Explosion at Wisconsin powder plant devastates Pleasant Prairie
A massive blast at Dupont Denemours powder works in Pleasant Prairie sends debris across a 70 mile area near Kenosha. One death and two serious injuries are reported with many homes destroyed in the village of 700 and surrounding townships. Cause unknown as magazines exploded in sequence.
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Kenosha
Wis
Dupont Denemours
Pleasant Prairie
Bristol
sacardam-Juneau
Alaska
Douglas
Douglas Island
Treadwell
Figgmes
Rutherfordton
N. C
Joke Almost Breaks Colorado Deadlock
A joke motion aimed to resolve Colorado's senatorial deadlock by eliminating top contenders after a joint ballot. A subsequent plan to drop the lowest vote receivers each day was ruled out of order, leaving the ballot unchanged.
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Joke
Colorado
Denver
Beven Die in Slide in California Mountains
Word received that the hydroelectric power house at Jordan Cal was destroyed by a landslide and seven men and women were killed one body recovered. The plant supplied power to Rawhide and other central Nevada cities.
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Beven
Slide
California
Carton
Nev
Hydro Electric Company
Jordan
Cal
Rawhide
Nevada
Lindsey Says Big Crooks Get To Gate toga s
Judge Benjamin Lindsey of Denver told Professor Bailey's class in New Haven that small crooks end in prison while big crooks reach the United States Senate. He questioned why universities produce many crooks and cited a graduate pressuring a corporation attorney to block a bill.
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Lindsey
Toga
New Haven, Conn
Mar
William B. Bailey
Benjamin Lindsey
Denver
United States Senate
Eastern University
Is J Bailey Still Senator or Merely Cit
The article discusses Joseph W Bailey of Texas who resigned his Senate seat and then withdrew the resignation. It notes precedents that a resigning senator may not reclaim the seat without election or gubernatorial appointment and suggests Bailey’s status remains unsettled until adjudicated by the Senate.
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Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
United States
Cypress
Congress
Bailey
Halley
Santa Barbara Flood Waters Threaten City
Santa Barbara reports Mission Creek flooding exceeds banks with parts of the city under water and storms causing damage through the valley.
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Santa Barbara
Mar
Mission Creek
Cavalrymen uncover grisly relic of Indian revenge story
A detachment of the First United States cavalry near Yuma Arizona discovers the dead body of a Papago youth bound to a wild mustang. The victim appears to have died about four days earlier after being dragged over rocks, with the horse shot to free him. Mexican vaqueros reported a ghostly scene along the Gila river with a dragging silhouette, prompting further investigation.
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Yuma
Ariz
Mar
Mazeppa
Ivan the
Lord Byron
United States Cavalry
Long Rangs
Gila
Voice From Beyond Sings at Faxon Funeral in Michigan
William Faxon, aged 90 of Ovid Michigan, had recorded his voice to be part of his funeral. His hymns and those of his son and daughter were heard as his open casket lay in the parlor. A lifelong choir singer and county philanthropist, Faxon helped establish a Methodist church and preserved his voice for the service.
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Ovid
Mich
William Faxon
Faxon
Ife
Clinton County
Sucker Fisheries Felt Effects of Price Reduction
Northport Michigan March 9 The price cut announced by the Hoath Fisheries Co harms sucker fisheries in northern Michigan While pleasing many in general and those handling fish it reduces demand for rough fish More suckers are shipped to New York City under No 2 whitefish label The industry has grown from nothing and suckers harm spawning of sturgeon whitefish and Mackinaw trout If suckers profits vanish nets may be removed worsening trout and lake fish stocks
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Northport
Mich
Hoath Fisheriea Company
North
Michigan
New York City
Curtiss to Maneuver Before Atlantic Fleet
Newport News Virginia hosts an aeroplane exhibition by Glenn H Curtiss as the Atlantic fleet assembles in the latter part of March. He will demonstrate hydro airdrome flight plus a simulated attack on Fort Monroe with a lighted aircraft. A race between a motor boat and a searchlight equipped plane is planned.
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Newport News
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtian
Fortress Monroe
Eccentric Texarkana Farmer Burns Home and Barn
Texarkana Arkansas March 9 Charles Wilson fifty five, an eccentric farmer, burned his home and barn today after taking articles from the dwelling. Firefighters fought the blaze and reported items salvaged from the house.
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Texarkana
Ark
Charles Wilson
Pittsburg Clown Dies in Hotel Death
Terence McGiannon, sixty, longtime circus clown from Columbus, Ohio, died today in a Pittsburg hotel. Police said he was living in Columbus and had performed in fairs and carnivals across the Midwest.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Terrence McGiannon
Wna
Columbus
Washingdon Bolons and Balongerk Banquet Honors
The center today adopted a resolution praising K. A. Bal-Hager and commending official acts. The event took place in Olompia, Washington, during March.
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Olompia
Waeh
K. A. Bal- Hager
Bia
Americans Held After Mexican Insurgent Battle
A Casas Grandes dispatch details a brutal clash where insurrectos retreat after heavy losses, with 300 horses, guns, and ammunition captured. U S troops observed the action. 30 Americans in insurgent ranks were captured and four lay dead early in the fight.
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el Paso
Tex
Merald
Casas Grandes
Insurrecto
Francisco I. Madero
Insurrectos
Samuel Garcia Guellar
Diaz
Luis Federal Torres
Ouannys
Lorenzo Torres
Rebel Force Defeated in Mexico Near San Ignacio
A rebel column of about 300 was defeated yesterday at San Ignacio by federal troops led by Dumber, Salome Meza, and Juan Pacheco. Two rebel leaders were killed, twenty five followers died, forty wounded, and removed. Federal casualties were twenty killed and fifty wounded.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mar
Mazatlan
San Ignacio
Dumber
Salome Meza
Juan Pacheco
Zuni
Band Successful as Fire Extinguisher Incident
At Gilcrest Colorado last night sand was used as a fire extinguisher when piles of men’s vests caught fire after a clothing blaze. Water failed to help, sand finally subdued the flames. Loss about $200, insured.
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Gilcrest
Colo
Weighing Machines Seized in Passpirate Fraud Case
A March 9 report from Springheld details the Department of Weights and Measures recovering funds after a fraudulent weighing machine scheme. The case involves a machine that tipped false weights and defrauded a party, leading to a sale.
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Springheld
Maem
Department of Weights and Measures
Cone
Births on Fifth Avenue Largely Low in City Study
New York readers hear Elinor Glynn claim no births on Fifth Avenue in two years but health records show 7 births from Washington Arch to 105th in 1909 and 11 in 1910. Above 11th Street, 35 blocks below 140th recorded 147 births in 1909 and 154 in 1910.
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New York
Elinor Glynn
London
Fifth Avenas
Health Department
Fifth Avenue
Washington Arch
105Th Street
Arch
Board of Health
11Th Street
140Th Street
Reckless Race With Death Saves Trainman at Speed
South Norwalk report tells how a freight crew on the Danbury division of the New Haven Railroad rushed a locomotive and caboose ten miles in ten minutes to save Jay Mallory a brakeman from a fatal choking on a chicken bone. Engineer John Wilkinson ordered urgent action and Dr H B West performed an in cab anesthesia to remove the bone. Mallory survived and was recovering.
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South
Norwalk
Conn
Danbury
New Haven Railroad
Branchville
Jay Mallory
Mallory
John Wilkinson
Wilkinson
South Norwalk
Malléry
Cama
Hine
H. B. West
West
Cabooee
Soldiers cremated en route to Wront Declson
A troop train on the M E T near Tyrant Oklahoma suffered a fire in a sock car killing two soldiers. A carload of boards was burned and the burned car was detached before the train continued its journey tonight.
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Wront Declson
Mar
Ina Sock
Tyrant
Oklahoma
U S Forces Deployed to Mexico Amid Diaz Revolt
Reported plan by President Taft to deploy twenty thousand troops and two fleets to the Mexican frontier as a wall along the Rio Grande to halt arms and men smuggling. The move aims to suppress the Diaz revolt, with European powers said to have influenced the action.
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United States
Taft
Diaz
Rio Grande
Dias
Mexico
Hospital Preparations Betray Possibilities
Washington March 9 The activity shifts to the border as troops move toward the rendezvous for maneuvers. Taft met Ambassador De La Barra and said Mexico need not worry about U S intentions. Medical provisions expand with the Solace hospital ship, field and evacuation hospitals, and a large medical reserve being sent to support the border operation.
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Washington
Taft
de la Barra
Atlanta
Mexico
United States
Ita
Guereuéat
Lst
Rendevous
Army
Navy
Atlantic
St. Louis
San Antonio
Mar
Eleventh Infantry Moves to Mexican Frontier
Battalion of Eleventh Infantry begins its first movement toward the Mexican frontier from Fort Russell. The fire train and wagon train depart with mounted orderlies as equipment starts for de Houtland. Engineers and hospital corps may follow this afternoon or tonight, with Ninth Cavalry likely to march with multiple trains. The Paul Picot Artillery will be the last unit to depart, as movement continues on page 4.
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Mort . A. Ruseol
de Houtland
Ottar
Mirroing
Kraft
Engineers
Hoeplin Corps
Ormante- Mons
Mars
Paul Picit
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