Scenes in Thomas Oklahoma the town built in a bay
Scenes in Thomas Oklahoma recount a town that sprang from prairie ground in a single day. Buildings were moved from other communities and a hotel was transported across the plain by twenty people. A real estate scheme issued undetermined lot certificates with numbered draws for land to own. The town’s early population reached several thousand.
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Thomas
oales
piairie
twenti-st Lesses
Mothers Friend Baby Relief Promises Sleep and Health
A 25 cent article praised as miraculous Mother’s Friend aids infant sleep and vigor. It claims fathers gain rest, mothers approve, and babies become strong, merry, or calm. touts Victor Infant’s Relief as a universal remedy sold widely.
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Victor
Hotel blast kills guest under cloud of feud
The Golden Eagle Hotel at New Jersey avenue and D street, Washington, suffered a devastating blast early yesterday after a quarrel with proprietor Louis Brandt. Guest Frank McKee exploded dynamite and killed himself, wounding about two dozen guests and wrecking the building. Brandt and his wife were injured. the hotel was leveled and fire crews fought the blaze. A mysterious motive and explosive knowledge surround the tragedy.
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Washington
Golden Eagle Hotel
New Jersey avenue
D streets
Lous Brandt
easil
Germany
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Brandt
navy yard
Roosevelt
London
Daiziel News Agency
New York
Golden Eagle
Washington, D. C
Relgious Crusader Kensit Injured in Attack
London reports John Kensit head of the anti ritualistic crusade in the Church of England was seriously wounded by a thrown chisel after addressing a meeting at Bitchenhead. He is in a hospital at Laverpool with eye injuries.
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London
John Kensit
Church of England
Bitchenhead
Laverpool
Troops at Duryea as General Gobin visits strike area
General Gobin and the Eighth Regiment arrived at Duryea near the Luzerne Lackawanna line to preserve order amid the strike. Soldiers dispersed crowds in Nanticoke Plymouth and Wanamie while threats and violence continued. A coal police officer was badly injured and miners headed to Ohio for work.
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Schuyhull
David Aknew
Brookside
Mitchell
Ohio
NON-UNION MAN KILLED NEAR OLYPHANT BY HUNGARIAN STRIKERS
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 26 James Winston aged 48 was slain when a gang of Hungarian strikers waylaid him and his son in law J Lewis near the Grassy Island colliery of the Delaware and Hudson Company. Lewis escaped as Winston was struck with a club and his skull crushed by the assailants who fled. A crowd witnessed the attack and six men plus a woman were jailed as witnesses.
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Olyphant
Scranton
William Doyle
Tower Names Ambassador to Germany in Roosevelt Era
Washington announces Charlemagne Tower of Philadelphia will become ambassador to Germany succeeding Andrew D. White. Tower's move frees the Russia post likely to Bellamy Storer, with Henry White possibly stepping to Madrid. A second dispatch reports a devastating earthquake in Eastern Turkestan killing over 1,000, with Kashgar and Ak-Su towns heavily affected and no European casualties.
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Bellamy Storer
Madrid
Henry White
Great Britain
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Berlin
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Astyn
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Aksuksutcho
Sinkiang
Pekin
India
Russian empire
Ak-Su
State Urges Governor to Seize Mines in Coal Crisis
Theodore P. Ryner, state chairman of Pennsylvania's People's party, appeals to Governor William A. Stone to use state military power to operate the anthracite mines. He argues the coal combine blocks arbitration and demands miners receive proposed wages, noting Roosevelt's remark that the state must act.
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Erie
Stone
Theodore P. Ryner
People's party of Pennsylvania
William A. Stone
Pennsylvania
coal combine
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt Resting Quietly After Injury
President Roosevelt rests comfortably and follows strict rest and diet orders as doctors note visible improvement. No formal statement issued. Corteliou reports he is doing well. Elsewhere, Mrs Chaffes, wife of General Chaffes, faces possible delay in return to the United States amid stalled travel plans.
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General Chaffes
United States
Suez
Manila
San Francisco
Syrian Girl Ends Flight for Love by Jumping From Train
Detroit reports a Syrian girl Alexandra Joseph leaped from a Michigan Central train moving fifty miles per hour near Newport, dying instantly. Driven by fear of separation from lover who sought marriage, her pursuit spanned years and continents, including Montreal and immigration hurdles. The tragedy follows failed entry into the United States on medical grounds.
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Detroit
Alexandra Joseph
Michigan Central
Newport
Joseph Abodee
Cedar Rapids
Germany declines to join protests over Roumania Jews
Berlin reports Germany will not align with American and British protests against Roumania’s treatment of Jews. Government avoids interference in Roumania’s internal affairs due to economic linkages and fears of destabilizing Roumanian finances. A Roumanian note cites American influence as superficial and warns against emigration limits for the United States. Additionally, a Birmingham strike unsettled Tennessee Company workers while Grand Duke Boris praises Americans.
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Berlin
Russia
Batouro
Roumania
Toumania
Tageblatt
Washington
America
United States
England
Fatal Polish Duel Near Versailles Ends in Death
A duel with pistols near Versailles between two Polish men Niecengiewice and Belkiewicz left Belkiewicz dead after he was shot in the head at the first discharge. The quarrel over a refused handshake led to the fatal outcome. In other news, Stromboli volcano near Sicily remains active with lava jets and a growing cone reported from Rome dispatches.
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Wiroflay
Versailles
Niecengiewice
Belkiewicz
Strombol
Paris
Rome
Stromboli
Siciliy
Box Cars to Haul Soft Coal From Altoona
Altoona Sept 26 The Pennsylvania railroad pressed into service its stock cars to carry coal and coke due to a strike in the anthracite region. A special car train passed through here yesterday with solid boxes for SitUMINOUS al 28 SO Kreatl.
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Kreatl
Pennsylvania railroad
yaster
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