Two Interurban Trains Collide in Snow near Galena Kan
In a snowstorm two Southwest Missouri Rail Co. interurban cars on a downhill run collided head on near Galena Kan west of Joplin. Four were seriously injured and others lightly hurt as messengers attempted to control speed and orders were disrupted by snow torn wires.
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Southwest Missouri Rail Company
Galena
Kan
Joplin
Tvo
Usly
E. Es
Leroy
Tom W. Cowen
Holly
Pronunciation Debate Reaffirms Iowa Name Origins
San Francisco reporters note Governor Kendall of Iowa and his wife pronounced Iowa with a broad a, matching the state’s traditional form. Historical sources trace the name to variations such as Ioway and Ayquas, with theories labeling it tribal, place, or descriptive in origin.
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EL Moines
San Francisco
N. BE. Kendall
Iowa
Tioway
Ioway
Morse
Johnson Brigham
Father Andre
Green Bay
Mississippi
Tragedy Where Three Grandchildren Face Firearm Play
In Chicago a 11 year old Mary Wolf dies after a Luger pistol discharged during play at a country home shared by the Wolf and Sullivan families. Roger Sullivan, 10, and Adam Wolf, 8, were nearby when the weapon fired. the coroner rules accidental death. The incident follows warnings to keep weapons from children. The families reside on Wellington avenue.
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Hicago
River Forest
Wolff
Roger Sullivan
Mary Wolf
Adam
Robert N. Wolf
Sawyer Biscuit Company
Roger
Boetius H. Sullivan
Mr. Wolf
Forty-seventh Street
Ridgeland Avenue
Mary
King Cole
Adam and
Packard
Midlothian Country Club
Chicago
Wolf
Sullivan
Wellington Avenue
J. J. Dedrick
Blue Island
Lena and Emilio Case Ends in Tragedy at Carmine Street
New York report details Lena homeless again after a domestic dispute. Emilio Telesio dies from a stab wound as Mrs. Theresa Cassasa dies by suicide after tending his bedside. Dr. James Hayes and a priest provide rites as police seek answers. Emilio’s final account reveals Lena had no home.
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Emilio
Theresa Cassasa
Emile
Mrs. Cassasa
Lena
New York
Emilio Telesio
Wisconsin Fairy Tale to Fortune for Elk Horn Farmer
Mrs. William Baker of Elk Horn Wisconsin learns she is the heiress to $175000 left by a wealthy Chicagoan. The fortune includes $70000 cash and other securities, stored in New York. She plans to buy a car pay the farm mortgage build a new home and later travel. She grew up unaware of her birth and learned the truth from her brothers and sister in Chicago after 18 months. She has three children Willis Ella May and George Robert and a four month old baby died last March.
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Cole
Jefferson City
Ku Klux Klan
Robben
Ctive
Supreme Court of Missouri
Issouri Egg and Poultry Coin
Missouri Pacific Rail Company
Missouri Egg Poultry Company of
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Holden
Petirs
Missouri Pacific
Bank of Pain
Wayne County
Clacy Kinder
Roy C. Baker
Ynolds County
Hackn
Centerville
Baker
C. Walding
Jefferson Ity
Prision Phyans
Nodaway County
Bury
H. W. Mitchell
Kansas City
Olver
Sumner
Homeland
Westus
David Spangler
Huntsep
Mitchell
Mount Washington Board of Eduon
Ill-Moore Construction Co
John G. Slate
Slate
St. Louis
the Christian Church
Maude Whitteman
E. B. Whitteman
Carthage
Avilla
J. P. Bryan
Hartland
Fulton
Bryan
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Thomas J. Lillis
Sikeston
Arthur Manning
Mannings
Howard Young
Vernice Hooper
Chicago
Baker Farm
Gasoline From Oil Shale
An Outlook Magazine summary notes shale oil potential in the United States, with shales forming in layered rock across eras and yielding many by products including gasoline. Mining uses tunnel and shaft methods, but refining lags as European methods fail on American shales. optimism persists that a workable retort will emerge amid looming fuel shortages.
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Colorado
Utah
Cleveland
Outlook Magazine
Wobbling Poles and Theories of Earth's Motion
The article discusses theories for pole wobble including ice and snow accumulation and the outer shell slipping on the core. It imagines King Tutankhamen marking the pole and notes that even with explorations like Amundsen's, the pole's location shifts within a circle of about thirty feet due to Earth's axis of rotation and axis of energy.
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Tutankhamen
North Pole
Amundsen
Half Million Rich Girl Tests Suitor With Question
A Houston Post humorous exchange features a wealthy woman admitting she is worth a half million dollars, and a poor man asking for marriage only to learn his value in love. The line ends with the woman revealing her aim was to see how he felt when he loses a half million.
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Houston Post
A Hard C and Oliver Herford Wit
The Argonaut recalls Oliver Herford the artist and verse maker as he scolded Prof. Brander Matthews for mispronouncing Celtic. Herford warned that saying Keltic would bring a hard sea on the voyage to Europe.
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Oliver Herford
Argonaut
Brander Matthews
Europe
Keltic
Brander
Herford
Hymn Choice Sparks Impromptu Sermon Moment
A preacher admits he rarely knows his sermon until reaching the pulpit. The vicar suggests singing "For those at sea" to match the message, prompting a lighthearted exchange about improvisation and planning.
How Death Valley Was Named
A wagon train of 100 emigrants headed to California on Christmas Day 1849 becomes trapped in a 200 foot deep valley. After splintering groups and days of thirst, two scouts Will Manley and John Rogers return with food and a route out over the Panamint range. Asahel Bennett’s wife declares farewell Good-by Death Valley and the name sticks.
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Middle West
California
Illinois
Asahel Bennett
Will Manley
John Rogers
Manley
Rogers
Mojave Desert
Panamint Range
Death Valley
The Bull-Whacker and the Bible on the Frontier
Russell Majors and Waddell ran 3500 wagons and 40 000 oxen with 4000 men. Col Alexander Majors issued an oath banning profanity and alcohol and distributing Bibles. The bull-whackers mocked the rules, arguing they must speak in language the animals understood.
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Majors
Waddell
West
Col
Alexander Majors
Langwidge
St. Joseph
Denver
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