Tempest Leaves Nation In Three Day Storm Toll
A massive three day storm across the central and southern United States raises death toll near five hundred. Widespread destruction floods lines of communication and devastates crops from Illinois to Georgia with blizzards in the Midwest and severe shipping losses on the Great Lakes.
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Bee Springs
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Horn Lake
State Dept to End Special Tariff Agreements
The State Department in Washington, D C, gave formal notice of intent to terminate special commercial agreements negotiated with foreign countries under the Dingley tariff law.
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State Department
Washington, D. C
Largest Apple Grower Dead in New York State
Foster Udell of Brockport New York, long regarded as the state’s largest apple grower and a fruit authority, has died after many years in horticulture.
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Foster Udell
Brockport
N. Y
Storm Ravages Philadelphia and the South
A violent wind storm sweeps northern Philadelphia tearing roofs from homes and dormitories at Girard College and toppling trees and poles. Across three states a total of about 100 people are dead and about 300 injured with Horn Lake Mississippi area hardest hit.
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Twenty-fourth
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Memphis
Tenn
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Horn Lake
Miss
Caddox Gap
Ark
Faucettville
Women killed and injured in Bedford Ohio carriage crash
A Pennsylvania flyer crashed into a Bedford carriage near Cleveland. Two women, Mrs. Fred Meyers and Mrs. Charles Wolfe of West Detroit, were killed. A nine year old boy Carl Wolfe died later, Ernest Wolfe and Emma Brocker were injured, and A H Stahlman suffered a skull fracture. The victims had been visiting at the Stohlman home and were en route to the railroad station. The rear occupants were thrown over 100 feet.
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Bedford
Ohio
Cleveland
Fred Meyers
Charles Wolfe
West Detroit
Mich
Carl Wolfe
Ernest Wolfe
Emma Brocker
A. H. Stahlman
Stohlman
Meyers
Wolfe
Longworth Expecting Heir With Summer Cottage Lease
Beverly Mass Representatives Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth have leased a cottage near Taft's summer home at Mingo Beach to await the birth of an heir. The cottage is near Woodbury Point where the Taft family will stay around June 5 and the Longworths will move in once repairs are finished. The property is owned by Mrs Longworth's mother and Mrs Roosevelt is expected to visit during the summer.
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Beverly
Mass
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Woodbury Point
Longworths
Mingo Beach
Mr. Longworth
Vows He Shot Himself as Wife Is Arrested
Cleveland police report L H Bingham an automobile machinist shot himself in a hospital just before dying. His wife, Mrs. Bingham, is charged with murder after allegedly calling police to say she had shot him and was arrested moments later with their three year old daughter at a nearby drug store where they were drinking an ice cream soda.
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Boston
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Australia
New Zealand
Jilted suitor kills Smith College student in campus shooting
Miss Helen Ayer Marden of Somerville a Smith College senior was shot on campus by Porter MacDougall Smith a Dartmouth graduate and Chicago salesman after a rejected suitors confrontation. He died instantly after firing a final shot at himself.
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Smith College
Dartmouth
Northampton
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Helen Ayer Marden
Somerville
Porter MacDougal Smith
Chicago
Dickenson Hospital
Smith
Prison for James H Hyde in Paris Taxi Collision
James Hazen Hyde, ex vice president of Equitable Life, and chauffeur Ladwice were fined and jailed after default judgment for colliding with a public taxicab in Paris last October. Ladwice fled the scene, with the new July law making flight after an accident a special offense. Ex-Congressman Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin died in Washington, D C.
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France
James Hazen Hyde
New York City
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ladwice
Mr. Hyde
Babcock
Joseph W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
Tragedy at Little Hickman Church Sparked by Quarrel
Alexander Jennings twenty one son of wealthy parents shot himself at a crowded country church in Little Hickman Kentucky. The congregation panicked as worshipers fled after the fatal act and the incident stunned the community.
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Alexander Jennings
Little Hickman
New England Mills Plan Massive New Construction
Mills across New England plan new construction with aggregate costs totaling 20 million dollars. The initiative signals growth in the regional textile sector as firms expand capacity and modernize equipment.
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New England
Manufacturer Killed in Allentown Shoe Factory Lift
Silas A. Lentz, co owner of a shoe manufacturing firm in Allentown Pennsylvania, was instantly killed in an elevator shaft at his plant. The incident adds to a list of mid century industrial accidents in the region.
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Allentown
Silas A. Lentz
Danish Prince Harald Marries Princess Helena of Sonderburg
Berlin reports Prince Harald of Denmark, third son of King Frederick, wed Princess Helena of Sonderburg-Glücksburg at Glücksburg Castle. UK London notes and other brief items follow including Perks seeking Canadian canal sanction and Miss Marquard’s marriage to J Seymour Mellor in Sussex.
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Gluecksburg Castle
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Miss Marquard
London
Betty
Frederick Marquard
New York
St. Peter's Church
Upper Beeding
Sussex
J. Seymour Mellor
Miners Accept Old Teams in Three-Year Accord
Scranton confirms a three year agreement with anthracite operators after a tri district miners convention approves the deal. The pact mirrors a New York three years earlier with added conditions on new work rates dues on company property union discharge appeals and dispute steps. The United Mine Workers is not officially recognized and signing is on behalf of miners and operators. The convention remains harmonious with a unanimous final vote.
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Court House
Philadelphia
New York
Strike Commission
Conciliation Board
United Mine Workers’ Union
Miners’ Committee of Seven
Employers’ Committee of Seven
Revolver Fight Kills Patrolman in Logansport Circus Row
Patrolman Joseph Kroger was fatally shot during a post show robbery on Third street bridge. A second robber died after being shot by Kroger. a suspect, Charles Pierce of Scranton, Pa., was captured after a handcar chase and charged with Kroger’s killer shot. The wounded robber died at St Joseph's Hospital.
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Ind
Joseph Kroger
Charles Pierce
Scranton
Pierce
Kroger
Third Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Suffragists Chain Themselves In Commons Lobby
Four women suffragists entered the House of Commons outer lobby and fastened to statues with chains. Police, armed with metal cutters, quickly freed them and expelled the group from the building.
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London
England
House of Commons
Boy Reader Ends Life After Midnight Book Bid
Harry Hanoran of Philadelphia aged fifteen refused to sleep to finish a thrilling novel and shot himself the next day on his doorstep. Authorities suspect his mind was affected by reading.
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Thrilling
Harry Hanoran
Philadelphia
Girl Decoyed From Home to New York Promised Luxury
Fifteen year old Agatha Pickard from Dorchester Mass was lured by a woman to Chinatown New York City where she fell in with men described as cadets. Police rescued her and returned her home after the deception was uncovered.
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Agatha Pickard
Chinatown
New York City
Dorchester
Mass
Stratton Home Receives $6 Million From Estate Executors
By order of the County Court at Colorado Springs Colorado the executors of W S Stratton wealthy mine owner turned over six million dollars to the trustees of the Myron Stratton Home for the benefit of that institution.
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Stratton
Colorado Springs
Col
W. S. Stratton
Myron Stratton
Death of Lady Leigh at Stoneleigh Abbey
Frances Helene Beckwith of New York dies of pneumonia at Stoneleigh Abbey Kenilworth England. She is the wife of Francis Dudley Leigh third Baron Leigh.
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Lady Leigh
Francis Dudley Leigh
Baron Leigh
Stoneleigh Abbey
Kenilworth
England
Frances- Helene Beckwith
N. M. Beckwith
New York
President Castro Angered by France Visit
Ex president Fidel Castro, arriving in France, denounced the United States for driving his exclusion from Venezuela and condemned U.S. actions in the affair.
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Castro
France
United States
Venezuela
Kodol advertisement promotes digestion cure
An advertisement urges readers to use Kodol to prevent and cure dyspepsia. It claims Kodol digests all foods, rests the stomach, and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied after using a large bottle sold by W A Hayes in Hillsboro N C.
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Eee
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
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