World News Briefs Highlight Fires Murders and Rivers
Reports from Columbus Ohio Leavenworth Kansas and Akron Ohio describe a series of violent incidents including Frank Moodispaugh wounding George Davis during a mob standoff, Edward Bludsoe murdered and his house set afire, and a fatal elevator accident in Columbus. A steamboat revival on the Missouri River sparks local celebration and baseball standings follow for national leagues.
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Frank Moodispaugh
George Davis
Columbus
Ohio
Leavenworth
Kan
Edward Bludsoe
Bludsoe
Louis Williams
Strong City
Lucknow
London Standard
River Indus
Northwest Frontier Province
Attock
Akron
George Otis
Otis
James Neal
L. F. Parker
Lfe
Fort Leavenworth
Vinita
I. Tit
Buckeye Transfer and Storage Company
John Keyser
Drayman
John Asher
North Lewisburg
Oho
Tate Seaman
Asher
David Sharp
Seaman
Missouri River
St. Louis
Kansas City
National League
W. Il
W. It
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Nt. Louis
Phildelphia
Boston
Deadly infernal device found addressed to Jacob Schiff
A bomb addressed to New York banker Jacob Schiff was discovered in Philadelphia. The report notes violent incidents across multiple states including race riots near Atlanta, drownings in Toledo, and a fatal coal mine explosion in Pittsburg Kansas. Falling wood yard fire in Nashville and a series of medical and juvenile reform details appear in the same roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Schiff
New York
Philadelphia
Star Porcelain Works
Trenton
N. J
Atlanta
Maumee Bay
Toledo
Ohio
Joseph Waan
Millsboro
Lieberman, Loveman & O'Brien
Nashville
Tenn
Navy Department
Shanghai
Helena
China Seas
Thomas Lewis
Pittsburg
Kan
Wales
Gari Fredericks
Tobofen
Siedlce Massacre Horrors Reported by News Agencies
The article details the Siedlce massacre with hundreds killed and many more dying from thirst after soldiers burned blocks of houses and shelled the mob. It narrates horrific scenes including a Jewish girl dying after pleading for water and a wealthy Jew found drowned in a bathtub. It notes Senaite Konoplianikova, accused assassin, was hanged amid socialist slogans.
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Siedice
Siedlce
Senaite Konoplianikova
Gen
Min
Peterhof
Jellico Dynamite Disaster Wrecks Town and Mindful Loss
A massive dynamite blast near Jellico Tennessee and adjacent Jellico Kentucky devastates the town. At least nine killed and fifty injured with widespread destruction and homelessness. A Louisville and Nashville line station and nearby properties are destroyed. one seventh of the combined Jellico population is left homeless. A dynamite car reportedly caused by spontaneous combustion lies at the center of the explosion amid railway yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jellico
Tenn
Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Kentucky
Rand Powder Company
Knoxville
Winnipeg
Man
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Finmark
Ontario
The Market Mirth and World News Jumble
A string of satirical bits on sugar prices court politics crime and finance. The piece mocks Europe Shah Persia Cuba Russia and the Czar while noting insurance payouts from San Francisco losses and bank wreckers facing legal peril.
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Europe
Persia
Palma
Stensland
Pittsburg
Gen. Trepoff
Russia
Cuba
San Francisco
Roosevelt Maps Cuban Intervention and Taft Bacon Mission
Washington reports urgency in Cuba as Palma’s government struggles with a widespread revolt. Marines were landed briefly to preserve order, then withdrawn except for guarding the legation. Taft and Bacon travel to Cuba to assess conditions and push a peace framework under U.S. intervention if needed. The U.S. navy can create a cordon around Cuba to halt arms and force a settlement without annexation.
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Washington
United States
Palma
Denver
Sleeper
Colwell
Havana
President Palma
United States Legation
Legation
Oyster Bay
Bacon
Taft
Bonaparte
State
War
Navy
Cuba
Roosevelt
Senor Quesada
Antilles
Ta‘t Commission
Uncle Sam
Des Moines
Marietta
Dixie
Tacoma
Cleveland
Newark
Minneapolis
Flavana
Cuban
Louisiana
Virginia
New Jersey
Island
Republic
Santo Domingo
Morales
Typhoon Destroys 600 Junks Off Hongkong Killing 10
A devastating typhoon sinks the entire fleet of 600 Hongkong sailing junks with about 600 missing and 10 dead. Rescue efforts involve Baluchistan troops and West Kent regiment, as bodies are recovered in cartloads. Losses include the steamer Albatross with fifteen aboard and the Hongkong ship missing its entire crew.
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Hongkong
West Kent Regiment
Futuamen Pass
Ying Fat
Samchun
Doctors Differ on Alcohol Value at Medical Association
At a Toronto meeting of the British Medical Association doctors gave mixed opinions on alcohol. Prof. Woodhead testified that surgeons believe alcohol impairs immunity and patient recovery. Sir Victor Florencey asserted alcohol as a drug has little value now.
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British Medical Association
Toronto
Woodhead
Victor Florsley
Continuous Smelting Process for Direct Iron Production
Two Australian inventors reveal a continuous treatment method for iron ore that converts concentrated ore directly into malleable iron or steel. The process uses a revolving cylinder and decarburizing gas before the ore enters molten iron, claiming automatic operation and a 25 percent saving.
Record Runs Highlight Early 20th Century Rail News
A Harrisburg to Altoona mail train set a speed record at 132 miles in 119 minutes. The Erie railroad reports fiscal year 1906 gross earnings over 50 million dollars with cost cuts and rising net income. Canadian Pacific introduces afternoon tea on trains, a first in North America, while Gould lines pursue Oregon to Snake River rights for the Corvallis and Eastern.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Altoona
Illinois Central
Chicago
San Francisco
Gould
Oregon
Snake River
Corvalis
Erie Railroad
Canadian Pacific
North America
Atlanta Riot Night Shocks City With Black Fatalities
The article reports a violent racial clash in Atlanta after incidents involving Black people and white women. Hundreds of white men armed with clubs attacked Black residents, with many killed or wounded. Police and fire crews struggled. militia arrived to restore order as deaths mount.
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Atlanta
Terrell
Fifth Infantry
Atlinta
Deenur Street
Whitehall Street
Decatur Street
Peters Street
Terminal Railroad Station
Forsythe Street
Memphis
Tenn
Fairbanks Opens Chicago Corner Stone for Cook County Court House
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks presided at a Chicago ceremony as about fifty thousand spectators gathered on Clark and Randolph streets. He laid the cornerstone for a new 5 million dollar Cook County courthouse, with Mayor Dunne and Gov. Deneen among speakers and bands and a choir performing.
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Fairbanks
Chicago
Clark and
Randolph Streets
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Cook County Court House
Dunne
Do You Open Your Mouth Asks About Favorite Prescription
A promotional piece for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription asserts readers have a right to know ingredients and claims it cures women’s weaknesses and derangements. It touts benefits for painful periods pregnancy nursing and childbirth and cites authorities who endorse its ingredients.
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Pierce
Ford
Pierre
R. V. Pierce
Tnvalids’ Hotel
Sarziecal Institute
Kidfalo
N. Y
Post
Inventions of clocks through the medieval era
The article traces clock development from weight driven mechanisms used during the Crusades to references in Dante and Italy near the 13th century. It notes a ninth century attribution to Pacificus and cites the 1064 tower clock in the palace of Charles V as the oldest with a certain record.
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Nomed
Pacificus
Dante
Italy
Charles V
France
Mystery at Long Reach as Jagway Home Hears Breath
In a peculiar incident at Long Reach Mr Jagway, having left limes and clutter around the house, calls to his wife. She replies with casual identification by breath saying she knows who it is, despite the odd confusion.
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Clinton Plaindealer
Vaughn & Vannest, Publishers
Clinton
Indiana
Around
American League
Ol. W. L
Louis
Detroit
Western League
Ww. TL
Sioux City
As Lincoln
M Eats
AY Tower CO
USA
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Mother Gray
Newark City
Gray
A. S. Olmsted, le Roy
Melrose
New Mexico
N.H
New Santa Fe Division
Aymer Pecos Valley
Polve
Main 2
Galeveston
Texas
Edwin J. Carlin
Santa Fe Land Imp. Co
N. M
Canada
Addren H.C. Weyer
Faribault
Ming
M.H. Green
Box U
Athants
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