Suffering party stranded in blizzard near Rock Springs
Report says a party of drivers and itinerants faced a brutal blizzard. President Herman Keleer claimed force was used to restrain them after attempts to march toward Union Pacific tracks endangered lives. The storm left the group sheltered only by trucks, two meals a day, and improvised bedding dropped by air.
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Rock, Springs
Mike Terday
Tio Reich
Herman
Keleer
Jrompansys
Tren
Dawebhs
Union Pacific
Poerty
Pebro- Atv 4
Nine Sleepers at City Jail
Nine inmates were assigned sleeping shelves at the city jail in a routine housing adjustment. The move affects custody logistics and inmate comfort in the cell block.
Pig Snakes at Large in East Central Florida
Residents fear snakes after three 18 foot boa constrictors escape from their enclosure in Fla during February. One snake was tranquilized and returned to its headquarters as authorities search for the remaining two.
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Lee
Florida
Mia
Mace Gillan
Ningling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Dreug
Hart
Iset
Lockhart Citi
Fire breaks out at Washington day program killing dancer
A tragic fire at Illinois Woman's College gym during a Washington day program in Jacksonville, WL, left Miss Idue Van Norman of Perry, Indiana, dead after being trapped by a second story window. Matron Fred Wackerle was burned, and about fifteen others required hospital care, including Mrs Clarence P. McClelland, whose wrist was broken when she toppled through a window as she fled.
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Jacksonville
Washington
Iduge van Norman
Per
Ind
Hifred Wackerle
Tarwil
Clarence PL McClelland
McKinley
Capitol
Mr. Cleveland
White House
Executive Mansion
Metropolitan
Corbett-Fitzimmons
Fitzimmons
Atlantic City
Lillian Russell
Leslie Carter
Heart of Maryland
Wilton Lackaye
F. F. Sothern
Eddie Foy
Capitol Grand Dames
Wheeling Sults
Turkish exile plan hints at departure from Angora
An official Turkish source in Angora says Tretek will leave Turkey at once. The statement follows Tretek's arrival in the country and comes from the Ministry of Affairs through state tissues.
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Rileky Vree
Turkey
Peb Uy
Dime
Ministry of. Affairs
Angora
Tretek
Japanese Fishermen Lose Boat to Sardine Swarm
Eight Japanese crew of the Tome boat near San Pedro describe how a mass of sardines weighed down their vessel. A school of mackerel led them to cast nets, triggering a collapse as about 300 tons of sardines capsized the 50 foot boat and sank it. Survivors were rescued by the tender Escansee.
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San Pedro
Cal
Unsettled Kansas Weekend Forecast Keeps Mild Warmth
Topeka reports unsettled weather through Sunday with mild 24 hour temperatures. Forecaster S D Flora says next week brings 40 to 45 degree afternoons and 20 to 25 degree nights. Good thawing weather anticipated. Low temps varied: Goodland 26, Dodge City 30, Topeka 51, Wichita 32. Tonight expected 50 to 82 then 40 tomorrow afternoon.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Dodge City
Wanted Lawrence Clothes Message From Dutch Pile
Former University student Holland C. Pile known as Dutch Pile now lives in Chicago. In a letter to Honk & Green he recalls Kuppenheimer clothes bought in Lawrence. He asks for a letter to select items there and have them billed to him through the firm. Green notes many former students still buy their clothes in Lawrence regardless of location.
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Holland C. Pile
Pile
Chicago
Lawrence
Honk & Green
Kuppenheimer’s
Green
Thoxine Promises Quick Relief for Sore Throats
An advertisement touts Thoxine as a guaranteed quick relief for sore throats and coughs. It claims the medicine eases soreness and targets the internal cause without harmful drugs, offering 35c 60c and 1.00 options, sold at Round Corner Drug Company.
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iCorner Drug Company
McKinley Leads First Front Porch Campaign In 1897
William McKinley topped a million listeners in 300 speeches from Canton veranda and rode with Cleveland to the Capitol in a four mile procession. Details recall Mrs McKinley’s illness, Gillian era fashion, and era amusements from graphophone to kinetoscope with notable quotes and social scenes.
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William McKinley
Washington
Canton
Ohio
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers
McKinley
Cleveland
White House
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
First born not more prone to inheritable diseases study
London Ontario AP reports Madge Thurlow Masklin of the University of Western Ontario finds in a survey for the American Eugenics Society that the first born is not subject to more inheritable diseases than later children. Her analysis challenges the view that first borns carry the highest inherited risk.
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London
Ont
Madge Thurlow Masklin
University of Western Ontario
Questioning Hope for Second Defective Births
The speaker condemns promising parents with defective offspring, arguing that while some hope is tempting, data show recurring congenital defects in families. He cites that about one in sixteen families with noninherited defects may have multiple affected children, urging caution over overly optimistic assurances.
Germans file claim for damages in Rhineland 75 000
Cologne reports the Rhineland provincial board filed a claim with Germany for 75000 dollars in damages to roads caused by Franco English occupation maneuvers. The Cologne Gazette notes further losses of 96500 dollars from requisitioned quarters crops and farm damage. J F Noble visited Kansas City for the day.
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Cologne
Rhineland
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