Great Western Railways Sells Homeseekers Tickets
The Chicago Great Western Railway will sell homeseekers tickets at greatly reduced round trip rates on May 2 16 and June 20 to the north northwest south southwest and east. Additional tickets to Minnesota the Dakotas and Canadian northwest will be sold on May 9 23 and May 30 June 13 and 27. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Ehner G P A St Paul Minn.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Northwest
Southwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Canadian Northwest
Great Western
J. P. Ehner
St. Paul
Minn
Bidwtd
Tornado Devastates Snyder Oklahoma Killing Dozens
A Snyder Oklahoma tornado left the town virtually wrecked with many dead and injured. Reports say 95 bodies recovered, dozens missing, 100 plus hurt, with debris nine miles from town. Fire destroyed remaining buildings as relief, aid from neighboring towns and governors actions arrived.
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Guthrie
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Snyder
Fron Ukineham City
Collins
Ferguson
Oklahoma
Incomplete Casualty List From Thursday Disaster
The casualty list names many victims and relatives, with statuses indicating multiple serious injuries and possible deaths. The narrative explains the Snyder exchange collapse caused by wind and the accidental wood impact at the landing, detailing the dramatic rescue and the intact glass booth.
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Tho
Lin Bart
Snyder Exchange
Snyder
Johart
Destructive Tornado Pounds Snyder Town Area
A tornado tore through Snyder near Lis pathway carving a mile wide swath with near total devastation. Homes with storm cellars offered shelter but many occupants perished as the funnel plowed through the center of town leaving wrecked structures and scattered debris. The storm was marked by bright lightning and loud thunder as it passed.
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Snyder
Thq
P. mi
Mev
Chen
Extraordinary windstorm leaves town in ruins and scattered bodies
A devastating cyclone ripped through the town demolishing the round house, overturned boxcars, and destroyed two cotton gins. Wind tore through structures leaving front walls gone and debris strewn. A displaced man found with a severed hand described his shock, while a missing child and a badly injured woman in the morgue highlighted the tragedy. Many corpses are unshaped and shoeless, their identities uncertain.
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Prises Round House
Neece Round House
Fo Mntat
Snyder
Railroad wreck kills twenty in Harrisburg explosion
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a railroad wreck and dynamite explosion in the southern part of the city left twenty or more dead and many injured. Authorities say the death toll may rise as more cars and debris are examined and a full investigation proceeds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvadida Ollicigis
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises $500 Cure Reward
An 1890s advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weaknesses and conditions including leucorrhea and falling of the womb. It cites 30-plus years of cures, invites trials, and offers $500 for proven cures, with patient testimonials and a call to purchase the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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America
Pierce
Idelia K. Houck
Hamtipstead
Dr. Pierce
People’s Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
M, BD
Buffalo, N
Deadly wreck lists injured and hospitalized travelers
A midline report lists dozens of victims from the express train collision including George Crabbe, Pat Bright, and Mr. Shaw of Pittburg among the injured. It also provides a roster of thirty six additional passengers whose injuries are not specified, with numerous head, leg, and arm injuries and many burns.
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I. Crabbe
George “Oiler
Dimes J. Chillips
Pat Bright
Mr. Shaw
Pittsburg
J. J. Silvernain
Robertty
Dougherty Ihaeiphins
A. OK. Thomas
Tarksburg
Huhlenuin
Als Fooud
Norma Martinii
Alfred Crosby
Dotadelphia
Geom
Birg
Burns
Artisaml Meek
Curt Darker
Godfrey
Cleveland
Frank Ailes
Joseph Garman
Mittsburg
W.os
Pouselton
J. W. Anderson
Vittsburg
Charles Newton
Edwin L. Harman
Charles Donnelly
Adda Peter
WK. Taylor
Lnekind
Charles
W. W. McMillon
Wilkinsburg
Daniel Otstott
Chicago
Flw
Atcheson
Denver
Colo
George M. Sullivan
New York
A. P. Shuniyker
Antonio Peter
Samuel
Shubert
New
Horrific wreck of Cleveland and Pittsburgh express
A detailed, grisly official account recalls the Cleveland and Cincinnati express wreck near the Susquehanna River. Fire, explosions, and heroic rescues followed as passengers and crew battled flames, with dynamite, smashed cars, and hundreds affected by the disaster en route to Philadelphia.
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Phiadelphia
Susquenhaint
Curiig
Que Sidirend Mien
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