Island of Sinica devastated by quakes and eruption
Twenty one earthquakes on the island of Sinica near Palermo caused widespread destruction. A great central village was demolished as shocks remained vertical and loud subterranean rumbles accompanied the devastation. Two thousand inhabitants fled to fields and boats while prisoners held in a penal settlement attempted escapes. Italian authorities dispatched ships and a scientific commission to aid victims and study the seismic events.
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Vwatica
Stally
Goring
Fsland
Peaoy
Vardse
Eurydice
Hyall
Med Grong
Preater Fligastera
Tsuca
Deep Waterway Planned for Gulf Canal Initiated
A new group named the Deke to the Gulf Deep Water Way Association formed at a Washington dinner hosted by Representative Lorimer of Chicago. Lorimer elected chairman and Rainey secretary to guide early work as a St. Louis convention is set for November 10 and 16 with delegates from cities along the proposed waterway. Twenty two states show interest in a project costing about 31,000.
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Iaken
Gulf Canal
Washington
Lorimer
Chicago
Rainey
St. Louis
Nebraska
New York
Pennsylvaia
Mary
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Yellowstone Park
Helena
Duluth
Mdinnapolis
Springfield
Decatur
Moneaqua
Til
Aurora
Kokomo
Ind
Albany
New York City
Buffalo
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Kanans City
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Man Survives 17-Foot Wire Implanted After Car Crash
Louis Thyrium of Columbias Ohio left Mont Carmel hospital with seventeen feet of silver wire embedded in his body after a Chicago street car collision twisted his chest. Doctors considered the case miraculous as his heart and lung were displaced and he was not expected to survive the ordeal.
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Columbias
Ohio
Louis Thyrium
Mont Carmel H Hospital
Chicago
Chyrlum
Mrs Roosevelt plans Mayflower cruise for health
Mrs Roosevelt seeks a cruise on the yacht Mayflower to the West Indies due to her heart condition. The President's wife has been unwell for weeks and will be accompanied by Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Kermit Archibald and Quentin.
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West Indies
Mrs. Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit
Archibald
Quentin
Court Rules Love Tax Void. Railroads Win Appeal
Texas Court of Civil Appeals in Austin reverses the Love gross receipts tax law as unconstitutional. The decision upholds six injunctions against the state by the Burlington, Cotton Belt, Galveston, Houston and Henderson, International and Great Northern, and Missouri, Kansas and Texas lines.
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Texas Court of Appeals
Court of Civi Appeals
Austin
Texas
Bantn Fe
Cotton Belt
Galveston
San Antonio
International
Great Northern
Missouri
Banaas
Teachers Shun Cupid Contract Sparks County Debate
In Otee county Web authorities require female teachers to sign a contract not to marry during the school year before appointment. Most districts report opposition as many educators are married, while three men await death in Belbm prison for the Toluca killing of an elderly woman they believed to be a witch amid rural superstition.
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Otee
Web
Belbm
City of
Mexico
Toluca
Tu State
Three Killed Under Snow Plow In Ohio Tragedy
On the Payton and Troy traction road at Chambersburg Ohio a snow plow struck a horse that had become fastened near a bridge. Operator William Pumphreys Bert Hoover and Gustayna Nicol were instantly killed when the plow upturned and the men were crushed beneath twelve tons of snow.
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Payton and
Troy
Chambersburg
Ohio
Wiliam Pumphreys
Bert Hoover
Gustayna Nicol
Chicago Crime Fight Prompts Licensing Overhaul
A Chicago article discusses Chief Collins praising city council licensing reforms as a two edged weapon in the war on crime. It argues stricter liquor and business licenses will curb street life and deter criminals while urging caution about overreach and enforcement to avoid alienating communities.
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Ald
Chicago
Ghief
Collins
Councilih
Historic Midwestern Snowstorm Buries Regions in Record Depths
An immense winter storm sweeping the United States brings record snowfalls from the Rockies to the Northeast. Colorado reports deadly snowslides and destroyed mining property. Nebraska and the central states endure heavy drifts. East coast accumulations rise with New York and Philadelphia noting significant depths, while transportation across Pennsylvania and Maryland faces delays and suspensions.
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Givindi
Tilindis
Michada
Tadlado
Wisconsin
Zhi
Ofileagg
Ohio du Milagourt
Berlois
Silverton
Colorado
Chicago Brewer Fears License Fee Sinks Saloons
A leading Chicago brewer warns the new license fee will drive about 4,000 saloons from business in the city, roughly half the total. He claims brewers and owners of substantial property will shift rents and costs, while officials forecast only a partial reduction. The plan is framed as bolstering police protection and department activity through new funding.
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Chicago
Mae Breweries
Howevir
Waite
Bollea
Polles
Chiet’ _Schuettler
Rodsevolt
Storm tornado devastates Brooklyn Mississippi killing sixty
A deadly twister struck Brooklyn Mississippi on Monday night, killing sixty people and destroying property valued at around $300,000. The storm arrived with no warning, then intensified to a gale of ninety miles per hour, leveling houses and blowing residents from their beds as debris and uprooted trees caused additional harm.
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Turnadoe
Ows
Brooklyn
Miss
Mondy Neight
Sketch showing horrors of wreck in Colorado reaches Chicago
A long-winded Cleveland era column argues Chicago must undergo a major police reform with doubled force and a shift toward efficiency. It compares Roosevelt’s New York policing to Chicago’s needs, urging drastic changes and vigilant oversight to curb corruption and improve public safety.
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Colorado
Comings and goings from a busy early 20th century page
Notes report a Japanese fishing boat safe from loss after a heavy gale, while fields in higher education reveal James R. Wheeler chosen dean of Columbia’s new fine arts faculty. A comet discovery is noted from Heidelberg, and railroad and theater news touch Missouri rates and a Portland venue sale. Police disrupt anarchists in Philadelphia, quarry workers near Raleigh expand Wake Granite, and Cornell warns students about the Freshman-Sophomore Battle. Idaho arrests of Socialist leaders prompt nationwide fund-raising and defense efforts for the Western Federation of Miners, with Debs voicing harsher measures to halt executions.
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Hoxo- Inly
James Rignall Wheeler
Columbia University
New York
Pwe
Kopfef
Heidelberg
Germany
Ste Loca- Hon
Harvard Observatory
Missouri Railroad Commission
St. Lonia
Kingas City
Rolason
Portland
Ore
Philaderyain Police
Pi Willy Moatana
Aanoklog Monders
Tornado Devastates Town Leaving Destruction In Wake
The town was struck by a powerful tornado from the northwest, leaving streets in darkness and sweeping away horses. Debris and downed telegraph poles blocked paths as dead and injured were rushed to shelters. The storm moved southeast for over sixteen miles, flattening buildings and forcing residents to flee for safety.
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Ienterng
Brooklyn
Surplus at American Woolen Company Report
President Wood reports a surplus of 1,822,003 after preferred dividends. A major new yarn and worsted plant started in South Lawrence, Massachusetts. All Iowa plants are owned in fee or by stockholders and free of encumbrances.
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American Woolen Company
Miowa
South Lawrence
Mass
Yale Iow
Trout
Fee
Atook Purelinsa
Packers Witness List Admission Contested at Chicago
During special agent Durand examination in the government case against Chicago beer packers Judge Humphrey ruled the names of 200 witnesses, claimed to be possessed by Commissioner Garfold and handed to the Department of Justice, should be admitted as evidence. District Attorney Morrison stated the evidence was available at the trial.
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Durand
Department of Commerce and Labor
Chicago
Humphrey
Department of Justices
Garfold
Morrison
Fragmented 19th century Senate debate and adjournments
The report outlines a turbulent Senate and House session week with debates over a Gish culture station in Nebraska a bill abolishing lieutenant general rank and reclassifying the consular service. It notes adjournments executive sessions and deaths prompting tributes to Representatives Patterson and others. The statehood bill moves forward amid conference efforts and rail rate discussions.
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Senate
Messia
McCreary
Bailey
Heylin
Nebraska
House
Geos. Corhln God MacArthur
Wyoming
Mount Dujo
Culberson
Mesara
Calliver
Air
Lodge
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
Prouty
Spooner
Sparker
Grithiam
Mbrary
Congress
Nardwick
Himsels
Health warning urges women to seek care before operations
A vintage health column warns women awaiting or recovering from surgery of neglect’s dangers. It cites symptoms from abdominal pain to dizziness as signs of unhealthy female organs, warns against dangerous operations, and features a testimonial praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for cured tumors without surgery. It also notes free medical advice from Mrs. Pinkham and a stray historical aside on Franklin and electricity.
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Luells Adams
Seattie
Wash
Pinichan
New England States
Lydia E
Finkham
Ags
Adame
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lynch
Masa
Taft Cabinet Speculation and Policy Moves
The article notes possible Ambassador Meyer joining the President's cabinet if Taft retires. It also reports Moody probing railroad rebates on sugar shipments, a mail service reform limiting heavy furniture franks, and a government clerk salary cap of 1000 dollars after age 60. Other items include extradition treaty with Sandia, Manly Lawton named to a military academy cadet slot, and contract questions over a canal zone hotel bid.
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Wotea
Caplins
Panama
Meyer
Taft
Moody
Houge Post
Tce Committee
United States
Republic of Sandiatino
Manly Lawton
Lawton
Markel
Senate
Canal Cone
Aga
War memories from Gorky in St Petersbur garrison details
Milwaukee Sentinel recounts a traveler’s tale from Hin Day about Russian soldiers during the war. Gorky notes a private earning about two to three kopecks a day and a firing squad over a shirt worth half a kopeck, highlighting the grim prices of life and a colonel’s rebuke over fifty kopecks.
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Gorky
Ivan
Milwaukee Sentinel
Train Boy Bén Davis Noted Over Bananas in Car
A fragment from a historic page shows a passenger quarreling over a fruit joke with a train boy named Bén Davis. The exchange hints at light banter aboard a train car and a playful misnaming of fruit.
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Bén Davis
Grape Nuts Boosts Railroad Man Here Say Belief
A Battle Greek Michigan railroad worker describes years of indigestion from tough rail meals and poor cooking. After trying Grape-Nuts he reports complete relief, no burning pains, and improved digestion enabling clearer work performance. The letter ends urging readers to read the product booklet.
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