Earthquake Tales from Salt Lake Refugees in San Francisco
A San Francisco earthquake tale packet describes Salt Lake visitors returning home with vivid scenes. Wealthy mine owner B. J. Daly praises police after moving wounded, notes low restaurant prices in Oakland, and recounts strange sights such as a piano pushed along a street and a dog on a car seat. Survivors tell of miraculous rescues in Santa Rosa and Stanford anecdotes.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake
San Francisco
B. J. Daly
Charlemagne Hotel
Oakland
Vanness Avenue
Santa Rosa
Auto soldiers stop man in Poe Indiana tale
A special Sentinel correspondent recounts a dramatic Poe Indiana incident where soldiers stop a man to force him into a car claiming they need men to save women and fight fires. The man resists, later aids the soldiers, then departs to find his sister and family amidst the ensuing events. The narrative is embedded in a larger local news report detailing church visits illnesses and community notices.
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George V. Schramm
Market Street
Women Saved Their Monkey During Earthquake Peril
In Portland on April 23 Mrs. Jacob Babler and her two children described escaping on the Southern Pacific free train. They recalled a pair of gray haired women carrying a monkey in a cage between them as frightened crowds rushed toward the ferry. A nearly unclothed woman carried two bird cages and a lunatic ran past shouting about an alarm clock while a second story jump from a window was witnessed.
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Portland
Ore
Jacob Babler
Southern Pacific
Will Not Release Pastor From St John’s Lutheran
After Sunday service at St John’s Lutheran church the congregation met Prof Sites of St Paul’s Lutheran in Detroit who recently called Rev Dannecker to its pastorate. Sites sought consent to transfer but the congregation unanimously resolved not to accept the resignation and to keep Dannecker. Rev Dannecker is deeply loved and highly regarded by his flock.
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the Sentinel
Poe
Ind
Dougherty
M. E
John Essig
Robert Mercer
James Dee
C. F. Essig
Fred Gallmier
Freidheim
Lois Vaughn
Mercer
Rev
Edmundson
Christian Church
Eva Mullen
Florence Deel
Maud Hiser
Frank Chapman
Ed Vachon
John Essig, Jr
Rose
Francis Heckbor
George Heckbor
Henry Meyers
Rose Heckler
Fort Wayne
Loretta Hiser
Martha
Azola Emerick
Mace Shookman
Olon Shookman
James Essig
George Shookman
John Ruhl
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Prof
Sites
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Detroit
Dannecker
Edward Mertens badly injured in Liberty Street runaway
Edward Mertens aged 18 of 1217 Liberty street sustained a fractured skull in a Liberty canal street runaway. He was tossed from the buggy when the horse bolted, dragged some distance, then kicked and left unconscious. He lies in Lutheran hospital in a semi conscious condition after Sunday night operation by Drs Daemling Crull and Snyder.
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Edward Mertens
Liberty Street
Lutheran Hospital
Irvin Wolf
Young Mertens
Cleaning and preserving color in matting article
Instructions for matting care cover sweeping with stiff and soft brooms, washing in warm salted water to prevent fading, borax for light color, use of chalk turpentine mix for grease, washing soda for sunken grease, and yearly sweet milk treatments to preserve matting color.
Miss Eliza P Bryan Weds John W Brown at Simpson M E Church
Miss Eliza P Bryan and John W Brown were married Saturday evening at Simpson M E Church parsonage by Rev J N Canse. They will reside at 1322 Lafayette Street.
California Disaster Triggers Heavy Market Liquidation
The California disaster caused a heavy liquidation in the New York stock market last week. Selling pressure grew as investors aimed to meet losses from San Francisco and anticipated further price falls amid weak demand and prior coal strike concerns. A. E. Humes plans to move to Philadelphia to start a new business and reside there permanently.
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California
New York
Wall Street
San Francisco
Senate approves San Francisco relief funding expansion
Washington April 23 The house concurred in senate amendments to a relief resolution increasing the appropriation to 1.5 million dollars for San Francisco. Once signed by presiding officers, the measure will go to the president for approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
San Francisco
Senate considers San Francisco relief expansion
In Washington on April 23 the Senate received a presidential recommendation to boost relief funds for San Francisco by 1.5 million dollars. An earlier House joint resolution for 1 million was amended to 1.5 million and to cover extra muleage and troop transport costs from the Pacific coast calamity. The measure passed as amended while the railroad rate bill was presented and Lafollette resumed his speech.
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Washington
Senate
San Francisco
House Joint
Allison
Pacific Coast
Monumental Coffin Tower in Pinner Churchyard
In Pinner village a tall ivy‑edged pyramid monument holds a stone coffin suspended within its middle. Erected by William and Agnes Loudon’s son, the stone shell preserves their remains above ground to keep inheritance money from passing on, a curious deferred burial driven by a financial motive.
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Middlesex
Pinner
William
Agnes Loudon
Impudent Questions Met With Staunch Silence Tactics
A Home Notes guide explains how to handle impudent questions. The mild approach is to ignore the query, while a harsher method involves redirecting attention to another person or discussing unrelated matters. If pressed, imply no need to answer and avoid direct engagement.
Negroes Escape Jail Sentences in City Gambling Raid
In a Lafayette street raid on Manuel Curry's saloon Saturday night eight men pleaded guilty to frequenting a gambling house. Judge Skelton fined each five dollars plus costs, despite statutes requiring ten to sixty days in jail. Prosecution noted the charges as gaming rather than frequenting. Other arrests included Ida Gatewood fined ten dollars for keeping a nearby resort, and Otis Gatewood fined ten dollars and ten days for associating with prostitutes. Several juveniles were placed with a probation officer.
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Manuel Curry
Lafayette Street
Skelton
D. B. Ninde
Reichelderfer
Sergt. Pappert
Junk and
Kientz
Jennings
Oscar Warfield
Ida Gatewood
Otis Gatewood
Lester Curry
Iona Bradshaw
Pennsylvania Company
Vincent Miller
Charles de
Drunkenness fines issued to Ford and Martz
Ford and John Martz faced drunkenness charges with fines of $1 and costs each. Martz case continued on the plea of the defendant’s mother whom he is supporting, and he was allowed to go to work.
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Ford
John Martz
Reverend Fleming Resigns from Westminster Church
Rev. J Budman Fleming, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian, informed his congregation that he accepted a pastorate in Chicago Heights Illinois and asked the church to seek approval of his resignation from the presbytery. A meeting is set for May 2 with a committee to meet the presbytery on May 7. His departure is met with deep regret after his pastorate in the city.
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J. Budman Fleming
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Chicago Heights
Ill
Fleming
Wells county pioneers and early notices in Topeka and Elwood
Obituary outlines John Gentis Elwood death at 95 pioneer Wells county resident Thomas Stockdale dies in Chicago while his son hosts him in Illinois. The Judge begins in Topeka Kansas and Angola census counts 2724 inhabitants. Warsaw Odd Fellows member Lewis Rice fractures leg during degree ceremony. Subside grants for Fort Wayne and South Bend Air Line in Kosciusko county allocated 10000 Turkey Creek and 7000 Van Buren Township. KendallvilleElectric proposal aims to power city plant at reduced cost. An drews constable George Mahoy pleads guilty to assault and battery after kissing Mrs Stanton. Republican county ticket announced in Columbia City with names for clerk auditor treasurer sheriff recorder surveyor commissioners coroner councilmen.
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John Gentis
Wells County
Elwood
Topeka
Lagrange County
Angola
Thomas Stockdale
Elkhart County
Chicago
Lewis Rice
Odd Fellows
Warsaw
Fort Wayne
South Bend Air Line
Kosciusko County
Turkey Creek
van Buren Township
Rose Hill
Kosciusko
Wabash
Toledo and
Kendallville
George Mahoy
Andrews
May
Man, Wolfed by Fearsome Bite, Goes on Rampage at Plant
Chicago man Thomas Krizenk bitten by a dog yesterday reportedly contracted hydrophobia today. At Standard Slaughtering Company his attack with a large butcher knife sent about one hundred workers fleeing into the street. He was captured and bound to be taken to hospital.
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Chicago
Thomas Krizenk
Standard Slaughtering Company
Indianapolis Businessman John Brill Dies by Suicide
Indianapolis on April 23 John Brill aged 55 a leading figure in Brill Mickley Coal company killed himself in a shed at 708 North Sherman drive Tuxedo suburb. He used a revolver placed to the center of his forehead and fired it amid a mental aberration.
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Indianapolis
John Brill
North Sherman Drive
Tuxedo
Brill
Brill-Mickley Coal Company
Train Hits Auto. One Killed in Danville Illinois
Four men rode in a car struck at a street crossing by a Peoria and Eastern Big Four line train No 18 from Peoria to Indianapolis. Frank Bartley the car owner was killed instantly. Cande Bishop a Wabash conductor sustained serious injuries and Daniel Kenny, the car driver, suffered internal injuries and a crushed...
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Danville
Peoria & Eastern
Big Four’ “Railway
Peoria
Indianapolis
Frank Bartley
Cande - Bishop
Wabash Railroad Company
Daniel
Kenny
Fragmentary OCR Note on Elena Damaged
Unclear fragment mentions Elena and a situation described as panic. Source text is incomplete with missing verbs and context. No definite event, location, or outcome can be established from the readable bits. Further text needed for a factual card.
Were in Oakland When Crash Came
Fort Wayne readers report from Oakland after the San Francisco quake. Mr and Mrs John VanRoy reached home exhausted yet grateful for escape from the Touraine hotel. They describe the shaking, fires, and dynamite blasts as Oakland and the stricken bay city faced devastation. Relatives in Fort Wayne received word that loved ones in San Francisco were safe but lost all belongings. Additional notes report other locals uninjured but property losses.
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John VanRoy
Fort Wayne
San Francisco
Mrs. VanRoy
Oakland
Bay
Touraine
Cass’ Hunter
Mary
Anna Sullivan
B. F. Stonecifer
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Monday
Herbert Stonecifer
Clifton B. Olds
Walter Olds
Lee
Lee Olds
Olds
F. C
Physicians’ Defense Company
Mr. VanSlyke
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Stanford
Ida G. Bothwell
Stanford University
Miss Bothwell
L. E. Ryter
Presa
St. Francis Hotel
POE News
San Luis Obispo
Pacific Ocean
Calfornia
A. E. Humes
Schmitz Block
Philadelphia
Congress
Bill
Hquake “In
Italy
Elena
Damabed
Sentinel
Indiana
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