Great Exposition Address on Louisiana Purchase Expansion
Roosevelt commemorates the Louisiana Purchase at the World’s Fair dedication in St Louis. The ceremony honors expansion as central to American growth with remarks praising the westward reach from France and Spain to the Mississippi and beyond.
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Roosevelt
France
American Republic
St. Louis
Gov
Nash
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
W. E Bundy
Provisional
Stanbury
Cleveland
David R. Francis
Exposition Grounds
Liberal Arts
America
Spain
Castile
New Orleans
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Allegheries
Tvey
Illinois
Indiana
George Rogers Clarke
Jay
Old Thirteen Colonies
Mississippi
Eany Guest
Pacific
Louisiana
Stork Expected as Cleveland to Return Home
Princeton April 30 Grover Cleveland will cut his western trip short and return here after the St Louis celebration A visit from the stork is expected soon by the Cleveland family Mr Cleveland celebrated his sixty sixth birthday six weeks ago
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
St. Louis
Cleveland
Huge Engine Explosion Kills Manufacturer in Newark
In Newark Ohio on a boiler blast at Scheidler machine shops Reinhard Scheidler, a leading local manufacturer and vice president of Newark Savings Bank, was killed. Seven others were injured including Bert Vial James Cain James Markham August Hess William Jennings Emmet Siegel and Edgar and son. The engine had just been tested and was near shipment when the explosion hurled the massive machine 40 feet and wrecked part of the shop. All injured were expected to recover.
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Newark
Scheidler
Reinhard Scheidler
Newark Savings Bank
Newark and Grainville Electric Railway
Bert Vial
James Cain
James Markham
August Hess
William Jennings
Emmet Siegel
Mr. Edgar and Son
Barnesville
Edgar
Sensational Kidnap Attempt After Cleveland Incident
Miss Leona Londquist, daughter of Oscar Londquist of Coshocton, narrowly escaped a kidnap attempt in Cleveland after leaving a theater with a companion. A shadowed assailant seized her at the porch, muffling her cries, delivering a blow to the face, and causing her to fall bleeding as her mother rushed down to aid her.
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Leona Londquist
Cleveland
Miss Londquist
Oscar Londquist
Londquist
the Plain Dealer
Wilson Avenue
Striking Chorus Rows Halt Curtain At New Weller Theater
Grace Cameron leads about twenty chorus girls in a walkout over cramped dressing rooms in the Whitney Opera Company during When Johnny Comes Marching Home. They retreat to improvised stage quarters as the curtain finally rises after 9 p.m. with manager Francis and Mr. Root resolving the dispute.
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Grace Cameron
Whitney Opera Company
Johnny
Associated Press
Zanesville
Miss Cameron
Weller
Francis
Mr. Weller
Weller Theater
Relatives of Dead Woman Found
Mrs Morris Brown of Newcomerstown received a Copenhagen letter confirming Eva Pierson s death on a Panhandle train near Isleta March 27. Relatives know of the death and would write Undertaker Lydick who has the body but has heard nothing yet. Army Deserters Escape from Ft Thomas Prison. Six men escaped last night with one shackled. outside help suspected.
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Age
Newcomerstown
Morris Brown
Copenhagen
Denmark
Eva Pierson
Panhandle
Isleta
Lydick
Awe
Cincinnati
Ft. Thomas
Man A. Snyder Hurt In Shafting Fall At Balch Mill
D. W. Snyder manager at Balch mill in the forks fell ten feet while repairing shafting. He struck his side on another shaft and suffered severe bruises. He was taken home on East Main street with a physician noting no internal injuries.
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D. W. Snyder
Balch Mill
the Forks
Snyder
East Main Street
Marshall
Disaster at Frank Alberta mine town rocks flood
A massive rockslide from Turtle mountain buries Frank Alberta killing 112 and threatening a dammed Old Man river. The town, with many women and children dead, faces a flood risk as workers remain trapped and rescue is delayed by debris. Officials fear total losses will mount in days.
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Vancouver
B. C
Turtle Mountain
Frank
Alberta
Old Man's River
Old Man
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Louisiana Territory
Cardinal Gibbons
Hendrix
Potter
Thomas H. Carter
D. R. Francis
James Cardinal Gibbons
National Commission
David Francis
E. R. Hendrix
Henry C. Potter
Stork
Coshocton
Angler
Minneapolis Journal
Rela
Balch’s Mill
BY Huck
Telegraph
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