Flood Horror Sweeps Santa Catarina City
Monterey Mex Aug 29 flood toll climbs to about 1200 dead as streets flood. Seventeen and a half inches of rain fall in three days, leaving 15,000 homeless and 20 million dollars in property losses. Over 500 bodies recovered, with many victims in collapsed buildings including a school where ninety women and children perished. The city remains without drinking water and aid reaches for those stranded.
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Monterey
Mex
Plaza Zaragoza
San Luisiito Bridge
Santa Catarina
Electric Light and Power Company
Estanzuela
Courage Amid Floods In Falling Leaves City
Widespread flood damage from relentless rain causes abandoned streetcars, power outages, and collapsing walls across Falling Leaves City. Heroic rescues include H. H. Reader saving thirty people from Tamalipas hacienda and a Japanese cook saving two young brothers from a river tree. The boys, aged 8 and 10, lost their parents and relatives.
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H. H. Reader
Tamalipas
Vera Cruz
Romaldi Marty Rescued From Tree After Flood Near Plaza Purisima
Romaldi Marty, a leading city merchant, along with his wife and three children, were rescued from a tree near Plaza Purisima on Saturday afternoon after enduring about seventeen hours aloft. The flood narrative describes many rescues and numerous deaths as hundreds were swept away while crowds watched helplessly. Local relief efforts struggle to meet rising homeless needs, with outside aid urged after a sequence of disasters including a million dollar fire. Clothing, food, and money are in demand.
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Romaldi Marty
Plaza Purisima
Communication With Laredo Revived Verifies Disaster Reports
In Monterey last night the Santa Catarina river flood brought death and desolation as waters continued to surge through the area. The flood path through Laredo and surrounding regions remained a focus of relief efforts and verification of initial disaster reports.
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Laredo
Texas
Monterey
Santa Catarina
Mad mother poisons five of her six children
In St. Joseph Missouri on August 29 Carrie Sanders aged 41 of Florence addition attacked five of her six children with morphine in a fit of insanity. Weldon aged 5 died. The mother tried to poison the sixth child, was seen, and confessed. She took poison herself and cut her throat but is expected to recover.
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ST. Joseph
Carrie Sanders
Florence Addition
Weldon
Morton grain dealer killed in auto crash
Samuel Mossman of Morton was instantly killed and his brother Joseph fatally injured when their car collided with an interurban near Morton Bloomington Illinois August 29.
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Bloomington, Ill
Samuel Mossman
Morton
Joseph
Pool Movement Stumbles Over Burley District Clash
In Lexington Aug 29 1909 reports say efforts to pool the tobacco crop have stalled due to the Falmouth dispute within Burley and dissension among Equity leaders. Dr G W McMillan rejects the Winchester pledge and supports a rival pool backed by Pendleton and surrounding counties.
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Commerciaéd Tribune
Lexington
Burley
Falmouth
G. W. McMillan
Equity Society
Burley Tobacco Society
Pendleton County
Burley Society
Winchester
Ohio Burley Belt
McMillan
Cantrill
Equity People
Kentucky Union of the Society of Equity
Equity
Pendleton
le Bus
Burley and
Equity Societies
Ferguson
Scott County
Georgetown
Cassius M. Clay
Bourbon County
Colonel Clay
Clay
Wright proposes public balloon inspections in Dayton
Wilbur Wright, awaiting word from Washington on teaching war department personnel to operate Wright aeroplanes, suggests a committee to inspect all departing air craft. Dayton launches its first captive balloon with nine successful trips, carrying three passengers per ride, as Aeroplane Club members plan to form a committee to inspect balloons before inflation.
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Dayton
Wilbur Wright
Washington
War Department
Tonttht
Wright
Buck Island
Miami River
Aeroplane Club
Rifle Experts Shoot For Three Cups At Camp Perry
At Camp Perry Ohio on August 29 the National Rifle Association tournament aims to finish by Wednesday weather permitting. The schedule includes the Leech cup, the Wimbledon cup worth 500 dollars, and the long distance tyro match. The president's match begins Tuesday morning, with the 1500 dollar Marine Corps cup running Tuesday afternoon and the Evans skirmish to conclude the event Wednesday morning.
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Camp Perry
National Rifle Association
R. K. Evans
United States
United States Marine Corps
Evans
Registration Called Off in Middletown Ohio
The county board of elections had set four days for registration in Middletown but was halted after Secretary of State Carmi A. Thompson ruled the process premature and illegal. No general registration can occur until the 1912 presidential election, stopping further action.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
County Board of Elections
Middletown
Carmi A. Thompson
Labor strikes at Pressed Steel Car site prompt inquiry
Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor asks Secretary Nagel for a formal investigation into wages at the Pressed Steel Car plant in McKees Rocks Pennsylvania. He charges alien workers, not union members, have had pay cut under tariff protections and must be paid higher wages. Reverend Toner cites harsh living and working conditions.
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Washington
Pressed
McKees Rock
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Nagel
McKees Rocks
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
House of Congress
Pressed Steel Car Company
A. F. Toner
Poison Kills Widow in Ohio After Suicide Attempt
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Hamilton Ohio reports Mrs Mary E Harsha a 67 year old widow died at Mercy hospital after swallowing carbolic acid arsenic and coffee in a Saturday act of despondency Police said the death occurred tonight at Mercy hospital and the cause was recorded as suicide with no further details provided
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Mary E. Harsha
Mercy Hospital
Night watchman kills man who resists arrest in Glasgow
In Glasgow Kentucky Payton Gill, a night watchman for Sampson Tobacco, shot and killed barber D Slaughter as he resisted arrest near Mission hall on Page's Heights. Slaughter fled thirty yards before dying. Gill surrendered and was jailed. Slaughter, known in Louisville and Nashville for barber work, was reported slain in the afternoon incident.
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Commercial Tribune
Glasgow
D. Slaughter
Payton Gill
Sampson Tobacco Company
Slaughter
Mission Hall
Page’s Heights
Gill
Louisville
Nashville
Kurds Lose Twenty Men in Clash With Russians
In Marserguz near Tabrriz a daylong engagement with a Russian consular convoy left twenty Kurdish dead and two Russians dangerously wounded. A column from Urumih was sent to clear Marsergig after Kurdish attacks on orthodox peasants.
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Tabriz
Marserguz
Urumih
Marsergig
Orville Wright Meets Zeppelin at Berlin Arrival
American aviation pioneer Orville Wright meets Count Zeppelin in Berlin as the airship Zeppelin III arrives from Friedrichshafen. An accident near Bitterfeld caused a delay. the emperor and crown prince greet the two aeronauts who discuss flying machines and costs.
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Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Berlin
Germany
Zeppelin’ III
Friederichshafen
Bitterfeld
Orville Wright
German Empire
Mr. Wright
Wright
Count
Four Boys Attempt Wreck on Illinois Central Train
In Kankakee Illinois on August 29 four youths aged 14 to 16 placed frog blocks and rail braces at a switch south of town aiming to wreck the Chicago Southbound express due at 11 10 am Their plan was stopped by a switching crew and the boys Werry Smith Sam Blatt David Blatt and Clayton Robertson were arrested at the scene They confessed they wanted to see a wreck.
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Kankakee
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
Werry Smith
Sam
David Blatt
Clayton Robertson
Fire Threatens Centerburg Business District
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Mount Vernon Ohio Aug 29 reports fire raging in Centerburg business district with unknown origin. Fire began over the telephone company offices and assistance was requested from Columbus and Mount Vernon as flames spread.
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Commercial Tribune
Mount Vernon
Centerburg
Telephone Company
Columbus
Yellow Jackets Attack Boys Near St Marys
In St Marys Ohio on August 29 a dozen year old Raymond Zimmerman and sixteen year old Carl Gracely were attacked by hundreds of yellow jackets near a canal work site. Workmen Captain Kelly and his brother freed the lads after a ten minute struggle. Raymond sustained the worst injuries but both youths survived with concern for the younger boy.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Marys
Raymond Zimmerman
Carl Gracely
Prairie Creek
Miami & Erie Canal
Kelly
Frank
Zimmerman
Remains of Andrew Thomas to be buried tomorrow
The body of Andrew Thomas, who died suddenly yesterday while stirring apple butter in St Marys Ohio, will be buried tomorrow. He leaves seven surviving brothers, five living in Michigan, and his father a prominent livestock dealer and real estate man near Cincinnati. The body rests at the home of his brother Emory Thomas, a machinist.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Marys
Andrew Thomas
Emory Thomas
Michigan
Cincinnati
United Brethren Conference Ends Dayton Session With Appointments
Dayton O Aug 29 The United Brethren conference concluded its session naming ministers for district posts. E S Borman will replace J G Huber at Wanamaker Philadelphia and C A Gumre moves to Walla Walla. Appointments include Arcanum J Pautle Bowlusville J B Stewart Kingville T A Bushong Beavertown FE W Arnold Brookville I Timmerman Wiley Memorial C B Boda Norwood F H Bohn Clifton Co McNally Cherry Grove B F Farris College Hill R N Fox Colerain H Snelker Eaton M J Comfort Eldorado G A Wahl Germantown W Vansickle Greenville J M Rudogle Hamilton A W Demminger Harrison G E Moody Ithica G S Weimer Lewisburg E B Huddle Liberty J H Wagner Lockington M S Hawley Miamisburg C Judy Middletown J B Niswonger Melliville A Benner Mount Healthy Ruth Hemphill New Hope O F Dilger North Bend J J Mulhamer Springfield W H Klinefelter Sulphur Grove E J Arthur Springboro J J McKenzie Union City Co E Stephens West Elkton D J Comfort Vandalia A Dunkelburger Waterhouse J A Albright superintendent Orphans Home Cincinnati R A Longman New Haven Ora Wellbaum Newport M C Hobson New Madison B W Kitzmiller Otterbein M M Underwood Piqua J W Kelbburne Rosburg F A Linville Rosewood G W Hamilton Salem E P Powell Sarvona O O Arnold
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
United Brethren Conference
E. S. Borman
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
J. G. Huber
C. A. Gumre
Walla Walla
Wash
Arcanum
J. Pautle
Bowlusville
J. B. Stewart
Kingville
T. A Bushong
Beavertown
FE. W. Arnold
Brookville
I. Timmerman
Wiley Memorial
C. B. Boda
Norwood
F. H. Bohn
Clifton, Co. McNally
Cherry Grove
B. F. Farris
College Hill
R. N. Fox
Colerain
H. Snelker
Eaton
Middletown
J. B. Niswonger
Melliville
A. Benner
Mount Healthy
Ruth Hemphill
New Hope
O. F. Dilger
North Bend
J. J. Mulhamer
Springfield
W. H. Klinefelter
Sulphur Grove
E. J. Arthur
Springboro
J. J. McKenzie
Union City
E. Stephens
West Elkton
D. J. Comfort
Vandalia
A. Dunkelburger
Waterhouse
J. A. Albright
Cincinnati
R. A. Longman
New Haven
Ora Wellbaum
Newport
M. C. Hobson
New Madison
B. W. Kitzmiller
Otterbein
M. M. Underwood
Piqua
J. W. Kelbburne
Rossburg
F. A. Linville
Letter Carriers Plan A Vacation For Each Man
St Paul Aug 29 A biennial convention of the National Letter Carriers association opens here for a week tomorrow During talks the group will consider building a tuberculosis hospital for members retirement age and a pension for retired mail workers The association aims to secure through the post office department a thirty day annual vacation for each employee Postmaster General Hitchcock and Governor Johnson will speak with Hitchcock expected to address Wednesday or Thursday
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ST. Paul, Minn
National Letter Carriers’ Association
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
Johnson
Burned child dies in Columbus cellar fire
In Columbus Ohio Geraldine four daughter of J T Lewis hid in a cellar and stepped on a match. Her clothing caught fire and she was horrifically burned. Her sister rushed to help and beat out the flames as their parents at Magnetic Springs did not learn of the accident until they returned tonight.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Geraldine
J. T. Lewis
Magnetic Springs
Sermon Delivered at Minneapolis Baseball Game
In Minneapolis at Nicollet park Rev. G. L. Morrill preached at a professional game between Minneapolis and Kansas City. About 7,000 fans heard as the sermon paused the ballpark and was introduced by Umpire King. Morrill urged progress and unity in religious service and sport, urging “live and let live” amid pennant chases.
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Minneapolis
Minn
G. L. Morrill
Nicollet Park
Morrill
King
Minneapols Club
Five Die In Auto Crushed By Train Near St Louis
Five persons died when an automobile carrying Theodore Witte, his brother, Mrs. Klinge, Miss Halcyon Campbell, and Friedrich O. Witte was struck by a fast Chicago Rock Island train near Creve Coeur Lake road in St Louis County. Witte drove into the embankment blind to the approaching locomotive. four occupants died instantly, the child was thrown from the car, and Theodore Witte died later in a St Louis hospital.
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ST. Louis
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Vigue Station
Creve Cover Lake Road
St. Louis County
Witte Hardware Company
Klinge
Crewe Cover Lake
Theodore Witte
Tonneau
Mr. Witte
Chicago Carmen Reject Magnate Plan
Chicago August 29 The latest plan of settlement for the street car dispute proposed by Walter L Fisher special traction counsel for the city will be rejected by the union men when they meet the company presidents in a conference tomorrow The general plan of a graduated scale covering five years is acceptable but minor changes are needed for full agreement It is predicted an amicable settlement will be reached before week s end
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Chicago
Walter L. Fisher
Scranton Mine Cave In Causes Massive Damage
In Scranton on August 29, a mine cave from the abandoned Cork and Bottle colliery of Fairlawn Coal Co. caused about 200000 dollars in damage. A two block area sank six to eight feet, damaging public school No. 16, other homes, stores, and threatening further collapse. Gas and water lines broke as residents were kept away to avoid fire risk.
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Scranton
Fairlawn Coal Company
Taft Sways West as Cabinet Strife Deepens
Beverly Mass Aug 29 The resignation of Ormsby McHarg as assistant secretary of commerce and labor is accepted. Secretary Nagel will choose a successor by Sept 4, with McHarg possibly serving to Oct 1. Controversy grows between Pinchot and Ballinger as Taft faces a West Coast tour and a pivotal cabinet showdown.
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Beverly
Mass
Ormsby McHarg
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Taft
McHarg
Washington
Spokane
Denver
Ballinger
S. N. D. North
Director North
North
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Pinchot-Ballinger
Department of the Interior
Knox
Henry C. Frick
Beverly Farms
State Department
Diplomatic Corps
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Illinois
Fields
Tobacco Company
Jalil
Kaiser
Emperor
Illinois Central
Yellow Jackets
Cincinnatian
C. McNally
Clifton
Theodore F. Witte
Theodore F. Witte, JR
Carl Klinge
Halcyon Campbell
Friederick O. Witte
Ness
Pose
Pinchot and
Will In
Vade
Cabinet
Law Commission
New York
President’s Law Commission
Department of Justice
Bureau of Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wickersham
Bowers
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