State Courts Win Judge Van Valkenburgh Ruling
Judge Van Valkenburgh rules state courts have jurisdiction in suits against twelve railroads overcharged rates in Missouri. The decision affects Kansas City Southern, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul, and Chicago Alton and blocks federal diversity jurisdiction. About 24 million in claims across cases filed last February.
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van Valkenburgh
Federal Court
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas City Southern
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago & Alton
United States District Court
Barker
Pssengers
Spring butter too soft and milky flavor concerns at university
At the state university agricultural experiments station researchers study spring milk and butter conditions linked to fresh pasture. Dairy professors C. H. Eckles and Dr LeRoy S Palmer lead trials to eliminate grassy notes and soft texture as cows shift from winter to green feed. Fulton veteran dies Capt Warren H Thomas 86 Civil War veteran and former writer at Fulton died recently of senility.
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Nebuchadnezer
State University Agricultural Experiments Station
Leroys. Palmer
Fulton
Warren H. Thomas
Farmers start phone line in Barry County dispute
Farmers of Barry County break with Mitchell Telephone and Electric Company Cassville by cutting all county connections and installing a mutual switchboard after a rate dispute. A mass meeting formed a farmers mutual company with a city franchise. Merchants oppose duplicating services. Mitchell argues public utilities commission bans soliciting business in city. Missouri Bankers Association heads seven member commission to study amending state banking laws and rural credit under federal reserve act.
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Barry County
Mitchell Telephone and Electric Company
Cassville
Mitchell Company
Public Utilities Commission
Missouri
Missouri Bankers’ Association
List Of Rescued Passengers On Empress Of Ireland
A long list of rescued passengers and crew from the Empress of Ireland appears, naming numerous individuals with varied origins including Rochester Minnesota Chicago Nassau Bahamas and Montreal among others, alongside roles such as steward purser and engineer. The compilation reflects scattered names and affiliations across multiple cities and countries with no single incident detail.
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Backford
Joseph
Bardr
Starr
Bandy
J. P. Bantala
T. Bawden
Florence
Hillsboro
Lit
Bawden
Beasle
Blyth
Miss. Boch
Edith
Rochester
Minn
Boch
Rheiinhardt
Boylh
Robert
Brennan
R. Brown
William
Arthur
Fenton
Walter
Fisher
John
Chicago
Fitzparick
Floir
Roy
Fugent
Gard
Grade
A. W
Gibbon
Gray
Grivers
Alex
Hackney
Mise
Mabel
Lawrence Irving
Haes
Hampter
W. Harbann
Renne
Heath
H. L
Jack
Military Names Listed in Toronto Notice
A Toronto based public notice lists numerous individuals associated with military ranks and addresses. Names includeBALVATION ARMY Atwell Mas Mrs Toronto BALES Misa Alice Brooks Thomas Toronto DELAMONT two brothers Moose Jaw FOORD Ernat Toronto GREEN Ernest Toronto GREENAWAY Herbert Toronto GREENAWAY Mr and Mrs Toronto daughter of Bandmaster Hannagan JOHNSTON James Toronto KEITH Alfred lieutenant Toronto M ammon D staff captain Toronto MORRIS Maj Frank Lindsay Ont MINTYRD Kenneth Toronto SPOONER R captain Toronto TURTIN Richard major Toronto WILSON George captain Toronto
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Balvation Army
Atwell
Mas
Toronto
Bales
Misa
Alice
Brooks
Thomas
Delamont
Moose Jaw
Foord
Ernat
Green
Ernest
Greenaway
Herbert
Hannagan
Johnston
James
Keith
Alfred
M’ammon
Morris
Maj
Frank
Lindsay
M'Intyrd
Kenneth
Spooner
Turtin
Richard
Wilson
George
Giant Ship Disasters Chronicle 1850 1914
A timeline of deadly maritime disasters from 1850 to 1914 lists wrecks and sinkings with loss of life. Notable events include the Birkenhead tragedy 1852 with 645 deaths, the Titanic 1912 with about 1503 lives lost, and the Empress of Ireland collision with Storstad in the Gulf of St Lawrence with more than 800 lives lost. Others cover the Royal Charter, General Slocum, La Bourgogne, and many more, marking a grim record of sea disasters.
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Royal Adelaide
Margate
Birkenhead
Queenstown
Cape of Good Hope
City of Glasgow
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Crimea
Black Sea
Royal Charter
Royal Mail
Rhone
Wye
St. Thomas
West Indies
Finisterre
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Cospatrick
Thames River
Wah Yeung
Doburg
China Sea
Ertogrul
Japan
Utopila
Gibraltar
Namchow
Mediterranean
Cromartyshire
General Slocum
Hell Gate
East River
Norge
Scottish
Mikasa
Hakodate
Pescadores
Ying King
Hongkong
Sydney
Port Natal
London
Leyne
Onda
Singapore
General Chanzy
Minorca
Koombana
Liberte
Toulon
Titanic
White Star Line
Empress of Ireland
Storstad
Gulf of St. Lawrence
London Papers Call For Inquiry Into Empress of Ireland Disaster
London papers editorialize on the Empress of Ireland sinking noting the need to inspect whether bulkheads were closed and why modern watertight compartments failed. They warn of heavy Lloyds underwriter losses from Ireland bound voyages, threaten a Canadian Lloyds scheme, and question the Torontan or Tor not. The Times questions what prompted the collision and sudden impact.
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London
London Morning Papers
Ireland
Lloyds
St. Lawrence
the Times
Btoratad
Carranza Begins Work on Cabinet in Saltillo
Gen Venustiano Carranza has begun forming a provisional cabinet as he moves toward Saltillo to establish a provisional government. He will protect the new capital with about 6,000 troops under Gen Pablo Gonzales and plans include Roberto Pesqueira as governor of the federal district and Luis Cabrera as foreign minister. Rafael Bubaran Capmany remains Carranza's Washington envoy and is slated as cabinet minister and future ambassador to the United States. Gen Felipe Angeles likely to stay as war minister and Fernando Iglesias Calerón to join the cabinet to win Liberal support for the new regime. Carranza will press ahead upon arrival in Saltillo to solidify governance plans.
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Torreon
Mexico
Niagara Falls
Venustiano Carranza
Durango
Carranza
Saltillo
Pablo Gonzales
Monterey
Huerta
Roberto V. Pesqueira
Washington
Federal District
Rafael Bubaran Capmany
United States
Luis Cabrera
Felipe Angeles
Fernando Iglesias Calderon
Liberal Party
Liberals
Gen. Carranza
Kansas Wheat Crop Winner
Kansas City estimates put the Kansas wheat crop at 179000000 bushels after gathering assessors reports from nearly all counties. More than 9000000 acres were sown last fall and 8750000 acres remain standing for harvest.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Allen Logan
Board of Trade
Woman Arrested on Murder Charge at Husbands Grave
Mrs Grace E Patton was arrested in Wichita on a charge of murdering her husband Dec 10 1912. She was taken into custody after arriving from Wellington to place flowers on her husband’s grave on Decoration day.
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Wichita
Grace E. Patton
Five Trainmen Are Killed In Rail Crash East Of Connellsville
Connellsville division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports a derailment at Cook's Mills near here killing five trainmen and injuring two others fatally. In Gettysburg Pennsylvania Dr Harvey W McKnight, 71, former Gettysburg College president and ex-president of the general synod of the Lutheran church, dies after a yearlong illness.
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Connellsville
Mia
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cook’s Mills
Here
Gettysburg
Harvey W. McKnight
Gettysburg College
General Synod of the Lutheran Church
Illinois Woman 102 Dies in Arcola Section
Mrs. Sarah Pate aged 102, the oldest inhabitant of this Illinois section, died suddenly. She had lived with her foster son Matt Barricklow of Arcola for more than 60 years.
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Ilinois
Arcola
Sarah Pate
Illinois
Matt Barricklow
Women Lose Hat Value on Chicago Elevated Trains
Suction from passing elevated trains near Clinton Street has stripped women passengers of millinery valued at about $200 over five days. The loss stems from strong air currents created by nearby skyscrapers, affecting hat wearers at peak travel times.
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Chicago
Clinton Street
Judge Gray resigns from Third Circuit effective June 15
Judge George Gray of the United States court for the Third circuit says he has forwarded his resignation to take effect June 15. In Delaware, baby Lucile Spofford, valued at a million, needs $2,000 monthly for her support, as her father explained to Surrogate Fowler.
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Wilmington
Del
George Gray
United States Court For the
Third Judicial Circuit
Washington
New York
Lucile Spofford
Fowler
Five Fall Into Coal Mine at Mary Colliery
Six foreign miners were killed and two injured at the Mary Colliery in Tamaqua Pennsylvania after a cage overturned at 40 feet, passing the disembark landing. The victims were foreigners.
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Tamaqua
the Mary
Brothers Die by Electrocution in Illinois Forest
Chicago, Illinois. Hugh and August C Becker, brothers, were electrocuted after stepping from a forest path where they had bought flowers for their younger brother Allen who was killed in an accident. Police investigating the incident.
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Chicago
Hugh
August C. Becker
Allen
Mrs Lyons Aches and Pains Testimony for Lydia Pinkham
Terre Hill resident Mrs Augustus Lyon testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her female troubles back pains sleep loss and poor appetite after taking the remedy. The ad extols the product as a grand remedy from roots and herbs and cites many letters from women claiming health benefits and avoidance of surgery.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia. E. Pinkham
Wheel Talk: Wayside Walter Returns After Long Trip
Wayside Walter and Tired Tommie meet for the first time in months. Walter explains he has been across the country and traveling incog. Tommie asks if undercover, Walter clarifies he was traveling in the axle.
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Walter
Tommie
Youngstown
The Sweet Thing Miss Pertly and Miss Superbridge
The dialogue from Brooklyn Life features Miss Superbridge wishing to see the man she would promise to love honor and obey while Miss Pertly responds with amusement, suggesting the sentimental standard of marriage vows. The exchange mirrors social mores and comic banter about courting expectations in contemporary society.
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Miss Superbridge
Miss Pertly
Brooklyn
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St. Joseph Theater
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Webb City
Grand Lodge
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Paris
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St. Louis
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H. A. Hamilton
Sovereign Grand Lodge
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Rebekah
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Marionville
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St. Joseph
Joe Durkin
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EB. Rk, James
University of Minnesota
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Talbacha
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Montreal
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Pantryman
Bamford
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Bunthrome
Santa Barbara
Cal
Byrne
Brisbane
Australia
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Baker
Finlay
J. M
Foster
Grey
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HOLT
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Mosecal
Gratwick
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Simons
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Ordbury
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Eva
Seattle
Eee
Calle
Inquiry
Gonzales
Mexico City
Chross Photographic Company
Delmar Boul
ST. Louis, MQ
Pinon Stout
Bright
Angeast
Dean
Doan
John Ettinger
Indiana Ave
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Carter
Carters
Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co
Mall
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Masa
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