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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
2
A Baltimore News poem speaks of a worker leaving home for the day with the memory of a child’s kiss and her faith guiding him. He faces furnaces, mills, and roaring cities, finding meaning in labor driven by love and the wage of life.
After a harsh judgment banishes Charlie Garvice from the family firm, his cousin James Pritchard mentors him toward reform. Seven years later Charlie learns his father is unaware of his true identity as Girard, a confidential clerk saved by Pritchard and Linskill. Mother’s light returns as the two families reconcile.
Train shed chaos follows Mrs Terence McGovern’s attack on Terry McGovern after a Friday night at Broad Street station in Philadelphia. The scuffle ends as friends intervene and Battling Nelson’s trainer helps restrain the fighters amid debris and fleeing passengers.
Mrs Joshua asks if the Skylarks met last night while 3 a.m. sun still shone. Her husband appears with sandals and they joke about adjusting time and borrowing whalebone stays from Mrs Jonah, as distant roosters crow in the scene.
A young bride-to-be agrees to marry after her father consents. The groom proposes that the couple board with the bride’s father, who will accompany them on their wedding journey and ensure the return. The Ledger notes the arrangement is settled and in motion.
A San Francisco earthquake week later leaves tens of thousands homeless. Debris removal advances as survivors camp in streets and parks. Authorities estimate deaths near 1500 with Valencia Hotel and 7th Street Natoma collapses causing hundreds more. Coroner William Malsh corroborates these grim figures.
Revised loss figures estimate about 2 000 dead 15 000 injured 300 000 homeless and 400 000 000 in property damage for the San Francisco area. Across other cities listed damage ranges with San Jose 3 000 000 Sacramento 25 000 and Vallejo 40 000 noted among many figures. The plan calls for 3 000 to 4 000 workers to clear wreckage and rebuild after the disaster.
In the lobby of the St Francis hotel San Francisco Miss Logan lay unconscious after the quake when a fiend cut off the third finger of her left hand and robbed her of rings she wore there.
The relief drive for San Francisco has raised over 15 million dollars with the largest gifts from New York 3.5 million Congress 2.5 million Chicago 600 thousand. Other cities are contributing generously.
Mayor Schmits announced a new plan to relocate all Chinese residents from the city. The statement described collection and removal imagery, signaling a drastic reorganization of a minority community.
The Mutual Life Insurance building at Sansome and California streets burned destroying all policy records for about 12 000 policy holders with about 50 million dollars in coverage. New York headquarters say earthquake losses are not covered by California fire policies and cannot be claimed.
Temporary structures have been erected in Golden Gate Park to house 40,000 people, forming a large-scale shelter and relief center amid ongoing housing shortages.
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