Devastation in Sicily and Messina After Earthquake
Rome reports a catastrophic earthquake in South Italy and Sicily followed by a deadly tidal wave. Messina and Reggio suffer near-total ruin with tens of thousands dead or missing, widespread fires, and decaying bodies raising fear of pestilence. Relief ships and aid from Britain, Russia, and the United States arrive amid ongoing rescue efforts.
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Rome
Italy
Sicily
Strait of
Messina
Tire
Reggio de Calabria
Straits of Messina
Reggio
Tle
Sutlej
Malta
Slava
Czarewitek
Makarouf
Supply ships rush to Messina during rapid fleet move
United States battleship fleet speeds toward Messina from Colombo after a two day early arrival. The Yankton and Culgoa carry doctors, cots, blankets, and large provisions to aid Italian earthquake victims, with 25,000 tons stored at Port Said and coal-ready ships to pass the canal swiftly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Congress
White House
Patrick F. McGowan
American Italian General Relief Committee
New York City
Madison Square Garden
State Department
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Messina
Suez
United States Athletic
Colombo
Yankton
Culgoa
Port Said
Navy Department
Sperry
Harrowing Naples Balcony Escape Tragedy
In Naples a girl entangled by her skirts swung from a balcony for four days as a home collapse left a woman trapped beneath debris. The injured woman survived but was de mented, while her husband and children died above, their blood staining her.
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Naples
Reggie
Catanzaro
Calabria
Reggio
Catanvaro
Rome Note on Catastrophe of Italian Earthquake
In Messina and nearby towns nearly complete destruction is reported. Officials estimate up to 100000 buried as Italian losses dwarf Japan era casualties. Large inland towns such as Reggio and Taormina show massive devastation across the region.
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Rome
Messina
Italy
Russia
Japan
Reggio
Tnazgare
Seilla
Gayunara
Villa San Giovamni
Palmi
Calamity in Calabria as earthquake levels towns
Rome reports grim tolls after a major Calabrian quake. In Reggio and surrounding towns like Palmi Dog Para Sante Eufemia Seminara and Seminara thousands are dead or missing. Descriptions show collapsed prefectures and homes with residents trapped and dying. Authorities plead for immediate aid including food and medical supplies.
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Rome
Palmi
Dog Para
Sante Eufemia
Seminara
Orao
Reggio
Gerace Marinas
Alousat
Catania
Messing
Missouri rate case hearing resumes in federal court
In Kansas City the Missouri rate case involving eighteen railroads resumed before Judge Smith McPherson. The state argued against the 2-cent passenger and maximum freight laws as confiscatory while the St. Louis and San Francisco case was completed and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe trial began. McPherson ordered admission of prior testimonies to speed the remaining fourteen cases.
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Kansas City
United States District Court
Smith McPherson
Missouri
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
McPherson
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Mail Order Betrothal Ends in Loss Near Iola
Kansas City report recalls Elizabeth Jackson age five from Iola Kansas who recounts a mail order engagement with a man calling himself John Madison of St Louis. He visited, they planned marriage, and she sold her farm and lent him 1050 dollars. Prosecutor issued warrant for Madison.
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Kansas City
Elizabeth Jackson
Jackson Lves
Tola
Kan
Bert S. Kimbrell
John Madison
St. Louis
Madison
Institutions ask 5.45 million for Missouri 1909 10
Jefferson City reports that state educational eleemosynary and penal institutions, excluding the penitentiary, seek a combined maintenance and improvement appropriation of 5,453,280.40 for 1909 10. This exceeds the last two years by 2,327,090.50 with the State University requesting 1,604,000.
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Jefferson City
State University
Tipton Banker Arrested for Embezzlement in Missouri
Jefferson City report says Roy Bane, former cashier of the People's Bank of Tipton, was arrested on embezzlement charges totaling 21000. He posted 25000 bond and, at about 32 years old, had served 13 years as cashier. The bank later changed hands in 1904 and was once prominent in central Missouri.
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Jefferson City
Roy Bane
People's Bank of
Tipton
Monireau County
State Banking Department
Dane
People’s Bank
Missouri
Kansas City
Peruna praised as cure for coughs and colds
Mr Mrs Joseph Hall Chase of Washington DC and Mrs A L Wetzel of Terre Haute Indiana share testimonials praising Peruna from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co Columbus Ohio. They report restored senses and relief from head symptoms after using Peruna and urge readers to consult a doctor and ask for the 1909 Peruna Almanac.
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Peruna Drug Co
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Hall Chase
Tenth St
Washington, D. C
A. L. Wetzel
Ohio St
Terre Haute
Ind
Sam
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co
Calling the Pitcher
A captain rebukes a pitcher for issuing seventeen bases on balls in a single game, contrasting the chaotic walks with a proper ball game pace.
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Dia
The Judge Considers Leniency in Condemned Man Case
A judge contemplates leniency saying contingent circumstances merit mercy. A veiled woman, the prisoner's wife, weeps as he proposes a three year sentence. She protests that three years is far too little.
Distinction on Bills Stopped at Boarding House
When Bill Burns first hit Washington he chose a boarding house over a hotel to save money. Weeks later Murphy of the Athletics heard he was living at a boarding house. Burns corrected him, saying he was indeed boarding in a boarding house.
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Bill Burns
Washington
Murphy
The
Athletics
Bill
Washington Star
Then and Now Complete Recovery from Coffee Ills
A Louisville mother credits Postum and Grape-Nuts with restoring her daughter from near nervous prostration after coffee. The daughter, now healthy and active with five children, supports Postum’s claims and notes the items in multiple charities. The letter is cited as one of several industry testimonials.
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Louisville
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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