Desolation Widespread After Severe Nebraska Tornado
Omaha reports place 23 to 25 dead with three to four towns not yet heard from. More than 200 people homeless as four counties Fillmore Webster Franklin Thayer report devastation. Roads and wires down hinder details while towns Carleton Fairfield Deshler Shickley Geneva Frankling Ong Riverton suffer the loss.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Byron
Deshler
Aumber
Fillmore
Webster
Franklin
Thayer
Kansas
Carleton
Fairfield
Shickley
Geneva
Frankling
Ong
Riverton
Cyclone Hits Charles City Iowa Demolishes 200 Buildings
A cyclone struck Charles City Iowa at 6 pm demolishing about 200 residences and barns. One man W R Beck and one child were killed. Three children are missing. The cyclone traced a ten rod wide path from southwest of the city to northeast parts, narrowly missing the college and trailing to a point several miles northeast.
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Charles City
Iowa
W. R. Beck
Charles City Colege
Former race king ends life amid fortune loss
James Duncan once ruled Kentucky turf stables and earned a national reputation. He was found hanged in a stable behind 256 Selby Avenue in St. Paul as reports say his financial ruin and estrangement from his wife and children contributed to his suicide.
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St. Paul
James Duncan
South
Selby Avenue
Le Sueur Man Killed by Train While Holding Bicycle
Robert Johnson of Le Sueur was killed near Henderson when struck by Omaha Train No. 7. A 25 year old bachelor, he stood on the track with his bicycle, ignored the warning whistle, and died. The body was brought to Le Sueur for relatives to care for.
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le Sueur
Minn
Robert Johnson
Henderson
Omaha
McCormick Case Ends in Mistrial as Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
Grand Forks North Dakota June 9. After deliberating from Saturday afternoon to late yesterday the jury in the Eddie McCormick case failed to reach agreement on a charge of attacking Frances Zepsky. The jury was discharged. McCormick had sought to establish an alibi.
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Grand Forks
N. C
Eddie McCormick
Frances Zepsky
McCormick
New Company Holds First Annual Inspection in Armory
Eveleth Minnesota June 9 Company X muster sixty six men at the first annual inspection in the Armory. Col. Gerlach retired from the United States Army acted as inspecting officer and complimented the company.
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Eveleth
Minn
Licht
Gerlach
United States Army
Ungrammatical OCR Fragment Reports Accident Incident
Fragmentary text from Grand Forks North Dakota mentions injuries and disrupted events. It references Hagen Barker and a keeper, with references to Great Northern yards and a pent up jog, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Teles Paat Hagen
Barker Spriivéare
Allies Threaten to Bolt Taft Delegates in Ohio Rally
Representatives of the allies recall their pledge to bolt the Republican national committee over anti Taft delegations from Southern states. Burke and Knox confidants sparked the move while Hemenway and Kealing debated its advisability. The aim was to test public sentiment and push a compromise, but many involved say the effect fell short of expectations.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
James Francis Burke
Knox
Hemenway
Indiana
J B. Kealing
Savings Banks in Wisconsin See Deposits Fall
Wisconsin state and mutual savings banks report a $1,000,000 drop in deposits from Feb 14 to May 14 while loans and discounts rise by about $1.1 million. Bankers remain confident, noting continued lending activity and modest savings deposit declines.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
M. C. Bergh
Traveling Man Knocked Clear of Tracks in Near Accident
George Krewer of Minnesota Lake Minnesota narrowly escaped death at Randolph when he stepped from in front of a stationary engine on a side track and was struck by backing cars. He was knocked unconscious briefly and sustained severe cuts and bruises. Krewer travels for a packing company in Austin.
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Minnesota Lake
Minn
George Krewer
Austin
Randolph
Wisconsin Northern Railroad to Run 86 Miles
North Central Wisconsin plans a new line from Red Granite to Poysippi in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Northern Railroad company files with the secretary of state to build eighty six miles at capital stock of sixty thousand dollars. Incorporators named are John Moffitt H W Colts and H A Dewey.
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Red Granite
Poysippi
Madison
Wis
North Central Wisconsin
Wiscon’n Northern Railroad Company
John Moffitt
H. W. Colts
H. A. Dewey
Man Drops Gun Wife Wounded In Accident
In Nidaros Fergus Falls Minnesota John E Anderson dropped a .22 rifle while cleaning it. The gun discharged striking Mrs Anderson in the bin with a serious wound. A physician was summoned and she is believed to recover.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Nidaros
John E. Anderson
Miners Die as Rescue Efforts Plunge in Noxious Mine Air
In Silverton Colorado six miners die and eight more are in danger after a fire trapped workers at the Gold King mine in Gladstone. Rescue parties entered the shaft but succumbed to foul air, returning with the bodies of Victor Erickson John Sumston and Otto Johnson.
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Silverton, Co’o
Gold King
Gladstone
Victor Erickson
John Sumston
Otto Johnson
Fight on Eufaula Streets Ends in Fatal Wound
In Eufaula Oklahoma on June 9 a street clash between Checotah residents and Eufaula citizens left Fr M Woods deputy constable fatally wounded and Joseph Parmenter of Checotah wounded but not in danger. About fifteen shots were fired after Woods tried to disarm Parmenter.
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Checotah
Eufaula
Okla
Fr. M. Woods
Joseph Parmenter
Woods
Parmenter
Rising River Forces Kansas City Move to Higher Ground
The Kaw river's rising waters caused near panic across North Topeka and the Armourdale district of Kansas City. Families rushed to move household goods to higher land while packing houses and other establishments evacuated basement contents to upper floors.
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Kansas City
North Topeka
Armourdale
Prison for Dunham Former St Paul Policeman Is Sentenced
Dunham pleaded guilty to forgery on one count and received a three and a half year penitentiary term. He was discharged on the remaining counts. Dunham formerly worked as a bartender and a policeman in St. Paul.
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St. Paul
Crookston
Dunham
Paris Serial Murder Adds New Enigma At Remy Mansion
Paris detectives probe the stabbing death of Auguste Remy a 77 year old retired banker in the Rue de la Peppiniere. Wealth and jewelry vanish as investigators pursue a fresh clue amid the Adolphe Steinheil case.
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Paris
Adolphe Steinheil
Mme. Japy
Auguste Remy
Rue de la Peppiniere
Eighteen Drown In Flood Near Pachula
A special dispatch reports floods near Pachula causing extensive damage over two days. Eighteen people are said to have drowned and the village of Pachula reportedly wiped out.
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City of Mexico
City of
Pachula
Tornado kills farmer and son near Mauston Wisconsin
A tornado yesterday struck John Dalton's farm four miles south of Mauston, demolishing the house and barns and killing Dalton and his twelve year old son Philip. The disaster occurred in June near Mauston.
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Mauston
Wis
John Dalton
Mr. Dalton
Philip
Railroad Bridge Wrecked Cuts Oklahoma City Texas Traffic
Two spans of the Atebicon Topeka and Santa Fe bridge over the Canadian River at Purcell Oklahoma collapsed last night. Traffic between Oklahoma City and Texas has been suspended on that line.
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Guthrie
Okla
Purcell
Oklahoma City
Texas
Falls Conductor Hale Hurt After Car Accident
Willard Hale, conductor of the local traction company, fell under his car and sustained injuries that likely will prove fatal. The incident occurred in HeletaMont on June 9. Local authorities investigated theboarded accident and secured the scene.
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Falls
Heleta
Mont
Willard ‘Hale
Local Traction Company
Balloonist killed during ascent at Mildred Park
Springfield Illinois June 9 Luther Edward Jones twenty seven balloonist tried an afternoon ascent at Mildred Park. As the balloon rose the parachute swung Jones against a tree limb crushing his skull and killing him instantly.
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Springfield
Luther Edward Jones
Mildred Park
Jones
Nurse shoots doctor in apartment vestibule after claim of wrong
In New York on June 9 Sarah Ko net, a young Russian trained nurse, lay in wait for nearly nine hours and shot Dr. William Auspitz in the vestibule of an apartment house. She says the physician wronged her and killed him.
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New York
Sarah Konet
William Auspitz
Eighteen Die From Plague in Venezuela Belief
American consul P. Moffat reports eighteen deaths from the plague in La Guaira Venezuela. He reached the city yesterday from Santiago and relayed the grim toll and concern over the outbreak.
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New York
la Guaira
Venezuela
Games
P. Moffat
Santiago
Gunboat Sent to Refirasseae Phi Washington
Fragmentary report describes naval movements and fisheries in Yorktown Puget Sound and the Bering Sea with unclear dates and garbled names. It mentions sealing activities and a ship sent to a distant post, but many details are unreadable.
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Washington
Euiguinboa
Yorktown
Federal grand jury returns indictments in Wisconsin Grain case
The grand jury reported to Judge Morris in Saint Paul and discharged. Indictments name L A Wood George A Wood and F B Wood for conspiracy to use the mails for fraud as officers of the Wisconsin Grain and Stock company. They allegedly posed as commission dealers to obtain money from customers and diverted funds for personal use. The second batch follows earlier October indictments and a December trial that ended amid sensational allegations involving Sherman Smith and two jurors.
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St. Paul
Federal Grand Jury
Morris
United States Circuit Court
L. A. Wood
George A. Wood
F. B. Wood
Wisconsin Grain and Stock Company
Sherman
Smith
Minneapolis
Stabbed by a Black Man Near Aberdeen
Howell, a young man from Iowa, lies fatally wounded in Aberdeen, D. at a hospital after an attack just outside city limits. He was stabbed in the back below the shoulder blade. doctors fear the lung was penetrated. The assailant, described as colored, fled. authorities have alerted the region and say suspects will be arrested on sight.
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Iowa
Aberdeen
Howell
Rob and Burn Hotel Gang Held Up Rawhide
A Rawhide Nevada dispatch reports a gang of eight men and two women staged a series of hold ups including the Rawhide hotel robbery of about $300, forced occupants to the wall, and an arson attempt to cover their tracks. Two men in a tent were robbed, a stage driver was stopped, a drugstore lifted, and three other men were relieved of small sums. The band fled into the hills with about $400 while sheriffs and state police pursue.
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Reno
Nev
Journal
Rawhide
Rawhide Hotel
Death at Taylors Falls Under Suspicious Circumstances
Adolph Hoffman was found dead near a livery barn in Taylors Falls Minnesota after a Wednesday night incident. A rifle lay outside and an empty shell on the office floor prompting coroner investigation. friends doubt self inflicted death.
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Taylors Falls
Minn
Adolph Hoffman
Hoffman
Pasteur Institute Treats 159 Rabies Patients in Ten Months
The Pasteur Institute in Minneapolis reports 159 people treated for dog rabies in ten months. Most cases came from Minneapolis with 75 patients, followed by St Paul with 36.
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Pasteur Institute
Minneapolis
Pasteur Institute For
White St. Paul
No Danger of Revolt in Panama Election
Jose Augustin Arango Panaman minister to the United States says there is no danger of insurrection after the upcoming Panaman presidential election. He is in New York after a trip to Panama.
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New York
Jose Augustin Arango
United States
Panama
Night Riders Leave Warning In Tobacco Bed Attack
Lexington Kentucky June 6 night riders salted tobacco beds belonging to Mrs A C Repess who rents a farm in Mason county A grave was dug in the bed center and a note warned the tenant to raise no tobacco this year.
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Lexington
A. C. Repess
Mason County
Fall Breaks Neck In Bisbee Man's Stair Accident
Bisbee North Dakota June 6 Charles Smith a farm laborer on W H Browns seven miles southwest of here fell down the stairs on his way to breakfast and fractured or dislocated his neck He is paralyzed and it is thought he cannot live.
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Bisbee
N. D
Charles Smith
W. H. Brown
Here
George Siler Stricken With Heart Disease in Chicago
George Siler prize fight referee and writer on pugilistic matters was stricken with heart disease while walking on State street in Chicago. His condition last night showed some improvement.
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George Siler
Chicago
State Street
A Matter of Time I Parlor Conversation Fragment
A disjointed OCR fragment depicts a parlor scene at 10 p.m. where a young woman refuses engagement, citing youth. A male speaker questions timing as another voice appears, with garbled text implying a domestic exchange.
Washouts and floods sweep Montana cutting rails and roads
Helena reports isolation broken as trains resume from the East and to St. Paul. Widespread landslides close rail lines on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. bridges washed away and towns flooded in Northern Montana. Weather indicates the wet season ends, crops expected to be excellent. In Butte a 600 foot track washout near Jefferson Island halts eastbound NP service, with two Great Northern trestles failing near Basin.
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Helena
Mont
Agai
St. Paul
Montana
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Missouri
Commonwealth
Butte
Jefferson Island
Jefferson River Valley
Basin
Twenty Years For Forty Cents Robbery
Lester Shindle aged nineteen of Rockwell received twenty years in Fort Madison for stealing forty cents from Harry Farrar near Mason City on March 14. The Mason City district court delivered the verdict after three hours of jury deliberation. Farrar, who was under a viaduct, had all his money stolen.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Herry Farrar
Lester Shindle
Rockwell
District Court of
Mason City
Shindle
Fort Madison
Farrar
Explosion in Duluth Tunnel Kills One Man Injures Another
In Duluth Minnesota on June 9 an explosion in a railroad tunnel of the Wisconsin Central crushed Tom Maki to death and seriously wounded John Harris who was hurled against the shaft wall with deep head and body injuries.
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Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Tom Maki
John Harris
Slayer Given Twenty Years for Fatal Dance Fracas
Patrick Mullen was sentenced to twenty years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the Fernie case. The incident began with a scuffle at a dance in which Angelo Orlando was killed, leading to Mullen's flight to the United States before his capture and return by authorities.
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Winnipeg
Jane
Patrick Mullen
Fernie
Mullen
Great Falls
Mont
Angelo Orlando
Orlando
Tile Drain Tests In Crookston Experiment
Crookston Minnesota June 9 John T Stewart government engineer of Washington DC inspects tile and surface drains installed last year in a joint Minnesota state and federal experiment to obtain data on their relative effectiveness. Some of the worst land in this section has profited by the experiment.
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Crookston
Minn
John T. Stewart
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
Druggist Sunders Himself in Black River Falls
Ben Werner, a druggist in Black River Falls Wisconsin, shot himself through the head at noon. He had long suffered melancholy but left no stated reason for the act.
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Black River’ Falls
Wis
Ben Werner
Unclear text fragment from historical page
The readable content is fragmented with many garbled words and names. no coherent events, dates, or entities can be established for a meaningful summary.
Endorsement For Peruna Remedy By Julia Marlowe
The quote praises Peruna as a great remedy for digestion and nerve strength. The text argues that good digestion nourishes nerve centers, preventing anemia and nervous debility. Julia Marlowe endorses the product heartily.
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Peruna
Julia Marlowe
Peruna touted for nerve and digestion relief
Mrs J C Jamison of Wallace California credits Peruna with curing six years of stomach trouble and nervous dyspepsia after three doctors failed. She describes stopping medicine causing relapse, then using Peruna to complete a full recovery after taking several bottles.
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Peruna
A Lame Excuse From Barber Misadventure
Pontbiquet explains his prolonged absence after visiting a barber. He claims he waited until four in the morning due to an overly short haircut, blaming the barber for the delay and presenting the explanation to his astonished spouse.
Speranto tongues and women’s vows spark debate
An odd remark notes a newly invented language named speranto, followed by a witty jab about women’s speech. The fragment hints at cultural commentary on language and gender but provides limited context or names.
Farmer Triumphs Over Judge in Hearsay Footpath Case
An eminent lord chief justice presiding over a right of way case tried to curb a farmer witness who swore he knew the path by sight. The jury heard hearsay claims about the footpath despite the judge's warnings that such evidence held no value. The farmer persisted, arguing he could testify only to what he had seen with his own eyes.
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Giles
Billy
Re. Phea
Grape-Nuts Effect Prompts Reader Testimonial
A reader claims Grape-Nuts improved strength and nerve power after a long night of work. The note describes personal wellness gains and attributes them to the cereal’s natural ingredients, including wheat and barley and phosphate ash, amid broader claims about diet.
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Jess
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