Lightning kills multiple in Alabama and Louisiana storm
July 14 Birmingham reports deaths from lightning in north Alabama near Huntsville Cullman and Anniston as a storm harms Hammonds La. A separate violent wind and rainstorm in Hammond damages property and disrupts communications and trains. Two men Salvador Gennevelli and Vincenzo Gennevelli die in the storm. A local drugstore sustains about 1000 dollars in losses.
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Tufte Towry
Huntsville
H. H. Harmon
Cullman
Hammond
Juy
Silinois Entra
Salvador Gennevelli
Vincenzo
Dozens of Doctors Find Instrument Embedded in Toe
In Fairmount Indiana during a fire two years earlier at Geoiard Wholerile grocery house in Muncie John Treon injured his left foot. Muncie surgeons removed bone fragments then he traveled to live with parents but worsened. Doctors began removing the great toe but found a surgical instrument, a 250 piece spoon or curette, embedded in the joint. Removal brought quick relief and he may return to work in three weeks.
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Ind
Geoiard
Muncie
John Treon
Cre Department
Witteh
Muncle
Treon
Blind Rooster Wins Pigset In Mehees Hocks
A Buffalo region tailor, unable to read English, bets on a cockfight in Forbes field style. An engineer and associate, long-time partners, scheme to rig a match using a blind cock. The plan backfires when the blind bird wins as the other dies, leaving the losers furious and the town laughing.
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Pitsburg
Mehees Hocks
Forbes Field
Pittaburg & Lake Erie
Mremitty
Iim
Bith
Motiler 16 Kills Patiben at Ber shaw County Farmhouse
Metay Kirklant aged about 66 was shot and killed early morning by his son Willie Kirkland aged 25 at a farmer's house in Ber shaw county 26 miles from here. The son reportedly killed his father to protect his mother McKay Kirkland who was driven from the house after a confrontation with the wife’s capture and threats with a knife amid bystanders.
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Wite
Calombia
Sc—Mcray Kirkland
Willie Kirkland
Bershaw
Kirkland
McKay Kirkland
Congressmen In Street Fight After Church Visit in Demopolis
Congressman George W. Taylor of Alabama and L. A. George clashed on a Sunday morning in Demopolis after leaving Trinity Episcopal Church. Both men were arrested. their cases were heard in the mayor's court.
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Sunlay
Church
Demopolis
Ala
George W. Taylor
Alabama
Ll. A. George
George
Trinity Episcopal Church
Boy Run Down by Rail Car Loses Both Feet
A 14 year old Camden boy was struck by a Public Service railway at Firth and Federal streets. Surgeons at Cooper Hospital decided to amputate both feet after the accident. The boy asked to see the operation and his nerve was noted to aid recovery from the shock. He was playing with companions when the car struck him.
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Veet
Philadelphia
Molson Schiefling
Federal Street
Camden
Cooper Hospital
Firth and
W Federal Streets
Near-Eve Growls at Captor in Jungle Impasse
A woman described as living beneath a large tree near Muskoges with wild animals was taken by officers. She gnawed a bee and growled, wore a wrist tethered by a snap, and slept on a bed of leaves amid jungle vegetables. Officials lean she is demented and to be examined. identity not yet established.
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Muskoges
Iundey
Hem-Roid endorsed for piles by Pendleton Drug Co
A vintage advertisement promotes Hem-Roid as a cure for piles. It claims two to three years of use with refunds if ineffective and recommends Hem-Roid as an internal remedy from Dr J C Leonhard, pricing a large bottle at $1 and urging readers to write for a booklet.
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Pendleton Drug Co
J. CC. Leonhard
Dr. Leonhard Co
Buffalo
Officials Sent to Jail in Kansas City Contempt Case
E. L. Farnsworth and John P. Tillher, water and fire board members, were ordered jailed for contempt of court by Judge A. Lucas in the circuit court. They refused to pay salaries of water department employees who did not resign as others were reassigned. Farnsworth and Tilthor posted bonds and await a new hearing.
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E. L. Farnsworth
John P. Tillher
Fire and Water Board
A. ©. Lucas
Circuit Court
Water Department
Farnsworth
Tilthor
Cleveland riot as women storm depot over fees
A crowd of about two hundred women attacked a City Lee Delivery station after rumors spread that a distribution would be discontinued. They surged the doors and pelted windows with stones. three women were arrested.
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Cleveland
Lee Delivery Company
Hiewener
Convicts Keep Faith After Bolt Strikes Guard
Twenty five long term convicts employed on a railroad construction four miles from here after giving their word they would not escape remained with the guard as the bolt struck. Guard Lot rode to obtain medical aid for two fellow guards struck by lightning. Guard Methady was killed instantly and Guard Walter Simmons was likely fatally injured.
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Elkins
Lot
Methady
Teir Aml
Walter Simmons
Donkey and Elephant Race to White House Prediction
A humorous political note from New York describes a donkey and an elephant starting from Coney Island toward the White House as a forecast of the 1412 election. It notes hundreds of democracy supporters and many GOP loyalists backing their figures as the trail passes through Trenton Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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New York
Coney Island
White House
Trenton
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Colorado youth confesses to Ramah murder and ax attack
Colorado Springs man Jim Fields, 19, confessed to killing Peeler Jackson, an elderly Ramah recluse. Sheriff Wirdnall of El Paso County said Fields admitted shooting Jackson as he entered his home Saturday and then bashing his skull with an ax after stealing eighty dollars. Fields, already arrested, was taken to the crime scene to corroborate his tale.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Jim Fields
Peeler Jackson
Ramah
Wirdnall
el Paso
Birdsall
Fields
Tolstots Estate Sold In Perpetual Memorial Plan
In St Petersburg Yosnaya Polyana the Tolstoy estate of the late Count Tolstoy was sold with a government-backed arrangement. The purchase price was stated as $260, and an attempt to attract wealthy Americans to fund a perpetual memorial was reported as unsuccessful.
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St. Petersburg
Yosnaya Polyana
Tao Tolestoy
Pest
Tolstoy
Americihy
Platy
Navy Champ Matched San Franciscco July Fourth Bout
Pattline Robinson, the Negro middleweight champion of the savy and Prite Hol land, the Paddy coast champion, are matched to fought here July 4.
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Navy
San Franciscco
Pattline Robinson
Prite Holland
London Streets Lit by Firelit Lamps in History
London streets were first lit with oil lamps in 1681 and later gas lamps were introduced in 1844, changing urban illumination and street life.
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London
Cancer Germ Theory Proclaimed by Plant Disease Expert
Dr Frank F Smith chief Pathologist at the Bureau of Plant Industry claims cancer is a germ disease in both plants and humans. He cites seven years of work and numerous experiments proving plant tumors are caused by a parasite, and argues human cancers share the same origin.
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Wuaehington
Frank F. Smith
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Nericulture
Golden Pheasant Defeats Silver Rival in Backyard Feud
In Electric Park tropical bird farm Kansas City a long running feud ends with the Golden Pheasant punching the Silver Pheasant’s head red. The Silver bully, twice the size, is scarred and subdued as the Red and Yellow bird gains respect in the yard amid ‘cranking’ flamingoes and pelicans.
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Kansag City
Electric Park
Mule Dragged Man to Death in Storm Run
Snow Hill Maryland farmer Stanshore Figes was killed as a mule dragged him after he unhaltered to rush home from the field during a sudden thunderstorm. A boy accompanying him fell as the mule reared, and Figgs was dragged several hundred yards before dying. He was 60 and left two daughters, Mrs Alice Bradford and Miss Emma Flees.
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Daniel
AdKing
Stanshore Figes
Snow HI
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Ficus
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Mre
Alice Bradford
Mise Emmna
Spokane Ladies to Run for Legislature in Washington
Spokane Washington reports that the Spokane delegation of 10 representatives and five Konitors in Use state legislature of 12 13 will include two women if plans outlined by officers of the Women's Non Partisan Political League and the Washington Equality group succeed. Likely candidates are Mrs A P Fassett and Mrs May Arkwright Hutton who backed the last ballot for women and juvenile legislation. Fassett states members have studied the state and will campaign on women’s status and juvenile laws. The federation endorsed supporting women candidates for state representatives in the upcoming campaign.
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Spokane
Wash
Polithen Equality Lects Gug
Washington
A. P. Pausett
May Arkwright Hutton
PRE RIDE POR OLD NAG
Amberg, Wix says Philip Downing doubts the veteran horse’s condition after a hard ride. The nag collapsed but neighbors helped load it into a sleigh and a vet treated it en route home. Back at the barn the horse stood, limbered, and began eating.
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Amberg
Philip ‘Downing
Policeman Weds Aristocrat In London Ceremony
The remandl marriage of Miss Janet Fisher sister of Rt Hon Andrew Fisher Premier of Australia and Constable Galt of the London police drew a large crowd. Premier Fisher gave away his sister and the groom was supported by selected patrolmen of the city force as spectators filled the church area.
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Gren
London
Janet Fisher
Andrew Fisher
Australia
Constable Galt
London Police
Judge Fly Swats the Fly in Texas Court
In San Antonio a Texas appellate ruling highlights the fight against the house fly as a public health pest. Lois Rittiman sues A Cohen & Co alleging fly-borne disease caused Miss Belle Tuttlman’s death after a jury awarded $1,000 in the lower court. Associate Justice W. S. Fly paused on the case.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Lois Rittiman
A. Cohen & Co
Eels Swarm Below York Dam In Great Run
Fishermen report one of the greatest eel runs at Metals Ferry near York after a new dam of the Pennsylvania Water and Power company, with eels four inches to a foot long, swarm the waters below the breastwork. Many attempt to climb rocks at the York county end and are seen falling back as thousands are caught.
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York
Pat
Metals Ferry
Pennsylvania Water and Power Campany
York County
Snoring Lead to Sixty Day City Prison Term
Portland man D Robert Kelso receives a sixty day stretch after his wife reports a rooming house encounter where she overheard his snoring and suspected infidelity. Kelso denies wrongdoing and says the sentence will address a habit rather than a crime.
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Portland
Ore
Robert Kelso
Robert
Kelso
Lightning Strikes Home Damages Mansion in Potjetown
A severe early morning thunderstorm caused a lightning bolt to pierce the wall of Dr W HL Bek’s house, entering Miss May Rhoads’s bedroom across steam pipes and scattering pictures and metal frames. A section of the west wall collapsed and hundreds of dollars in damage resulted.
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Nolt Motors
Potjetown
W. HL Bek
Miss May Rhoads
Too Many Women in the German Empire
An alarming surplus of women is reported in the empire with 880,483 more single women than men and 1,578,088 more widowed and divorced women. The total number of husbands rises to 2,500,000 prompting many matrimonial newspapers and suitors demanding substantial sums, even when the suitor lacks funds.
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Berin
Wedding Guests Poisoned in Americus Ga Ceremony
Nearly forty guests at the Carter marriage near Americus were seriously ill overnight from what is described as poison proposed during a large wedding gathering. The luncheon included dishes prepared earlier, with one suspected to contain the toxin. No deaths reported, but patients remained in danger early this morning. Many attendees were prominent American residents from local society.
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Americus
Marriges
Milnes
Unton Jack incident sparks Orange dispute in Nexford
In Nexford local unrest erupts as mischief by youths leads to the burning of the Talon Jack and orange faction papers. The town grapples with blame while the trio tied to Ennion Jack defend their form of government amid pressure from allies. An unrelated medicinal claim for Liniment appears as an advertiser note.
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Dubin
Orangemen
Nexford
A Golden Wedding Keeps Health Through Years
A centenarian couple celebrates a long marriage and health as they advise maintaining liver health. The text promotes Pralard's liver remedy to support liver function, with a price of $0.50 per bottle and availability through A. C. Keep pen & Eros.
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Miegas
Pralard
A. C. Keeppen
County Court Legal Blanks for Sale East Oregonian
Legal blanks of every description for county court circuit court justice court real estate etc for sale at East Oregonian office.
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East Oregonian Office
East Oregonian
Local Auction and Secondhand Goods Dealers Advertise
Cok F G Lucas, livestock auctioneer, Athena Oregon promotes sales through First National Bank of Athena and Farmers Bank of Weston. Farm sales a specialty. VY Stroble dealer in new and secondhand goods offers cash paid for all secondhand goods. Cheapest prices in Pendleton for household goods. Call 210 FE Court, phone Binck 9171.
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East Court Street
Pendleton
Cok F. G. Lucas
Athena
Oregon
First National Bank of Athena and Farmere' Bank of
Weston
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