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Various items from across the nation and world. Missouri flood relief appeal and May 4 Boone County liquor election. March snow in Kansas and dynamite found near Missouri rail lines. Joplin electric railway scene and Kansas dog killings at Potter. Chicago carpenters strike and Milwaukee socialist defeat. Tornadoes in Camden Pennsylvania and Montgomery Missouri fire losses. Port Rico sugar tariff protest in Washington. California women voters doubled election registration. Des Moines streetcar wage rise. Kansas powder mill blast near Turck. Hickman levee flood and Des Moines area water damage. Chicago carpenters strike updates. St Louis sinking houseboat rescue. Potatoes price surge in Chicago. Porto Rico protest and California vote.
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Hadley
Missouri
Boone County
Montana
Lawrence
Kan
Chicago
Southwest Missouri
Joplin
Potter
Kansas
Los Angeles
Cal
Milwaukee
Wis
Camden
Montgomery
Washington
Porto Rico
Senate Committee
California
Minnesota
Des Moines
Cambola
Reading
Hickman
Roosevelt
Cedar County
Turck
Mississippi
St. Louis
Fulton
San Francisco
Columbus
Neb
Sherwood
Senate
Norfolk
Boston
New England
Muskogee
United States Drainage Bureau
Taft
Bird's Point
Charlevon, Mo
Largest Potato Shipment Arrives in New York From London
Six thousand tons of potatoes arrived in New York from London marking the largest shipment ever received. The report also notes the pre first state encampment of Odd Fellows at Chickasha Oklahoma and artillery batteries in camp at Junction City Kansas. George Lovejoy, a coal miner, fatally shot his wife and himself in Staunton. Arthur R. Blakely, Chanute Daily Tribune’s top stockholder, has sold his stake. It now appears Congress will adjourn before June 15.
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New York
London
Odd Fellows
Chickasha
Junction City
Kan
George” Lovejoy
Staunton
Arthur R. Blakely
Chanute Daily Tribune
Congress
Global news highlights from early 20th century events
Reports include Count Zeppelin landing in Stralsund after three days adrift, the Koomba wreck off Australia with 130 deaths, and Britain nearing an end to its coal strike. Also Syria Circe collision near Algiers, Ishimoto dies in Tokyo, Sweden allowing women to vote, Miss Mary Davis flights, Belgian bank funds to Pekin, Canadian miners strike, and Ecuador’s Plaza elected president.
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Count Zeppelin
North Sea
Stralsund
Pomerania
Australia
England
Syria
Algiers
Shinroku Ishimoto
Tokio
Mary
Davis
English Channel
Russo-Asiatic Bank
Pekin
Resignations, elections, and accidents ripple early 20th century politics
The report lists notable events and incidents: Dr Chas M Sharpe resigns as dean in Columbia Missouri. Wallace Crossley seeks state senate. Carl Sturm killed by train near Wichita. Gov Hadley paroles a 17 year old thief. President Wickersham engineers a derailment. Calbraith Rodgers dies after a fall in Long Beach. births and deportation cases. a 17 year old wins a district spelling title in Macon. Hector Jewell arrested for a Sydney diamond theft in San Francisco. Walter Downing drowns in Cedar River Iowa. a lunatic assaults Senator Gore but is stopped. Menton defeated for reelection as Flint mayor. Floyd Harker killed by train in Springfield. C H Taylor shot in Macon. Caskey and William Grace in Hutchinson involved in a runaway incident. H W Wiley to lecture tour. Dawson probes Leavenworth joint. high water cuts Guthrie gas supply. senate panel backs memorial amphitheater plan. Arch McClain injured after fall from a train car.
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Chas. M. Sharpe
The
Bible College
Columbia, Mo
Wallace Crossley
Warrensburg
Star
Carl Sturm
Wichita
Hadley
James Keever
President Wickersham
Atlanta & West Point Railroad
Calbraith P. Rodgers
America
Long Beach
Cal
J. A. Thalzgraph
Guthrie
Giuseppe Macaluso
Italy
Chicago
Alpha Rice
Macon
Hector Jewell
Sydney
Australia
San Francisco
Walter Downing
Cedar River
Waterloo
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Waukesha
Wis
Tac. Menton
Fliint
Mich
Floyd Harker
Springfield
C.H. Taylor
Caskey
William Grace Indoes
Hutchinson
Kan
H. W. Wiley
Aes
Lucky” Baldwin
Dyed Corn Scheme Traps Missouri Looters
Charles Goodnight, a farmer north of Knobwoster, devised a dye method to mark his corn crib. He boiled a bushel of ears colored the corn, leaving colored ears and other corn missing next day. A neighbor’s crib was searched and Goodnight’s colored corn found. For Broken Promise ten thousand dollars suit filed by Marie Walje against Penton Cramer of Sedalia after he wed another. Cramer married Cullen Leary in Sedalia. Walje from Cooper County alleges he promised marriage.
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Charles Goodnight
Knobwoster
Goodnight
Penton Cramer
Sedalia
Marie Walje
Cramer
Cullen Leary
Miss Walie
Cooper County
Miss Walje
Fulton Saloons Legalized After Four-Year Window Ruling
Judge David H. Harris of the 34th Judicial circuit dissolves the temporary writ of prohibition against Fulton county court. He rules the local option law does not specify resubmission but implies an election after four years is legal, effectively validating the recent Fulton saloon vote.
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Fulton
David H. Harris
34Th Judicial Circuit
Two Prisoners Escape Rolla Jail With Help
John Carroll and August Weinrich escaped from Rolla jail aided by an accomplice who picked cell locks cut a roof hole and lowered them by rope. Carroll faced charges for breaking into a box car in St James while Weinrich was charged with forging a note on Gottlieb Hass.
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John Carroll
August Weinrich
Rolla
Carroll
St. James
Weinrich
Gottlieb Hass
Hopkins Women Save Town From Destructive Fire
With no organized fire department, practically every able bodied woman in Hopkins formed a bucket brigade when a grocery store fire spread to nearby buildings. Their heroic efforts confined the loss to five stores, estimated at $5,000.
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Hopkins
Crossley Seeks State Senate Seat in 17th District
rensburg Star reports Crossley announces candidacy for the state senate from the seventeenth district subject to Democratic primaries. Crossley has served three terms as representative from Johnson County in the lower house.
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Crossley
State Senate
Wallace Crossley
Warrensburg Star
Johnson County
Bevier Miners Continue Work Pending Wage Negotiations
Bevier district coal miners keep working as contract expires and the Southwest district maintains a 30 day continuation period while talks aim to set a new two year wage scale.
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Bevier
Bevier District
Roosevelt Victory Narrow in Cedar County Convention
Roosevelt men won by one vote in Cedar county convention with Stockton and El Dorado backing Taft and Jerico plus most country districts supporting Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Cedar County
Stockton
Eldorado
Taft
Jerico
Macon County Votes Dry After Partial Results
Complete returns from 30 of 32 precincts show 2,207 in favor of local option and 867 for wet, about 2.5 to 1. With two precincts remaining the dry side is headed to a roughly 1,450 vote majority.
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Macon County
Flood Waters Rise Around Montgomery Delaying Farm Work
Heavy rains across the county push creeks and streams over their banks around Montgomery flooding lowlands and hindering farm activities. familias distant farms report inundation as waters spread through fields.
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Montgomery
Mexico Votes for Carnegie Library Support
Citizens of Mexico approve a mill tax by more than two to one to fund a Carnegie library. The drive was led by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Women's Federated Clubs which organized committees to canvass wards and mobilize voters.
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Mexico
Daughters of the American Revolution
Women’s Federated Clubs
Bi-Partisan Ticket Elected in Lamonte Town
The ticket includes Mayor W. F. Yankee, aldermen J. R. Clark and Dr. J. P. McCann, marshal J. P. Kemp, assessor E. B. Calabaugh, collector Fred R. Harris, street commissioner J. R. Ramey, and school board members J. R. Clark and W. H. Johnston.
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Lamonte
W. F. Yankee
J. R. Clark
J. P. McCann
J. P. Kemp
E. 8. Calabaugh
Fred R. Harris
J. R. Ramey
Board of Education
W. H. Johnston
Resignation at Warrensburg Normal School
Miss Genevieve Lyford resigns as head of the kindergarten department at the state normal school in Warrensburg to take a similar role at Valley City North Dakota. Miss Louise Whitney of Dubuque Iowa will succeed Miss Lyford.
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Genevieve Lyford
State Normal School
Warrensburg
Valley City
N. D
Louise Whitney
Dubuque
Miss Lyford
Life of a Springfield Man Ends After Train Injury
Bud Earls, a Springfield resident who earlier lost a leg in a railroad accident and an eye in a later fight, died after his left foot was severed by a Missouri Pacific train.
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Bud” ‘Earls
Springfield
Missouri Pacific
Frisco Boiler Maker Killed by Train at Yard
Floyd Harker a 20 year old boiler maker at the Frisco shop in ee was struck by a Frisco passenger train and killed instantly as he attempted to reach the moving car.
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Floyd Harker
Frisco
Anniversary of James S. Rollins Birth Celebrated Across Cities
Alumni associations in Chicago New York Kansas City St Louis and many Missouri towns plan April 10 events for the founder James S Rollins birthday. President A Ross Hill will attend in New York City and be the principal speaker at a dinner there.
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University of Missouri
James S. Rollins
Chicago
New York
Kansas City
St. Louis
A. Ross Hill
New York City
Train derails near Cosby injuring twenty people
A derailment caused by soft track and a misthrown switch overturned a train at Cosby ten miles from St. Joseph in the late afternoon. Twenty were injured, five seriously, including seven women in dangerous condition. Others received care and were sent home.
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Cosby
St. Joseph
Josephine II Sets Missouri State Dairy Record
Missouri Chief Josephine II completed a six month milk and butter test at Columbia finishing 335 pounds ahead of her mother who held the world record for the same age. Josephine II now holds the state record bred at and owned by the University of Missouri.
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Josephine, Sr
Missouri
Josephine II
Columbia
University of Missouri
Bank Cashier Weds Miss Mabel Moore in Palmyra Ceremony
James Otis Yeager assistant cashier of Center Savings Bank and Mabel Moore were married at the bride's country residence near Palmyra. Rev. R. L. Campbell of New London performed the ceremony. The couple will honeymoon in St. Louis.
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James Otis Yeager
The
Center Savings Bank of Center
Mabel Moore
Palmyra
R. L. Campbell
New London
St. Louis
Greenfield Votes Bonds for Road Work in Townships
In Center and Washington townships containing Greenfield and South Greenfield, a special election approved road improvement bonds totaling 47000 dollars by about four to one.
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Greenfield
Center
Washington
South Greenfield
Rasco Planned Death, Confessed in Jail
Rev Claude Miller, Rasco's spiritual adviser, testified Rasco planned to die by his own action in Maryville jail. He said Rasco admitted carrying a knife blade hidden in his hair and that the preacher confiscated it from him in his cell.
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Rasco
Claude Miller
Hez Rasco
Maryville
Citizens Telephone Purchases Lines From Lafayette Company
The Citizens Telephone company of Higginsville buys the Higginsville Corder Concordia and Mayview lines from Lafayette Telephone. The Citizens company is a branch of the Home system and Lafayette is a Bell concern.
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Citizen's Telephone Company of
Higginsville
Corder
Concordia
Mayview
Lafayette Telephone Company
Citizen’s Company
Home System
Lafayette Company
Bell
Saloons Lose In Adair County Dry Vote Margin
Outside Kirksville Adair county voters narrow dry victory by a small margin as 974 wet to 1 098 dry from 22 precincts unofficially. Kirksville plans separate vote in June.
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Adair County
Kirksville
Electric Plant Sold to E H Alger in Jonesburg
The Montgomery City electric light plant was sold to E H Alger of Jonesburg for about 14000 dollars. The city council granted a 20 year franchise to the enterprise.
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Montgomery City
E. H. Alger
Jonesburg
Rescued From Drowning In Stinson Creek Incident
Bert Harris of Fulton was saved from drowning while fording Stinson creek near Fulton. Clyde Pearson, a friend, swam to his aid and cut loose one of the horses. Harris was carried a quarter mile with the team and bled from the mouth and nose at rescue.
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Bert Harris
Fulton
Stinson Creek
Clyde Pearson
Harris
Lost in Race for Land in Ozark County
Chester W. Stewart of Kansas City and John Miller of Springfield raced for 160 acres of government land in Ozark county but found the tract already occupied by a squatter who claimed the first right to homestead.
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Chester W. Stewart
Kansas City
John Miller
Springfield
Rods
Ozark County
Politics in Hospital Fight Sparks Accusations
W C Pierce of Maryville a board member at State Hospital No 2 St Joseph says the grand jury report on the facility is a fire trap and claims politics influenced the document.
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Hadley
W. C. Pierce
Maryville
State Hospital
Lion Gift Planned for Roosevelt by Springfield Colonel
Col. R. P. Dickerson a Spanish War veteran from Springfield arranged sending a five months old lion to St. Louis to present to Theodore Roosevelt during his visit. If accepted by Roosevelt the animal would become a notable symbol of the era reflecting GOP era diplomacy.
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Roosevelt
R. P. Dickerson
Springfield
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Louis
Funeral Marshal Thomas Smith Dies During Procession
Thomas D. Smith aged 79 collapsed and died while leading the Masonic funeral march for R. A. Love in Rolla. He served as marshal at the head of the procession when the fatal event occurred.
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Thomas ‘D. Smith
R. A. Love
Rolla
Mr. Smith
Wheat Prospects the Best in Kansas Fields
Bennington reports winter wheat in unusually good shape this spring. Ottawa and Saline counties show uniform stands and healthy thrifty plants. The ground is in prime condition with ample snow as water soaks in during thaw.
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Bennington
Kansas
Ottawa
Saline
Kansas Educator Killed by Freight Train in Winfield
A. Brinkerhoff, a Kansas educator and former superintendent of schools at Sedan and Cedarvale, was struck by a freight train in Winfield at 8:30 am after wandering from St. Marys hospital. He had been there for weeks awaiting an operation and his worry may have unsettled him.
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Winfield
Kansas
A. Brinkerhoff
Sedan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cedarvale
Woman Accuses Resident of Burning Baby at Missouri Home
Mrs Nora Lollyoft of the Elger William Allison private home for friendless women and children in Webb City Missouri accuses another resident of setting fire to her one year old child as revenge after punishment of the companion's three year old. The child was found in a room with no apparent cause for ignition at four in the afternoon.
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Webb City
Missouri
Nora Lollyyoft
William Allison
Taft OKs Arms Exports to Mexico for Madero Forces
President Taft authorized five large shipments of munitions to the Mexican forces of President Madero. The consignment included two machine guns along with other arms ammunition horses and blankets. He also permitted dynamite exports for a Sonora mining company.
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Mexico
Washington, D. C
Taft
Madero
Sonora
Mystery Death Near Home in Atchison
Otto G. Foster aged 21 was found dead by his wife at the rear of their Atchison residence. A physician cited heart disease as the cause but suicide is suspected. An autopsy is planned to determine the exact cause of death.
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Atchison
Kansas
Otto G. Foster
Foster
Women and Men Join Vinland Movable Cooking School
In Douglas county near Vinland Manhattan and nearby, residents rode five to ten miles through mud and snow to attend the movable cooking school. Vinland’s population is about 75 with 22 women and girls enrolled in the program.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Vinland
Douglas County
Saved Negro From Mob at Elkton Kentucky
Ison Taliaferro a black man escaped lynching near Fairview Kentucky through the pleading of George W Robinson whose wife was alleged to have attacked him. The man was taken to the county jail for safekeeping by request of Robinson and the law.
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Elkton
Kentucky
Ison Taliaferro
George W. Robinson
Fairview
Robinson
American Not a Spy acquitted by rebel court-martial in Juarez
Powell Roberts, detained at Juarez and secretly taken to Chihuahua, faced a rebel court-martial on charges of being a Maderista spy and was acquitted. He will return to El Paso, according to an official dispatch to Col. Pence at Juarez.
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el Paso
Texas
Powell Roberts
Juarez
Chihuahua
Maderista
Col. Pence
British miners resume work after federation decision
The miners' federation in London after a long conference advised all miners in Great Britain to return to work. Large numbers in coal districts resumed duties without waiting for leaders' decision, with about 50,000 already back at the shafts.
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London
Eng
Miners’ Federation
Greatritain
To Learn Kansas Agricultural Methods
Topeka residents report Tryphon Kotoff a Moscow railway clerk visits Topeka to study Kansas farming methods for a few weeks before returning to southern Russia to grow wheat.
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Kansas
Topeka
Tryphon Kotoff
Moscow
Russia
Teamster Unearthed Fortune After Accidental Death
Chicago Illinois George Johnstone an 80 year old teamster for the Illinois Humane Society was accidentally asphyxiated. It is revealed he amassed a $70000 estate.
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Chicago
Illinois
George Johnstone
The
Illinois Humane Society
Three Die in Chicago Streetcar Train Wreck
A Chicago & Alton train crashed into a street car, killing three people including a woman and her one year old child and injuring 18 others. The collision occurred in Chicago Illinois, dispatches report.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Chicago & Alton
His Preference Eye Surgeons Debate Eye Colors
A story from hospital days shows four young oculists discussing eye colors. The blue brown and hazel advocates spar, then the fourth speaker cuts through with a blunt wish for many sore eyes, promising happiness.
Former Congressman Black Ends Legal Career At Fifty Eight
Former Congressman and Governor Frank B Black confirms retirement after earning a million dollars from law since leaving politics. He says after a point money wanes in value and time becomes the goal, noting you cannot defy human nature.
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Frank 8. Black
On the Trail Does Your Fiance Know Your Age
A fragmentary quote from Fliegende Blaetter notes a provocative exchange about age and engagement. The item hints at social attitudes toward marriage age and transparency within relationships. No further context is provided.
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Lotta
Widow's Resolve to Marry Baffles Bachelor in Death
A young widow contemplates remarriage to a bachelor but speculation rises as the suitor may meet an abrupt end. The line between romance and fate appears tangled as rumors swirl in the community.
Woman’s Coffee Quit Sparks Health Turnaround in Apple Creek
A woman from Apple Creek credits quitting coffee and drinking Postum with reversing four years of heart trouble, nervous prostration, and fatigue. She reports energy, steady nerves, and relief from pain after switching, noting she gained five pounds and no longer needs medicines.
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Apple Creek
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