Train Scatters Fire For Thirteen Miles In Attack On Miss O Hair
A Kansas City flyer on the Wabash scattered fire from Edwardsville to Granite City, burning fields and fences as the train advanced 13.4 miles in 13.5 minutes. Miss Reba O Hair of Rushton, daughter of Elibery O Hair, alleges a false marriage claim and a court case follows. Separately two Springfield couples eloped and married in Alton, while Springfield stores sustained a $200,000 to $500,000 blaze damaging fabrics and cables.
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SpringSola
Kansas City
Edwardsville
East St. Louis
Csual
Edwardsville Junction
Granite City
Madison Courty Aan
Reba O’hair
Rushton
Elibery O’ Hair
Edward Elliott
Miss O'Hair
Rome
Edward Butler
Kokomo
Inn
Swice
Howard Elliott
Butler
O'Hair
Alton
Springfield
Justice B. Latham
Wallace W. Measie
Mary E. Wilbanks
Bert J. Curry
Erma de Monbrum
Miss Wilbanks
de Monbrum
W. de Monbrum
Curry
C. D. Roberts
Springfield Electric Light and Power Company
Father Heid for kidnapping case at Marion arrest
Henry Absher was arrested at Marion on kidnapping charges involving his own child. Absher and his wife separated seven months earlier, he reportedly went to South Africa while she stayed in Murphysboro with their daughter Goldie. He returned with the child to Carbondale then Marion on the Illinois Central. Mrs Absher followed and secured the arrest, claiming the pair were bound for South Africa.
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Carbondale
J. A. Bakewell
Ilinois
Bakewell
G. E. Busby
Shelby Country
Boys Brothers
Shelbyville
John Boys
Indiana
New York
Chicago
Afarsh
Marion
G. W. Lane
Canton
Tera
Father Heid
Henry Absher
Absher
South Africa
Murphysboro
Goldie
Ilinois Central
Cost of armies and post office reform dominate year
A 1901 survey compares national military costs, noting United States expenses for one soldier at 1104 dollars annually, with France Italy and Austria showing larger establishments. Postmaster General Smith issues broad orders ending certain paperbacks in the mails and suspending unsold copies from pound rates, aiming to save millions. Foreign trade rises with exports beating prior year while a lynching incident strains U S Italy relations, prompting diplomatic protest and state inquiries.
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United States
Ae Simpson
Germany
Rassis
France
Italy
Austria
Smith
Post Office Department
New Orleans
Harrison
Baron Fava
Washington
State Department
Erwin
Te Department
Mississippi
Drought and Heat Hit Central Plains Crops in Spring Review
The weekly crop report from the climate and crop division notes intense heat and drought across Missouri Mississippi valleys and the central west, with temperatures over 100 degrees and scant rain. Corn and oats sustain heavy damage in Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas while Atlantic coast and Pacific regions show mixed progress and early harvests.
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Weather Duteau
Missouri
Mississippi Valleys
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Rocky Mountain Region
West Gulf States
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mound
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Washinsae
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Arbattess
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
North Pacific Coast
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Thrashers
Wisconsin
Ern
Rescue and Narrow Escape in Wabash Rail Crash
A Cass station train wreck on the Wabash line near Logansport leaves fifteen dead and many injured after a culvert washout. Conductor Brownlee recounts how a phantom hand warned him to start from the rear, saving his life as rescuers worked amid dangers.
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Cass Station
Logansport
Yad
Yeany
Brownlee
Browhlee
Corn and its rising value across the American corn belt
The piece argues corn sustains Western and Southern farms amid droughts, noting its primacy over wheat and cotton for both food and fodder. It cites production and value figures for leading states, mentions figures from 1899 and 1900, and highlights the pivotal role of corn belts and grain markets in the national economy. Includes brief notes on diplomats and religious movements for context.
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Southwest
Mississippi
Missouri
South
Northwest
United States
Ainine
Iti
Iowa
Ranean Nahels
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E. A Bottorff
Salisbury Township
Richland Creek
Sangamon
Charleston
Alesanaten Rtos
Rufus Alexander
Fonger
Circuit Court
John M. Kirkpatrick
Alexander
Kirkpatrick
Syracuse Lodge
No. 143
Knights
Pythias
Tor
Tits Shals
Decatur
Sibley Farmers’ Fair
Ook
de Yite
J A. A
Aliss Eva Bahrenberg
Nashville
Knights of Pythias
Lane
Peoria
Joliet
Bent Walsons
Wall
Quincy
Steffen
Edward Hoener
Hig
Robert Cotko
Charles Swigher
Charley Scott
Arthur
DT Shoop
Paris
McAllister School
Lightnirs
Hiss
Elgin
Aurora
Southern Railway
Alotorman
Jacob Schneitier
Avoi
Bay Harvesters
Arcola
Charles Swisher
Robert Clark
Charles Scott
BR. H. Shumway
Rockford
Hock River
Census Bureau
Inllinois
Richard Kinsella
Kinsella
Boiniesdpalle
Mulberry Creek
Middle West
Ebair Yielu
Corac
Way FM
Org
Ae Bette
John G. A. Leishman
Turkey
Switzerland
Constantinople
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Shoenberger Steel Company
Carnegie’ Company
Elijah” Dowie
Healing Hosts
Zion
Eastman
Holy Rollers
A. Be. Kittredge
Alfred B. Kittredge
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
United Sigges
Kyle
Pee
Agpany
Falla
Englerry
Minnehaha City
Republican National Committee
Great Northern
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Myron T. Herrick
George, W.L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Society For Savings
Oberlin
Delaware
Herrick
Cleveland
Coll
W Duff Piercey
McKendree College
Lebanon
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Pier Ey
Gaaros
Sre Ay Ec
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Pree Uiad
Bereau
St. Louis
Iman
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