Tornado Rips Nebraska Farm Area Near Pender
A severe cyclone struck near Pender Nebraska around 12:30 PM Thursday, demolishing buildings at Dick A Walker’s and Magnussen farm family homes. A baby was killed and others injured as storms, seen near Westfield Kansas and MacCook Nebraska, caused widespread damage including a destroyed barn and threatened nearby residents. Authorities urge caution as more information comes in.
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Dick A Walker
Pender
Magnussen
Ana My
Magnus-sen
Thors
Westfield
Veteran Dorman mourned by widow and kin in Missouri
The obituary notes veteran Dorman of Eaperty Missouri, who served in the Union Army starting 1863 at a young age. He outlived his wife, the widow of the youngest in his family, and is described as cared for in his declining years by her.
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Fissey Pisa
Eaperty
Dorman
Michigan
Fragmentary clipping hints at Columbia art column motif
The readable fragments reference Columbia and a term novel pictures in art. The text is incomplete, but suggests a discussion or listing related to modern or new artworks tied to a Columbia setting or artist. Further context would clarify the exact subjects and events.
Frontier clashes in Persian frontier raise tension
Russian frontier guards fight brigands along the Persian frontier as operations expand. Tribesmen hostile to Russia mutilate wounded soldiers while brigands armed and mobile hinder efforts. officials foresee a need for a military expedition since Persia offers no aid.
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St. Petersbrug
Konovalosef
Ma Yeats
Peralan
Persia
Teheran
Five Thousand In Lead Ore Found At Argentine Plant
Workmen at the Kansas City Structural Sleep company plant in Argentine uncovered a 20 ton lump of lead ore from an old blast furnace wall. Dynamite cleared the wall, revealing a mass containing about 176 ounces of silver and about 60 ounces of gold, with an assayed value at least $6,000. The ore likely leaked through the floor years ago.
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Kansas City Structural Sleep Company
H. A. Fitch
Cadets Fire On Guatemalan President Wounding Leader
Reports from Guatemala City say cadets of the Polytechnic Institute acted as guards of honor and opened fire as President Estrada Cabrera entered the palace. Several in the presidential party were wounded, one or two fatally, and eight cadets were executed immediately after the attack.
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Guatemalin
Guatemala City
Etrada Cabrera
Polytechnic Institute
Guatemala
Rizzo Salvatoris Grocery House Shot By Bandits
Two men blew in the front of Rizzo Salvatoris grocery in Streator Illinois on Tuesday night. Salvatoris had received letters from Chicago demanding sums from 100 to 1000 dollars or death by the black hand.
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Rizzo Salvatoris
Streator
Salvatoris
To Curtail Cotton Output In Fall River Mills
Practically all cotton mills in Fall River Massachusetts plan a drastic curtailment of production to offset adverse market conditions. It is estimated this week’s output will be less than normal by nearly 1250000 pieces.
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Fall River
Mass
Injunction Halts Five Express Companies in Chicago Case
United States Judge Kohlsnat issued a Wednesday injunction against five express companies in Chicago. The order restrains them from issuing express franks and from transporting property in interstate commerce.
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Express
United States
Kohlsnat
Ox Press
Chicago
Theatrical People Indicted by Grand Jury
The grand jury in Inansus City returned indictments against 142 actors managers and employees of play houses for violations last Sunday.
Chita Wrecks Town Mine Blast Tragedy
A 4 year old boy in Bonapartey Ta was killed when an explosion amid a coal mine scene blew him apart. The blast wrecked buildings and the mine, leaving a deadly aftermath. Officials investigate the incident and assess structural damage.
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Chita
Bonapartey
Eueworth
Martin Ita
Train accident injures several workers on Wednesday
A railway incident left Allan Laborers injured among fifteen others after a Wednesday derailment near the yard. Rescue crews and officials are investigating the cause while the injured receive medical attention.
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Allan
A. Runaiay
Fortieth anniversary commencement at Ames Iowa State College
Iowa State College at Ames prepares for the fortieth anniversary observances during May 27 to June 4. The week features baccalaureate by President Storms and the commencement address by President William Oxley Thompson of Ohio State University._events include peace pipe, band concerts, class day exercises, a Brand concert, and the formal dedication of Alumni hall. The alumni banquet closes the week on June 3 with aims to secure a notable alumnus as speaker.
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Mack Wortleth
Puiats
Iowa State Coilege
Ames
Storms
William Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
Y. M
Alex S. Thompson
Agnes ‘Petering
New York
Garnet Hedge
Chicago
Frederick Marton
Clara Duttorsi Thompson
War on dogs at Cedar Rapids alarm over hydrophobia
Cedar Rapids faces a hydrophobia scare with fears of dog culling. The council plans further action to confine or shut up every dog in the city and township after a rabies case led to stock and animals being killed. A cow head was sent to the state university lab and a rabbit inoculated shows symptoms.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterinary Griffith
Bacteriological Department
The
State University
Albert
Enjoin Drainage Board Over Harrison Pottawattamie Ditch
Property owners in the Harrison and Pottawattamie drainage district obtained a restraining order against the drainage board preventing acceptance of the system or payment. Judge Wheeler issued the order. a Friday hearing followed. The district covers land in both counties with years of work behind schedule. engineers estimate completion within thirty days. Plaintiffs allege contract noncompliance and damages from unfinished work.
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Harrison-Pottawattamie Ditch
Harrison- Tottawattamie
Drainage Board
Wheeler
Harrison and
Pottawattamie
Groom of Six Weeks Arrested in Adultery Case
Marlon Crist, a well known Eagle Grove man recently married for six weeks to a Luverne woman, is bound over to the grand jury on a serious adultery charge. He will appear before the Clarion grand jury at the May term. The charges were filed by his father in law and his wife, who has returned to her parents. A divorce petition will follow.
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Eagle Grove
Luverne
Grand Jury
Marlon Crist
Webster City
J. M. Crist
Clarion
Crist
Hitle
Des Moines Woman Die of Strychnine After Quarrel
Des Moines detectives probe the death of Cora Roe after she allegedly took strychnine in a personal crisis. Rumors tie the case to a lovers quarrel, though the man involved is not identified. Cora was the daughter of Mrs. C. H. Graham. The mother and daughter had not seen each other in years. A strange man woke the mother at 3 am to say her daughter was ill, and soon after she died in her mother's arms.
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Des Moines
Cora Roe
C. H. Graham
Hotel Clerk Loses Mind in Clinton Case
D R Miller long time hotel clerk in Clinton Des Moines and others was remanded to the state hospital for the insane at Independence Thursday.
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D. R. Miller
Clinton
Des Moines
State Hospital For the
Independence
Iowa Thrashermen Organize in Des Moines
Nearly 500 thrashermen from all parts of the state formed an association at Des Moines on a Wednesday afternoon. J. G. Cottrell of Plymouth County was named chairman of the association.
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Iowa
Des Moines
J. G. Cottrell
Plymouth County
Associaton
Wu Ting-Fang Visit Sparks Diplomatic Promise
A fragmentary report notes Wu Ting-Fang's arrival and a Washington promise relayed by MacLean, with Siwa University nearby and references to a Chinese diplomat. The text hints at an official address and a Wednesday return from Washington.
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Wu 'Ding-Fang
Wu Ting-Fang
Siwa University
MacLean
Washington
Mystery Surrounds Death of Otto Dolph Farmer near Collins
The body of Otto Dolph, 26, a Collins area farmer, was found in an unused outbuilding with a shotgun wound to the head. Coroner Hansen ruled murder, though a coroner's jury later said accidental death. Dolph reportedly was skunk problem, had a team left in a barn, and planned a Nevada trip to obtain a marriage license last Saturday.
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Towa Parner
Misa Halle Cooper
Otto Dalph
Collins
Dolph
Hansen
Nevada
Witness Miss Banks Aids Davis Murder Defense
Miss Banks, key witness for the state, testified Monday in the Des Moines Davis wife murder case. She described entering Davis’s house, hearing Mrs Davis cry, and seeing Davis with a gun. she attempted to disarm him as the gun fired fatally wounding Mrs Davis.
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Miss Banks
Aida
Davis
Stella Banks
Des Moinnes
DeGraft
Davis Miss Banks
Young Farmer Arrest After Fantasized Purchase of Bride
Fred Koenig, only weeks in America, bought a farm near Tampico after landowner John Engle joked he could have his daughter Bertha. He was arrested in police court as he pressed to take possession of the girl. An interpreter explained the case. Koenig said he was asserting his rights. The judge ruled that young women are not bought and sold in the United States, and Koenig was released, leaving disappointed.
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Fred Koenig
America
John Engle
Tampico
Koenig
Engle
Bertha Engle
United States
Tad Lost Child Missing From City School Entrance
Frantic search continues for 10 year old Tad Lost, son of a washerwoman, who disappeared last Wednesday near the city while starting school. His mother has been seen near several gypsy camps in the area, hoping for his return.
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Tad
Ralph Willson
Fire on Bridge at Clinton Destroys Platform
Fire Monday afternoon caused by a Chicago and North Western locomotive damaged 200 feet of the Clinton and Tilinola Central high bridge platform at Clinton. Loss estimated at $1,000 and travel suspended on the bridge for several days.
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Clinton
Chicago and Northwestern
Clinton and
Canned Peas Case Death Reported in Colo
Jacob A. Rupert of Marshalltown died in Pueblo Colorado at age 66 from ptomaine poisoning linked to canned peas. He was taken ill at Galatea Colorado and rushed to Pueblo hospital where he passed away.
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Jacob A.’ Rupert
Marshalltown
Rupert
Pueblo
Colo
Puebla Hospital
Boy Shot Foot by Brother in Neola Accident
A 12 year old boy from Neola was accidentally shot in the foot by his brother while removing a charge from a target life. The wound is serious but not expected to cause complications.
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Neola
Moffett
Runaway Pony Flees After Brush Pile Incident
Mr and Mrs St John Backus of Sloan were riding home when their team bolted after a brush pile, throwing Mrs Backus from the buggy and breaking her leg just above the ankle. Mr Backus was uninjured but shaken by the accident.
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Vna
St. John Backus
Sloan
Mrs. Backus
Man from Muscatine Hangs Self in Davenport
A man described as from Muscatine reportedly hanged himself in Davenport after being rebuffed by his wife whom he had sought to coerce following her filing for divorce. Police recovered the body and are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Work of Congress dominated by debates and adjournment
Tributes to late Senators Morgan and Petina of Alabama opened the session. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was reported. Debates on social standards abroad and diplomatic funding continued as the House passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill 8.52 million under suspension. The Brownsville affair resurfaced in the Senate with claims about the Twenty fifth Infantry. The day saw extensive roll calls, naval and Indian appropriation activity, and lingering adjournment.
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Morgan
Petina
Alabama
Iuat Rimmer
Senate
District of Columbia
Brownsville
Borah
Laho
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Texas
Arkansas
Fionda
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Megars. Cooper
Nelson
Repub Henry
House
Cannon
Mgr. Williams
Dalzell
Democrata
Re~ Pertad Rolcalla
Warner
Brownaville
Can
Mann
Winds
Miller
Kansass
Stafford
Banner
Obion Sims
Tennessee
Ryan
New York
Board of General Appialisers
Circuit Court of Appeals
Gireult
Idle
Senator Warren
Senator Hole
Secretary of War
Oregona and California Railroad Company
Brants
Oregon
Five Civilized Tribes
United States
Hawaii
National Capital Notes Amid Bill Delays and Post Office Proposals
Senator Carter introduces a bill to establish postal savings banks. The House Judiciary Committee tables a subcommittee report on charges against Tudge Willey of Shanghai. The House Mines and Mining Committee backs a bill to create a Bureau of Mines in the Interior Department. The Commission of Education reports on Pan American Congress organizing committee in Chile. Conference postponed to December 2.
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National Capital Notes
Carter
Committee On Post
House Committee On Judiciary
Tee
Tudge Willey
Shanghai
Antil
Bureau of Mines
Department of
Tha! Interlox
Commission of Education
Ilago
Chile
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