Purdue Football Team Involved In Fatal Train Collision
A Purdue University special train carrying players coaches and fans collided with coal cars entering Indianapolis. Fifty or more were killed and about 1 200 were injured. The crash occurred as the team awaited a state championship game with Indiana, with victims including players substitutes and staff. Rescue efforts followed amid fires and mass confusion as surgeons and volunteers aided the injured.
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Fit
Purdue University
Thera
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Riverside Park
Herx
Purdue
Indiana
Ton Akers
Ffty
Furdue
W. H. Schumaker
Ftreight
Shixty College
Stone
Cossh
Chicago University
Marshall Field
Maroons
Inedianapolis
University of Indiana
N Iive
Freight Rates Rise and Rail Reforms Considered Across Regions
Lake Shore yards at Ikbart Indiana and Collinwood Ohio open as import rates forecast to rise. Western roads plan reforms to reserve berth allocations and fix import rates on a stable basis with Baltimore as the base rate.
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Lake Shore
Ikbart
Ind
Collinwood
Ohio
Atlanic
California
United States
Chicago
New York
Trunk Line Association
Jtsons
Baltimore
Parks Guilty in Extortion Trial of Union Leader
Samuel J Parks walking delegate of the Frousesmiths and Bridgemen's Union Local No 2 of New York, was convicted of extortion in General Sessions Court. Jurors took twelve minutes to find he extorted $500 from Tiffany Studios on a wartime strike period. He claimed the money was a union fee, but evidence showed disloyalty to his union as he allowed non union workers on jobs after receiving the sum.
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Samuel J Parks
Frousesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
New York
Parks
Tiffany Studios Co
Tiffany
New York City
Parka
Larks
Pen
Wheelock
Dowie's New York Mission Ends in Costly Fizzle
New York reports describe John Alexander Dowie failing to win souls or money in his New York raid. The exposé details enormous Zion City tied enterprises and hefty travel expenses, with guards uniforms, Bibles, meals and hotel bills costing hundreds of thousands. Dowie faces financial losses, desertions, and shaken faith among followers as his grand funding drive collapses.
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New- York
New York
Babylon
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Chicago
Dowie
Metropolis
Downle
Elijah
Zion City Bank
Zion Land and Investment Association
Zion Lace Industries
Zion General Stores
Zion Fresh Food Supply Association
Zion Sugar and Confection Association
Zion Building and Manufacturing Association
Zion City
Carnegie Hall
Towie
Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Dowie Securities
Governor Peabody of Colorado Charged with Gross Abuse of Power
The article outlines Gov. James H. Peabody of Colorado, born 1852 in Vermont, noted as a former fastest runner in the state, banker in Canon City, and long-time politician. Also mentioned are legal figures Lorenzo Lowell Jr. and other prominent individuals, plus a fatal shooting of William Duemeke and a dynamite accident at the Silver Star mine.
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James H. Peabody
Colorado
Vermont
Tor N Ume Peabody
Boston
Denver
Canon City
College education as a factor in Fifty-eighth Congress
Washington analysis argues university training matters little for lawmakers. Of 627 members, 227 claim college education while 221 report only common schooling or none. Leaders come from public schools as much as from universities, with country birth and self-made careers shaping most members.
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Washington
Congress
Maine
California
Senate
Carcera
United States
South
Ao Cule
North
Star of
Ohio
Robberies, deaths and bids in scattered notes
Gen Alexieff, a Czar household official, loses 10000 lire in Turin. John Keating, a section hand, killed south of Emporia Kansas. Lou and Joe Spivey bound over for the Oxford Ohio village shooting. George Dogwood, 102, marries 50 year old Alice Weaver in Brown County Ohio. Philadelphia subcommittee favors Carnegie $1.6 million library offer with $150k annual upkeep. Albany’s Arthur Carpenter and Northville’s Ired Avery, trainmen, arrested on charge connected to aiding a Montreal express messenger theft. bail set at $1. The report line ends abruptly.
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Alexieff
Czar
Turin
John Keating
Emporia
Kan
Lou
Joe Spivey
Oxford
Ohio
George Dogwood
Brown County
Alice Weaver
Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
Arthur Carpenter
Albany
Ired Avery
Northville
N. Y
New York Central
Thomas W. Wallace
Montreal Express
Tis
International Typographical Union to Meet in St Louis 1964
All Around the Globe reports the International Typographical Union will convene in St Louis in 1964. Other notes include a radium ore mining venture planned in Montrose County Colorado and a fatal cavern collapse at the Pearl mine in Spurgeon Missouri killing J J Childress age sixty. A Missouri woman Sadie Fitzmorris age thirty three killed herself with a razor. Ex Senator R F Pettigrew of South Dakota leads a new movement to colonize Boers in Mexico Incorporated in South Dakota.
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International Typographical Union
St. Louis
Ront County
Colo
J J Childress
Pearl Mine
Spurgeon
Childress
Sadie Fitzmorris
Fredonia
Kan
R. F. Pettigrew
South Dakota
Mexico
Cannon daughter to aid Western hospitality at capital
Joseph G. Cannon plans an elaborate Washington house party with Miss Helen Cannon playing a central role in shaping a democratic, genteel home echoing Danville standards. The piece also notes pension reform expectations, Roosevelt’s forty fifth birthday, Durand’s appointment as British ambassador to Washington, post office dismissals, and upcoming Alaskan legislation.
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Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Capital
Washington
Cannon
Helen Cannon
Miss Cannon
Danville
Ienrry Mortimer Durand
Michael Herbert
Henry
Spain
Persia
Lord Roberts
India
Durand
Lord Dufferin
Mandalay
Ameer
Afghanistan
Madrid
Thomas Sandys
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Wisurand
J. O
Berwin
Pattenslinger
Gabriel S
Charles
Veedersburg
Isahe
Charlies
Butler
Stamilton
Wod
Jamilton
Jay
Huntington
Clab
Patrick
Well
RK. J
Corpus Christi
Texas
Layer
Lee
Bert
Spencer
Kertson
E. C
K Heush, Walter L
Pittsburg, Pasubite
Loan
G L
Lafayette, Ind
Yubh
Samuel
Lawrenceburg
Taitt
Nobtesville
Bioth
Amr
Sam Parks
Ork City
Gotham
Lorenzo D Lowell, Jr
Melleury County
Ellsworth
Crystal Lake
Oberlin College
C H. Donnelly
Wonodatock
Lowélla Work Ii
L. Db. Lowell, JR
Sir Michael Henry Herbert
Switzerland
Lord Pauncefote
Legation
Misa le- Sik M UM. Herbert
Jig Wilson
Richard Wilson
Ogden Goeldt
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Sir Michael
James Lawrence Blair
St Louis
Frank Blair
Ronri
Blair
Princeton
James Brasil Haus
Augustus Heinze
Montanas
Copper Trust
Montana
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Hea
A. Heinze
Copper Kings
Dwight L. Moody
East Northfield
Mass
Emma C. Moody
England
Afr. Moody
Emma
Felt
Northfield
William R. Moody
Yale
S. D. L. Moody
Mount Harmon
Paul
William Duemeke
St. Joseph
Duemeke
Silver Star
Schaeffer Basin
Cole
Jack Evans
John Gord
College — Congress
PEW University Men
Lentera
House
Aubiss H. Cannon
Thomas D Yeager
Ware
Grand Army of the Republic
Roosevelt
Brigton
Post Office
Michael W. Louis
C. Berry
Louis Kempner
Registry
Otto Weiss
New York Post Office
Alaska
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