San Francisco Shelters Strained by Heavy Rainstorm
Homeless residents camped in parks and vacant lots faced a cold, flooded night as a fierce storm drenched camps. Officials report thousands more tents needed while Presidio refugees fared better due to quartermaster tents and trench drainage. details include extortion complaints, Red Cross looting arrests, and a city plan to resume streetcar service with fire protections amid relief operations.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Quartermaster’s Department
Hamilton
Jefferson Square
Pacific Avenue
Killmore
Church
Sixteenth
Mission Street
Schmitz
United Railroads
Rittenhouse
United States Marines
Bush
Oak
Fillmore
Division Streets
Central Station
Red Cross
Arthur Jacobs
O'Grady
Mathewson
Jacobs
Jacobs’ Pals
Death toll rises as war department lists more casualties
Washington reports General Greely telegram with additions to the dead including Albert Laeghter and Margaret Miles. Total wounded reach 1,005 with 221 at general hospital and 784 at park emergency hospital. Santa Rosa braces as Colonel Pratt notes two California national guard companies, no homeless, good sanitation, but city business district destroyed and 100 killed, many injured.
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Washington
War Department
General Greely
Fort Mason
Albert D. Laeghter
Margaret Miles
Anne Mary Patrig
Joseph A. Rebi
Jens Sorrenson
Mr. Meclair
Kolber M. Mansen
Patrick Dockery
Denis T. Sullivan
Bernard Shay
Jules Jauzi
Amelio Marco
N. A. Huetell
John Fourth
Francis Mercier
Teresa Roche
General Hospital
Presidio
Park Emergency Hospital
General Greeley
Santa Rosa
Pratt
California National Guard
Manuscripts Lost in Sacramento Fire at Pickering Home
Sacramento April 25 Mr R A Crothers proprietor of the San Francisco Bulletin arrived in Sacramento claiming a fire at 1060 Bush street destroyed a valuable mass of manuscripts and articles belonging to the late Mr Loring Pickering including an unpublished history of journalism. Most Bulletin files were saved and those lost can be replaced.
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Sacramento
Cal
R. A. Crothers
San Francisco Bulletin
Bush Street
Loring Pickering
Pickering
United States
Crothers
El Paso Struggles With Refugee Influx From San Francisco
El Paso faces a rush of penniless refugees arriving on every train from San Francisco. Relief committees provide transport and may need funds to assist. The Maccabees lodge network in Texas launches a drive to raise money for California members, sending a collected sum to the state commander.
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el Paso
Tex
San Francisco
Maccabees
Texas
California
Families Receive Safe News After City Disaster
Letters reach Fort Wayne families from relatives in California and San Jose after the quake and fire. C Bertrand Taylor at Land Stanford reports escape and tent living. Mrs Stewart in San Francisco learns her husband, a San Francisco Chronicle printer, is safe. J B Shoaff, a Southern Pacific conductor, writes he serves as deputy sheriff to aid relief. other Fort Wayne men in San Jose also safe. O N Guldlin heads to San Francisco to visit a sister who survived with property losses.
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Andrew Taylor
South Wayne Avenue
C. Bertrand Taylor
Leland Stanford University
Taylor
Stewart
San Francisco
Cottage Avenue
San Francisco Chronicle
N. W. Luce
Southern Pacific Company
Oakland
St. Francis Hotel
Gibson
Jacob
Herman Eppinger
Jacob Eppinger
Eppingers
Eppinger
Postmaster Recommends Fort Wayne Post Office Substitutes
The postmaster recommends Herman H. Linger as substitute mail carrier and Arthur Betz as substitute clerk for the Fort Wayne post office. The formal appointment details appear in the official notice.
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Hatina
Herman. H.linger
Arthur
Betz
Fort Wayne
Postoffice
Conditions Improve in Frisco After Fire Night
San Francisco reports a calmer day with stations in operation, debris cleared for temporary rebuilding, and more blankets for refugees. Loosening looting, strengthened patrols, and resumed freight moves mark recovery progress as relief funds and Red Cross efforts coordinate with army distribution.
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San Francisco
Fort Wayne Readers Hear San Francisco Earthquake Reports
A Fort Wayne letter from Palo Alto describes April 18 quake scenes with widespread destruction. Palo Alto reports damaged Stanford University and buildings in ruins while San Francisco and San Jose face fires and water shortages. residents camp outdoors and adapt to the disaster.
Favorite Spring Appetizers From A Home Kitchen
A collection of old fashioned recipes features Shredded Wheat Biscuit with dried beef, Welsh rarebit with ale, chicken and mushroom sandwiches, frozen rice and orange pudding, sponge drops, Banbury tarts, rice with roast beef, chocolate Charlotte Russe, asparagus rabbit, brown stew with dumplings, and a butter sugar cream sauce. Adapted from Good Housekeeping, these items showcase simple steps and pantry ingredients for spring entertaining.
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Good Housekeeping
King Edward Not Hurt After Yacht Stairfall
Naples May 1 The king escaped injury after a slight fall on the stairs of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert on the eve of leaving for Mount Vesuvius. The accident caused exaggerated rumors but the king laughed off the mishap.
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Naples
Edward
Mount Vesuvius
Thig
Auto Crash In Bloomingdale Leaves Two Hurt
A Cadillac driven by George T. Ladd crashes into wooden posts and a telegraph pole on Wells Street near Fourth Street. J. Ross McCulloch of Hamilton National Bank is badly bruised and taken to St. Joseph hospital. Charles MacDougall suffers facial bruises and a splintered arm. H. W. Somers and Ladd escape unharmed. The four occupants were traveling south when a stray scantling forced the car onto the curb and into the obstacle, with the tonneau torn free and the front damaged.
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Bloomingdale
J. Ross McCuLloch
Hamilton National Bank
St. Joseph Hospital
Charles MacDougall
West Wayne Street
H. W. Somers
Wayne Club
George T. Ladd
Mr. Ladd
Wells Street
Fourth Street
McCulloch
Rosenthal
MacDougall
Greenawalt
Fire Threatens Big Fort Wayne Lumber Yard
A Tuesday blaze in the engine room of Fort Wayne Lumber at Broadway and the Wabash tracks threatened the yard and plans to spread into the planing mills. Firemen from engines 3 5 and 8 battled for 30 minutes. damage was limited to the engine room and insured, not exceeding 300 dollars.
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Fort Wayne Lumber Company
Broadway
Wabash
M. G. Beaver
Taylor Street
Sentinel carrier to visit rural routes for new and overdue subscriptions
Mr. E. H. Bookwalter will cover rural routes 2 3 and 4 from Churubusco this week and next soliciting new subscriptions for the Daily and Weekly Sentinel and collecting on overdue accounts. Prepare for his visit.
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E. H. Bookwalter
Churubusco
Daily
Weekly
Sentinel
Murderer of Postmaster at Dennison Surrounded by Posse
Muskegon Mich May 1 An armed posse of twelve officers has run down and surrounded the bandit believed to have killed M C Golden at Dennison last week and holds him at bay in Lake Michigan shore swamps and sand dunes. Pursuers say the hiding place is ideal and he may starve out if forced to eat to stay alive. Bloodhounds are useless due to thick underbrush and limited visibility.
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Red Cross
The
Relief and Red Cross Funds
Allan Pollock
San Francisco
Examiner
H. E. Law
Law Brothers
A. B. McCreary
Papa
Concord
John D. Rockefeller
Crare
Oakland
Kean
Dennison
Muskegon
Mich
Western Michigan
M. C. Golden
Lake Michigan
Grand Jury Delays Action On Political Contributions
New York May 1 District Attorney Jerome's advice to the April grand jury to avoid investigating insurance political contributions was followed. The jury said it sought evidence against insurance officials but deferred, awaiting a ruling from the appellate division on whether contributions to politics constitute larceny. Jerome urged waiting for a definite ruling before indictments, citing Greenbaum and potential actions against major financiers.
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New York
Jerome
Goff
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
March Grand Jury
March
Mr. Jerome
Greenbaum
George W. Perkins
Justice Greenbaum
Tracy
Gov
Folk
Missouri
Deneen
Ilinois
Gov. Folk
St. Louis
Gov. Deneen
Cook County
Morgan
Harriman
George Perkins
Pierpont Morgan
Strayed five cattle from farm near Huntington road
Four yearlings and one milk cow strayed Tuesday night April 24. Two yearlings are yellow Jerseys, two are black yearlings, the milk cow is brown black. Please return or notify Victor Stewart 9 miles southwest on Huntington road RL De ON.
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Victor Stewart
Huntington Road
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P.C. Yorke
Bay
Berkeley
William R. Hewitt
Department of Electricity
Rudolph Spreckels
Bryant Street
Fillmore Street
Thirteenth
Market
Sixteenth Street
Young Taylor
Frisco
Golden Gate Park
Associated Press
San Rafael
Dewey
Union Square
Victory
Frank Mans
23Rd
United States Infantry
Portsmouth Square
Chinatown
Kearney Street
Maus
Devine
Edward Devine
National
Funston
United States Army
Roosevelt
Taft
Citizens’ Committee
James D. Phelan
Phelan
Gladya
L. A. Weichselfelder
Palo Alto
Clara Koch
East Lewis Street
San Jose
Insane Asylum
Stanford University
Miss
Gladys
Zedaker
Banbury
Rover
King Edward
Ross M'Culloch
Chas Macdougall
POSSE
Bandit
Jos
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