Monterey Flood Devastates Mexican City Often Referred to as Chicago of Mexico
The Monterey flood, driven by heavy rain and the Santa Catarina river, devastates the Mexican city, with early estimates placing deaths around 1,200 and damages from 7 to 12 million dollars. Officials report extensive destruction to huts and industrial facilities including the Monterey smelter and steel plant while relief efforts mobilize across affected districts.
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Laredo
Tex
Monterey
Mexico
Santa Catarina
Zaragoza
Hidalgo
Niagara
Monterey Steel Plant
Republic
Chicago
United States
Disasterous Mine Cave Ravages West Scranton Area
A mine cave at the Cork and Bottle colliery of Fairlawn Coal company caused $200000 damage across two city blocks. Public No. 16 school valued at $75000 was torn down, homes shifted, and land on a steep hillside likely unmarketable. Gas and water lines ruptured. authorities warn against entering area to avoid fires.
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Scranton
Fairlawn Coal Company
Greek King Resigns Command Amid Public Opinion Crisis
In Athens the political crisis subsided after a mutiny and a new cabinet. A decree granted amnesty to 548 troops who had encamped outside the city, with Colonel Zorbas urging loyalty. The crown prince reportedly will resign as army chief. reforms call for royal family military roles and foreign officers to reorganize forces.
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Athens
Greece
Zorbas
Mystery surrounds Harriman illness at Tower Hill
Arden New York August 28. Harriman’s ailment and true condition remain unrevealed to the public as he isolates himself at Tower Hill. Guards patrol roads and the mountain retreat blocks outside contact, save for one private telephone wire severed from ordinary use.
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Arden
N. Y
H. Harriman
Tower Hill
Desperate Deed In Missouri Mother Poisoned Children
Mrs Carrie Sanderson of Florence addition St Joseph Missouri aged forty one in a fit of insanity gave morphine to five of her six children. She attempted to poison the sixth but was discovered by a neighbor and confessed. Weldon aged five died. others saved. She took poison and cut her throat after confessing but is expected to recover. Children aged two to ten.
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St. Joseph
Carrie Sanderson
Florence Addition
Weldon
Steamer Ohio Sinks Off Steep Point Alaska
Five crew members die in the sinking of the Alaska Steamship Company steamer Ohio off Steep Point Alaska. Of 128 aboard, all passengers are saved. total loss of the steamer and cargo.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska Steamship Company
Ohio
Steep Point
Alaska
Fatal quarrel over woman in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana on August 28 John Nemeth aged twenty five was stabbed through the heart and killed after a quarrel over a woman. The alleged killer John George aged twenty six fled and has not yet been captured.
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South Bend
Ind
John George
John Nemeth
George
Outrage on Working Men Sparks Congressional Attention
Pittsburg report from the Schevenville investigation cites peonage abuses by Chicago and New York agencies that drew strikebreakers to Schoenville. U S District Attorney John H Jordan will push for a preventive federal law. Investigators continue private testimony as Philadelphia and New York agencies face possible action.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenville
United States Congress
Chicago
New York
United States
John H. Jordan
Department of Justice
Washington
Mr. Jordan
Schsenville
Auto Tragedy Claims Five In St Louis Collision
Five people die when a car is struck by a passenger train near St Louis after a day at Creve Coeur Jake. Theodore F. Witte and his brother, officials of Witte Hardware, perish with three relatives and Mrs Klinge. The locomotive hit the car directly. Witte brothers were tossed aside, a child fell from the vehicle, and a woman was fatally crushed in the wreckage.
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St. Louis
Theodore PF. Witte
Theodore F. Witte, Jr
Carl Klinge
Halcyon Campbell
Frederick O. Witte
Witte Hardware Company
Henderson Tragedy: William Ball Kills Ed Duke During Kentucky Race Meet
In Henderson Kentucky William Ball owner of several race horses shot and killed Ed Duke the official starter Duke lay prostrate in the street as Ball fired four shots The motive rumored to be Duke’s accusation Ball a Henderson manufacturer faced warrants against the Albuquerque Racing Association for running a meet without state racing commission sanction The incident ties local racing disputes to broader regulatory actions and involves a Los Angeles native Duke with a Denver wife.
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Henderson
William Ball
Ed Duke
Duke
Ball
Los Angeles
Cal
Denver
Albuquerque Racing Association
State Racing Commission
Kentucky
Two Die in Brighton Beach 24-Hour Race Crash
Laurent Grosse, driver for the Stearns team, died from injuries after a Friday night 24 hour race crash at the Brighton Beach motor drome.Leonard Cole, the mechanician, was killed instantly in the same accident.
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New York
Laurent Grosse
Stearns
Brighton Weach
Leonard Cole
Harriman Improves at Arden Mountain Home
Edward H. Harriman is reported to be improving in his mountain home at Arden New York.
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Edward H. Harriman
Arden, N. Y
Broad Slice of Early 20th Century Dispatches
A string of brief items reports: engineer Michael Healy killed in a Missouri Pacific wreck near New Haven Missouri. bubonic plague cases and a death in Hawaii. a deadly explosion in Geneva Switzerland kills five and injures twelve. Wilbur Wright flights during the Hudson Fulton celebration in New York. Other notes include Toledo independents nominating Mayor Brand Whitlock for a third term, Jerome running for New York DA, wheat market pressures in Chicago, a long drought broken by rain in the plains, a fire near Ambia Indiana causing substantial damage, and the Dalstein villa leased in Odessa for the deposed Persian shah. Additional items cover a Florida homicide, the Beverly parade review of Grand Army men, Moroccan sultanate prisoner torture reports, a letter registration fee hike, Chicago population estimates, a suicide by H G McKenzie in Indianapolis, Foresters leaders elected in Hartford, major construction strikes in Chicago, Seattle hosting the National Conservation Congress, a cholera outbreak in Vitebsk, Roosevelt’s hunting skins arriving in Washington, a Budapest factory explosion, Peru Bolivia boundary talks, future U S ambassador appointments, the death of novelist George Manville Fenn, and various court and political notes including Taft accepting McHars resignation and a Philadelphia assassination attempt.
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Brand Whitlock
Toledo
William Travers Jerome
New York
Northwest
Chicago
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
National Conservation Congress
Seattle
Vitebsk
Russia
Roosevelt
National Museum
Washington
Weiss
Budapest
Peru
Bolivia
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Belgium
David EB. Thompson
Mexico
George Manville Fenn
London
Charles F. Libby
Portland
America Bar Association
Detroit
Elbert W. Shirk Arrested in Bank Misap plied Funds Case
Elbert W. Shirk, president of Tipton’s First National Bank, was arrested in Chicago on a complaint charging misapplication of 24252 of the bank’s money. He posted 20000 bond, claims a bank note was miscredited, and says he can prove his drafts matched the bank’s indebtedness when the case goes to court.
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First National Bank of Tipton
Chicago
Elbert W. Shirk
First National Bank of
Tipton
Ind
Calumet Club
United States
Foote
Shirk
Wesley M. Bennett
Marker
First National Bank of Chicago
Marker and Shirk Arrested In Wigton Bank Doubts Ebb
William H. Marker former cashier and B. W. Shirk bank president were arrested in Wigton Indiana as the bank seeks to cover a $484000 shortage and reopen. Authorities emphasize deposits are safe and confidence is being reassured while grand jury action and further exams proceed.
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Wigton
Ind
William H. Marker
B. W. Shirk
First National Bank
Shirk
Weir
Bennett
E. W. Shirk
Federal Grand Jury
Tipton
Marker
Curtiss Wins Gordon Bennett Trophy in Fast Flight
In Rheims the International Cup of Aviation known as the Gordon Bennett trophy went to Glenn H Curtiss of the United States. He completed twenty kilometres in 15 minutes 6.635 seconds, the fastest aerial journey yet. Louis Bleriot finished second on the same course, 5 minutes 8.5 seconds behind.
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Curtiss
Rheims
Glenn H Curtiss
Bleriot
Sermon at Ball Park Encourages Fans at Minneapolis Game
At Nicollet park on Sunday Rev. G. L. Morrill spoke before about 7,000 fans at the Minneapolis Kansas City game. Umpire King introduced him as Morrill urged support for the Minneapolis club to win the pennant and enjoy Sunday baseball as part of the sport.
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Minneapolis
G. L. Morrill
Nicollet Park
Weat
Morrill
Minnneapolis
Speedway blamed for five deaths in Indianapolis verdict
Indianapolis jury verdict assigns blame to the Speedway for the deaths at the race event. Coroner Blackwell cites the track condition and its permitting of racing as the direct cause, naming mechanician Claude Kellum and spectators John West and Homer Jolliff among those killed.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
National
Merz
Blackwell
the Speedway
Claude Kellum
National Machine
John West
Homer Jolliff
Speedway Company
National Tire
Deadly Explosion Near Key West Kills Ten
At Bocachica on the Florida East Coast railway a 700 pound dynamite blast kills ten men and wounds many as a railroad crew member's cigarette touches off fuses. Five others are likely fatally injured and at least a dozen suffer lesser injuries. The mishap occurred twelve miles from Key West.
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Key West Fla
Bocachica
Key West
Florida East Coast Railway
Evansville man shoots wife then kills himself in Indianapolis
James Garrett shot his wife at 626 E Twelfth Street Indianapolis after trying to induce her to return home from Evansville. He died hours later from the self inflicted wound. His attempt to kill his young son failed. Mrs. Garrett survived. Garrett was a foreman at a Evansville printing shop.
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Indianapolis
Evansville
James Garrett
Garrett
E. Twelfth Street
Reformatory Chaplain Named in Indiana
Major David C. Peyton announces the appointment of Rev. Lyman C. Murr as chaplain at the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville succeeding Rev. R. H. Moore. Murr is pastor of the Marengo Methodist Episcopal church.
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Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Ind
David C. Peyton
Indiana Reformatory
Lyman C. Murr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marengo
R. H. Moore
Delusional man dies by falling into well near Bluffton
Charles Nicholson aged thirty believed the Black Hand shadowed him and fatally plunged from his porch into an abandoned open well near his Bluffton home August 28. The tragedy occurred while he was far from the back porch, ending his life.
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Bluffton
Ind
Charles Nicholson
Unidentified Man Drowned in Brandywine River
The body of an unidentified man, about forty five to fifty, with three fingers missing from the left hand, was recovered from the Brandywine river in Brandywine township near Shelbyville Indiana by three fishermen. Clothing yielded no identification.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Brandywine River
Brandywine, Township
Tragedy at Brownsburg as traction car kills teamster
Brownsburg Indiana August 28 William Warren a teamster living near Maplewood six miles west of town was run down and killed instantly by an eastbound Ben Hur traction car near Pratt crossing a short distance from Brownsburg.
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Traction Crossing
Brownsburg
Ind
William Warren
Maplewood
Here
Pratt Crossing
Old Soldier Henry Gordon Hangs Self in Barn
Henry Gordon a 70 year old farmer and veteran hanged himself in his barn six miles northwest of Salem Indiana. Authorities reported no known motive at this time.
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Salem
Ind
Henry Gordon
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Missouri Pacific
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Odessa
Persia
Steve Brown
Brerson
Fla
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Essex County
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el Raghi
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Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Louisville
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Atlanta
Rheinas Aviation
D. Spalding
Glasgow
Taft
Ormsby McHars
National Rifle Association
Carop Perry
Albany
Springfield
Joe Bates
Spartanburg
D. C
Boda Botter
United
Bond
Will Marker
Tipton Bank
Ball Park
Blames Speedway
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