Missionaries escape in western China fire near Hankow
Mambera of Wesleyan mission and 300 residents including patients, women in hospital, and blind boys survived a massive blaze in Hankow triggered by Imperial forces. Fire spread across the native city, a Red Cross steamer was driven back by rebel fire, and a two hour armistice was sought to move the mission to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Mission
Hankow
Ching
Wuhu
Mambera
Women's Hospital
Henkow
London Mission
Booth
Red Cross
Imperiallats
Honyang
Cold Wave Is Coming predicted by weather bureau
Washington reports the weather bureau forecasts pronounced U.S. weather changes this week with disturbances moving from the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia toward the east. Cool air will push southeast with unsettled conditions and likely snow in northern states later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Western Europe
Rocky Mountains
Britiah Columbia
Middle West
Mt Ta
Weather forecast confidence praised by government official
Washington reports say Secretary Wilton cited the Weather Bureau as forecasting every major meteorological change in the United States last year. Storm, frost and warning advisories protected crops, shipments of perishables, and live stock, while aiding sugar, tobacco, fruit, and cranberry growers. Also noted are arson charges against B. Flannagan of O Neill and a law firm member, E J Lambe, injured in a Beaver City auto crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wie
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Wilton
Luligtin
United States
Beaver City
Naby
E. J. Tambe
Verona
Lambe
Cholera Ravages Italian Forces in Tripoli Siege
A Reuters dispatch from Malta reports Italian troops around Tripoli under siege facing cholera. The army has suffered thousands of casualties, with many killed or wounded, and cholera spreading among soldiers and civilians as hospitals strain to cope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Annning
Pulinteat
Daya
Hava
Italan
Reuters Company
Tripoli
Malta
Triliina
Flospita Afielni
Tripali
Boston man shoots two daughters and himself in tragedy
Ludwig Jagger, a Chicago born book agent, shot his two daughters aged two and four then killed himself. He died two hours later. The tragedy follows his divorce last year and his wife’s subsequent remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ludwig
Jagger
Ohicago
Candy Lottery Ban and Rate Hearings in Des Moines
Des Moines and Des Moines area items report a ban on a candy wheel lottery during a state fair, indictments for pure food show managers, and upcoming rate hearings by the state railway commission including Des Moines coal switching rates on Nov 16. Other notes cover Atlantic Road funding, tuition law effects, and a push to enforce insurance and extract policies despite new state rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Railway Commission
Chicago Great Western
Atlantic Road
Thomas Arthur
Atlantice
Colonel Adams
Cornel Tints
Atlantic Rand Fund
Lealla M. Shaw
Annee
Moines
Omaha
Towa
Treynor
Oakland
Atlantic
Gathrie Center
Adel
Adams
Tta
Rinte Ty
Hatton
Gotheshirk
Zener Ag
Vettysburg
Monkly
Charges against plate prison management resume this week
The article reports resumed proceedings against the plate prison management at Mort Madison over sanitary conditions. Accusations center on manslaughter. Frank Robinson was found guilty in Greene County court for a related manediaugh death. A separate incident mentions Bussby attempting to arrest robbers and Robinson denying gang affiliation in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plate
Mort Madison
Frank Robinson
Greene County
Wis_iking
Dames Wuraby
Busby
Rolinson
Allot
Seventeen Die As Pier Collapses In California
Sacramento dispatch reports the collapse of a large pier over the American River near Auburn. Seventeen laborers are killed and many more injured as fifty men are said to have been swept away by the falling structure while underway on a Portland Cement Company railroad project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sacramento
Cal
American River
Auburn
Portland Cement Company
Americam River
Bentela
Amergan River
New Mexico Votes on Wide Ranging Future Officials
About 1,000 candidates were nominated for state, federal, and local offices in New Mexico as residents prepared to vote tomorrow. The ballot includes governor, secretary, judges, district attorneys, and eight district judges with twenty-four state senators and forty-nine representatives. The territory will elect two U S senators and its own congress members, and voters decide whether to amend the constitution under the blue ballot provision to ease future constitutional changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banta Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Supreme Court
Congress
United States Senate
Large Iowa potatoes bring high weight in Bremer county
In Bremer county Iowa large potatoes were reported sold at Waverly. George Vossler left a joint with Torry and Zoller. Several tubers weighed five pounds each and fifteen weighed a bushel. Prices have fallen to a modest level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wihterloo
Iowa
Bremer County
Waverly
George Vossler
Torry & Zoller
Misa Lulu White Recovers From Prolonged Unconscious State
Misa Lulu White of Colo In, homeopath nurse at the University of Towa, who fell from the Towa City Cedar Rapti Interurban bridge, has emerged from a 292 hour coma. Physicians say she is likely to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Misa Lulu White
Colo
University of
Towa
Marriage Ties Longtime Lovers in Cedar Rapids Romance
John J. Reedy of Postville aged sixty and Garvie Delorrost of Muscatine aged sixty five were married at Cedar Rapids following a romance that began at the town soldiers home where both lived as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
John J. Reedy
Postville
Garvie Delorrost
Muscating
Cedar Riplis
Grenfell Yacht Wrecks Gift Vessel in Labrador Storm
Missionary physician Br. Wilfred T. Gren fell reports from Red Bay Labrador that Princeton University donated the yacht Andrew McCosh was wrecked in a severe storm. The vessel, an auxiliary craft, belonged to Grenfell and fate left four fishing vessels wrecked nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Labrador
Boston
Wilfred T. Grenfell
Red Bay
Andrew McCosh
Pinceton University
Morris Tells of Murray Gangs Work
Eddie K. Morris, freed from county jail, described the Mabray syndicate’s operations. He and Mabray claim the swindle network has operated nationwide and earned about 30 million dollars, with figures drawn from their knowledge of the syndicate’s activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Murray Gang
Council Bluffs
Eddie K. Morris
Leavenworth
Mabeay Organization
Mabray
Swindle
America
St. Leuk
New Orleans
Barn Fire In Cedar Rapids Linked To Black Hand Threats
A large barn two miles south of Salon, Cedar Rapids area, burned down after J. J. Adama refused to leave. The structure housed hay, grain, and farm machinery, with a nonoccupied house on site. Estimated value around $3,000, partly insured. Neighbors allege a firebug acted amid threats tied to Black Hand notoriety. Adama had been threatened and shot at previously while resisting extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Adama
Uying
Salon
Adams
Adama
Ambudh
Ita
Ant Capura
Aged Woman Robbed of Diamonds in Grand Rapids
A seventy two year old woman, Mrs. Foster, living alone in Grand Rapids, was choked by an unmasked burglar who stood by her bedside before daylight and forced her to surrender her diamonds valued at two thousand dollars. The intruder fled as dawn approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamonda
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mra
Foster
Ives
Mrs Vermilya Poisoned Self Linked to Policeman Deaths
Chicago reports reveal Dr F A Van Arsdale states Mrs Louise Vermilya attempted suicide with ardente hidden in pepper while under treatment for illness. He links her to the death of Policeman Bissonette and nine prior fatalities in her alleged eighteen year span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louise Verfallya
Bissonette
F. A. van Arsdale
Family starves to death in Chicago home tragedy
In Irving Park a father Henry Letsch forty six mother Anna Letsch forty and son Herman Loetsch twelve were found dead after three weeks of seclusion. A letter with scriptural citations and a pinned note about a funeral gown indicate a religious sacrifice. Autopsy confirmed death by starvation, not poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Letsch
Anna Letsch
Herman Loetsch
Behild
Irving Park
Pr. Hunter
Indictments Grow Over Liquor Selling in Appanoose County
Grand jury in Appanoose County reports indictments charging liquor selling including at Elke lodge in Centerville. County Attorney R W Smith secured federal list of liquor license holders and used it to guide cases. those under state law facing action. Protest filed in Chicago against rail rate equality for feeder and fat stock by Des Moines' Corn Bolt Meat Producers association before Interstate Commerce Commission official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
District Court
Bedgwick County
Genral
Centerville
Navy
Appanoose County
Elke Lodge
R. W. Smith
Tfia
Lst
Hava
Chicago
Open Shop Notices at Centralia Cause Job Frays
Notices posted by Centralia authorities claim open shop policy led to three striking employees being refused employment and instructed to reapply with new applications. A high yard fence is reported. Woman injured in a wreck in Bronx Falls received $2,700 in a circuit court verdict against South Dakota Central Railroad for damages. She sought $10,000 for injuries from a collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Thomas. The injury is expected to permanently disable her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Iinoia Centrat
Bronx Falls
Hawain County
Barnh U J. Bennett
Castlewood
South ‘Dakota Central Railroad
Ben
Dee
Thomans
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weather Man
Secretary Wilson
O'Neil
Hot Springs
B. D
G. B. Flannagan
O'Neill
Neb
Crault
Mannagan
Smithwick Lumber Company
Duchess “O'Austal
Diana
Rome
Elks IN
CLUB
Orders
Kansas City
Kansan
Tha Ks
Akon
Kanang Oli
Chirh x
Ayong Tha
Cub
Nevey
Ery
Eli
General Sherman
Bestan
Sherman
Willam T Sharman
Brookling
Mather Sharman
Missouri
New York
Brookline
Killa Daughtera and Self
Des. Moines
Pure Food Show
Greene County Court
James Busby
Qhorokea
Judy Pellagra
B.D. Richardson
Webster Cuy
Iowa Alto
Iowa Alto Board of Health
Columbia
Richardson
Cosson
da, Wilfred T. Grenfell
American Podge, Association
Grenfell
Jr. Ot
Adame
Solon
Victimn
Black Hand Gang
Mrs. Vermilya
Bisgonette
Argente
Appanoose Grand Jury
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!