Great Manitoba cyclone devastates cities and farmlands
A massive cyclone struck Manitoba and Saskatchewan, killing hundreds and causing extensive property loss. Regina's telephone office was destroyed with fifteen workers buried. Winnipeg area shelters doctors and repair crews as crucial infrastructure collapses. The storm damaged Parliament in Regina and left a wide swath of debris through the capital and surrounding districts.
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Winnipeg
Man
Kesiing
Saskatchewan
Ciites
Amos
Mi Sd
Wappello
Mel- Ville
Regina
Telephone Exchange
Standard
First Baptist
Dulin
Victoria Street
Sixteenth
Albert
Smith
Cromwell
Jamilton
Rose Street
Camndion Pacific Railway
Two Boys Run Away to See Tit Convention in New York
Ralph Heaton aged sixteen of 606 West One Hundred Thirty-third Street and Franklin Pierce Grinek of Hilleteen ran away Monday to attend a convention in New York. Mrs Heaton sent police when Ralph failed to return and later learned he was in Baltimore enjoying the event. The pair fled to Wilmington where arrested before a Justice Comiran and wired home they wished to return.
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New York
Ralph Heaton
West One Hundred and Thirty-third Street
Franklin Pierce Grinek
Hilleteen
Ralph
Wilmington
Del
Cree Breaks Wrist. Top Yankee Hitters Shut Down
New York Islanders star Lirdie Cree breaks his wrist in a Saturday game against the Hips, after being hit by a Wood pitch. The injury to the left fielder will sideline him for at least two months as Wolvertson orders Daniels and Little to report to Boston.
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Cree
Boston
New Yorkishlanders
Lirdie Cree
Wood
Wolverton
Daniels
Little
May Tie Up New York Docks If Settlement Fails
A threatened port tie up grips New York area as longshoremen and coastwise coal passers vote to strike over higher pay and better conditions. About 110000 workers are affected. 76000 on piers in Hoboken Jersey City New York and Brooklyn. Picket lines deter workers and ships face disruption from Pambure American North German Lloyd Mallory and Clyde Line shortages. The Transport Workers Association enforces work stoppages awaiting union approval.
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New York
Hoboken
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Transport Workers’ Association
Pion
Pambure-American Line
North German-Lloyd Line
Mallory and Clyde Lines
Fiery editorial claims fraud by Republicans in presidential theft
The Fuarmville Herald denounces both parties with a charged rant accusing Republicans of grand larceny in stealing the presidency while condemning Democrats for their national support of a chosen candidate. The piece portrays a binary moral struggle and questions electoral integrity.
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Fuarmville Herald
Taylor Hubbard commits death by own action
In Petersburg Virginia Tay lor Hubbard aged sixty three shot himself in his Commerce Street home around 10 this morning. He died by suicide likely due to illness and despondency. He leaves a widow five children and several relatives.
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Petersburg
Taylor Hubbard
Commerce Street
Hubbard
Force the C. and O. to Build Bridges
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway is summoned to appear before the State Corporation Commission on July 10 to show cause why it should not be compelled to fulfill the agreement with the James River and Kanawha Canal and the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad. It must build two bridges to connect Appomattox County to the old canal property, at Spent Creek and Hardwicks.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
State Corporation Commission
James River and Kanawha Canal
Richmond and Alleghany Railroad
Appomattox
Canal Company
County of
Hardwicksville
Headless Woman Found In Blackstone River Mystery
The- headless body of a woman, likely murdered, was recovered from the Blackstone River near Janes Grove in Woonsocket Rhode Island. An autopsy found rope binding marks and no lung water, age estimated thirty five to forty, weight around pounds, hands tied behind, and head severing suggesting little surgical knowledge.
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Hendlenn
Woonsocket
R. I
Blackstone
Janes Grove
Bullet in Her Body Secures Pension for Petersburg Widow
Mrs M A Gosee of Petersburg, a widow over sixty five and bedridden, has a confirmed pension of 56 per year from a Confederate veterans fund. She carries a bullet from Union artillery in her right hip, which left her unable to work, and her payments come from a 5000 fund set aside by the Legislature for dependents not in institutions.
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Petersbburg
Confederacy
M. A. Gosee
Petersburg
Geneva
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Austrian
Tyrol
Death cannot halt aviation meet in Squantum
At Squantum Massachusetts the Boston aviation meet proceeds after the deaths of Miss Harriet Quimby and William A P Willard when they fell 1000 feet from a monoplane. Fellow aviators vow to continue flying through the remainder of the event despite the tragedy.
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Squantum
Mass
Harriet Quimby
America
William A. P. Willard
Boston Aviation Meet
Boston Light
Lincoln Besachey
Fatal aviation accident claims Miss Quimby and Willard
At Quincy Hospital morgue an autopsy precedes release to relatives after a fatal aircraft crash. Witnesses cite a deep slide by Miss Quimby during descent from 1000 feet, causing the craft to turn and both victims to fall into water. The report lists multiple prior female fatalities in aviation history.
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Willard Sare
Quincy Hospital
Miss Quimby
Theield
Turge
Willard
New Science
Hetwe
Budapest
Mile
Denise Moore
Etampes
Suzanne Gernard
Julia Clark
Springfield
Lieutenant Selfrage
Virginians Off to Fort Riley for Field Artillery School
Ten Virginia Field Artillery officers departed by Southern Railway to Fort Riley Kansas for the National Guard Field Artillery School from July 7 to 11. Officers Pollard Leafe Wood and Etheredge earned proficiency tabs after training at Fort Sill Oklahoma and Fort Sill.
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Richmond
Virginia Field Artillery
Southern Railway
National Guard Field Artillery
Port Riley
Kan
Jennings C. Wise
FE. C. Rees
James C. Pollard
John T. Wood
G. H. Myers
W. Scharch
D. Myer Etheredge
L. W. Ditto
Irvin L. Leafe
T. M. Wortham
Ralph M. Pennell
School of Fire For
Field Artillery
Fort Sil
Oklahoma
Virginia
Fort Sin
Wedding Cake as Evidence in Brooklyn Suit
A long suit over breach of promise of marriage features Mrs. Charlotte Law and former alderman Myers in Brooklyn court. Exhibits include a canary, a large wedding cake, a jet frown and blue velvet, with letters and confessions revealing repeated proposals and alleged affection.
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New York
W C Wiestlay
Supreme Court
Brucknar
Brooklyn
Charlotte By Law
Halsey Street
German Lam Ciat Myers
Pier Hotel
Nockaway Beach
Lawig
Myers
Law
Mlyers
Boston
Gra. Whitney
Emmett D. Page
Liberty Monument Resting Place Under Strain
Philadelphia report states curator Wilfrea Jordan of the Independent finds the liberty statue at its resting place showing signs of deterioration as the crack extends in the past weeks. Professor AL Waterbridgs of the Frank Lime Institute inspected the Yok.
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Peder Liberty
Philadelphia
Wilfrea Jordan
Liberty
Yeas Wales
Jordan
Franklime Institute
Political snippets and local color across papers
A collage of brief quotes and satirical lines from multiple papers covers politics personalities and social mores. It mentions Taft tariff debates, Roosevelt potential third party plans, and local humor about marriages and public figures, with playful misinterpretations of names and events.
Ants Harvest Sap From Green Bugs In Springfield Gardens
Springfield special city forester W F Gale cites evidence on an odd garden phenomenon. Green aphids suck juice from pea vines while black ants herd the bugs to extract the sweet sap. The ants then drive the aphids off the plants as forester Gale notes in his observations.
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Springfield
Mass
W. F. Gale
Forester
Gale
Patient Quips About Profits From Advice
A brief exchange shows a patient teasing the doctor about profiting from medical advice while the physician counters with a light retort about prior earnings. The social humor underscores a cordial doctor patient rapport.
Denies Phoenician origin of alphabet in London talk
Professor Linders of University College London argues the alphabet predates Phoenician signs and arose from independent signs used in Iberia Crete and North Africa. He cites ancient coins and geometric writing dating to around 300 BC showing multiple origins and gradual selection of about twenty to twenty five symbols.
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London
Linders
Edwards
Keyp University College
Royal Institute
Albemarle Street
Cently
Metric
Richmond Councilman Accused in Oleomargarine Case
Special agents seized colored oleomargarine at Councilman Albert C. Weston’s Second Market stall. Officers charge him with coloring without a license and selling as butter, offenses with penalties up to 5000 dollars or two years in prison. Weston had withdrawn from a mayoral runoff after Council vacancy.
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Richmond
Internal Revenue
William I. Chapman
Albert C. Weston
C. B. Carter
M. M. Williams
J. M. Pritchard
Chapman
Counchian Weston
Albert
Weston
Common Council
Sx Rily
Cpa&2
John J. Layne
Bloodless Duels Debate in Reichstag Cites U.S. View
The Berlin discussion on banning dueling contrasts German practices with American norms. The piece argues Americans avoid fatal violence by settling disputes through courts or nonlethal means, while speculating on the hollow notion of honor in staged, nonlethal exchanges.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
America
Ancient Jerusalem to be Modernized
Paris dispatch notes plans to modernize Jerusalem with asphalted streets drainage and sanitation. The Holy City to gain electric lighting and trolley service as century old streets are replaced by new transit and waterworks amid reform of historic sites and holy places.
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Paris
Marquis Castellane
Jerusalem
Holy City
TE. C
A. A
David
Tericho
Zalon
Dead Sea
Step Lively Crowd Gathers for Moter Fire Engine
A fragmented report notes a lively crowd of young people and a motor fire engine. The text reads oddly with garbled phrases and incomplete names, but suggests an event or parade involving a fire engine and energetic attendees.
Promised to Beg as God Directed. Ten Days Given
An elderly, frail man in Richmond faces coercion from a local authority figure urging him to abstain from the neighborhood. The man, claiming divine direction to beg, refuses to promise to stay away, receiving a ten day period as a consequence.
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Richmond
Ugh
Lee
Celton
Dirigible Akron Disaster Over Atlantic City
The Akron airship built by Melvin Vaniman and Selberling exploded near Atlantic City as it attempted a cross Atlantic flight. Calvin Vaniman and crew were among the missing or dead, with rescuers reporting a blazing wreck and crowds viewing the scene. The craft, claimed to be the strongest gas bag, exploded after a fuel leak and fire engulfed the frame.
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Atlantic City
Akron
Metyin Z Niman
Atlantic Ocean
Calvin
Thay
Vanimen
Calvin Vaniman
Tracience
Fred Elmer
George Boultin
Walter Gest
Gest
Melvin Vaniman
Aster
Calvin Vaniman Wagre
Vaniman
Wellman
Vaniman Wa
Atlantic
Selberling
Tire and Rubber Company
Interstate Commerce Commission ends convention adjournment notices
A Baltimore report notes the Interstate Commerce Commission issued extension notices as delegates and tickets related to a convention appear to have adjourned.
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Washington
Rar
Interstate Commerce
Eratic
Baltimore
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