Local and National News Echoes From Elgin Paper
The Elgin Echo reports varied items from Sunday including a speculation on a tomorrows strike result in Toledo and a Wyoming seed breeder predicting crop yields will double. Paris crowds attend a river event amid a central national holiday mood while Seeatrees sightings are noted near Monaagii. More than 100 miners die in a Primero Colorado mine explosion with hundreds more accounted for. Lieutenant Governor Sherman of Illinois delivers a New York style speech roasting waterways on state legislatures. Chicago experts link stryeh ming to a Kansas City man’s death. Hyde sues for slander against a Kansas City case for $100.04. Charles Warriner, Big Four railroad treasurer, testifies in Mrs Stalwart Ford’s trial that he held har in sev en vers.
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Chicago
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Kansas City
Hyde
Charles L. Warriner
Big Pour Railroad
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Breakfast company merger and flood relief plans afoot
Fragmented notices report a planned merger of breakfast food firms in France to fund flood relief, a $7 million securities loss, a Drakesboro mine disaster with 30 dead, 79 total at Primero, and various political and legal uproars amid stock actions and embezzlement cases.
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Ealedy
Bay
Drakesboro
Primero
Colo
Cariadille
Gofafament
Paris Flood Threatens Paris and Suburbs Amid Sewage Floods
Paris and nearby areas face rising flood danger as the Seine swells and sewers burst flooding basements. Doctors urge residents to vacate homes until premises are disinfected, amid fears of a fever epidemic receding.
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Paris
Neuburby
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Aube
Marne
Periltos
Louis XIV
Train Kills Three At Crossing In Ohio
A westbound Pennsylvania train struck and killed Mrs Roy Covert near Londonville and later hit an automobile near Crestline killing J H Sigler 60 and Charles Hehelberger of Hayesville Curtiss Doerrer Mansfield survived with injuries. The couple were traveling to visit relatives when tragedy struck.
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Cating Ben Vie
Tims Tuether
Pennsylvania
Roy’Covert
Hey
Londonville
Ohio
Crestline
J. H. Sigler
Charles Hehelberger
Hayesville
Hehelberger
Sigler
Curtiss Doerrer
Mansfield
Doe
Paris Flood Devastates Poorer Districts Amid Tremendous Loss
The report details Paris flood damage affecting wealthier quarters less than impoverished areas. Prices rose for basic goods as underground tunnels and sewers intensified danger. Streets caved in and fears of further subsurface collapse weighed on the city. One death cited in a separate incident near a freight train.
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Paris
Europe
Ex-ambassador Draper Dies at 68 in Washington
Brigadier General William F. Draper former American ambassador to Italy dies at home in Washington aged 68. He served in the Union Army 1861 to 1864 and was a presidential elector in 1888. Draper held the Rome posting in 1837 and later served as a Republican member of Congress.
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Pigeon
Wuenington
William F. Draper
Italy
Kearbscape
Washington
Ness
Tom Te “Bewell
Har Pont
Taisle
Fire damages in Baker City under volunteer effort
A midnight blaze in Baker City Oregon or nearby caused about 284000 dollars in damage. Volunteers fought the fire with garden hoses and dampened blankets. The bulk of the city was threatened while only some rooms were saved. Insurance coverage or causes not specified.
Tornado injures seven pupils and teacher near Orangeburg
A tornado struck the Swamp Two Mile schoolhouse twelve miles from Orangeburg injuring seven students and teacher Miss Julia Reea. The building was smashed with splintered timbers and heavy debris scattered across the site.
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Orangeburg
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Mine Disaster in Mexico Kills 100 Miners
A coal mine named Paula in Mexico across from Bagie Pass Texas suffered a catastrophic explosion after a miner lit a cigarette. One hundred died, sixty eight bodies recovered, others buried by collapsed chambers. rescue efforts failed as fire and debris blocked shafts. The Paula mine, part of the Musquix group owned by Coahuila Coal Company, was well equipped but suffered a total loss of life with property damage over 500000 dollars.
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Mexico
Bagie Pass
Texas
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Coahuila Coal Company
Fights Trust With Dim es Gompers Appeals for 5 Million
Samuel Gompers at the national headquarters urges 5 million union and farming members to give 10 cents each to oppose the steel trust. The circular claims unions act in self defense to protect American standards of life and institutions.
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Simula
New York
United States
Samuel Gompers
Steel Trust
Arctic balloon venture eyed by Prince Henry
The article notes Prince Henry of Germany plans to organize an Arctic exploration by balloon in spring. It mentions U S leather supply aiding German shoe factories, Sweden debating wheat and rye duties amid bread costs, Russia backing infant industry growth with farm tools, free duty for manufactured goods for another year, Dominion government empathy with a movement, and ex President Roosevelt urging a joint conservation effort for US and Canada.
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Roosevelt
Canada
Burrowing mine tragedy slows Cherry work in Illinois
After a devastating mine fire in Cherry Illinois workers faced blocked passages and collapsing timbers. Rescue teams reported bodies of two men found amid ruined tunnels and a perilous cleanup with only two men allowed in at a time.
Poison Found In Swope Case Signals Arrests
A cipher message to Attorney John G Paxton reports poison in the stomachs of Colonel Thomas H Swope and his nephew Chrisman Swope. Doctors from Chicago confirmed exhaustive analyses and a code word Positive planned to alert authorities. Prosecutors seek charges, with alleged typhoid inoculation to be offered as circumstantial evidence.
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Chrisman Swope
Maxsake
John G. Paxton
Ludwig Hektoen
Hektoen
Walter Haines
Victor C. Vaughan
Chicago
Paxton
Swope
Colonel Swope
35 Die In New Horror At Drakesboro Mine
A gas explosion in the Browder mine at Drakeshoro Ky killed 35. No fire, shafts intact. About 100 men were underground. rescue teams recovered ten bodies by midnight, with five badly injured and five unhurt. Crews worked six hours before rescue could begin due to gas buildup.
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Aged Actress Hurt In Anto ates Sol Smith
Retired actress Sol Smith is injured after a fall in a street incident in Anto ates. Her exact age is unclear, with local reports noting she will be in her eighties by March. Authorities provided few additional details.
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Rere Wag
Nowak
Ted
The arc of human strength through age says muscles peak
Medical observers report muscle strength rises from youth to the thirties, reaching about 565 pounds at thirty-one, then declines gradually. By age forty the loss is eight pounds, continuing to weaken toward fifty when strength nears 330 pounds, with rapid drop thereafter. Variability among individuals makes precise post-fifty statistics unreliable.
Power From Food Promises Better Health and Energy
A Missouri woman shares a testimonial on Grape-Nuts, claiming improved digestion, relief from heartburn, weight gain, and restored strength after including the cereal in her diet. The letter invites readers to try a ten day trial and to look for the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
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