Tornado and Storm Ravage Illinois Regions
A series of tornadoes and a major cyclone struck Illinois towns causing extensive property damage, cut communications, and injuries. Bloomington reports 250000 dollars in city damage with unroofed blocks and shattered glass, while other areas describe ruined crops, collapsed buildings, and disrupted lines across a wide path. No fatalities reported in Bloomington. Grinnell also records unroofed homes and damaged chimneys with no deaths.
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Bloomington
Illinois
Iowa
Grinnell
Centennial Day at West Point Observed
June 11 marked Centennial Day at the military academy with cadets, diplomats, and dignitaries attending a formal program led by President Roosevelt. Cadet Titus received a gold medal. General Horace Porter delivered the closing address as the crowd sang America. the day featured a grand parade, a tablet dedication, and a centennial banquet amid national guardsmen and governors.
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Staten Military Academy Bery
Loesher Henderson
Albert L. Mille
Aoe Seeeve Desmereuns
Cremieet
Weet
Wu Ting Fang
Roe
Amor
Academy
Pres- Roosevelt
National Guard
Mermorial Hall
Supreme Court
John M. Schofield
Association of Graduates of the
Military Academy
United States
Crea
Horace Porter
France
America
Titus
Pekin
Fourteenth Infantry
Congress
Convicts in Oregon Hold Up Doctors Then Vanish Across Fields
Sheriff Durbin and a posse track Tracy and Mer after a daytime escape and a late night hold up of Dr. Co G and Edward Dupuis. The pair fled in a doctor’s rig, abandoning it on a blind road as bloodhounds trail. An early morning second hold up occurs at 4 o clock, prompting renewed pursuit.
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Durbin
Merrill Ie
Trei
National Guard
Salem
Company F
N. G
Wm. Gibson
Portland
Marion County
City of
Gibson
Gervais
Mr. Duprie
Odd Fellows
Barne
Tracy
Aurora
Olny
Boones Ferry
Woodburn
Greer
Mer
Turna
Co. G
Edward Dupuis
Amer
August King
Nellie Underwood Prepares to Return Home Ahead of June Hearing
Aberdeen bail set at 10000 for Nellie Underwood facing a preliminary hearing on June 11 after her arrest in connection with her husband’s pursuit. She shows resilience in captivity, reads reports, and awaits release while authorities continue a Northwest manhunt.
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Star
Aberdeen
Fulton
Marshal Graham
Toke Point
Cudihee
Underwood
Shoalwater Bay
Westport
Lynching in Charlotte: Two Gillespie Boys Hanged by Mob
A mob in Charlotte North Carolina lynched Harrison and James Gillespie two brothers aged 19 and 16 accused of murdering Nellie Benson a white girl last Monday. The sheriff tried to intervene but could not prevent the vigilante action after breaking into the residence and hanging the suspects from a tree.
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Charlotte
N. C
Harrison
James Gillespie
Nellie Benson
University students clash over funds for Pearson trip
The student body's executive committee used student funds to reimburse Robert Pearson $26.10 for expenses on a trip east to counter charges of professionalism against the Pearson brothers. Many students call the action unwarranted and a meeting is set for tomorrow at 1 p.m. to likely order rescission.
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Esterday
Robert Pearson
Pearson
Oregon
Collegians
Houses for sale on Fifteenth Avenue near Columbia
Two newly finished houses on Fifteenth Avenue near Columbia with 7 room and 6 room homes priced at 2750. Each lot 40x120 with modern conveniences in a good neighborhood. Also a house with one acre ground in Kent at 1900 featuring 64 fruit trees within seven minutes of the new Interurban railway.
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Fifteenth Avenue
Columbia
Kent
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Gdomington
Peoria
Morna
Ebria
Bloomdale
West Point
JT bin
Militia
Fobey
Ve Ballard
Moran
Nellie Underwood
Cann
Attor
Ney
Ronald
Sheriff's Office
U ‘Ood
Ters
Northwest
South Bend
Knappton
Astoria
Nase
North River
Riverside
Gerene Street
Queen Anne Hill
Stone
Beheverman
First Avenue
Cherry Street
Hinson Ct
RT. Shannon
R. T. Shannon Grocery Co. Wholesale and Retail Outfitters
Beattle
Adams & Blanchard
Second Ave
Hinckley
Son
Adams
Blanchaed
Mone & Broken Lots
Stewart & Holmes Drug CO
Nes
Worthwest
Rhodes Bros. Tea, Coffee and Crockery House
Second Avenue
Tel
Pink
Columbia St
Seattle, Wash
Boston Stock of Men’s
Lion Clothing House
First
Cor
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