Storm paralyses wires across Kentucky Ohio and beyond
A sweeping April storm cuts telegraph and telephone lines from Canada to the Atlantic coast. Widespread wind and snow in Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama disrupt communications sever wire networks and threaten crops with frost and flood risks. Reports note heavy snowfall depth up to 14 inches in eastern Kentucky and damage to timber and fruit, with Ohio and Virginia counties reporting near record cold and power outages.
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Kentucky
Atlannta
Tennecree
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Louisville
Wil
Portsmouth
Ohio
Columbus
Rafn
Pie Denosylvents Company
Trinway
Huntingtin
Girt Guffering
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Big Stove Trust Forms to Unite U S Makers
Detroit scene reports a vast stove trust nearly completed uniting major U S manufacturers. The arrangement, engineered from Detroit, aims at a nationwide merger with capitalization rumored up to millions. Detroit stove firms deny knowledge of the deal.
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Detroit
Evening News
St Louis
United States
Bank Failure Shocks Vancouver Community In April Morning
The First National Bank of Vancouver failed to open today as national bank examiners took control. President Obes H. Brown and Cashier K N Onaby have not been seen since last night, leaving residents startled by the sudden closure.
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Washington Bank
Vancouver
Washington
First National Bank
National Bank Examiners
Obes. H. Brown
K. N. Onaby
Plans for Baker University commencement visit announced
Dr L Morlip, Baker University president, has sent details to Secretary Cortelyou and J L Belatow in Washington for a June commencement visit. The program includes dedication of Fogle gymnasium and the astronomical observatory, and the laying of a corner stone for the Oagre library building. Baldwin M E church trustees request the president join in laying the corner stones for their new church.
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Ken
L. Morlip
Baker University
Cortelyou
J. L Belatow
Weahington
Fogle
Baldwin Methodist Episcopal Church
SHAMROCK II LAUNCHED AT DUNNYS YARDS IN GLASGOW
Report of the Shamrock II launch at Dennys yards in Glasgow with a crowd of guests including Lady Dufferin and Sir Thomas Lipton. The ship displayed a white-prior coat trimmed with green, christened by Lady Dufferin, while other notable attendees arrived from Glasgow.
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Dumbarton
Dennys' Yards
Lady Dufferin
Lord
Dufferin
Thomas Lipton
Glasgow
Martin named as state livestock commission in four year term
Tederson City Mo April 20 Emergency appointment proposed for Photas W Martin of Keytesburg Charlton County as special tense commissioner of the state for four years. Governor H W Strekman of People’s Test Dew and others oppose while Tieden, Greet, Desote and Wells are named for other posts in the commission.
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Photas W. Martin
Keytesvurg
Charlton County
Ween H. W. Strekman
Dew
Pennceton
Tatar
Calonel
Finnie Tien
Tieden
Desote
P.M. Wells
Laitesyitle
Fo Leo Commissionera
Usatuni
Head End Collision Near Cripple Creek Road
A head end collision occurred on the Flared & Cripple Creek road west of air resel seven miles north of this city. Seven persons were injured. A light engine came from Aripyde Creek and was propelled to the siding at Or Tnnevian. The passenger train was struck at a speed of about eighteen miles per hour. Both engines were destroyed. Responsibility for the crash has not yet been fixed. Acquitted of Setting Liquor in Kansas.
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Horence
Col
Present Appointees to Stay Four Years in Kansas
Kansas City April 20 A Abilene Kansas star special reports no appointments will be made for revenue collector or other positions at present Senator Burton said federal appointments in Kansas there are no vacancies and the current holders may serve out their four year terms if they desire Senator Burton and his wife returned home last night and will stay several months.
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Jenkins Named Governors for Oklahoma and New Mexico
Washington April 20. The president appointed William M Jenkins of Oklahoma as governor of the territory and James W Reynolds of New Mexico as secretary of the territory of New Mexico.
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Washington
Wm M Jenkins
Oklahoma
James W Reynolds
New Mexico
Drowned While Fishing Near Peabody Creek
Stella Wagener a 16 year old girl drowned while fishing in Doyle Creek near Peabody Kansas. Four youths in a boat capsized during a change of seats. A young man saved three others but Mise Wigones drifted away downstream unseen. The rescuer was aided by a passerby.
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Stella Wagener
Doyle Creek
Mise Wigones
Say Poh Navy and the Herat Record in Kansas City
Kansas City April 20. One hundred and fifty naval recruits were started from San Francisco today by the board of recruiting officers in the city since April 1. In twelve days they accepted 222 men, the largest number enlisted in any one city since recruiting began. Detention of cars at freight terminals is discussed as a concern. A shortage of money is alleged in city accounts, but evidence is not yet sufficient to substantiate fraud claims. The Missouri River power project plans an additional dam at Stubbs Ferry to develop 31,000,000 kilowatts for delivery to Tintte. Newtown near Turtle Creek, Pa, faces destruction from a landslide. Columbus civil service commission dismissed for incompetency after mayoral change.
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San Francisco
Ofhers
Ansene
Peletia
Missouri River Bower Company
Dee End
Cawen Fer Sd
Missouri River
Stubbs Ferry
Dun and
Dlamt
Canyon Ferry
Tintte
Wiley Laatste
Pittsburg
Newtown
Turtle Creek
Caine
Boers Capture Train Near Monteno Cape Colony
Boers seized a cattle and coal train near Monteno Cape Colony on April 20, with the forward locomotive captured and the train later found afire by pursuing troops. A few natives were killed and train hands were stripped and released. Nearby reports note a Montgomery county court offering 9500 reward for arson at Danville, with 1,000,000 in county losses from destroyed records. Also, the U S transport Garonne arrived with 1,000 men of the Twenty Sixth Volunteer Infantry after 17 months in the Philippines, and a Chicago murder suicide case is reported along with Montana court awards to a receiver.
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Mexico
County Court of
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Danville
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Garonne
Manila
Nagasaki
Honolulu
Twenty Sixth Volunteer Infantry
Philippines
Klondike Gold Strike Promises Record Output
Report from Eldorado and Dawson clues point to a new quartz ledge near Eldorado. Miner Ardern predicts the strike will boost the Dawson push, with free milling gold and potential historic production in the Klondike region. Attorney General Post plans to challenge Arkansas water rights in Colorado. National Young People’s Meeting draws Presbyterians and others to discuss mission work.
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Dir Wrom
Lone Don
Associated Press
Merc Andere
Taywsun
Klondikes
Ardern
Klondike
Eldorado
Lenton
Victoria
Coral Hints in He Conantianted: Aken
Aims to unite major cereal firms with Great Western Cereal to challenge the oat meal trust. Chicago news notes no official change in control for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad. financing arrangements pending. Denver reports Choctaw Oklahoma & Gulf railroad extension toward Amarillo Texas with 290 miles of track planned. Indianapolis notes tri-state alliance to combat fake insurance companies with shared intelligence.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
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Northern Pacific
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Col
Denver Post
Weatherford
Amarillo
Tex
Not Guilty Verdict In Fourth Goebel Case
Frankfort Ky April 20 The jury acquitted Captain Garnet Ripley in the conspiracy case linked to the Goebel assassination after a short deliberation The verdict drew congratulations for Ripley and signals a generally approved outcome though some favored a longer sentence The jury was all Democratic and no extradition papers had been filed for ex Governor Taylor from Lodi
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Garnet Ripley
Wm Goebel
Opyedicud
Bung
Csptala Jittpley
Iuebel
Guvertur Taylor
Lodi
Abn
Agulo
Aguinaldo's Address Aims at Peace and Pacification
General MacArthur says Aguinaldo desires peace and should remain in Manila pending pacification work. Insurgent prisoners at Olongapo are being returned to Manila while many are released daily in exchange for guns. Also noted are bonds for the permanent school fund and a New York stock sale record of 2,193,200 shares.
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Melacanang Palace
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New York
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Tsondon Daily Mail
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Jailbreakers Escape Rawlins After Nighttime Deliberate Theft
Four inmates led a daring jail delivery at Rawlins Wyoming escaping after assaulting the jailer and seizing his weapon. Two accused murderers and two charged with robbery divided directions, some heading east on Union Pacific trains, pursued by a posse as frigid conditions imperil their survival without coats or shoes.
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Wyo
Ilo McSwain
James Mahone
Ed Martin
Albert Propst
Rawlins Jas
Offiger
Union Pacific
Coate
Data
Sum pact under armaat and Denver murder case
Telegram from Sheriff Albert Rice of Aper county Missouri states a man arrested at Carthage, Missouri is believed to be Wellington C Llewellyn, wanted for murder after a 191? shooting of Policeman W. F. Griffith and Thomas Clifford in Denver. The piece mixes crime notes with fashion and social columns, mentioning local police and various named individuals in a sprawling, fragmented account.
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Denver
Jones
Albert Rice
Aper County
Missouri
Carthage
Jack Gardner
Wellington C Llewellyn
Lally
Llewellyn
Thirtyfourth Regiment
Fort Logan
Kansas City area baseball notes from spring training
Fragmented OCR list shows April caps, dates, and scores with mentions of Kansas, May, and April 7 May 74K. The garbled text references Chicago Grady and various names and numbers, indicating a clipped local sports roundup with player notes and schedules.
Old Bell of Kaskaskia to Star at St Louis Fair
The Chicago Record Herald notes that Illinois may exhibit the historic bell from Kaskaskia in the 1908 St Louis world’s fair. Cast in France in 1741 and presented to the Kaskaskia church by Louis XIV, the bell once rang the hours in Mississippi Valley worship but is now cracked and weathered.
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