Destructive Joplin Storm Results In multiple deaths and injuries
A late Friday storm in Joplin Missouri caused two direct fatalities six fatally injured and about twenty more seriously hurt with property losses estimated at three hundred thousand dollars. The disaster struck Moonshine Hill Villa Heights and western city blocks with wrecked homes and mining camps.
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Joplin
Esther Hunter
Matha Cape
William Jones
Bidwell Hunter
Anna Hunter
Marion Hicks
Kruger
Villa Heights
F. B. Kelly
Googoo Mines
Fifteenth Street
Seventeenth Street
Moonshine Hill
Actor Sushman Taught Acting in Columbus and Indianapolis
A well known actor taught acting for several years in Columbus and Indianapolis. The text mentions Amar Lotte Sushman and many other famous performers involved in the scene.
Port Arthur Subport Move Approved by Committee
Washington April 25. The ways and means committee orders a favorable report on bills to make Port Arthur Texas a subport of entry and attach its district of Teche Louisiana to the New Orleans district.
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Port Arthur
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Tex
District of Teche
New Orleans
Jurors on Strike Refused to Serve With a Negro
Federal grand jury in South McAlester went on strike after W S Webber, editor of a local Negro paper, was sworn in as substitute for a sick member. Judge Clayton lectured them on duties and enforced compliance, noting no Negroes had been summoned to the regular grand jury though they served as alternates.
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South McAlester
J. T
Federal Grand Jury
W. S. Webber
Clayton
Confederate veteran R Hamm dies at 71 in Dallas
R Hamm 71, a Confederate veteran, died Friday in Dallas after heart and lung illness. He came to the area long ago and attended the reunion. The remains will be shipped to Farmersville for interment under Captain Colton of the Mississippi.
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R. Hamm
Dallas
Lung Hamm
Colton
Mississippi
Farmersville
Arkansas Jockey Club votes to discontinue Clinton Park races
At a meeting the rectors of the Arkansas Jockey Club decided to discontinue spring race meetings at Clinton Park unless the city council amends or repeals ordinance 80 to permit pool rooms to operate during the Memphis and Nashville meetings.
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Arkansas Jockey Club
Clinton Park
Memphis
Nashville
Tittle Roc
Board of
Veteran actor David Hanchel dies after 50 years on New York stage
Veteran actor David Hanchel dies in Brooklyn ending a career spanning more than five decades on the stage in New York. He was widely known for his work in theater across the city.
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New York
David Hanchel
Brooklyn
Freight in Fort Worth Reopens After Reunion Blockade
Freight movement resumes as Texas and Pacific yards clear post reunion. For days no cars from connections were accepted while repairs fixed service. About 70 000 passengers were handled by the Texas and Pacific railway during the event. Pullman superintendents worked two days straightening out the service with nearly 290 cars sent to Dallas, the largest single town Pullman deployment in the south.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas and Pacific
Texas and Pacific Railway
Pullman Company
Dallas
Streetman Named Associate Justice in Third District
The Texas governor appointed Hon. Samuel Streetman of Cameron as associate justice of the court of civil appeals in the Third supreme judicial district to fill the late Judge W C Collard’s vacancy. Streetman, 33, is a member of Henderson Streetman Freeman in Cameron and was ex county judge of Milam county. He will assume duties immediately.
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Austin
Samuel Streetman
Cameron
Court of Civil Appeals
Third Supreme Judicial District
W. C. Collard
Streetman
Henderson, Streetman & Freeman
Milam County
Texas Eyes $5000 Claim Against US in Deficiency Bill
The state of Texas claims $5000 in expenditures by the state for Greer County when it was part of Texas. The claim, approved by the secretary of the interior, will likely be included in the deficiency appropriation bill and passed this session. Funds would then be deposited into the Texas treasury.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
United States
Greer County
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Santa Fe Express Wreck Near Lemont and Willow Springs
An Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe express train stalled and wrecked after striking a car blown onto the main line between Lemont and Willow Springs. Several cars derailed. passengers shaken but few bruises reported.
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Santa Fe
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Lemont
Willow Springs
Melon Growers Form Association Near Tulsa
Farmers near Tulsa organize a melon growers association planning about 1000 acres of cantaloupes and several hundred acres of other melons. A Chicago commission house will provide a buyer for the upcoming shipping season. Cantaloupes are shown to mature two weeks earlier than Colorado varieties.
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Vinita
I. T
Tulsa
Chicago Commission
Colorado
Box Car Wreck Hurts Crew in Windstorm Near Valparaiso
A Grand Trunk passenger train derailed near Haskells eight miles east of Valparaiso Indiana when a box car was blown from a siding by a spring wind. Engineer Robert Melrose was seriously hurt while the fireman and mail clerk were badly bruised. The accident halted the main line as crews cleared the wreckage.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Grand Trunk
Haskells
Robert * Melrose
Kansas Town Wiped Out by Early Morning Fire
Herkimer Kansas a town of about 500 inhabitants was wiped out by a fire that started Friday night and burned from midnight into Saturday. Reports say every business and residence in the town was destroyed and telegraphic and telephonic connections are cut off.
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St. Joseph
Herkimer
Kas
St. Joseph and
Grand Island
Spnenes
Death of Mrs Harper widow of publisher in New York
Mrs Julia A Harper widow of James Harper founder of Harper & Bros died at her New York home from heart failure. She had been an invalid most of her life and only recently grew seriously ill. Mr Harper died in 1869 after being thrown from his carriage.
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Harper
New York
Julia A. Harper
James Harper
Harper & Bros
Cadets Discharged After Fourth Class Exam at West Point
West Point announces that six fourth class cadets were found deficient after the intermediate examination and discharged. The group includes Eugene Fortson of Georgia David Hughes of Louisiana Fred C Moser of Iowa Louis A Petross of Virginia and T R Ridley of Texas.
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West Point
N. Y
Military Academy
Eugene Fortson
Georgia
David Hughes
Louisiana
Fred C. Moser
Iowa
Louis A. Pétross
Virginia
T. R. Ridley
Texas
Earthquake Reaches Baltimore On Friday
A quake that caused heavy destruction in Central America extended to Baltimore. Clerks at Jolina Hopkins University filmed the seismograph, confirming the strongest disturbance since the instrument began operating.
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Baltimore
Central America
Jolina Hopkins’ University
Trains Begin on Frisco Extension to Gosnell Oklahoma
The St. Louis and San Francisco have started trains on the Vernon Texas to Gosnell Oklahoma 25 mile extension. When Gosnell to Cordell is added the full new line will cover 30 miles and be in operation.
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Frisco Branch
Guthrie
O. T
St. Louis
San Francisco
Vernon
Tex
Gosnell
Oklahoma
Cordell
Ismay Denies White Star Sale and Syndicate Shares
J Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, denied reports that the company had been sold and that an American shipping syndicate held any shares in the firm. He spoke in Liverpool on April 26.
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Liverpool
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
American Shipping Syndicate
Attempt to Blow up Canal Side Powder Canal Flourish
A Niagara Falls dispatch says an attempt was made to blow up Powder canal on the Canadian side with dynamite. No injuries reported and investigation ongoing.
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Canal
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Powder Canal
Green's August File remedy advertised for digestion in old column
An advertisement mocks the idea of foods targeting specific body parts and promotes Green's August File as the solution for digestion and liver stimulation. It claims the medicine improves nourishment and blood, urging readers to buy from Dr G remedies at Co.'s store.
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Green
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Missouri
Howell Bros
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C. G. Parson’s
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Pee Hag
Bryan
Surr
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Dunn & Daly, Bry
Greer County Claims
Kansas
Paul Jones
Phce
Paul Jon
W. T. Ford
J. E. Ponder
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