Great Chile quake devastates Valparaiso and Santiago
Reports from Valparaiso describe a massive earthquake and ensuing fires devastating Valparaiso Aconcagua and surrounding towns. City districts, hospitals and banks are destroyed with 100000 homeless and death toll varying up to thousands. International aid and recovery efforts begin as fear and chaos spread.
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Santiago
Chile
Valparaiso
Meripilla
Limache
Quillota
Llaillai
Naval Observatory
Los Andes
Brazil Avenue
Y. M. C. A. IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL A SUCCESS
In St. Petersburg a Y M C A has 1500 members most are Russians. Duke Alexander of Oldenburg chairs the board and Franklin A. Gaylord leads the group. Mrs Gaylord plans a Y W C A. A new building funded by Anson Phelps Stokes hosts lectures classes and a library with multilingual members and a mission of nonsectarian moral instruction.
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Chicago
William FE. Curtis
St. Petersburg
the Record-Herald
Duke Alexander of
Oldenburg
Olga
Franklin A. Gaylord
Paris
Gayrd
Russia
Duke of Oldenburg
Gaylord
Nevsky Prospect
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kaza
Jrown
Mrr. Gaylord
Anson Phelps Stokes
New York
Mr. Stokes
United States
Red Cross to Aid Chilean Earthquake Sufferers
Funds for Chilean earthquake relief may be sent to Charles Hallam Keep national treasurer of the American Red Cross for distribution through the American Red Cross and consular representatives in Chile.
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Washington
Charles Hallam Keep
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Cipire
Chile
Blacks Move On From Fort Brown in Texas Transfer
Washington dispatch reports orders from Major General F C Ainsworth to move colored troops from Fort Brown Texas after citizen soldier clashes. One company of the Twenty sixth Infantry white troops will relieve the colored unit at Fort Brown while the transfer to Fort Ringgold Texas proceeds.
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Washington, D. C
F. C. Ainsworth
Fort Brown
Tex
Fort Ringgold
C Twenty-Sixth Infantry
Agnes Ewings Brown Safe After Chilean Earthquake
Cablegram reports Miss Agnes Ewings Brown of this city safe in Santiago Chile after passing through the earthquake that destroyed surrounding Chilean cities. Brown, a director of the normal schools in Valparaiso, went to Santiago in May under Chilean government supervision. She is a University of Michigan graduate with further degrees from Notre Dame and the University of South Dakota.
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Lima
Peru
Valparaiso
Quillota
la Paz
Bolivia
Limache
Valpagaiso
Charles Johnson Gana
Santiago
Abancay
Apurimac
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Chile
New York
Juan Fernandez
Daniel de Foe
Robinson Crusoe
Viss Brown
Vermillion
Chicago
Agnes Ewings Brown
Mie
Miss Brown
University of Michigan
St. Mary’s Academy of Notre Dame
University of South Dakota
New York Exchange 20 Percent Discount TobaccoBase
Chicago August 21 reports New York Exchange 20 percent discount. The note signals a market adjustment affecting trading terms and pricing.
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NEW York Exchange
Chicago
Illinois Republicans nominate ticket at Springfield convention
Illinois Republicans met in Springfield on August 23 to nominate state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction candidates and three trustees of the state university. State Chairman West opened the session with Senator O. F. Berry as temporary chair and Speaker Howard Shurtleff as permanent chair.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Ueesunes
John F. Smulski
Francis G. Blair
The
State University
Carrie E. Alexander
Fred Hatch
Alexander MclIsain
L. L. Lehman
West
O. F. Berry
Howard Shurtleff
Girls Purloin Food Father Jails Them in Lancaster
In Lancaster Pennsylvania August 23 19 range a dramatic case was heard by Alderman Doebler involving Gertrude Newcomer 17 and Susan Newcomer 13 arrested by their father Harry K Newcomer a Centerville farmer who accuses them of larceny The girls admitted to stealing food from neighboring outbuildings while living a gypsy like roaming existence They offered no explanation beyond a wish to run wild The court ordered they be placed under the care of a charitable society as they refuse to return home
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Lancaster
Doebler
Gertrude
Susan Newcomer
Harry K. Newcomer
Centerville
Newcomer
Lake freighter Frank H. Peavey ashore near Gooseberry River
The steam freighter Frank H. Peavey, the largest lake vessel, ran aground at Gooseberry River on the north shore about fifty miles from Duluth. Tugs have gone to assist and refloat the ship.
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Duluth, Minn
Frank H. Peavey
Gooseberry River
Duluth
Heat Kills Two as Chicago Suffers Heat Wave
Chicago reports two deaths and multiple prostrations due to extreme heat with temperatures around 90 degrees at noon. Local authorities warn residents to stay indoors and stay hydrated amid the heat wave.
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Chicago
Billion Dollar Congress Report Shows Large 1907 Increase
The statement by Thomas P. Cleaves and James C. Courts notes that the 1907 fiscal year appropriations total $879,589,181.16, up $659,404,650.20 from 1906. The post office leads with $191,695,988.75, pensions $140,245,500, and Isthmian Canal $42,447,201.08 of the net rise, while new offices total 6,934 and abolitions 5,285, yielding a net 1,649 more positions and $2,605,761 extra pay.
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Dbc
Thomas Pp. Cleaves
James C. Courts
Senate
House
Congress
Post Office Department
Naval Establishment
Isthmian Canal
Messrs. Cleaves
Postal Service
Public Service
But for his pride the czar would abdicate
Manchester dispatch quotes a former English governess describing the Russian empress as a drudge whose beauty is faded by age and worry. The czar frets over dynastic duty yet fears poisoning and keeps to Peterhof, under the dowager’s strong influence.
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Manchester
England
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Manchester Dispatch
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Rockefeller to donate to chorus girl home in Cleveland
Reports say John D. Rockefeller may give 100000 dollars to fund a home for chorus girls in Cleveland. Miss Marie Cahill promotes the project and seeks equal funds from other sources. the home would train, educate, and house chorus workers facing age or illness.
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John D. Rockefeller
Marie Cahill
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Orchid gift to President from Filipino planter sparks interest
San Francisco reports President Roosevelt receives an orchid collection from Manuel de Yriarte, a wealthy Filipino planter. The 7000 varieties arrive via the army transport Thomas after Alice Roosevelt once toured the planter’s conservatories. A special car will carry the orchids across the continent.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Manuel de Yriarte
Thomas
Alice Roosevelt
Manila
Two Prisoners Likely Pardoned Before Christmas
St Louis residents Julius Lehmann and Emile Hartmann, long term prisoners at Jefferson City penitentiary, are expected to be pardoned by Governor Folk around year end after about three years served. They plan Christmas dinners at home in St Louis.
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Julius Lehmann
Emile Hartmann
Jefferson City
Folk
Delegates Named for National Irrigation Congress in Boise
Boise Idaho delegates exceed twelve hundred pledge attendance for the national irrigation congress set to convene September 3. The executive committee received notices from delegates across several states indicating their intent to attend.
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Boise
Idaho
National Irrigation Congress
Executive Committee
Novelty News Briefs From Around the World
A string of curious omnium gatherum items: Miss Little Drake survives a train jump in Thomsbury. At Gagham Abbey Flower Show the Earl of Hreeknock displays vegetables and wins. Nellie Robinson near death after a heat wave in Peak's Island. Riverside Drive fronts warn thieves to store jewelry with safe deposit. Racine freezes auto speeds by arming patrols to halt speeding. In mining news 644 fatalities last year cost about a million in wages. Judge Bossier deemed ineligible over poll tax in New Orleans. David Hill, 104, arraigned for revelling after threatening with a revolver. A Brookfield cow calves a sightless-eyed calf with normal senses. A tooth pulled by a freighting method ends a cook's dental pain in Chester.
Crying room for babies planned in new church design
Kansas City reports a novel feature for the Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation a crying room to aid mothers unable to attend mass due to noisy children Rev Father William J Dalton conceived the idea for his parish in the district
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Kansas City
Promised country visit fails to win damages in Stroudsburg
In Stroudsburg Josiah Green and his wife sued Gedrich's store for $2 after a promised country visit by Mrs Gedrich never occurred. Squire Haney ruled against the Greens. In Pittsburg James Cook learns his wife eloped to Harrisburg with Buckshot Frazier and both are brought back to Pittsburgh. Mrs Cook expresses remorse.
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Josiah Green
Gedrich
Pittsburg
James Cook
Harrisburg
James “Buckshot
Frazier
James Egan
Unusual Death Declarations Abound In 3 Regions
Reports from Geneva Logansport and Fairmont recount strange self inflicted deaths and a grave related vow, a fisherwoman’s near drowning by her daughter in law and a coal mine strike caused by payroll date confusion.
Two Boys Die in Powder Explosion Near Yreka
A powder explosion about one mile from Yreka California early today killed two boys and fatally injured a third, authorities said. The incident prompted investigations by local safety officials and rescue crews.
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Yreka, Cal
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