Earthquakes Rattle Nebraska to California Across Broad Area
A severe, minutes long series of shocks struck Nebraska towns including Norfolk and Tilden and rippled into western Iowa and South Dakota. Reports describe cracked walls, overturned dishes, wells dried up, and tremors felt from Omaha to Santa Barbara with damage spreading from Mount Talas to Santa Maria and Los Alamos.
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Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Norfolk
Neb
Tilden
Santee Indian Agency
Omaha
Winnebago Reservation
Indian Territory
Mount Toula
Oneil
Petersburg
Elgin
Oakdale
Battle Creek
Ewing
Neligh
Randolph
Yankton
Nebaska
South Isabeta
Qnasha
Weather Bureau
Lompee Valley
Cal
Santa Ynez
Los Alamos
Santa Barbara
Western Union Oil Company
Garreaga
Harris Station
Santa Maria
Church Service by Phone in Washington Ind
Washington Indiana tests home church sermons via telephone linking Bell Company subscribers to local chapels. The move amid a local telephone war lets listeners stay home, sparking debates on convenience versus preacher duties and collection practices. Also notes new New York health women doctors, Bessey’s Russia plant tour, and Adams County Indiana gas well with over 600 pounds pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Bell Company
Independent Company
Central
New York City
Adams County
Indiana
Clifton Farm
Decatur
Missouri River Commission Criticized for Waste and Expenditures
Report outlines expenditures under the Missouri River Commission to 18 years of work reaching Sioux City and beyond. It defends the agency against criticism while noting $7.15 million spent and ongoing navigation dangers from sand and wrecks, with limited proven benefits for commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River Commission
Chief of Engineers
Issh Tesport
Louse Committee On
Conse
Sioux City
Kansas City
Iver
Gossip and fears mix in a chaotic Chicago column
A collage of quips and opinions references Cleveland Watterson Mitchell Wu and Bragg while mocking safety vaults bookmaking and weather almanacs. It notes a Chicago umpire shooting a pitcher in Evansville and suggests strain in government and society amid political grand juries and strikes.
Rush for Pensions Among Spanish American War Veterans
Pension commissioner Ware notes a flood of pension applications from Spanish American War veterans. Northern and Eastern regiments show higher activity than Western and Southern ones. The 8th Ohio numbered about 1,330 men, with many claims filed by veterans and relatives, while a Northern regiment’s captain who was a pension attorney reportedly inspired widespread filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Eighth Ohio
Cubs
United Mine Workers Move to Impeach Judge Jackson
Officials of the United Mine Workers plan impeachment proceedings against Judge John Jay Jackson of the West Virginia federal court if he does not dissolve his blanket injunction prohibiting miners from attending meetings to push for a strike. Secretary Wilson says a full record of court proceedings will be sent to Theodore Roosevelt and the Senate, with the public to be informed of the grounds for the restraining order. The union claims strong grounds for impeachment. The American Shifting Company has contracted to build ten stewl steamships for lake to Quebec cargo transport, forming the nucleus of a fleet to dominate Great Lakes trade. Texas oil will be used by Minneapolis flour mills instead of coal, as a street railway tests oil.
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United Mine Workers
Brin
John Jay Jackson
Federal Court of West Virginia
Wilson
Anion
Roosevelt
Senate
Publc
West Virginia
Jackson
Chicago
Lake Points
Quebec
Atlantic Steamships
Teer
Texas
Minneapolis
Street Railway Company
Interchangeable mileage tickets ease travel across NY Central routes
Albany Argus notes New York Central interchangeable mileage tickets cover over 60 miles east of Buffalo on lines including the NYC and Hudson River branches, Rome, Watertown, Ogdensburg, Mohawk and Malone, St. Lawrence, and more. Tickets sell at two cents per mile with no limit and are valid for one or many travelers and for passage under local rules.
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New York Central
Buffalo
Hudson River
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Carthage
Adirondack
Mohawk
Malone
St. Lawrence
New York
Putnam
New York and Harlem
Pennsylvania
West Shore Railroad
Chenango and
Wallkill Valley
Boston and Albany
Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg
Central Railroad of
Johstown, Ebensburg and Eastern
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Atlantic City Railroad
Albany Argus
Fragmented Biblical Dialogue Fragment in Wartime Tale
A garbled historical text fragment depicts Adam and Eve debating lost trousers and a tramp, with war imagery and a later search for garments. The torn lines hint at a rustic patch and a Tulse reference, suggesting a misread page segment from an older narrative.
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Adam
Eve
Fragmentary dialogue lines spark confusion in revolt report
A garbled excerpt shows voices asking about a speaker and noting a mistaken assumption about a former husband. The fragment hints at a broader Philadelphia revolt context but offers few clear names or events.
Pair Warning in Town and Counter
Fragmentary dialogue shows two speakers referencing a tramping figure and pests. The text presents a terse exchange with unclear context or full details, making specific facts hard to extract. No identifiable persons or organizations are confirmed within the readable excerpt.
Allen's Ease for Feet Sparks Comfort in New Shoes
An ad notes Allen's Ease powder to soothe aching feet and claims new shoes feel lighter. The snippet references a LeRoy New York contact and a medical cure claim for nervousness and headaches with Dr Kine's Great Neural Ke Facers, suggesting an early 20th century patent medicine ad.
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S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Notre Dame Announces Free Full Courses Across Disciplines
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana offers free full courses in Classics, Letters, Economics and History, Journalism, Art, Science, Law, Civil, Medical and Electrical Engineering, Architecture, and Commercial Rooms to all students who completed the required studies. Address Rev. A Morrissey C S C, President, for details and admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Architectuyeeroags
Keele
Eowerd'seli
Catsie
Free
A. Morrissey
Absurd Definitions and Mock History in Children's Wordplay
A reader notes humorous misdefinitions and misstatements from a school exercise collection. Entries parody terms like apherbility afferbility serenade reverberations and grand opera. It also lampoons geography and history with fanciful, incorrect claims.
Kidney Trouble Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mr FE Langendeefer of St. Aobert Missouri reports severe kidney trouble resisted local doctors. After using two boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills he fully recovered with no return symptoms. He warns others suffering with kidney issues that Dodds Kidney Pills can provide a cure where doctors failed.
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St. Aobert
FE. R. Langendeefer
Tie
Dodd
Todd
Posterity and creditors haunt a man of genius
A serious man asks if a thinker is considering the present or duties to those who come after, while the genius ponders posterity and the creditors who may follow. The exchange frames ambition, responsibility, and future consequence in a reflective dialogue.
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Washington Star
Knights Pythias Biennial Meeting Excursion
Knights Pythias plans a San Francisco August gathering with rail tickets via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Round trip fare from Chicago to San Francisco or Los Angeles is 850 with return by September 10. The Short Line links Chicago and Omaha with two through trains daily and superior Sleeping and Dining Car service. Timetables maps and information available from FP, A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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San Francisco
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul” Railway
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
A. Miller
Emancipated Danish Woman Term Frenskridiskvinde
A remark notes that in Denmark an emancipated woman is called Frenskridiskvinde. The context references Farmer Honk-Waal and suggests Danish speech is colorful and expressive.
Summer Outing Booklet Adscite Wisconsin Resorts
An advertisement invites readers to visit numerous Wisconsin Central Railway line resorts including Gray's Lake Round Lake Lake Villa Fox Lake and more. It offers a summer booklet with timetables rates and information from G K Thompson C P T A at 2008 Clark Street plus a note on outdoor activities and public transit.
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Gray's Lake
Round Lake
Lake Villa
Fox Lake
Lake Marie
Channel Lake
Camp Lake
Silver Lake
Brown's Lake
Lake Beulah
Phanton Lake
Waukesha
Waupaca
Wisconsin Central Railway
G. K. Thompson
Clark Street
Change of Life Testimonial Endorses Vegetable Compound
Mrs E Sailer of Los Angeles praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing change of life symptoms after two years of suffering. She cites nine years of use with six years of ongoing health and notes charitable use of the product. The ad claims a $5000 forfeit if testimonial is not genuine and invites sick women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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E. Sailer
German Relief Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Sutter
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Minneapolis Journal
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Cleveland
Col
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John Mitchell
Hobson
Gen. Smith
Mississippi River
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Grand Jury
Mary MacLane
Gen. Bragg
Bandit Tracy
Mr. Wu
Masonic Temple
Evansville
James J. Jeffries
Pugilist
Reubert Fitssimumons
Jucee
Askert Inney Wotan
Jenke
Teuward
Termanest
Kine
Arch St
ForSale
Northea
Gashers
Ima
Ibne
Aloming Lands
Bernevie
Washington, D.C
Pension Bureau
Goosling C
Wee Ranformacion Oe
Hill Masonic Tempe WA
Saga
Piso
Equator
North
South Pole
Jesus
Wang
British Museum
Paris
Aristides
Phoenicia
Hannibal
Heroditus
Virgil
Julius Caesar
Knights Pythias
Philadelphia Bulletin
B. C
Ifso
Johnson
Hall
Dean Mrs. Pincnam
W. L Doucla
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Heyl
Brockton
Libby
Linny
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Ralph Tei Temple
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