Death and ruin in great flood hits Monterey Mexico
Floods along the Santa Catarina River in northern Mexico sweep homes away and kill thousands. More than 1,000 lives lost and about 983,000,000 worth of property destroyed at Monterey as waters rose to extraordinary heights. Homeless families seek shelter with police, hotels, clubs and private homes open to aid. An appeal for aid is reported from Monterey, with Consul Hanna asked to mobilize a nationwide monetary relief drive for the stricken.
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Santa Catarina
Mexico
Monterey
Mex
Manta Catorima
Hanna
Washington
Coneu
Republic
United States
Two City Blocks Sink in Scranton Mine Cave-In
West Scranton Pennsylvania suffers about 200000 dollars in property damage after a mine cave-in from abandoned Cork and Bottle workings of Fairlawn Coal. The cave-in sinks two city blocks by two to eight feet, cracks walls, and endangers surrounding buildings amid an extra depth of about 130 feet.
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West Scranton
Fairlawn Coal Company
Billy Sunday in wreck injures evangelist near Laporte
A collision between two automobiles near Laporte Indiana injures baseball evangelist Billy Sunday and his wife. Their car turned over into a ditch. Mrs Sunday severely hurt while Billy Sunday is only bruised. Sunday was driving at high speed and tried to pass another car.
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Vangelist
Sunday
Laporte
Ind
Billy
Sun Day
Pennsylvania railroad reports near perfect employee signal tests
In the first six months of the year the Pennsylvania railroad conducted over 156000 efficiency tests with a 99.6 percent perfection rate. Daily tests averaged 862, and isolated failures involved minor technical violations monitored by officials through surprise tests and signal manipulation checks. Divisions like New York to Philadelphia posted perfect results in signal tests.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Gregson
Central
Sunbury
Shamokin
Union Sabbath School Locked Out at Bethel United Brethren
A reader from Pine Flats Pa recounts a 1908 dispute at Bethel United Brethren in Helsano charge over Union Sabbath school. The pastor Rev G W Eminicizer reorganized to meet in morning services, but Union members refused. They moved to Laurel Swamp schoolhouse, faced church doors being locked, then reopened at the schoolhouse with growing attendance.
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Pine Flats
Union Sabbath School
Bethel United Brethren Church
Helsano
Allegheny, Conference
G. W. Eminicizer
Young Peope
Union
United Brethren
United’ Brethren
Laurel Swatin
U. B. Church
Belsano
Union People
Wdljorn
Laurel Swamp
Cherryhil Township
Prof Anderson’s steam blast makes lighter cereal foods
Prof Anderson claims a steam explosion breaks up cereal granules to create lighter, more digestible foods. He asserts the method yields the most delicious cereals ever attested and marks a breakthrough beyond traditional cooking or baking methods.
Young Husband Alleged to Forged Checks for Wedding Trip
George Bester aged 18 is jailed in Mercer County on charges of forgery after allegedly cashing checks to fund his wedding trip with Anna Bergman of Blairsville who married him in Alliance. The scheme involved checks drawn on Butler Savings Trust and a Mercer bank, with Gill the contractor later alerting authorities.
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Mercer
George Bester
Blairaville Courier
Bester
Butler
Anna Bergman
John Bergman
Blairsville
Alliance
New Castle
Butler Savings & Trust Company
Gill
Mercer Bank
Butler Bank
Blairaville
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Portage
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Beecama Ga
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