Storms Kill and Wreck Across Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri
A string of tornadoes and heavy hail across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma left at least a dozen dead and about 100 injured. Hollis Kansas and Great Bend area reports, with train wrecks and widespread property damage, wire outages, and towns struck by high wind and blinding hail.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Hollis
Kan
Kan- Bas City
Seviansivy
Hok‘stron
Sersons
Great Bend
Willian Ackerts
Santa Fe
Kinsley
Frank Nicholson
Ackerly
Hoisington
Pond Creek
Oklo
Jetmore
Jetmere
Family tragedy shocks neighbor girl in Boylesville
A neighbor’s daughter witnesses Henry Williamson kill his wife and two children in their bed then burn the house with kerosene before killing himself. The sleeping girl awakens to the initial shot and calls for help to extinguish the fire.
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Boylesville
Henry Williamson
Eliot
Williamson
Hat
Ghe
Won't "defile" Flag Again. Wohoker, M. 3
Joseph Korn, a young clerk, faced Recorder McGovern over an alleged incident with store window decorations. Korn claimed it was an honest mistake and he would not repeat the act. The Recorder outlined penalties and then discharged the prisoner.
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Wohoker
Joseph Korn
Recorder McGovern
Recorder
Pris
Five young workers drown in Hackensack River squall
In Hackensack New Jersey four girls and a boy employed at the Trailers Papers Company plant drowned when a large rowboat carrying workers capsized during a squall. Burke Lacey and a Polish youth survived after helping several others reach shore.
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Hackensack
N. J
Trailers Papers Company
Parsons
Fraders
Bhogain
Tock Street
Canrt Street
Mackensack
Katherine Hoffman
Mary Sacks
Lizzie Simaneck
Mary ‘Horonzi
Peter Holowinski
Frank Lacey
Thomas ‘Burke
Burke
Lacey
Tivey
Man Stole Battleship Plans at Boston Station
James Reilly stole plans and specifications for a battleship from naval architect Myron W. Buchanan of Washington. He took them in a suitcase at North Station and, fifteen minutes later, police recovered the property as he proceeded toward the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
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Boston
Mass
James Reilly
Myron W. Buchanan
Naval
Washington
North Station
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Searies Moves His Millions
Methuen assessors informed the State Tax Commissioner that Edward F P Searles moved to Windham New Brunswick before May first. The move removes the Commonwealth’s tax claim on the Searles millions. The estate was valued at 66500 and allegedly owed taxes on 10000000 in property.
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Searies
Toston
Mass
State Tax Commissioner’s Office
Methuen
Edward FP. Searles
Windham
N. BL
Commonwealth
Searles
Representative Heald Proposes 3.5 Million for Canal Purchase
The Delaware representative introduced a bill to appropriate 3 515 000 dollars to buy the Kesapeaks and Delaware Canal. The report also notes legal questions on the Bureau of Steam Engineering headship, naval and foreign affairs, and various international developments including papal canonizations and treaty actions. The field covers remarks by James J. Hill, Roosevelt hunting, and global postings on finance, Porto Rico, and Turkish affairs.
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Heald
Delaware
Kesapeaks
Delaware Canal
Wickersham
John B. Barton
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Tingey
James J. Hill
Senate
Committee On Finance
Atr. Clark
Missouri
Porto Rico
Cannon
Air
Garrett
Tennessee
Committee On
Trade Reviews Note Iron and Steel Gains Amid Optimism
The New York Commerce section reports improvements in the iron and steel trade and broader business uplift. Weather favors planting, crop prospects brighten, and price trends shift in cotton futures while woollen goods rise. leather and shoes show strength as industrial activity grows and building demand boosts related trades.
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New York
City—iThe
Dur's
Cooper
Bradstreet
Ohio State to Train Wireless Telegraphy Engineers
Engineers in wireless telegraphy will receive training at Ohio State University. A Chinese school in San Francisco will be abandoned due to internal dissension. All business in Tuckson Mississippi paused for Bishop Galloway’s funeral. Yale University has $50 000 in securities for the fine arts department. Major Theodore Roosevelt declined a staff appointment from Governor Weeks of Connecticut. The Cincinnati Symphony engaged Leopold Stovoroski of Paris as conductor. Florida faces investigations over railroad passes accepted by many individuals. The $100,000 Draper estate will eventually go to Harvard University. Nathan Straus and a National Association alert that consumption remains unchecked, blaming unsanitary dairies.
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San Francisco
Tuckson, Miss
Bishop Galloway
Yale University
Theodore Roosevelt
Weeks
Connecticut
Markets Update from New York Wholesale Prices
Grain and live stock prices listed for winter patents wheat corn oats rye and various meats. Fresh produce prices include apples strawberries and multiple vegetables with per crate and per basket rates.
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New York
Reeves
Havant
Pacific Coast
Maine
Ner
L. I
Jersey
Lima
Cal
Baldwin
Indiana man attends own funeral sermon
Elias Burns near death in Gas City Indiana arranged for his minister to deliver his own funeral sermon at his home. About forty friends attended as songs and prayers preceded the sermon from Romans chapter eight. Meanwhile the secret service plans to guard the president's summer home at Bassiton Beverly guarding President Taft and family.
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Indiana
Friends
Gas City
Ind
Elias 2
Burs
Burns
Henry Selman
Romana
Baston
Mass
Witkie Cel
Secret Service
Oodberry Point
Beverly
Taft
Dr Wdgar Hill Heads McCormick Seminary Effort
Dr Edgar P Hill president of the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago received the post as president of the Presbyterian General Assembly committee steering the merger effort.
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Wdgar FP. Hill
McCormick Theological Seminary of Chicago
Peint
Presbyterian General Assembly
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Hoffbauer
Oriel
Venezuela
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Straus
Turkey
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Alice Braun
Waterloo
Iowa
Rose Ettinger
London
Tahoma
Alexandretta
Asiatic
Africa
Roosevelt
Turkish Chamber of Deputies
Constantinople
Chamber of Deputies
Adana
Wright Fiying Machine Company
Limited
Berlin
Lillian Wortlica
George W. Young
Baward Ehlers
Denmark
George Grafton Wilson
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Cambridge University
Rome
Mgr. G. &. M. Lynch
Patrick A. Ludden
Syracuse
NM. Y
Holy Father
Peter
Madrid
Mulai Tafid
Morocco
Spain
Vandervelde
Brussels
Leopold
Paris
Outlook
Ohio State University
Symphony Orchestra Association At
Cincinnati
Leopold Stovoroski
Florida
Frank W. Draper
Dedham, Mass
Harvard University
Nathan Straus
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Stemmerman
Stemmerma
Father John
Scott
Sear
Main
Jefferson
Vreeland Avenue
Dodd Tract Choice
Market Street
Newark
John Hawkins
East Nutley
New Jersey
Franklin’ Avenue
Col
J. B
Doys
Stirratt Building
Chestnut Street
Passaic Avenue
Nutley, NS
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