Doctors remove portion of spine in major operation
A miner, Vietin Buried Under Tons of Rock and Coal, underwent a complex spine operation to relieve pressure on nerves. Surgeons removed parts of three vertebrae and cleared the spinal canal while managing heavy bleeding, with the patient showing signs of recovery and hope for walking again.
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Vietin
St Louis
Joseph Pitvoria
Punh
Hin
Evangelieal Deheouess
Pityoria
Bush
Wirer Tong
Monsteina
Monstrina
Man Rescued After Twelve Hours On Ice Floe
Carl Relaen a Gary railroad worker survived twelve hours on shifting ice in Lake Michigan near Gary after duck hunting trip went awry. He fell once into the water and drifted on moving ice pieces until rescue by volunteers in a rowboat reached him around 3 PM. He was unconscious aboard briefly but is expected to recover.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Gary
Ind
Carl Relaen
Reisen
South
Caie
Charles Bowser
The
Steel Company
J. P. Frederickson
Christ Christenson
Relaon
Victim of Vision Loses Fortune in Six Months
Dr John Westey S J, 84 once prominent physician, says a vision foretold his death in six months and led him to surrender $40,000 in real estate, farms, a business block, and his library to nephews and nieces. Now he is in the poorhouse with no funds and contested repayments.
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Star
Moss
John Wéstey SI
Sil
Canada
W. B. Barney
Fond du Vae
A. DB
Firefighting Frenzy As Burning Rat Surprises Woman
In McKeesport Pennsylvania a large rat on fire caused alarm at the Catcutt home on Walnut Street. Mrs Catcutt heard a noise from under the kitchen burners then watched as the rat leaped out and scurried around the room. The husband neighbors and a fire crew arrived and they extinguished the blaze.
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McKeesport
Charles Catcutt
Walnut Street
Man Crowing Like Rooster Seized in Court
In Chicago Turner Chalman’s relatives believed him insane for crowing like a rooster. At the witness stand he crowed again and gave no reason. Judge Smiley ordered him Teent 16 Dunning. He is 80 years old.
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Chicago
Turner Chalman
Armour Avenue
Smiley
Admiral Evans Sends Wireless Note to Eau Claire Parents
A wireless message from Admiral Evans of the Atlantic Fleet informs the parents of Sailor Charles Francis Dowling in Eau Claire that his son, Charles, aboard the Missouri, is critically ill with acute pulmonary tuberculosis. Dowling enlisted at Eau Claire in March 1806 and is not yet 14 years old.
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Admiral Evans
Atlantic Fleet
Halling
Eau Claire
Thomas F. Dowling
San Diego
United States
Ehip
Connecticut
Charles Francis Dowling
vAdoural Evans
Young Dowling
Vaudeville Actor Kills Partner Then Dies in Minnesota
Willam W Trainor shot and killed Mrs. William Pryor in their Clarendon hotel apartment in St Paul Minnesota, then died from a self inflicted wound. The couple, both onstage performers, had a recent engagement in Minneapolis. Coroner reports Trainor from West Union Iowa with a Reno Nevada brother.
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St. Penl
Minn
Mar
Trainor
Pryor
Minneapolis
Miller
Fond du Lac Fire Ravages Store on Main Street
A devastating blaze struck a Main Street store in Fond du Lac owned by J. F. Gruenheels. The fire spread quickly, forcing several employees to flee and two women to jump from upper windows. Property loss estimated at $160,000 with several injuries reported.
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Fond du Lac
J. F. Gruenheels
Hilu Messy
Miss Balways
Bulldins
Boy's false charges spark governor inquiry in Green Bay case
Madison evidence declared Bart Holdridge's tale of ill treatment at the state reformatory at Green Bay untrue. Holdridge admitted most of the story was fiction to avoid further imprisonment for selling unstamped cigars. The Eau Claire and Appleton items report unrelated court and construction news.
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Madison
Davidson
Bart Holdridge
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Holdridge
Woman Scores Gov Willson at Kentucky Meeting
At a Mecauier theater meeting in Tanisville Kentucky Miss Aliee Lloyd blasted the Law and Order League and Gov Wilson accusing officials of aiding the American Tobacco Company and oppressing tobacco growers. Governor Wilson responded from the audience denying the charge.
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Tanisville
Mecauler
Louisville
Law and Order League
Aliee Lloyd
Gov. Willson
Witon
Crmpany
Troops Reach Treadwell Amid Unrest In Alaska
Junger Alaska March 30 troops of the German forces arrived at Treadwell aboard the Peterson by order of Gen. Brush to aid local marshals. A peace committee maintains patrols as arrests for concealed weapons occur and powder theft is denied by union leaders. Another incident reports an explosion on the C W Cowies steamboat in St Paul with $3,000 damage and no injuries. Norman W Harris funds Becket boys schooling. Mrs Eliza Trask Hill dies in Somerville at 85.
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Alaska
Welock
Gemmany F
Tenth Infantry
Treedwell
Peterson
Brush
Vancouver
Union
Kinsle
Treadwell
Kinzie
St. Paul
Minn
Mar
C. W. Cowies
George Winans
Rhizetty
Winans
Eliza Trask Hill
Boston
Bills Trask ‘Hill
Women's Christian Temperance Unto
Society of Hag's Daughters
Somerville
Young Men Accused of Night Terrorizing Prank
Chippewa Falls police say two well known young men were arrested for terrorizing residents at night. They wore ragged clothes redressed as tramps and blackened faces. Lt believed they may be the men behind recent reports of frightening women as Jack the Hugger.
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Chippewa Falls
Jack the Hugger
Sister of Congressman Cooper Dies in Chicago
Miss Jeanhette Cooper sister of Congressman Henry A. Cooper has died at her Chicago home from pneumonia at age 40. The death reduces the Cooper family line as the nation mourns a member tied to political leadership.
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Cooper
Racine
Jeanhette Cooper
Henry A. Cooper
Chicago
Movia
Deadly gas blasts devastate Hanna mine in Wyoming
Two explosions at Union Pacific Coal Co mine No 1 in Hanna Wyoming killed dozens of miners and rescue workers. Early blast at 3:00 pm claimed 13 lives including a superintendent while a 10:30 pm explosion trapped and killed many more, raising fears the death toll may reach 70. Relatives gathered as crews fought fire from gas and coal dust ignitions, with search efforts hampered by afterdamp and debris.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Con Mine
Union Pacific Goal Company
Hanna
D. M. Elis
Wastrom Omsha
Wolon Pacific Railroard
Union Pacffc Coal Compaas
Rae
Milas
James Case
Harua
Jones
No Reprieve for Gillette Denied in New York Case
Albany authorities announced that Governor Hughes denied Chester Gillette’s reprieve. Gillette is scheduled for execution at Auburn Prison for murdering his sweetheart Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks on July 11, 1906.
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Gillette
Albany
N. Y
Cor. Hughes
Chester Gillette
Auburn Prison
Grace
Billy” Brown
South Otaeli
Chenango County
Big Moose Lake
Adirondacks
National Press Club Organized in Washington
The National Press Club of Washington was organized Sunday at a meeting of local newspaper men and Washington correspondents from newspapers across the United States. W. P. Spurgeon was named president and J. L. Carmichael of the Detroit Free Press was elected secretary.
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New Preag Clib
Washington
National Press Club of Washington
United States
W. P. Spurgeon
Washington Poetry
J. L. Carmichael
Detroit Free Press
Gov Guild Shows Slight Improvement In Health
Reports from doctors monitoring Gov Guild on Sunday indicate a slight gain in condition after the morning bulletin noted improvement. The evening update said his status remained unchanged.
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Gov. Guild
Boston
Mar
Seaned
The Rise of Patent Medicines From Household Remedies
An historical look at how home made remedies evolved into patent medicines. It notes early families kept teas, laxatives, tonics and other formulas, later commercialized by doctors and apothecaries, with Peruna emerging from Mennonite roots and Dr. Hartman.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
Peruna
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