Deadly Chilean quake devastates Valparaiso and region
Reports from Buenos Ayres and Santiago confirm a powerful earthquake and fires at Valparaiso. Deaths reach into the thousands with 60,000 refugees, property losses around 250 million dollars, and widespread destruction across coastal towns.
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Santiago
Paris
Buenos Ayres
Valparaiso
Ingles
Chili
Frederic Varela
Radical Party
Chili and Tarapaca Bank
Estertiero
Valparaleo
Jockey Club
Rilo de Janeiro
Andean
Argentinos
New York
Chile
Principa
Carlos Bol
Valparaiao
Concaet
Earthquakes Cease in Chile Cities
Relief efforts begin as Valparaiso and Baños de Talcahuano calm after earthquakes. Fires are out and hurt and dead are being buried. Initial casualty estimates appear exaggerated while observers note the end of aftershocks and start of organized aid and rebuilding.
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Evansville
Chile
Valparaiso
Ban ‘Tlago
Appropriations by Congress Reach 1907 Total Nears Billion
Washington reports the last session allocated 879,589,185.16 dollars for 1907, up 59,404,550.20 from 1906. Post office and pensions led the increases, with 191,695,998.75 and 140,246,500 respectively, while canal, river and harbor work and other items also grew. The record notes the Isthmian canal rise and policy extensions as major drivers.
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Washington
Thomas P. Cleaves
James C. Courts
Senate
House
Congress
Post Office Department
Naval Establishment
Isthmian Canal
Intelligent Dog Exchange Sparks Stray Stories Wit
Willie Wishington comments on his dog howling whenever he tries to wing it. Miss Cayenne replies that dogs rank high in intelligence, nearly on the level of humans.
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Willie Wishington
Miss Cayenne
Value of the Cocoanut Palm from Tropics
The cocoanut palm yields food from the fleshy kernel and refreshing drink from the shell. Husk fibers make ropes nets and mats. Leaves provide thatching for roofs and light construction. Leaf ribs supply brooms and fuel. Ashes mixed with oil crust form sap. Trunk serves as strong light pillars for buildings.
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Tropics
Philippines
Pacific
Bps
Roosevelt Endorses Congress Work and Tariff View
President Roosevelt writes Congress praising current session and urging not to change House leadership. He advocates a protective tariff with adjustments as needed and separates tariff reform from trust regulation, urging continued party unity under Speaker Cannon. He notes Panama Canal, navy spending, eight hour day, Saturday holidays, and farm-wage interests. Also mentions Morganatic marriage term and a piece on independent journalism.
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New York
Roosevelt
James R. Watson
Rushville
Ind
Congress
House
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Philippines
America
Cannon
Panama Canal
Boy Shot While Frog Hunting Along Patoka
Gerald Kempf was shot in the back by Conrad Eckert on Patoka riverbank while frog and squirrel hunting. Eckert is held on a $590 bond after about forty shots struck Kempf, who collapsed while returning home after the attack.
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Jaspar, Inc
Patoka
Gerald Kempf
Conrad Eckert
Eckert
Real Estate Transfers in Jasper and Surrounding Towns
Real estate transfers list numerous deeds among Mary T Miller Nellie Miller Epham Overby Synthy Palmer Lemmon Clara Bush James Garland Haver Roberson John P Huather John T Melchior Gerber Huther Josh Huther Wm H Nicholson Amo Bledsoe and others. Amounts shown include 3220 00 225 00 1750 00 400 00 50 90 and parcel references in town blocks and additions.
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Mary T Miller
Nellie Miller
Kundeckslat
Jaeper
Epham
James M Garland
Haver Roberson
Jasper
John P Huather
John T Melchior
Gerber
Huther
iJohn T Melchior
John P Huther
James Garland
M Harver
Jon Schumacher
Josh
Household Notes on Cooking and Cleaning Practices
Household notes give tips on fruit preparation with sugar, brushing crusts with egg yolk, scalding rhubarb, keeping eggs on the small end, and washing with kerosene water to deter flies. Advice covers lamp care with vinegar, lemon juice in pastry, stain removal using tomato juice, and using linseed oil and lime for burns.
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Coe
Jasper Reds Suffer First Loss in Southern Indiana Match
Local sports report notes Jasper Reds, led by coaches and players, lost to Huntingburg 4 to 2 in a 9 inning game. The defeat ends a 14 game streak, with misplays cited as key. Upcoming matchup lists Evansville Sterlings as next opponent.
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Jasper Reds
Indiana
Huntingburg
Reds
Hunt
Jasper
Gerard
Morris
Taafe
Ames
Floyd
Evansville
Sterlings
Chicken Thieves Target Ferdinand Chickens
Ferdinand residents are warned to secure their chicken coops before dark. A local man spotted a thief in his yard the other evening fleeing with four chickens.
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Ferdinand
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