Bridge Collapse Near Bloomsburg Kills Seven
High water caused the temporary bridge over the west branch of the Susquehanna at Mifflinville to collapse. Seven men died and about a score were injured as nearly forty workers were swept into the river. Rescue was slowed by nightfall and debris. William Neshet miraculously escaped after being trapped in the ironwork for an hour.
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Bloomsburg
Susquehanna River
Mifflinville
Here
A. W. Fabs
Selins Grove
Charles Creitzer
Adam Nuss
Adam Tritt
Beaver Valley
Irvin Updegraff
Georgetown
Millard Bowman
George I. Feaux
William Boyer
New York
Ray Sherwood
Meshoppen
Percival Reighterback
Howard Reighterback
William Neshet
Lawton
Brooklyn Brothers Rescued After 24 Hours At Sea
John and Olaf Olsen of Brooklyn were found delirious ten miles offshore after a day and night in a broken-down motor boat. They were dragged aboard a rescuing launch returning from oyster beds off Rocky Beach and finally brought safely to shore.
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New York
John
Olaf Olsen
Brooklyn
Rocky Beach
Must Be Closed on Sunday in Chicago
State Attorney John J. Healey announced he will enforce the Sunday closing law in Chicago. He spoke at St. Peter's Church after 29 warrants were issued against hotel proprietors for violations of the Sunday closing rule.
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Chicago
John J. Healey
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Great Damage Reported Floods Hit Pennsylvania Rivers Rise
Localities report extensive damage as floods from heavy rains affect central and eastern Pennsylvania. The Delaware Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers are rising rapidly and small streams in the coal regions have overflowed banks.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Susquehanna
Scouylkill
Hazleton Weather Faults Lehigh Coal Mines Shutdowns
Heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours flooded Lehigh coal fields with water rising in mines forcing suspensions. In Jeanesville a reservoir broke causing partial flooding. Gale of liquor in Lynn Massachusetts faced a vote with a strong anti liquor result.
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Hazleton
Jeanesville
Tragedy Follows Bank Collapse In San Francisco
San Francisco reports that T Otway Sadlier, manager of the West End branch of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Co, shot himself after the bank failed. Investigators found Sadlier heavily involved in the collapse with his death described as gruesome. Brown, vice president of the California Trust Co, and other officials face arrest and bail issues amid fresh embezzlement claims against David P. Walker.
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San Francisco
California Safe Deposit and Trust Co
T. Otway Sadlier
West End
Sadlier
Jie
J. Dalzell Brown
Brown
Depositors’ Association
California Trust Co
California
South Africa
David P. Walker
Dunne
Babe Found in River Sparks Murder Trial Ties
Richly dressed body of a murdered infant found in the Grand River. Morris Newton, the father and newlywed to Frances Titus, killed himself hours after their marriage. Detectives chase a Mary Newton at a rescue home as a possible accomplice. A second brief reports Mrs. W A Mitchell’s suicide near Atlantic after a three month marriage.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand River
Morris Newton
Frances Titus
Delton
Mary Newton
Salvation Army Rescue Home
Justice Creswell
Newton
Ensign Pritchard Duped By Navy Elopement Scandal
A New York divorce case looms as Ensign Earl W. Pritchard of Indianapolis is dismissed for eloping with Alma Marie Von Haake Cathcart of Newburgh. The husband, R. Harry Cathcart Jr., vows divorce and refuses to take back his wife. Pritchard and the girl are missing amid Navy investigation and a high-profile romance dating back to Washington and Philadelphia.
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New York
Earl W. Pritchard
Indianapolis
United State Navy
Pritchard
Alma Marie von Haake Cathcart
Newburgh-on-the-Hudson
R. Harry Cathcart, Jr
Newburgh
Navy
Adolph von Haake
Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Alma Marie von Haake
Washington
Hammond Court
von Haake
Annapolis
Congressman Overstreet
Indiana
Cathcart
Miss von Haake
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Mrs. Longworth operated on for appendicitis at White House
President Roosevelt’s daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, underwent an appendicitis operation at the White House performed by Dr. Finney with Dr. Sophie Nordhoff Jung and Surgeon General Rixey assisting. The president and family stayed close as physicians called the outcome satisfactory with a comfortable day and general condition good.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevel
White House
Finney
Sophie Nordhoff- Jung
Rixey
Navy
Roosevelt
Longworth
Walton to hang for Hyde Park teacher slaying
Gov. Deneen denied reprieve for Richard Walton the slayer of Mrs. Lillian White Grant, Hyde Park schoolteacher, after the state pardons board recommendation. The ruling was announced in Springfield.
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Chicago
Richard Walton
Lillian White Grant
Hyde Park
Deneen
Springfeld
Ptomaine poisoning hits crowd at Davenport church supper
About 400 to 500 people attended a chicken supper at St. Pauls English Lutheran Church in Davenport. A significant portion fell ill with ptomaine poisoning prompting medical checks and concern.
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Davenport
St. Paul's English Lutheran Church
Navy changes crew rotations as ships sail Pacific
Norfolk onshore reports say by Monday departure for the Pacific fleet no Japanese cooks or servants remain aboard Ironclads. Negro replacements are filling duties previously held by Japanese staff.
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Norfolk
Pety
Pacific
Fish seeks Harriman ouster at Illinois Central over control
Stuyvesant Fish swore in court he could secure proxies to remove Edward H. Harriman as Illinois Central director. He claims Harriman and ally Peabody want Union Pacific control, notes past disputes over Harahan, and alleges prior financial mismanagement and weak corporate governance. Fish says loans were recorded and collateral sound, disputes accusations of his own mismanagement.
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Chicago
Illinois Centra Railroad Co
Edward H. Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Superior Court
Harriman
Fish
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Mr. Fish
J. T. Harahan
Harahan
George A. Peabody
Harriman and Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Co
William Morton Grinnell
Henry W. DeForest
Southern Pacific
Trust Co. of the Republic
Wife rescue in Chicago ends fatal dog attack
Mrs Roy Wilson saved her husband from an infuriated Bulldog in their Austin home. She drew a sword and killed the animal after it seized Wilson by the throat. Both collapsed from the ordeal, later found swooning.
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Chicago
Roy Wilson
Austin
Wilson
Record Immigrant Influx Tops Previous Years in 1907
The 1907 immigration year ended June 30 shows a record surge with 1,298,413 seeking admission, up 185,246 from 1906. Southward arrivals rose at Charleston and New Orleans, while Belgium migrants reached 473 at Charleston as southern states pursue skilled labor for development.
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Washington
America
United States
Frank P. Sargent
Sargent
Charleston
N. C
South
New Orleans
Galveston
Honolulu
Mexico
Husband Found Dead After Night Shooting in Harrisburg Suburb
In Wormleysburg near Harrisburg a woman tried to light a fire when shots were fired at her twice. By daylight John Neidhamer lay dead in the yard with a bullet wound in the head and no powder marks. Tracks in the snow did not match his shoes. The coroner's jury ruled death at hands of unknown assailants.
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Harrisburg
Minnie Neidhamer
Wormleysburg
John Neidhamer
Neidhamer
Sheep Flood Drowns Nearly Eleven Thousand In Mad River
A herd of about 11 000 sheep being moved from Cascade Mountains to Entiat valley slipped on sleet and plunged into Mad river. The lead animals toppled a precipice, causing mass drowning as the rest followed in the river.
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Entiat, Wash
Mad River
Cascades
Entiat
Paris Auto Fatality Off Champe Ely Claims Suicide
An old man was run down and killed at noon on Champe Ely by an automobile owned by James Watson of Calumet. The driver was a French chauffeur and Watson was in the car. Police ruled the death a suicide and detained neither Watson nor the chauffeur.
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Paris
Champe Ely
James Watson
Calumet
Watson
Fire destroys Cook Brewing bottling plant in Chicago
Four people injured and nine horses burned as fire rips through the Cook Brewing Co bottling plant at 20th street and Cottage Grove avenue. The building is destroyed with losses estimated around 200000 dollars. A score of families are driven from their homes by the blaze.
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Chicago
Cook Brewing Co
20Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Western University merger with Carnegie Institute announced
Trustees of the Western University of Pennsylvania reached a deal to join the Carnegie Institute for 2250000 dollars. Construction on a 31000000 dollar building will start immediately.
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Progress of the Western
Pittsburg
Western University of Pennsylvania
Alead
Carnegie Institute
Seven Firemen Hurt In Saginaw Plant Blaze
In West Saginaw seven firemen were injured during the blaze at the Saginaw Produce and Cold Storage Co. plant. Frank Sova was perhaps fatally hurt as the fire caused about $40,000 in property damage. Five firefighters were trapped by a collapsing wall and two were hurt by an ammonia tank explosion.
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Saginaw, Mich
Frank Sova
Playful pistol snap leads to fatal friendly shot
In Mobile on December 16 Delmar aged 18 fired a shot at his friend and roommate Victor Johnson also 18 in their boarding house room. Delmar believed the pistol unloaded and snap played it. a discharged cartridge embedded in Johnson’s brain killing him.
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Mobile
Ala
Delmar
Victor Johnson
Johnson
State lands put up for sale in 6000 tracts
Austin announces the state land department will offer 6 000 tracts totaling about 3 600 000 acres between now and January 31 next year. Minimum asking prices range from 1 to 6 dollars per acre. In California, a prominent star based on mariners reports signals one of the worst coastwise conditions in years with ships entering port suffering varying impacts.
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Austin
Tex
State Land Department
San Francisco
Uncle George and the Pig Theft Delusion
A tale follows Uncle George, an old colored man who struggles to avoid stealing. He confesses an urge to take what he touches, and his latest act is stealing a pig. At night he prays by the bedside, insisting he is explaining to heaven why the pig is in his hands.
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Uncle George
Uncle
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered as Constitutional Remedy
There is more Catarrh in this region than all other diseases. after years of local treatments doctors deemed it incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. claims to cure constitutionally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. They offer 100 dollars for any failure and recommend Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Paternal Advice Prompted by A Man for A That
A father quizzes his son after church about a line from Scots poem. He directs the boy to use the Bible to locate the chapter containing the phrase so he can recall it later. The exchange presents gentle instruction and a moral of memory and self-improvement.
Odd Cleaning Tips and Quip on Justice
The note extols Borax cleaning for milk pans with a 1 tablespoon per quart solution. It quotes Scovil on empathy and help. It warns against misspellings and references a laxative product and E W Grove signature about curing a cold, ending with a remark on justice.
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Deal
Babe
Council Bluffs
W. A. Mitchell
Atlante
Mitchell
Crawford Cou
White
Stanford White
Little Rock
Ark
The
Arkansas Farmers’ Union
Pindall
United States Navy
Wife
Husband
DEAT
Hussand
Dolly
Mr. Wilson
Scovil
E. W. Grove
Ratty
Westera
Canada
Saskatchewan
Apane Pe
H. M. Williams
Law Building
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