World Happenings From Tornadoes to Naval Review
Brief worldwide notes cover tornado destruction in Tyler Texas and Mossville Mississippi with deaths, a 16 battleship US fleet under Rear Admiral Evans passing Valparaiso and heading to Callao, and various political and legal happenings including the Wisconsin delegation backing Bryan, court indictments, fires, and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
Mossville
Soap and Service
Miss
Evans
Valparaiso
Chile
President Montt
Callao
Wisconsin
Denver
Col
William J. Bryan
Brooklyn
Kings County
Adrian
W. F. C. Hassan
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
New Orleans
Dock and Cotton Council
United States Grand Jury
Charles W. Kruger
New York
Canal Street
Emily Reed
Oregon Coast
Adolph Steinwetz
National Bank of Commerce of
Minneapolis
Vienna
Persia
Rylands
John Rylands
Manchester
Eng
Glencoe
Natal
Macon
Georgia
Missouri
Lincoln
Neb
Theodore Roosevelt
Leo Danziger
Cincinnati
Robert Gott
Anna Bell Stangley
Wes Summerlin
Charley
Carrollton
Jethro Jones
London
Henry Bean
Prichard
W. Va
Vireit Hatten
A. C. Tisdelle
Chicago
Henry 8. Snow
New York and
New Jersey Telephone Company
TE FLOODS FAST SUBSIDING IN PITTSBURGH
Pittsburg reports rapid flood recession after crest at 90.8 feet with no confirmed deaths. Thousands of downtown firms pump out water while livestock perish and property is submerged. Electric plants and machinery suffer near total loss. damages likely multiple millions as residents ride skiffs to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
Pitteburg
Suffocated in well at New Ulm mill accident
John Hunn an Eagle Roller mill employee in New Ulm Minnesota died Friday after slipping from an iron rung into a bin chute while clearing shorts. He was buried by sliding material and died within moments despite rescue efforts. He left four sons employed at the mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm
Minn
John Hunn
Eagle
Hahn
Herzog
Bonfire Blast Kills Worker and Wounds Five Near Belle Fourche
In Belle Fourche D February 15 a worker at a government irrigation project J R Gullis a teamster was killed when a dynamite cap tossed into a bonfire ignited 125 sticks nearby. Six men were seated around the fire and six were injured including Charles Lavezzi who may lose sight and hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
Charles Lavezzi
J. R. Gullis
Lavezzi
Robbed on the Train Between Milwaukee and La Crosse
H A Anderson reported a robbery aboard a passenger train between Milwaukee and La Crosse. Chief Detective B J Roumaine of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway assisted. Anderson lost 25 dollars after tucking his wallet under his mattress. no clues were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
B. J. Roumaine
Chicago, Milwaukee
Wheat farming growth in western Canada attracts settlers
A Canadian wheat farming boom draws Americans and Europeans north, with 160 acres free land near Wadena and prairie yields of 20 to 60 bushels per acre. A letter from Frank Morret of Kelvington, Sask describes rich grain, oats, and stock potential, minimal winter suffering, and widespread homesteads as proof of the district’s promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dakota
Montana
United States
Dominion of
Rhine
Rhone
Germany
Russia
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Mississippi
Pacific
Alberta
E. T. Holmes
St. Paul
Minn
Wadena
Canadian Northern Railroad
Frank Morret
The Old Lady Was Willing Delinquent Subscriber Challenge
The delinquent subscriber writes to the assistant editor asking when he can catch the editor in chief in his office to “beat heil outen him.” The assistant editor invites him to come right away, joking that the editor’s wife says he has both the devil and the other place in him and should keep his word.
Castoria Ad Claims Safe Use for Infants and Children
An aged advertisement extols Castoria as safe for infants and children, noting it has been in use over 30 years and bears the familiar line you have always bought. It includes a brief, unclear anecdote about careers and satisfaction tied to a man’s elevator job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castoria
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Herbert Jordan
Willis J. Bailey
Congress
Seneca
Kan
Fred Slocum
Elgin
Oklahoma House
Dickerson
Nevada
Goldfield
Oliver
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Fairbanks
New Jersey
Foster M. Voorhees
Frank H. Combes
George H. Norman
Gloucester
Cervera
Infanta Maria Teresa
Brookline
Mass
Newton Edmunds
Dakota Territory
Yankton National Bank
Yankton
American Express Company
United States District Court
McPherson
Clyde Gant
Belleville
Henry Dickerman
Standard Oil Company
House of Representatives
Rainey
Illinoia
John E. Venson
Duluth
James Knowles
Mississippi Senate
Raisall
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad Company
Clara C. Hoffman
Missouri W. C. T. U
Kansas City
Charles Peccarino
Lake Charles
Hastings
Roda
Burdis
Huelva
Jones
Amityville
Long Island
E. B. Underwood
Colorado
Sidney Stanton
General Board of the Navy
Randalls Island
Andrew Wendell
J. Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Booth
Arthur Sullivan
Dillon
Mont
Michigan Republican State Central Committee
Grand Rapids
A. H. Cline
Luke Banner
Elk Park
N.C
W. H. Wallace
Times Square
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Hudson
N. Y
Phillips Exeter Academy Gymnasium
Foster Holmes
Providence
R. 1
Chauncey B. Geiger
Illinois Atose Board of Arbitration
Richard Yates
Ashley
Ill
Snell
Clinton
E. A. Hamilton
Frank Vina
Cleveland
Davidson
Frederick Thwaites
James F. Trottman
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Christopher Fagen
Ruth Miller
Charles Miller
William Andrews
Sioux City
Charles A. Coey
Aeronautique Club of
Morris A. Heinmann
St. Louis
William McKay
Caro
Mich
War Department
P. A. Baart
St. Mary's Church
Marechall
Franklin J. Dickman
Ohio Supreme Court
Henry Schuelle
Alton
Taft
Republican State Central Committee of
Carl Ludwig von Veltheim
Misa Nora Stanton-Blatch
Elizabeth Cady’ Stanton
Cornell
Lee de Forest
Carlos
Luiz
Lisbon
A. J. Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
British Columbia
Ohio
William H. Taft
Federation of Bryan Clubs
John Huhn
Funny Man
Garret
Maning
Eleyator
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