Ice choke on Ohio River cripples traffic and coal flow
Massive ice pack floods the Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cincinnati halting navigation and diverting an estimated 10,000,000 bushels of coal southward. Shippers call for railcars as boats and barges remain tied up from Pittsburg through Wheeling to New Martinsville. Authorities prepare to break ice near East Liverpool and warn of potential property losses if temperatures fail to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Priion Pittsburg
East Liverpool
Old County
Wheeling
W. Va
New Martinsville
Cincinnati
Seven Bronosky children die in Skyesville fire explosion
A deadly blaze at Stephen Hrenosky's home in Skyesville near Dubois Pennsylvania killed seven children aged under 12 and injured three others, including a boarder. The fire sparked an explosion from mine powder after an overheated coal stove ignited a keg of powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Hrenosky
Skyesville
Dubois
Memier
Bronosky
Shenth
Ferry Charon Adrift in Ice Gorge Off Ohio River
Sixty passengers including thirty five women spent a night of terror when the ferryboat Charon from Bellaire to Benwood West Virginia became caught in an ice gorge on the Ohio River at 8 PM Monday. The boat foundered until 6 AM Tuesday but all were rescued by small boats at daylight with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charon
Bellaire
Benwood
W Va
Ohio Rier
Boilermakers Strike Settled at Schenectady Plant
Work resumes after a Wednesday settlement of the boilermakers strike at the Schenectady ALCO plant, seen as securing settlements at Dunkirk Montreal Richmond and Pittsburg. About 3600 workers are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
American Locomotive Company
Dunkirk
Montreal
Richmond
Pittsburg
Sioux City Live Stock Market Tuesday Quotation Snippet
Tuesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market show choice heavy feeders at 4.50 to 5.25 and top hogs at 38 to 40. The fragment notes market ranges for feeders and hogs with limited details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Griffith Nominated by Republicans in Sixth Missouri District
Phillip S. Griffith of Greenfield Dade County Missouri was nominated by acclamation by Republicans of the Sixth Missouri district to succeed the late David A De Armond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Armond
Phillip S. Griffith
Greenfield
Dade County
Missouri
David A. de Armond
Drowned Men In Canoe Accident On Kootenay Lake
George Northern and Herb Cole, described as young men, drowned Tuesday crossing Kootenay Lake when their canoe capsized near the cape Sizing. Authorities reported the incident as a tragic water accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Kootenay Lake
George Northern
Herb Cole
Breach Widens in Northwest Railway Switchmen Strike
Monday developments in St. Paul widened the rift between railroads and the switchmen union. Labor leaders rejected the offer to rehire crews, threatening a general strike across allied railroad unions. Governor Eberhart delays action pending attorney general guidance. Hawley seeks Interstate Commerce Commission intercession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
American Federation of Labor
Hawley
Switchmen's Union
Eberhart
Interstate Commerce Commission
Storm toll from Spain floods devastates towns and crops
Floods last week in Spain left Santa Christiania with only three houses standing and Lavacilla with a church as the sole survivor. Benavente near Zamorra endured five days underwater with boats for streets traffic. Vallebra destroyed and Castile plateau crops ruined.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Santa Christiania
Lavacilla
Benavente
Zamorra
Vallebra
Castile
Lighthouse Burns at Thimble Shoal in Chesapeake Bay
The Thimble Shoal Heathouse lighthouse burned early Monday in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The keeper and family reportedly escaped in lifeboats and found refuge on a tug or relief boat. A relief crew boarded from Hampton Roads while the steamer Hampton paused en route to Mathews. Thimble light guided Chesapeake Bay steamers toward Old Point Comfort.
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Thimble
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Hampton
Norfolk
Mathews
Old Point Comfort
Hartman sisters aided after father’s death in 1904
Rosanna and Bessie Hartman, daughters of a Chapman Nebraska family, lived with their invalid mother when their father was killed by a falling tree in Annda Missouri in 1904. The girls were sent to Omaha for schooling under Mrs Smith Finally. In 1908 Bessie joined the Nebraska Children’s Home Society. Tessie reached age, and readers are asked to send address details to P O Box 898 Omaha for Rosanna, now Mrs Geo Duerr.
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Rosanna
Bessie Hartman
Chapman
Neb
Annda
Omaha
Omaha, Neb
Geo. Duerr
Harry
Isabella Allen
Isabella
Nebraska Children's Home Society
Grand Island
Silas Allen
Oklahoma
One Crushed to Death in Detroit United Rail Crash
Ackendall, 28, of Plymouth Michigan was crushed to death when an interurban car on the Detroit United railway jumped the tracks four miles north of Wayne Sunday night. Richard Roe of Detroit lost a hand and is in critical condition. a score of other passengers were injured less severely.
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From Ackendall
Plymouth
Mich
Richard Roe
Detroit
Detroit United Railway
Wayne
Cashier Vanishes With Large City Express Fund
A cashier named George A Capron at United States Express Enghweed branch in Chicago allegedly disappeared on Christmas Eve after taking a sum said to total 206000 or 20000. The incident involves the missing funds and the cashier’s disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A Capron
United States Express Company
Enghweed
Chicago
Kentucky Mine Fire at Artemus Reported
Cumberland mine at Artemus Kentucky was on fire Monday night with unclear status of any trapped miners. Local officials and rescuers pursued options as they assessed dangers and attempted control of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Cumberland
Artemus
Uncle of Europe Prince Hans of Denmark
The article notes Prince Hans of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg, brother of the late King Christian of Denmark, is described as the uncle of Europe. Born in 1825, his lineage ties to European royal circles are highlighted in this identifier.
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Europe
Hans
Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Christian of
Denmark
Ilan Copenhaven Tle
Plague Ravages Uralsk Province with 23 Deaths
In Asiatic Russia's Uralsk province bubonic plague has caused twenty three deaths in ten days, prompting health officials to step up containment and alert residents. Local authorities urged careful hygiene and reporting of suspected cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uralsk
Asiatic
Russia
Interurban Train Wreck Near Detroit
A United Railway Interurban car derailed while taking a curve at speed near Detroit, killing one and injuring twenty of thirty five aboard. The incident left Gibby and Col Torrace Clark among those reacting to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Railway
Severe Northeast Storm Grips New England States
A fierce winter gale from off Nantucket sweeps New England causing major damage. The tide crashes into Massachusetts Bay near 1851 levels, wires and rails fail, cities go dark, and several physicians die as floods break dam gates in Chelsea. Shipping and rail service nearly halt.
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New England
Massachusetts Bay
Everett
Chelsea
Wantucket
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Cambridge
Somerville
Lynn
Brockton
Providence
Fall River
New Bedford
Woman loses hair in brutal home attack
Mrs William J Erlen, 28, was knocked unconscious as she left for church when an unidentified man chopped off her brown hair with a razor. Dragged to a hallway she lay there an hour before being found. condition described as serious. Hair long, reaching below her knees, and her jewelry remained untouched. The incident occurred Sunday in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J Erlen
St. Louis
Maryland asylum employee shoots two girls then self immolates
Conrad Vox, employed at the Owings Mills Asylum and Training School, shot Rita Phillips and Edith Spencer at the Maryland institution, set kerosene around, and died in a fire he started after barricading himself. The incident followed a claim of being laughed at by Phillips. Also noted are a missing pair, Harry and Isabella Allen, and a Chicago rail deal valued at 70 million dollars.
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Asylum
Conrad Vox
Maryland Asylum and
Taaming School
Owings
Miss Md
Rita Phillips
Edith Spencer
Vox
Artist Remington Dies After Operation Complications
Frederic Remington, renowned artist, dies at home from heart failure and shock after an appendectomy operation performed on Thursday. The report notes the medical procedure led to post operative complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
Frederic Remington
Peairs Appointed National Superintendent for Indian Education
H B Peairs superintendent of the Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas has been named national superintendent in charge of the work of educating the Indians with headquarters at Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H B. Peairs
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kaw
Washington D.C
Carman longtime park official dies at 75 in Washington
Genezra Ayres Carman longtime chairman since 1906 of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga park commission and former Antietam battlefield board member died at his Washington DC home Sunday aged 75.
Editor narrowly escapes as shot shatters window
A shot punched through a Bul letin newspaper window Sunday night nearly striking editor F. W. Thielocke. Police search for a lone assailant and motive in the incident at Catro.
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Catro
Bulletin
F. W. Thielocke
Judge Lurton Resigns Circuit Judge Seat for Supreme Court
Judge Horace H. Lurton has tendered to President Taft his resignation as judge of the United States circuit court. This move clears the way for his appointment as associate justice of the Supreme Court. The pope appointed Rev. James Reilley, rector of St. Anthony of Padua in Minneapolis, to the bishopric of Forgan, N. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace H. Lurton
Taft
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the United States
James Reilley
St. Anthony of Padua
Minneapolis
Alleged Swindler Wanted in Mason City
A. J Haskil is sought by Mason City police for swindling about fifty families. Posing as a Des Moines Premium Company representative, he sold 100 books at a low price with a furniture premium, collected 10 percent to full value, and took $5 to $20 from customers over two months as Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Des Moines Premium Company
A. J Haskil
Haskil
Bank President Shoots Self at Winterset Bank
J. H. Winterode, president of Citizens National Bank in Winterset, died by self-inflicted gunshot shortly after noon on Christmas Day. Ill health cited by authorities. The janitor and bookkeeper left him at the bank, and cashier W. J. Cornell found him with a bullet wound at his desk. He was a native of Pennsylvania and is survived by his wife and three children.
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J. H. Winterode
Winterset
Self
Citizens National Bank
Winterodo
W. J. Cornell
Attack on Station Agent at Lake City Depot
Iwo men attempted to rob the North Western depot in Lake City by entering the night office. The attack on station agent A. J. Hunt was interrupted by Hunt and a passerby who drew attention, prompting the robbers to flee. Hunt provided a description of the assailants and a lookout is issued.
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Iwo
Lake City
A. J. Hunt
Northwestern
Hiunt
Roundhouse
Des Moines Hosiery Mills Fire Destroys Tabernacle Building
A major blaze engulfed the old Des Moines tabernacle in East Des Moines at noon Saturday. The fire, now estimated at 60 000 dollars in building and contents, displaced the Guarantee Hosiery Mills occupying the site. Firemen battled the flames despite smoke and heat, with two firefighters overcome by smoke and rescued. The cause remains undetermined as crews investigate the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guarantee Hosiery Mills
Des Moines Tabernacle
Des Moines
Fertile Corn Producer Reports 1635 Bushels From 18 Acre Field
T G Keir states his workers husked and cribbed corn from 18 acres between Lake City and Sac City, yielding 1635 bushels or 31 per acre. Meanwhile August Lundine of Des Moines overdosed on morphine. police now investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Keir
Lake City
Sac City
August Lundine
Des Moines
Tragedy at Smyrna Ends in Cousin Shooting
Walter Teague aged 17 was shot and killed by his cousin Archie Staley aged 13 in Smyrna, Polk County, during a target shooting at Teague’s home on December 25. Archie is from Des Moines. The incident occurred at the residence of Walter Teague.
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Smyrna
Walter Teague
Archie Staley
Des Moines
Polk County
Sweeping Reforms Planned by Iowa Anti-Saloon League in 1910
The Iowa Anti-Saloon League announced reforms for 1910 including a push to amend the interstate commerce law to block liquor shipments into dry Iowa areas. It also seeks to remove liquor cases from juries to equity courts, enhancing its legal strategy.
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Anti-Saloon League
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Barber
League
Gov. Carroll
Congress
Equity
Tengue
Harris given life for Carmody murder slaying and burglary
In Cedar Rapids Judge Smith sentenced J A Harris to life in the penitentiary for the burglary of the Luberger home and for the May murder of Mayor Carmody. Harris had also been convicted of robbing Dr J H Smith and faces possible trial on the murder charge.
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Carmody
Smith
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Harris
Carmondy
Cr. Luberger
Carris
Dr. J H. Smith
Harris
Lubergzer
Injunction Sought Against Hotel Inspector Higgins
Hubbell files for a temporary injunction to restrain Lafayette Higgins from duties as hotel inspector under the new hotel inspection law and seeks a permanent injunction after final hearing. Judge W F McVeary recently ruled the law unconstitutional and against public interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbell
Higgins
Lafayette Higgins
Des Moines
Itlubbell
W FI McVeary
Children Save Pennies For College Granted By West Des Moines
West Des Moines school children saved sixty thousand dollars over eight years with twenty two thousand still in bank. Penny Savings association led by Mrs. W R Witmer president and Mrs. Walter Brown vice president with H L Carroll as secretary notes many students aim for college educations through hoarded pennies.
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West Des Moines
Penny Savings
W WR Witmer
Walter Brown
H. L. Carroll
Rate Case Decision Extends Short Haul Rate Across Lines
The Iowa railway commission ruled that a railroad with two lines between the same points may charge the short haul rate for both passengers and freight over the longer line. The decision followed advice from Attorney General Byers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Railway Commission
Byers
Le Grand Woman Identifies Suspect in Assault Case
Miss Mattie Olson, aged of Le Grand, identified Frank Novak of Quarry as her assailant after being brought to Marshalltown and taken to the county jail. Novak remains jailed in default of a 2500 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Olson
le Grand
Frank Novak
Quarry
Marshalltown
Novak
Bellevue Waterworks Burned. Loss At $6000, Insurance Covers
Bellevue suffered a fire at its municipal waterworks plant causing about $6000 in damage. The blaze left the town in darkness for weeks while a water supply plan is arranged. Father Roseter Expires, of St Mary’s Millard, died in Des Moines Monday of typhoid pneumonia after about two weeks of illness. In Lake City a wedding was held at the home of the bride’s parents as Chester Taylor wed Evelyn Staton. Mason City contractor George Gable was injured in a runaway incident Sunday evening with a scalp laceration and internal injuries.
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Tross
Hecht
Bellevue
Roseter
F . Roseter
St Mary's Church
Millard
Nes Moines
Lake City
Chester Taylor
Evelyn Staton
Whde
Mason City
Sturt
George Gable
Tiis
Kerner Signs With Chicago Avauerkan League Team 1918
Phil Kerner, who last year played with the Drs Moines Western league team, signed a contract with a Chicago Avauerkan league club for the 1918 season. The move marks Kerner joining a major city club after his tenure in the Western circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Kerner
Drs Moines
Mendas
We Chieige Avauerkan
Stag
Mill Operator Crushed at Central City Flour Mill
Thomas Libbington, operator of a Central City flour mill, was killed when his clothing was drawn into shafting as he oiled machinery. He worked alone. a search found his body entangled in the mill gears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Libbington
Central City
Engineer Herron Found Dead in Boone Bed
Herron, a veteran Northwestern road engineer, was found dead in bed at Boone by a friend. A short failure was the cause. Seven months ago Mrs Herron died suddenly in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T S Herron
Boone
Mrs Herron
Colorado
Forty Enumerators for Sioux City Census Work
Positive assurance that Sioux City will be given forty enumerators to do the federal census was received from Thomas McCulla, supervisor of the census for the Eleventh district. The notice confirms local staffing for the upcoming count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Thomas McCulla
Swindle Charge Lodged Against McIntyre in Neola Mining Case
McM McIntyre jailed in Council Bluffs to await trial on a charge he fleeced Neola citizens in a mining deal. The newspaper man refused to see reporters.
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McIntyre
Council Bluffs
Neola
Town Banker L. H. Petrin Dies After Illness
L H Petrin longtime president of the First National Bank of Nora Springs died Thursday morning after a complication of diseases. Funeral arrangements are pending local authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Petrin
First National Bank of
Nora Springs
Canada West Wheat Boom Signals Bright 1969 Outlook
The 1969 grain reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta praise strong yields quality and price. Saskatchewan alone presses toward 90 million bushels from 400000 acres while national totals approach 130 million bushels, foreshadowing longer term expansion and market impact.
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Western
Canada
Central
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Russia
India
United States
Lord Grey
Canadian West
Fine Mind Jones and the instant insight claim
The Cleveland Leader quotes observers praising Jones as possessing a finest mind and sharp sagacity. It notes his habit of replying with "By Jove, that's so" after statements, reflecting his reputed cleverness and quick wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Cleveland Leader
Piles Cure Claim Prompts Guarantee and Comic Cubs Note
An advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT curing itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. A brief comic line hints at a station meet involving young Golightly and a girl, ending with a playful exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Golightly
Pretty Girl
Comic Cubs
Perry Davis Painkiller Promised by Trusted Druggists
An old warning notes Perry Davis Painkiller as a remedy with a seventy year reputation for lumbago sciatica and rheumatic pains sold by all druggists. The piece also covers Dr B Souchon of New Orleans detailing tongue anatomy its mobility and dual motor sensory functions as a remarkable organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
B. Souchon
New Orleans
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