Explosion devastates Baltimore harbor kills and injures many
A massive dynamite blast aboard the British steamer Alum Chine in Baltimore harbor collapses boats and debris over the water. Up to 20 dead, 49 injured, 40 missing crew and responders, rescuers describe a sea of human fragments and wreckage as authorities assess $600000 in damage.
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Baltimore
United States Naval
Case ‘Dy
Philadelphia
Coatesville
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Reading
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Doepltale
Empire
Jaden Chine
Vandyck
Atlantic
Jerome
Bost
Chine
Cheyenne Debating Team Chooses Fresh Alternate
Helen McDonald won first place in the high school debating tryout with Opal DeMent second and Fred Harcelroad third. Ralph Fowler was named alternate as seven students debated the Railroads issue and Cheyenne prepared to host Sheridan in two weeks with EB I Dowell coaching.
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Helen McDonald
Opal DeMent
Fred Hareelroad
Ralph Fowler
Sheridan
Miss McDonald
Mia
Gibson Clark
W. EB. Mullin
H. B. Henderson
Ernest Snow
Rolli Woolston
Fred Harcelroad
Opal Tulph Fowler
Opal lieMent
Neal Olliver
Dowell
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Triumph Over Saratoga by Wide Margin
A telegraph report shows Cheyenne defeating Saratoga last night by a large score with no further details provided by The Leader.
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Cheyenne
Saratoga
Lipton Challenge to Be Considered by New York Yacht Club
The Lipton challenge for America will be discussed at a special meeting of the New York Yacht Club on March 12. Disagreements over Lipton's conditions limit the water line to five feet, while the deed of gift specifies a water line of 99 feet.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
America
New York Yacht Club
Lipton
Sonora Presses For U S Recognition Amid Mexican Turmoil
Reports from Sonora and Baja California describe calls for U S recognition of the Sonoran independence movement as Huerta loyalists consolidate control at Guaymas. Ex Governor Maytorena vows 10,000 troops behind Pesquiera, while federales and rebels clamp censoring on telegraph and railway lines.
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Tucson
Ariz
United States
Douglas
Arla
Huerta
Guaymas
California Gulf
Hermosillo
Southern Pacific Railway
Federale
Gulf Port
Colorado
Yaqui
Mexico City Finance Minister Denies Northern Revolt Threat
Obregon states no plan to sever Mexican union. notes up to 10,000 troops in the north and orders expected within days. He warns against patriotic betrayal and political partisanship, stressing impracticality of secession.
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Mexico City
Oberegon
Isto
Werede
Mexican Union
Gonsipe Repeats Errors in Faulty Bank Transactions
A unclear OCR fragment mentions Gonsipe and repeated bearing of accounts but lacks concrete detail. The readable parts suggest financial irregularities, yet names, dates, places, and definitive actions are absent or garbled. Further legible text needed for a precise headline and summary.
Special Session to Restrict Tariff and Appoint Ambassadors
Washington reports President Wilson favors confining the special session to tariff revision in the Senate while the House works on currency reform. He backs the Democratic economy policy and may oppose labor and farmer exemption provisions as class legislation. Ambassadors assignments and labor statistics posts are discussed amid cabinet insights.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Friends of the
Taft
Charlies Murphy
Tammany
White House
Marpley
Bryan
England
Joseph ©. Davies
Wisconsin
Rome
T. W. Gregory
Austin
Mexico
William Corcoran Eustis
Maye Auivass
Germany
Birch
New Jersey
Belgium
Chaerles P. Nell
Roosevelt
Bureau Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Governor Carey vetoes bond authorizing counties for highways
Governor Carey sent multiple messages to the secretary of state detailing his veto of enrolled act 46, a bill allowing counties to issue bonds for roads. He cites financial strain in several counties and warns bond debt could burden producers, while noting Johnson County’s sound finances and urging restraint until counties stabilize budgets.
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Carey
Frank L. Houwx
Cheyenne
Wyo
House of Representatives
Johnson County
Governor Carey Addresses Bonding for Bridge Projects
The governor emphasizes the need for bonding for bridge projects, noting preparations and policies while urging prudence in financing and public work. The message frames infrastructure needs and state funding considerations.
Governor Carey Objects to County Bonding Act
Governor Joseph M. Carey declines to approve enrolled act No. 58 after calling it a dangerous measure. He warns it would grant county boards unlimited power to issue bonds for current expenses, risking heavy taxation and undermining financial stability. He urges cash basis budgeting and adherence to constitutional limits.
Governor’s Veto Messages On Suretyship and County Credit Acts
Wyoming Governor Carey vetoes enrolled act 71 regulating contracts of suretyship between carriers and employees and act 44 amending subdivision of section 1160 Wyoming Compiled Statutes to permit county borrowing for current expenses. He cites prior consideration and lack of justification, warning of workplace conflict and no benefit to parties.
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Frank L. Houx
Cheyenne
Wio
House of Representatives
Prank J. Vaux
Wyo
Senate
Wyoming
Court orders cancellation of yitle to valuable coal lands
United States district court in Cheyenne rendered March 4 four judgments against Union Pacific Coal Co and Union Pacific Railway in cases filed in 1971 over section 10 township 22 range 81 near Hanna Wyoming. The suits claim fraudulent homestead filings by railroad employees to claim land with coal worth millions. four defendants confessed judgment, restoring the land to public domain.
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United States District Court
Cheyenne
United States
Union Pacific Coal Company
Union Pacific Railway
Dyers, Clark
J. W. Hammond
Hanna
Wyo
Riner
Greland
Ht. S. Ridgely
William A. Murphy
H. F. Durham
C. M. Watts
Union Pacific
J. W. Lacey
Wyoming
Interior Department
Murphy
United States Land Office
Dagen
D. O. Clark
W. C. Johnson
Linden
Clark
Kimball Boom on in Earnest
Dr. H. M. Bennett reports Kimball as a rapidly growing locality near Cheyenne with new reservoir nearly full and water capacity between 7,000 and 8,000 acre feet. Over 200 Russian Jews have settled nearby buying furme at 70 dollars per acre while houses and a three story hotel rise, attracting Cheyenne carpenters and promising strong trade for the area.
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Kimball
H. M. Bennett
Cheyrone
Cheyenne
Harvesters Face Witnesses In Sherman Act Suit
Omaha March 7. Dealers farmers undertakers and merchants linked to harvesting machinery testified for the defense of International Harvester in a government Sherman act case. Witnesses from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota described the company’s control and claimed farmer benefits from machinery improvements.
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Omaha
Neb
International Harvester Company
Towa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Organization of the International
Machinery Improvements
Choevener
Wardland Outpoints Hepton in the Hounds
New York March 7 Packy McFarland outpointed Jack Britton in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden as the bout built tension. Britton showed grit and returned punishment in the late rounds while McFarland led on points, finishing the fight with a 16 to 7 favorite.
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New York
McFarland
Jack Britton
Madison Square Garden
Britton
Parland
Britten
Weather and local notice from Wyoming page
The Werathet Washington reports a March 7 weather note for Wyoming with partly cloudy skies and moderate temperatures. No further details or events are provided in the readable fragment.
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Washington
Wyoming
Raturdus
Commandments Out of Date is New Assertion Denver
March 7 Professor F A Bushee argues the Ten Commandments are outdated for modern cities. He urges a new code of ethics prioritizing communal welfare and united action, noting contemporary harms from wage suppression, unsafe goods, and social neglect.
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Denver
F A. Bushee
Woman's Club
Commonwealth
Bushee
War explosion rocks Arkansas town amid fire and collapse
In Wat Whe and Hot Springs Arkansas a blast near a beam structure caused multiple deaths and widespread damage. Rescue teams report several sections of buildings destroyed and a major water shortage hampering efforts in the aftermath.
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Hot Springs
Ark
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