Brinkley Tornado Ravages City Wreckage and Loss
Brinkley Arkansas suffers a devastating cyclone with more than fifty dead and over two thousand houses wrecked or damaged. The storm destroys the business district and many homes while relief efforts organize quickly led by Mayor T H Jackson and Doctors committees. Military aid arrives as inmates are conscripted to clear debris and rebuild.
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Brinkley
Ark
Mercy
Harry Jackson
E. D. McKnight
Greenlee
Isaac Reed
Reed
Ruesell
Raymond
Marlie Reed
Acros
Little Rock
Bere
Cotton Belt Railroad
Tte
Rock Island
Jackson
T. H. Jackson
T. HL Jackson
Brinkley tornado relief funds raised across Arkansas
Governor Donaghey urges immediate General Assembly action with a 15000 appropriation for Brinkley disaster relief after the cyclone. Communities including Earle Helena Pine Bluff contribute 155 1000 and 500 respectively to aid the shelter food and medical needs of the injured and homeless.
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Little Rock
Ark
Brinkley
Donaghey
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
Helena
Board of Trade and Business Men's League of
Pine Bluff
Pine
Taft Uses Big Stick to Back Central American Peace
Washington reports a diplomatic rupture with Nicaragua over Zelaya and the Emery claim. The U S and Mexico aim to enforce peace in Central America with warships patrolling the coast if Zelaya resists. Ambassador La Marrs and Assistant Secretary Wilson met to back the treaty of peace among the Central American republics.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Emery
State Department
Central America
la Marrs
Mexico
Wilson
Nicaraguan
Pleads for Race Suicide Policy by Ohio WCTU Leader
Mrs. Sarmsh K Meredith, recording secretary of the Ohio WCTU, advocates race suicide urging quality over quantity in offspring. She contends couples should marry and raise families only when both partners are fit and able to ensure the children's future.
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Ohio
W. C. TU
Sarmsh K. Meredith
Bound, gagged and robbed in Galesburg case
Galesburg residents report three men posing as United States deputy marshals abducted T. W. Bennett a former Hot Springs hotel keeper Thursday night. They pistol whipped him placed him in a shanty bound with copper wire and screws and stole diamonds valued at 500 along with a large cash sum before he freed himself and reached a nearby house.
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Galesburg
T.W. L. Bennett
Hot Springs
United States
Marchal
France Faces Large Deficit and Social Project Strain
Paris reports a widening budget gap as socialistic programs draw on treasury funds. The 1909 budget required 17 million dollars in treasury bonds, and the 1910 climate shows a deficit of 45.
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Paris
France
United States
Treasury
Steel Trust Slashes Prices in War on Independent Makers
New York reports the Steel Trust cuts tin plate quotations from 25 to 30 cents per box and steel plates from 34 to 64 dollars per ton, aiming to squeeze independents. Officials say reductions are to win business as rivals match cuts, with tensions rising over trust tactics and past coercive moves against competitors.
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New York
Steel Trust
The
Trust
Plan Big Land Sale in Oklahoma October Opening
Washington reports a proposed October land opening in Oklahoma as the Interior Department plans to suspend current allottee land sales and offer surplus lands in a large sale. The plan, paired with four annual payments, aims to attract thousands of settlers and raise land prices.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Oklahoma
Department
British naval estimates outline new dreadnought build
London reports the naval estimates totaling 175.7 million dollars, up 14.1 million from 1905-040. The plan includes four Dreadnoughts, six protected cruisers, twenty torpedo boat destroyers and submarines, with submarines costing five million.
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London
Torpedo Board
Dickinson to go to canal for Panama study
Secretary Dickinson expected to be sent to Panama to study the canal and surrounding conditions. A senior administration official notes upcoming conferences with President Taft and Col. Iothal during the trip. Changes in the organi maten are anticipated. New York report shows Japanese return figures for February 1900.
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Washington
Dickinson
Panama
Canal
Tait
Iothalk
New York
K. Yamasaki
Japan
Department of Foreign Affairs of Japan
United States
Hawaii
Yama
White Snubbed Tafts in Vienna Case of Ambassador White
The article recalls 1886 when Ambassador White refused Taft honeymoon guests access to royal invitations in Vienna. White, secretary of the U.S. legation, sent a curt note explaining the exclusivity and limited invitations, offering museum tickets instead. Taft still preserves White's letter as a key document in the incident.
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Washington
Ambassador White
Mr. White
Mr. Taft
Tafts
White
Aire
Taft
Bishop Hoss Relapses After Hospital Surgery
Bishop E. E. Hoss of the Methodist Episcopal Church South is back in illness after an operation for an internal trouble at Johns Hopkins Hospital. A new complication since last Saturday brings high fever and pain from the wound, likely delaying his discharge by days or a week.
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Haltimore
EE. Hoss
Methodit Epicopal Church
South
Johne Hopkins Hospital
Marines Ready as Nicaragua Tensions Rise at Central American Borders
Washington reports four hundred marines from Panama and 206 from Guantanamo are held in readiness to rush to Honduras and Nicaragua borders if Nicaragua attacks Costa Rica or uses Honduran territory for troop transport. The State Department cites treaties with Mexico and Central American republics to argue for forcing peace and preventing war.
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Panama
Guantanamo
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
State Department
Mexico
United States
Central American
Children Clean Up Charlotte Streets In Rubbish Drive
Over 2 000 schoolchildren gathered stray trash glass pottery and brick from streets in a prize contest by the Woman's Club. The winning child collected a large heap of rubbish along the waterway. Sanitation officials say it may take a week of city workers to remove the accumulated debris.
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Charlotte
N. C
Woman's Club
Sanitary Department
Death Claims Gen Palmer Founder of Colorado Springs
Gen Wm J Palmer founder of Colorado Springs died at Glen Eyrie after a 1906 horse fall that fractured his back. He left an estate valued at fifteen million dollars. In Martinsville Indiana the home of Chas Renner attorney for the Anti Saloon League was wrecked by dynamite at midnight. the couple were awakened by the explosion and Renner believes it was a warning rather than an attempt on his life.
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Mr. Hood
Hood
Soma
Willie
Harry Hood
Belle Derdia
Colorado Springs
Glen Eyrie
Palmer
Colorado
Martinsville
Ind
Chas , Renner
Anti- Saloon League
Renner
Anti Saloon League
Ed Harris
Newton of and Manufacturing Company
Heath
Unexpected Complications Delay Bishop Hoss Recovery
Baltimore report states Bishop E. E. Hoss, operated on at Johns Hopkins over a month ago, has not rested well for several days due to an unexpected complication. Doctors expect a temporary setback in his convalescence despite the added pain.
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Baltimore
E. E. Hoss
Johns Hopkine Hospital
Veterans Parade Unites Blue and Gray in City
Veterans from opposing sides joined in a Friday parade despite weather. The event, held at noon, featured Judge O. War Rent of Ohio and Mrs. Dr. Stockton of Chicago joining the program alongside local veterans and speakers.
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Fourth ‘Nations
Tommy
Judge
Warrent
Dr. Stockton
Chicago
Demotion of Debts Cited in Local Medical Dispute
Carl Hingle alleges Ruddy owes for miles of worther treatment with lines and Seer. Defense cites expended petition costs and medical costs in dispute over owed funds.
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Carl Hingle
Ruddy
Fort Worth Heiress Weds Chicago Man in Houston Romance
Ella Keller of Fort Worth married Arthur Fuller of Chicago in Houston in what newspapers call one of the oddest weddings in Texas. Keller, 20, heiress and musician, wed Fuller, 30, a lifelong cripple unable to move his body. The couple grew to affection during his stay in Fort Worth and during the ceremony.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Houston
Ella Keller
Arthur Fuller
Chicago
Miss Keller
Fuller
Miss Fuller
Sor the Coe
Washington Wyoming and Arkansas Tie For 36,000-ton Monster
A cryptic OCR line references Washington, Wyoming, and the Arkansas as names connected to a 36,000-tcm monster. The fragment lacks clear context, but implies a three-party designation or vessel name tied to a large capacity figure.
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Washington
Wyoming
Arkansas
Nehemiah the Man and the Wall of Jerusalem
Nehemiah, cupbearer to Artaxerxes Longimanus, learns Jerusalem’s distress from a messenger. He gains the king's consent to return, inspects the ruins, wins the people to rebuild, and defends workers against Saphaal and Tobiah's plots while organizing a two-tier defense during wall construction.
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Nehemiah
Hechailah
Judah
Jerusalem
Hanant
Strushan
Prieta
Artazertes Longimanus
Walle
Nehemiah Himserlf
Judea
Bes
Babylon
Zion
Nehemish
Saphallat
Tobiah
Sanbaliat
Nehemiah as a Model of Strength and Virtue
The piece portrays Nehemiah as a balanced figure of goodness and discipline, matching Washington and Lincoln in steadfast courage. It recounts his calm defiance against Sanballat and Tobiah, his decisive leadership, and his immediate mobilization to rally Jerusalem’s people for reform and rebuilding.
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Nehemiah
God
United States
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Nehemish
Jerusalem
Chase by Ferocious Untamable Animal Near Jerrytown
Henry Waugh of Jerrytown Pennsylvania recounts being chased by a solitary untamable animal described as ferocious. He escaped by speed on a January night near town limits as the creature followed in a zigzag path and could not run straight. He notes the animal’s breathing and stubborn, erratic travel pattern.
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Henry Waugh
Jerrytown
Mr. Waugh
Ana
W. A. Barker
Meridian
Ald
Mississippi Delta Levee Board Eyes 525000 Bond Sale
The Board of Levee Commissioners of the Upper Varco Mississippi Delta district plans to receive bids on April 20 for a 525000 forty year bond issue at 4 1 4 percent interest payable semiannually. Proceeds fund refunding of similar bonded indebtedness. The issue will be callable anytime under the sale terms.
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Board of Levee Commissioners
Upper Varco Mississippi Delta
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