Earthquakes in Mexico and Washington Notify Alarming Shocks
A 1907 report notes earthquakes affecting St Thomas and Chilapa with shocks felt in Washington and Mexico City. Two main tremors near 6 09 p m and 10 54 p m with a March 25 event nearby caused walls to crack in Mexico City but limited damage. Chilapa and Chilpancingo suffered destruction in 1907 with deaths over a hundred.
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Mexico
St. Thomas
Chilapa
Washington
Guerrero
Chilpancingo
Sharp Earth Shock Jolts St Thomas Area
A sharp earthquake struck St Thomas on Thursday afternoon causing alarm but no damage was reported. The tremor was felt in the St Thomas district and surrounding areas, with residents noting the intensity of the seismic event.
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St. Thomas
Two Great Earthquakes Recorded by Weather Bureau
Washington reports two large earthquakes recorded last evening with four clear records. The first shock began at 6 09 pm and lasted about five minutes three seconds. the second at 10 45 pm lasting four minutes fifty four seconds. Distances indicate a common origin near 2400 miles, with vibrations lasting over an hour and a half.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Coast and Geodetic Survey Observatory
Cheltenham
Albany Seismic Activity Marked by Strong Earthquake
State Museum seismographs registered a high intensity long duration earthquake last evening in Albany. The main shock was preceded and followed by disturbances from the same zone, with shocks likely showing successive stages of a convulsion among the severest recorded in Albany over the past year.
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Albany
N. Y
State Museum
Earthquake Recorded At University Of Utah
A severe earthquake lasting nearly forty minutes was recorded by the seismograph at the University of Utah between midnight and the start of school today. For about twenty minutes the instrument produced no definite record and the rest of the time the shock varied in intensity.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah
University of Utah
Roaring Well Rumor Tied to Mexican Alert
BELOIT Wis March 27 The roaring well at farmer Charles Luthers northeast Beloit roared for weeks before the great California earthquake. The sound and wind from the well ceased after the San Francisco shock. A week ago the well resumed its clamor prompting local fears. Today it is linked to a calamity in Chilapa Mexico.
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Beloit
Wis
Charles Luthers
San Francisco
California
Rock County
Chilapa
Mexico
SAYS CITIES ARE ALL ALIKE A Cincinnatian Tells of Mexico Trip
Mrs. E F DuBrul of Evans Place Clifton and her husband just returned from a month in Jalapa and other Mexican cities. She notes Mexico shows stark contrasts and recalls news of Chilapa while fearing for a relative in Grever. The story contrasts impressions of Mexican cities.
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Mexico
E. F. DuBrul
Evans Place
Clifton
DuBrul
Jalapa
Chilapa
Coffee is Harmful to Children Says Doctor
The article argues children should not drink coffee because caffeine interferes with growth. It notes doctors advise substituting Postum made from wheat as a table beverage, served hot with cream and sugar. Postum contains no coffee and includes wheat’s vital phosphor. There's a Reason.
Evanston Pioneers Shade Tree Movement Raises Property Values
The Evanston village, built on former dairy farms between Walnut Hills and Norwood, planted eight hundred maples and later over 1,200 shade trees along curbs. Aimed to cool streets and purify air, the effort faced opposition but proved profitable, with trees boosting lot values and even yielding damages achievements for destroyed trees. The local committee, led by J. N. Ramsey, expanded to diverse species and school plantings, while Cincinnati plans a City Forestry Department to guide future selections. Beecher praised trees as life and joy beyond mere utility.
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Evanston
Walnut Hills
Norwood
Welfare Association of
New York County Medical Society
Cumminsville
J. N. Ramsey
C. H. Lee
A. M. Harvuot
A. M. Woodmansee
Henry W. Gruesser
Ben J. Wolf
John A. Franz
J. C. Starbuck
Charles E. Francis
Mr. Ramsey
Cincinnati
Department of Forestry
Adolph Leue
Prof. Leue
Insights on Mexico City Life and Conditions
Mrs. Vivian Harcourt and Mrs. Du Brul describe life in Mexico City including plazas, country clubs, warm weather with daily showers, and widespread poverty. They contrast modern amenities like cars and horses with harsh living conditions, earthquakes, mountainous terrain, and a large American presence in the region.
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Vivian Harcourt
Nellie Wiltshire
Cincinnati
Mexico
DuBrul
Oral
Chilapa
Women’s Chance for Matrimony in New York City
Special Dispatch details marriage odds by age in New York City. The best window is ages 20 to 25, where 51 of 100 women marry. Odds decline with age, dropping to 14 of 100 at 30–35, then 11 from 35–40, 2 per 100 from 40–45, and 0.5 per 100 from 45–50. After 50, marriages fall to 0.2 per 100, with very few brides after 56.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
New York City
Accuses Father And Son In Domestic Dispute
Frank Morris Jr. was arrested on assault charges after Amy Fuller accused him of attacking her. His father surrendered later to police amid accusations that he stole a sealskin coat. The elder Morris was released on bond while the youth was sent to the juvenile court. The father faces arraignment today.
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Frank Morris, Jr
East Twelfth Street
Amy Fuller
Vine Street
Fuller
Elder Morris
Young Morris
Congratulate President Castelli ni at Evanston Welfare event
Jubilation in Evanston as supporters honor J. J. Castellini elected President of the Evanston Welfare Association. Several hundred attendees gather at Louis Herbert’s residence with bands, flowers, a new flag, and a floral horse shoe symbolizing the gathered goodwill.
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Evanston
J. J. Castellini
Thieves Break Into Flats in Local Buildings
Late last night the Emery estate reports thieves entered the Saxony Building at Ninth and Oak streets the Norfolk Building at High and Elm streets and the Brittany Building at Ninth and Race streets and stole electric light bulbs and plumbing worth 35 dollars.
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Emery Estate
Saxony
Ninth and
Norfolk
Highth
Elm Streets
Brittany
Race Streets
District Attorney to Bring Whisky Forfeiture Prosecutions
The District Attorney instructed to pursue legal proceedings for the forfeiture of nine whisky packages seized at Corbin & Co in this city by order of Collector Bettmann.
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McPherson
Corbin & Co
Bettmann
Saranac Lake Birth of America's Tuberculosis Research Lab
Saranac Lake hosts the first U S tuberculosisslaboratory dedicated to original research. Dr Trudeau founded the Adirondack institution, grew it from a tiny room to fireproof facilities, and advanced studies on tubercle bacillus cultivation and artificial immunity. The lab's work informs the upcoming International Congress in Washington.
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Saranac Lake Laboratory
America
Commercial Tribune
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Adirondacks
Washingt
Saranac Laboratory
Adirondack Cottage
Am. I. Trudeau
Robert Koch
Koch
Trudeau
New York
Horatio Garrett
Baltimore
George Cooper
Miss Cooper
John Garrett
A. A. Anderson
West Virginia tobacco threat prompts guards at Milford warehouses
In Milford Ohio area guards stand at Hodges and Ernst tobacco warehouses after an anonymous letter to Glenwood West Virginia tobacco manager Hughes warned that the tobacco barn and house would be burned. Riders threaten farmers at work on tobacco beds and a state of alarm spreads through Glenwood.
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West Virginia
Hodges
Ernst
Milford
West
Militia Guard Tobacco Beds Amid Blue Grass Tension
Lexington reports Lieu tenant Jenkins and fifteen Whitesburg militiamen sent to Mt. Sterling to guard tobacco beds after weeks at Hopkinsville. Independent farmers fear arson if their property burns equity lands, while night riders inspect fields and warn locals. One reported tobacco bed belongs to Charles Gosney. Johnson patrols farm nightly. Two witnesses in Circuit Court, Mrs. Salley Reynolds and Lee Hambrick, receive threatening notes signed N R with rope and matches.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Jenkins
Whitesburg Company of Militia
Mt. Sterling
Hopkinsville
Blue Grass
Garrett Watts
Charles Gosney
L.S. Johnson
Johnson
Salley Reynolds
Magoffin Street
Lee Hambrick
N. R
Alleged Slayers Acquitted in Kentucky Trials
Carlisle Kentucky March 27 Henry Fanning and Butler McClanahan were acquitted at examining trials for the murder of Hiram Hedges killed during night rider raids. Mrs Annie Hedges testified she identified Fanning as a gang member. Court dismissed against both after defense argument and weaker evidence rows.
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Carlisle
Henry Fanning
Butler McClanahan
Hiram Hedges
Annie Hedges
Fanning
Commonwealth
McClanahan
Judgeen
Prominent Farmer Arrested on Night Rider Indictment
Hopkinsville Kentucky March 27 J M Weaver prominent farmer was arrested today on an indictment charging him with participation in a night rider raid on Hopkinsville Four persons now before the court here on the charge of night riding.
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Hopkinsville
J. M. Weaver
Night riders in Pennsylvania tobacco war
Seven large tobacco sheds burned in Lancaster County amid a domestic tobacco war. Local Dunkard growers refuse to price fix, selling when it suits them, aiding the Kentucky league’s price efforts and heightening tensions with tobacco trusts.
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Pennsylvania
Commercial Tribune
Oxford
Lancaster County
Kentucky
Lancaster Field
Kentucky League
Police arrest in tobacco warehouse district seek suspect
Chief Paul Millikin doubled patrols overnight in the warehouse district and one arrest followed by Officer McShane. A man named H. Smith claiming to be a farmer from Lawrenceburg Ind was found wandering the street in front of the Farmers and Shippers Warehouse with matches and resins in his possession.
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Paul Millikin
McShane
H. Smith
Lawrenceburg
Ind
WE Panel
di Ttnirind Sna Vinvet
Tramps Banquet At Merryweather Club Ends In Surprise
In Waterbury Connecticut a two day feast at the Merryweather Club was staged by Dusty Rhodes and companions. Intruders left mottoes on walls and robbed the club of wine meat and supplies while custodians found the premises unlocked and ransacked.
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Dusty Rhodes
Weenie Walker
Tighe Trotter
Hotchkiss Pond
Walcott
C. E. Chaviot
M. B. Logier
L. M. Benton
L. C. Barton
Edward Baving
Mr. Rhodes
Connecticut
Rhodes
Walker
Tobacco Belt Tensions Rise Over Equity Society Trade
Reports say a Covington fire is blamed on night riders as Equity Society influence grows in Bracken County. The American Tobacco Company dominates bids, buying 85 percent of 1038 hogsheads this week, squeezing independents while farmers fear selling outside Equity circles. BE Ellis of Cincinnati reportedly offered twelve cents a pound for all Brown County crops, news denied by Ellis.
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Covington
Equity
T. S. Hamilton
Bracken County
American Tobacco Company
Equity Society
Kentucky
BE. W. Ellis
Cincinnati
Brown County
Ohio
Board of Control
Mr. Ellis
Dennison Hotel
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Mexico City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mexican Telegraph Company
Galveston
Telegraph Company
Western Union
New Laredo
Crusade of
Evanston Welfare League
City
London
Arboretum
Chaucer
Welfare Executive
DR. Trudeau
International Congress
Adirondack Camp
Dr. Osler
George C. Cooper
Garrett
South Ripley
Waterbury
Conn
Merryweather Club
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