Fire in Opera House Kills One and Endangers Four
Central City Kentucky May 2 Nellie Geary is dead and four other children will die from a fire in the opera house during Mrs Boyd s class commencement. Sparkles from a fairy drill set fire to the gauzy costume of Dorothy Clay and spread to nearby dresses. A child leapt to safety but Louise Marshal suffered severe burns and will not recover. Three others are fatally hurt and several more are in critical condition.
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Central City
Nellie Geary
Opera House
Mrs. Boyd
Dorothy Clay
Louise Marshal
Plea for Ship Subsidy Urged by Former Congressman
Former Congressman Landis urged passage of a ship subsidy in Detroit on May 25. He warned neglect of Latin American trade could hinder the Panama Canal and risk an international tangle challenging the Monroe doctrine if Congress ignores the issue.
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Detroit
Landis
United States
Latin America
Panama Canal
Congress
Auto Versus Train Promises Sioux City Challenge
Pierre enthusiast B A Cummins plans to depart at 4 am in a new six cylinder Franklin touring car to race the North Western through train from Pierre to Sioux City, aiming to beat it after previously defeating the same train on a Pierre to Huron run. He will be joined by three friends and a guide with changes of guides at various points.
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Pierre
Sioux City
B. A. Cummins
North- Western
Huron
North-Western
Cummins
Oklahoma II Floods Force Valley Dwellers to High Ground
Severe floods sweep Oklahoma as the Arkansas River rises seven feet amid 48 hours of steady rain. Residents flee valleys for uplands near Tulsa and across the state to escape rising waters and damage.
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Arkaness
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Supreme Court finds Sheriff Shipp in contempt over lynching case
The Supreme Court ruled that Sheriff Shipp of Hamilton County and deputies were in contempt for failing to protect four black inmates deserving life terms after a stay was granted. A mob abducted and lynched the prisoners, echoing a Tennessee lynching from four years earlier.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Tennessee
Shipp
Hamilton County
Degroes
Hammond Declines China Minister Post
John Hays Hammond, the world’s highest paid mining expert, has declined the post of minister to China. He is said to be under contract to the Guggenheims for about a half million dollars a year.
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John Hays Hammond
Washington
China
Hammond
Guggenheims
Save Easy Marks Represen tatives Martin and Burke Prevent Swindlers
Washington May 15 The post office department reports the old Spanish swindle is being worked on many Iowa and South Dakota residents who are convinced a rich relative in a Spanish prison will share a fortune if they send several thousand dollars. Representative Burke of South Dakota has just saved one constituent from the scam.
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Martin
Burke
Washington
Post Office Department
Iowa
Spain
South Dakota
Dakotan helped recover 3000 sent to Spanish swindlers
A South Dakotan nearly lost his nest egg to a Spain bound fraud promising a Cuban planter's fortune. Representative Martin alerted officials. the man sent 3000 to Barcelona, where the American consul general returned the draft with a full fraud explanation, saving the man's money. The tale mirrors a long lost relative scam involving a prisoner and a guardian for a daughter.
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Spain
Martin
Barcelona
United States
First Lynching in Pine Bluff in Fifteen Years
Leavitt Davis a 25 year old Black man was hanged from a telegraph pole after confessing to entering the home of 15 year old Any Holmes on a Friday night and assaulting her. The mob moved quietly to the county jail and carried out the execution despite speeches by the sheriff and circuit judge. No arrests are reported.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Grace
Deadlock Still On Senate Ballot Reported in Springfield
Springfield May 25 Mopkins led the senatorial ballot with eighty seven votes while others stayed near previous tallies. The Honorable Lorimer received a single vote as ballots counted.
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Springfield
Mopkins
Lorimer
Boy born to Mrs Joe Leiter in Chicago society circle
May 25 reports the birth of a son to Mrs Joe Leiter formerly Miss Juliette Williams a Washington society belle. Mother and child are reported doing well.
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Joe Leiter
Chicago
Juliette Williams
Washington
Incendiary Hire Fatal Fireclaims in Eldon Iowa
In Eldon Iowa a fire of suspected incendiary origin destroyed the Shaw home killing James Carter and three grandchildren Lyle Hazel and Lynn Shaw. The incident occurred in Oskaloosa on May 27. Authorities report the blaze as arson tied to an incendiary hire motive.
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Oskaloosa
James Carter
Lyle
Hazel
Lynn Shaw
Shaw
Eldon
Belle Fourche Ranchers Laying in Barb Wire Supply
Belle Fourche May 28 ranchers in this region and west are buying barb wire at low prices. An Omaha firm has sold ten carloads in two weeks, the largest sales in the period for this area. Barb wire currently sells for 3.50 per hundred pounds. prices dropped due to a war between manufacturers and possible trust actions. Farmers are urged to stock up before prices rise again.
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Belle Fourche
Carioads
Omaha
Court awards custody to Boni de Castellane’s widow
Paris reports the court of appeals ruled Boni de Castellane and Princess de Sagan share custody of their children. The mother retains care while both parents must equally cover education and vacation expenses. Eldest two must choose a school within fifteen days or be enrolled at Lysee Janson Desilly. Jay Gould stays with his mother until age ten before joining his brothers.
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Paris
Court of Appeals
Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Remmain
Lysee Janson Desilly
Jay Gould
Licked a Doctor and It Cost Him Fifty Dollars
A Yale man Montgomery clashed with a village doctor over alleged neglect of a scarlet fever case. Justice Cade fined Montgomery 50 dollars plus costs, signaling the high price of challenging medical authority. Other Belle Fourche items note a free ride for students, heavy rains, visitors, measles cases, and a Congregational convention with Mrs. Nina Pettigrew preaching on women's world progress.
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Belle Fourche
Cade
Montgomery
Yale
Anderson
Butte County
E. J. Farrell
the Forks
Wyo
Marine Snyder
Snoma
Wilber Hewland
Crow Creek
Peter LaFlemme
Bear Lodge
T. J. Hall
Baby
D. J. Perrin
Congregational Churches
Sioux Falls
Nina Pettigrew
Congregational Church
President Guests at White House Dinner in May
Senator and Mrs Gamble of South Dakota attended the official White House dinner hosted by President and Mrs Taft in Washington. Mrs Gamble was escorted to the state dining room by the president and sat at his right. Mrs Taft missed the dinner due to ill health. Mrs More of Cincinnati served as hostess. The table featured pink roses with music by the Marine Band and included nearly a score of senators and representatives and their wives along with several army officers.
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Gamble
White House
Washington, D. C
South Dakota
Taft
TROLLEY TO THE PARK
City officials seek input from owners of Baltimore Street as they study extending the trolley line from Main Street to the park. Owners on the line expect property values to improve, though grade changes could raise street levels and affect assessments.
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Main Street
City Park
Baltimore Street
City considers trolley extension to park access
The council weighs grading and damages costs as Darlington offers to extend the trolley line along the street at city expense. Abutting owners are consulted and a decision is hoped for at an early meeting. A paved or macadamized street would improve transit and boost park attendance by easing access and reducing steep stairs.
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Pesent
Darlington
Presbyterians to Hold Next Assembly Session in Nashville
In the Presbyterian general assembly, it was decided the next annual session will be held in Nashville Tennessee on May 28.
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Tennessee
Denver
Presbyterian General Assembly
Nashville
Tenn
Princess Alice Runs Aground Near Fort Wadsworth
The North German Lloyd liner Princess Alice is fast aground near Statensland in the Narrows, believed caused by fog and a misjudged turn. The stern lies deep in water while the bow sits near the fort walls, tugs plan to float her at high tide with no reported damage or passenger alarm.
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New York
Fort Wadsworth
Narrows
Statensland
Indian Lands Opened in Rosebud Pine Ridge Sioux Treaties
Major James McLaughlin, chief Indian Bureau inspector, in Washington negotiating Sioux cession of remaining lands in Rosebud and Pine Ridge. Bills by Senator Gamble and Representative Burke aim to authorize cession and open about 1,600,000 acres to white settlement if enacted.
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Indian Bureau
Washington
James McLaughlin
The
South Dakota
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Gamble
Senate
Burke
House
McLaughlin
Secretary of the Interior
Roosevelt Guests Return From Heatley Ranch Nairobi Gala
Nairobi hosts Colonel Roosevelt and son Kermit at Sir George McMillan’s town house after their Heatley ranch camp. A hunting tally from April 26 shows eighty six former African jungle residents dying from gunshot wounds this month. The deaths span wild beasts hippos gazelles and pythons. Journalists narrowly escape incidents amid the hunt. Most corpses will be shipped to the Smithsonian Institute, aiming to reach fifty seven before returning to America.
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Nairobi
Roosevelt
Kermit
George McMillan
Heatley Ranch
America
Smithsonian Institute
Light Without with it is a Mystery to Science
A Garret P. Serviss essay in the New York American discusses the mystery of light without heat, comparing glowworms and comets. It envisions a future where artificial vacuums and ultra sparse gases yield cheap, abundant light, urging public support for astronomy as Germany’s growth is credited to pure research.
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Newall
Earth
John Herschel
Lfe
Germany
Garrett P. Serviss
New York American
New York Surface Cars Reflect Immigrant Mix
The New York Press notes that each surface car line carries a distinct mix of nationalities. Eighth Avenue shows many colored riders, Sixth Avenue mostly Americans, Broadway cars stylish locals, Third Avenue Inneli and Jewish riders, Second Avenue Jewish Italian Hungarian Swedish and German, and Avenue A cars display every foreign nationality, all bareheaded.
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New York
Cara
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Avenue A
Vain Regrote In A Fragment From Cleveland Plato Dealer
A damaged excerpt shows dialogue accusing a man named Elin of lacking courage and energy. Accusations include courting the speaker's wife before their union. The speaker questions the value of further discussion amid quarrel and fear of religious impact.
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Elin
Cleveland
When Napoleon said Imagination rules the world
A fragment from an Atlantic piece notes Napoleon's claim that imagination governs global events as he ordered the names of fallen soldiers to be inscribed on Pompey's pillar. The remark is cited as a quip about creative power shaping history.
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Napoleon
Woldiera
Elst
Atlantic
Cadet Complains of Lip Color Pressing Uniform
Humorous caption depicts a young cadet blaming his uniform lip color for a strange taste and declares his father the democrat in a satirical Harper's Weekly panel.
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Harper's Weekly
Spread Out Safe After Roof Slide Ordeal
A roofer on a steep roof slipped toward the edge and, recalling a boss’s advice, spread his arms and legs to act like a brake. A rope saved him from a fall, and he credited the late mentor for the lifesaving tip.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Lost art of metals used by Inca Aztec and Egyptians
A New York Times report claims ancient Egyptians Aztecs and Incas forged tools and arms with a secret metal alloy unknown to modern science. It notes copper tempering and bronze skills achieved remarkable hardness and stone cutting, while the exact alloy remains undiscovered.
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Peru
Iran
Humboldt
Chine
New York Times
Lemon Omelet With Lemon Jelly Recipe Card
A historical recipe instructs beating four egg yolks with sugar and lemon rind then folding in stiffly beaten whites with baking powder. Cook in buttered pan ten minutes, split and fill with lemon jelly made from sugar butter lemon juice and zest with two eggs beaten, then serve promptly.
A Weed Steals Oysters From French Beds
A seaweed invasion in French oyster beds has removed about 400000 oysters. Minute seeds drift from the English channel into the gulf stream, settling on Morbihan Quiberon and Belle Isle oysters. The plant swells into egg shaped balloons, lifts oysters from the bottom, and carries them seaward.
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France
English Channel
Gulf Stream
Morbihan
Quiberon
Belle Isle
Walking Speeds in New York City Compared to Other Cities
The New York Herald reports that men walk faster in New York streets than in any other city. During business hours the average pace is four and one-tenth miles per hour, while after sunset it slows by nearly one mile per hour.
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New York
New York City
New York Herald
Quick Shift Mystery Plays Across Chicago Tribune Pages
A fragmentary exchange shows a comical misread in a note involving a tool boy and a marriage proposal. The dialogue hints at a lighthearted social scene with names like Min Beagley and Oholerte Gd Gentleman, set within a Chicago Tribune page fragment.
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Beagley
Chicago Tribune
What Every Woman Knows and the Photographer’s Insight
A Cleveland News note quotes Carlyle on finding we are wrong and links it to a remark about a photographer taking a single picture of almost anyone. The brief item juxtaposes literary wisdom with a media quip, framed as a witty aside.
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Cleveland News
Carlyle
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