Tornado Outbreak Hits Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Toll Rises
Series of tornadoes in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma kills at least five and injures fifty five. Hollis Kansas vanishes. Eckstram family of five missing. Great Bend area sees deaths and injuries. rail lines and wires disrupted by storms and heavy rain hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torna
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mount Washinsion
Fairmont Park
Kansas City
Hollis
Kan
Concondia
Fere
Eckstram
Great Bend
William Ackerly
Santa Fe
Kinsley
Frank Nicholson
Missouri Pacific
Walcott
Leavenworth
Burlintgon
Sianta Fe
Wright Brothers Homecoming in Dayton Celebrated
Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville return to Dayton after a world famous European tour. Crowds of residents greet them with a homecoming at the station and a large west side reception attended by about ten thousand people. The brothers then visit their workshop to inspect ongoing machine projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Brothers
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Boys
West Side
Poisoned by New Wall Paper Strikes Elwood Family
George Gee and his wife and three children in Elwood Indiana were poisoned after their house was repapered. They went to bed elated at finishing cleaning but soon suffered severe pain. A physician and investigation found the rooms’ air contaminated by poison from the new wallpaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt
George Gee
Elwood
Ind
Train Plunge and Daring Rescue Claims Creek Tragedy
Report of Wabash passenger No 9 plunging through an open bridge into Bull Creek near Randolph Missouri. Engine baggage and mail cars sank. Several crew missing. no bodies found yet. Cause reported as washout. Also noted are explosive fatalities aboard a water boat No 3 at Codjoes Key Florida East Coast extension and a Kokomo divorce case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Bull Creek
Randolph
Kansas City
Codjoes Key
Key West
All Interurbans to Carry Baggage in Indiana
Indiana interurban lines will begin carrying baggage July 1 on the same basis as steam roads. The decision followed a meeting of interurban railroad officials held recently in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Taft's Son Leads Yale Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
At a Yale University Phi Beta Kappa meeting in New Haven Connecticut Robert A Taft son of President Taft was elected chapter president reflecting the family’s academic standing and political prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Phi Beta Kappa
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Robert A. Taft
Boyle case yields life term for husband and twenty five years for wife
In Mercer Pennsylvania Judge Williams sentenced James H Boyle to life imprisonment for kidnapping Billy Whitla. His wife Mary Doe received twenty five years and a $5000 fine plus costs. Both prisoners collapsed as sentences were pronounced with Mrs Boyle crying loudly in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Williams
James H. Boyle
Billy” Whitla
Western Penitentiary
Pittsburg
Miller
Boyles
Boyle
Twenty Drown In Ohio River Sinking
Twenty workers from the Pressed Steel Car Company McKees Rocks plant perished when a gasoline launch sank in the Ohio River near Schoenville four miles below Pittsburg. Of thirty aboard, only ten escaped after crowding a boat designed for twenty. No explosion or leak occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Schoenville
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Forms Biggest Coal Combine Formed By Consolidation Coal
The Consolidation Coal Company absorbs five coal firms to form the largest coal combine with about 200,000 acres across Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio and capital stock of 37.65 million dollars. It buys minority stock, keeps current leaders Clarence W. Watson and Jere H. Wheelwright in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidation Coal Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Fairmount Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Pittsburg and Fairmount Fuel Company
Clarksburg Fuel Company
Southern Coal and Transportation Company
Clarence W. Watson
Jere H. Wheelwright
Churchman in Thief's Cell Confesses Embezzlement
Charles H. Moyer a Chicago local preacher and church official confessed to embezzling 1700 dollars from Clarkson Glue Company after initially denying wrongdoing. He admitted taking 400 dollars first and escalating to 1700 including interest over two years while serving as bookkeeper and accountant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Moyer
Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Cook County Bible Class Athletic Association
Haworth League
Harrison Street
Clarkson Glue Company
Moyer
Mehmed V Symbols Coronation With Plow at Dolma Bagtsche
Mehmed V completed his coronation day in Constantinople by briefly guiding a plow as two horses pulled it near Dolma Bagtsche Palace. The act signified readiness to bear imperial burdens and marked a clash of old customs. Christians were allowed into the small mosque beside Ayoub Mosque for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehmed V
Constantinople
Dolma Bagtsche
Ayoub Mosque
Ceremony of girding the sword of Osman observed
The ceremony before the sultan drew thirty attendees including Buckman Pasha, an American, and Woods Pasha, an Englishman, both in Turkish service. The event impressed them with its beauty and solemn chants. The solemn rite, with priestly chants, lasted about twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osman
Buckman Pasha
Woods Pasha
Rail rate shifts and railroad plans across states
The Burlington Railway sets a 24 cent passenger rate in Missouri. coal routes push vast coal shipments to tidewater and western points as crews stay busy. Great Northern files plans to build Noyes Minnesota to Winnipeg line for operation by Sept 1. Wisconsin Central increases soft coal rate Manitowoc to Twin Cities from 90 cents to $1.15 per ton. Southern Pacific stockholders approve 100 million in new stock to swap bonds at 130. Cuyuna iron ore contracts filed at Brainerd. Missouri bans alcohol on passenger trains and prohibits riding while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Railway
Missouri
Great Northern
Noyes
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Wisconsin Central
Manitowoc
Wis
Iwin
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Cuyuna Range
Brainerd
Balloon Explodes on Landing in Nebraska Flight
Army balloon No 12 exploded during landing at Jackson Nebraska after a 120 mile trip from Fort Omaha. Captain Chandler and Lieutenant Ware were knocked down and bruised but not seriously hurt. Static electricity and ground arc are blamed for the fire. The ascent began at Fort Omaha and the craft traveled up the Missouri River, across it, then northwest for about 100 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Jackson
Neb
Chandler
Ware
Fort Omaha
Missouri River
Misuse of 500000 Charged in Washington Embezzlement Case
Washington police assert documentary proof shows John C. Davis lawyer embezzled over half a million dollars. Victims include elderly women from Washington and others in Alexandria Virginia Cincinnati New York and more. Brother Martin D. Davis also jailed on conspiracy charges and was named secretary of the Potomac Building and Loan Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. C. Davis
John C. Davis
Davis
Alexandria
Cincinnati
New York
Martin D. Davis
The
Potomac Building and Loan Association
Newburg Man Loses 110000 in Faro Play in City
Marshall Bell of Newburg New York alleges in White Plains that he lost 110000 over two days at faro in New York City. He responds in a suit to recover 10000 on a note signed by him claiming the signature is unpaid consider tion for a gambling debt. Plaintiff Joseph Mager of Westchester County claims he obtained the note via assignment from James Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marshall Bell
Newburg
N. Y
Faro
New York City
White Plains
Joseph Mager
Westchester County
James Thompson
Hains Found Guilty of Manslaughter at Bayside Yacht Club
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. of the U S Army is sentenced to one to twenty years for first degree manslaughter in the August Bayside Yacht Club killing of William E. Annis. Trial included claims of insanity and a contested jury guarding issue with plans for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Flushing
N. Y
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
William Craft
Long Island
Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
Claudia Hains
Annis
Twenty Die in Dynamite Blast at Quarry Near Albany
A premature dynamite explosion at the Callanan Road Improvement Company quarry near South Bethlehem, New York, killed at least twenty men including twelve Italians. One thousand pounds of dynamite shattered the site sending bodies hundreds of feet away, mangled beyond recognition. Relatives gathered as workers collected remains for a makeshift morgue at the engine house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callanan Road Improvement Company
Bethlehem
Albany
N. Y
Farmers Plan Grain Trust to Raise Wheat Prices
Grain growers from many states met in Springfield Missouri called by C S Barrett president of the National Farmers Union to form a grain growers branch. They seek to store wheat until prices rise and to elect a system for selling at high figures while pressing Congress to curb cornering in grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
C. S. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union
Grain Growers’ Branch
Barrett
Atlanta
South
Congress
Two Killed as Panama Riot Clashes With Canal Zone Workers
In Christobal near the dividing line Panama police clashed with Canal Zone employees. American electrician C. M. Abbott and another American were killed. The day saw arrests, mob violence, and rifles fired as Panama police attempted to confront Canal workers after an escaped prisoner incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Canal Zone
Panama
C. M. Abbott
Christobal
Senate Upholds Finance Committee Tariff Recommendations
Congress debate centers on lead and iron ore duties with Republicans and Democrats largely split. Senate votes 35 to 44 to keep higher pig lead duty and 61 to 24 for iron ore duty, while House delays reference of Puerto Rico measures and Philippine tariff bill proceeds to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Comintee
Aldrich
House
Puerto Rico
Committee On Ways and Means
Garerell
Tennessee
Committee On Insular Affairs
Committee On Finance
Scott
Finance Committee
Bailey
United States Steel Corporation
Beveridge
Clark
Porto Rico
Cannon
Garrett
Tenn
Committee On
Fire roars through Montevideo roller mill and elevator
A Montevideo Minnesota roller mill and elevator storing 8 000 bushels of wheat burned. The Toss figure is 800 000. New York excise shows 5 644 saloons in Manhattan and Bronx, down 864 that year. University of California reports ex President Roosevelt to give his first U S public speech after returning from Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo, Minn
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
University of California
Roosevelt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kirkpatrick
Kokomo
Ida B. Smith
Walter Smith
Billy’’ Whitla
Consolidation Company
Churchman
Willie Whitla
Sultan
Jackson, Neb
Boston
Phdelphia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Detroit Sng
Cleveland
Wash’gton
American Association
Milwaukee
Minn
Plis
Louisville
Toledo Creell
Ind’n’plis
St. Paul
Kan, City
Columbus
Peter Hains
Farmers Plan Grain Trust
Work of Congress
Crawford
Paynter
Tobacco Trust
Nubbins
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!