Schoolhouse Tragedy Leaves Ten Girls Dead in Pleasing Ridge
A rear school building at Pleasant Ridge collapses during recess, nine girls die and several are injured. Names listed include Hazel Glover Camille Card Lillian Witham and Loretta Fink, with officials treating survivors as families rush to the scene. Rescue and morgue setup follow as authorities piece together the disaster.
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Cinctreati
Pleasant Ridge
Hazel Glover
Martha Burnine
Rotha Card
Camille Card
Edna There
Emma Stankamp
Emily Hesse
Lillian Witham
Loretta Fink
Train Crashes Into Dynamite Car Near Cumberland
A Pallimore & Ohie freight train collided with a dynamite car at North Branch, eight miles from Cumberland, causing a blast that blew part of the train and the tower house. Eight people were killed and fifteen injured. a special train with physicians is en route to the scene. The dynamite was for construction work.
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Cumberland
Pallimore & Ohie
North Branch
Court to decide rightful wife in Fox marriage dispute
Mrs. Margaret Fox and Mrs. Libbie Fox claim to be BR L Fox’s lawful wives as they seek court action. Margaret seeks citation to Libbie to prove marriage rights while R L Fox’s previous divorce case and alleged death of Margaret complicate the community property sal t dispute with Great American Marble Company.
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Margaret Fox
Libbie Fox
BR. L. Fox
Salt of Fox
Great American Marble Company
Superior Court
Libby Fox
R. L. Fox
Fox
Libbie Frazer
Pueblo mine owner dies in self inflicted tragedy
Chas J Dolly a wealthy Pueblo resident and Cripple Creek mine owner died by his own hand this morning in Pueblo. He was despondent over his wife and the details indicate suicide. Dolly was known as a prominent figure in local business circles.
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Puebla
Colo
Chas. J. Dolly
Pueblo
Cripple Creek
Demand for New Trial in Rumbeaux Case Cited by Defense
Attorney Crotty petitions for a new trial alleging jury misconduct during deliberations. He claims jurors were exposed to inadmissible papers and were brought from the jury room at midnight to air the room, which became foul after extended confinement.
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Crotty
Susan Rumbeaux
Judge Rules Consolidation of O Brien Area School District Legal
Superior Judge Griffin upheld County Superintendent Hartranft and approved merging districts 13 and 106 near O'Brien into district 145. The ruling ends the challenge by residents split between consolidation supporters and opponents and orders a new election of officers for the consolidated district.
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Griffin
Hartranft
O'Brien
Was She Insane The Harris Strangling Case Update
Spokane report on the defense in the Jeannette Harris strangling case finishing the husband’s cross examination. Evidence shows Mrs Harris suffered headaches sleeplessness nervousness and melancholy for over 15 years as Pearl Harris testifies about her condition. The defense presses insanity plea as witnesses waver.
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Spokane
Jeannette Harris
Kimball
Cranks Attempt to See President Stopped in Washington
Two individuals tried to meet the president in Washington. A man claiming to be Senator Dick of Ohio was revealed as Charles Barth from Ohio. A woman from Baton Rouge, Matilda Stewart, sought to discuss transporting black cotton pickers to fields. Both were arrested.
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Washington
Senator Dick
Ohio
Charles Barth
Matilda Stewart
Baton Rouge
Rumors From London On Far East War News
London dispatches report unconfirmed rumors of Vladivostok cruisers sailing out and Stoessel counterattacking at a fort recapture. Madame Stoessel wounded at Port Arthur. Russians reported leaving Mukden. Bennett Burleigh denies Russian railway bridge destruction at Liao Yang. only the woodwork burned.
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London
Vaerioun
Vladivostok
Stoessel
Madame Stoessel
Port Arthur
Mukden
Bennett Burleigh
Toklo
Daily Telegraph
Liao Yang
Robbery at Central Grain and Stock Exchange in San Francisco
Two clerks at the Central Grain and Stock Exchange were robbed at 7 this morning by a masked man in a rear hallway. He stole a valise containing 4400 dollars and all company records after forcing the men to surrender and threatening them with a revolver. The robber escaped. a suspected broken down operator is under suspicion. The clerks were released ten minutes later by the janitor.
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San Francisco
Central Grain and Stock Exchange
Hir
Lady Curzon in Critical Condition in London
London reports at noon Lady Curzon remains critical with rupture of fallopian tube causing uterine hemorrhages and peritonitis. Doctors constant. months may pass before convalescence with potential lasting injury. Chicago dispatch notes Joseph Letter and Levi Leiter arriving after fast special from Denver to await Lady Curzon’s condition.
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London
Lady Curzon
Chicago
Joseph Letter
Levi C. Leither
Daley Leiter
Denver
Curzon
Humes Seeks Federal Judgeship En Route to Fairbanks
Thea J. Humes former mayor of Seattle has arrived in Dawson to travel to Fairbanks for a law career and to seek a federal judgeship if Judge Wickersham does not receive reappointment. He plans to depart tomorrow for the new camp.
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Dawson
Y. T
Thea. J. Humes
Seattle
Fairbanks
Senator Arrives in Port with Gold and Concentrates
The steamer Senator reached port from Nome with about 0 passengers and a small freight cargo. The valuable consignments included bricks and bags of gold totaling 291 000 dollars and 40 tons of concentrates.
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Senator
Nome
Want to Join King County Sece de Movement Edmands Snohomish Area
In Everett on September 23, Edmonda and nearby communities threaten to secede from Snohomish county to join King county over alleged unfair road funding and other grievances. Mayor Ballinger of Beatie supports the move, owning a mill near Edmonds, as petition drives and political friction emerge around a potential ballot decision.
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Everett
Edmonda
Snohomish County
King
Snohomish
Ballinger
Beatie
Edmonds
Inez
Republican County
Col. Street
King County
Portions of body found after dynamite blast
Melrose dispatch reports portions of an unknown man's body found tangled in wires on a telegraph pole during wreckage clearance of a car explosion caused by a 600 pound dynamite box. Express Agent Fenton, who supplied the dynamite, is held on manslaughter charges with bail set at 1000.
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Melrose
Express
Fenton
President Roosevelt Delayed by Baltimore Tunnel Train Wreck
President Roosevelt and party arrived from Oyster Bay at 6 52 p m after a 30 minute delay caused by a minor railroad accident at the Baltimore tunnel entrance. A wheel tire failure on the Emtm pullup reportedly did not injure anyone.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyater Bay
Baltimore Tunnel
Possible murder mystery in Ballard woods arouses probe
A decomposed male body was found in a brushy Ballard area near Main Street, with a knife blade open and blood residue. A dog’s bones lay nearby. two name cards, clothing items, and a set of false teeth are among scant clues as officials consider a murder or self harm, while a missing man linked to a Tacoma resident may fit the case.
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Main Street
Biallard
Arthur Baxter
Mayfield
AE Arens
O. W. Flow
King
Balasoroner
Hoye
Ballard Police
Thorities
John Makins
South State Street
Tacoma
Henry Lawson
Western Avenue
Makins
Ballard
Cap Caine Involved In Noted Horse Trade At Seattle
The article recounts Capt. Caine of Cohen's Corner backing Archie Noyes in a black horse deal tied to a Meadows race, including a pricey diamond security, a bank front on Cherry street, and a later track debacle that led to a public falling out and reputational backbiting.
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Hull
David Harum
Caine
Cohen's Corner
J. Pierpont Morgan
Alaska
Sport of Kings
King County Fair Association
eMadows
The
Fair Association
Archie Noyes
Hoss Tradi
Seattle
Pioneer Place
Noyes
Archie
Harum
Kentucky
Firet Wight
Regan
Scern
Hut Noyes
Woodchuck
David
Jimmy” Hoge's
Cherry Street
Capt
Coe
Seth
Calne
Noyer
Capt. Caine
Frederick
Tacoma
Noye
Polly
Russian torpedo boats capture uninhabited Philippine island
Report from Vladivostok says Russian torpedo boats of the Viadivostok flotilla seized an uninhabited island in the Philippine group, signaling a major naval movement. Stories also claim Russian warships at Port Arthur may try to break out before the fortress falls as coal deals surface in American territory and Baltic feet head to the Far East.
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Mukden—Vladivostok
Petersburg
Rome
Tribuna
Jag
Yentai
Kuroki
Tokio
Heimachuang
Kuropatkin
Benaipadze
Finchalun
Scripps News Ase’n
Louis
Scrippe News Aus'n
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Humes
Wreck
Bal
Cap’ Caine
Hoss
Cohen's Corner Club
Olympia
Waah
State Board of Control
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
S Bom
Chefoo
Viadivostok
Thur
Oriental Waters
Arthur
Far East
Britain
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
St. George
Brilliant
American Territory
Sanaa
Liverpool
Philippines
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