Violent Death Toll Shocks El Dorado Kansas
In El Dorado Kansas residents sense an escalating pattern of sudden deaths since January with 31 lives lost. Fires claimed 14 victims including the Miller family where five perished in a single blaze at White Station and a child died attempting to warn others. A separate tragedy near North Butler county involved the Oberst family with seven killed and Owen Oberst confessed to murder before the fires.
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el Dorado
Kan
E Dorado
White Station
Here
Harry Miller
Quail
Raymond
Bernice
Minnie Miller
Olother
Dorathy
William Oberst
Butler County
Herbert Edith
Hugh
Ralph
Dorothy
Owen
Dreadful Farmyard Toll From Chain of Fatal Accidents
A string of accidental deaths is reported with multiple victims. Esther Blanche Moore and Lewis Williams die in a tenant disease incident. William B. Lowrey is killed by a falling bridge timber. Dave Corfman dies from a tree strike during a high wind. Charles Cannon dies of a rifle wound. John Belt and Ray Allen sustain workplace injuries at an oil tank. Mrs Lucy J Sorter fatally injured in a fall. J R Scott dies leaping from a wagon after a frightened team. Russell Suppes killed when clothing is caught in machinery.
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Drel
Esther Blanche Moore
Lewis
Williams
Fred Wright
William B. Lowrey
Dave Corfman
Charles Cannon
John Belt
Ray Allen
Lucy J. Sorter
J. R. Scott
Russell Suppes
Hawaiian Judge Combines Philosophy with Justice at Kalaupapa
The Kalaapapa magistrate Nascimento, known for local fame as a philosopher, dispenses justice and runs the post office. A recent appeal exposed a disorderly conduct case in which a husband paid only a light fine. He remarked that women should think twice before complaints and police are too hasty to arrest.
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Honolulu
Tn Kalaupapa
France Opens Forgotten Art Treasures Near Paris
Officials unveil long hidden works around Paris as they search churches and communities. A bas relief of Christ blessing is found in a presbytery wall beside the ancient town church unused since the newer church was built 800 years ago.
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Issy-les-Montineaux
Tunte
Paris
Beasts Multiply in Berlin Zoo
Within the past year thirty two captive beasts of prey including lions ligers leopards juguars black panthers and pumas were born and raised in the Berlin zoological garden.
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Berlin
Berlin Zoological Garden
Peddler of gossip carries a pack of Hes
A fragment notes a peddler known for spreading rumors and mentions a pack labeled Hes. The item suggests a social dynamic around local gossip and its distribution through a merchant.
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Hes
Child Cites No Animals After Circus Visit
Three year old Sammel Goldstein of 4359 North Illinois Street was taken to the circus by his father. His Uncle Abe pressed for details and staged a dramatic rendition of an angry son. The child finally replied that he heard no cows, only his own mischief.
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Sammel Goldstein
North
Illinois Street
Abe
Samuel
Indianapolis News
Tree preferences differ by moisture heat light and soil
The passage notes that people have varied tastes just as trees vary in needs for moisture heat light and soil. It emphasizes that each tree species has specific requirements for thriving.
Glee described as countryman feeling at brushfire hornets nest
A vivid simile equates country joy with the sight of a brushfire advancing toward a hornets nest, illustrating a dramatic clash between rural sentiment and escalating danger.
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Glee
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