Gross blunder given as cause of rail horror
Coroner J A Bennett will open a formal inquiry next Thursday into the Middletown wreck that killed twenty one people. He cites conflicting train orders between the Big Four limited and the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton freight as the likely cause. Officials note the inquiry will examine neglect of orders, not financial responsibility. Inspectors have surveyed the scene and Commissioner Sullivan is collecting data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, O
J. A. Bennett
Big Four Limited
Middletown
Bennett
Feasttown
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Poasttown
Hamilton
A. P. Weisner
Peassttown
State Railway Commission
Big Four
Sullivan
Walk Many Miles in Rain to Marry at St Charles
In St Louis on July 6 Alfred Weaver 34 and Liss Rose Ridenbark 18, both of Grafton NL, hiked fourteen miles through a heavy rain to wed at Justice Burns home in St Charles. They arrived soaked at 7 PM, the bride wearing thin slippers, and then left for Graf ton by livery, after a ceremony planned for Monday despite the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Alfred Weaver
Liss Rose Ridenbark
Grafton
St. Charles
Justice Burns
Weaver
New York Leads Tuberculosis Fight With Beds for Patients
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports New York tops the nation with 5476 beds for consumptives. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and New Mexico follow. The association pursues a county hospital system in every state, with mixed progress. It notes Alabama, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Utah have no beds, and several states hold under 50 beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Colorado
New Mexico
Alabama
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Utah
Alaska
Delaware
Florida
Kansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Woman in poker raid named as Mrs Tilly Carpenter
Chicago July 6 A raid on a poker game Saturday night caught a woman who gave the name Mrs Tilly Carpenter of 705 N Carpenter Street. She and four companions were jailed as police gathered $126.40 in real money from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sirs
Tilly Carpenter
Carpenter Street
Husky College Boys to Garner Western Wheat Harvest
Omaha dispatch notes farmers seek harvest hands as wheat runs earlier due to warm weather. College boys and city labor agencies are discussed as workers, with women increasingly joining fields in Richardson and Pawnee counties earning $2.50 to $3 daily. The piece highlights reliability concerns with urban labor and the appeal of student workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Richardson
Pawnee
Elds
Dry Farming Congress Set for Spokane Deliberations
Spokane hosts the fifth annual dry farming congress October 3 to 6 with experts from around the world. Topics include tillage, moisture conservation, crop adaptation to arid climates, and legislation to expand dry land development through demonstration farms and research stations. Prizes total 35000 for world exhibits, with 25000 in cash and 3500 in Spokane Interstate fair awards for double displays, all to be shown at the grand exhibit on the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
F. W. Mondell
Wyoming
Alfred Atkinson
Montana
David T. Ham
Washington Board of Control
America
United States
W. H. Olin
Colorado
Bear Blocks Lehigh Valley Train Near Wilkesbarre
A large black bear halted a Lehigh Valley passenger train two miles west of Ricketts, delaying service for a time. Engineer Miller eased the locomotive down a mountain grade, the bear asleep on the track, then growled and clawed the pilot as the train inched forward. The fireman blew the whistle, the bear fled from the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bernice Wild
Miller
Ricketts
The Fortune Hunter in Radville
Duncan seeks capital to help a partner's daughter, proposing to raise funds by misrepresenting profits. He visits Col. Bohun at the Bo Hun place, asks for $500 to send a girl to boarding school, and urges quiet handling. Bohun invites him to discuss the matter further over sherry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Lockwood
New York
Tracey Tanner
Graham
Duncan
The
Citizen
Roland Barnette
Bess Gabriel
Angie Tuthill
Tracey
Josie
Radville
Kellogg
Lockwood
Bank
Bohun
Radvilie
L. J. Bartlett & Co
Col. Bohan
Henry Kellogg
Col. Bohun
Scipio
Yassub
Mr. Duncan
Man Inmates Self Mutilation At Atlanta Stockade
W A Gaffney, a prisoner in the Atlanta stockade, cut off his left hand citing scripture and guilt from killing a man. He said the act followed years of stigma and the belief that his hand had offended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
W. A. Gaffney
German Influx Alarm Rails Russia Land Ban Bill
In St Petersburg on July 6 officials reported a czar cabinet draft to bar Germans from owning land as German immigration alarms southwestern Russia. Officials note Germans, once welcomed to raise peasant levels, now dominate in Volhynia with 2,000,000 acres and openly claim spearheading German civilization in Russia. Berlin protests anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BT. Petersburg
Russia
Volhynia
Berlin
Man kills self at wife's grave in St Michael's Cemetery
In Louisville on July 6 Martin Messmer aged 41 lay on his wife’s grave in St Michael's cemetery and shot himself through the breast with a 35 Caliber revolver and drank carbolic acid. The tragedy occurred one year after his wife’s death on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elf
Louisville
Martin Messmer
St. Michael's Cemetery
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Railroad Commission
Husky College
Western Wheat
Tillage Congress
Big Black Bear
Winchell Smith and
Louis Joseph Vance
Gregg
Rob't
E. Gregg & Co
CBI
Indianapolis
Oilar Bros. Co
Washington
Lang
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Underwood Typewriter Company [Incorporated
East Market Street
Bouse
Samumer
CNY
Tungstoker
Indianapolis Light & Heat CO
Kingston
Circle New Indiana Cafe
Thors Iy
Gregg Knox
Garment Cleaners
Stephens
Quarte
Moses Optical Co
Circle
N. Meridian
Asté
Denis
Broadway
11Th Street
New York City
Warameler's
Wm.taylor&son, Inc
Jiotel Qtel
Martinique
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