Tornado and hail rattle towns across Kansas and Oklahoma
A tornado struck Douglas in Butler county Kansas causing extensive damage. one man died from fright and several injured as homes and stock were lost. Nearby Rose Hill and Udall suffered housing damage and broken windows from hail. In Tupelo Oklahoma a brief but violent storm wrecked a residence and a store, with crops damaged but no fatalities reported.
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Wichita
Kan
Douglas
Butler County
Udall
Rose Hill
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Tupelo
Free Hides Fight Reaches Washington for Senate Talks
A Chicago and central west business committee arrived in Washington to urge restoring hides to the free list. They plan meetings with senate leaders and will present to President Taft that failure to free hides will let trusts dominate weather making industries and harm about 300000 workers.
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Washington
D. C
Chicago
Central West
Senate
Taft
Colorado Passes Campaign Expenses Law For State Support
Gov Shalott signed the measure providing state aid to campaigns in Colorado for the next two years. The law sets a biannual payment equal to 25 cents per vote from the previous general election, distributed among parties by governor race votes. Only state and candidates may contribute, with a candidate limited to 40 percent of first year emolument.
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Denver
Colorado
Shaloth
Woman Discovers Worth $1.75 Million Bell Stock
In San Francisco a woman, unnamed, uncovers 60 Bell Telephone shares bought in 1882. She invested 1500 dollars and can divest her property for 1.75 million after the stock lay in a trunk as seemingly worthless for 27 years, with a commercial agent sharing the proceeds.
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San Francisco
California
Bell Telephone Company
Banquet Honors Admiral Ijichi Squadron at Jonathan Club
Los Angeles hosts a two day entertainment program for Admiral Ijichi’s training squadron now at San Pedro. The event ends with a banquet by the chamber of commerce at the Jonathan club on Tuesday night attended by 40 officers and 90 prominent citizens. Admiral Isichi Commander Sato and Ishii sat at the speakers table.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Admiral Ijichi
San Pedro
Chamber of Commerce
Jonathan Club
Isichi
Sato
Ishii
Burlington Leads Missouri 2 Percent Rate Plan
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and several other lines will implement a maximum rate of 2 percent per mile in Missouri effective May 10. The decision came Tuesday from executive officials of the Missouri railroads at a meeting in Chicago.
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Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Missouri Railroads
Jefferson Davis Birth Farm to Become Memorial Park
It was announced Sunday that options are closed for buying 16 acres of the Jefferson Davis birth farm to convert into a memorial park. The homestead lies at Fairview, 12 miles from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
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Jefferson Davis
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Fairview
Campaign for Permanent Tariff Commission Gains Backing
More than twenty commercial groups led by the National Association of Manufacturers push for a national government created permanent tariff commission of experts. They say changes to the tariff law cause huge losses due to scheduling uncertainty in Congress and urge returning to the Dingley schedules until such a body is appointed. Delegations from commercial bodies are in Washington to advocate this plan.
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New York
Apr
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Board of Experts
Washington
Lewis Single Binder cigar advert promotes premium five cent smoke
An advertisement touts Lewis Single Binder cigars as a fresh foil wrapped 5c smoke. It claims superior tobacco quality justifies the higher dealer cost and warns buyers against imitations, urging customers to request Lewis Single Binder.
Balloon stories and space rates in comic exchange
A quip about balloon stories and space rates contrasts notions of value and reach. The exchange hints at speculative pricing tied to eccentric or experimental narratives.
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Note
A brief catalog line notes white clothes as a sign of using Red Cross Ball Blue. A large 2 oz package is offered for five cents in a simple price reference. A quip contrasts two is company with three a soulless corporation.
Russian debt rises to 5.9 billion as market shrinks
Count Witte said Jewish disability spurred a boycott of Russian securities by overseas Jewish financiers while alienation of German financiers further contracted the market. Russia’s debt reached 5.9 billion dollars, up 1.45 billion in five years.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Count Witte
Council of the Empire
New Kansas Railroad Seeks Certificate to Issue Bonds
The Kansas Northwestern Railroad filed with the board of railroad commissioners on Wednesday to obtain a certificate allowing it to issue bonds and capital stock for line construction. It plans a Wichita to Benkelman route, proposing $6,300,000 in capital and the same amount in bonds, with total capital and debt not exceeding $42,000 per mile.
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Kansas Railroad
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Northwestern Railroad Company
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Wichita
Kan
Benkelman
Neb
Muskogee Elects Mc Garr Mayor After White Town Campaign
Oklahoma City Ok A F Mc Garr Democrat elected mayor of Muskogee over Ira L Reeves Republican by a small margin. J F Ledbetter re elected city marshal on Democratic ticket as Democrats win council majority. Voters engaged amid tension over white town versus black town issues.
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Oklahoma City
A. F. McGarr
Muskogee
Ira L. Reeves
J. F. Ledbetter
Captain J F Robinson Dies in Own Act Aboard Indiana
San Francisco reports Captain J F Robinson of the Pacific Mail Steamship Indiana killed himself aboard the stricken vessel. The Indiana wrecked at Magdalena Bay, the deed carried out Monday night in the cabin as the ship pounded on the rocks.
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San Francisco
Cal
J. F. Robinson
Pacific Mail
Indiana
Magdalena Bay
Magdalena
President to Own Special Executive Train
A bill introduced in Congress would grant the United States a complete railway train with baggage, sleeping, and private cars for the president. The War Department would spend 560000 on the purchase and outfitting if enacted.
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Washington, D. C
Dwight
New York
United States
Gotch Defeats Roller in Fastest Championship Match
Kansas City reports the cleanest and fastest wrestling match in the Convention Hall. Frank Gotch, champion grappler, gradually wore down and finally defeated Dr. Benjamin Franklyn Roller, the muscular physician from Seattle, in a bout praised as the most scientific of the season.
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Kansas City
Frank Gotch
Grappler
Benjamin
Franklyn Roller
Seattle
Fairbanks Buys Pasadena Home for Future Residence
Former vice president Charles W. Fairbanks completed through agents a purchase of a $30 000 residence in a fashionable Pasadena district. The deal, concluded on Thursday, signals the plan to make the house his future home.
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Fairbanks
Pasadena
California
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
College Student Fatally Shoots Woman Then Kills Self
Porter Mac Dougall Smith a Dartmouth graduate shot and fatally wounded Miss Helen Ayer Marden of Somerville a senior at Smith College on the Smith campus Thursday before killing himself.
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Northampton
Mass
Porter MacDougall Smith
Dartmouth
Helen Ayer Marden
Somerville
Smith’ College
Smith
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