Farmers Plans and Distress Across Nation Report
News briefs from Chicago conferences on farmers co operatives plan for grain elevators cold storage and regulated distribution. Reports from Greenville Tennessee and Iowa recount floods robberies and a kidnapping case with arrests. Civil appointments in the Philippines and a ship collision near Hong Kong are noted alongside local license changes and a dueling death in Prussia.
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Chigaco
Ret
Mog
Camstion
Chicago
Weather and hunger in Jamaica as hurricane toll rises
Describes thousands displaced across eastern and northern Jamaica seeking shelters amid widespread destruction. Looted markets, ruined homes, and improvised fuel fires dominate scenes in coastal towns and inland villages. Authorities warn the food supply will run out in days as local efforts prove inadequate.
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Jamaica
Annotata Bay
Buff Bay
Orange Bay
Port Maria
Marchioneal
Moran Bay
Bowden
Foo
Man in Coils of Live Wire Narrow Escape
Brooklyn switchman Edward Yockers survived a broken trolley wire that wrapped around his body for five minutes. Five hundred witnesses saw the daring escape as an ambulance surgeon predicted recovery.
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Brooklyn
Edward Yockers
Broadway
Yockers
Rock Island Texas Express Wreck Kills Fireman Near Alma
Fireman John Leggett died when the Rock Island Texas express plunged through a bridge over Hendricks creek near Alma Kansas. Engineer John MecSteen was seriously injured and baggage and express workers were carried away by floodwaters. Rescue crews recovered survivors by daylight.
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Rock Island
Texas Express
Alma
Kan
Hendricks Creek
John Leggett
John MecSteen
Kansas City
William Graves
Asherman
Graves
Abduction near Sunbury demands 50000 ransom
Mrs. John Hilsrow wife of a Bennett area farmer was seized near Sunbury Iowa late Sunday night. An unknown man abducted her from a buggy after luring her husband with news of their sick son. She was imprisoned in a deserted farm house cellar and later escaped into the night. Her mind remains unsettled and authorities pursue the kidnapper amid a widening investigation.
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Barclay
Tipton
Cedar County
Iowa
August Lueth
John Telstow
Bennett
Lueth
Telstow
Sunbury
John Hilsrow
Hilwon
Walcott
Hilstony
Ben-nett
Hilstow
John Lee
China to Open Two Ports Under Open Door Pact
Intercepted dispatch reports Prince Ching signing a written pledge with the United States to open Mukden and Tatungtao as ports. China yields after stiff resistance amid Russian opposition, framing Tatungtao as a minor port but a victory for the open door policy.
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Onger
Pekin
Prince Chingsigh
United States
Mukden
Tatungtao
Prince Ching
Preachers, clergy and church news summary
The Most Rev J J Harty will be consecrated archbishop of Manila in Rome. D W Potter reelected president of Desplaines Camp Meeting Association. About 800 Baptists form a new Los Angeles church largely from First Church. A W Berg and wife celebrate golden wedding. Rev Benjamin H Davis of Weymouth dies. A Christian deacon group organized at Jonika Thessalonica. T J Bassett earns Doctor of Divinity from Cornell. Dean Samuel Cox narrowly escapes death on a train at Hollis. Elizabeth Lyons dies in New Haven aged 90, nun 51 years. Bishop Hartzell decorated Knight of the Redemption of Africa by Liberia.
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J. J Harty
Manila
Rome
Evangelist D. W. Potter
The
Desplaines
Los Angeles
Cal
A. W. Berg
New York
Benjamin H. Davis
Weymoth
Mass
Ieee Nie
Jonika
New Haven
Hartzell
Redemption of Aftica
Republic of Liberia
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Robert
Parks
Hong Kong
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Empress of India
Vancouver
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Philippine Commission
Geo. T. Langhorne
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Dixon
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Lake
Braden
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Rogers
Berlin
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Allenstein
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Casino
Iege
Mason and
Mason Vote Company
Catge
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Man
United States Circuit Court
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Cincinnati
Union Stock Yards
M. F. Brown
Robert West
New York State
Teamsters Union
Amalgamated Brotherhood — of Teamsters and Helpers
Niagara Falls
Teamsters
Indianapolis
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Herband
Lillie Maude’vans
Ruasia
Turkey
Turkish
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Alphonse P
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Wilson
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Hollis
Charles
Shaler Township
Pittsburg
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Ilren
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Boation
Vath
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Long Island
Joseph Pulitzer
York World
Columbia
University
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Camden, Ark
Ritchie & Co
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Myers
Springfield
Routzalin
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Rattleship
Boardship
Massachusetts
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Acre
Hongkong
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