Death Toll Mounts After Cyclone Strikes Hospital Site
Thousands gathered around the ruined Woodruff hotel and St Luke’s as rescue crews counted dead and wounded from a cyclone that devastated the hospital area. Among the dead are Mrs M L Bowen J L Bishop of St Louis HL Boyd of Lafayette and several others as police chase leads. A dragnet was set to find those responsible while over thirty people remain seriously injured and feared dead.
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Chicago
Tyne
St. Luke's
Wabush Avenue
Woodruff Hotel
Hospital Society
Suimitorium
ML Bown
Raveller
Bishop
St. Louis
HL Boyd
Lafayette
Lindh
Sammed Delvoll
Pittslar
Harvington
WiUigtin Chicinzo
Buown da
Lind
Jotun
Uropoua
G. Newell
Johnn. Nagel
Nagel
Dalla Sus
William Steiner
Wilken Lannie
Thie Aie Ehauver
Leo Seyiour
Mulla
St. Luke Society
George Hi. Sanlbner
Amos Alli
J. Telineon
Vider Dent
Hanies
Caprive
Tabavork
Tordin
Nowell
Jong
Ines
Tio
Tien
Titigan
Wesley Hos
Olor
Sind
Altionel Thue
Ay Recurer
Turbulent cyclone tears through multiple towns in Minnesota
June 11 reports describe a tornado twelve miles north of SYD that leveled nine houses and killed ten, with debris including the Spangely chute destroyed. In Becker county, ten or four deaths and $60,000 in losses are noted as a storm hit towns near Corradin, damaging church and homes. Norse Lutheran church at Aanta wrecked. Ole Johnsonberg and son carried a quarter mile but unhurt. The White Earth reservation saw wind, rain, and electric disruption with deaths and widespread ruin. In Ulen a funnel cloud struck housing and granaries, crushing homes and barns.
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Torna
Cambig
Jake Vark
Here
Syd A. A
Lind
Willes
Spangely
Duteoit Mim
Dane
Thiks
Becker
G. Berg Wis
Arne
Jol Mores
Mossaly
Paul Imzik
Oletok Vuintrye
AL Sporekk
John Kerr
Aanta
Ole Johnsonberg
Hls Son
Walte Barth
Mion
Tuag
White Earth
Walworth
Atlantic
Dorrolt
Minn
Ulen
Nine men die as steamer Wilson sinks near Duluth
A disaster on Lake Superior sends nine crew members of the steel whaleback Wilson to the bottom within a minute after collision with the Hadley. Ten crewmen survive, fighting for life as the Hadley barely reaches shoal water. Names of the fallen and details of the crash are listed.
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Duluth
Minn
Dane Ger
Wilson
Lake Superior
George G. Hadley
Wilson Saaik
Hadley
Tuel
Cole Yision
Whey
Arron Tripp
Mrank
Toledo
Inmer McDougall
West Superiors
James M. Fraser
Muritankia
Joseph McGraw
Wheelsman
Sault Ste
John Cimipbell
Lokont
Greenleaf
Hydley
Supertor
Wai
Leld
Trains Collide North of Macon on Southern Line
A southbound passenger train collided with a freight near Macon Georgia, twenty miles north, killing several and injuring many. The dead include a man from Atlanta and several injured passengers with serious head and spinal trauma reported. The crash caused cars to telescope and seats to splinter as passengers fled amid chaos.
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Rivenin
Ay Wien
West
Athinta
Viremia
Ds Bashinski
Marcon
Yrghany
P. TK. Tdltiard Sud
O. Cocies
Atlanta
Ye Walker J.T Vowi
Mt. Tuma
M.N. Mixon
Rome
Braten
Tornado Ravages Gowell County Towns In Wisconsin
A tornado roared through Gowell County near Kingston Mines Malipe townships early June 11 killing Mrs Thomas Murray and an infant and Wille Mubhwee aged 3. Patrick Me Ehwee and wife were injured. The storm flattened homes in Kingston Mines and overflowed parts of Pekin river flooding 10,000 acres of corn. In nearby Bloomington three deaths and twenty injuries occurred when a dance hall tornado struck Merna area. An electric car collision in St Louis injured 25 people, two fatally, as grounds were breached by a train at Brentwood.
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Tuxowell
Lin
Pokin
Wis
Gowell County
King
Kingston Mies
Here
Ube
Mra
Thoms Murray
Wille Mubhwee
Yeu Patrick Me Ehwee
Kingston Lines
Balt
Yekla
Glasfowl
Mapleton
Groveland
Agnier
Dilon
Hopedale
Delevan
Kingston Mines
Gyclonn
Vartys
Bloomington
Ill
Mero
Lena Carragan
Leroy
Edward Martis
Annie Scelley
Merna
Mitchel Gundngorm
St. Louis
Tatally
Grayton
Suburban Electricine
Missouri Pacific
Brentwood
St. Lows County
William Layzen
George Gibbons
Layzen
Prominent G A R Man Deed Oskaloosa Dies
Prominent G A R figure Captain L Ailen of Oskaloosa Ia dies from heart failure in mid June. Ailen was active in G A R, Pythian and Odd Fellows organizations, leaving a noted civic record.
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Oskaloosa
L. 3. Ailen
Pythian
Congress in Brief on Isthmian Canal and Forest Plans
Washington reports on Senate debate over the Isthmian canal with support for the Nicaraguan route. House actions include antianarchy amendments and forest reserve transfers, with executives sessions and a naval appropriations bill advancing. Franklin defends the rattlesnake emblem as American symbolism in colonial flags.
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Washington
London
Senate
Alttehell
Oregon
Vigiinia
North Carolin
South Carolina
Georsin
Alabama
Tenesses
House
McCall
Massachusetts
Pardons Spur Hope From Travana Trial Figures
Neely reports on President Palins amnesty, naming Cabans and others to benefit. He notes two years left of a high sentence and mentions possible return to the United States after serving time in Cuban prison, denying consumption illness rumors and discussing future plans.
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Travana
Tone I
Palins
Ordres Cabans
Ameriotus
Estes
Uathhong
C. Bow
Neely
Keely
Supmene
Ila Peyl
Glal
Volcano devastates Central America town Retalbulen
Reports describe a volcanic eruption near Mount Tacona in Guatemala burying Retalbulen under lava and ash. The steamer Patent from southern ports brought news that about 2,000 residents may have perished, with widespread destruction across the region and hundreds killed.
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Paopta
San Prueisco
Aung
Central America
Wich
Retalbulen
Mount Tacona
Guatemala
Town Destroyed by Fire at Michel in June 21
A major fire in Michel 14 CG destroyed the town's residence section starting around 10 1 o'clock. Wind gusts fueled a cyclone speed that left four houses razed within four hours and about fifty families homeless. Most tenants lost their furniture. Crown Pass Coal company reports nearly 50000 in losses and Canadian Pacific cars burned risk about 10000.
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Michel
Crown Pass Coal Company
Canadian Pacific
Desperate Prison Break Shocks Salem Penitentiary
Two inmates Harry Tracy serving twenty years and David Merrill thirteen, escape the Salem penitentiary after killing three guards. A posse pursues them. the fugitives are located in the woods amid a battle.
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Salem
Ore
Harry Tracy
David Merrill
Multnomah County
Frank Ferrell
R. Jones
Ben Tiffany
Carty Men
Ted
Train Sideswipe Kills Two Pryorsburg Men Near Paducah
Paducah Kentucky June report says a Central passenger train struck a buggy carrying Marion Cole 60 and Ned Parker 87, both Pryorsburg farmers, killing them. A freight train near the same place collapsed in two, killing an unknown Black tramp.
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Paducah
Minolw Central
Marion Cole
Ned Parker
Pryersburg
Parading His Profession Brings Court Merriment in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn magistrate’s gambling raid hearing featured four Black defendants. One undersized, comical man claimed to be “pursuing my profession,” provoking merry exchanges. The scene opened lightheartedly with questions about names and crimes. The report blends jokes with courtroom detail and notes a later Philadelphia naturalization exchange.
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Brooklyn
Bin
Rome
Scernly
Sumi
Darky
New York
Triiunac
Lecturer cites Ethan Allen misquote at Fort Teonderoxa
A lecturer on Revolutionary War errors argues Ethan Allen did not declare surrender in the name of Jehovah and the Continental Congress. He contends Allen shouted a crude taunt instead, altering the famous moment and schoolboy memory.
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Allen
Ethan Allen
Fort Teonderoxa
Atronshold
Continental Congress
Fabled Boundary Line Mocked in Virginia Circuit
A Harpers Magazine quip recalls a Virginia circuit judge teased about baldness by a rural acquaintance. The exchange features a mock threat to wrap a string around the head to mark the distance up to the face, highlighting local humor of the era.
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Virginia
Harpers Magasine
The Modern Method Inventor’s Struggle Woven Into Stock
A Washington Star clipping quotes a sharp friend: inventors no longer struggle. backers and eager buyers supply the push. The note frames the modern dynamic where capital and markets drive invention rather than personal hardship.
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Washington Star
Your Diography Narrates a Lifetime from Birth to Forgetting
A compact biographical note depicts a life arc from birth through growth and learning to relationships, marriage, conflict, reconciliation, suffering, mourning, and eventual oblivion. It sketches emotional stages and social ties without detailed dates or places.
Plastered Joke Sparks Plasterers Union Tease
A brief humorous exchange centers on face powder and plasterers, tagging Harriet and Julia in a playful clash. The pun highlights Yenny and a jab about belonging to the Plasterers' union.
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Harriet
Julia
Yenny
The
Plasterers’ Union
Plural Forms of Edible Fish Names
A reader asks why certain fish names take plural forms while others do not. The piece notes that plurals like two herrings and two mullets exist, whereas words such as two cods or two gilsons are uncommon, and that fishermen and fishmongers often avoid plurals or vary usage among educated speakers.
Thackeray as Showman and Satirist in Portraiture
Blackwood's Magazine reviews Thackeray noting the androgynous balance of art and author in portraiture. It highlights satirical strands and caricature within the showman persona, underscored by prefatory remarks and the novel Vanity Fair. The piece concludes with a wry curtain call on the puppets and the play's end.
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Thackeray
Lublin
Tle
Eus
Vanity Mail
Blackwood
E Magazine
We Owe to Cockighting: Language and Lost Phrases
The article traces old terms linked to cockfighting, once a topic of scholars and writers. It discusses phrases like white feather and foul play, noting their gambling origins and shifts in meaning from general reckoning to murder metaphors.
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Roger Asenam
Kettle Bridges Built by Cossack Soldiers
The piece describes kettle bridges as among the world's most remarkable structures built by Cossacks. Soldiers use lances and kettle materials, passing seven or eight lances under handles and tying rafts with ropes to form a bridge. A sufficient raft array bears substantial weight and allows an army to cross safely within an hour.
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Perbans
Finimaker
Reaven and slipper mishap puzzle in Cuicaga Post
A humorous exchange centers on slippers pushed against the wall and the refrain yes dear. The unnamed speaker asks why slippers shift when removed and the response blames the placement away from the slipper rack. The Cuicaga Post prints the banter in jokey domestic style.
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Cuicaga
Quick Wit Flows In Tense Marriage Exchange
One Falinze jokes about marriage as the minister and the couple spar playfully. The husband refuses a bonnet to shift topics, joking the minister would be a good furbani, while the wife quips he did not seem to make a good one when he married them.
Secret Secret Riches Motive For Gentleman Uncle
A cryptic exchange reveals a young man named Charlie seeking wealth to be cared for and petted, while the tone hints at a secret not to be shared. The dialogue frames desire, affection, and secrecy within a familial or old bachelor setting.
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Charlie
Pirtuing Moment Leads Youth to Store Request
The fragment shows a mother urging Johnnie to fetch something while the boy, absorbed in a five cent book, delays. A line from Pepperdole Pete’s tale hints at a quick raid of thirty seven Indians in two minutes as cited by the Chia State Journal.
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Johnnie
Mat
Pete Ban
Chia State Journal
Intellectual Stemming. Queriest reads modern Chicago Tribune novel
The fragment mentions reading a modern society novel from the Chicago Tribune titled An Error of Juamment. It includes a quote about Puffield's failure due to overconfidence and notes the conversation about hypocrites praying cream and living a certain life, set against Chicago News wording.
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Elmaelt
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