Ruin in the South as Gulf hurricane devastates port towns
A Gulf hurricane wrecks Mobile and Pensacola, flooding the coast and destroying Biloxi, with 12 million dollars in Pensacola losses. Two revenue cutters sink in Mobile Bay, ships wreck, and countless homes and blocks are leveled along the coast. Local militias sweep streets amid martial law as inland floodwaters rise.
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Pensacola
Biloxi
Mobile Bay
Mobile River
Slaters Landing
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Mobile Rifles
Mobile Grays
Alabama
Tombigbee
Bienville Square
Government
Royal
Christ Church
Fort Morgan
Jackson
Citronelle
Illinois
Michigan
Twadd
Humense
Oysters tied to typhoid rise in September says official
Dr. ID. 1. Pease of the New York State board of health told Atlantic City’s sanitary department that expert authorities now agree sudden typhoid swell in September is due to increased shellfish consumption. He notes those who handle shellfish are especially at risk.
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Pease
New York State Board of Health
Sanitary Department of the Homeopathic Conerous
Atlantic City
Nominees for Governor of New York Hughes and Hearst
Charles Evans Hughes, lawyer and reform advocate, and William Randolph Hearst, journalist and politician, nominated for New York governor by Republican and Democratic conventions. Hughes, 45, from Glens Falls, former mayoral contender. Hearst, San Francisco born 1863, congressman from New York's Thirteenth District, promoter of yellow journalism and radical utility reforms.
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Charles Evans Hughes
William Randolph Searst
New York State
Hughes
Armstrong Commission
Greater New York
Glens Falls
San Francisco Examiner
Searst
Harvard
New York City
George B. McClellan
Gulf Coast Gale Causes Widespread Gulf Damage
Data show heavy destruction along the Gulf Coast with Mobile and Pensacola reporting extensive property loss and multiple fatalities. New Orleans, Fort Morgan, and surrounding areas suffer downed lines, damaged structures, and disrupted traffic as ships, farms, and fisheries face significant losses.
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Pensacola
Navy Yard
New Orleans
Fort Morgan
Coast Artillery
Gulf Coast
Clam Crazy in Red Wing Rich Pearl Hunt
Red Wing Minnesota residents have joined clam digging in search of pearls amid a run of finds. Seven diggers reportedly uncovered pearls valued from one thousand to one hundred thousand dollars, drawing many locals into the rough labor though most left discouraged.
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Red Wing
Minn
Revival of Rural School Consolidation Across Kansas
The piece notes a surge in rural school consolidation in Kansas from six districts in 1903 to twenty in 1906 with many communities weighing the move. It cites Michigan guidance on consolidation, Mt. Vernon school board discipline over unlicensed healers, a Osawatomie railroad worker winning a NY applied sciences scholarship, Hyannis Normal school funds, and an Illinois ruling restricting critic teachers’ pay from local funds.
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Michigan State Department of Education
Michigan
Board of Education
Mt. Vernon
Claude FE. Palmer
Osawatomie
Kan
University
New York School of Applied Sciences
Helen Gould
Hyannis Normal School
Baldwin
Ilinois
China to the Fore Advances in Five Years
A survey notes China, ahead of other eastern nations, made rapid gains toward western learning. Imperial decrees require officials to master western knowledge, 5000+ schools train youths, 7000 Chinese students study in Tokyo, thousands more could study in America if immigration rules allowed.
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Japan
China
Tokio
America
Tien-Tsin
Millions Hidden in Italian Banks From U S Immigrants
Italy hosts a surge of American gold hoarded by temporary Italian residents. Immigration officials report about 500,000 total arrivals to the United States in 1905 06, with many Italians saving and returning home. The Bankenes exhibit shows 183,000 accounts opened by foreign residents in the United States, attracting substantial deposits and transfers from Argentina and other nations.
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Italy
United States
General Commissioner of Immigration
Sta
Argentina
Sue
Naples
Notable Visitors and Officials Highlight Early 1900s News
Short notices report Herbert H. D. Peirce arriving in Christiania and Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee’s six week English cathedral tour. Prince Henry of Prussia, naval chief, impresses in Chicago and World events touch politics as Charles Edgar Littlefield faces a tough Maine race. Taft touted as capable wartime leader, Taft’s health and role noted, plus state figures like Governor Terrell and Nelson Dingley’s successor highlighted amid political and cultural anecdotes.
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Charles Edgar Littlefield
Maine
Mr. Littlefield
Lebanon
York County
Ie Wade
Nelson Dingley
House of Representatives
Congress
Rockland
Eleven Year Old Girl Robbed Mother in Lavish Style
Opal Collier, 11, confessed to stealing 482 dollars from her mother Maggie Collier. The child spent the money on dresses and household items, entertaining friends for weeks before she admitted the act to Chief of Police Smith in Anderson. She was taken to Juvenile Court.
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Opal Collier
Smith
Anderson
Maggie Collier
Government clerks prove merit in service with long careers
The article highlights long serving federal workers led by James Hobbs who has served over fifty three years and paid out more than $200,000,000 with no errors. It notes other clerks with forty plus years, and reports on Navy Yeoman Fred J Buenzie suing for 500 damages after being barred from a dancing pavilion for uniformed sailors.
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Prince
Wasington
Cay
Uncle Sanm
James Hobbs
Fred J. Buenzie
United States Navy
Newsport Amusement Association
United States
Navy Department
Navy
Man Kills Wife and Self in Alarming Fire Tragedy
In Mishawaka, Ludwig murdered his wife with a potato masher then burned the house after throwing her body in a closet. He cut his throat and wrists, and neighbors report threats amid jealousy. Mrs Ludwig, 35, survived by two children. Ife Ludwig hospitalized and not expected to recover. Both were prominent in fraternal circles.
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Ala
Ludwig
Mishawaka
Ife
Uses cat as tail for kite in South Bend incident
South Bend youth tied a cat to a kite tail to improve flight. The cat fell 300 feet. the animal was stunned but alive until the boy killed it to destroy evidence. D A Warding was fined in police court for cruelty to animals.
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D. A. Warding
South Bend
Jarding
Harding
Negroes Shoot Indianapolis Officers in Dark Ambush
Two armed Black suspects opened fire on Indianapolis police officers Charles Russell and Edward Petticord. Russell died at City Hospital. Petticord remained in critical condition as the assailants fled. A later arrest was reported for one of the suspected shooters amid a tense crowd.
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Indianapolis
Woman Plots Dual Burials Then Ends Own Life
Anna Lester, mourning her drowned lover Tra Purcell in Terre Haute, buys carbolic acid after viewing his body and uses insurance funds for both funerals before taking poison. Purcell died on a Wabash river bridge when a train passed, he tried to retrieve his hat and fell in.
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Bath
Tra Purcell
Terre Haute
Anna Lester
Slowly Choking Civil War Vet Faces Fatal Cancer in Kokomo
James Parvis, a Kokomo Civil War veteran, has a throat tumor that grew into cancer. Despite early treatment, doctors say there is no hope as he has suffered days of gasping for breath.
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James Parvis
Kokomo
Hiciesoughs for Five Days Die in Bedford
Michael Fish, a well known Bedford resident, died after hiccoughs lasted five days. He had been nursing a typhoid patient and his stomach became affected.
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Hiecesoughs
Michael Fish
Bedford
Hiccoughs
First Christian Church of Laporte Calls Syracuse Minister
The official board of the First Christian church of Laporte voted to call Rev. EH. Nf. Garrard of Syracuse New York to fill the vacant pastorate.
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First Christian Church of
Laporte
EH. Nf. Garrard
Syracuse
Fall in Hunting Fatal Claims Petersburg Youth
Bernard Sollman aged 14 of Petersburg dies after hunting squirrel debris stumble on a stump. He fractures his skull and dies within an hour.
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Bernard Sollman
Petersburg
Woman Confesses Arson Plot in Insurance Fraud Case
Mrs. Effa Ross admitted to police she set fire to her New Lancaster home to collect insurance. She was transported to Elwood to stand trial.
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Effa Ross
New Lancaster
Elwood
Bank charter granted for Gary First National Bank
Within Our Borders Elkhart bankers and Col Thomas Snell of Bloomington TL secured a charter to organize the First National Bank at Gary. The Dismal Oil Company has developed a 0-barrel well on the Hinshaw farm near Noblesville and plans many new wells this fall. Gay Martin drowned fishing for mussel shells at Evansville while his brother died in the same spot months earlier. Debord captured near Vincennes ay the fair grounds two miles away. he said he was ready to face consequences.
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Thomas Snell
Bloomington
First National Bank
Gary
Ohio River
Evansville
Gay Martin
John Debord
Kruse Ay
Fair Grounds
Vincennes
Debord
Dismal Oil Company
Hinshaw Farm
Noblesville
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