Tornado Strikes Pierce City Missouri Damages Homes
A tornado formed northwest of Pierce City Missouri at 6 oclock Friday night and hit the town s western edge destroying ten dwellings and several barns while sweeping trees poles and fences along a 300 foot wide path. Telephones and telegraphs were disrupted for hours and three people were seriously injured with damage estimated at thirty thousand dollars. Residents sought shelter in cyclone cellars saving several families.
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Pierce City
Edward Greer
William Tate
John Shylock
James Abernethy
Myrtle
Frank Stronsky
Briceville
Harrison Rodgers
Submarine Pluviose Drifts Free After Mooring Failure
Crews had labored for hours to raise the 460 ton submarine Pluviose with a 27 man crew missing. The vessel broke from mud moorings and drifted in the English Channel as divers worked to restore position. A channel steamer Pas de Calais sighted the periscope about 70 feet ahead and backed but could not prevent a collision.
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English ‘Channel
Pas de Calais
Heresy Case Decided as New York Synod Clears Assembly
The Presbyterian general assembly in New York Friday practically exonerated the New York City presbytery which had been accused of violating church law by licensing three students who rejected the immaculate conception and other teachings. The report of the judicial committee was read and the assembly, with full commissioner attendance, began Friday with routine business cleared to anticipate final adjournment.
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New York ‘Synod
Presbyterian ‘General ’Assembly
New York
Presbytery
City
Lawas
Break World's Record by Battleship South Forward Turret
A report on a new world shooting record by the battleship South Forward Turret. The ship allegedly fired sixteen shots in seven seconds at the target, highlighting United States workmanship. The account mentions William Stroker of Chicago attempting to intervene during an incident involving a Shefe.
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United States
South
William’ Stroker
Chicago
Fire destroys five buildings in Minneapolis area
A Friday blaze in Minneapolis, Minnesota destroyed five buildings and injured several firefighters. Officials say the fire damaged multiple structures as crews battled the flames and worked to prevent spread to nearby properties.
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Minneapolia
Minnneapolis
Minn
Patten Second Best In Chicago Wheat Pit
The Waterman squeeze in May wheat and the 8,000,000 bushels sold by James A. and George H. Patten led to a Chicago board of trade price drop from 4% in September to over 5 cents in May. Theodore H. Waterman, Albany miller, pushed the deal to completion and forced the shorts to settle at about $1.14. Patten losses are estimated between $640,000 and $1,200,000.
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Bears
Chicago
Theodore Waterman
James A
George H. Patten
Chicago Board of Trade
Theodore H. Waterman
Albany Miller
James A. Patten
Oklahoma Town Hit By Fire In Wister Oklahoma
Wister with 600 residents suffered two fires Wednesday night destroying 28 business houses. Loss estimated at $100,000. Only a bank two stores and the depot remained in the business district. No deaths. a Brown hotel fatality report was false. Firefighting hampered by high wind and no local fire department.
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Wister
Okla
Brown Hotel
Rock Island and Pacific
Pluviose Sunk by Calais Dover Ferry in English Channel
A British admiralty telegram reports the French submarine Pluviose rammed and sunk in the English Channel by the Calais Dover ferry Pas de Calais two miles northwest of Crnis. Seventeen? eight? the crew of 23 all perished as the vessel sank in 160 feet of water. The Laubent type submarine measured 160 feet in length and displaced 398 tons.
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British Admiralty
English Channel
Calais
Dover
Calais-Dover
Pas de Calais
Crnis
New York Firm Suspended by Exchange for One Year
Announcement by E F Hutton Co of New York states the brokerage firm has been suspended from NYSE privileges for one year after charges it violated exchange rules on sharing commissions.
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E. F.hutton & Co
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Owensville man falls thirty feet from roof during comet watch
Lambert Wilson, Owensville Indiana, climbed his house roof to observe Halley’s comet. His foot slipped and he slid down the slope, landing on the ground thirty feet below. He suffered painful cuts and bruises but no life threatening injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Wilson
Owensville
Ind
Halley
Exodus of Jewish Families from Kiev Reported
The exodus from Kiev, then in Russia, begins as 800 impoverished families flee by Wednesday night. The move reflects widening consequences for the city’s poorest residents amid escalating pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiev
Russia
Assembly Passes Agnew and Oral Gambling Bill
The New York assembly on Thursday approved the Agnew and oral gambling bill by 92 to 45 after multiple amendment attempts were defeated. The measure now moves to the governor for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Assembly
Explosion at Dolores Mine Kills One in Chihuahua
One man was killed and several injured in an explosion at the Dolores mine in Chihuahua state Mexico on Wednesday. Local authorities and miners reported the incident as a workplace accident with no further details on casualties or causes available.
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Dolores
Chihuahua
Mex
Lynching Report From Alabama Arrests After Deputy Death
Report notes the lynching of Jeff Matson, a Black man accused of killing Deputy Sheriff Scott Taylor at the Acton mine. Details indicate the act occurred Wednesday and the report arrived in Montgomery, Alabama, late Thursday.
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Jeff Matson
Scott Taylor
Acton
Montgomery
Ala
Premier Rutherford Resigns From Alberta Cabinet
Premier Rutherford has tendered his resignation as head of Alberta's government cabinet. On Thursday, Chief Justice Alften was called to form or rearm a new cabinet amid the shakeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford
Alberta
Alften
Man shoots wife and himself in Cedar Rapids home
Tragic incident reports Tayton of Cedar Rapids shooting his wife before fatally wounding himself at their northeast Cedar Rapids residence. Authorities describe the motive as unclear and investigations continue.
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Tayton
of Cedar
Rapida
Ahd
Seyler Acquitted in Atlantic City Pier Murder Case
William Seyler was acquitted Wednesday night in the murder of Jane Adams on the Atlantic City pier. The jury deliberated over five hours after the defense denied involvement. Seyler thanked jurors, embraced his counsel, and left with his brother Orvis for Atlantic City as spectators were discharged.
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Jane Adams
William Seyler
Atlantic City
No J
Mays Landing
N.Y
Trenchard
Seyler
Orvis Seyler
William
Edmund C. Gaskill
Papa
Fine Hotel Champlain Burns at Blut Point N Y
The Hotel Champlain at Blut Point on Lake Champlain, northern New York, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. It had not opened for the summer season and no guests were present. About sixty employees were in the building and all escaped. an electrician named Herbert is reported missing. The loss is estimated around 300000, insured for 233000.
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Champlain
Blut Point
N. Y
Lake Champlain
New York
Herbert
C. S. Sims
Delaware and Hudson Company
Memorial to Morton Forestr y Institute at Nebraska City
Senator Doliver chairs the senate agriculture committee which reported a bill to establish a forestry institution at Nebraska City. The memorial honors J Sterling Morton former secretary of agriculture. The building and grounds would cost up to 250000 dollars to train forestry experts.
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Burkett
Nebraska City
Neb
J. Sterling Morton
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Dolliver
Dry Dock Dewey Sunk at Manila Due to Carelessness
The dry dock Dewey sank at Manila, believed caused by Japanese employees' carelessness rather than deliberate acts. Experts say the floating dock towed from the United States at high cost can be saved despite submersion risk. Secretary MacVeagh orders money laundering of paper currency to save about 1 million dollars yearly.
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Dewey
Manila
United States
MacVeagh
Japan Fire Horror At Aomori City Tragedy
The steamer Inaba Maru arrived at Victoria B C with details of a catastrophic fire at Aomori Japan in which about 100 people were burned to death and property valued at 32 million dollars was destroyed, signaling a major disaster.
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Japan
Aomori
Victoria
B. C
Cars Go Down Embankment In Colorado Train Wreck
Fifteen people were injured when two coaches of Denver and Rio Grande train No. 115 jumped the track two miles from Cucharag Junction, Colorado. Spreading rails caused the wreck.
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Denver and
Rio Grande
Cucharag Junction
Colo
Operators Vote to Secede in Belleville Illinois District
Forty two coal mine operators in the Belleville district voted Wednesday afternoon to accept terms of striking miners and to secede from the union, according to the operators' association.
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Belleville
Iil
Athels
Iill
Nalg
Fatal Shooting at Monte Carlo Saloon in Seattle
A 23 year old Seattle man Wallace A Russell entered the Monte Carlo saloon and fatally shot the proprietor Joseph Bonnew. The act occurred during gambling in the establishment and the assailant fled authorities issued an alert for Russell who is believed to be at large.
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Wallace
A. Russell
Seattle
Wash
Joseph Bonnew
Shot Down in Ambush on Kentucky River
Breathitt County Ky. man Alexander Combs was shot and killed in an ambush while floating down the Kentucky River near Beredt on a Wednesday. Local authorities are investigating the incident and search efforts are ongoing for the suspect.
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Alexander, Combs
Breathitt County
Kentucky
Beredt
Railroad workers wage rise announced by association
A railroad workers' group announces a five percent increase in wages for certain employees. The note mentions the raise applies to laborers and others receiving lower pay, signaling a coordinated pay adjustment across categories. Further specifics are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
May Lose Street Railway Threat Over City Paving Tax
Fort Madison street railway owners threaten to abandon the only system in the city if authorities enforce a resolution taxing the company for a share of seven blocks of paving. They say current income cannot cover the expense. A Commercial Club meeting failed to resolve the issue and railway employees were warned of possible discharge.
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Fort Madison Street Railway Company
Commerceial Club
College Endowments Increase Through General Education Board Aid
The General Education Board in New York approved more than 700000 in endowments for colleges and southern agricultural work. Iowa recipients include Drake University Des Moines 100000 and Cornell College Mt Vernon 60000, with similar prior sums. The board total gifts to seventy colleges reach 6177.00, and twenty nine endowment applications were reviewed without definite action.
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General Education Board
New York
South
Iowa
Drake University
Des Moines
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Disappearance mystery resolved as Schaffer returns
George Schaffer, son of a former president, long noted for his ten year disappearance, arrives in Iowa City en route to Honolulu from a Brazilian rubber plantation. He cites severe malaria as reason for US return and says he earned considerable money in Brazil while declining to explain his absence.
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George Schaffer
President Schaffer
Iowa University
Iowa City
Honolulu
Brazil
United States
Schaffer
Saloon Fight Moves to New City Territory
The anti saloon coalition in Marshalltown abandoned the prohibition revocation effort after lawyers admitted the petition was insufficient. The campaign shifts to new annexed areas where residents may not consent to saloons. The petition closed the saloons ten days, but they reopened when lawyers deemed the petition inadequate.
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Marshalltown
League
Arrest of a South LeMarg Farmer on Bigamy Charge
Clarence Fuller, a 28 year old farm worker south of LeMarg, was arrested by Sheriff Arendt and turned over to Sheriff Rock of Harrison county. He is alleged to have a wife at Modale and another in Omaha, the latter securing his arrest.
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Clarence Fuller
LeMarg
Arendt
Sheriff Rock
Harrison County
Fuller
Modale
Omaha
Woman Dies in Gas Leak at Le Mars Home
Mrs. Alice Thirker aged 70 was found suffocated by gas at her Le Mars residence Tuesday. She lived alone and after cooking supper Monday evening apparently left the gas on, leaving the house full of gas when a son who visited daily checked the home on Tuesday.
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Alice Thirker
le Mars
Alleged Mabray Swindler Turned Over to Marshal in Des Moines
Luther Weat alias Tommy Rogers, charged as a member of the Mabray gang of swindlers, was turned over to United States Deputy Marshal Harry Hammond at Des Moines Tuesday and will likely be transferred to Council Bluffs later.
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Luther Weat
Tommy Rogers
Mabray
United States
Harry Hammond
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Nervous Shock Blinds Tum in Mason City Man
William Gonger of Mason City became totally blind after a fall downstairs caused by nervous shock. The accident fractured three ribs and caused other bruises, from which he is rapidly recovering, but his nerves are shattered and it is feared his sight may not be restored.
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William Gonger
Mason City
Hig Alert
Waterloo Courier chief reaches home after long hospital life
Paul J. Swift, circulation manager for the Waterloo Courier, returned home nine weeks after a serious injury in the Rock Island wreck near Green Mountain. He had remained in hospital through an extended period of treatment and recovery.
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Rock Island
Green Mountain
Paul J. Swift
Waterloo Courier
Slain in Oklahoma Wordhag named in Molngona family tragedy
A highly respected Molngona family suffered a fatal shooting at a residence near Warner Oklahoma. The victim, reportedly from the Boone area, was identified in local notices as Slain in Oklahoma Wordhag. Police were called to the scene and an investigation is underway.
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Dowan
Oklahoma
Wordhag
Boone
Ine
Solter
Molngona
Warner
Okla
Harting resigns as Arthur mayor after five years
Arthur Harting mayor for five years submitted his resignation to town clerk Fred J. Whitney on Friday morning. He had not sought the office last fall yet voters had praised his service and urged another term. Street commissioner George Schoop also resigned that morning over a dispute with a merchant about hitching posts outside the store. The council will act on both resignations at the June meeting on the first Monday.
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Harting
Arthur
Fred J. Whitney
George Schoop
Grain yields in Cerro Gordo county per acre averages shown
The total grain yield for Cerro Gordo county reached 11,494,479 bushels this past year, covering corn oats wheat barley and rye. County wide averages were 39 bushels per acre for corn 22 for oats 14 for winter wheat 20 for spring wheat 20 for barley and 12 for rye.
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Cerro Gordo County
Corner Stone Laid for Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Archbishop Keane presided at the laying of the corner stone for Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dubuque a $600000 structure. All Dubuque Catholic societies joined a half mile long procession to the ceremony scene.
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New Catholi Church
Keane
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Dubuque
New Hotel Planned for Waterloo by Chamber and Public Fund
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce accelerates plans for a large fireproof hotel in West Waterloo. A $26,000 bonus is being raised by popular subscription and will go to the proposer with the best plan for the new hotel.
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Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
West
Law Comet Witnesses Remember Halley in Delaware County
John Hempstead, 89, living northeast of Manchester, recalls Halley’s Comet seen on April 14, 1836 from his Ripley home in North Carolina or nearby area, noting one local resident present during the 75 year remembrance.
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Delaware County
Halley
John Hempstead
Manchester
Hempstead
Wanderer
Ripsley
Boone Street Lights Spark Civic Advertising Push
Boone has initiated street lighting with five-light tungsten lamps on main streets. The Commercial association sees the effort as desirable local advertising and notes that even smaller towns are embracing the street lighting idea.
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Boone
Oil Company Expanding Into New Branches
The Marshall Oil company of Marshalltown, already operating in five states, has completed six arrangements to establish a new branch in St Louis and says branches will be in operation within 90 days in Chicago St Paul and Kansas City.
Ida County Pioneer Dead At 83 In Ida County
Ida County Pioneer J. D. Havens died from a stroke. He had lived in Ida county for 42 years and would have turned 84 on June 6. Surviving children are J. M. Havens of Sioux City and Mrs. Charles Witche cock of Sheridan Wyoming.
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Ida County
J. D. Mavens
J. M. Havens
Sioux City
Charles Witchecock
Sheridan
Wyo
Birth of Triplets in Thornton Promises Healthy Offspring
Mia Fakkiro of Thornton gave birth to triplets, two girls and a boy. The boy weighed 8 pounds and the girls weighed 8 and 7 pounds respectively. All three babies are reported strong and healthy.
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Mia
Henry Fakkiro
Thornton
Railways to Giyo Rate for G A R Encampment
Western Passenger association announces a fare and a half rate from Iowa points to Des Moines for the thirty sixth annual encampment of the G A R in June. The plan applies to all railroads, enabling veterans and attendees to travel to the event. The report notes the rate is a special provision for the gathering and may influence attendance across the state.
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Western Passenger Association Hogs
Iowa
Des Moines
Becomes Government Ganger Herbert Higbee Transfer
Herbert Higbee of Dubuque has been transferred after three years as chief clerk in the internal revenue service of the northern district. He now serves as government ganger in Marshalltown, taking up duties in the new posting.
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Herbert Higbee
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Five orphans mourn father’s death by own hand near Oskaloosa
W. W. Kente field, living near Oskaloosa, died by his own act after years of ill health and the death of his wife two years ago. He leaves minor children.
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W. W. Kente
Oskaloosa
Lve
Former Town Minister Dies in Davenport Pastor Rev Dr J 1 Little
Rev Dr J 1 Little longtime pastor of Davenport First Presbyterian Church and used to be Intoy pastor at Shenandoah died in Tipianapolis last Friday morning.
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J. 1. Little
First Presbyterian’ Church of
Davenport
Shenandoth
Tadianapolig
Cornerstone dates and events from early American history
A fragmented timeline lists notable dates from 1770 to 1909, citing happenings in American and world history. Items include university foundations, treaties, explorations, political milestones, disasters, and various inaugurations and anniversaries across regions such as Providence, Philadelphia, Quebec, Toronto, and Norse and British colonies.
Qous Bends a ee eee Frank Colby head of prospects in Romeo camp
Fragmented OCR text reports Frank Colby as head of prospects at a Romeo Michigan training camp. It mentions M W Savage turning down 7600 for Reno Patch and notes a daughter of Dann Patch. A London sale valued at 105 and other scattered items follow, including a Human Society meeting in St Paul and a Labor Day work horse parade plan.
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Frank Colby
Romeo, Michagan
M. W. Savage
Reno Patch
Dann Patch
Belore
United States
London
Human Society
St. Paul
Latonia Racing Association
State Racing Commission of
Kentucky
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