Fontanet Explosion Wipes Out Fontanet Town
At Fontanet Indiana near Terre Haute the Dupont powder mills exploded, destroying the village of about 200 people. Twenty killed and around a hundred injured as mills burned, a dozen bodies recovered, and a schoolhouse shattered. A relief train carried physicians to the scene, with 800 rendered homeless and residents panicked thinking an earthquake occurred.
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Dupont Powder Co
Hamilton
Butler County
Terre Haute
Ind
Dupont
Fontanet
Here
Surrouning
Fighteen
Terre Haute Quakes and Far Reaching Shocks Reported
An early morning tremor rattled Terre Haute and nearby communities with windows breaking and items falling. Reports of multiple shocks followed from Fontanet Reiley Reading Cleves Wyoming Glendale St Charles Oxford Miami University Slade Farmandale and other areas. No fatalities or major damage reported.
Explosion Rocks Oxford and Surrounding Stores
A morning blast in Oxford Ohio at 9:20 unsettled residents. Lamps swung in Wm E Keen's shop and display cases toppled at Butler's grocery with produce scattered outside. John Preston felt the tremor at the building association room. residents feared an earthquake.
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Oxford
Wm. E. Keen
Butler’s
John Preston
Buildinging Association
Hamilton Earthquake Sensation Felt Across City
A Tuesday morning tremor at 9 25 was initially blamed on a powder mills explosion near King's Mills or Reading but investigations found no blast. Officials say the quake was likely a minor earthquake, strongly felt in Hamilton’s lower reaches especially south of Front Street. Nearby areas also reported excitement as the ground trembled.
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Jones’ Station
Sarah Debolt
South Front Street
Reading
Debolt
William Cyman
Joseph Duenhoft
Gus Reece
Reiley
H. H. Smith
West Chester
Hamilton
Cleves
Wyoming
Glendale
St. Charles
King’s Mills
Front Street
Nelson Morris Will Alters Estate Distribution
The probate filing reveals a thirty million dollar contested will settlement was withdrawn. Nelson Morris's will now splits the estate immediately among his widow and four children, nullifying the planned long term trust.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris
Packer
RATS TO GO Chicago Hair Fashion Fallout
In Chicago department stores a wave of dismissals hits 20 saleswomen who refused to abandon their pompadours. Stores demand neat conservative styling that avoids drawing attention away from merchandise.
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Chicago
Dayton Wins Move of Heidelberg Seminary to Dayton Ohio
Dayton officials led by Rev W A Tlale and Rev Ross Wicks announced the Ohio Synod voted to relocate Heidelberg seminary from Tiflin Ohio to Dayton. Competing cities included Cleveland Indianapolis Toledo and others. Dayton offered 15000 dollars while E J Barney offered an 18 000 dollar five acre Huffman Hill site with buildings valued at 25000 dollars. The synod urged raising 100000 dollars for immediate improvements.
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Dayton
Ohio
W. A. Tlale
Ross Wicks
Ohio Synod of the Reformed Church
Bellevue
Heidelberg Seminary
Tiflin
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Toledo
Ursinus College
Philadelphia
E. J. Barney
Huffman Hill
Synod
Enurch
Eight year old girl shoots herself in West Virginia home
At Mt. Carbon Montgomery County on October 15 a Walsh Smith eight year old daughter, while handling a revolver, was killed instantly when the weapon discharged. She walked through the front room toward school and, seeing the pistol, picked it up and looked down the barrel. The bullet entered the face and penetrated the brain.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Mt. Carbon
Walsh Smith
Captain Kramer Dead Fire Chief Dies in Cincinnati
Captain Adam Kramer, veteran member of the Cincinnati fire department, died shortly after 3 pm yesterday following an illness of only a few hours.
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Cincinnati, O
Adam Kramer
Fire Department
The Bauer Cases Postponed to November 12
Four embezzlement cases against former Springfield city auditor Charles C. Bauer were moved from November 6 to November 12 to accommodate attorney John L. Zimmerman. Zimmerman has a Supreme Court case on November 5, delaying Bauer’s trial. Judge Kunkle granted the postponement with prosecutor Labourne’s consent.
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Democrat-Law
Springfield
Charles C. Bauer
John L. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Supreme Court
Mr. Zimmerman
Kunkle
Labourne
Niece of Tilden News Itelated Suicide in Detroit
The body of Mrs W F Torner a wealthy widow about 50 was found in the river after leaping from a bridge. Her sister Mrs Turner about 36 lived with her as a companion. They had been in poor health and led quiet lives formerly near Buffalo where their father James Tilden resides. Mrs Turner was a niece of Samuel J Tilden once governor of New York and near presidential candidate.
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Detroit
Mick
W. F. Torner
Ferry Avenue
East
Turner
Beard and Hazletine Wed in Cincinnati Wedding
John Beard of East Dayton street and Miss Nelle Hazletine of North Third street were married in Cincinnati on Tuesday. The couple planned a two weeks bridal tour in the south and will establish a home upon their return.
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John Beard
East Dayton Street
Nelle Hazletine
North Third Street
Cincinnati
Man drinks arsenic in spree pleads to die
Wellston Ohio October 15 William Meadows 22 drank arsenic mixed in beer and is alive in hospital begging doctors to let him die He says he will kill himself if saved His father Ward Meadows was killed nearby years ago in a separate incident.
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Wellston
Ohio
William Meadows
Iseself
Ward Meadows
Six of Alton family treated for typhoid fever
In Columbus Ohio on Oct 15 six members of the Frisby family from Alton are under hospital care for typhoid fever at Protestant hospital. They are widow Mrs Hattie Frisby and five sons ages 2 to 18. Mother may recover but is critically ill.
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Columbus
Ohio
Alton
Hattie Frisby
Harriman and Fish Fight Over Illinois Central Control
In Chicago on October 15 Harriman and Fish surged into court to challenge a temporary injunction and to dispute control of the Illinois Central. Mr Fish attends with lawyers and alleges a vast conspiracy claiming Harriman created a dummy stockholder list to withdraw 286 731 shares from Harriman voting strength.
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Mr. Fish
Edward H. Harriman
Dresden National Bank Closes Amid Run Withdrawals
The Dresden National Bank in Dresden Ohio, capitalized at 70000 dollars, has closed after heavy withdrawals. J G Stump serves as president. Comptroller reports the First National Bank at Dresden was closed due to loans to a woolen manufacturer who failed. Robert Lyon named temporary receiver. Resources and liabilities as of August 2 1907 totaled 594060 dollars.
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Hiresden, O
Dresden
Washington
Oet
First National Bank
Oho
Robert Lyon
Brinker Dies at 35 After Illness at Mercy Hospital
John J. Brinker died Monday night at Mercy Hospital at 8 20 from stomach ailment aged 35. He leaves four brothers and three sisters. Funeral Friday at home 65 North Second Street 8 30 and at St Stephen's 9 00 Interment St Stephen Cemetery
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John T. Brinker
Mercy Hospital
North Second Street
St. Stephen’s Elured
St. Stephen Wlery
Two-Year-Old Shot Fatally While Rabbit Hunting
In Worthington near Clarksburg West Virginia on October 15 Onley Johnson aged 2 was fatally shot by 10 year old Charlie Molineaux who believed his shotgun was empty. The incident occurred during a rabbit hunt and the weapon discharged injuring the child.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Onley Johnson
Worthington
Charlie Molineaux
Young Mollineaux
Man Commits Suicide By Paris Green Poison
Ralph Parker, a farmer of Sterling Illinois, took one pound of paris green and died. He had been despondent over ill health for some time.
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Sterling
Oet
Ralph Parker
Parker
Hickory Nut Crop Falls About Fifty Percent in Tennessee
Halls Tenn Oct 15 The hickory nut crop this year has fallen off about 50 percent. The big nutting parties are few.
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Halls
Tenn
Sewing for Orphans at U P Church Seeks Volunteers
The Ladies Aid society of the U P churches will hold an all day sewing event at the Children's Home on Thursday the seventeenth. Volunteers are invited to participate in the aid effort.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the
U. P. Ehurcs
Harriman May Be Caught In Southern California Rebates
A Washington dispatch reports Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane found evidence in California that Southern Pacific Rail Co granted rebates. The material will go to the full commission and possibly the Justice Department for prosecution. Harriman’s potential indictment hinges on proving his responsibility for alleged legal violations.
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Chicago
Washington
Interstate Commerce
Lane
California
Southern Pacific Railro Co
Department of Justice
Harriman
Big Seat Sale At Smiths Theater Aids Mutual Aid
The Estate Mutual Aid society at Smiths theater offers a Thursday and Friday night entertainment to raise funds. Seats are selling fast as crowds expected for both evenings. The event aims to be among the most elaborate and successful ever staged in Hamilton.
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Smith's Theater
Hamilton
Runaway wagon wrecks wheel on Third and Land streets
A spring wagon from J. W. Faucett Transfer and Storage Co. ran away Tuesday noon when a wheel caught in a rat. Frank Baekner Hiram Hartman and another man were thrown from the wagon. Baekner was dragged to Ludlow Street where the horse was stopped at Dr. J J Meilenry's residence.
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Frank Baekner
Third
Landlow Streets
J. W. Faucett Transfer and Storage Co
Baekner
Hiram Hartman
Buckner
Ludlow Street
J. J. Meilenry
Mrs. Kate O'Brien Dies at 60 in Cincinnati
Mrs. Kate O'Brien widow of general debility. aunt of Mrs. Herman Dalle of 1075 South Second street Cincinnati dies at home on Seventh street. Funeral set for Wednesday morning. she leaves no immediate family.
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Kate O'Brien
Herman Dalle
South Second Street
Seventh Street
Cincinnati
Semler Case Brought Before Judge Hartkeff Today
C M Semler sued the county commissioners with a jury chosen by Judge Hartkeff. The jury includes John Kehr William A Linkey Leonard Goebel J W Dowty Hosea Samuels John Stroerer William G Emerson Philip Morgenthal er John H Theaman Martin Mes singer Peter Gardner and Fred Turner. This closes Crawford s run cases.
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C. M. Semler
Hartkeff
John Kehr
William A. Linkey
Leonard Goebel
J. W. Dowty
Hosea Samuels
John Stroerer
William G. Emerson
Philip Morgenthaler
John H. Theaman
Martin Messinger
Peter Gardner
Fred Turner
Crawford
Elks Lodge Postpones Social Session October 22
The Hamilcat Lodge No. 94 BPO Elks will hold a meeting tonight but the social session is moved to Tuesday evening October 22 due to a delay in deciding the ground purchased from the city.
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Hamilcat Lodge
B. P. OG
Elka
The
Elks
Nicholas Bonner III Confined by Erysipelas in Leg
Nicholas Bonner III is confined to his home on North Second Street due to erysipelas in the left leg.
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Nicholas Bonner
North Second Streets
Stanage Plant Destroyed by Fire in Cincinnati
A five story Stanage plant on Pearl and Walnut streets burned last night in Cincinnati. Fire spread from an elevator shaft to Bohnert & Co. and the Stanage company, with damage about 875000. Firemen fought flames from multiple streets, with smoke and water damage to nearby plants.
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Pearl and
Walnut Streets
Griff Miller Estate
W. H. Stancve & Co
William Arstingstall
Metropolitan Notification Company
Main Street
Frank Lewarre
Gas Company
Nepps
Fred Reichel
Howver
Bohnert &‘O
Tanage Company
Stanege
Rar Street
Walnut Street
Bohnert Printing Company
American Paper and Woodenware Company
Stanage
Kingery Manufacturing Company
Amerit Coma
Evans Chemical Company
Walus Street
Stamage Company
Fire damages unused structure behind Wood Street home
A small blaze broke through the roof of an old outbuilding behind Fred Weislogel’s Wood Street residence at 1 o’clock. Firefighters from Units Two Three and Four quickly extinguished it with little damage reported.
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Fred Weislogel
Wood Street
Baby Louis Born in Bern Family Welcomes New Arrival
Mrs A Louis of Tiv Second Street gives birth to a baby boy named Louis yesterday in Bern. The short note records a newborn for the local household without further details.
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Bern
Summerton Divorce Granted by Judge Hartkoff
Harry Summerton was granted a divorce from Maud Summerton by Judge Hartkoff, ending their marriage in a formal judicial proceeding.
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Harry Summerton
Maud Summerton
Hartkoff
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Reily
Miami University
Slade’s
Farmandale
Morris
Heidelberg University
Gem City
Kramer
Bauer
John L. Zim
Merman
Tilden
Miss Hazeltine
Stuyvesant Fish
Nat'l Bank
John J. Brinker
Sewing
Pacific
Mrs. O'Brien
Mrs. Dalle
Semler
the Elks
Nicholas Bonner III
Stanage’s Plant
Blaze
Baby Louis
Summerton
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