Tragic Santa Fe Collision Near Stillwell
A Santa Fe line crash injured and killed on both directions, with five dead and three wounded on the eastbound train. Relief crews, including Chief Surgeon Caster and a team of physicians, were dispatched to the scene while investigations into the cause continued without a full statement.
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Th Fe
Perdons
Santa Fe
Kansas
Stillwell
Repis Re
Oete
Pt Caster
Santa , Pe
T N
Mudge
Hurley
Kansas City
Kansas City flood repair costs run into millions
Flood damage worsens as Missouri and Kaw rivers fall but remain four feet above ground at Union Depot. Civil engineers warn terminal systems and bridges may need rebuilding costing 5 to 10 million dollars. At Topeka, death toll climbs past seventy with bodies recovered and many more believed in the wreckage. Union Pacific depot serves as morgue and floods leave Topeka a total ruin.
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Kansas City
Skansas City
Union Depot
Iisis
Topeka
Ian
Phe
Union Pacific
Dimly heard tales mix crimes and wars abroad
Dispatches report serious turmoil in Adrianople with Turks conducting searches for arms and refugees fleeing. Bulgarian bands clash with Turkish forces as violence spreads. A separate grisly murder in Breubenville sees Mrs. John W. Kirk kill Mia Buck in a fit of insanity. A Illinois wreck derails Peoria railroad service with fatalities among passengers and train crew.
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Nayet
Adrianople
Garland
Sarakina
Big Midsummer Festival lights up Sioux City with shows
The Big Midsummer Festival runs June 2 to July 4 in Sioux City featuring an open air stage, 5,000 arena seats, and free attractions. The lavish program includes the Da Come family five aerobats, Carl Damman troupe seven novelty performers, Davenport, king of the high wire, Lilzeys the Russian diver, and the Royal Japanese jugglers. Nightly pyro spectacles close the program with a night in Japan. Excursion rail rates into Sioux City are offered.
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Sioux
I’ Mostel
America
da Come
Carl Damman
Davenport
Arena
Lilzeys
Japan
Sioux City
Des Moines Flood Devastation and Rising River Levels
Des Moines suffers extensive flood losses totaling 750000 with 150000 on railroads and bridges and 110000 on a cooperative. 5000 displaced, 2000 sheltered in churches and schools. The river peaked at 24 feet Sunday and fell three feet by Monday, while the Melan arch bridge spans collapsed and streetcars halted for a week. Relief work is underway, illness fears rise among the homeless, and many residents walked home after streetcar service suspended.
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Rloss
Des Moines
Coop Tc
Sixth Avenue
Murder of Prof Hicks baffling Wooster mystery
Prof John Hicks assistant botanist at Ohio agricultural experiment station was shot dead outside Miss Mary Gill's Wooster home shortly before 1 am. He fought with a man seen near the window, then was killed. Hicks planned to depart for Cleveland at 1 26 pm as investigators seek motive and suspect.
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J. F. Hicks
John If’. Hicks
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Mary Gill
Wooster
Miss Gill
Henry Boisegrain
West Liberty Street
Hicks
Not Not In Code Supplement Omission Angers Lawyers
A code editing error in the negotiable instruments section omits the word not altering unconditional vs promise to pay language. Lawmakers and state officials report confusion and possible litigation as attorneys seek clarification on the correct wording in the code supplement.
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Atate
Church Deacon in Prison Sentenced for Forgery
Henry King a 45 year old Boggstown Indiana church deacon and Sunday school superintendent pleaded guilty to forgery and received a sentence from one to twenty-one years. He claimed a Christian life and denied lying or drinking but admitted forging notes to obtain money from neighbors.
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Henry King
Henry Wing
Boggstown
Ind
Experiments With Seed Carload From France Planted Near Spencer
Owen Sheehan superintendent of the Hax mill at Spencer has received a carload of flax seed from France. A large tract on the Green ranch northeast of town will be sown to flax with potential for more land if seedlings can be secured. Last year home grown seed yielded less than imported seed, so this year only imported seed will be used. The seed comes from France Germany and Russia at about $3 per bushel plus freight. Despite last year’s poor season, a fair profit margin encouraged continued flax farming to meet home mill demands.
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France
Spencer
Owen Sheehan
Green Ranch
Finx
Sheehan
Germany
Russia
Gas Plant Explosion Wrecks Farm House in Montgomery County
A acetylene gas plant exploded in the cellar of Thomas Shires' farm house six miles northeast of Red Oak, tearing through the first floor, destroying furniture and windows, setting the building on fire and injuring Mr. and Mrs. Shires. Loss estimated at $2,000 for the home, contents, and damage.
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Thomas Shires
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Last Buffalo Killer James Allen Dies in Iowa Fall
James Allen a 65 year old bachelor farmer near Sergeant Bluffs Woodbury County died after a fall from stairs at his home He weighed about 200 pounds and came west in 1856 He is said to have shot the last buffalo in western Iowa during his first year westward.
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James Allen
Iowa Plains
Sergeant Bluffs
Woodbury County
Iowa
Allen
Drowned in Mississippi Davenport Body of Miss Benetta Cook
The body of Miss Benetta Cook, a Davenport society figure, was found Saturday in the Mississippi after snag entanglement. A coroner's jury ruled drowning as cause but did not fix violence or personal crisis. a post mortem showed she was enciente. She had been missing since Tuesday.
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Davenport
Mississippi
Benetta Cook
Ross Scandrett
Miss Cook
Loss of Life in Chillan Coast Storm Hits Shipping
A gale swept Valparaiso bay wrecking the British steamer Foyle Dale with the captain’s wife and son and six seamen drowned. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company steamer Arequipa, with sixty three aboard, was lost in the same storm. Bodies of some crewmen have washed ashore.
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Chillan Coasl
Valparaiso
Chili
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Arequipa
Forest Fires Rage Across Vermont Amid Devastation
A thousand men battle wildfires in Vermont as thousands of acres of timber burn and rain remains elusive. Hardwick reports two residences destroyed while the overall situation worsens across Worcester and Emore as crews race to contain the spreads. Meanwhile Marie Ware of Portland faces fraud allegations after resigning as U S commissioner at Eugene upon orders from civil authorities.
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Vermont
Hardwick
Mont
Worcester
Emore
Miss Ware
Milas
Marie
Ware
Portland
Ore
United States
Eugene
Ie States District
Tyas Boellin
Big gathering at Waterloo for grand lodge meeting
About 1,000 Masons from across the state attended the Waterloo session where officers were elected. N. St. Parvin of Cedar Rapids was the sole officer re-elected. Grand master Charles C. Clark of Burlington and other grand officers were named or reappointed as the grand lodge of Town Masons chose the next meeting site in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Grand Lodge of Town Masons
Waterloo
State
N. St. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Charles C. Clark
Burlington
P. J. Martin
Thos
Arthur
Logan
T. J. Davis
Marlon
N. R. Parvin
Cedar Rapida
Cigarette Tax Upheld by Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court overruled a petition for rehearing in OC P. Cook and H. Plunkett v Marshall County. Decided in Des Moines, the case upheld section 6007 of the code imposing an $800 mulct tax on buildings where cigarettes are sold, affirming the law in all respects.
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Supreme Court
P. Cook
H. Plunkett
Malaria Fear Looms Over River Communities
Dr. J. K. Kennedy as secretary of the state board of health warns residents along Town rivers face malaria and disease risks from decaying vegetation. He urges strict preventive care as vast vegetation deteriorates after the skies clear, noting this amount has not been seen before.
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Kennedy
J. K. Kennedy
State Board of Health
Man Killed by Freight Train Near LeMars
An unidentified man about 30 was killed by an Omaha freight train north of LeMars at 2:30 Saturday. He sat on the track a mile south of LeMars and was likely intoxicated. He wore laboring clothes and a notebook with the name A. Miller, a Sibbley justice of the peace, and a poll tax receipt made out to John George signed by John Frey. The coroner will hold an inquest.
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LeMars
Omaha
A. Miller
Sibbley
John George
John Frey
Flooding Submerges 600 Square Miles South of Keokuk
Mississippi River floods entire Alexandria town and 600 square miles of rich farmland south of Keokuk. Crops are a total loss after areas not flooded in thirty years. Expect millions in damages as residents move to higher floors and prepare for livestock losses.
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Keokuk
Mississippi River
Alexandria
Young Girl Assaulted in Home Hallway Incident
Edne Muntz a 16 year old girl and daughter of Edwin M Muntz a prominent Dubuque grocer was accosted in her home hallway by an unknown man who blindfolded and gagged her she could not describe the attacker police reported the assault remains under investigation.
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Edne Muntz
Edwin M. Muntz
Dubuque
Fruit crops in Iowa outlook favorable says Wesley Greene
Secretary Wesley Greene of the State Horticultural Society notes extreme wet weather has not seriously damaged the fruit crop. He reports frost in May nearly destroyed plums and cherries, while other fruits are progressing well. June reports are favorable, though strawberries need more sunshine to improve.
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Wesley Greene
The
State Horticultural Society
Iowa
Society
Holdyville Under Water Near Des Moines Report
Advice from Woldyville fifty miles below Des Moines says every house in Holdyville is surrounded by from one to six feet of water. Five hundred residents are homeless after the flood as authorities seek aid and shelter. Obs. kaloosa reports a Des Moines jury found Plunkett guilty of assault and related charges.
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Holdyville
Woldyville
Des Moines
la Belug
Kaloosa
Plunkett
Mintont
Inventions and treaties noted in early reports
One hundred years ago reports describe steel pans by Mon Wine, a copper plate engraving by urrel of London, and a steam pr fuddig prosh by Xonng and Taner. Napoleon visited Antwerp with plans for dock construction valued at ten million. The Brazil Argentina war ends with the creation of the Independent State of Banda Oriental.
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Great Vrain
Urrel
London
England
Xonng
Taner
Napoleon
Antwerp
Brazil
Argentina
Banda Oriental
Seventy Five Years Ago Details and Events
A jittered digest recalls past happenings from seventy five years ago. It mentions Vincus Pries proposing water cure methods, Attila’s Brunswick Theater tragedy in London with many killed, Henry Clay as traveling secretary raising funds, Francia Smith's flying machine demonstration, and new lead mines in Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin projected to produce 12000 tons yearly.
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Vincus Pries
Grafenburg
Attila
Brunswick
London
Henry Clay
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Francia Smith
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Fifty Years Ago in Cuba and Napoleon Prisoners
A fifty-year-old note reports that one in seventeen of Cuba was cultivated. It mentions French ships in English ports seized by the British and Napoleon retreated by capturing Englishmen in France as prisoners of water. The second relief expedition sailed from New York to seek Franklin’s metal exploring party.
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Cuba
Napoleon
France
New York
Sir
Wranklin
Metle
Forty Years Ago Deportations After Rebel Sympathy
A report recalls mass arrests of women at Dewassville and Williamstown Ky for sympathy with rebels and orders to deport them south. Infantry from Camp Douglas seized rifles and destroyed part of a morning edition. A Cooperstown peace convention denounced the Civil War as unconstitutional while The London Times warned the war might not end. The Illinois House denounced Burnside for suppressing the Chicago Times.
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Dewassville
Williamstown
Camp Douglas
Chicago
Hines Rifles
Cooper Fistle Tate
New York
London Times
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Chisengo
Hannibal Immith
United States
Dinois House of Representatives
Gen
Burnside
Chicago ‘Times
Payne
Thirty years ago labor reform and a fatal family tragedy
A historical note recalls a 19 year old son fatally shooting novelist Mansfield Walworth in the Sturtevant House New York. It mentions a Dixon Illinois bridge disaster blamed on Sunday work by a Philadelphia union group and cites Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase’s death after a Sunday ride. The piece references the Massachusetts labor reform coun.
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Paat
Mansfield
Walworth
Sturtevant House
New York
Dixon
United Presbyterian of Philadelphia
Salmon P. Chase
The
Massachusetts Labor Reform Coun
Threats and honors mark 19th century headlines
Twenty years ago Li Hung Chang pressured France over Annam claims while Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks drew praise for leadership. The national free trade convention met in Detroit with Stokes Adams Jr and Morton among delegates. England claimed Bechuanaland north of the Orange Free State amid Boer wars. New York’s Statue of Liberty pedestal committee sought 160000. A Brooklyn Bridge panic left twelve dead and twenty six injured.
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Li Hung Chang
China
France
Zaannam
Samuel J. Tilden
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
America
Detroit
Anson Chelps Stokes
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
J. Sterning Morton
England
Orange Free State
Buartholdt
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Ten Years Ago Donnelly Arrives to Fight Trusts in Chicago
The report recalls Ignatius Donnelly's arrival in Chicago with aims to curb the trust system while noting a Milwaukee bank failure with $1.1 million liabilities. It mentions over 360 million ingoks exported from New York since the prior Wanete, and references Chicago World’s Fair and Judge Stein.
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Ignatus Donnelly
Chicago
Plankinton Bank
Milwaukee
New York
Wanete
Phe
Malr
Tempo Indole
Stein Froni Clos
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