Storm Ravages Midwest Farms and City in Deadly Weather
A May 30 Chicago gale and electric storm caused heavy damage across Illinois Kansas Iowa and Oklahoma. One man was killed and many injured as crops were ruined trees felled and buildings struck by lightning. Tornadoes near Quincy and Jewell county left homes barns and outbuildings demolished with extensive crop losses reported.
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Chicago
Wonderland Park
Quincy
George Werner
Topeka
Kan
Jewell County
Burlington
Iowa
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Hennessey and Cashon
Ajacent
Currency Bill Conference Report Passed Distantly
In Washington on May 29 the Senate debated the currency bill as the conference report was considered. Senator Aldrich explained the measure while Culberson and Bacon offered political taunts about anti-rejection and campaign publicity. Senators Teller Owen and Newland spoke against the bill. adjournment left action uncertain. In the House, business advanced with several important measures approved.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Culberson
Texas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Colorado
Owen
Oklahoma
Newland
Nevada
House
Revolt in Island of Samos Sparks Palace Attack
Inhabitants of Samos revolt against the prince and governor with fighting at Vathy lasting three days. Rebels seize the telegraph office while gendarmerie aid, and attacks on the palace continue with casualties. Women and children flee to Smyrna as the crisis deepens.
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Constantinople
Samos
Asia Minor
Vathy
Smyrna
Athens
Soldier in cabinet Gen Wright May be chosen to succeed Taft
Washington May 30 The unconfirmed report that Gen Wright has been selected to replace Secretary Taft in the Navy Department gains plausibility as responsible sources decline comment. Wright was in Washington about two weeks ago and dined with the president where the topic was presumably discussed.
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Gen. Wright
W. H. Taft
Washington
Taft
Naw Department
City Ordinance Favoring Union Printers Voided
Judge Hugh Brennan voided a city ordinance that gave preference to union printers for city printing work. He refused a restraining order to halt the council from completing a contract already awarded to union printers despite several lower nonunion bids.
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Des Mons
Iawa
Hugh Brennan
Hero
Alhough
Markets Report Grain and Livestock Prices May 30
The market note lists grain futures and live stock prices from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee and Sioux City with wheat ranging from $1.02 to $1.18 and corn around 70 cents, oats near 60 to 84 cents, cattle hogs and sheep prices across multiple cities.
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St. Paul
Mnneapolis
Duluth
Northern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Abrams Released In Chaw Case Alibi Proven
New London clothing merchant Charles Abrams was released from detention after District Attorney Rooney proved a clear alibi. Abrams had been held during the investigation of Mrs. Carrie Shaw’s mysterious death. The municipal court discharge follows Rooney’s contention that Abrams cannot be linked to the case.
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New London
Wis
Appleton
Charles Abrams
Carrie Shaw
Hortonville
Rooney
Abrams
Loot Cache Sought in Green Bush Area
Seekers led by Sheriff Fossberg and County Attorney Brown arrive from Warren to search southeastern Green Bush Minnesota for loot from Scandia State Bank of Stephen. Bank was robbed April 29 and authorities believe the stash lies somewhere about seventy miles northeast of Crookston.
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Stephen Bank
Crookston
Minn
Greenbush
Here
Scandia State Bank of
Stephen
Fossberg
Brown
Marshall County
Warren
Former Merchant Missing in Iowa Town
G Brown a former Belmond shoe merchant has disappeared from town. He left for Des Moines then wrote to a former business partner in Brainerd Minnesota saying he would be there soon, but he did not go there. Authorities seek his whereabouts.
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Town
Iowa
G. Brown
Belmond
Des Moines
Brainerd, Minn
Tye
Barnesville Farm Report Narrows Odd Night Calamity
In Barnsville Minnesota on May 3 a farmer Kragnes reports a strange night adding thirty three pigs two calves two kittens and one odd tenant to his barn while hay wild animals and a missing child rumor swirl around the farm. Local authorities investigate as villagers recall a similar event last season sparking fear and speculation about abductions and animal mischief.
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Barnésville
Minn
Kragnes
Seiacco
Scharaed
Hay
Youth Leads Jail Delivery in Steubenville
A twenty year old led seven prisoners in overpowering Sheriff D F Vorhees and escaping from the county jail in Steubenville Ohio last night. No arrests have been made.
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Steubenville
Ohio
D. F. Vorhees
County
Writer Mary Hinton Dies by Suicide at Home
Washington May 30. Mrs Mary Hinton formerly of London Wayland and frequent contributor to English and American magazines committed suicide at her home. The death is reported as self inflicted.
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Washington
Mary ‘Hinton
Ohddn Wayland
Mshec
Seaphylation
Majority Report Finds No Immediate Tariff Change Seen in Wood Pulp Case
Washington May 30 A six member special house committee on wood pulp and print paper tariff and restraint of trade filed a majority and a minority report. The majority urges no legislation until further inquiry, while the minority backs the Stevens bill to free wood pulp and print paper. The report finds no proof of a price fixing combine, though evidence suggests possible suspicion of such a group.
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Washington
House
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
M of Ilinois
Miller
Kansas
Statford
Wisconsin
Bannon
Ohio
Sims
Tennessee
Ryan
New York
Raid at French Lick Ends with Quiet Cease of Gaming
Police in plain clothes acting on orders from Governor Hanley and Attorney General Bingham raided gambling venues in French Lick Indiana on May 30 but found no players or paraphernalia after the sites had already shuttered following Indianapolis warnings. Police accompanied by known citizens entered the casino and other gambling spots and removed equipment by wagon. The raid yielded no arrests or immediate discoveries.
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French Lick
Ind
Cov
Hanley
Bingham
Receiver for Hippodrome Company Amid Financial Stringency
Cleveland May 30 A receiver was appointed for the Cleveland Hippodrome company on the request of a stockholder The firm with 1 4 million capital faced difficulties raising funds due to finance stringency Theater company remains unaffected by the receivership.
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Cleveland Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Hippodrome Company
Taater Company
Apostolic delegate to join Minneapolis cathedral cornerstone ceremony
The apostolic delegate Mer. Ialconio and Father A P Doye of the Catholic university left Washington for St Paul. Sunday they will participate in the laying of the cornerstone of the new Minneapolis cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mer. Ialconio
A. P. Doye
Catholic University
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mrs Hamilton Sentenced in Port land Perjury Case
London May 30 Mrs Margaret Hamilton aged seventy, a principal witness to the alleged identity of the duke of Port land, was sentenced to eighteen months penal servitude for perjury after her appeal was disallowed.
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Cruce
London
Margaret Hamilton
Duke of Portland
T. C. Mace
Drowned Boy Beside Dam In Northfield Dockyard
Bern Livingston a sophomore at Northfield High School drowned near the dam while with companion Alson Blodgett after their gasoline launch went over the dam yesterday afternoon. Blodgett nearly shared fate and was rescued.
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Northfield
Minn
Bern Livingston
Alson Blodgett
Poughkeepsté Nai May Baseball Note Reads Oddly
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a baseball item with unclear names and numbers from a historical page, lacking readable details. The readable bits hint at a game or score note but do not provide complete facts for a fuller summary.
Desperado known as Dutch shot dead in Ambrose riot
In Ambrose North Dakota on May 30 a desperado called Dutch was shot through the head and killed after a violent confrontation with an enraged crowd. Gunfire echoed through the main street as townspeople fired back. A random shot injured editor J A Lipphardt. The coroner will return a verdict on the body.
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Ambrose
N. D
J. A. Lipphardt
Murderer’s End Near in Fort Madison Prison
Charles Holada, who killed James Gallagher for personal reasons, dangers of heart disease in Fort Madison prison threaten his life sentence. The warden informs former Senator C S Ranck that no parole or pardon will likely be pursued as Holada nears death.
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Holada
James Gallagher
Iowa City
Iowa
Charles Holada
Fort Madison
C. S. Ranck
Plan Civic Holiday for Crookston Pleasure Resort Trip
Crookston Minnesota May 30 The Twenty five Thousand club forms a committee of Wright Ruetell and Winslow to propose a civic holiday in mid July. The plan includes a grand excursion in special cars to Maple Lake North Valley pleasure resort with events for visitors.
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Crookston
Minn
Messrs. Wright, Ruetell
Winslow
Maple Lake
North Valley Pleasure Resort
Townsite on Hudson Bay for Fort Churchill
The Dominion interior department will send surveyors from Winnipeg to lay out a townsite at Fort Churchill on the Nelson river east bank. The projected site, future Hudson Bay metropolis, will be connected by a government railway from Northern Saskatchewan. One settler now resides there and will receive 160 acres.
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Dominion
Winnipeg
Interior Department
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
Nelson River
Four boys confess to Great Northern train hold up in Great Falls
In Great Falls Montana on June 2 three underage bandits and an accomplice halted a northbound Great Northern train, released a hail of shots, and robbed passengers. Conductor Hays led the passengers through cars while the quartet collected small sums. The four youths Albert Hatch fifteen William Randall seventeen Harry Rheams fifteen and George Creswell sixteen were jailed after a full confession.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
William Dempsey
Augusta
Hays
Albert Hatch
William Randall
Harry Rheams
George
Cresswell
Randall
Rheams
Creswell
Hatch
Sun River
Montana Central Line
Butte
St Paul Population Surges in City Directory Figures
St Paul shows about 226 048 residents in the forthcoming forty fourth annual city directory. The year’s growth adds over 5 000 names to 117 564 in 1907, signaling roughly 10 000 more inhabitants and a five percent rise across the two years prior to 1907. Indications point to continued rapid expansion beyond last year.
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St. Paul
No Cargo for New Boat Truesdale Clears at Superior
The new steamer Truesdale sailed from Superior Wisconsin to Buffalo yesterday without a cargo due to a dull shipping season. This unusual event occurred at the port during the current period.
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Truesdale
Superior
Wis
Buffalo
Log Drive Reaches Lake Irving From La Salle Region
Bemidji Minnesota May 30 for the first time in upper Mississippi history a May log drive from the La Salle lake country near Itasca State Park reached Lake Irving. About 2 000 000 feet of logs will be hoisted and taken to East Grand Forks for milling in the Forks.
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Lake Irving
Bemidji, Minn
Upper
Mississippi River
la Salle Lake
Itasca State Park
East Grand Forks
Forks
Madison Man Catches Burglar in Home In Madison Wisconsin
George Stensrud was caught early this morning robbing the home of Ernest Eckstedt in Madison. He was about to take a box containing money when confronted by the householder. Several nearby houses have been robbed in recent weeks.
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Madison
Wis
George Stensrud
Ernest Eckstedt
Five Die In Wreck Near Port Arthur Washout
A Canadian Pacific freight train plunged into a washout at Current River near Port Arthur and five persons were killed as the train became completely submerged.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Current River
Port Arthur
Vera Brewer Injured by Gasoline Stove Incident
In Waterloo Iowa on May 30 Vera Brewer fourteen daughter of Frank Brewer was severely burned when a gasoline stove toppled over onto her. Doctors report she will likely survive with treatment and care underway.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Vera Brewer
Frank Brewer
Sioux City Traction Franchise Defeated by City Voters
In Sioux City Iowa a special election held yesterday rejected an ordinance granting a twenty five year franchise to the Sioux City Traction Company by a majority of eighty four votes.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Sioux City Traction Company
Hangings and Granary Report from Minnesota Scene
Fragmentary OCR notes describe hangings or suicides in a Minnesota setting with unclear names and places. The text references John and a sherfin or sheriff and mentions a granary and possible treason or legal terms. Details are unreadable, limiting precise reconstruction of events.
Murdered at Neenah in Wisconsin shed death
The body of Peter H. Jetbery, twenty two, of Amherst Wis was found yesterday in a shed behind the Grimes livery stable in Neenah. Jagged wounds were found on his head and police believe he was murdered. Jetberg recently received 300 dollars in cash.
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Neenah
Neensh
Wis
Jane
Peter H. Jetbery
Amherst
Grimes
Jetberg
Hargis Tries Suicide While Awaiting Murder Trial
In Jackson Kentucky on June 2 Beech Hargis, jailed for the murder of his father Judge James Hargis, attempted to take morphine to end his life. Doctors treated him for hours and say he is expected to recover.
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Hargis
Jackson
Beech Hargis
James Hargis
Broken Ribs Report From Miles City Scene
An unclear item notes multiple injuries including three broken ribs and a person named Nelsy Anderson linked to a runaway incident. The report references a St Paul area context and a house under construction with unclear details about the cause or parties involved.
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Miles City
Moat
Charles Mallart
Paul Swool
Nelsy Anderson
Ga Renaway
Mary Swartz Anto Death Notices Narrowed In Vague Transcript
Fragmentary OCR notes reference the name Mary Swartz Anto and a death notice. The readable portions suggest discussions of burial, waters, and widening efforts, but the text is garbled and lacks clear events or dates. The record preserves only scattered mentions without a coherent narrative.
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PSV
Rene “Geuth
Mary
Swartz -Anto
Kentucky Case of Kidney Pain and Relief
Mrs. Della Meanes of Mayville Kentucky describes seven years of kidney pain dropsy swelling and fatigue. She credits Dodn's Kidney Pills with significant relief and eventual cure after using one box. The pills are sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Paul Among Friends Questioned Over Deception
They knew Paul. Would you think Paul capable of deceiving a friend He says no and friends doubt his words, framing a tale of trust and suspicion in a social circle.
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Paul
Cure for Itching Relieves Severe Skin Burn
A Concord New Hampshire resident, George B Farley aged 50, reports months of intense itching and burning with failed remedies before trying Culicura. He states itching ceased immediately after first application and swelling subsided, resuming normal activity within two days.
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George B. Farley
South State St
Concord, N. H
The Mariner's Compass and Its Magnetic Struggles
A historical note on how steel hulls and electric dynamos aboard modern steamers disrupt the mariner compass. It explains that the needle cannot point reliably north or south and must be guarded against by complex counteracting devices amid magnetic interference.
First Taste Shows Coffee Risks for Children
A reader recalls coffee’s early habit as a child and how family use led to dependence. After trying Postum, the writer reports better sleep, steadier nerves, and fewer headaches, praising the product as a safer alternative.
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Aleep
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