Utah State News Highlights From Sevier Valley to Salt Lake
A Utah sweep of notes details Sevier Valley snow, labor boycotts against Chinese restaurants, Mt. Pleasant oil contracts, Salt Lake pupil counts, Ephraim baseball, diphtheria decline, fatal suicides at Fort Douglas, Ella Wheeler Wilcox visiting Salt Lake, hogs and salt price shifts, Provo lodge, Portier Lewin and Clarke show plans, Socialist state convention, Provo pencil posters hosting Utah Press, Moffat railway progress, a buffalo hunt invitation, accidents at American Fork, and a child’s prolonged illness with medical puzzlement.
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Sevier
Oerlen
Mt. Pleasant
Lonia Peterson
Fort Douglas
Bo Muneve
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Utah State Kindergarten Association
Salt Lake City
Walt
Salt Lake
Provo
Socialist Party of Utah
Utah Presa Association
Smoot
Torst
Tornado Toll and Destruction Near Peterman Alabama
News from Byrer green Alabama confirms a tornado near Peterman and Burntcorn killed ten people and destroyed barns homes and outhouses. Extensive damage blocked by poor wire communications with Henry Salter named among the dead. Roads are impassable due to heavy rains delaying full casualty counts.
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Byrergreen
Alabama
Peterman
Burntcorn
Henry Salter
Romance Surfaces as Heir Reunites With Identity in Cree Area
Mathilda Youngquist believed dead is found alive among Cree Indians in Montana near the Blackfoot reservation. A gold ring from her parents confirms her identity. John Anderson, a relative, learns of her through a surviving friend and arranges travel to Sweden for the reunion.
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Mathilda Youngquist
Stockholm
Sweden
John Anderson
Kallspell
Montana
Youngquist
Frank Youngquist
Blackfoot Reservation
Mathilda
Anderson
Papa
Mamma Youngquist
Farndale Robbery by Two Masked Outlaws
Two masked gunmen robbed Farndale Post Office taking 4150, shooting at locals. They entered with threats, ordered the postmaster to surrender contents, and fled leaving no clues. Four bystanders attempted to leave as the bandits fled, firing several shots during the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farndale
Tussaay Bigat
Laken
Unclear river break threats and burglary plot reported
A damaged OCR fragment notes a potential flood break near a river levee above New Orleans and a burglary plot thwarted in Great Falls Montana. It mentions a sheriff stopping an attempted general delivery robbery and ringleaders Smith and Vain being arrested with plans to involve guards.
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New Orleans
Rouge
Great Fatty
Mont
Smith
Vain
Reina Christina Floated and Beached After Manila Bay Battle
The Reina Christina flagship of Admiral Montejo, sunk at Manila Bay, has been floated and beached. Skeletons of about eighty crew, including an officer, were found aboard. the main injection valve is missing, leaving the hull worn and abandoned. Captain Albert R. Cowden oversees remains for a possible American naval funeral, while Spain-eyed residents propose sending the skeletons home via transport routes. A wrecking company aims to raise all sunken Spanish warships.
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Admiral Montejo
Dewey
Albert R. Cowden
Cavite
Spain
Sumner
Suez Canal
Jone
Prodigy Vallance Dies at 30 in New Jersey Lightning Calculator
William Vallance, famed for rapid mental arithmetic and lightning calculation, died in Trenton, New Jersey at age 30. He could instantly state any historical date and master complex problems such as multiplying 389487 by 4641. His algebra skill was noted as a particular delight.
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William Vallance
Trenton
N. J
Vallance
Riot at Picacho leaves Deputy Burke dead
Sheriff Broadnax of San Diego received a telegram reporting a riot at Picacho, a Colorado River mining camp near Yuma. Deputy Constable Peter Burke was killed and others wounded, prompting Broadnax to rush to the scene while details and location are described.
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Sherif Broadnax
San Diego
Cal
Horan
Picacho
Peter Burke
Sherim Broadnax
Colorado River
Yuma
Man Kills Wife Then Self in Erie Church Tragedy
Frank Hureh of Erie Iowa shot and killed his wife on the way to church, then killed himself. Their young daughter alarmed the congregation by running in to report the tragedy. In another report William Stewart in Knox county Indiana starves himself in jail after a 21 day vow for a spree two weeks earlier. Dispatches from Melilin Morocco say insurgents captured Frajama fortress, breaching walls with a mine, the garrison fleeing into Spanish territory and Spaniards seizing the attackers’ arms. God attended their wounded.
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Frank Hureh
Erie
Tis
Clinton
Iowa
Willam Stewart
Knox County
Indiana
Stewart
Melilin
Morocco
Frajama
Tornado Ravages Illinois Farm Areas Cause Damage and Death
A Sunday tornado swept Logan Dewett and Platt counties causing one fatality and multiple injuries. Homes and farms were destroyed near Halsadarser Atwood and Deer Creek with several families taking shelter in cellars. Waynesville Lincoln and Atlanta districts also reported damage and disrupted communications.
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Logan
Dewett
Platt
Miionis
Halsadarser Aeusement
Atwood
Platt County
Clifford Halendarser
Halesdareer
Mm. J. B. Martin
Deer Creek
Logan County
Jace
Schanauer
Samuel W. Baldwin
Gus Knecht
Lincoln
Waynesville
Apostle Brigham Young Dead Burned in Beds
Several family members burned in a Indianapolis house fire including Nathan Morris an attorney and Frank Haas a 12 year old, while others were injured. Earlier, a Chicago street car robbery by three masked men yielded about $100 a gold watch and jewelry. The report also covers Governor Reyes supporters in Monterey, a Buffalo vessel clash with striking firemen, and the death of Apostle Brigham Young in Salt Lake City from cirrhosis and related illness.
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Nathan Morris
Frank Haas
Joseph Hass
Indianapolis
Joseph Hilas
Bell Has
Mira Rose Haas
Louis Haas
Grace Omon
Aloot
Joseph Haas
Mr. Morris
Garfeld Park
Chicago
Sacramento Avenue
Brigham Young
Quorum of Twelve
Mormon Church
Joseph F. Smith
Salt Lake City
Council of Twelve Apostles
Franklin D. Richards
Mary Ann Angell
Kirtland
Brigham
Hat Abe
Brigham, Jr
Mary
Apostle Young
Montrose
Nauvoo
Missilesippi
Salt Lake Valley
Catherine Curtis Spencer
Jane Carrington
Balt Lake
Bernhisel
New York
Europe
Liverpool
London
Scandinavia
Twelve Apostles Quorum
George A. Smith
Great Britain
Daniel H. Wells
Welle
Utah
England
Cachestoke
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Old Mexico
Mexico
Zion
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Thomas Barrett, Jr
American Fork
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Buffalo
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