Mine Disaster in Prussia Kills and Traps Hundreds
Reported collapse at Redennhaft mine traps four hundred plus miners under fire damp. One hundred twenty five bodies recovered with many injured. Rescue crews driven back by fire as death toll climbs. thirty to forty miners believed still entombed. Hong Kong harbor disaster follows a violent rain squall sinking over fifty Chinese boats. over one hundred drowned, no white casualties.
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Searbruck
Renton
Prussia
Redennhaft
Lievin
Couriers
Hong Kong
Fire destroys Phelps Publishing plant in Springfield
Fire at the Phelps Publishing Company plant in Springfield, Massachusetts, today destroyed the facility and caused an estimated loss of one million dollars. The company printed titles including Good Housekeeping American Agriculturist Orange Judd Farmer New England Homestead and Farm and Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
Mass
Phelps Publishing Company
Good , Housekeeping
American Agriculturist
New England
Death in Ice Machine at Armour Yard Explodes
Four men are killed and sixteen seriously injured after an ammonia filled ice machine explodes in the Armour & Gasn stock yards dower house. Victims are Austrian-Hungarian laborers. Brief notices follow for a senator's home memorial service and a Chicago university professor's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Armour & Gasn
Weather Outlook for Soow Town Turns Warmer
The report notes warmer conditions for tonight and Tuesday in Soow town. Sunrise is listed as 7 09 and sunset as 4748 with a garbled time at 6233 a i.
Eight Jurors Selected Thaw Trial Delayed By Break In Court
In New York on January 28 Charley D. Newton a retired businessman aged 66 was chosen juror number eight in the Thaw trial. A new 100 juror panel prepared to appear in court tomorrow. Court ordered a recess to 2:00 due to a heating apparatus break in the courtroom. Californians Unable to Pay Funeral Expenses Adopt Unique Plan. In Santa Barbara a family kept a body preserved by daily mountain climbs after unable to raise $250 to move it from the snow. Raymond Kelly died in a February mountain storm. his body lay buried in snow until援 aid could be reached. The Schooleys could not raise funds. Chicago hog and cattle receipts and prices shown with mixed trends amid a steady hog market and ballooning receipts tomorrow. Kneer on business trip to Dubuque for Stimpson Mercanturing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charley D. Newton
Santa Barbara
Cel
Kaward Schoatey
Tayo
Raymond Kelly
Xposure
Pears Mining
Kelly
Schooleys
B Canon
Kidney Health Ad Promotes Dean's Pills in 19th Century Notice
Edwin Barlow of Independence Iowa reports long standing kidney pain and sediment in urine. After using Noan's Kidney Pills he says relief was prompt and complete. Sold by dealers 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Bright
Edwin Barlow
Sixth Street
Independence
Iowa
Noan
Foster-Milurn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean's
Tuswo
S-Tu-Hsat
Claims of extortionate Iowa rail rates prompt investigation
Beatrice Creamery Co and Behr Belt Meat Producers urge Iowa railroad commissioners to probe freight and express charges by Rock Island Burlington Milwaukee and other lines and Wells Fargo United States Express. Petitions claim Iowa rates per mile exceed those in Kansas Nebraska Missouri Colorado and Oklahoma, seeking fair milk cream and livestock tariffs and potential legislative impact.
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Iowa
Stariff Sister
State of Long
Sams and
Iike
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Colorado
Indian, Territory
Oklahoma Territory
Rock Island
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Burlington Road
Loomis
Neb
Lincoln
É Express
Chicago, Rock Island& Pacific Railroad
Talbot & ‘Allen
Beatrice Diedmery Co
Cort Belt Meat Producers Association
Wisconsin
Illinois
United States
Iowa Commission
Students Secretly Marry in Cedar Falls Secret
Miss Mabel Ly Tésar a student at Cedar Falls normal school and Bert Smith a Epworth Seminary student wed last week in Hopkinton and Waterloo after two marriage licenses. The couple planned a June ceremony but kept it secret until Saturday. They hoped to finish their courses before revealing the marriage.
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Cedar Falls
Mabel Ly Tésar
Hormal
Bert Smith
Epworth Sem
Inary
Hopkinton
Aehoola
Delaware County
Blackhawk County
Waterloo
Cecelia M Fitzpatrick Secures Government Stenographer Post
Miss Cecelia M Fitzpatrick, a stenographer for Edwards & Longley for three years, has secured a government position and will base herself in St Paul Minnesota. She passed the civil service exam with flying colors and will travel for her new role. Her rapid accurate dictation and legal work impressed her employers and friends alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia
M. ' Fitzpatrick
Edwards & Longtey
St. Paul
Minn
Edwards & Longley
Train wreck links to Waterloo man death in Colorado
James B. Griffin formerly of Waterloo died Saturday January 26 in Swink Colorado where he had lived for a long time. He leaves a widow two stepdaughters and one son. William Cook of Minneapolis and C J Feseler of the Cutter Hardware Co are mentioned among friends and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Griffin
Waterloo
Swink
Colorado
Marshalltown
Emma
Randall
Della Ihde
Geneva
J. B. Elwood
Iowa Central
Griffim
Blind Boy Killed by Rock Island Train at Nashua Iowa
Nashua special reports Harry Gilroy, a state college for the blind student from Ottumwa, killed on the Rock Island trestle near Vinton after joining two other truants. Gilroy’s body was found torn apart as the train passed. Two companions were found freezing and brought back to the college. Also noted are obituaries of Mrs. Eastman and Mrs. Tyng, with their funeral details and legacies in Nashua Iowa.
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Vinton
Jan
Gilroy
State College For the Blind
Rock Island
Tally
Treatle
Stony Cut
Ottumwa
Z Towa
Nashua
Iowa
Eastman
W. A. Eastman
Osage
B. J
Chara
Faonle
Bute OH Deen
Hradford
Busiman
Basiman
Digest
Ben
William
Clara
Fannie
Wells
Watts
Minneapolis
Greenwood Cemetery
Fire damages D H Darby confectionery in Madrid
Fire at the D H Darby confectionery in Madrid Iowa caused about 1500 dollars in building damage and destroyed 750 dollars worth of stock. The adjacent post office suffered slight damage. Insurance covered the building and stock with several companies named in Des Moines and Keokuk.
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Madrid
D. H. Darby Confectionery
First State
New Jersey
eKokuk
Keokuk
Markers
Des Moines
Capittil
Des Moines Woman Dies After Toe Stab Wound
Mrs. Sarah Ann Morgan died after a toe injury from a stab three weeks earlier led to infection and blood poisoning during Sunday activities. Doctors failed to save her as she hung clothes and encountered an obstacle in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sarah Ann Morgan
Waterlooo updates and illness report from Vine Street
Charles Cay Presa and C A Gaylord wrap up a month with family in Waterloo. Presa notes a bustling town with a rebuilt livery barn now brick and many homes rising. Mrs Georg DeWald, 16, is reported quite sick at her Vine Street home.
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Charles Cay Presa
C. A. Gaylord
Waterloo
Georg DeWald
Vine Street
Waterloo Mystery Man Hailed as Theo Yaleb In Translation
A mystery immigrant in Waterloo, unable to speak or understand locals, is identified through phonograph recordings. The typewritten translation suggests the man is Theodore Yaleb, jailed in Australia with a brother Peter Yaleb possibly in Vista near Independence. Police fed him, worked for room and board, and sought to locate family amid wide telegrams.
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Waterloo
Peter Vzerlac
Theodore Yaleb
Hhw
Koln
W. H. Jentigh
Howe
West Fourth Street
Scranton
BR Pueden
Merstad
Jennish
Watarloo
Tom ‘Theodora Yaleb
Tam Io
Auatria
P.O
Buchayna
Peter
Sisrgle
Noone
Dub Bow
Yaleri
Vista
Independence
Ike Peter
Vzerjac
Peter Yaleb
Yale
Kohn
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Flery Tome
Hong
France
Walig
Sta
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Etroit
Mich
Senator Alger
United Senate
House
Coun
Elmwood Cemetery
Jebucator
Jeage
Wilbur
School of Education
Niversity of Chicago
Zcomp
States
Sc. Ay
Idez
Wateriao Poultry Market
Ag Chickens
Titec
Harrison
Thaw
Feseerees
Kneer
Dubuque
The
Stimpson Mere Turing Co
Toledo
Daly
Iowa Railroads
Wlvosi
Minos
Mabel Tesar and
Spring Surprise
Mise Fitzpatrick
Tormele Sam
Griffin
West
James
William Cook
C.J. Feseler
Cutler Hardware Ca
Harry Gilroy
Vinton ‘College For the
Plecea
Imrs. Sf, Gattman and
Anna
Tyng
Anna Maria ‘Tyng
Towa
Aimes
M.B. Church
Cedar, Valley
Denny
Said. Association
Waverly
Nashua Shout
Sathorn
Boston
Amos Prudhon
Bapist
Peter Vierlac
Reagow
OF Phonograph Record
Hard
Brother Mon
Foreloner
Watersloo
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