Explosions Shatter Racine. Powder Mills Cause Earthquake Fears
Two blasts at Rand & Laflin powder mills in Pleasant Prairie Kenosha county shattered glass and damaged buildings across Racine and Kenosha counties. No deaths reported though losses may reach about $25000. Main mills undamaged and operable. cause of explosion unknown.
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Racine
Wis
Rand & Laflin
Pleasant Praiie
Kenosha County
Corning Mill
Kenosha
Fire Devastates Lima Homes. High School Safeguarded
A blaze in Lima Ohio started in the Neuman and Kettler Fur Co stables and spread to residences, destroying three fine horses and houses of David Owens Dr. F C Whitley Alma Wagner and Manuel Crist. Several other homes including those of Ella C Waugh Jane Rumnaugh and a Boyd Douglass block suffered partial damage. Property losses reach about 80000 with two thirds insured.
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Lima
Ohio
Neuman & Kettler Fur Company
David Owens
F.C. Whitley
Alma Wagner
Manuel Crist
Ella C. Waugh
Jane Rumnaugh
Boyd Douglass
Michigan Forest Fire Tour Reports District Cleared
A correspondent riding a special train through the Michigan upper peninsula reports the forest fires are practically out in all districts. The blaze swept a 64 mile stretch along the Feahana and Lake Superior line near Channing. About 2000 people are homeless and 1000 left desolate at Quinnesee.
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Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Lake Superior
Channing
Quinnesee
Woman Dies in Lake Shore Road Auto Crash near Girard
A Cleveland party traveling to Erie en route to Buffalo was involved in a crash on the Lake Shore road near Girard. One woman, Mrs. Julia Young, 26, wife of Albert F. Young, was killed. Three others were hospitalized in serious condition.
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Erie
Lake Shore
Girard
Erie County
Cleveland
Buffalo
Julia Young
Albert 4. Young
Lamp Explosion Burns Four Children in Peru House
In Peru Indiana an oil lamp exploded in a bedroom at Fred Kader's home. Eight year old Louisa Kader died from burns while two other children Mary Kader ten and Ethel Morehouse fourteen slept nearby. Harry Martin and Will Spencer were seriously burned as they tried to rescue them. two others escaped with serious injuries.
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Fred Kader
Peru
Ind
Louisa Kader
Mary Kader
Ethel Morehouse
Harry Martin
Will Spencer
Vesuvius Floods Hit Naples Region After Heavy Rain
Naples dispatch reports torrential rains washing ashes and cinders from Mount Vesuvius down its slopes and flooding the countryside. Peasants lose homes as animals drown and people seek refuge in tree tops. Roads to Tellamare blocked by thick black mud making travel impossible.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Tellamare
Costly Fire Destroys Part of English Business District
A blaze wrecked a section of English Indiana business properties. Losses include Temple & Sons five thousand dollars, E G Boyd six thousand, Crawford County Bank five thousand, Masonic Lodge one thousand, Modern Woodmen eight hundred, Valley Starr five hundred, and the local post office one hundred.
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English
Ind
Temple & Sons
E. G. Boyd
Crawford County Bank
Masonic Lodge
Modern Woodmen
Valley Starr
Post Office
Fire Routs Cobalt Mine Town in North Bay Ontario
North Bay Ontario reports a massive fire destroys Cobalt, a key mining center in New Ontario. The blaze reportedly kills several people in a concurrent explosion, with authorities investigating the disaster.
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North Bay
Ont
Cobalt
New
Ontario
Tragedy as 16 Year Old Myrtle Wright Killed by Street Car
Indianapolis teen Myrtle Wright aged 16 fatally injured when struck by a street car. Her body was dragged about 100 feet under the tracks and she died en route to hospital.
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Myrtle Wright
Indianapolis
Ind
Robinson Park and Theatre Open Season With Attractions
Robinson park and theatre inaugurate the season on the designated date. The park year’s attractions promise to be better than ever before.
Child Dies After Eating Strychnine Pills
Eight year old son of Mr and Mrs William Waters of LaGro township Washington county Indiana obtained a bottle of strychnine pills and died shortly after ingestion.
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William Waters
LaGro Township
Wabash County
Ind
Gusher Gas Well Struck at Glen Well Near Wellston
Experts predict a record gas strike at Glen Well near Wellston Ohio with daily capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet. The 2,800 foot deep well is viewed as a durable source and permanence is noted by specialists.
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Glenwell
Wellston
Ohio
Assembly of Presbyterians in Des Moines Faces Major Conflicts
The 117th general assembly opened in Des Moines with 241 presbyteries and 1 115 602 communicants. debates raged over the Westminster confession and a proposed Cumberland merger while opposition mounted to a new prayer book and a ministerial sustentation pension plan by Rev. W. F. Sutherland of Burlington Town.
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Des Moines
Westminster Confession of Faith
General Assembly
Presbyterian General Assembly
Hunter Corbett
China
Moffat
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland
South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Henry van Dyke
FW. T. Sutherland
Burlington
Town
Village of Farms Aims for Social Country Homes Network
A group of New York professionals plans a cluster village of country homes near commuting links. They seek social and intellectual exchange before neighbors, cooperative buying, shared farming chores, and expert guidance to lower costs while providing train service and a green central park for families.
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New York
Englewood
N. J
Northern Valley Bulletin
Amid Rolling News Snippets From A Distant Era
A fragment era collage notes figures and events from politics science and society. It mentions John Paul Jones burial a Russian official reading rolls a Vesuvius crater expansion a mines chant and casual remarks on aviation railroads and San Francisco.
Senate Passes Railway Rate Bill 71 to 3 in Senate
The United States Senate approved the railway rate bill 71 to 3 after a seventy day contest. Absent was Senator Aldrich and Senator Teller indicated he would have voted yes for him. The chamber also struck the words in its judgment from the Interstate Commerce Commission clause.
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United States
Senate
Foraker
Ohio
Morgan and
Vettus
Alabama
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Teller
Senattor Tillnun
Theodore Troosevel
Dalliver
Tilman
White House
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Interstate Commercce Commission
Forest Fires Sweep Towns Across Michigan and Wisconsin
Massive fires in the upper peninsula of Michigan and neighboring Wisconsin have destroyed numerous towns and timber camps. About 700 square miles burned. damages top $1,000,000 in towns with broader losses expected in surrounding areas. Rescue stories include a relay by T. Stephenson Company workers racing to Cornell aboard a relief train as flames swept the area. Ontario also reports fires. A separate note cites New York education officials prohibiting pupil fund drives for gifts to superintendents and banning book canvassing in schools.
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Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Wisconsin
Quinnisee
Ralphs
Cornell
Talbot
Auburndale
Schafer
Salvole
Woodlawn
Saunders
Wis
T. Stephenson Company
Menominee
Escanaba
Marquette
Ontario
New York Board of Education
Senate Debates Rail Rate Bill and Navy Funds Across Week
The Senate spent days debating the railroad rate bill and the Interstate Commerce Commission section on rates. It restored the current five-commission structure and rejected a 10 percent repair cap for ships. The House advanced the naval appropriation bill nearing 100 million dollars and approved a 4 percent Pacific bidders differential. The Democrats’ filibuster failed on a late session.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Culberson
House
Supreme Court of the Vistrict of Columbia
Board of Education of
Washington
Naval Station
Lake Bluff
Tawney
Navy Department
Llonse
Tillman
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific
Ouse
French soldier sentenced for profanity offense
A French soldier is jailed six months for profanity. Bolivia and Siam stand as the only civil powers without a national debt. Cotton grows wild in Colombia with natives contemplating cultivation. In South Africa plague districts the government pays six cents per dead rat delivered.
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Bolivia
Siam
Colombia
South Africa
Sea level canal favored over locks in Senate report
The majority report by Senator Smith Tredge argues a sea level canal offers fewer earthquake risks than locks and dams. It cites San Francisco quake influence, dangers to Gatun walls, dikes and aqueducts, and concludes sea level is safer, simpler, cheaper to operate, and only slightly longer to build.
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San Francisco
Senate Committee On
Panama
Canal
Gatun
Carnegie foundation reorganization and college standards
The Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching reorganized by New York trustees under a federal act. It lists criteria for college status, notes extensive alumni activity at Columbia, and details a proposed $1 million stadium for Columbia and New York public schools with fields and a recreation pier. It covers school grading reforms urged by Supt. W J Shearer and announces Panama Canal Zone public school expansion and notable appointments and expeditions forthcoming from Harvard and Boston.
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Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teachers
New York
Amy
Columbia University
Wiliam Barclay Parsons
New York Public Schools
136Th Street
120Th Street
University
W. J. Shearer
Elizabeth
XN. J
Salendar
Panama Canal Commission
Canal Zone
Isthmus
Chicago Trades Health Improve Amid Labor Strikes And Growth
Chicago reports note reduced labor drag as docks reopen and iron erectors win higher wages. Demand for heavy materials rises, construction expands, and electric and rail activity boosts output while failures ease compared with prior weeks. Weather supports sales of dry goods and furnishings as agricultural prospects stay favorable.
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Illinois
Chicago
Dun
New York
Market Prices Across Cities For Cattle Hogs and Grains
Regional price snapshot listing cattle hogs and sheep ranges in Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York with grains including wheat corn oats rye and odds on butter eggs and clover seed reflecting No 2 and No 3 grades and regional variations
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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Assembly OF Presbyterians
John Paul Jones
Pennsylvania
Vesuvius
DUE Naiutse ‘Congress
Equantu
Senator Tillmen
Senator Bailey
Bailey
Carter
Lodge
Allison
District of Columbia
Washington Public
Chandler
Panama Canal Zone
Telley
Etrie Lee
South Carolina
Mr. Williams
Mississippi
Odds and
Stratton D. Brooks
Boston
Vilhjalmer Steffansson
Harvard
North Pole
Vancouver
Bjier ‘Mikkelson
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