Explosive Blast at Actna Powder Plant Kills Maid
Explosives stolen from the Actna Indiana powder mill caused a blast in a boarding house, fatally injuring Lena Beahlers. The explosion sent debris across acres, wrecked the building, and injured another worker. Suspects Carl Packard and Fred Gerserung were seized by a mob and later jailed in Crown Point for safety.
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Actna
Ind
Lena Beahlers
Carl Packard
Fred Gerserung
Crown Point
Bank Robbers Caught in Ohio After Posse Pursuit
A posse and officials captured six alleged bank robbers after a chase ending in Jewett and Cadiz Ohio. They were suspected of dynamiting the First National Bank of Bowerston. the safe was wrecked but no money was taken.
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Ohio
Jewett
Cadiz
First National Bank
Bowerston
Three Miners Die From Gas At James Mullen Mine
Three foreign miners died from gas inhalation at James Mullen mine No 1 near New Philadelphia Ohio as day shift began. They were paid by number and their names are not known. The mine is owned by Cleveland men. Lives With Broken Neck. Alonzo Sonslin 40 a dec tor suffered a broken neck at National Cash Register Dayton Ohio surgeon dressed injuries and cast neck. Indications are he will recover.
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Gan
James Mullen
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Cleveland
Alonzo Sonslin
National Cash Register
Dayton
Five Years for Murder Verdict in Insane Asylum Case
The jury found Fred Pharris, a former attendant at the Eastern Kentucky Insane Asylum in Lexington, guilty of murdering Fred Ketterer, a former patient, and sentenced Pharris to five years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pharris
Eastern Kentucky Insane Asylum
Lexington
Fred Ketterer
Pharris
Fever Tick Threat Brings Call for Federal Aid
Texas cattlemen report over 15 000 cattle died along the quarantine line this year from the fever tick. Dan McCunningham of Colorado City urges a regional meeting of cattlemen to pressure federal action and cooperation in tick extermination. He warns the tick could wipe out cattle across the north and west unless relief is secured.
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Texas
Dan McCunningham
Colorado City
North
Police Chief Averts Lynching in Wilkinsburg
John Doran, arrested in Wilkinsburg for attempting to cremate his wife, faced a mob of over 100. Police Chief James Dorn pleaded for a fair trial and to avoid lynching, and Doran was moved to Justice Walker’s office for a hearing and held for court.
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Pennsylvania
John Doran
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg
Doran
Justice Walker
James KR. Dorn
Tie
Iyneh Law
Farmers Plan Huge Combine in Topeka Congress
Delegates from multiple states attend a Topeka meeting as farmers organize a co operative federation aiming to control grain prices. The congress plans to unite farmer groups, address bucket shops and push for more agricultural colleges and experiment stations. C B Barrett of Georgia was named temporary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Farmers’ Co-Operative Business Mattress
C. B. Barrett
Georgia
The
Mariners' View
Letters Float Five Years From Baldwine-Ziegler Expedition
Two buoy messages from the Baldwine-Ziegler polar expedition, adrift near Franz Josef Land since 1901, were found July 10, 1906, on Moffen Island. Captain Strenerson of the arctic whaler Gottfreund sent them to the State Department. they reveal the coal shortage that forced the expedition to turn back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Josef Iand
Eviyn B. Baldwin
Moffen Island
Strenerson
Gottfriend
State Department
United States
Mr. Baldwin
Washington
Arctic
Eagle Attack Ends With Mother's Rescue Of Baby
A mother in Chamberlain rushes to save her 17 month old daughter as an eagle seizes the child by the dress near the home. She strikes the bird with a broom until it releases the infant and flies off, ending a dire rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Rhodes
Chamberlain
Hurricane Hits Honduran Towns Wrecks Vessels and Mills
The Norwegian steamer Harald reports a terrible hurricane striking Ruatan Tela Utila Colorado and El Progreso Honduras on Oct 12. Numerous ships wrecked several destroyed and many buildings damaged in the towns. Losses to fruit plantation owners are near 1,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honduras
Ruatan
Tela
Utila
Colorado
el Provence
Harald
Big Car Firm to Build $5 Million Plant in Hammond
The Standard Steel Car Company of Butler Pa capitalized at 15 million dollars will employ 3000 men, pay 200 thousand dollars weekly, and produce 100 steel cars daily. Construction on a 5 million dollar plant will start immediately in Hammond Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Standard Steel Car Company
Butler, Pa
Ind
Fire devastates Summerside buildings including churches
A blaze beginning at the Summerside railway station in P B L spread quickly, drawing aid from Charlottetown and destroying forty two structures. The fire razed the post office slice, the English and Baptist churches, and four hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerside
Charlottetown
Trainmen Demand Eight-Hour Day for Switchmen
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen filed a demand for an eight-hour day for switchmen with no wage reduction, asking for conferences within ten days. Notices went to managers of almost all railroads, with concurrent action in Chicago area towns and cities including Pittsburgh Kansas City Omaha Council Bluffs St Louis East St Louis Denver Pueblo. Pacific coast negotiations continue with Oakland and San Francisco workers receiving a 12 percent premium. Cleveland and Cincinnati vote pending.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
Chicago
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Denver
Pueblo
Bank Robbery Captured After 36 Day Chase
Five bandits robbed the Sawyer bank of 4000 dollars, fought with citizens, and fired 300 shots before sheriff’s posse captured them after a 36 day pursuit. One robber was severely wounded. another dropped gold and bills into a slough. Remaining money scattered on the prairie, with 3.00 recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's
Frees Convict to Help Husk Corn in Nebraska
petitions reach Gov Mickey for parole to aid harvest in Nebraska. Rolin Tivers, jailed for burglary, is paroled to work on a farmer's land. Madrid report notes an attempted attack on King Alfonso with motorists finding a wire across a highway. Fire devastates Kansas City Chamber of Commerce building injuring many.
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Nebraska
Mickey
Rolin Tivers
Alfonso
Madrid
Chamber of Commerce
Riververn
Kansas City
Kan
Moody for High Bench Promoted by President Moody
Unofficial reports indicate the President will appoint Attorney General William W. Moody of Massachusetts to the Supreme Court vacancy following the retirement of Associate Justice Henry B. Brown. In Ohio a 65 year old man fatally stabbed his 40 year old son during a dispute over moving a daughter's body in Springhill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swegenthaler
Bellefontaine
Ohio
John
Springhill
Fatal race clash at Gibson yard ends in death
In Gibson Indiana a violent race confrontation among Greek and Italian workers building the New Indiana Harbor railroad yards left one man dead and ten injured.
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Gibson
Ind
Indiana Harbor
Mrs Leslie Murder Confession Ties Leopold and Be
Howard BE and Jwonard Leopold a registered pharmacist confessed to killing actress Margaret Leslie at the Palace hotel Chicago and robbing the body of jewelry valued at $2,000.
Nicaragua Town Destroyed in Banana Plantations Ruin
The steamer Limon reports Bluefields, a major Nicaraguan town, in ruins after destruction of all banana plantations following its arrival in Boston from Port Limon, Costa Rica.
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Nicaragua
Limon
Boston
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Bluefields
Harriman Touted for Illinois Central Presidency?
Wall Street reports Stuyvesant Fish has sold his Illinois Central stake to B H Harriman and that George J Grammar has been offered the road’s presidency at a salary of about 100000 dollars a year.
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Wall Street
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
B. H. Harriman
George J. Grammar
Fire injures party in Mississippi launch explosion
A gasoline launch on the Mississippi at St. Paul exploded injuring Peter Thul his brother Joseph and George Schnelle who were seriously burned. Mr and Mrs William Schnelle received minor burns.
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Peter Thul
Joseph
George Schnelle
Schnelle
Mississippi River
St. Paul
William Schnelle
Trolley Car Capsizes Striking Pole Injures Dozens
A Schenectady bound Troy line car of the Schenectady Railway Company failed to make a curve, crashed into a pole and turned on its side injuring a score or more passengers.
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Schenectady
Leper George Rashid Dies in West Virginia Shanty
George Rashid the Syrian leper who was driven from several East Coast cities died of heart disease in a Pickens shanty near Clarksburg West Virginia. His body was cremated by county authorities after removal to a site built for him by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He had been moved from Elkins to a leper colony in New York but was ejected and later captured at Keyser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rashid
Pickens
Clarksburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Hashid
Elkins
New York
Keyser
Rashid
American Missionary Association Holds Sixtieth Annual Meet
The sixtieth annual meeting opened in Quberlin Ohio as treasurer N W Stubbard reported year receipts of 423627 dollars and a debt reduction from 80254 to 67912. Daniel Wand funds for colored people yielded 419, while reserve legacy for 1906 07 stands at 65732 and for 1907 08 at 88672 totaling 104405. Current work receipts reached 423626 with expenditures 402285, leaving a year end credit balance of 21941 applied to old debt.
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The
American Missionary Association
Quberlin
Ohio
N. W. Stubbard
New York
Daniel Wand
Debe
Ten Die in Birmingham Boarding House Fire
A blaze at Mrs. Eb Watley’s boarding house on Third Avenue Birmingham Alabama killed ten men and injured two others seriously. Twenty one boarders mostly street railway workers were on the second floor where all deaths occurred as lower floor occupants escaped with nothing. The fire destroyed all furniture and is thought incendiary in origin.
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Eb. E. Watley
Third Avenue
Birmingham
Ala
Preacher Quits Ministry Over Wealth Subservience
Rev. Willard W. Boyd, former pastor of Second Baptist Church in St. Louis, says he quit in 1904 because modern churches serve rich interests. He will not seek a regular pastorate again but will preach when invited if free to state his convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard W. Boyd
Second Baptist Church
St. Louis
Bridal trips on trolley end in four states and Canada
Charles Llubach of Tiffin Ohio and his bride completed a 3,000 mile wedding journey mostly by boat and trolley. They started in Toledo and visited northern Ohio Pennsylvania New York and parts of Canada by trolley routes then went to Mackinac by boat. Only travel by steam cars was the segment between Tiffin and Toledo.
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Charles Llubach
Tiffin
Ohio
Toledo
Pennsylvania
New York
Canada
Mackinac
Ohio court orders bridge firms ousted from state
A Circuit Court in Bellefontaine Ohio ruled to remove from Ohio all bridge firms that did not surrender at a recent bridge trust hearing. The deprived companies include Variety Iron Works Cleveland Tron Substructure Columbus and Columbus Bridge Company. Penn Bridge Company Beaver Falls Pa was also ordered out of the state.
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Ohio
Circuit Court
Bellefontaine
State of Ohio
Bridge Trust
Ohio Companies
Variety Iron Works
Cleveland
Tron Substructure Company
Columbus
Columbus Bridge Company
Penn Bridge Company
Beaver Falls
Standard Oil Found Guilty by Ohio Jury
A Findlay jury found the Standard Oil Company guilty under state anti trust law and liable to fines and imprisonment. The case against John D. Rockefeller on identical charges was delayed pending the corporation’s appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Findlay
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Four Killed by Explosion in Kansas Mine
Four Austrian miners were killed in a powder explosion at mine No 1a of the Southwestern Development Company near Mineral Kansas about twenty miles south of Pittsburg. The blast occurred in the underground workings and casualties were reported by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Development Company
Mineral
Pittsburg
Kan
Births and deaths statistics for Ohio year ending June 30 1006
Ohio records show 61,000 births, 81,804 deaths, and 44,417 marriages in the year ending June 30 1006. The figures are issued by the Secretary of Atata.
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Ohio
Trade outlook shows strong demand and high prices across sectors
But car shortages and transportation delays hinder deliveries. Chicago production expands and wages stay high as banks report robust mercantile collections. Cotton goods lead wholesale demand with slow deliveries, while woolen goods improve. Broadstreet's notes high price ranges yet persistent sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun
New York
Broadstreet
Midwestern Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Reported quotes show cattle hogs and sheep price ranges in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee with varieties for wheat corn oats rye and hay. Notable figures include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 6.50 and butter eggs steady. overall market activity across multiple markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Baergé
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