Eight killed in Grand Trunk wreck near Durand Michigan
Aug 25 article reports eight killed and many missing after Grand Trunk train No 4 rear ended No 14 at Duffield near Durand Michigan. Burned and mangled bodies recovered, several injured, engineer Spencer blamed, rescue efforts hindered by flames and confusion.
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Durand
Mich
Grand Trunk
Duffield
Montreal Express
Chicago
Lucy E. Gilpin
East Fortyfifty Street
Alma Woodard
Bellefield
John M'Bean
Clinton A. Davis
Montreal
George Nelson
Battle Creek
Bert Mitchell
Port Huron
Lester Sheltes
Flint Hospital
Flint
Arthur Watt
Edmonton
Canada
Charles Spencer
Kate M'Bean
Leslie Dochler
Tavistock
Hurley Hospital
Davis
Mapes
Spencer
Hicks
Thomas
Buffalo
N. Y
Cr. H. Asbury
South Bend
Toronto
Mitchell
G. R. Graham
Stanley Street
Fargo
N. D
St. John’s Hospital
Aley Accepts Presidency of Maine University
Dr. Robert J. Aley officially accepts the presidency of the University of Maine and resigns from the Democratic state ticket. He informs the state committee that he met with the board in Portland on August 20 and will notify proper authorities to replace his name on the ticket. The move prompts intra party maneuvering as Governor Marshall’s supporters push for timely succession considerations.
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Robert J. Aley
Maine University
Denison
A.S. Jackson
State Committee
E. B. Winslow
Board of Trustees
University of Maine
Portland
Lfe
Maine
Democratic Party
Marshall
Democratic State Committee
Indianapolis
Dr. Aley
Taggart
Governor Marshall
Petoskey
George H. Tapy
Department of Education
Wabash College
State Board of Education
Roosevelt Enjoys Nervy Buffalo Breakfast Talk
Col Theodore Roosevelt greeted at Ellicott club breakfast in Buffalo after arriving by train. He urged clean water action for the Great Lakes, declared belief in pure government, warned against demagogues and crooked financiers, and pledged to defend both big and small rights before departing for the west.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Hunter
Republican Party
United States
The
Republic
New York Central
Col. Roosevelt
Bllicott Club
Ellicott Club
Ellicott Square
Col Roosevelt
Fred Greiner
Erie County
Crouch
Col
Roosevelt
New York
Great Lakes
Uncle Sam
West
New York State
William Barnes
Albany
Barnes
Cholera spreads alarm Russian districts threaten Europe
In St. Petersburg on August 25 authorities warned of a cholera outbreak across Asiatic Russia near the Ural river and districts such as Tomek Batum and Omsk. Officials report rapid spread with scant resources to combat it and claim the disease reached Kiel via returning Jewish refugees. The death toll exceeds 1000 daily.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Europe
Ural River
Tomek
Batum
Omsk
Kiel
Weather summary for Indiana with showers and cooler temperatures
Continued weather page notes showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday with cooler temps. Indiana forecast includes sunrise and sunset times and hourly temperatures, indicating a unsettled period with variable conditions.
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Indiana
Majestic excursion boat sinks in Newark Bay tragedy
Two drownings and five narrowly saved when the Majestic, bound Newark to Coney Island, struck a naphtha launch at the Lehigh Valley trestle and split in two. Victims identified as Mary Kops, 5, and David Sunes, 39. Panic gripped 400 passengers as others jumped or dove, with two more sinking before rescue.
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Newark
N. J
Majestic
Coney Island
Lehigh Valley
Newark Bay
Mary Kops
David Sunes
Safety Board Grants Patrol Contract To Willis Holcomb
The board of public safety unanimously awarded a Packard police patrol contract to Willis Holcomb, saving from 4 851.65 to 4 544.25 by tire cost cuts. Davis, Sissloff, Owen, Copeland, McCarthy, Stilz and others attended a May 6 supper in Greenfield at the Columbia hotel, an incident linked to the bid process.
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Board of Public Safety
Willis-Holcomb Company
Packard Automobile
William E. Davis
Colunbia
Greenfield
William Davis
J. S. Sissloff
F. Copeland
Davis
Sisloff
Denny
Rubens
Holtz
Miners balk at one dollar weekly assessment
Pittsburg district miners protest the Indianapolis convention mood to raise weekly dues to one dollar for Illinois strike support. Operators have only agreed to deduct up to 50 cents weekly without each miner’s signed consent. Hundreds say they will pay no more than 25 cents weekly, as earlier authorized.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Illinois
Illnois
Ballinger Defends Interior Actions Against Predecessor
San Francisco August 25 Secretary of the Interior Richard A Ballinger issues a detailed defense attacking his predecessor James R Garfield friend of Theodore Roosevelt and initiating the Hallinger Pinchot row He says his policies align with President Tafts and asserts critics offered only suspicions not facts He notes a difference in administration methods and defends a lawful approach to the public domain.
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San Francisco
Scretary of the Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
James R. Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Hallinger- Pinchot
Ballinger
Taft
Interior Department
Congress
Denver Shows Big Increase In Population in 1910 Census
The census bureau reports 1910 populations and shifts since 1900 for several cities. Buffalo New York rose to 423,715, up 71,328 or 20.2 percent. Denver Colorado reached 213,381, up 79,522 or 69.4 percent. Paterson New Jersey grew to 125,600, up 10,429 or 19.4 percent. East Orange added 12,865 to 34,316, a 59.8 percent rise.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Buffalo
N Y
Denver
Col
Paterson
N. J
East Orange
Block to Build Eight Story Store
The Windsor block site at Ulinots and Market streets will host an eight story Block company department store starting October 1. The existing structure partly occupied by cloak and fur merchant Joseph A. Rink will be torn down and Rink plans to move across the street in September.
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Windsor Block
Ulinots and
Market Streets
William H. Block Company
Joseph A. Rink
Cloak and Fur
Brown Defeated in Democratic Primary Under County Unit Rules
Atlanta August 25 Official returns from Tuesday's Democratic primaries show Hoke Smith winning the governor's race by about 2 500 popular votes, or forty eight in the convention. It remains possible Brown's larger popular total could fail to carry him in the convention due to the county unit system Brown promoted and authorized.
Wulfson condemns false weights in high cost of living
Isadore Wulfson Indianapolis weights and measures inspector tells the international stewards association convention that frauds by false weights and measures drive up living costs. He cites destroyed measures, short weights, and mismeasured goods as major consumer losses and urges federal and local laws to curb abuses.
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Stewards’ Association
Pittsburg
Isidor Wulfson
Indianapolis
Harry A. Boyer
Harrisburg
L. A. Fischer
National Bureau of Standards
Arthur, Moffman
Chicago
Congress
Isadore Wulfson
Rain and Snow Quench Northwest Forest Fire Loss
Rain and snow slow the northwest forest fires, with property losses estimated at 50 million dollars and about two hundred lives lost. Officials report 94 known deaths, plus 185 missing rangers encircled by fire, and hundreds more missing. fires in the Sierra remain severe, while rehabilitation efforts and railroad repairs proceed.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Montana
Weigle
Couer d'Alene National Forest
Joseph H. Malm
Couer d'Alene
Forestry Department
Avery
St. Joe County
St. Joe
Malm
Thonprong's Falls
Mont
Births Fall in North Meridian as South Meridian Rises
City birth data show fewer births on North Meridian Street over three years while South Meridian births grow. Indianapolis overall records a 5 percent drop since 1908 with working class families bearing most children. Fourth Ward leads 1909 births, followed by Tenth First and Thirteenth. Eighth Ward has 120. Death rate runs about 12.5 per thousand. foreign districts report higher birth rates and immigrant workers average six to seven children despite high living costs.
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North Meridian Street
South Meridian Street
Indianapolis
North Meridian
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Italan and
Bavarian
California forest fires still uncontrolled in several counties
In California fires remain uncontained beyond the Tr hoe nation forest in Placer county where eight hundred soldiers and raiders halted flames after a million dollar toll. Klamath forest reserve fires threaten Minersville Trinity county Hill and Coleston Siskiyou county while communications with crews north of Feather river were cut overnight and Stirling City Inskip Magalia faced imminent danger as winds eased.
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San Francisco
California
Trhoe Nation
Placer County
United States
Klamath Forest Reserve
Minersville
Trinity County
Hill
Coleston
Siskiyou County
Feather River
Chico
Cal
Stirling City
Inskip
Magalia
No Hope for Succor for Fire Widows and Injured
Washington report says forest service officials state no government relief for widows and orphans of men who died fighting fires in the northwest without new Congress legislation. They cite that pay ends after disability and no mechanism recognizes a death in service. forest rangers form a mutual association amid funding gaps.
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Washington
Northwest
Congress
Forest Service
Forest Rangers
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Ont
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Lake County
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Teddy
Flays Crooks
Politics For Breakfast
8 Corporation
den Pose
Safety Board
Packard Auto
Sissloff
Owen
Copeland
Pittsburg, Pa
Patterson, N. J
Brown
Atlanta, Ga
Hoke Smith
Wulfson
Isadore
International
Sierras
Oregon
Helena
Butte
Norris
Thompson Falls
Clarks Fork
Gallatin Reserve
Yellowstone Park
Flathead
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