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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1910
Page
2
Explosion at the American Sheet and Tin Plate plant in Canton Ohio tears through seven boilers. Thirteen men killed and about thirty injured as bodies are scattered over blocks. Officials report total ruin with extensive fire. one victim blown 700 feet into a house. Rescue teams work the ruins.
Mrs. J A Sunderland, accused of killing her husband after a quarrel, was found Tuesday about a mile north of Chippewa Falls. She had been wandering in the woods since Sunday morning and has not yet spoken to officers.
John A. Ryerson, a notable Chicago businessman and former Western tennis champion (1890-1892), jumped from the 13th floor of the Chamber of Commerce building Monday night and died instantly. His wife Violet Stone, daughter of Rev Jas Stem e, is prostrated and family fears for her life amid rumored financial troubles.
Charles J the famous educated chimpanzee valued at 65000 dollars died suffocated Monday night in a railway car between Seattle and Denver. The animal, exhibited worldwide, was found dead next morning when the car was opened after heat from a steam radiator proved fatal. The chimpanzee reportedly smoked cigarettes and signed his own name.
A search is under way in Evansville Indiana for George F. Kimberly or George W. Brown who disappeared from Auburn Nebraska twenty years ago. A relative’s death leaves an estate valued at about 250000 dollars prompting the inquiry and estate investigations.
The first death from typhoid fever at Tadilana Boys Reform School in Plaintels Indiana occurred on Tuesday. The victim was Fred Ugenfritz.
Reports from Hankow cite a serious Changsha situation with foreigners told to seek refuge on warship ships. U.S. vessels in the river are deemed strong enough to maintain control as Hunan Province experiences significant anti-foreign sentiment amid plans for a Hankow southern railroad.
George Gallagher known as Newburgh George, a Gopher gang member, was shot twice in the stomach and later taken to New York Hospital in a dying condition. Police say the shooting stems from gang feuds amid recent robberies within the gang. Gallagher was previously shot four times on Tenth Avenue about a month ago.
The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South elected bishops on ballots. Rev W B Lambuth of Tennessee and Rev E D Monton and Rev S G Waterhouse of Virginia were chosen on the fourth ballot. On the sixth ballot Rev J H McCoy of Birmingham Alabama was elected the seventh bishop, filling the college.
In Valencia Spain a confrontation between republicans and gendarmes during a demonstration for deputy Senor Serariano's arrival left an officer dead and many wounded. About fifty arrests were reported before order was restored as demonstrators hid in the Republican club.
Japanese fugitive Genkeyo Mitsunaga sought in Mrs. Catherine Wilson murder escapes a Colorado posse near Lyons by leaping a cliff and scrambling down crags to reach safety.
Antonio Misiani was convicted of extorting 15000 from Caruso through threatening letters. He received a prison term of not less than three years at hard labor in Sing Sing in Brooklyn county court.
Keen refuses to pay poll tax and will serve six months for each of three delinquent years in Grafton Illinois. He owes six dollars in poll taxes. Dr William Colby Rucker of the U S Public Health and Marine Hospital Service is granted a one year leave to accept Milwaukee health commissioner post.
The board of regents created a new College of Forestry at the University of Minnesota, forming a distinct department focused on forest studies and related disciplines.
Shock from collision with a tramp near Duluth proves fatal for Lee Douty of St. Paul Minnesota. He dies of heart failure Sunday, following the fatal incident.
The Railway Storekeepers' association opened a three day convention in St. Louis Missouri with over 200 delegates in attendance Monday.
A Sunday sequence of earthquakes shook Los Angeles and nearby areas from about 6:50 to 7:63 a m causing alarm and minor damage such as broken dishes and cracked walls. Pasadena suffered the heaviest reported damage with several cracks in buildings. A tidal wave touched Long Beach and the ocean calmed for over an hour after the first shock. A Riverside tremor occurred at noon, with both quakes stronger than the 1899 Christmas quake.
Nine people were injured when the Kansas City Mexico and Orient passenger train No. 2 wrecked Saturday night near Milton Kansas. Injured include A H Burbanks S F Rolchhstein T W Vandeveer M Hansburger J D Workman O G Kellerman F I Madison and Dr Avery. Cause cited as spreading rails. Train late, engine stayed on track, tender overturned, baggage car burned, smoker torn, sleeper on rails. Injured taken to Milton hotel for care.
The John Hubbard Curtis prize at Yale University for excellence in rhetorical or literary work is split between William B. Wharton of Pittsburgh and Waldo D. Frank of New York City. The prize carries an income of $2,500.
The Sterling Illinois Ice and Produce Co bought the Tulinoig business of the C M D Lego Poultry Co of Boston in a near million dollar poultry trade. A five boiler explosion at Diamond Coal and Coke Co plant in Churchtown Pennsylvania on Sunday killed three men and injured six others.
Aurel Batonyi was denied by the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court the right to appeal the court’s February divorce ruling obtained against him in the matter involving his wife.
Chicago switchman Eugene McCormack dies two days after a railroad wreck that left him with a broken neck. He lived two days after the injury before passing away Saturday.
Wallace A Russell of Seattle shot and killed liquor store owner Joseph Bonner at the Monte Carlo saloon. L M Davis Lumber plant at Oak Grove Louisiana burned, losses put near 300000. Placerville California suffered a town wide fire aided by high winds. Miss Rachel Iardwick of Quincy Massachusetts allegedly set a world women’s high jump record at 4 feet 6 inches.
Belgian aviator Daniel Kinet flew with a passenger at Mourmelon France and stayed aloft two hours and fifteen minutes setting a new world record for the longest aeroplane flight with a passenger.
A jagged piece of glass was found in the appendix of a young patient who underwent surgery in New York. The report claims it is the first known case of its kind.
An airship observer notes Frankfort hosts an automobile fete drawing farmers and families, blocking streets with a parade of cars. Mme Farmer wears an automobile veil, daughter in summer gown discusses college days with a youth, challenging rural stereotypes.
The Grand Trunk Railway issues a publication offering vacation guidance for school boys. It promotes vacation camps as a solution and provides practical hints for parents. Copy available from W. S. Cookson at 917 Merchants Loan & Trust Building, Chicago.
A chiropodist denies prior work for a customer and explains a twin brother runs a ground floor shoe store. He notes many of his brother's customers frequent the shop, implying the shoes were bought there.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Perry Davis Painkiller for pain and insect bites with 25c 50c bottles and Marine Eye Remedy for eye troubles. The copy includes a quip about optimism and mosquitoes and urges readers to write Marine Eye Remedy Co. for eye books.
In Omaha Love and Finance columns a tale unfolds of a wealthy Italian count wooing a local belle met during a European tour. He arrives in Omaha to declare his love and asks the girl's father for marriage, provoking dad to ask for his lowest terms in a tongue in cheek exchange. The piece notes Pettit's Eye Salve and a century of healing claims.
Three highwaymen held up a pay as you enter Seattle Electric Company streetcar on the South Park line after 1 AM. Twenty passengers were bound and robbed of money and valuables totaling about $2,000 at Spokane Avenue trestle. The trio fled to Edmonds station area and left for the Northern Pacific yards.
Thirteen people drown when the City of Saltillo strikes a rock and founders near Glen Park twenty four miles south of St. Louis. The 200 foot long steamer, built in 1892 at Jeffersonville Indiana, was owned by the St Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co and bound for Waterloo Alabama with stops at leading river cities.
An explosion in the Wellington coal mine cuts off 136 miners below the surface. Four men near the shaft bottom are rescued while gas prevents access to the main group of trapped workers. The mine, owned by the Earl of Lonsdale, lies four to five miles beneath the sea. About three miles from the shaft, eighty five hewers and fifty shiftmen remain imprisoned as fire rages in the inner workings.
Two teenage boys Ernest Woodson 18 and Oscar Woodson 17 held up a train near Phoenix Arizona, demanded water and tried to camp south of Casa Grande. A pursuing posse using a car cornered them after a desert chase. no shots were fired. They say they are from Oklahoma City and have been in Arizona briefly.
A trained lion at a Cleveland Tennessee exhibit suddenly snatched a baby from its mother on stage. The beast carried the child to the back, dropped it, and pinned the infant briefly before bystanders intervened and a man retrieved the child. The child's condition was critical.
Ice on the Chena River at Fairbanks breaks up and navigation starts on the Tanin and lower Yukon. First boats were to depart Fairbanks recently, kicking off the stampede to the Iditarod gold fields found last fall.
Montclair New Jersey school children across six schools voted 663 against and 287 in favor of using explosives on Independence Day. The result surprised the community as the city considers a quiet Fourth celebration.
Advertisement offering Bordeaux Pocket Moistener for game surfaces with a 25 cent sample. Earn from 20 dollars to 5 dollars daily by selling to ladies. Mail to Jolet Office Supply Co in Joliet, Illinois.
A minister preached to a girls college graduation class with all on stage in white, recalling to his wife that he felt like a crow on a snowdrift. The piece notes a preacher and a quip about a boy named Tommy Tucker.
A patently promotional notice claims Mother Gray's Sweet Powders cure colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness teething disorders and stomach troubles in children. It cites over 10 000 testimonials and offers free samples by mail from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A light exchanges between two men in Chicago hints at a year away with mention of South America and rubbering around suggesting casual travels or mischief rather than a formal mission. The tone mirrors a social chit chat from a Tribune column.
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