St Louis Union Station Fire Threatens Historic Roof
Telegraphic report describes a fire at St Louis Union Station sparked by an explosion of a 245 tank under a passenger car. Firemen stopped the blaze from destroying the train shed though eight passenger coaches were ruined and a section of the shed damaged. Passengers escaped with only panic and injuries avoided.
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St. Louis Union Station
St. Louis’ Union Station
Wreat
Wassenger
Pennsylvania
Chicago & Aalton
Frisco
Wahesh
Uein
Slaebeaucht
Deumerd
Train wreck on trestle near Hunstanton causes heavy casualties
Two people were killed and seven injured when the St. Louis & San Francisco No. 48 wrecked on a Spring Creek trestle eight miles west of Hunstanton. The engine and first coach plunged into the river after an iron bolt nut on the track. Special Agent Tronpsen investigates. rumors point to arson amid Jim Crow tensions in Oklahoma.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Spring Creek
Hunstan,kin
Tronpsen
Sapulpa
Oklahoma
Robbery on Oriental Limited Hits Mail Car at Bonner's Ferry
A lone bandit boarded the west bound Oriental Limited near Bonner's Ferry Idaho before daylight Sunday morning and bound the mail clerks then robbed the mail and express cars. The theft was not discovered until Spokane at 9 20 a m over five hours later and the amount stolen awaits postal verification of registered matter.
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Oriental Limited
Great Northern Railway
Bonner’s Ferry
Idaho
Spokane
Priest’s Slayer Tries to Escape From Denver Jail
Giuseppe Alia, condemned killer of Father Lea Heinrichs, staged an escape attempt at the county jail in Denver Colorado. He slashed a trustee with a razor while fleeing his cell but the guard was overpowered and recaptured with Deputy Warden Carpen’s assistance. Mark A. Hanna wed Adele Pratt in Elmira New York after meeting at a Yale event.
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Giuseppe Alia
Lea Heinrichs
Denver
Colo
Alia
Carpen
John Riges
Roll
Mr. Riggs
St. Joe
Bristol
Elkhart
Richard N. Haehbanks
Scottshire
George Baxter Bie
Baxter
Pendimi Triat Dlaghbanis
Stoour Mutual Telephone Colony
James J. Thomson
Albert Ahlbrind
J.T. Pratey
Friank J. Voss
Joel He. Mindleek
Cbl
Thowanson
Seymour
Yicrnity
Seymour Home Telepone
Louisville
Congregational Church of Alexandria
Thomas Lezcette
Alexandria
Rear Admiral Kane Dead in New York Home
Rear Admiral Theodore F. Kane, retired, has died at his New York City residence. Born in Washington, D C in 1840, he served actively in the Civil War aboard the Bainbridge, the Savannah and the Neptune.
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Kane
Theodore F. Kane
New York City
Washington, D. C
Bainbridge
Savannah
Neptune
Montana Town Gutted by Fire
Fire destroyed three fourths of Big Timber Montana about 100 miles east of Butte along the Northern Pacific railroad through the town.
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Montana
Big Timber
Butte, Mont
Northern Pacific
Long Beach Woman Expects Prolonged Fast Extension
Miss Etta Priscilla Grove a Chicago schoolteacher now in Long Beach California has fasted thirty one days and believes she can continue for at least a week and perhaps two more weeks.
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Etta Priscilla Grove
Chicago
Long Beach
Cal
Mauretania Sets New Transatlantic Record
The Mauretania established a new transatlantic record by completing the voyage in five days and five minutes marking a notable speed achievement for the ocean liner.
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Mauretania
Bradley Wins Senate Seat After Long Political Tug-of-War
Former Kentucky governor William Bradley defeats challenger Gray in a hard fought race marked by party defections and intense local campaigning. Bradley, born in Garrard County, rose to governor in 1859 and had a long record in Kentucky politics, later serving as a prominent national figure and a noted storyteller.
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Willian
Connell Degradley
Renta
Wes
United States Senate
Fermier Gray
Teck Bana
Bradley
Anerin
Lie
Garrard, We
Hardy Special
Isto
Atorney
Ihe
USSS
Andsog
Kentucky
Ilis
Tsho Pbrete
Tharrison
Corea
National Junior Republic Association Planned
A movement to form a National Junior Republic Association aims to advance the junior republic idea across states. William S. George will direct the venture, with a farm secured at Preeville New York for colonist training and head workers. Plans include a junior colonia for children under 12 to test self governing economic ideas.
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William S. George
The
George Junior Republic
Preeville
N.Y
Five Years for Walsh in Depraved Crimes Case
The jury convicted John Walsh of depraved acts and was sentenced to five years in prison. The judge, moved by the defendant's past, opted for a lighter term, stating the short sentence would serve justice as fully as a more severe judgment.
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Walsh
Evelyn Thaw Seeks Divorce Amid Mental Incompetence Claims
Evelyn Thaw pursues divorce from William Thaw alleging insanity at the time of marriage. The action names co defendant Mrs. William Cottey Wieig, with witnesses and experts expected to feature prominently. Lawyers deny settlement rumors and any plan for Evelyn Thaw to return to the stage.
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Kiveisa Nesiit
Thaw
Llarey I. Poon
Willian Cottey Wieig
Jeromie
Vponan
Triaa
Lve-Lyn
Hfe
Evelyn
Evelyn Thaw
Senate passes county option bill in Ohio
Notes of current events report the Ohio state Senate approving a county option bill. The item notes the death of Lydia A. White in Lancaster Pennsylvania at age eighty from pneumonia. A Sewell West Virginia mining town fire destroyed eleven buildings with twenty five thousand dollars in losses. Michigan constitutional convention and South Carolina Legislature reject state prohibition proposals.
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Ohio State Senate
Lydia A. White
Lancaster
Sewell
New River
W. Va
Michigan Constitutional Convention
South Carolina
Man Threatens Bank Explosion in Omiatia Heist
An unsettled suspect enters Merchants National Bank of Omiatia brandishing a bottle said to contain nitroglycerin and threatens to blow up the bank unless his demands are met. Officers use a ruse, confront the anarchist, and disarm him as detectives close in outside the private office.
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National Bank of
Omiatia
Toney
Dacn
Lutherdrake
Mir Drake
Natiotgsdl Bank of
Comerce
Ratusas
Invik
Drake
Draketad
Mir Jorake
Strameer
Pianaidten
Pinos
School Savings Banks Reach Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Pupils
The system, started 22 years ago by J. U. Thirty of Log Ishind, teaches children to save through a ten minute Monday collection in public schools. Deposits go to a bank of trust company. withdrawals begin only after reaching three dollars, with interest on five dollar or higher balances. In Taos schools across two states, total savings reach 445,648.514. 4,076,000 withdrawn leaves about 1,000,000 credited to 177,072 depositors.
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Reabhout
J. U. Thirty
Log Ishind
Bank of Trust Company
Taos
Walter E. Petty
Muncie
Phoenix
Ariz
James B. Fiske
Alonzo
Alonzo Petty
Frank Kime
James T. Kime
Fort Wayne
Prohibition Drive Aims at Louisiana In Coming Campaign
Anti-Saloon League speakers from across the country will campaign in Louisiana to push the state into the prohibition column. Also reported are a Sacramento assault robbery incident, a custody ruling in Minneapolis with ties to Los Angeles, and religious reform ideas from London along with a presidential message limiting a West Coast welcome for the Pacific fleet.
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Louisiana
Joseph Viraino
California
Sacramento
Jacob Schilb
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Cal
R. J. Campbell
City Temple
London
Taylor
San Francisco
Roosevelt
West Coast
Metcalf
Review of Indiana Obscure Local Misfortunes and Developments
Miss Emma Lerck of Indiana dies after stove accident during bath. Disbarment filed against attorney John Graves for embezzling 2000 from Arbuckle Ryan Harvesters in Toledo. Monroe McCormack dies of pneumonia. mother Mary McCormack dies suddenly. buried together. Elks open new Logansport home costing 75000. Mrs. R C Lamport dies at 90 in Wabash from illness. Police chief Pavey ousted in Lebanon. Cooper named in reply. Various local incidents include deaths, fires, patents, and civic projects across several Indiana towns.
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Emma Lerck
Hagerstown
John Graves
Warsaw
Morocco
Arbuckle-Ryan Harvester Company
Toledo
Monroe McCormack
Newcastle
Abrs
Mary McCormack
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Mr. Hanna
Tuit’s College
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S. C Kildreth
Meelick
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John Ganzel
Cincinnati
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Arnold
Fort Leavenworth
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Venus
Sunine
Joun BR
Walsit
Stranger
Merchants’ National
Omaha
Review OF Indiana
Elks
Logansport
R. C. Lamport
Wabash
Benjamin F. Pavey
Lebanon
John HW. Hos
I. Cooper
Puvey
William Ebert, Jr
Sears Oldesed
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Chandler
A. N. McCloskeyv
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Kennard Homestead
Indiimapalis
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Butler, Pa
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Laporte
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Elizabeth Hoops
Kokomo
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
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Sedon
Senate
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Shew
Dramatic Club of
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William Service
Greenfield
T. F. Vandegrift
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Mr. Vandegrift
Vanderrift
Albert J. Ott
Manual Gentry
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B. F. Johnson
Noonville
Alexandria Creamery Co
Purdue University Experiment Station
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