Conductor Thomas Cummings Killed in Railroad Accident
Thomas Roland Cummings died after his head struck bridge iron while his coal train sped to Rawlins. Found on a sand bar in the Laramie River near Howell Bridge nine miles from the city, his death was ruled instantaneous. He leaves a wife and two children and was a longtime Union Pacific conductor.
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Thomas Cumming
Rawlins
Larazine
Theepot
Cummings
City
Howell Bridge
Big
Laramie
Eden
Stryker
Neely
DeForest
Christiansen
Thomas Roland Cimmings
Thomas W
Algble E. Cummit
Putnam
Washington County
New York
Roland
Harold J. Cummings
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
la Crouse
Wis
Ant
Union Pacffc
Omaha
Wyoming
Cactus Schoal Orange Tode
Cartas
Orange Lodge
Thouar Cummings
Unyorrot
Van Horn-Miller plans began on Laramie rail line
Fred A Miller Western head for the Van Horn Miller corporations said construction of the Laramie Hahn s Peak Pacific railroad would start in days Grading would begin at Laramie and Ofths road where the heaviest work occurs until the road reaches the Centennial valley The line into Centennial valley expected to finish this year will aid Douglas Creek mining by shortening wagon haul to about thirty five miles The project foresees gold copper reduction works by the Van Horn syndicate to develop Medicine Bow mountains south of Laramie Virgin forests along Centennial valley will supply lumber for Wyoming Colorado Nebraska and Kansas depending on eastern building materials
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Fred A. Miller
van Horn-Miller
Laramie
Hahn's Peak
van Horn Syndicate
Medicine Bow Mountains
Centennial
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Troops Relieve Siege as Train Reaches Trinity Station
In Trinity Texas on June 22 a special troop train arrived riddled with bullets. Cavalry freed a light guard besieged in a schoolhouse by an armed mob. A man named Levy Spencer was moved to safety as firing continued, three mob members reported hit. The soldiers departed with no further incidents.
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Houston
Texas
Trinity
Spencer
Huntsvile
Custon
Houston Tex
Houston Cavalry Company
Trinity Tex
Peruna Endorsed as Cure for Grippe and Catarrh
A Washington letter from Hon. F Simmons United States Marshal in Mobile praises Peruna as the best remedy for grip and catarrh. The piece outlines systemic catarrh its history and claims Peruna is the only specific after effects remedy for la grippe. It includes a testimonial from J P Lowery proprietor City Hotel Albany Texas and invites readers to request Dr Hartman’s lecture.
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F. Simmons
United States
Mobile
Alabama
Washington, D.C
Hartman
J. P. Lowery
City Hotel
Albany
Texas
Peruna
Amy
Geoper
Dr. Hartman
Lagrippe
Long List of Horrors Across Cities
A dramatic wire service roundup reports suicides, murders, a factory fire, and multiple accidents across United States cities. Notable items include Dr. Victor Popper in San Francisco, Miss Viola Van Ornum’s death in Chico, a Paterson fire with fatalities, and a stabbing of Hoshi Toru in Yokohoma, with further notes on accidents in Leadvile Kalama and tornadoes near Naper Nebraska. Prison terms for three men in Houston and a trio of burglaries in Newcastle accompany these events.
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San Francisco
Victor Popper
Viola van Ornum
Chico
Derby Victory at Chicago Featuring Waddell Surging Finish
Robert Waddell won the Chicago derby in 2:38 4-5 with Terminus second and Parader third. Fifty thousand fans celebrated as the race was hailed a great American derby, the fourteenth running, with widespread cheers and pride for the victor.
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Chicago
Robert Waddell
Striking miners march at Mattewan as coal operations halt
In Mattewan West Virginia on June 22 striking miners march around mine entrances, some with Winchester rifles. All coal operations shut today. operators plan to resume Monday with nonunion workers. Four shots fired last night with few injuries. Sheriff and deputies guard Lick Ford mine amid possible further unrest. Governor White has not yet been asked to mobilize militia.
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Mattewan
W. Va
Mattel
Lick Ford
Destiny
White
Unite Militia
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C. BE
Ma~sone Hall
Thomas Roland Comminge
Mary E. Hynds
Lynghers
Icco
Ia Grippe
Simmons
Marshal Simmons
Everimere
Grim Reaper
Arnham M. Rittenberg
Paterson
N. J
Yokhonm
Hoshi Tern
Ito
Hoshi Toru
Washington
Leadvile
Golo
Sixth Street
Kalama Wash
New Washington & Oregon
Rock Cut No. 3
Kalama
World Herald
Naper
Neb
Greening
Anderson
Newcastle
Hunter
Oliver Merrifield
Joby Robinson
John Pierce
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