Tragic Atlantic City Rail Wreck On The Thoroughfare
A Pennsylvania Railroad electric train plunged from a trestle at The Thoroughfare across Atlantic City’s waterway. Two front cars sank fast with many deaths. a third car balanced briefly, then sank. Officials peg dead at about fifty seven, with fears of higher totals as wheels are raised.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Guxings
New York
Pleasantville
Wreck Toll Rises as Rescue Work Continues at Bridge
Atlantic City reports 33 dead with 49 identified, two unclaimed, and two missing bodies not recovered after the electric train wreck. Divers and wrecking crews pull bodies from two submerged cars as coroner's jury probes the scene. General Manager Atterbury expects total fatalities not to exceed 54 and notes the cause remains unresolved. Roadway cleared to resume scheduled traffic.
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Atlantic City
N. 2
Interst
Abbott
Wootten
Atterbury
Tragic Kansas City Bribery Case Ends
In Kansas City millionaire R. M Snyder dies in an automobile crash while facing bribery charges connected to the Central Traction bill. The death removes the key witness, Frederick C. Uthoff, and complicates prosecution of former Delegates W. H. Ritter and Uthoff, who allegedly took money for voting yes.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
R. M Snyder
Central Traction Bi
Frederick C. Uthoff
W. H. Ritter
Uthoff
Snyder
Sailor Arrested After Woman Found Dead Near Riverside
A Columbus sailor Clinton C Clark 21 sleeping on grass near a lifeless woman in Riverside is arrested. Police consider the woman murdered while attorneys retain money in a separate Washington Supreme Court ruling denying forced refund of legal fees from a fraudulent insurance claim.
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New York
Clinton C Clark
Columbus
Indlame
Riverside Parse
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Paves the Way for Philippine Assembly and Walker Lake Opening
Washington notes discuss Taft aiding a Philippine parliament within two years and the assembly’s two-house structure. Secretaries Hitchcock and Roosevelt in talks over Walker Lake Indian reservation opening amid entry disputes. Booker T. Washington meets with the president, while clerks’ salary allowances in city post offices rise and Maj. Brackett tours kentucky for new public buildings.
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Washington
Taft
Philippines
Congress
Lrst
Hitchcock
Cleveland
Columbus
Nantville
Tenn
Cheeks of Fair Lion Tamer Ends in Hospital
Mme Schell, a professional lion tamer, was attacked during a cage act at Huber's museum in New York. She sustained severe facial injuries after two lions fought and jaws snapped, leaving her with cheeks badly bitten and hospitalized. An assistant fired shots to separate the beasts, and surgeons stitched 12 and 18 stitches in the right and left cheeks respectively.
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New York
Mme
Emma Bchell
Huber
Musem
Mme Schell
Bellevue Hospital
Mme. Schell
Ferdinand Railway Co Charter Celebrated With Grand Reception
A grand reception and dance at Senninger's Hall last Friday celebrated the Ferdinand Railway Co charter. Speeches by Rev Father John J H Beckman and F X Rickelmann drew applause as citizens expressed their Greater Ferdinand spirit. Students sang from Prof Eiffert's school, and St Eberhard's Aid Society Band followed by the All Stars Orchestra.
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Ferdinand Railway Co
Senninger’s
Father John
J. H. Beckman
F. X. Rickelmann
Ferdinand
Prof. Eiffert
Eiffert
St. Eberhard’s Aid Society
All Stars Orchestra
Home Water Use and Windmill Aiding Farms
A Helaware farmer explains in a letter to the Orange Judd Farmer that efficient water systems save money and add comforts. Water supplies include bathroom kitchen stalls hog houses garden yards and a lawn fountain fed by a windmill that also powers fodder cutting and feed grinding, enhancing farm labor.
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Helaware
Orange Judd
Indiana potato crop tops last year's yield forecasts
The state bureau of statistics estimates the forthcoming potato crop will exceed last year’s by a noticeable margin. Production varies with seed selection, field timing, and hillside quality, while Texas Nut Growers report pecans yielding $20 to $65 per tree within 5 to 12 years after top-working.
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Indiana
State Bureau of Statistics
Texas Nut Growers’ Association
Mistaken For a Burglar In Bryn Mawr Shooting
Philadelphia reports Clayton B. French son of H B French wholesale chemists wounded fatally after being mistaken for a burglar by W G Ahrenried at the Montgomery Inn Bryn Mawr while entering his room. The Colonial legislature plans an January start to discuss the American fisheries dispute nearly two months earlier than usual.
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Philadelphia
Clayton B. French
H. B. French
W. G. Ahrenried
Montgomery Inn
Bryn Mawr
St. Johns
N. F
Colonial
Jailyard Rumors andunsung Treasures Told by Guards
A prison guard recalls two thirds of inmates claiming hidden booty across the United States. Convicts lure guards with false maps to buried riches, yet nothing is found, a long standing joke. In a separate exchange J Pierpont Morgan sails to Naples with a Azores stop and a Roman Sistine chant remark echoes biblical Saul and David.
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United States
Columbinis Dispatch
Saul
J. Pierpont
Morgan
Naples
Ponta Delgada
Azores
David
Mr. Morgan
Philadelphia
Why the Fare Was Simple in the North Carolina Mountains
A traveler stops at a mountain cabin for a meal of side meat and cornbread. He notices a shotgun and learns locals occasionally hunt game, one man’s misfire causing a gun to discharge and blow a bullet out the muzzle.
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North Carolina
The Stock Advice On Livestock Feeding And Breeding
Practical guidance on hog, sheep, and calf feeding from era farming notes. It covers horned bull caution, calf rearing, hog fat distribution, preferred hog breeds, and hay formulations. Also notes milk conversion in calves and daily gain targets from beef-breed parents and Professor Hunt figures.
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Hunt
Wedding and church remembrance at St Meinrad
Mrs Mary Vaal and her sons spent a week at Mt Vernon Indiana for the wedding of her grandson, the second son of John Vaal. Robert Fleischmann and Miss Mary Fischer were married by Rev Maurus Helfrich and plan to farm near Poseyville Indiana. All Saints and All Souls Days were observed with the usual prayers and cemetery decorations.
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Mary Vaal
Joseph
Henry
Mt. Vernon
Ind
John Vaal
Robert Fleischmann
Mary Fischer
Maurus Helfrich
Poseyville
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Seger–Holland er wedding at Mariah Hill celebrated
The town gathered Tuesday for the Seger Holland er wedding as Miss Mary Hollander and Mr John Seger united in marriage. The bride wore white, with Magpie Hollamer leading the bridal march and Katy Hollander and Katie Seger as bridesmaids. A family wedding feast followed.
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Mary Hollander
John Seger
Jos. Hollander
Magpie Hollamer
Katy Hollander
Katie Seger
St Anthony Social Roundup and Campaign Notes
Ben Toenyes and wife return from Europe to Louisville after six months abroad. Dr P L Coble campaigns for senator before a Democratic crowd. Miss Mary Klein to wed Mat Schnel next Monday. free dance at Sternberg's Hall that night. W E Cox and M A Sweeney slated to speak Thursday and Friday as the campaign heats up. Chas Horny recovering from typhoid fever. local visits by Mrs John Toenyes and Mrs John Hoffmann.
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Ben Toenyes
Ferdinand
Louisville
Mr.Toenyes
Europe
Mary Klein
Mat Schnel
Sternberg’s Hall
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Interior Department
Nevada
Walker Lake Indian Reservation
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Moore
Fred Brackett
Supervising Architect
Office of the Treasury
Kenticky
Catlettsbore
London
Mayfield
Owensborn
Danville
Richmond
Bowling Green
Paris
Senninger’s Hall
Home Water Supply
Tamworths
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Tokio
Goto Island
ST. Meinrad
Mariah Hill
Frank Jochim
Frank
Charles Metzger
Messrs
Edmund Bromm
Benno Heilers
Henry Schum
Henry Rohleder
Leo Mehling
Our Town
Fred Wagner
Eugene Grundhofer
Prof
John Schnell
Troy
Andy Jochim
William Stallmann
Seger—Hollander
ST. Anthony
Frank Kordes
Jas
John Toenyes
John Hoffmann
P. L. Coble
W. E. Cox
M. A. Sweeney
Fred Vollmer
Bigham
Central Committee
Jasper
Chas
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