Winds devastate Kentucky and Indiana towns in April tornadoes
The Louisville relief effort continues with clerks distributing funds and recording aid as rescues and debris removal proceed. Reports note many deaths in Falls City Hall collapse, widespread damage across Allen, Breckinridge, and Henderson counties, and aid reaching Jeffersonville and nearby communities with pleas for immediate support.
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Indiana
Louisville
Tennessee
Main Street
Falls City Hall
Glasgow
Barron River
Allen County
Litchfield
Breckinridge
Gidcombe
Evansville
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charrawooga
Tenn
Times
Fayetteville
Milton College
St. Louis
Illinois
Bay
Golconda
Livingston County
Ohio River
Jacob Schwab
William Bell
Stock
Eli Bobbett
Dealers in debt seek relief in Dedham court
In insolvency actions Frank A Reed of Quincy files for relief with liabilities of 4113. His assets are book accounts stock and fixtures at two drugstores with mortgages totaling 1750. In Brockton Snell’s bankruptcy creditors meet and assignee Richard Cunningham reports unsecured liabilities near 20000 plus 3000 labor claims. Assets total 7448 including shop land machinery and store merchandise. Snell absent due to illness but later said to be at work. A committee is appointed for investigation. Also in Dedham Sarah C Saunders Canton files for insolvency with liabilities 13415 backed by Lynn and Saugus real estate. Noah N Rosenberger Philadelphia manufacturer assigns liabilities near 90000.
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Frank A. Reed
Quincy
Dedham
Water Street
Hancock Street
Isancher K. Snell
Brockton
Richard Cunningham
Snell
George Emerson & Co
South Street
Sarah C. Saunders
Canton
Lynn
Saugus
Noah N. Rosenberger
Philadelphia
Rosenberger
Headless body found near Fresh Water Cove in Worcester county
In Gloucester this afternoon George Leonard, Neil Hennessey and Harry Nickerson found a headless man’s body under a tree near a stone wall at Fresh Water Cove. A .32 caliber revolver was found beneath. The victim, about 35, dark hair, wore a black coat and vest, striped trousers, lace shoes, and a hat with a top hole. Believed suicide. identification pending from Maine man Torrey, last seen at a nearby circus.
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Henry S. Hovey
Torrey
Maine
East Tennessee buys Erlanger system for 5.5M in deal
Official notice from New York confirms the Fast Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad contracted to purchase the Erlanger system, about 1200 miles, for 5.5 million dollars. East Tennessee stockholders meet in Knoxville on April 15 to ratify the sale and authorize bonds. No Richmond Terminal stock issued. deal concentrates on East Tennessee line.
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New York
Fast
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
Erlanger
East Tennessee Company
Knoxville
Tenn
Thomas
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Gulf
Shreveport
New Orleans
Memphis
East ,Tennessee Company
Richmond
East Tennessee
Special Ward 1 Council seat election in Somerville
A special election was held in Ward 1 for a Councilman to fill the vacancy from E A Wilcox's resignation. Precinct results show W Jones 148, W Currier 105, Herman Barker 55. Jones led with a 43 vote plurality. Totals across precincts: 148, 105, 55 with other partial tallies.
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Somerville
Apri
E. A. Wilcox
W. Jones
W. Currier
Herman Barker
Bueicyac
The Baseball Fight Prompts Schedule Clash
Cleveland leader Frank de H. Robinson warns that if the brotherhood alters the schedule the league will adjust to force a clash between the two bodies. He vows a fight to a finish if the league must change twenty times to meet competition.
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Cleveland
Frank de H. Robinson
Cleveland Club
Exchange Floor Access Barred by Board of Trade
Curcaco April 1 Officials of the Board of Trade notified Western Union that starting tomorrow no operators would be allowed access to the exchange floor. The measure aims to curb market report distribution to bucket shops. Western Union may suspend operations and remove instruments. the change is expected to influence trading on exchanges nationwide.
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Curcaco
Board of Trade Today
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
W. J. Lloyd
Western Union
United States
Lockwood transfers Cape Cod Canal stake to Livermore agent
Frederick A. Lockwood of Boston, contractor for the Cape Cod Ship Canal, transfers all his interest to Colonel T. L. Livermore. Quincy A. Shaw appoints Livermore as agent and trustee to represent his interests, with claims the work may accelerate or that the franchise may move toward New York capital. The charter expires next year.
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New York
Bears
Chicago
Boston
C. S. Williams & Coq
Congress ST
Congress Sq
Devonshire St
Quincy House
Dr Norvin Green Celebrates Golden Wedding
In Louisville Kentucky on April 1 a large gathering marks the golden wedding of Dr Norvin Green president of the Western Union Telegraph Company and Martha Anne English at their Second Street and Broadway home. They wed soon after Green's graduation from the University of Louisville Medical School drawing guests from New York and other cities where he is known.
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Norvin Green
Louisville
Western Union Telegraph Company
Martha Anne English
Second Street
Broadway
Dr. Green
University of Louisville Medical School
New York
R. Green
Killed by the Cars on Boston & Maine Railroad
Eugene Davidson a 20 year old Nova Scotia native residing with Mrs James B Davidson on Pond Street was struck and killed this afternoon on the Boston and Maine railroad at Haveraway April 1. The accident occurred while he was on or near the tracks. Authorities reported the fatality and began routine investigations into the incident.
Election year in the west reshapes city, town races
Milwaukee voters elect Democrat George W. Peck mayor as Bennett law divides clergy and party. In Kansas towns women mobilize for school board contests, with Salina and Wichita seeing women candidates and a colored woman win in Salina. Other towns report mixed results as suffrage involvement grows.
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Ilinois
Kansas
Milwaukee
Wis
George’ W. Peck
Peck’s Sun
N.S. Murphy
Labor Citizens
Curcaco
Toreka
Kan
Manhattan
Cny
Salina
Hiawatha
Wellington
Leavenworth
H. D. Cushing
Council
Delaware Street
Emporia
Jackson
Slow Electrics Face Backlash Over City Speed Order
The Boston West End railway enforces a seven mile per hour limit for electric streetcars south of Northampton street, drawing discontent in Roxbury as residents seek to restore former faster times. Rail officials defend the rule, noting slow speeds are mandated by law and arguing rapid transit worsens visual clutter from poles and wires.
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Board of Aldermen
Northampton Street
West End
Shawmut Avenue
Washington Or
Tremont Streets
West End Railway
Grove Hall
Roxbury
New Steamship Company Starts Operations in April
The New York Steamship Company will begin business on April 22 under Captain N. L. Newcombe. Three new vessels will operate between Portland and Eastport with calls at Annapolis Bar Harbor Rockland Cottage City St John and New York.
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New York
New York Steamship Company
N. L. Newcombe
Portland
Annapolis
Eastport
Bar Harbor
Rockland
Cottage City
St. John
Industrial Arts in Japan lecture by Professor Morse
Professor Morse spoke on The Industrial Arts of Japan at the Dartmouth Street studio. He described regional variety, the social structure, and the deep art sense in Japan from pilgrimages to craft processes, contrasting with American industrial design and tariffs, and praising Jacquer and Ki No Masatami while critiquing export gaudy goods.
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Boston Art Students’ Association
Morse
Dartmouth Street
Japan
America
Portland
Liverpool
State Street
Samuels
Chamber of Horrors
Ki No Masatami
Professor Morse
Lyman Hollingsworth Dies After Sudden Illness
Lyman Hollingsworth died at his Commonwealth avenue home aged seventy five after a brief illness. He was born in Milton and was the last surviving son of Mark Hollingsworth of the old Tileston & Hollingsworth paper firm. He innovated Manila paper manufacture, ran mills in Braintree Newton Bridgewater and Groton, and traveled for health after 1900. He married Miss Thayer, who died years ago, and left no children. He leaves nephews in the city and Portland. Other deaths noted: William G. Perry, Ottawa M P, David Wilber of New York, T D Lincoln of Ohio, General Ambert, and Hugh W. Collender.
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Lyman Hollingsworth
Commonwealth Avenue
Mr. Hollingsworth
Milton
Mark Hollingsworth
Tileston & Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Braintree
Newton
Bridgewater
Groton
Andrews & Son
Central Wharf
George B. Loring
J. 5. Hurd
Cutting
Lowell Institute
United States
Europe
Thayer
Jerusalem Road
Nantasket
Minot
Portland, Or
William G. Perry
Ottawa
Perry & Patee
Canada Atlantic Railway
Enfield
N. H
David Wilber
Congress
New York
Oneonta
T.D. Lincoln
Ohio
Cincinnati
Paris
General Ambert
Hugh W. Collender
Stamford
Conn
National Banking Code and Ocean Life Protection Proposed
In Washington April 1 the House considers a national banking code requiring 10 percent capital-backed note reserves and limits on notes, with Treasury coin redemption for insolvent banks. A separate resolution seeks an ocean patrol to protect life at sea, urging multinational cooperation and use of warships for safety. The House also acts on pensions timing, fortifications, and zoological bills, adjourns in memory of Rep. David Wilber.
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Washington
Walker
Massachusetts
United States
Turner
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Europe
Paris
England
France
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Morrill
Kansas
David Wilber
Wood to be Executed by Electric Chair May 12 Week
New York recorder Smyth in General Sessions sentenced Joseph Wood a Black laborer to die by electricity in the week beginning May 12 for the murder of Charles Ruffin a fellow worker on May 19 last.
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New York
Chicago
Seaboard
St. Pan
Western
Tuttle
Smyth
Court of General Sessions
Joseph Wood
Wood
Charles Ruffin
Falls City banks and failed note redemption plan
A clipped public notice mentions East Teun sor Co and Nat Bank of Redemption along with Old Boston N Bank and a vil Man. The fragment outlines a banking or redemption context likely involving a Falls City area financial institution and a local individual.
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Gt Falls Man
East Teun
Sor Co
Do Nat
Bank of Redemption
Old Boston N. Bank
Union Switch & Signal Co
Franklin Mining Co
Lowell Man. Co
City of Kansas City
Lombard Inv
Gt. Falls & Conway Rb, Co
Cotton Mills
Toledo
American Ins
Lombard Investment Co
Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
East Tennessee Land Co
Ft. Payne Furnace Co
Oakloan & Trust Co
Watertown
Oak
Denver
A . & St Paul RR
Do Hill Mfg. Co
Massachusetts Real Estate Co
Taunton
Ash
Senate actions report on river rescue boats and pensions
In Washington on April 1 the Senate passed a House bill authorizing the Mississippi River Commission to acquire boats for rescuing inhabitants of overflowed districts. The day featured several committee reports including pension related bills and irrigation studies. The Senate adjourned after executive business consideration.
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Washineton
House
Mississippi River Commission
Senate
George
John F. Hartranft
Secretary of Agriculture
Rocky Mountains
Hale
Frederick Howard Dead in Watertown
Frederick Howard died this morning after a self inflicted gunshot yesterday. He was fifty seven, born in Bangor Maine, moved to Watertown about 1860, ran an ice business with his brother, served nine months in the Eleventh Massachusetts Battery, and leaves a widow and five children. Funeral at his Galen street home Thursday afternoon with Knights of Honor and G A R lodges attending. Services at the grave to be by the Masonic order Pequossette Lodge.
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Watertown
Frederick Howard
Bangor
Massachusetts Battery
William C. Howard
Galen Street
Quinoben Lodge
Knights of Honor
Isaac B. Patten
Pequossette Lodge of Free Masons
Electric Firms Deny Plan to Consolidate Powers
New York April 1 an authorized denial by the electric light and power companies in this city rejects reports that Thomson Houston and Edison Electric Light firms agreed to consolidate their motor interests and that others joined the plan.
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New York
Electric Light and Power
Thomson-Houston and
Edison Electric Light Companies
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Guardian
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H. Burt
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Henry
Moore Etul
Alsco
Hamilton Mfg
Amory
Cocheco Mfg
American Fire & Marine Insurance Co
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McKay Metallic Fast
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Washington Nat. Bank
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Fall River
Bates Mfg
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Continental Mills
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East Side Electric Ry. Co
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Cotchburg RR
Hampshire Trust Co
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Lansing & Det. RR
Boston Athletic Asso
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Trustees— , Conn
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Fitchburg RR. Pref. N. Bank of Commerce
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MckKay
City of Minneapolis
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McKay Metallic
Denver Cable Ry. Co
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Burlington & Mo. Rivers RR
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Au — Lawrence Man
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F. A. Kelly
J. C. Brownet
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R. L. Day & CO
Bristol County , At
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Guard Kansas Mort. Co
Topeka
Cansas Mort. Co
Old Colony RR
Boston & Lowell RR
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Nashua
M. L
Sheboygan
M. L. On
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Boston United Gas Co
Old Colony RK
Lowell Mfg
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Union Cotton Mfg. Co
Naumkenag Steam Cotton Co
Lamson Store Service Co
Sandusky & Cleve. RE
Dover
Burl, & Quincy RR
Pacific RR
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Zilpah J. Shaw
Willard S. Shaw
County of Suffolk
Avril
A. D
Charlestown
Cottage Street
Willard
Shaw
London
Berlin
John Munroe & CO
Devens, Lyman & Co
Fort Worth
Tex
Omaha
Neb
Wichita
Ss. A. Kean & CO
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A. Lewis
Devonshire Street
J. H. Currier
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
J. C. Davis & CO. Bankers
School Street
John Tiefferies & Sons
William A. Davis
Transcript Building
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Transcript
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Upton Street
Wit
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Crowell
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Bronton
Main St
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Chester Sq
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Wheeler
SL Young
Tenstees
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Elliott J. Hyde
Milk St
Waban
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