Cherry Mine Horror
Moxley
Lorimer
Trade and Industry
Jome
Little Town
Boy
Outlaw
Posse
Butler, Mo
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