Manila Fire Rips 100 Acres Fanned by Gale
A Manila blaze Saturday afternoon destroyed 1,100 houses in Singalong Paco and Bambang areas, aided by a gale and firemen with soldiers and citizens. American settlements Ermita Malate spared. 269 to 1,500 natives homeless per health officials. damage estimated at about 200000 dollars. No casualties reported.
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Manila
Singalong
Paco
Bambang
Ermita
Malate
Health Department
Bedclothes Tragedy: Woman Arrested in Waco Homicide
In Waco on April 20, Sarah Jane Ford, a Black woman, is charged with fatally injuring her husband John Ford by crushing his head with an ax and dragging the body into a street to hide the crime after a quarrel over bedclothes. The case centers on alleged domestic violence and concealment.
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Waco
Sarah Jane Ford
John Ford
Mrs. Jones Re-elected Head of Daughters of the Republic
In Austin on April 20 the Dezavalla faction of the Daughters of the Republic met with Mrs. Wharton Bates presiding. Officers for the coming year were elected, including Anson Jones as president and several vice presidents. A rival faction held a brief session at the Driskill and discussed an agreement with the attorney general not to publish details. The executive committee invited the group to meet in Beaumont in 1908.
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Daughters of the Republic
Austin
Dezavalla
Seneke Chamber
Wharton Bates
Houston
Anson Jones
Republic of Texas
J. J. Swan
Corsicana
L. W. Garring
Driskill
Beaumont
Plot to assassinate Roosevelt linked to Hazelton anarchists
NewarkApril 20 United States secret service probes alleged plot by Pennsylvania anarchists with Hazelton ties to kill President Roosevelt. Informant Jean Bartula claims he was betrayed by the group and names several collaborators, linking Czolgosz to the band. Chief Adams, who provided the tip, killed himself days earlier.
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Newark
N. J
Hazelton
Roosevelt
United States Secret Service
Adams
Secret Service
Jean Bartula
Audenried
Czolgosz
McKinley
Flynn
New York
Bartula
Man Seeks Century-Old Wedding on Bride's 100th Birthday
St. Louis man John Bundren, aged 101, plans to wed Rose E. McGuire near Stateville Tennessee on August 26, the bride’s 100th birthday. He has accumulated wealth in California, never married, and will hold a reunion at his Tennessee estate as part of the event.
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St. Louis
John Bundren
Rose E. McGuire
Mr. Branden
Stateville
Tenn
Tennessee
Bundred
Miss McGuire
England
Bundren
California
Tatesville
Branden
Preston
Lancashire
John B. Bundren
Madison to Ban Tobacco Sales to Minors
The Wisconsin Assembly adopted the Dom. Fachowski bill prohibiting sale of tobacco in any form to minors under sixteen. The measure aims to curb underage access to tobacco in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Fachowski
State Assembly
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