Train Disaster and Robbery News From Midwestern Port
A Continental passenger train derailed near Mocee Indiana at sixty miles per hour, causing many injuries and deaths. Police later captured suspects tied to a broader theft ring with $20 worth of plunder recovered at a Breeport hotel, while others await trials in Minnesota.
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Mocee
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Indore Pewsons
Ibett
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Pitshure
Java
Woleond
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Lie
Premis Don Denot
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Minewa
Will Prise
Moxstipe
Sitio
Breeport
Schang
Drowning of Henrys Zipf and Herman Ludwiz near Columbus
Briefs report drownings at Walnut Creek near Columbus Ohio as Henrys Zipf and Herman Ludwiz perished while bathing. Also noted are a Cleveland marriage to a divorced woman by a justice, a bank clerk in Great Bend Kan who committed suicide, and other varied incidents across the country.
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Henrys Zipf
Herman Ludwiz
Walnut Creek
Columbus
Ohio
Daniel R. Hanna
Cleveland
TY. OM. Seward
First National Bank
Great Bend
Kan
Sioux Falls Woman Convicted in Maid’s Death
Mrs Emma Kaufmann of Sioux Falls was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the death of her maid Miss Agnes Poireix. The victim died at a local hospital from wounds after three months in the Kaufmann home. The jury delivered the verdict after extensive testimony and the body was exhumed for examination.
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Kaufmann
Sioux Fall
Emma Kaufmann
Sioux Fallz
Agnes Poirers
South Dakota
Agnes Poireis
Parkston
William Moeller
Poireixs
Miss Moeller
US Winter Wheat Outlook Shows Shortfall In Several States
The June government report projects Kansas and Nebraska to rise and fall in winter wheat yields, with Texas and California dropping sharply. Nationwide winter wheat may total about 369 million bushels, well below last year’s 493 million, while spring wheat also fails to compensate. The corn crop may offset some losses. Chicago Interocean.
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United States
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Indiana
Texas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Missouri
Chicago
Record Plange of Octopus Trials Depth Sinking Off Boston
The submarine boat Octopus sank 205 feet below sea level near Boston harbor on June 9. Pressure at depth did not damage the vessel and it returned to Boston under its own power. Crew remained aboard a tender during the dive. lowering to the bottom took fifteen minutes. The boat is ready for acceptance trials.
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Boston Harbor
Boston
Taft Receives Indian Tomahawk and Bead-work Bridle
At Rapid City South Dakota Secretary Taft was presented with a handsome Indian tomahawk on his first visit to the hills and at Fort Meade he was given a fine Indian bead-work bridle as souvenirs.
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Rapid City
Taft
Hills
Fort Meade
Unprepared for War: U S Faces Japanese Threat to Islands
An editorial warns the United States stands largely unready for war with Japan. It claims imminent loss of Pacific territories if war breaks out and notes brittle naval strength with most ships in the Atlantic and only one operable drydock remaining.
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Japan
Sam
Islands
Alaska
United States
Guam
Hawaii
Adashka
Pacific
Piette
Spain
Tsas
Far East
Pacific naval shifts and charity conference notes
The report notes the lack of battleships in the Pacific, with ships reassigned to the Atlantic fleet and debates over a Pacific move. It covers the thirty fourth National Conference of Charities and Correction in Minneapolis with 2000 delegates and talks on child labor health, school nutrition, and vagrancy policies.
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National Conference of Charities and Correction
Minneapolis
Amos N. Butler
Indiana State Board of Charities
Senator Beveridge
Hole
Knopf
New York
Hittick
Owen Copp
Joston
Children's Tromze Society
Deen c
Mach State Assectation
O. F. Lewis
Eindsley R. Williams
Columbia University
Committee On Physica Weltsreacter
Labor unions expand across cities and industries worldwide
The report details wage scales and union activity from Germany to North America. It notes German skilled laborers earning 42 to 75 cents daily, new union labels and organizing drives in Chicago, Pittsburg, Boston, and other cities, and growth of crafts like car painters, hatters, and plasterers. It highlights wage increases, closed shops in Omaha, and large German unions in clothing, textiles, and tobacco with varied daily rates.
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Germany
Chicago
Provision Trades’ Council
Chicago Carriage, Wagon and Auto Painters’ Union
Operative Plasterers’ Union
Boston
Mass
Garment Workers
Pittsburg
Garment Workers’ Union
United Hatters’ International Union
Minneapolis
Minn
No. 6
San Francisco
Cal
Oakland
Alameda
Berkeley
Point Richmond
Machinists’ Union
Plunbers
Omaha
Neb
Clothing
Saxon Textileindustry
North German Textile Union
South German Textile Union
Textile Union of
Silesia
Death reported of Charles C Wort American Pobacco manager
Charles C Wort local manager for the American Pobacco Company died by his own action in Louisville Kentucky due to ill health. The item notes the self inflicted death and place.
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Charles Diana Gibson
New York
Pearix
Jack Phorington
Vars
Columbia
Montgomery
Aladle
Forest
Amy
Wartford
Conn
New York, New Maven and Wartford
Russia
Duma
John Johnson
Guarderer
Albert Te Vairick
Sing Ming
Charles C. Wort
American Pobacco Company
Louisville, Ky
Canals of Mars Illusory Claim Rejected by Douglass
Prof. E A Douglass of the University of Arizona argues in Popular Science Monthly that many small Mars canals are optical illusions. He accepts large markings but doubts the network of smaller waterways, attributing halos and faint radiations to light wave to nerve impulse conversion and irregular refraction in the eye.
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E. A. Douglass
University of Arizona
Popular Science Monthly
Mars
Douglass
Ife
Tfe
Lakes
Oases
Henry Phipps Provides Million for Philadelphia Hospital Site
Pittsburg iron man Henry Phipps donates 1 million dollars for a land block near Seventh and Lombard in Philadelphia to build a tuberculosis hospital. The project, part of a broader campaign against the white plague, will place Dr. Lawrence Flick in charge of the hospital with more missions planned.
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Henry ©. Phipps
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Seventh and Lombard
Lawrence Flick
Nervous Collapse and Dr Williams Pink Pills Claims
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for nervous collapse and a range of ailments. It cites a Rochester patient’s recovery after taking the pills and asserts the product improves blood quality to support nerve function. The pills are sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady, N Y.
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Williams
EK. O. Bradley
Parsetts Avenue
Rochester
N. Y
Aly
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
Changing handwriting trends among young mothers
Article notes a shift from angular copperplate to curved and slanted writing in women, shaping how young mothers and daughters present themselves. It contrasts generations, with older women sticking to copperplate and younger women adopting newer styles.
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Utopia Railway Aims to End Nepotism Across Staff
President Felton orders strict anti nepotism on the Utopia Railway and Chicago and Alton connections. No department head or chief clerk may employ relatives or those connected to the line, with firm enforcement across the organization.
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Utopia Railway
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Felton
Doctor's Food Talk endorsed by Mass doctor
A Massachusetts physician extols Grape Nuts as highly digestible and nutritious. He claims four heaping tablespoons satisfy the cereal portion of a meal and asserts regular use could extend life and boost happiness. The cereal is versatile, requiring little prep, served cold with cream or hot with milk, and is economical.
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Tan
Wellville
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