Fire tears through Enid business district in drought blaze
A Saturday night blaze in Enid Oklahoma destroyed four blocks of public square businesses in under three hours. dynamite was used to move buildings as water was scarce. total loss about 100000 with insurance light. key firms named include Gensman Bros Crandall Grubb Armour Packing Co and the St Joe hotel. Enid, county seat of Garfield, prospers despite flames.
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Enid
Okla
John Benton
Gensman Bros
Snyder Furniture
Cramer
Mauldin's
Central Hotel
Enid Carriage Works
Yeakey
Crandall & Grebb
St. Joe
Armour Packing Co
Montezema
Clivinger
Weekly Events Printing
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Garfield County
Oklahoma
Drowned while bathing at Daufuskie Beach tragedy
Six people drown during a Hebrew picnic at Daufuskie beach near Savannah after surf bathers moved toward shore into a sluice amid a strong southeast wind and flood tide. Victims include Mrs. Abe Dickstein 23 and several youths aged 10 to 22.
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Daufuskie Beach
Georgia
Savannah
Abe Dickstein
Annie Kronstadt
Ida Kronstadt
Leah Silverstein
Annie Lorowitz
Tsaae Zachi
Mrs. Dickstein
Sear-Face Jim of Dalton Gang Wounded, At Large
Ardmore reports that "Sear-Face" Jim, linked to the Dalton gang, was found with a bullet wound 20 miles east of town after a prior clash with U.S. marshals in Sulphur. Marshal Hammer and deputies rush to the scene as the outlaw vows not to be captured alive.
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Ardmore
J. T
Sear- Face
Jim
Dalton Gang of Outlaws
Here
United States
Hammer
Sear-Face
Pickpocket Ring Strands Epworth Leaguers in Colorado
A organized gang in Colorado Springs robbed about twenty Epworth Leaguers and seized wallets tickets and baggage checks. Victims include Dr J A Wilson his wife and daughter and Mrs H R Warrington of Dover Del. Railroads may issue passes home for stranded travelers with proof of purchase. Maj S K Hooper of the Denver and Rio Grande arranged passes to Ogden for continuing travelers.
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Glenwood Springs
Cal
Colorado Springs
Epworth
San Francisco
J. A. Wilson
H.R. Warrington
Dover
Botkin Case Heads to U S Supreme Court
San Francisco July 15 attorneys for Mrs Cordelia Botkin who won a new trial for the murder of Mrs John P Dunning prepare to seek a writ of habeas corpus in state court If denied they will pursue a writ of error to the United States Supreme Court They will raise two jurisdiction questions in the habeas petition asserting mail poisoned candy death was not a crime here and that trials must occur where the crime happened
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San Francisco
Cordelia Botkin
State Supreme Court
John P. Dunning
Delaware
United States Supreme Court
Fire Devours John O'Brien Boiler Works Plant
A Sunday afternoon blaze started by a wire in the engine room gutted the John O'Brien Boiler Works Co plant occupying a block between Eleventh and Twelfth and Mullanphy and Howard streets in St. Louis. The $50,000 loss, mainly iron-working machines, is insured. the company is capitalized at $250,000.
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St. Louis
John O’brien Boiler Works Co
Mullanphy and
Howard Streets
John O'Brien, Jr
Younger brothers released after 25 years in prison
Cole and James Younger left Stillwater prison on Sunday and for the first time in a quarter of a century could roam downtown and greet friends. Their parole granted last Monday prompted secrecy, with Warden Wolfer setting the tone for the pair’s initial liberty. They compared to curious boys encountering a new world, amazed by electric cars and the telephone.
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Stillwater Minn
Cole
James Younger
Wolfer
Missouri
Memorial Unveiling Honors Perry Landing at Kurihama
In Yokohama on July 15 the unveiling ceremony for Commodore Perry’s 1853 Kurihama landing monument was performed by Rear Admiral Rodgers. Viscount Katsura, the Japanese premier, delivered the memorial address as American and Japanese officials observed. Salutes were fired by three American and five Japanese ships.
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Yokohama
Kurihama
Commodore Perry
Rodgers
United States
Viscount Katsura
Torrid heat and drought plague Midwest crops
Kansas City and across the plains endure a blistering drought with temperatures near 100 plus. Farmers report water scarcity and fire risk while corn oats and vegetables suffer ruin and hay prices rise as rain remains elusive across Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Minnesota.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Maryville
Kas
St. Joseph
Dodd’s Kidney Pills Cited In Cure Claim
The passage notes Mrs. Rorick using Dodd's Kidney Pills for rheumatism, claiming full and permanent relief with no return of symptoms after stopping the treatment. Many in Tippecanoe County reportedly tried the pills and experienced wonderful results.
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Dodd
Tippecanoe County
One of Dinah's Surprises in Baltimore
A Baltimore family amused by Dinah Whose accent and questions learns of a man asking for 24 cents for the Sun. Dinah asks if sunshine costs money, remarking in contrast that in Virginia the sun is free as air.
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Dinah
Baltimore
Virginia
Hebbea
Baltimore Sun
Lobster Extinction Hint Sparks Dark Wry Outlook
A brief, clipped note quotes Hiland and Halket from a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item on lobster extinction predictions. Halket jokes about dying before 25 years pass, reflecting a grim humor amidst a light conversation among readers.
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Hiland
Halket
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Supreme Court Upholds Foot-Ease Trade Mark Injunction
Buffalo Justice Laughlin sustains the Foot-Ease trade mark, ordering a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer for selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder, deemed an imitation of Foot-Ease. Allen A. Olmsted of Leroy owns the mark and led national advertising. Similar suits will target others infringing on Foot-Ease rights.
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Supreme Court
Laughlin
Buffalo
Paul B. Hudson
Dr. Clark
Brooklyn
Allen 5
Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
Amusing Anecdotes and Health Advertisements
A jumble of jokes and quotes from various papers includes a quarrelsome upstairs neighbor remark about carpet beaters, a compliment to Piso's Cure for Consumption, and a hair care quip about baldness. Also cited are Hoxate s Croup Cure and a general note on mood and fault from the Washington Democrat.
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Epworth Leaguers
All Among Thieves
Colorado
The
John O'Brien Doller Co
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Japan
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Mercury
Nebr
Iowa
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Huron
Sious Falls
New Ulm
Yrof. W. M. Hayes
State Agericultural Experimental Farm
Lincoln
Weather Bureau
Mess District
New York
ST. Lovisy
Chicago
Oa Ag
Willie
Light Brigade
Gasaneter
Philadelphia Press
Sawyer’s
Excelsior
Th. M
SAEM
Smith
Atchison Globe
Hoxate
Washington
Democrat
Carter
A.j.tower CO
Boston
Mass
Exposition
Niagara Pals
Thousand Islands
Muskoka Lakes
Adtacks
New England
Jake
Rall
Warren J. Lynch
Gen. Pass
Cincinnati
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