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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
11
Fragmented lines show Stevenson named senator to succeed Spoorer with several names and offices mentioned. Mentions of mayors, speakers, elections, and recalls indicate a chaotic Politico summary with multiple regions and offices, including Wisconsin, Alabama, New York, and Japan, without coherent structure.
A garbled OCR fragment reports multiple crime and violence items across U S locations. Mentions include murders, lynchings, and trials from Monroe Louisiana to Columbus Ohio and Georgia. Names, ages, and specific acts are inconsistently rendered, with numerous fragments about shootings, electrocutions, and mob justice.
A sequence of calamities records multiple rail and mine incidents. Dates span January to February across Wisconsin Illinois Indiana West Virginia Colorado New York and Mexico with numerous deaths and injuries including drownings, explosions, and a snowslide. Notable locations include Kenosha Monroe Monarch Las Palapas likely. victims include Japanese workers amid international context.
The scan lists numerous calamities with fatalities or disappearances: seven killed at a construction site in California, six in a powder mill blast near Exoporum, Penn, five in a Los Angeles head-on collision, eight drowned in a Texas refinery or transportation incident, and additional deaths from train wrecks, gas, boiler, and mine disasters across states including West Virginia, Idaho, Wisconsin, and Quebec. Names and exact details are fragmented.
A garbled 1910s style chronicle reports captures, assassinations, shipwrecks, and battles across Morocco Persia Jamaica and Europe. It notes a Moroccan capture, Persian leadership deaths, Swettenham Jamaica moves, ships Clavering and Orlando wrecks, Alexandrovsky assassination, and a string of political murders and battles in Europe and Asia with numerous casualties and territorial shifts.
Fragmented text recounts mixed wartime items including a Japanese scene with troupes, a dockers strike in Antwerp ending in employer victory, and explosions in a Japanese munitions factory. Mentions Russian prison minister Maximovsky and a vague Petersburgh reference plus Swedish royalty, all in disjointed form.
A garbled roster lists generals congressmen and notable figures with ages and death by own action. Entries include Gen G A Bell, Rep J R Bixey, Sen James Beam, Gen Wm McKe rag, Rear-Admiral John G Welker, Cassie Chadwick, Jefferson Polk, and others with locations such as Bridgewater Mass Chicago Philadelphia Des Moines and New York. The page mixes deaths, retirements, and notable roles across 1860s to early 1900s era.
Various events include Kid Fer knocked out in Tonopah Nevada eighth round Attell retains featherweight title by knocking out Harry Baker in Los Angeles Feo Tommy Ryan fights Dave in Hot Springs Arkansas Gary Herrmann elected American Bowling Congress president Chicago Stahl dies in Boston area Meethers case Lew Dillon drag conspiracy ruling Ullman San Francisco insanity case David Billington swims 17 minutes 325 seconds world record in Sydney Longboat wins Boston Marathon Tomy Burns defeats Philadelphia Jack O'Brien for heavyweight title in Los Angeles and more race and sporting notes
A stream of results features golfers Jon 5 and Richard Crokera, horses Orby and Neazien, crews from CorceN and Wisconsin, Yale beating Harvard in an oval race, Robert Simpson winning western golf, and several tennis, sailing, and baseball outcomes. Notable names include Johnale Feit, BR Dernell, Jimmie Britt, and Sir Thomas Lipton challenges with New York Yacht Club declines.
A string of late year weather disasters including tornadoes and storms caused heavy casualties and widespread property damage. From Ohio to Wisconsin and Texas, multiple towns faced ruin with dozens killed and hundreds injured or displaced. Maritime wrecks, river floods, and city-wide flooding amplified the destruction in several regions.
Reports from Memphis Milwaukee Chicago New York and other cities recount labor unrest, court actions, and union activities. Notable items include judges sentencing strike leaders, miners electing Ritchell, Western Union wage demands, and widespread telegraph operator strikes. Streetcar and dockyard labor actions disrupt services in several locales.
Fragmented OCR report notes Vel Socreass and telegraph strike threats in New Orleans, with J Smalt, ex-head of the union, condemning actions. It recalls 4009 miners near Darville, a committee to Chicago and New York, streetcar riots in Louisville, and federal troops sent to Goldfield amid clashes between miners and mine owners.
A scattered burned list from January to August notes multiple incidents. Large losses include a Detroit plant fire with 150 dollars loss and one death, a tobacco warehouse blaze in Lancaster County with a million dollars in damage, and several factory and storage fires across New York, Philadelphia, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Dozens of properties like stores, hotels, and docks are damaged or destroyed, with impacts on towns from Chicago to San Sco.
A chaotic OCR briefing lists indictments and legal actions across cities. It mentions a Chicago federal grand jury pursuing cases linked to anti trust aims, a Utah judge involvement, and high level railroad and political figures facing charges. Items cover Panama Canal parlance, San Francisco graft cases, and a pending Isle of Pines status ruling. The jumble references Mary Baker Eddy, Abraham Ruef, and Great Northern executives amid broader investigations and court actions in multiple states and territories.
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