48 Dead in Wreck of Twin City Express Train
Chicago doctor Dr John W De Vey organized rescue after a collision near Green Mountain the worst rail disaster in years. The wreck involved the Twin City Express and a St Louis train. many passengers were harmed while several deaths were reported.
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Rad O'Ulock
Green Mountain
Hock Feland Road
Minneapolis
Jows Mallyouddiy
Caisul
Uniri
Drawlex
Oren
Ishiad Ab Rhosburg
Lic Toc Island
Piake
de Chicago Great Western
Chicago
St. Louis
Marshalltown
Thley
Raila
Farles
John W. de Vey
Proof of Abraham Unearthed by Pennsylvanian Scholar
Philajelphia savant Tracer A Lynile Story on Andoynt Tublut reports Prof Herman V Hilpeecht claims a clay tablet with signs of a lost language. He says Nippur tablets in the University of Pennsylvania collection form a documentary fragment dating Abraham’s return to Canaan by at least 200 years, after months of study.
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Philajelphia
Andoynt Tublut
Herman V. Hilpeecht
Abraham
Nippur
Penguytvania
Abrahaan
Canaan
Family Longevity and Robbery Case Report
Mrs Anna Hetcourt aged 106 in Kansas is noted as longevity head of a family with several long lived relatives including William Hamilton and James Hamilton. A separate two year long robbery at Immaculate Conception Church in Pittsburgh ended with seven altar boys arrested after detectives observed them handling donation boxes.
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Mrother
Me Siainy
Anna Hetcourt
Mo Fing
Kan
William. Hamilton
Orother
Slater
Barak ‘Byrne
Rushvilie
Mnother
James Hamilton
Zacharias Hamilton
Chuceh
Pitsburg
Mabray 18 Convicted in Council Bluffs Mail Swindle Trial
Jurors in Council Bluffs found John C. Mabray and thirteen associates guilty on charges of using the mails in a large fixed swindle. One defendant, Robert B. J. Goddard, hung on a 4-2 vote. Several co-defendants pleaded nolo contendere. prosecutors say the ring operated for about ten years and netted over $5,000,000.
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Council Bluffs
John C. Mabray
United States District Court
Robert B. J. Goddard
San Antonio
Mabray
Leon Loser
Tom
Robinson
Willard Powell
Clarenes
Edward Leach
Edward K. Morris
Clarence Forbes
Harry Forbes
Frank Scott
Ed McCoy
Winford
Harris
Dert R. Shoras
Willian
Ole") Marsh
Nolle
Tte
$500000 Gift For Columbus Memorial In New York
A report states Hetty Green plans a $500000 contribution to a Columbus Memorial project in New York. The gift funds a free university of art for youths, aiding Countess Annie Leary’s memorial plan opposite Central Park. Details vary amid phrasing about land, aims, and beneficiaries.
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New York
Boe
University of Art
Mrs. Green
Prisoner Slain in Custody at City Jail
In Cinéas City Oklahoma City prisoner Jesse Jones was shot and killed by desk sergeant Samuel Reed and patrolman C. B. Pierce after seizing a two pound boy and attacking fellow prisoners in the men’s quarter at police headquarters. Anna Wie Usen dalloc appears in the text as a garbled name connected to the incident. Benjamin Myers named jailer referenced in the melee.
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Weenan
Benjamin Myers
Cinéas City
Jesse Jones
Oklahoma City
Samuel Reed
C. B. Piarca
Jones
Wyers
bin Congeless
Reed
Pierce
Prigonare
Season's deaths and shipwreck toll in 1908 10
The season saw about 226 vessels lost and 235 crewmen perish in North Atlantic and New England trade routes during fall and winter of 1908 10. Disasters affected Canadian and Newfoundland coastal shipping, with losses reported across the New England coast and offshore routes, totaling around a million dollars in value and crippling the shipping industry.
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North Atlantic
New England
British North American
George Norris of Nebraska Faces Nation with Debater Flair
The article profiles George William Norris a Fifth Nebraska district representative famed for his attacks on Cannon. Born in 1991 on a Sandusty Ohio farm Norris rose from country schoolteacher to district judge in 1895 and to the Fifty-eighth Congress where he has since represented the Fifth District as a strong debater.
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George William Norris
Nebraska
Maine
California
Bor
Sandusty
Ohio
Hla Tother
Monse Aad
Yistda
Aluce
Norris
Not a candidate for presidency declares to friends
Mr. Bryan states to friends he has no desire or expectation to be a candidate again. Leroy Percy of Greenville Mississippi was the United States Senator from Mississippi on the fifty eighth ballot of the Democratic caucus by a five vote majority over former Governor Damman. The nomination is seen as decided. Campaign literature floods out in the national race aided by the GOP and insurgent factions after Gaynor became mayor of New York.
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Bryan
United States
Leroy Percy
Greenville
Misa
Mississippi
Vardaman
Gruten
Republican Congressional
Gaynor
New York
Politisiana
Angie Day
Malarion
Mad Famount
Lynching in Marion Court House Square Arkansas
In Marion Arkansas a mob of about 300 men hanged Bob Austin and Charles Richardson two Black men accused of aiding a jail escape. Richardson was captured in Memphis and returned, then mob violence overwhelmed Sheriff Lewis. The two men were taken from custody and hanged at the courthouse yard.
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Maclon
Ark
Mol
Bob Austin
Charles Richardson
Courthouse Square
Marion
Richardson
Memphis
Lewis
Austin
Stolen goods returned after 15 years mystery
A purse, $5 gold piece and gold earrings stolen from Mrs Mort Morrison in Winona Minnesota fifteen years ago were delivered to her by mail with a note of remorse from an anonymous thief. The package, post marked Watertown South Dakota, contained the jewelry and the note claiming the thief acted to ease his guilt.
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Mort Morrison
Burmeister T
Winona
Minn
Watertown, & D
Woman Falls From Ferry Ride Linked to Murder Suspect
In Detroit River a young woman identified as Mrs. Arthur J. Best of Comber Ontario disappeared after a night aboard a ferry. Police say her husband, now under arrest, pushed her from an uptown dock. Rescue attempts failed as darkness hindered recovery.
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Unko
Tom
Detroit
Detroit-Windsor
Dra Ban bin
Tha Poliée
Arthur J. Best
Comber
Ont
Best
Five Slain Near Houston Believed Murdered
Sheriff Anderson found the bodies of Mr and Mrs Schuita Walter Eichmann and two infants near Houston Texas. Neighbors had summoned the sheriff after a week without signs of life. Authorities believe the family was murdered but no motive or suspect has been learned.
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Hodiga
Wite
Obily Iirca
Eyland
Schuita
Walter Eichmann
Chldren
Schultzes
Houston
Tex
Anderson
Sharp Hoy Defeated: search for Frank Thomas and boy
A fragment from a historical page mentions a search for Frank, Thomas, and a boy linked to snooker players. Details are incomplete, with garbled names and unclear context.
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Bywladles
Banka
Frank, Thoma, & Boy
Sniokerbookera
Taft Busy Chicago Visit with Eight Speeches
President Taft visits Chicago on St Patrick's Day era, meeting Red Cross and newspaper club members, then delivers a rapid sequence of speeches in several venues. Crowds line the streets as confetti falls and photographers flood the La Salle Hotel area.
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Taft
Chicago
Washington
Aea
la Salle Hotel
Jockie
Archibald Clavering Butt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ad Atreet
Butt
Mr. Taft
Loop
Capt. Butt
Endowment Committee
American Red Cross Society
Red Cross Committee
Origanization
Irish Fellowship
Committes
Flint
Conaln
Louis XVI
Engineering Association
Congress
Gore
Hamilton Chile
Maby
Hamilton
Stat Fox
Injured Student Named in Local Incident Report
A student at Siminong was injured in an early evening incident described by authorities as involving four APs. The case centers on Caliogo Long and Pex Balas, with officials continuing to investigate details and motives.
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Caliogo
Senate Battles Over Administration Railway Bill And House Reorganization
Congress faces a pivotal week as the administration railway bill dominates debate In the Senate Speaker Cannon fights to keep control as the House considers Norris resolution to reorganize the Rules Committee and strip Cannon of power. A tense session ends with a 191 to 156 vote along party lines to expand the committee and declare the Speakership vacant. friction marks the week’s political theater.
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Senate
House
Tims
Aga
Cannon
Thi Bony
Pustain
Parliame
Mins
Tha
Cimina
Norris
Chan
Repucan
Vaca
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Erin
Hed Gross Society
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Louisian Pied
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Adamson Gilmore
Ransdell
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