Tornado Rips Marquette Kansas Killing 26
A midnight twister swept through Marquette McPherson County Kansas wrecking homes churches and businesses. Twenty six people died and forty four were injured many seriously. Rescue and relief efforts began as outside aid arrived including Bethany college students serving as nurses.
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Marquette
Kan
Carl Warnquist
J. A. Carson
Tilie Ellison
A. V. Anderson
Elmer Hutgren
Blanche Switzer
Lena Switzer
Nina Switzer
Anna Coulson
M. P. Nelson
Chiildren
A. Sjogren
Olaf Hanson
Gottried Nelson
Chid
Elwer Nelson
Postier
Nina Roberts
J. A. Carlson
Clyda Norris
Reief
Bethany College
Fire damages Smith house. Ellvins survive with beds carried
In the blaze the Smith residence was destroyed but the entire family escaped unharmed. Mr. and Mrs. QO. S. Ellvin were carried on their bed about 500 feet and laid down without serious injuries.
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Smith House
QO. S. Ellvin
Gusher at Butler creates oil king from street vendor
In Butler Pennsylvania on May 10 a new oil well on the Dr O K Waldron farm is delivering up to 2400 barrels daily from the fourth sand after a slow start. The find has turned Spotty McBride from a street vendor to a wealthy man with several partners and rapid tanking of oil.
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Butler
America
Dr. O. K. Waldron
Johnny
McBride
Dr. Waldron
Ehmer
Taurstay
Saxe McBride
Isaac McBride
Peter F. McCool
William Hinchberger
Michael Finneran
Pittsburg
Old Territory
Condemned Anna Valentina Appeal Delays Hanging
Judge Lanning refused a writ of habeas corpus for Anna Valentina who faced execution in Hackensack for murder. An appeal to the U S Supreme Court was filed, likely delaying the death sentence. Gustavo Tosti said Rome and Washington authorize a $104,000 defense and a federal review is planned.
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Trenton
Lanning
United States District Court
Rome
Washington
Anna Valentina
Italy
United States
Tostu
Yale Senior Arthur Haserot Shot Self in Welch Hall
New Haven May 19 Yale senior Arthur Haserot living in Cleveland Ohio was found dead in his Welch Hall dorm room. Medical Examiner Dr Bartlett ruled death a self-inflicted gunshot wound with one empty shell found. Haserot, 21, a Yale senior born in Cleveland, was preparing to graduate next month. his parents in Cleveland were notified.
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New Haven
Haserot
Bartlett
Cleveland
Arthur Haserot
Samuel I. Haserot
Whoesale Grocery Noise
Haserot Company
Clevelnd
Yale
Feasting on Mushrooms in Wooster Area
Warm rains brought abundant wild mushrooms across Wooster Ohio as locals like George Dunnedy John Bowers Fred Mingo and Water Schueh and others returned with baskets full eight bushels total. Mushrooms are unusually large and fat making them a delicacy but now plentiful enough that saloonkeepers are serving them as a free lunch.
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Water Schueh
Nan Patterson rejects vaudeville contract offer
In New York on May 10 a lawyer offered Nan Patterson a 30 week vaudeville deal with a $45,000 guarantee. Patterson refused, saying she is done with the stage and plans to see her mother. She declined despite the high payout, insisting she will not sign.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Daniel O'Reilly
Norris Goes Free in Blackmail Case Ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the Clark County circuit court ruling in favor of John T. Norris, the detective, who had been convicted of blackmail in the Common Pleas Court. The reversal rested on the indictment not specifically charging Norris with accusing the saloonkeeper of illegal liquor sales to a minor. The court agreed that selling liquor to a minor can be lawful under certain prescriptions and upheld the broader view of the indictment.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Clank County
State of
Ohio
John T. Norris
Common Pleas Court
Clark County
Child Pedestrian Killed by Dentist Driver in Charleston
In Charleston on May 10 Catherine Campbell aged nine was struck and killed by an automobile driven by Dr. J. F. Butts a prominent local dentist. The accident occurred as the girl crossed a street and the physician was reported to be at the wheel when the fatal collision happened.
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Marion
Benie Blake
Charleston
W. Va
Catherine Campbell
J. F. Butts
Men Seek Police Guard To Dig Hidden Gold
In Toledo Ohio on May 1 Mayor Finch was asked to provide police protection by two men who claim to have found 27000 dollars in gold along Mau mee bay and plan to dig it up that day. They say a gold detector, crafted by one man, located the treasure buried by a blind man who could not relocate the spot.
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Toledo
Finch
Maumee Bay
February Weather in Minnesota Storm Asks for Respite
February like conditions sweep Minnesota with snow and sleet across St. Cloud as a gale drives through the region. The report notes the weather resembles a stormy February day, with strong winds and wintry precipitation affecting the area.
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Minnesota
St. Cloud
Minn
Equitable swindle arrests in Stroudsburg Pa May 10
William Day was jailed in Stroudsburg charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing 27000 from the Equitable Life Assurance Society. A New York letter led to the arrest naming aliases including Daly Lobroy and Ledley. detectives pursue extradition after further inquiries into a forged loan scheme tied to a $50,000 policy.
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Stroudsburg
William Day
Day
Robert H. Elder
Kings County
New York
Evans
Wiliam Daly
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitabe Society
Daly
Bue
Robert C. Henderson
Father Savieh
Fumitable Society
William C. Cotton
Rookine
Mass
Equitable Society
Toothe
Lee Society
Fons
Lotley
Coron
Ledley
Lebley
Spragueville
Pennsylvania
Lobroy
Remodeling Old Union Convention Considers Organizational Changes
Detroit May 1 annual convention of the Animated Agsnuda lignh of Iron and Tin Workers adopts wage scale reform for a younger rate and hints at restoring the Tanck and piddie mill sense. Committee proposes five new salaried officers with district vice presidents from the bolers and mill workers to replace honorary presidents.
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Detroit
Agsnudalignh
Lron
Eo God Tin Workers
Tae
Fuyoresdt
Oluet
Tym Iaav
Alegheny
Gtaer
Bolers
Fiuisines
Saget Mill
Tragedy on Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Railway
Luther Steinhour an 18 year old son of the foreman on the Cincinnati and Columbus Traction construction gang was killed five miles west of Hillsboro when thrown from a rapidly moving car. He was caught by a telephone wire crossing the track, lifted into the air, and struck on the head, crushing his skull. This is the road's first fatality.
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Hillsboro
Luther Steinhour
Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company
Steinhour
Ghost Town Gates of Ghanty Pavement
Ghanty Pavement, Gwandu, a native town in Africa, hosts 10 000 to 15 000 inhabitants and sits within a palisade. Each of six gates is approached by a pavement lined with hundreds of daily scrubbed skulls atop poles, with over 2000 skulls used per gate. The white polished pavement gleams under constant feet traffic.
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Gwandu
Africa
Evry
Words of violence begin with sp and sp
The Philadelphia Bulletin cites a poet noting that violent language often starts with the letters sp. Examples include spank spurt split spring splutter spasm speed spill spin splinter spurn spar spun spat and similar words. The piece explores a pattern in language linking violence to the sp prefix.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Germans Honor Schiller Cen Tenary Celebration
Berlin marked the Schiller centenary with public meetings bells tolling theatrical performances and musical entertainments across the country as Germany commemorated the poet playwright.
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Schiller
Berlin
Germany
Taft Defends Rail Rates At International Congress Dinner
At the Washington Willard hotel Taft argued against government ownership and for a swift tribunal to curb discrimination in railroad rates. He warned that railroads cannot be run as private businesses and urged a commission to set maximum rates with final judicial review. Other speakers included Fish, Jasserand, Heurteau, Kologrivoff, and McVeagh as delegates discussed the union station project.
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Wwinaton
Taft
3du Taliwey Unien
Wyate
Shuyvesant Fish
Lsd
Vail
Pad
Hlinngsef
Secroripe Vatbo
Supreme Court of
M. Jasserand
Emile Heurtean
Paris
Permanent Commission of the
Congress
Jean Kologrivoff
Russia
Warne McVeagh
Congtess
Das
Beh
National and American Games Standings and Scores
National League standings and scores shown for key teams including New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis. Entries list runs by inning with results such as New York 7 and Pittsburg 9, Cincinnati 6, Brooklyn 4.
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New York
Cincananti
Pittapurg
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Glabie Plula
Louie OM
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Washington
York
Cleveland
Phil
Detroi
Thica
Pailadelphia
France Reproves Russians Over Indo Chinese Sea Stay
Paris reports that France has ordered civil and naval authorities in French Indo China to prevent the Russian naval forces under Admiral Rojestvensky and Rear Admiral Nabogacuff from operating within French waters. A cell of communications cites that the Russian squadron cruised outside territorial limits, anchored at Hone Bay, and planned to depart despite promises to leave at sea.
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Paris
Indo-China
Rojestvensky
Nabogacuff
de Jonquieres
Frea
Stoen
Hone Bay
Anbor
Noneckai
Kongkal
Thripstyensky
Rajestvenski
Swindlers Target Subscription Agencies in Midwestern Cities
In Omaha and surrounding cities Anderson, Craft, and Wold allegedly used forged subscriptions for the American Press Association to lure Eastern estates and magazines. The scheme ran for two months through the name of a national subscription service, affecting subscribers in South Omaha Council Bluffs and other plates.
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Choeuuo
Anderson
Craft and Wold
Osoistt.ag
Scriplo
P Asmelation
Aoert Fey Taye
Omaha
South Oma
Ager
Ean Press Association
Mercy
First Canal Contracts Let for Columbus Waterway
In Columbus on May 10 the state awarded contracts for the improvement of the northern division of the Quip canal connected to the Mushing River. The project aims to widen deepen and connect the waterway across the state forming a continuous inland canal system.
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Columbus
Pst Oroatriets
Pires
Bankers' Trial Postponed Amid Indefinite Delay
A court in Sidney hears that the trial of President Wagner and other officers of the defunct German National Bank will be postponed indefinitely. The sergeant general advised continuance, and Judge Nathers may issue formal notice of the delay.
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Tina
Chicago Wheat Slumps After Bearish Crop Report
Chicago May 9 profit taking amid expectations of a bearish Sov building report pushed wheat lower. July wheat finished down 4 cents while corn and oats saw losses. Closing quotes: Wheat July at 37, corn July at 46.7, oats at 201.
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Chiicago
Pittsburg Market Report May 9 Prices for Corn to Lambs
Market notes list corn yellow shelled and mixed grades with prices for hay timothy No 1 and No 2 white corn Soybeans eggs butter cheese cattle hogs sheep and lambs with various quality grades and per hundred or per ton quotes reflecting regional trading activity
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Sam Bos
Timothy
Lelover
New York
New
Ohio
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