Washington volunteers return home stir Seattle welcome plans
The Beattie community plans a big homecoming celebration for the United States volunteers returning from Manila. Prominent citizens urge a committee to organize events from the Cascades to the Olympics as three hundred Seattle residents are among those soldiers. Enthusiasm mirrors historic homecomings and signals a citywide effort despite ongoing war.
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Beattie
Washington
Manila
Philippines
State of Washington
Seattle
Dynamite on Rails near Nodaway Thwarts Train Attempt
Two dynamite blasts were set to destroy a Burlington train near Nodaway Missouri. The Denver flyer and the Omaha express were jolted by shocks at 4 am and ten minutes later, breaking windows but causing no severe injuries. Officials suspect vandalism with no robbery motive evident.
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Jorseph
Burlington
Nodaway
St. Joseph
Iowa Hne
Denver Flyer
Omaha Express
Burtington
Tragic discovery in Cedar River. woman believed murdered
The body of Mrs. Henry Lemper was found in the Cedar River in Wapalo, Iowa, six weeks after she disappeared. Police suspect foul play as bystanders had mistaken the corpse as a roadside target before the body was dislodged.
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Watpaloo
Iowa
Henry Lemper
Cedar River
Body of man found near Monndeville in river
The body of a man, apparently dead for some time, was pulled ashore near Monndeville. He was well dressed and several years old with a stated height. In his clothes were a silver watch and keys but no identification. He is believed to be the man lost from the steamer Virginia about two months ago.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Monndeville
Virginia
Armory Hall
Mayo
Angus McKerrall
Broadway
Seattle
Jacob Kuhn
Eastlake Avenue
Grown
Tramp Attack Leaves Weisbach Near Allentown Critical
C Weisbach was found unconscious near Allentown and beaten by unknown assailants. He was taken to the poorhouse in a critical condition, with one eye protruding from the socket. no clue to the attackers exists.
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Allentown
Avalanche of Gravel Kills Two In Carlton Pit Collapse
At the East Minnesota railway gravel pit two miles east of Carlton Minnesota a cave in last night killed two men and left seven others buried under a hundred feet of gravel. Rescue efforts followed as authorities investigated the accident and the work site was secured. Local officials and company crews responded to the disaster with emergency procedures and search operations ongoing.
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Carlton
Minn
East Minnesota Railway
Here
Love Will Find a Way in Seymour Wedding Blocked by Smallpox
Frank Robinson and Misa Caroline Musser of North Vernon planned to wed in North Vernon last night. A smallpox outbreak interrupted the ceremony as the bride's father contracted the disease, prompting the groom to fetch his bride and drive toward Seymour where his mother lives.
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North Vernon
Itta
Officials Stop Couple From Entering City for Pending Marriage
Dr Grega of the North Vernon board of health halted a couple in transit to wed in the city. Dr HIN confronted them at the town border and ordered their return to North Vernon. Though they wished to marry, the physician relented briefly to allow the ceremony to be performed outdoors with Rev Mr Clevenger officiating, after which Dr MIL escorted them safely away.
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Grega
North Vernon
Tragedy Aboard Train Near Neenah Oregon City
In Neenah Wisconsin on April 2 a dead man found on the front end of a steam engine after a passenger train from the Wisconsin Central reached Ohio City. Theodore Barteau of West Menasha was driving the horse and buggy home when struck by a second train. the crew did not learn of the accident.
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Neenah
Wis
Wilaecensin Central Railway
Ohio City
Theodore Barteau
Weat Menasha
More Trouble Over Honors
Washington reports a clash between army and navy over Col. Miller’s promotion to brigadier general. Capt. Wilde of the U S N protests Miller’s role in the Tollo capture, claiming Wilde’s forces achieved the feat and that Admiral Dewey endorses them. The war and navy departments will review Wilde’s charges.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Wilde
Miller
Col. Miller
Tollo
Philippine
Dewey
War and Navy Departments
Walla Walla Gains Coronet Band and Regional Shifts
State notes report a new cornet band in Walla Walla and a building boom in Davenport. Other items include Scarlet fever in Davenport, reorganising W C T A Cheney, healthy Garfield cattle, a $210 robbery in Spokane, editor change at Deming Prospector, and August Smith's death by suicide at Walla Walla after a spree.
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August Smith
Walla Walla
Telegrams 10 Volunteers Described as Sedition Not Treason
Washington dispatch notes cabinet discussion over intercepted telegrams urging mutiny among volunteers. Otis forwarded communications to the President. no prosecutions planned, but printing hoped to blunt sender aims. Several telegrams labeled advisory and one unsigned urging not to enlist. sedition law quoted.
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Washington
Gen. Otis
Gen Otis
Cabine
Ottete
Pennsylvania
Otte
United States
Tragic Train Crossing Death in Philadelphia
Marty Hackman died after being struck by a freight train at the Reading Railway crossing at Front and Green streets. The incident halted the train as responders aided the victim and investigated the scene.
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Philadelphia
Marty Hackman
Reading Railway
Front and
Green
Cambria Iron to Build Largest Furnaces in U S
The Cambria Iron company plans to erect in Johnstown Pennsylvania the largest furnaces ever built in the United States. Two will surpass all prior structures, a third will serve a different close of work. Headquarters in Philadelphia confirm the decision and say construction begins next summer.
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Jounetown
Cambria Iron Company
United States
Philadelphia
Readers urged to submit ideas for Washington Volun homecoming
The Star calls for reader opinions on celebrating the Washington Volunteer homecoming. Suggestions may include music fireworks and other big time accessories, with readers asked to write in for publication.
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the Star
Washington Volun
The
Star
Railway Accident Fatalities Reported After Track Incident
A man was found after a noon incident, with blood traces along the track. Backman was discovered wrapped around a freight car axle. He suffered four fractures a crushed hand and foot and internal injuries from the incident.
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Backman
Children Seek Marriage Despite Youth in Indiana
Oretta Loveau aged thirteen and John Merlett aged seventeen, adopted daughter and the son of farmers, were refused marriage due to their ages. A constable accompanied them as they planned to drive to Vincennes and possibly Silnot a if needed, with parents and guardians consenting to the union.
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Washington
Ind
Oretta Loveau
John Merlett
Vincennes
Silinota
Gas Well Ignition Destroys Derrick in Van Buren Township
A gas and oil well struck in Van Buren township last night erupted with great force and fire before crews could extinguish it. Derrick and tools burned, thousands of gallons of oil lost, and worker William Sherman suffered serious burns but survived. The well lies much farther south than prior new wells, opening a new field.
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Sidney
van Buren
Wiliam Sherman
Front Yard Clotheslines Cause City Backlash
Washington report recalls Rep Jos B Showalter of Pennsylvania renting a home on East Capitol Street and using the front yard to dry laundry. Neighbors reacted with surprise and mortification at this unexpected practice in a fashionable district as the city addressed etiquette and property norms.
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Front Yarde
Pennsylvania
Capitol Hill
Bhowalter
Legation
Washington
House of Representatives
Jos. B. Showalter
Con
Johnstown Narrowly Escapes Loss of New Furnaces
Johnstown residents learned the city nearly lost three proposed blast furnaces. Initially planned for lakeside locations, the project shifted after influential locals secured a freight rates concession from the Pennsylvania Railroad, enabling Cambria Company to compete with mills near Pittsburgh.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cambria Company
Pittebure
Woman Arrested After Break-In At Toledo Home
Constable Harry Cherry served a warrant for perjury on Marie Cleotte Wilson alias Mrs Burroughs. He entered her house with deputies in blankets to arrest her, she resisted and was jailed after a struggle. Damages sought total 850000 from the city and others over mistreatment claims.
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Toledo
Harry Cherry
Marie Cleotte Wilson
Mrs. Burroughs
Conestabble Cherry
Ike 'A
Sewing Machine Accident Leaves Woman Trapped
Miss Agnea Polder injured when a sewing machine needle bent into bone locked the machine. Alone for over an hour she called for help and was freed only after a machinist and physician disassembled the machine.
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Jamestown
Ag‘nea Polder
Men Only Men Health Lecture At Armory Hall
Mayo repeats his lecture for men at Armory Hall on Sunday at 2 PM. The talk uses charts and manikins to explain health topics and urges fathers and sons to attend. Free consultation at Occidental Hotel continues until 7 PM and for ten more days, urging those seeking help to consult the doctors.
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Mayo
Armory Hall
Maya
Occidental Hotel
Death by Worsening Pain Leads Alameda Man to Suicide
Horace Garcelon a former bookkeeper living with his mother at 1533 Railroad Avenue Alameda shot himself with a 44 caliber revolver to avoid a feared surgical operation for kidney trouble. Neighbors found him dead in his room, a gunshot wound to the head and a discharged weapon with two unused chambers.
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Alameda
Horace Garcelon
Levi Straues and Company
Garceton
Railroad Avenue
Dre. Stafford and Keys
Marizio
Garcelon
Kirk Seeks Dissolution of Pittsburgh Church Pastoral Ties
Rev James Wollaston Kirk of Leverington Avenue Presbyterian Roxborough asks his congregation and the presbytery in Germantown to dissolve his pastoral relations so he can accept an appointment from the Board of Home Missions to establish mission work in Eagle City Alaska on the Yukon River Mrs Kirk will accompany him on the journey
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Philadelphia
James Wollaston Kirk
Leverington Avenue Presbyterian Church
Roxborough
German Town
Kirk
Board of Home Missions
Eagle City
Yukon River
Alaska
Dawson City
Cherry Sisters Lose Suit Over Des Moines Parody
In Des Moines on April 29 the Cherry sisters failed to recover funds from the Des Moines Leader after the paper reprinted a piece from the Odebolt Chronicle mocking their show. Judge Charlies A. Bishop ruled against elder sister Addie in the first trial.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Leader
Odebolt Chronicle
Charlies A. Bishop
Addie
Court suppresses speech as sisters withdraw from case
The Leader’s reprint of the article drew no malice according to testimony. Addie planned a speech when the ruling came but the court stayed her. She and her two sisters left in a huff. The other sisters are expected to continue with their cases.
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Addie
McGrath resigns as district AFL organizer in Ohio
John McGrath, district organizer of the American Federation of Labor, announces his resignation to President Gompers. He cites opposition to politics in labor and seeks harmonious relations between workers and employers, saying powers opposed to this policy prompted his departure.
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Zanesville
John McGrath
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
American Federation
Girl Dora England 4 Dies After Suicide Attempt in Newark
New York report says Dora England aged four killed herself after a quarrel with her sweetheart and a failed intervention by a divine healer. She had earlier tried to throw herself from a balcony and died at Newark City Hospital.
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New York
Dora England
Newark
N. J
Paris Green
Newark City Hospital
Blown to Atoms in Oil Field Explosion
Bradford Pa April 29 William D Burdick veteran torpedo man was blown to atoms at his magazine in Rutherford Hollow an explosion wrecked a boiler house and two sheds nearby A separate note mentions an Old Maida Convention held at Elkhart Ind recently.
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Bradford
Wm. D. Burdick
Atoma
Old Maida
Elkhart, Ind
Pursuing Max West Near Orchardville in Illinois
Sheriff Holiday leads a citizen posse through Tl in pursuit of Max West believed to have fled with Miss Hattie Krogman from Richmond. West, once married in Altamont, traveled on foot toward Orchardville with the aid of a helper, leaving his wife and seven week old child.
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Xenia
Max West
Hattie Krog- Man
Rithmont
Pulpit to Poultry Farm Resignation Shocks Shippensburg
In Shippensburg Pennsylvania on April 29 a surprise arises as Rev H J Hibschman resigns from the First Presbyterian Church of Alexandria New Jersey to enter the poultry business. Hibschman formerly led the Reformed church at Newburg and had moved to the Presbyterian church in Denver. The item also notes separate city death rates for Denver Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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H. Je Hibschman
First Presbyterian Church
Alexandria
N. J
Hibschman
Reformed Church
Newburg
Presbyterian Church
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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