Bellevue College Wrecked by Severe Nebr Tornado
Turbulent tornadoes struck eastern Nebraska and nearby states killing several and injuring many. Bellevue College buildings including Park Hall and Lowry Rankin halls were wrecked. the tower blew from Park Hall and stables were destroyed. Louisville and Richfield suffered heavy losses with numerous fatalities, while Fort Crook and surrounding towns saw widespread destruction. A Missouri cyclone near Watson, Missouri, damaged farms. Illinois and Texas towns reported damage and deaths as the storm moved southeast.
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Orabs
Neb
Sarpy County
Bellevue College
Nebraska
Bellevue
Park Hall
Lowry Hall
Rankin Hall
Colege
Fort Crook
Louisville
Springfeld
Richfield
Missouri Pacific
Burlington
Cass County
Missouri
St. Joseph
Waston
Alo
Mel Cox
Ilinois
Rock Island
Mercer
Henry
Gorrch
Cleveland
Colona
Miversburg
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma
Gaisest
Hai
Atesville
Thomas Nance
Michigan Solid For Taft At Republican Meet
Michigan delegates were chosen by unanimous vote to support Secretary Taft at the Republican national convention. The slate includes EH D Stair, W Siedgert, Grand Leader Gilchvis Aliena, and Laughion of Calumet. Arrest of Louis Robert W Fullerton, son of a prominent St Louis man, was reported by telegrams from District Attorney Jerome. In New York, Fletcheron faces a breach of promise charge from Gladis Reyes related to a Cornell student trip a party of students took to New York “on a lark.”
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Mich
Michigan
Secretaraft
EH. D. Stair
Eine Sone
W. Siedgert
Grand &Ew
Milliona
Lovis
Robert W Fullerton
Fullerton
Millons
St. Lows
Jerome
New York
Fitterton
Gladis Reyes
Cornell
Alleged Counterfeiters Caught in St Louis Raid
Three men were arrested Wednesday by federal authorities on counterfeiting charges. Police raided a room at Spruce and Second streets where molds machinery and bogus coins were found, signaling a planned operation dismantled in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Spruce and
Second Streets
Fiendish assault shocks Des Moines woman
Mrs Mary Mann a 53 year old white mother was attacked on the East Sixth bridge in Des Moines by a Black man who beat and assaulted her, dragged her into bushes, and fled toward the west. Detective Jackson located the trail, Assistant City Physician Morse treated Mann, and Frank Brown was arrested and identified as the assailant. The case went to county jail for handling.
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Mary Mann
East Sixth
Manan
Poerth
Wes
Steathy
Mann
Nesto
Ter
Tarawar
Morse
Frank Brown
Marshal Hume
Jadgon
Susih Street
Marshal Hime
Nolice
St. Louis
Cyclone Hits Iowa Ravaging Fremont and Page Counties
A cyclone swept southeastern Fremont and western Page counties on the evening of the 8th, killing one person near Northboke and injuring several others. It damaged farms and schools from Lone Willow to Coin, destroying homes and a schoolhouse, with widespread debris and stripped trees as the storm moved northeast toward Nedaw%a township. No further fatalities were reported beyond the initial death.
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Fremont
Page
Clorinda
Page County
Irs
Fimiev
Northbcke
W. Mo
Buekrone
Fremont County
Lone Willow
Claus Miers
Tom Anderson
George Datbes
B. L. Besedter Coin
Coin
Des
Mary
Nedaw
Clarinda
Fred Serzberg
Sen
Nodatay
Saloonkeepers Enjoined in Davenport Liquor Case
Davenport saloonkeepers including D J Flyan Knut H Johnson Edward Papaca B N Schaefer Hillam Fleming Charles Kessler and Henry A Kuck faced Judge J W Bollinger and were forever barred from operating in the liquor trade. The action targets a federation and involves other saloon owners in a related decree. The German American Association Town discussed electing officers with William O Schmidt as president and Paul Roehl as secretary among others.
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Davenport
J. W. Bollinger
D. J. Flyan
Knut H. Johnson
Edward Papaca
B. N. Schaefer
Hillam Fleming
Charles Kessler
Henry A. Kuck
King
Ci Federation
Covbs
Hawke
Wm. O. Sehmids
Joan F. Granz
Pauli Radeabe
Enancia
Paul Roehl
Willam Kay
Schmidt
State Senate
Farm Wagon Smashed as Tornado Hits Muscatine Area
A powerful tornado near Muscatine swept five miles north, destroying homes of John Wil, John Cromer, John Um lands, and Chris Satherthwaite. A farm wagon was crushed by debris but a mail carrier escaped. Orchard and timber damage was extensive with losses around 30 percent. A hail storm accompanied the front of the twister.
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Muscatine
Monsoon Township
John Wil
John Cromer
John Umlands
Crris Sattherthwaite
Muscatine @ Ing
Fisherman Ave Arrests Prompt Local Nimble Justice
Sioux City officers made multiple arrests near Fisherman Avenue involving Pes%a. Mason r and Gane Werden Green detained a man for alleged fishing violations. A haul of fishing gear and related property linked to the sport was seized amid the incidents.
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Limbo
Mason R and
Gane Werden Green
Sioux City
Missing Cedar Town Farmer Vanishes After Farm Duties
Willam McDowell a well known Cedar Town citizen disappeared after tending to farm matters several weeks ago. He was last seen in the town area and his absence has prompted concerns.
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Willam McDowell
Cedar Town
Winthrop Murder Trial Reveals Loaded Rifle Misunderstanding
A Winthrop coronersary verdict found Fremont Fieming died from a gunshot fired by his daughter Maude during a family quarrel. Maude testified she did not know the rifle was loaded and did not intend to shoot, claiming she only aimed to frighten her father as he advanced with a large wooden stick. The mother and daughter both described the tense scene and the fatal moment when the gun discharged.
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Winthrop
Fremont Fieming
Maude Fieming
Maérei
Son Stabbed by Father in Farm Dispute Near Littleton
Ernest Fidler was seriously stabbed by his father John Fidler while protecting his mother from assault at the ends of her husband. Ernest, living on a farm two miles north of Littleton, visited his father's Littleton home. In a fracas the seven year old John Fidler seized a pocket knife and struck his son five times in the back and twice on the face, wounds deflected by the shoulder blade.
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Waterloo
Ernest Fidler
John Fidler
Ernest
Littleton
Hill Strikes at Land Use and Preservation Theme
Washington May 43 start of a wartime style conference of governors at the White House focused on soil and forest depletion and the need for a permanent governors organization. James J Hill urged conservation as essential to political and economic future, warning that land destruction threatens national integrity and calls for a republic of living federal states.
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Washington, D. C
Ierday
Governmors
Waite
Resolutions
Kentucky
Issouri
Nebraska
Johnson
Minassota
Déeneen
Nanois
James 7. Hi
Alders
Great Northern Railroad
Hills
Hill
Washington
Lincoln
Debs nominated for presidency by Socialist party in Chicago
At the Socialist national convention in Chicago Debs was nominated on the first ballot for president. Amid sharp remarks against Roosevelt and Bryan, Debs received 152 votes with 194 counted. A motion to make the nomination unanimous passed amid loud acclaim.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Socialist Party National Convention
Phil Calgary
Missouri
Debs
Roosevelt
War Tait
Russia
Victor Betzer
Milwaukee
Vreeland Bill Passes Amid GOP Split Vote
In Washington on March 13 the Vreeland currency bill cleared the House under a special rule by 184 to 15. Fifteen insurgent Republicans joined Democrats in opposition, while the rest of the majority backed the measure. The item notes a political rift within the party over currency policy.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ago
Nebraska to Aid Victims in Tornado Stricken Area
Acting Governor Saunders ordered the adjutant general to promptly investigate the tornado devastated section and take immediate action to alleviate suffering. State troops may be deployed, tents supplies medicines and other relief items will be furnished at once, and relief meetings are being held across Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Mary
Saunders
Vreeland currency bill advances amid house vote plan
Washington political notes indicate the 4:39 p m vote will push the Vreeland currency bill toward passage by a small majority. A senate move to appoint a court of inquiry on Army officer William F Stewart was sent to military affairs. the motto In God We Trust was restored on U S coins.
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Washington
Vreeland
House
Brownsville
Senate
Foraker
Culberson
Texas
Army
Fort Grant
Ariz
Committee
United States
Wedding in the Capitol Roofed by Great Picture
In the Capitol rotunda on Wednesday, Barney B. Palmore of Trenholm Virginia and Lois M L Palmore of Goochland Virginia were married with Rev. Harry G Spencer officiating. They obtained permission from Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks to wed inside the building near the surrender of Cornwallis painting.
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Washington
Capitol
Barney B. Palmore
Trenholm
Lois ML Palmore
Goochland County
Harry G Spencer
Capitol Building
Cannon
Fairbanks
Cornwalls
Fire destroys Immaculate Heart church and school in Fussday
In Cleveland Ohio the church and school of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary were burned completely Fussday. The buildings housed the same complex and the fire happened in the afternoon recess with few pupils inside. they escaped easily. Also reported a journalist on the Lavon dies at sea Cherbourg on the North German Lloyd liner.
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Cleveland
Cherbourg
Joseph Leicht
Lavon
Staten
Leicht
Bold Murder on Sixth Avenue Stairway Stabbed Passenger Dies
In a crowded Sixth Avenue elevated station at Twenty eighth Street two knife men attacked a passenger on the first landing of the stairway. He died an hour later in Bellevue hospital. The victim, apparently an Armenian, was killed as onlookers watched and the assassins escaped.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Temple of friendship cornerstone ceremony in Washington
The cornerstone for the proposed home of the International Union of American Republics was laid by the president amid splendid auspices and spring weather. About three thousand spectators from political, official and social life watched a grand quadrangle of flags from 21 republics and coats of arms while Ambassador Nabuco’s Brazil was honored and John Barrett introduced Secretary Root as presiding officer.
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Washington
International Union of American Republics
Root
United States
Brazil
Ambassator Nabuco
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Senate
House
John Barrett
Bureau
Conference on Resources Opens in Washington with Governors Attending
The national conference on the Conservation of Natural Resources opened in Washington with governors from nearly all states and prominent leaders from all industries in attendance. The three day session aims to yield nationwide benefits. President Roosevelt welcomed delegates and outlined the conference’s purpose and the need to conserve natural resources.
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Washington
National Conference On the Conservation of Natural Resources
Roosevelt
Governor Gard of Lanao Dies from Moro Attack
Gov. Gard of Lanao, Manila Anen Gard, died from bolo wounds after a series of operations. He arrived in the Philippines in 1991 as a teacher and was nominated by Yale University. Born in Maryland, his father William E. Gard conducted business in New York at 71 Wall Street.
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Manila
Anen Gard
Lanao
Gard
Philippines
Yele University
Maryland
William E. Gard
Wail Street
New York
Bishop of Cleveland Dies After Mass in Canton
The Most Rev Ignatius F Hortsman, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Cleveland, was stricken with heart failure in Canton after celebrating Mass at St John’s Church. He remained unconscious for a time, rallied briefly, then suffered a second attack and died at nine thirty in the evening.
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Cleveland
Canton
Ignatius F | Hortsman
St John’s Cchurch
Three Bribe Takers Fined in Rockford Case
Ex-aldermen Dr E C Dann John Mash and C H Woolsey pleaded guilty to bribe charges tied to the Central Heating and Power company and were fined 2090 each. Fire destroyed the Catholic church of New Coein and parish home near Milwaukee, noted as one of the state’s finest country church sites.
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Rockford
E. C. Dann
John Mash
C. H. Woolsey
Central Heating and Power Company
Milwaukee
New Coein
Raid Led by Casablanca Gen Amade Aims to Punish Tribesmen
General Amade commands three columns in Ube Mlakra mountains raid. Troops raze crops and destroy several camps, targeting tribesmen in a punitive action.
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Casablanca
Amade
Ube Mlakra
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