Sam Jones Evangelist Dies On Train In Arkansas
Sam Jones the world famous evangelist died of heart failure on an east bound Rock Island train near Perry Arkansas. He was born October 16 1847 in Chambers County Alabama and later joined the Methodist Church South. His revival work spanned major U.S. cities and his career included leading the Decatur orphan's home.
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Scripps News Association
Louisville
Sam Jones
Little Rock
Arkansas
Ark
Cartersville
Rock Island
Perry
Arkans
Great Divine
Chambers County
Ala
North Georgia
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Decatur
Excavation Underway for Modern Store and Office Building
This morning contractor Mars started digging on the Adams Avenue and 7th Street corner for a large brick building. The basement will measure 90 by 110 feet and seven feet deep. plans are undecided but include ground floor stores and upper office rooms. The structure may rise to two stories, built in a modern style. Julius Roesch is the promoter.
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Mars
Adams Avenue
7Th Street
Mr. Mars
Twelve Bodies Recovered After Paris Train Wreck
Twenty four hours after a crash at Epernon station an engine collided with a standing passenger train. Twelve bodies have been recovered and fifty passengers are injured with fifteen believed fatally. The engine crew have been arrested.
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Scripps News Association
Paris
Epernon
Ontario Bank Wrecked by General Manager McGill
Toronto bankers contend with a bank scandal as general manager McGill admits a shortage of 1.25 million with directors stating the deficit may reach 0.5 million. Public confidence, and the bank’s future, hang on investigations.
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Scrippa News Association
Toronto
McGill
Ontario Bank
Farms for Poor Jews Exhibition Highlights Jewish Life
An exhibition organized by the Baron de Hirsch fund and Jewish groups showcased farm operations run by about fourteen hundred Jews across sixteen states. It contrasted tenement living with farm life to encourage relocation and improved living conditions.
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Scripps News Association
New York
United States
Baron de Hirsch
Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society
Jewish Educational Alliance
Alliance
Farma
Richest Woman Is Married in Simple Krupp Ceremony
Bertha Krupp wed Lieut. Von Bohlen in a chapel on the Krupp estate. The Emperor of Germany attended in field marshal uniform, kissed the bride, and a modest banquet followed. She laid a wreath on her great grandfather and praised the Krupp friendship with her father.
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Scripps News
Germany
Bertha Krupp
Lieut
von Bohlen
Krupp
President Castro Very Ill Sparks Talk of Revolution
Caracas reports President Fidel Castro is described as very ill, unable to move or speak. Observers warn recovery is unlikely and death could trigger a revolution.
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Castro
Scripps News Association
Caracas
Honest Hearts and Garlic Breath Clash at Premises
A terse exchange reveals a refused acceptance due to garlic breath overshadowing an honest heart. The dialogue hints at social snub based on scent and appearance, leaving a question about judgment and acceptance unresolved.
Miners Entombed After Wingate Explosion in Ost England
Reported explosion at Wingate mine traps 180 workers with 80 confirmed entombed. Twelve bodies recovered and fears grow that up to fifty may be dead. By two o'clock twenty four bodies had been removed from the Durham mines while thirty others were rescued alive.
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Scripps News Association
London
Wingate
Durham
Maxim Gorky Sails for Naples From New York
Russian novelist and socialist Maxim Gorky has sailed from New York for Naples. He will write farewell impressions of America while crossing the Atlantic and declined to express opinions about the United States.
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New York
Maxim Gorky
Naples
America
Atlantic
Gorky
Chicago School Supply Drive Reaches 200 Carloads
Chicago public schools received six thousand tons of supplies last week. The materials would fill 200 freight cars, form a train about one and a half miles long, or stack as high as the Masonic Temple, over two hundred feet.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Salt Lake Railway Changes
Salt Lake Oct 15 A new deal ends Mormon church involvement in Utah rail transport. Saltair pavilion and Salt Lake and Los Angeles railroad sold to Electric Construction Company of New York. The sale includes sixteen miles of steam rail and Salt Lake property. a Saltair hotel project is planned, but sale price remains undisclosed.
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Scripps News Association
Salt Lake
Utah
Mormon Church
Saltair Pavillion
Harriman
Saltair
Gong Island
Intermountain
Ferguson Honored and First Oregon Carnegie Hero
The Oregon Journal highlights Luke Ferguson of this city as the first Oregon man to win a Carnegie hero medal after a wreck near Durkee. A Nevada native, 50, he has 20 years on the O R G N system at The Dalles and La Grande, formerly built Yaquina Bay jetty for the government, and is praised for cool judgment. He helped during an emergency while on an extra passenger trip aboard a passenger engine.
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Oregon Journal of Yesterday
Luke Ferguson
Durkee
Tim
Oregon
Engineer Ferguson
Nevada
Dalles
la Grande
Yaquina Bay
Ferguson
Standard Oil Case Opens in Findlay Ohio Trial
The Ohio Standard Oil case opened in Findlay with state witnesses linking Standard and its subsidiaries. John O'Brien, Buckeye Pipe Line superintendent, requested to refuse testimony to avoid self incrimination, but the court ordered him to answer questions.
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Erippe Newn Asseciation
Findly
Ohio
Standard Oil
Standard
John O'Brien
Buckeye Pipe Line
Lmsell
O'Brien
New Hope for Dyspeptics and Osteopathic Cure Promise
Osteopathy shifts focus from single causes of dyspepsia to a broader factor and argues proper osteopathic treatment offers lasting relief when traditional methods fail. The message urges judicious osteopathic skill as a likely path to a cure for many patients.
Chicago to Kansas City Railway plans major capital rise
A Chicago meeting of the Chicago and Kansas City Railway Co approved increasing capital from 1 million to 12 million with 2 million in preferred shares and authorized 10 million in bonds. The funding backs a new independent route to the Missouri River and secures rights of way and terminals at Chicago and Kansas City.
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Scripps News Association
Chicago
Acs
Chicago Toilet and Kansas City Railway Company
Missouri River
Kansas City
Another damn family ties the knot in odd ceremony
Justice of the Peace Joe Parkes officiated the nuptials of John Ans and Miss Fanny Stem in this county yesterday. The groom’s mother and sister, and even the family dog, were not present for the ceremony, according to Pendlaton Tribune.
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Quclius
Joe Parkes
John Ans
Fanny Stem
Pendlaton
Hearst Pushes New York City Mayor Vote Recount
Hearst declares if elected governor he will press for a recount of the New York City mayoralty vote and hopes the legislature will produce a recount.
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Scripps News Association
Bath N
Hoearst
State of
New York
New York City
Judge Eakin to rule on indictments tomorrow morning
Judge Eakin returned from Salem this morning. He heard arguments in the indictment against J C Smith and John Klein and announced he would decide tomorrow at 9 o clock.
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Eakin
Salem
J. C. Smith
John Klein
Grain dealers accuse rail trusts of criminal grain market control
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard testimony alleging railroad rebates to grain dealers and a criminal conspiracy to dominate the grain market in Cook county. Witnesses included W. B. Jackson former board of trade president, George Marcy Armour Grain head, and H. H. Garr who denounced the combination and presented two books listing seven thousand ruined men.
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Scriopn News Association
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cook County
Jackson
Board of Trade
Geo. Marcy
Armour Grain Company
H. H. Garr
Senator Burton Is Sentenced for Bribe Conviction
United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas receives a six month jail term and a $500 fine after the Supreme Court denies a new hearing on bribery charges. Burton practiced law before the Post Office Department while a senator and must begin serving in Iron County Missouri.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Burton
Kansas
Post Office Department
Iron County
Missouri
Federal Court of of
Lewes
Taw Supreme Courts
Joseph Ralph Burton
Abilene
United States Senate
Lucien Baker
Supreme Court
Editor’s woes in paradise spark wry editorial riff
A Guymon Herald quip imagines an editor in paradise struggling to fit his shirt over wings while an envious rival jokes his hat must fit over horns. The light barb reflects playful regional humor about editors and pride.
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Western Exchange
Paradise
Guymon
Oklahoma
Tramp Fatally Injured Near Train at Salem Intersection
John Dotka, 20, fatally injured when an overland train struck him at Twelfth and Court streets in Salem. He claimed to ride a Pullman and was kicked off by a porter. George West, a companion, fled the scene and was later found with officer Busick at the depot.
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Salem
John Dotka
Overland
Twelfth
Court Streets
Detka
George West
Busick
Walghing
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Union County
Salt Lake Railway
Irial al Findlay
ACW
Hearst
Combine
Itiousands
Titowadd
Joe
Courier- Journal
Newlin
Newlin Drug CO
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