Flood and Train Wreck Stuns Missouri Valley
Unprecedented rains swell the Missouri Valley rivers as a Santa Fe train derails near Pomona Kansas, plunging cars into two feet of floodwater. A four year old girl drowns. two passengers injured. Rescue by boats and relief trains saves hundreds, with shortages and widespread flooding across Des Moines and Pattonsburg areas.
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Santa Fe
Pemons
Kan
Wieder
Orlock
Carrie Rose
Chirazo
Emporia
Pomona
Ottawa
Bride and Groom Die in River Tragedy at South Bend
Lindemann and his bride Eleanor Zister, both of Chicago, married Saturday at St. Joseph Mich, perished together when their fragile rowboat went over the South Bend dam in the St. Joseph river. Eyewitnesses report the groom smiled as the boatcapsized before they vanished, their identities later traced to Chicago lodging.
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Beath
South Fleet
Hernan Lindemann
Eleanor Zister
Chicago
St. Joseph, Mich
St. Joseph
South Bend
Lindemann
Dany
Wian
Crescent Hotel
Epworth League Holds Eighth International Convention
The Epworth League met in Seattle for its eighth international convention with seven bishops among the delegates. Bishop Sdrwin Holt Hughes of San Francisco presided, and Professor Chas H. Gabriel of Chicago led the opening song service.
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Epworth League
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Canada
Seattle
Sdrwin Holt Hughes
San Francisco
Chas. H. Gabriel
Chicago
Various Indiana News Items Include Accidents and Inventions
A seven year old, William Schroeder, suffered brain concussion after a wagon fall in Evansville and may die. A closet fire in Anderson caused $390 in clothing loss. Will Russell of Av ecadia claims a $150 corn husking machine saves labor. Miss Mabel Ray Bundy wed Roy Sausaman of Peru, tracing to Frances Slocum. Hunting accident near Evansville injured a man’s arm. a bee swarm injured S. H. Libhson near Columbus. Miami Indians reunion at Boyd Park. Chief Gabriel Godfrey attended. Father William Lyme travels from Cork to Terre Haute by fast train in six days. Charles Richardson of Mitchell discusses 25 cent lead prices for bullets.
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William Schroeder
Evansville
Lester Bing
Durbin Flats
Anderson
Bing
Will Russell
Avecadia
Russell
Mabel Ray Bundy
Frances Slocum
White Rose
Roy Sausaman
Peru
Lawrence
Kas
Boyd Park
Old Miami Reserve
Huntington
Gabriel Godfrey
William Lyme
Cork
Ireland
Terre Haute
New York
Terre Maute
Diverse local notes span wildlife to farming and court news
Birds raise a second nest with success on a crimson rambler. A 5 foot 6 inch copper-colored snake, likely escaped from a carnival cage, was found by a Bedford resident. Elkhart County farmers welcome a variegated winged bug destroying potato bugs. A divorce suit over frivolous purchases is filed in Evansville. A man in Hammond commits suicide amid family disgrace fears. Angola hosts a large evangelistic drive with 400 additions and a $15,350 church fund, toward a $30,000 project. A Muncie dining kiss reveals a long-lost sister, and a Bridgeport man reunites with her after ten years. Gold rumors surface in Avilla as a farmer finds a chunk of precious metal. Vanderburgh and Spencer counties report high wheat yields and prices per bushel.
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Crimson Rambler Bush
Weliam J. Moore
Bedford
Gunnison Tunnel in Colorado Completed After Four and Half Years
The Gunnison tunnel, the largest single government project, was finished when the final blasts joined two drives six miles apart. Costing 3.5 million dollars, it will deliver irrigation water to 150 000 to 175 000 acres. A Sept. 28 celebration with President Taft is planned.
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Gunnison
Colorado
Gunnison River
Montrose
Ancompaghre Valley
Disaster as Nihonkai-Maru burns near Aomori
A fog bound disaster near Aomori results in 149 deaths from fire and sinking aboard the Nihonkai-Maru. Among the dead are 33 fisherfolk. Rescue attempts faltered as lifeboats failed to launch and no life buoys were aboard. The Empress brought word of the tragedy to Victoria.
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Aomori
Japan
Victoria
B. C
Benton-Maru
Notech
Fourth's Death Toll Falls Amid Safer Fourth Celebrations
National review shows 44 deaths by Tuesday morning and 2,361 injuries across the country during the two day Fourth celebration, down from 56 deaths in 1908. Fire losses total 784,575 dollars led by a 350,000 dollar Spokane blaze.
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Spokane
Wash
Crowds at the C. E. Convention Opens in St Paul
The twenty fourth international Christian Endeavor convention opened in St Paul Minnesota with the United society meeting at the Ryan Hotel. Delegates were greeted by reception officials and directed to their headquarters as day crowds left Union Station. Clark Burton Downing a 14 year old boy was killed by a bolt of thunder near Walla Walla Washington.
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International Christian Endeavor Convention
St. Paul
Bol
Owen Field
Clark Burton Downing
Walla Walla, Wash
Midyear Commerce Shows Steady Progress and Encouraging Outlook
Midyear conditions indicate steady progress in commerce with July payments and dividends pushing high total clearings. Anticipations rely on good crops as wholesale demand rises for dry goods, clothing, footwear, and housewares. Industrial activity improves with higher volumes, better prices, and contracts for track equipment and structural steel. Bank clearings rise 17.2 percent from 1908, while Chicago district failures total 23, with several large liabilities.
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Chicago
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade
Retail Trade Strength Despite Cautious Spring Outlook
Steady hot weather and holiday preparations buoy retail trade though spring and early summer turnover lags expectations. Cotton goods demand rises with firm quotations while woolen orders for next spring fetch high prices. Western cities report larger fall bookings, and industrial gains persist with few declines. Bradstreet weekly failures total 13 for the U S.
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United States
Bradstreet's
Market Price Report for Hogs Cattle and Grains Across Cities
The report lists live livestock and grain prices in multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Toledo Cincinnati New York for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Notable ranges include Chicago hogs 4.50 to 8.35 a hundredweight cattle 4.00 to 7.50, wheat No 2 1.83 to 1.35, corn No 2 0.67 to 0.68, butter 22 to 25 cents, eggs 17 to 23 cents.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Cincinnati
New York
Short Meter Sermons on Liberty Sympathy and Faith
A collection of brief religious maxims from multiple pastors across the United States praising liberty aligned with law and urging moral reform. It presents quotes on liberty, sympathy, church renewal, inner character, friendship, and divine knowledge from Rev. Murdoch McLeod, Rev. N Dwight Hillis, Rev. William H Day, Rev. P A Simpson, Rev. Harmon H McQuilkin, Rev. Charles C Woods, Rev. M LeRoy Burton, Rev. David J Burrell, Rev. T J McDonald, Rev. Weston Bruner, and Rev. Mark B Shaw.
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N. Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
William H. Day
Los Angeles
P. A. Simpson
Salt Lake City
Harmon H. McQuilkin
Presbyterian
San Jose
Cal
Charles C Woods
Episcopalian
Fresno
St John Duped on Train by Confidence Trickster
Former Kansas governor John P. St John was targeted by a con artist on a Rock Island line train between Wichita and Topeka. He offered two twenty dollar bills, took a roll he believed held forty dollars, and left with only two tissue sheets when the ruse collapsed.
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Kansas
John P. St. John
Rock Island
Wichita
Topeka
St. Louis
St. John
Van Punks Move Sparks Inquiry About Whereabouts
In Cleveland, residents recall the unit known as the Van Punks moving away after tense rumors. The questioned landlord seeks the new residence, prompting local chatter and civic concern over the group’s location and plans.
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Missouri Valley
Teargear
Harvison Vaiser
DD. Power
E. C. Nelson
Scott
Prieiy
Kranen
Ing. Dutene
Des Moines
Deus Reines
Counle
South Bene
Review OF Indiana
W. A. Bragg
Milton
Walter Loving
S. H. Libhson
Lambert
Columbus
Charles Richardson
Putnam House
Mitchell
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Elkhart County
Goshen
Purdue University
William J. Elsperman
OlNe Hgarth
Hammond
Ekens
Hoeksters
Richardson
Smiul
Charles Reign Scoville
Angola
Christian Churches
Steuben County
Christian Church In
Claude Veach
Muncie
Veach
Bridgeport
Miss Veach
Miles Cramer
Avilla
Allen Township
Fred Niederhaus
Vanderburg County
Spencer County
Gunnison Tunnel
C. E. Convention
Murdoch McLeod
Tacoma
Christ
M. LeRoy Burton
Congregationalist
New Haven
David J. Burrell
S. H. C. Burgin
Methodist
San Antonio
Tex
T. J. McDonald
Utica
N. Y
Weston Bruner
Baptist
Mark B. Shaw
San Bernardino
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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