Mark Twain Dies In Connecticut Home In 1910
Mark Twain dies in Redding Connecticut at his study where he worked on his autobiography. Albert Paine, his literary executor, overseen unpublished writings as the body is prepared for burial in Elmira New York beside his wife and children. Roosevelt mourns the author, praising him as a great humorist and philosopher.
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Redding
Conn
Mark Twain
Albert Paine
Mann
Samuel I
Elmira
New York
Y. van Dyke
Princeton University
Brick Presbyterian Church
Susan
Jane
Langhorn
Roosevelt
Death of Dickens Inspires Global Literary Reverence
The text notes Dickens as the most universally read writer in English, with Mark Twain and Count Violstor as inheritors of world fame, reflecting a high regard for Dickens's legacy and influence across literature.
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Simeoe
Dickens
Mark Twain
Count Violstor
Richmond Post Office Robbers Sentenced to Ten Years
Eddie Fay and Little Dick Harris pleaded guilty to the March 27 Richmond post office robbery in which $85,000 was taken. They were sentenced to ten years in the Atlanta penitentiary and fined $6,000 each.
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Richmond P. D
Richmond
Eddie Fay
Train collision kills three in Indiana scrapyard work crew
In Sandford Indiana an empty express train struck a defective switch and collided with a construction car on a siding. Three men were killed and eight others were probably fatally injured, most of them members of the construction crew.
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Yerre Haute
Ind
Cleveland, Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Sandford
Forged Bills of Lading Shock Liverpool Cotton Market
London April 22 A severe shock hits the Liverpool cotton market with the discovery of forged bills of lading for U S cotton. The quantity involved is reported between fifteen and twenty thousand bales.
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London
Liverpool
Shipping Gazette
United States
Wool Market Prices Reported for St Louis Area
The Wool Market listing from St Louis Missouri dated April 22 shows steady prices across regions with Territory and western mediums at 29 21, fire mediums at 18 20, and fine grades at 11 14.
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St. Louis
Jeffries Vows Greater Speed for Johnson Fight
Jim Jeffries declares he will be faster than ever in his upcoming bout with Johnson. Trainers caution him about Johnson’s abilities as Choynsky joins Jeffries on the road while water shipments reach Jack Johnson’s training camp in Ocean Beach.
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Ben Lomond
Calif
Jim Jeffries
Johnson
Choynsky
Jeffries
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Ocean Beach
San Francisco
Standard Oil reservoirs burn in California blaze
Point Richmond California April 21 The receiving reservoirs of the Standard Oil Co for the Bakersfield oil district pipes caught fire today and heavy losses resulted After several hours work the firemen failed to check the flames
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Point Richmond
Calif
Standard Oil Co
Bakersfield Oil District
Outbreaks in Hunan Province Endanger Foreigners
Hankow April 22. Situation in Hunan is critical as Shangsha residents flee for safety. Villages near there burned by native mobs and threats to kill all foreigners spread. Missionary refugees trek thirty miles to reach the Yangtse river. gunboats shelter foreigners. Thirty students burned to death in a technical school. Pekin April 21. Riots spread from Changsha to Ning Siang and Ye Yang. mission sites burned while foreigners escape harm.
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Hankow
China
Hunan
Shangsha
Yangtse
Changsha
Pekin
Ning Siang
Seacol
Ye Yang
Kansas City Livestock Market Report April 22
Cattle receipts reach 1000 with strong margins across classes. Native steers sell around 6.50 to 9.50, southern steers 5.75 to 7.80, stockers 4.75 to 7.00, calves 4.00 to 8.50, westerns 6.00 to 8.00. Hog buys rise with bulk 9.00 to 9.25, heavy 9.20 to 9.30, pigs 8.10 to 9.50. Sheep demand remains firm with muttons 6.50 to 8.00, lambs 8.25 to 9.30, Western wethers 7.25 to 9.25, ewes 6.50 to 8.20.
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Kansas City
Fine Road to Run 461 Miles Over Santa Fe Trail
Hutchinson Kansas April 22 Seven automobiles will depart at nine tonight for a 461 mile run to Pueblo Colorado along the Santa Fe trail interstate highway following the Arkansas river. Officers of the new Santa Fe trail organization leading the effort to build and maintain a fine dirt road through Kansas to the Colorado mountains will ride in the cars.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Pueblo
Colo
Arkansas River
Kansas
Colorado
Train Derailed in North Carolina After Broken Rail
A Southern Railway through train from New York to Atlanta was ditched near Bessemer City NC by a broken rail. One day coach and a tourist car plus a Pullman sleeper overturned. Passenger Mrs Jonas was slightly bruised and the sole casualty.
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Southern Railway
North Carolina
Washington
New York
Atlanta
Bessemer City
N. C
Jonas
Fowler proposes election of House committees
Representative Fowler of New Jersey, an insurgent, introduced a resolution for selecting House committees by election. He announced the resolution would be privileged on May 2. Speaker Cannon said it must follow the regular order.
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Washington
House
Fowler
New Jersey
Insurgent
Cannon
Picnic outing at Milne Bush ranch draws prospector guests
W. G. Hamilton led a party of 30 friends on a picnic to the Milne Bush ranch today. Among the guests were several prospectors from the extreme east, adding an air of adventure to the excursion.
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W. G. Hamilton
Milne Bush Ranch
Courthouse Bid Won by Lyon & Axtell for 113505.09
The county commissioners awarded Lyon & Axtell the contract to build the Chaves county courthouse and jail for 113505.09 dollars not including plumbing lighting or furnishing. Excavation begins next Monday with a one year build window. Lyon & Axtell beat Smith Work & Co and Mutual Construction with six bids on the courthouse and four on the jail. The project uses pressed brick Bedford stone and galvanized iron and aims for high fire safety. Lyon & Axtell will move to Roswell and serve as the local contracting firm with Elmer Axtell as superintendent.
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Chaves County
Lyon & Axtell
Roswell
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Axtell
Cnrses
Court House
Smith, Work & Company
el Paso
Mutual Construction Company
Louisville
Bedford
Indiana
New Mexico
I. H. Rapp
Lyon
First National Bank
Elmer Axtell
Reward Notice for Lost Mosaic Shirt at Main Street
Lost blue Mosaic shirt with white studs reported at the record book office on Main Street near Fourth. Reward offered for return to Record Office. Contact details unreadable in fragment. pursue any clarifications or nearby shop owners who might have seen the item.
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Main
U. Neets
Lyon and Axtell Win Roswell Contract
The people of Roswell and Chaves county are gratified that Lyon & Axtell landed the contract. They trust the firm as builders and believe they will not let the work lag.
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Roswell
Chaves County
Lyon & Axtell
Five Train Robbers Escape From Leavenworth Prison
Five life term convicts fled the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas. Two were recaptured and three more were surrounded near the prison. Names include Bob Clark from Tyler Texas John Gideon from Moscow Idaho Thomas Kating from Allen Oklahoma Arthur Hewitt from Caddo Oklahoma and Frank Grigware the Omaha mail robbery suspect. A second update reports Grigware and Theodore Murdock still at large eight miles north with rain hindering the search. Authorities field 25 guards and 200 farmers assisting.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Federal
Were
Bob Clark
Tyler
Texas
John Gideon
Moscow
Idaho
Thomas Kating
Allen
Oklahoma
Arthur Hewitt
Caddo
Frank
Lighting System of Masonic Temple Completed
After weeks of work the electric wiring and fixture installation at the new Masonic Temple building is finished. The completed lighting enhances the interior, adding beauty beyond prior expectations.
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Masonic Temple
Burnished brass fixtures and 418 lights adorn house
The building features burnished brass fixtures matching locks and hardware. It is lit by 338 forty watt Tungsten lamps plus 82 frosted incandescent lights around the balcony, totaling 418. The central electrolier in the Eastern Star chamber is the largest fixture, installed by Valley Electrical Company under manager R. J. Gatlin.
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Eastern Star Chamber
Valley Electrical Company
R. J. Gatlin
Five-roomed cottage with bath for sale in east front location
Classified notice offers a modern five-room cottage with bath and city water, in a good location facing east. Address cited as Bar and Record, with a single line describing features and sales contact.
Roosevelt visits tomb of Napoleon in Paris
In Paris on April 22, Mr. Roosevelt toured Napoleon's tomb after viewing the chapel with tattered battle banners from Napoleonic campaigns. He traded remarks with General Dalstein on battle incidents, then grew quiet when peering into the red marble tomb.
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Paris
France
Mr. Roosevelt
Napoleon
Roosevelt
Dalstein
Dilley Furniture Promises High Quality Low Prices in Roswell
J. E. Mitchells advertises rubber hose at low prices with 2114 to date while Dilley Furniture Company touts the swellest line of furniture in Roswell offering high quality goods at low prices.
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J. E. Mitchells
Dilley Furniture Company
Roswell
Shrader Grocery Co Promotes Value and Patronage
Local ad proclaims strict quality in goods and reasonable prices at Shrader Grocery Co inviting customers to shop.
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Shrader Grocery CO
Roswell Grain and Trading Co Advertisements
Grain fuel and hide dealers Roswell Wool and Hide Co offer grain coal and wood. They buy hides and invite customers to call 30. Roswell Trading Co promotes coal hat and grain with the claim always the best on East Beeong Street and phone 136.
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Roswell Wool .& Hide CO
Roswell Trading CO
East Beeong St
Hyde trial testimony details nurse and witness accounts
In Kansas City on April 22, the Hyde murder trial heard Miss Keller and nurse Miss Anna Houlihan describe the death of Chrisman Swope and Moss Hunton. Albert Ott corroborated Keller on the bleeding after Dr Hyde's alleged incision while Houlihan recalled nurse strikes and suspicions of murder at the Swope house.
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Kansas City
Miss Keller
Col. Swope
Hyde
Albert M. Ott
Independence
Moss Hunton
Dr. Hyde
Twyman
Miss Houlihan
Swope
Dr. Twyman
Chrisman Swope
Colonel Swope
New York Central Men Agree to Wage Arbitration
New York April 22 arbitration of wage demands for trainmen and conductors on the New York Central lines west of Buffalo was agreed upon today. The wage dispute will be settled independently of the ongoing arbitration for men east of Buffalo.
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New York
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
Phone 182 Star Livery for Hacks and Saddle Horses
Local notice promotes Star Livery offering hacks buggies cabs and saddle horses with contact number 8126 for hire. Provides brief service scope and accessibility to transportation and equestrian hire.
Explosion Kills Eighteen Miners Near Amsterdam
Steubenville April 22 eighteen of the twenty five night shift miners at the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company mine near Amsterdam are believed dead after an underground explosion. Six bodies recovered and seven others pulled from the shaft unconscious.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Company
Amsterdam
Roswell Piano Contest Votes Tied to 25e Cash Purchases
A local notice urges residents to cast votes in the Roswell Piano Contest, linking each 25e cash purchase to a vote. The item emphasizes how supporters can influence outcomes by buying entries or credits at designated points in town.
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Roswell Drug & Jewelry Co
Roswell Weather Report for April 22 1910s
Local Weather Bureau report from Roswell New Mexico shows 6:00 am observation with max 81 and min 36, mean 58, no precipitation, wind from the northwest at 2 miles per hour, clear conditions. Forecast calls for tangent fair and warmer today and Saturday fair. Compared to last year’s date, high 57 and low 38, and 16 years ago extremes were 94 in max and 26 in min.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Roswell
N. M
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