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Yearly World Event Timeline Jots Turbulent 1900s
Fragmented OCR note lists disasters and deaths across 1900s from mine explosions to royal deaths. Highlights include coal mine blast in West Virginia killing 28, Philadelphia church fire deaths, deaths of Paul Dunbar and Henrik Ibsen, Jolo battle losses, Valencia shipwreck, and political shifts in France and Denmark among many other calamities and notable figures.
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Coaldale
W. W
Haverstraw
N.Y
West Hotel
Minneapolis
W. KR. Harper
University of Chicago
Philadelphia
Valencia
Vancouver Island
Joseph Wheeler
Christian of Denmark
Frederick VII
Denmark
Denath
Paul Dresser
Indiana
Tuamotu Islands
Oakhill
W. Va
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Megro
Val Crowe
Omaha
Longworth-Roosevelt
Washington
Peavey Elevator
Duluth
M. Failliores
France
Maitland
Colo
Johann Hoch
Chicago
David B. Henderson
Prince Mitel Frederick of
Prussia
Sophie Charlotte of
Oldenburg
Berlin
Miss
J. M. Schofield
Rouvier
Island of
Jolo
Courvieres
Susan B. Anthony
Florence
Johann Most
A.D. T. Whitney
John Alexander Dowie
Sian City
Christian Catholic Church
Wilbur G. Voliva
Henryside
Philippines
James A. Bailey
Springfield
Kearsarge