Cincinnati Clubhouse Bomb Plot and Indiana Train Wreck
Telegraphic items report a failed bomb at the Phoenix Club in Cincinnati injuring Frank J. Buegel as police investigate. Separately an interurban wreck near Harmony, Indiana injures miner Georges Williams and two crew, with motorman Nicholas Lydinger and conductor Harley Akers seriously hurt.
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Cincinnati
Phoenix Club
Ninth and Place Streets
Ohio
Frank J. Buegel
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction
Harmony
Ind
Nicholas Lydinger
Harley Akers
Lydinger
Knightsville
Akers
Geo. Williams
Express Train Is Robbed Near Pittsburg Pa
A robbery on the Pan Handle division saw two men seize four sealed bags of currency from the express car near Walkers Mill ten miles west of Pittsburg. The men overpowered the express messenger and escaped with the loot. the amount is unknown. Also reported, a Cleveland yard collision injured four aboard a New York flyer while miscommunication by a switch tender caused wrecks to baggage cars and engines. Cresceus the stallion sells for 25000 to a St Petersburg buyer. George Hitt named receiver for Star League. Amelia Bingham is ill with intestinal obstruction and peritonitis. Steeple Jack Gallagher dies after a fatal 80 foot fall from a Cleveland smokestack.
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New Yorka
Walkers Mill
Pittsburg
Pan
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
New York Flyer
Erie Railroad
W. T. Huffman
William Linden
Mary Phelps
Erie
Frank Bundy
Buffalo
Fire destroys chair plant in St Anthony Park
A fire wiped out John A. Bunn Chair Company plant at St Anthony Park near St Paul causing about 50000 dollars in loss. The blaze gutted the two story factory and adjoining structures.
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John A. Bunn Chair Company
St. Anthony Park
St. Paul, Minn
Richmond
Sandusky
Belleview Hotel
Chicago Trade Review Notes Steady Recovery With Cautious Optimism
R G Dun weekly Chicago district summary reports slow but steadier business revival. Liquidation wanes and credits hold despite numerous defaults. May interest payments expected, stronger money flow, and restocking for fall lines. Rail traffic hampered by crops, factories, iron and wood sectors show uneven restart. Failures total 34 in district, with 10 liabilities over $5,000.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Economic mood improves but trade remains tepid across regions
Weather and crop reports lift outlook and crop prospects, yet distributive trade and industrial activity stay subdued. Retail gains seen in the South and central West after Easter are modest, with overall Easter trade below expectations. Textile spirits remain low though short-term demand shows some signs of life. The shoe trade gains orders in the West, while overall results lag behind forecasts. U S weekly business failures total 234, down from 261 prior week. Canadian failures stand at 36.
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South
United States
Commodity price roundup across major markets
Chicago to New York markets show bids for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Prices cited for Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo New York and Cincinnati reflect mixed quality, with No 2 wheat 97 to 101 cents and corn 63 to 72 cents, butter 25 to 27 cents per pound, eggs 13 to 17 cents, and hogs prevailing around 4 to 8 dollars per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Tse
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Insull Named Receiver Of Consumers Electric Company
Samuel Insull, president of the Chicago Fictional Company, appointed receiver of the Consumers Electric Company New Orleans after a creditor filing by National Candidate and Cable Company of New York. Vellickas held on secret service charges near Quebec for making 25 cent pieces. Kate Palter found strangled at 127 West 21st Street New York with Vito Debello slain in the kitchen and a knife attacker injured. Coroner Weisendanger suggested Julius Rosenheimer died in Pelham Manor garden dispute mistook as rival lover.
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Samuel Insull
Chicago Fictison Company
Consuimers’ Electric Company
New Orleans
National
Canduit and Cable Company of
New York
United States Secret Service
W. J. Vellickas
Quebec
Kate Palter
West 21St Street
Vito Debello
Weisendanger
Julius T. Rosenheimer
Pelham Manor
Bertie Leaves School in Calm, Crabby Father Fears Backwardness
From Jersey Jingles by Leonard H. Robbins a parental scene unfolds as Bertie is pulled from class. The poem contrasts teachers lessons with a wary father seeking proper education while reports of Alabama casualties and tribulations surface in the broader context.
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Jersey
Leonard H. Robbins
May Weather Forecast Warns of Tornadoes and Storms
May is forecast as a period of violent weather with tornadoes thunderstorms hail and frost. Rev Iri Hicks predicts heavy rains floods snow sleet and dangerous periods with frost early and again late in the month. The danger area covers central and western regions with the peak around May 25–27 and a potential seismic disturbance near month end.
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Iri R. Hicks
St. Louis
Hicks
Frail IE 4 AS and a World of Debates on Wealth and Power
A column of snappy observations on spring fashions prices and social quirks. Topics range from expensive hats and millinery openings to noble marriages rich families and public pride in wealth. The humor touches on cars health politics and international intrigue with playful jabs at status and luxury.
Evolution of party voting in the 19th century election discourse
Historical notes discuss how in early national elections most voters stayed loyal to two old parties with a few third parties polling in certain states. It mentions electors and coalitions, with references to figures like Watson and Bryan era dynamics, and notes the tendency for electoral votes to favour Democratic or Republican candidates.
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Sin
People’s
Colorado
Idaho
Oregon
Fd FE. Watson
Millard Fillmore
Colossal Gas-Powered Furnaces Rise at Gary Plant
A Technical World article describes a new Gary Indiana steel plant expansion using eight blast furnaces and thirty three 3,000 horsepower gas engines. The system converts smelted gas into shaft power, replaces steam, and routes fumes through washers before redirecting about 30 percent to blast stoves for preheating the air blast.
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Gary
Ind
H. G. Hunting
March Technical World Magazine
Dramatic Trust Formed To Control Dramatic Material
A new trust aims to control dramatic material for hundreds of play firms. Miss Marbury serves as president with offices in New York and branches in Chicago London Paris Berlin and Vienna. The trust already claims influence over most leading playwrights across England France Germany Austria and Italy and lists hundreds of enrolled authors. The British ship Celticburn will transport Pacific coast wheat to Europe in bulk marking an experimental first from Portland. Oklahoma Governor approves a law banning farmers from sowing Johnson grass and makes selling hay or grain from Johnson grass land a misdemeanor without informing the buyer.
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Dramatic Trust
America
Miss Marbury
Oman
New York
Chicago
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Trust
England
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Celticburn
Europe
Portland
State
Oklahoma
Boy Climbs Mount Horeb Sledding Trial Ends in Bruised
A sixteen year old, Tom Mosher, sneaks from his family to coast a forest road on his grandfather's sled. A bobcat darts across the path causing a crash that nearly ends in a fatal fall at a quarry. He survives after a long stumble home and a night with Dr. Phillips.
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Mosher
Horeb
Jericho
Tom Mosher
Tom
Granish
Mary
Mount Horeb
Foster
Tne
Grandsir
Phillips
Vegetarianism Prospects In Endurance Study By Belgian Doctors
Two Belgian physicians report on forty three Brussels vegetarians and find little strength difference versus meat eaters but a large endurance advantage. Using Mosso ergograph tests, vegetarians show 50 to 200 percent higher fatigue endurance, with women notably having clearer complexions.
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University of Brussels
Brussels
Yale
Criminals Men of Science Outwitters Must Use Modern Methods
The article notes the rise of scientific crime fighting and criminal techniques. It cites Marseille bank safes opened with new engineering, and detectives using photography to detect scratched paper on forgeries. It describes glass unfolding of burned documents and blood stain tests using serum to confirm human blood.
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Marseilles
Chicago Tribune
Lone Tree on Greensburg Court House Tower
A tree growing atop the L10 four tower of Greensburg Indiana court house is the last of four and sources say it began from maple seeds blown into crevices. The remaining tree stands about fifteen feet high and three inches in diameter with a crack on the south side visible from the ground. Greensburg is nicknamed the Lone Tree City due to this singular survivor.
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Court House
Creensburg
Ind
St. Nicholas
Court House Yard
Ugo
Greensburg
Absam Church Lovers Favor May Marriages
The Absam near Innsbruck church is famed for a local superstition that May marriages bring lasting happiness. Crowds of lovers visit to wed at Absam, with notices urging visitors to come early to avoid crush. Meanwhile in Tien-Tsin China the Belgian electric streetcar lines see rising passenger use as profits are anticipated.
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Michigan
New York
Waele Sam
United States
China
Mme
Anna Gould
Vermont
Count de Castellane
Prince de Sagan
Absam
Innebruck
Church of
Tien-Tsin
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Star Publishing Company
Star League of Newspapers
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Amelia Bingham
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