Missouri and Kansas Floods Sweep Rivers Out of Banks
Unprecedented rains and melting snow flood the Missouri valley causing widespread damage in Missouri and Kansas. A derailment near Pomona, Kansas, sent ten cars into eighteen feet of water as passengers fled to safer cars. In Chillicothe, six men were swept from a bridge and hundreds fled their homes while relief trains and bread rations arrive. Pattonsburg faces hundreds stranded on roofs with the situation worsening hourly.
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Missouri Valley
Missouri
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City
Denver
Pomona
Kan
Emporia
Chillicothe
Grand River
Pattonsburg
Vermont Woman Arrested In Attempted Assassination Of Catholic Priest
Beatrice Thompson, 19, an artist, was arrested in Burlington for assault with intent to kill Rev J F Gillis of St Marys cathedral. She allegedly fired at him as he rode to celebrate mass, the shot missing as it passed through his umbrella. Authorities note her fanatical aversion to Catholicism and a prior unfounded letter accusing clergy.
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Vermont
J. F. Gillis
St Mary’s
Burlington
St. Mary's Academy
Beatrice Thompson
Iike
Gillis
Loomis Street
Rainbow Schooner Disaster Off Molokai
A power schooner Rainbow capsized off Pukon harbor island Molokai on Sunday afternoon. Forty two Sunday school children were thrown into the water a quarter mile from shore. some clung to boards until rescue. An aged Hawaiian woman died from exhaustion. the schooner was a total loss.
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Rainbow
Pukon Harbor
Molokai
Honolulu
Tne
France Declines 2-Cent Letter Rate Negotiations
The French government says it cannot accept the American proposal to begin talks on a 2-cent rate for letters between France and the United States due to budget constraints and other conditions.
Man shoots sleeping boy in mistaken burglary fear
Fred Kiopp of Galion Ohio fires four shots from a shotgun after hearing a downstairs noise and killing his son Herbert whom he mistook for a burglar while the boy walked in his sleep. The incident occurred early Wednesday as Kiopp searched the dark house.
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Herbert
Fred Kiopp
Galion
Kiopp
Broux City Live Stock Market Report
Wednesday quotations from Broux City indicate hogs at 2666 dollars and 775 dollars for other livestock. Market notes show steady activity and typical bid levels for the period.
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Sious City
Sesvoludion on Kefel Crisis Reported in Columbia
A cryptic report outlines a Kefel government issue with a $2 billion implication. It mentions a republic president whose name is unclear and references a broker or intermediary involved in the revelation. The piece reads as a fragmented eyewitness account from Colombo.
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Kefel
Osee
Hale's Widow Seeks Aid After Lagertanished Cure Failure
A local widow seeks assistance after a lagertanished cure failed to save Hale. County records show treatment administered by Dr. Jno recaped 4 ate campleyas, with Wednesday vet dosix mienths fiay and a plea to the Jute chap lain of r Fadweed foo te Make.
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Tom Jno
Taft and Ambassadors View Fort Ticonderoga Relics
President Taft and ambassadors from France and Great Britain along with officials toured Fort Ticonderoga to mark the 300th anniversary of Lake Champlain discovery. They urged peace amid ruins once held by French, British, and American forces, underscoring a global interest in the celebration.
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Taft
Fort Ticonderoga
Jusserand
France
Tiyee
Great Britain
Dickinson
Uriu
Japan
Lake Champlain
New York
Vermont
Bryce
Albany
Norwich
Conn
Lennox
Mass
Old Fort Ticonderoga
Old Ti
United States
Six Persons Cremated In Virginia Fire At South Boston Home
A mysterious blaze early Monday destroyed the S E Hamlet residence in South Boston Virginia. Five Hamlet children and H A Strange aged 74 died in the flames while a 4 year old child was seriously injured. Mr and Mrs Hamlet escaped with no injuries. Strange is identified as a Halifax County Confederate veteran.
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S E Hamlet
South Boston
H. A. Strange
Hamlet
South
Boston
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mr Strange
Halifax County
Chicago Couple Dies on Honeymoon by River Tragedy
H Lindeman and his bride from Chicago killed themselves by rowing over a dam on the St. Joseph River at South Bend Indiana after a brief marriage. They checked into the Crescent hotel Monday and stated they wed in St Joseph Michigan the day prior. Searchers recovered Lindeman's coat and police later identified the couple through their clothing.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
South Bend
Ind
H. Lindeman
Crescent Hotel
Lindeman
the Crescent
Thaw Wins Court Order On Sanity Hearing Move
Harry K. Thaw won a partial victory in the sanity hearing by court order removing him from Matteawan and placing him in Sheriff Henry Schert’s custody in White Plains until the hearing ends. A fire on Haileybury Road near Cobalt Ontario left 3000 homeless and destroyed a Chinese restaurant and adjoining business section north of the square with a loss around 100 900 dollars.
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Thaw
Harry SK
Mills
Matteawan
Henry Schert
White Plains
Haileybury Road
Cobalt
Ont
Fatal Explosion Kills Nine at Ced ar Hill Mine Tollercille Colo
Nine men died Tuesday in a gas explosion at the Cedar Hill Coal and Coke mine in Tollercille Colorado. Every dead man was foreign except American cage tender Albert Noah. The incident marks a severe mining tragedy with foreign workers among the victims.
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Cedar Hill Coal and Coke Company
Tollercille
Colo
Albert Noah
Cage Tender
Three Thousand Miners Strike Sparks Coal Work Stoppage
On a Tuesday pressuring the Fuominion Coal company culilleries workers from the United Mine Workers union refused to enter the pits. The long awaited coal strike began with over 200 members taking part and signaling a wider industrial action.
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Fuominion Coal Company
United Mine Workers’ Rganization
Attacks in Besarabia Spark Mass Jewish Casualties
A Letoberg newspaper report from southwestern Russia describes mobs attacking towns in Besarabia. The assault targets Jews, with 700 people reported as dead or missing amid the violence.
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Vituck
Letoberg
Russia
Dean Tiplent
Fourth of July record in New York and Brooklyn
Record of injuries tallies four dead and 322 injured with nine seriously hurt. Oslington fire destroys main block at a $75 000 loss. Pagan 40 killed by random bullet. celebrations marked by minimal public fireworks and fewer police arrests.
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Certan
New York
Brooklyn
Guiseppi Pagan
Ossington
Hudson
Washington
Aeronaut Corcoran Dies After Parachute Jump Fall
James Corcoran an amateur aeronaut from Lowell Massachusetts plummeted 600 feet to the ground during Fourth of July celebrations in Portland Maine. He was an employee of Prof. Laroux contracted for balloon ascensions and parachute jumps and died from a skull fracture after being found alive.
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James Corcoran
Lowell
Mass
Portland
Corcoran
Joseph Laroux
Laroux
Caretaker Ends Life After Observatory Fire at Colorado College
Lew H. Warriner, caretaker at the Stellar Observatory of Prof. Frank H. Loud, Colorado College, died by self-inflicted gunshot after setting fires with kerosene in three spots. Depression said to be the cause. Significant damage to scientific instruments. Harvard University work ongoing at the time.
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Colorado Observatory
Lew H. Warriner
Frank H. Loud
Colorado College
Harvard University
Riot at St Joseph dance hall ends with arrests
A man who identified as Mr Phillips from Kansas City Missouri held fifty four men at gunpoint at a downtown St Joseph dance hall. Police raided the venue and arrested Phillips without trouble after the standoff.
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Mr Phillips
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Phillips
Imperial Ukase Proclaims Caucasus Martial Law Lifts Except
A Monday ukase from St. Petersburg raises martial law across the Caucasus with the exception of the Tiflis district where life remains insecure and robberies and kidnappings continue to occur.
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St. Petersburg
Caucasus
Tifls
Regatta Tragedy Ends with Roxbury Rowers Fatality
A championship regatta of the New England Amateur Rowing Association saw a fatal accident Monday. Edward Morley, 18, rowing No 3 for Roxbury's Stalphens crew, drowned during the event.
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New Enesland Amateur Rowing Association
Edward Morley
Stalphens
Mud Narrow Escape in Beudet Railroad Collision
Gen Antoine Simon president, Haytt not in danger after a forlorn rail road collision near Beudet Monday night. The presidential train collided with a freight train in the incident.
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Antoine Simon
Haytt
Beudet
Emily Morgan Dies at 17 in Gearria Community
Unclear text records the death of Emily Morgan aged 17 in Gearria. The fragmented report mentions a likely elderly or notable resident and hints at community impact but lacks coherent details or verifiable dates.
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Emily Morgan
Gearria
Emily
Death Toll on Nihonkai Maru Near Aomori Rises
Disaster details come from Victoria BC with the Empress as relief. A Japanese steamer fires kills 149 people including 188 fishermen as fog and panic prevent lifeboats from launching. Survivors cling to masts while flames engulf the vessel.
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Aomori
Japan
Victoria
Notech
Greeks Perish in Milwaukee Box Factory Fire
In a rapid blaze at the Kieckhofer box factory three workers were injured and two firemen overwhelmed by heat. Authorities fear two Greek men Peter Bongalos and Constantinos Ganos died inside while others escaped or leaped from windows. The $30,000 loss prompted a citywide search for missing men.
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Kieckhofer
Milwaukee
Peter Bongalos
Constantinos Ganos
Byrott Fullerton
Arthur Fulbrigger
Eddie Bryant
Framy Murders Four at Rudolph Farm
A farmer J W Christie near Rudolph along with his wife and a daughter aged 18 and a visiting neighbor were shot to death by an unknown tramp on Saturday. Christie was milking when he was killed, then the killer entered the house and killed the three inside. Authorities suspect theft of several thousand dollars reportedly hidden in the home and a nationwide search began.
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J W Christie
Rudolph
Lld
Man Who Knew Alleged Murderer Identifies Corpse
A reporter viewing the Hudson River body in Fordham morgue claims it is Leon Ling, alleged killer of Miss Elsie Sigel. He cites hair and general appearance and notes teeth as a confirming detail. Several Ling acquaintances viewed the body. a boy tester wrongfully denied Ling’s identity.
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Ling
Leon
van Wagener
Carey
Sugar Trust Chiefs Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
The American Sugar Refining Company six directors and two others were indicted in New York on conspiracy in restraint of trade. Named defendants include Washington B. Thomas Arthur Donner Charles H. Senff John E. Parsons John Mayer Morristown N J George H Frazier Philadelphia Gustav E Kissel Thomas B Hartnett and Adolph Segal counsel. Fourteen counts allege violation of the Sherman anti trust law.
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American Sugar Refining Company
New York
Washington B. Thomas
Arthur Donner
Charles H. Senff
John E. Parsons
John Mayer
Morristown
N. J
George H Frazier
Philadelphia
Gustav E. Kissel
Thomas B. Hartnett
Adolph Segal
Mrs Tucker Wins Absolve Divorce in Brief Chicago Hearing
Mary Elizabeth Logan Tucker daughter of Gen John A Logan was granted an absolute divorce from Col William F Tucker U S A retired on desertion grounds in a terse Superior Court session. Judge Barnes issued the decree and allowed her to resume her maiden name. She received real estate valued at about 5000 dollars in lieu of alimony while Tucker draws a 2750 dollar yearly pension.
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Mary Elizabeth Logan Tucker
John A. Logan
William F. Tucker
Barnes
Chicago
Col. Tucker
Bengal student kills two at London gathering
A hidden Indian student fired at a public meeting at the Imperial Institute in London, killing Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Carson Wyllie and Dr. Calca Laleleaca of Shanghai Wyillie. Dr. Laleleaca died enroute to hospital. The assailant was seized by attendees as police arrived. The crime is linked to Bengal revolutionary agitation.
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London
India
Imperial Institute
William Hutt Carson Wyllie
Cawas Laleaca
Shanghai
Wyillie
Laleaca
Bengal
U S Treasury Reports Yearly Deficit of 59 81 156 Dollars
Washington release shows fiscal year ended June 30 receipts 604 432 846 disbursements 694 244 002 creating a deficit of 59 81 156. Public debt at year end 1 014 861 531, down 6 245 079 for the month. Total monthly receipts 56 857 376 with disbursements 47 TEL OT/
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Treasury
Washington
The
Jess
Fines in Columbus Paving Bribery Case
Judge Kinkead of the Columbus Common Pleas Court fined Nelson Cannon $5000, Arthur Beck $200, and Henry Lang $500 after they pleaded guilty to bribery in the East Broad street paving scandal. Company president Mre Bramley faced four indictments but was dropped after becoming a state witness.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kinkead
The
Common Pleas Court
Nelson Cannon
Trinidad Paving Company
Cleveland
Board of Public Service
East Broad Street
Arthur Beck
Henry Lang
M Re Bramley
Quake Shocks Alarm Coast Near Mount Willlmore
Downieville California residents fear Mount Willlmore eruption after a week of nightly tremors in Sierra county. Miners refuse to work underground amid danger concerns. A separate slight tremor hit San Bernardino at 5 30 p m with no damage reported and an unusually heavy atmosphere with a 103 degree thermometer reading.
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Downieville
Cal
Sierra County
Mt. Fillmore
San Bernardino
Farmer Shot to Death Near Burton Heb
A wealthy retired farmer from Wichita Kansas was found dead under a culvert five miles from Burton Heb with gunshot wounds. The case is described as a deadly shooting with no immediate suspects identified.
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B. Guist
Wichita
Kan
Burton Heb
Automobile Injuries In Pittsburg Involve Three Boys And Man
An 8-year-old newsboy an 11-year-old office boy and a 48-year-old crippled man were hurt perhaps fatally by cars in Pittsburg. The newsboy’s driver stopped to learn the extent of the injuries while police filed no arrests.
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Pittsburg
Elementary chemistry class debates sea salinity
In a school scene Peters answers the salt question with a humorous misstep then correctly identifies seawater salinity as due to sufficient sodium chloride, prompting the teacher to move the lesson along. The dialogue captures a light classroom moment about ocean salt content.
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Peters
Cup Tossing Tradition Brings Old Dominion Memories
A Washington woman returns from a week in southwestern Virginia recounting cup tossing at family gatherings. She recalls fortunes drawn from tea and coffee grounds, including a dog meaning faithfulness, and notes younger relatives joining in. The visit, filled with euchre and reminiscence, renewed her spirit.
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Old Dominion
Washington
Virginia
Far West
Joe
Washington Post
Postum Proves Healthful Shift From Coffee For Family
An older woman recounts using Postum since its market debut to replace coffee for health and clearer thinking. She cites nervous dyspepsia relief, better nerves and stomach, and enhanced brain power for herself and husband, noting Postum’s steady, non stimulative effects. The letter promotes the product and mentions The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
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