Storm Breaks Over Lone Star State With Loss of Life
A five hour Texas storm ravaged Austin and many towns including Hallettsville Yoakum Lagrange. The Austin city hospital sustained heavy damage while trains on the San Antonio Arkansas Pass railroad were wrecked. A train near Corpus Christi is reported wrecked with several dead. Communications to affected towns were destroyed.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Enor
Austin’s
City Hospital
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Colorado River Valley
Hallettsville
Yoakum
Lagrange
Tin Plate Company Bill Against Union Men Denied
Federal judge in Goshen denied Tin Plate and American Sheet Steel relief without notice. Hearing on the injunction request set for next Monday. case targets strikers from the June milling walkout and seeks broad restraints including arresting picketing and interference with employment.
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Goshen
Baker
Duluth Flood Wrecks Streets After Severe Cloudburst
Duluth Minnesota endures a cloudburst causing 1.5 million dollars in damage as nearly three inches of rain fall in under two hours. Streets flood into six feet of water with drownings reported on Pit Street and West Duluth as Keen's Creek washes away buildings. Superior Street is blocked by wreckage.
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Duluth
Minn
Romano i
Poy
Superior Street
Great Sea Walls Save City of Galveston
Galveston Texas July 22 four railroads rush repairs on the bridge to the mainland after yesterday's storm to restore crossing within twenty four hours boats carry passengers while coast reports show damage to resort cottages ten believed dead near Bettison pier no other deaths reported the city remained safe due to the sea wall. seven miles offshore Tarpon fishing pier battered as storm swept the jetty into the bay continuation on page 10
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Galveston
Texas
Bettison
Gulf
Elkhart Youth Cleared in Lansing Grand Union Robbery
An Elkhart young man proven innocent of the Grand Union Bank branch safe robbery in Lansing Michigan after establishing he was in Elkhart at the time. He had been discharged from the company days before the crime. Police chief Behrendt arrived to take him into custody. The safe yielded $200.
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Elkhart
Grand. Union Tew Company
Lansing
Mich
Elkshart
Chiee
Behrendt
Michigan City
Robbery Clue Sought After Three Dental Shops Hit
No clue found for the material stolen from the dental offices of Drs Gummirs Menges and Hart er on Tuesday. Robberies occurred hours apart with skeleton keys aiding entry. Dr Hart er lost about 45 dollars in gold. Dr Menges about 35 dollars in gold crowns and fillings. Dr Cummins 36.20 in money and gold.
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Gummirs
Menges
Harter
Muesday
Dr.Harter
Cummins
Amd
Sailors Fall Ill From Typhoid On Ship Potatoes
Dysentery rumors spread aboard a battleship as sailors contracted typhoid from tainted potatoes. Reports indicate officials ordered potables inspected and meals altered to curb the outbreak.
Bids Sought for High Street Paving by Public Works Board
The board of public works invites bids to pave High Street from Second Street to the west end by the banks of the St. Joseph River. The engineer’s estimate is 17357.98 dollars. Bids open at 10 o clock on August 6 and may cover asphalt blocks bituminous macadam and oiling.
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High Street
Board of
Public Works
Joseph River
Jury Finds Against Plaintiff in Undue Persistence Piano Sale Case
Jury ruled against the plaintiff in a suit against W. W. Kimball Company of Chicago after finding that undue methods were used by agents to pressure the Nadalney family of Elkhart to sign for a piano. Evidence showed South Bend agent Carter pursued the sale in June, repeatedly visiting the Nadalneys and attempting to deliver a $20 note and a contract. The court ordered the defendant to pay the trial costs. the piano was shipped from South Bend to Nadalney’s home and stored there.
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Brumbaugh
Ae Profissor
Cwas
W.W. Kimball
I¢Ompany
Chicago
South Bend
Valentine ‘Nadoluey
Garter
South
Elkhart
Nadalney
Hickory ‘Street
Lake Shore
Round House
Carter
Bend
Nadorney
Spanish at Melilda Face Massacre Reported
A terse message describes a massacre situation at Melilda and local forces facing violence. No further verified details accompany the brief note.
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Melilda
Gates Paves Way for Steel Trust Battle
Pittsburg July 22 The Republic Steel Trust and company led by John W Gates awards a 1 500 000 steel tube plant contract at Hazelton Ohio This move signals Gates will clash with the steel trust or push it to absorb the Republic on his terms.
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Republic Tron. and
Steel. Company
Hazelton
Pittsburg
Republic
Tréon and Steel : S Company
Tazelton
Ohio
Gates
Steel Corporation
Roosevelt and party stop near Naivasha en route
A Roosevelt party arrives in Naivasha on July 23 and plans a farm stop. Officials say they will remain at the site briefly before continuing their journey. The report notes the party’s movements and expected schedule.
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Naivasha
Roosevelt
Par ‘Ly
Two Shot In Strike Riot At Kenosha Tannery
Report from Kenosha Wisconsin describes a strike at Allen and Son tannery. Shots were fired by armed men during the ongoing labor dispute, causing injuries. Local authorities investigate the Kenosha riot amid tensions at the tannery site.
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Kenosha
Kenosha, Wis
Allen & Son
Fragmented OCR: Local Notice Yields Sparse Details
Fragmentary text shows a local public notice with few readable elements. Names, dates, or locations are missing or garbled, leaving only partial cues about the action or authority involved.
Elkhart Bristol Right of Way Debate and Salary Shifts
A council meeting tabled an ordinance to remove the city judge from office and set the judge's salary at 500 dollars annually. The move, driven by political influence, aimed to retain the judge while adjusting other city salaries, including the mayor to 1200 dollars per year. Meanwhile a rail line right of way dispute near Bristol, tied to the St. Joseph Valley Traction Co, moves toward court‑named appraisers to avoid delays.
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Elimi Atic
Azo
Hazelton
Lounsberry
Solons
Avith
Hartman
Geraghty
Keeley
Glen R.sawyer
Thatua
Para Abou
Elkhart
Which
St. Joseph
Bristol
Hauenstein Habeas Corpus Writ Leads to Release
Judge Van Fleet released Dr. George B. Hauenstein after a habeas corpus proceeding in chambers. He had been detained by Hammond Indiana constable Meryweather on a warrant by Charles Robbins alleging he sent an account out of state for garnishment.
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van Fleet
George B. Hauenstein
Meryweather
Hammond
Ind
Charles Robbins
Elkhart
Joan-Lloyd
van Derlip
Lloyd
Seattle
Gould
Ravenstein
Lea
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Brewster
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Plains
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Andes
Shauky
Mills
Avas
Stanford
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Rogers P. Ginrk
Charles,Morschauser
Thaw
Morros
Steel Trust Battle
Resto
Albert
Hauenstein
Roperty
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