Weather and cyclone wrecks hit Kansas Iowa and Oklahoma
A May 30 report details a Chicago wind gust of 68 mph with lightning damage and telegraph disruption. Across Kansas Illinois and Iowa storms ruin crops, topple trees and buildings, and injure or kill residents. In Jewell county one man dies and twenty two hurt. Guthrie Oklahoma reports tornadoes injuring two and destroying barns and stock.
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Chicago
Wonderland Park
Quincy
George Werner
Topeka
Kan
Gouthern
Jewell County
Burlington
Iowa
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Hennessey and Cashon
Abrams Released in Shaw Case Alibi Shown
New London clothing merchant Charles Abrams was arraigned and released after District Attorney Rooney proved a clear alibi. The investigation concerns the death of Mrs. Carrie Shaw, Hortonville widow.
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New London
Wis
Shaw
Appleton
Charles Abrams
Carrie Shaw
Hortonville
Rooney
Abrams
Loot Believed Hidden After Scandia War Robbery
In an unknown place southeast of Greenbush Minnesota authorities search the area. Sheriff Fossberg and County Attorney Brown of Marshall County with two assistants arrived from Warren to locate loot seized during the Scandia State War robbery on April 29.
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Stephen Bank
Crookston
Minn
Greenbush
Stephen
Fossberg
Brown
Marshall County
Green‘bush
Warren
Former Merchant Missing in Midwest Stirs Search
In Marshaltown Iowa on May 30 C Brown a former Belmond shoe merchant vanished after leaving for Des Moines He later told a Brainerd Minnesota business partner he would reach there in a few days but did not arrive Authorities note his disappearance has prompted an active search and inquiries into his whereabouts including Des Moines Brainerd and Belmond connections
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Marshaltown
Iowa
C. Brown
Belmond
Des Moines
Brainerd, Minn
Eventful Night on Farm in Barnesville Minnesota
A Barnesville farmer reported a raid during the night bringing 33 items including two colts two calves and several cats. The incident occurred May 3 and involves unnamed suspects and local authorities investigating the theft.
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Barnesville
Minn
Kragnés
Currency Bill In Senate Faces Light Obstruction
In Washington May 29 the Senate moved toward final passage of the currency bill after Aldrich explained the measure. Culberson and Bacon derided anti injunction and campaign finance bills, while Teller Owen and Newland spoke against the currency bill. The session devoted time to unelected to bills as the House advanced important measures.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Culberson
Texas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Colorado
Owen
Oklahoma
Newland
Nevada
Sesson
House
Revolt in Island of Samos Sparks Palace Attack
May 29 dispatches report revolt on the Greek island of Samos against Prince and island governor. Fighting focused in Vathy for three days with numerous victims as rebels, aided by gendarmerie, seize the telegraph office and attack the palace. Refugees from Samos reach Smyrna describing a critical situation.
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Constantinople
Samos
Asia Minor
Vathy
Smyrna
Athens
Wright Considered as Taft Successor in Navy Department
Washington May 30 The United States Navy may have a new secretary as Gen Wright is reported as a possible successor to Secretary Taft upon his retirement. Officials would not confirm the rumor though Wright was in Washington about two weeks ago and lunched with the president, fueling belief in the story.
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Gen. Wright
W. H. Taft
Washington
Taft
Naw Department
City ordinance favoring union printers ruled void in Des Moines
Judge Hugh Brennan of the district court voided a city ordinance that gave preference to union printers for city printing. He issued a restraining order to stop the council from completing the contract with union printers, despite several lower nonunion bids.
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Des Mones
Iowa
Hugh Brennan
Markets Report From Grain and Live Stock Centers
May 30 markets across St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul show grain prices for wheat corn and oats and live stock quotes for cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Notable figures include Wheat No 1 Northern at 1.11 and Corn No 2 yellow around 0.73 to 0.74 in several centers with hogs trading about 5.15 to 5.47 per cwt and steers around 6.00 to 6.75 per cwt in mixed listings.
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St. Paul
Moneapolis
Duluth
Northern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Youth Leads Jail Break in Steubenville
Steubenville Ohio May 30 a twenty year old leader overpowered Sheriff D F Vorhees and seven prisoners escaped last night from the county jail. Authorities have not yet captured them.
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Steubenville
Ohio
D. F. Vorhees
Shere
Writer dies by own action in Washington editor’s death
A formerLondon based writer and frequent contributor to Eng Maheana magazines died by suicide at her Washington home in May. Police report unclear details but note a sudden collapse linked to mental distress.
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Washington
Mary Hi Inton
England
Maheana
Oaeeeh
Majority and Minority Report On Wood Pulp Tariff Probe
A six member special House committee, sparked by the American Newspaper Publishers Association, submits both majority and minority findings on wood pulp and print paper tariffs. The majority urges delaying legislation pending further inquiry. the minority backs the Stevens bill to place wood pulp and print paper on the free list. The reports note no proven price fixing, but suggest possible evidence of a restraint of trade.
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Washington
House
Amercan
Associateur
Mann
Ilinois
Miller
Kansas
Stafford
Wisconsin
Bannon
Ohio
Sims
Tennessee
Ryan
New York
Raid at French Lick Seizes Gambling Parlors
Officers acting under Gov Hanley and Attorney General Bingham raided gambling spots in French Lick Indiana delaying operations after a warning from Indianapolis. Plain clothes police and citizens entered casinos with threats to break doors and removed paraphernalia, but no arrests were made as nothing was found.
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French Lick
Ind
Hanley
Bingham
Indianapolis
Receiver for Hippodrome Company in Cleveland
A receiver was appointed for the Cleveland Hippodrome Company following a stockholder’s application. The action stems from financial stringency and the difficulty in raising new funds for the $1,400,000 capital. The theater company itself remains unaffected by the receivership.
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Cleveland Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Hippodrome Company
Falconio Starts West to Attend Minneapolis Cathedral Cornerstone
The apostolic delegate Mgr. Falconio and Father A. P. Doyle of the Catholic university left Washington for St. Paul. They will participate next Sunday in the ceremonies for laying the cornerstone of Minneapolis Cathedral.
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St. Paul
Washington
Mgr. Falconio
A. P. Doyle
Catholic University
Minneapolis
Mrs Hamilton Sentenced for Perjury in Portland Duke Case
London dated May 30 reports Mrs Margaret Hamilton aged seventy a principal witness in the alleged Portland duke case was sentenced to eighteen months penal servitude for perjury her appeals were disallowed.
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Cruce
London
Margaret Hamilton
Duke of ‘Portland
T. C. Bruce
Drowning of High School Student at Northfield Dam
Bern Livingston a second year student at Northfield high school drowned when his gasoline launch capsized near the dam. Alson Blodgett a companion narrowly escaped with a similar fate yesterday afternoon at Northfield Minnesota.
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Northfield
Minn
Bern Livingston
Alson Blodgett
Local Youth Killed After Baseball Pitch Incident
A teen in Poughkeepsie New York died yesterday after being struck by a pitched ball during a game. Details are sparse but the incident occurred in the city and involves a young athlete named Charles Lempkes.
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Ballo
Poughkeepsie
New Y
Cyest
Citizens Fight in North Dakota Town Over Desperado Dutch
In Ambrose North Dakota a mob battles a desperado called Dutch after he shoots through a saloon and fires on buildings. He is killed when shot in the head while still in his saddle. J A Lipphardt editor is wounded as rifles echo in the street. The coroner will assess the body.
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Desperado
Ambrose, M. D
Fr Ambrose
N. D
Hereius
J. A. Lipphardt
Murderer's End Near for Holada Slayer of James Gallagher
Iowa City May 3 Charles Holada self confessed slayer of James Gallagher who loved his wife may never serve six years of his life sentence Holada suffers heart disease at Fort Madison penitentiary and death seems near Warden writes former senator C S Ranck his trial attorney No parole or pardon is likely as he could die at any time
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Holada
James Gallagher
Iowa City
Iowa
Charles Holada
Fort Madison
C. S. Ranck
Plan Civic Holiday Proposed by Crookston Boosters
Crookston Minnesota May 30 A committee from the Twenty five Thousand club led by Wright Ruetell and Winslow is to propose a civic holiday to be declared in mid July. The plan includes a grand excursion by special cars to Maple Lake North valley pleasure resort for a joint program benefiting visitors.
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Crookston
Minn
Messrs. Wright, Ruetell and Winslow
Maple Lake
North Valley Pleasure Resort
Townsite on Hudson Bay survey planned
The Dominion interior department sends a Winnipeg survey party to map a Fort Churchill townsite on the Nelson River east bank. A future Hudson Bay metropolis will connect by a railway from Northern Saskatchewan, with one settler receiving 160 acres.
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Dominion
Winnipeg
Interior Department
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
Nelson River
Four Boys Arrested After Great Northern Train Hold Up
In Great Falls Montana on June 2 three boys under 18 held a northbound Great Northern train at 12 30 am prompting conductor Hays to lead passengers through cars. A rancher William Dempsey was shot in the leg and the quartet including Albert Hatch William Randall Harry Rheams and George Creswell confessed their roles and planned another robbery on a second train.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
William Dempsey
Augusta
Hays
Albert Hatch
William Randall
Harry Rheams
George S. Cresswell
Randall
Rheams
Creswell
Hatch
Sun River
Butte
St Paul Population Surges Ahead in City Directory
The forthcoming forty fourth annual city directory lists St Paul’s population at about 226 048, with over 5 000 new names added since 1907 and an estimated net increase near 10 000 people. The rise marks a growth rate higher than many cities, following a 5 percent expansion across the two years before 1907.
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St. Paul
No Cargo for New Boat Truesdale Sails Unloaded
Superior Wis May 30 Unable to secure a cargo due to dull shipping season the new steamer Truesdale sailed for Buffalo yesterday morning without a load. This is an unusual occurrence at this port for the season.
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Truesdale
Superior
Wis
Buffalo
Log Drive Reaches Lake Irving in May Voyage
Bemidji Minnesota May 30 for first time in upper Mississippi log driving a drive from La Salle lake country reached Lake Irving near Itasca State Park during May. About 2 000 000 feet will be hoisted to East Grand Forks for sawing into lumber at the Forks mill.
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Lake Irving
Bemidji
Minn
Mississippi River
la Salle Lake
Itasca State Park
Grand
Forks
Madison Man Caught Robbing Home in Early Morning
Madison Wisconsin June 2 George Stensrud was caught in the act burglarizing the home of Ernest Eckstedt as he was about to seize a box containing money. Several houses in the city have been robbed in recent weeks.
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Madison
Wis
George Stensrud
Ernest Eckstedt
Five Die In Wreck Near Port Arthur
A Canadian Pacific flight train plunged into a washout at Current River near Port Arthur early yesterday. Five persons were killed and the train was totally submerged.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Current River
Port Arthur
Vera Brewer Burned When Gasoline Stove Topples
Waterloo Iowa May 30 Vera Brewer fourteen year old daughter of Frank Brewer was severely burned last evening when a gasoline stove toppled onto her It is believed she will survive and receive treatment at a local hospital
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Waterloo
Iowa
Vera Brewer
Frank Brewer
Franchise Defeated in Sioux City May 30 Election
In Sioux City Iowa a special election yesterday rejected a twenty five year franchise for the Sioux City Traction company by a margin of thirty four votes.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Sioux City Traction Company
Unclear Text Fragments From Faribault Notice
Fragmented OCR text from a Faribault Minnesota page yields unreadable lines. Names, dates, and events are not decipherable.
Murdered Man Found in Wisconsin Shed
The body of Peter H. Jetburz, twenty-two, of Amherst, Wisconsin, was found yesterday in a shed behind the Grimes livery stable in Neenah. Jagged wounds noted on the head. police suspect murder. Jetburz had recently received $300 in cash.
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Neenah
Neensh
Wis
Jane
Peter H. Jetburz
Amherst
Grimes l
Jetberg
Hargis Tries Death by Own Action in Jail
Beech Hargis awaiting trial for the murder of his father Judge James Hargis in Jackson Kentucky attempted suicide by morphine last night. Doctors worked over him for several hours and announce he will recover.
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Hargis
Jackson
Beech Hargis
James Hargis
Dctors
Jane
St. Paul Wool House Faces Rooftop Rescue
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a roof incident at a St. Paul wool house with three fibs noted and a break threat. Details are unclear but indicate a structural concern and possible emergency response.
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Mallart
St.Paul
Pulang
Canderson
A Kentucky Case as Described by a Sufferer
A Kentucky plaintiff describes seven years of kidney pain backache dull headaches dizziness and swelling in the feet and ankles. The claimant credits Deans Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with partial relief and eventual cure.
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Della
Pagseville
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Paul Trusted Yet Deceptive Among Friends
Quotations reveal a belief that Paul could not deceive, yet friends doubt his truthfulness and question his integrity. The dialogue sketches a tension between public trust and private suspicion surrounding Paul.
Cuticura Cure Revives Concord Man from Severe Skin Itch
George B. Farley of Concord New Hampshire describes a painful two month skin eruption that itched burned and swelled his limbs. After trying five remedies with no relief a tiny amount of Cuticura relieved the itch stopped the burning and reduced swelling within days. He resumed normal activity in two days.
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George B. Farley
South State St. Concord
N. H
The Mariner's Compass And Its Steel Age Hindrances
A historical discussion on how steel ships electric dynamos and magnetic disturbances challenge the reliability of the mariner's compass. It explains the persistent animosity between iron ships and magnetic north pointing needles, noting the effects of divergent currents and onboard dynamos on navigation.
First Taste Coffee Versus Postum and Sleep
A personal reminiscence argues coffee harms children and adults, describing early coffee use and resulting nervousness. The writer switched to Postum, noting improved sleep and fewer headaches after avoiding coffee. The piece promotes Postum as a healthier alternative.
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Majority
Falconio
iFaribault
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Mary
Swartz
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Paul
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