U S Troops Perish In Calif Fire At Mill Valley
San Francisco reports five soldiers burned to death as a vast wildfire loops from Mount Tamalpais toward the Napa plains. About 6,000 men fight on the fire lines with civilians and sailors at Presidio Forts Scott Baker Barry. Captain Plunkett refuses to risk gun pointers amid mounting destruction.
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San Francisco
Mount Tamalpais
Pleasant Plains
Muir Woods National Park
San Francisco Presidio
Winfield Scott
Bay
Baker
Barry
Golden Gate
Charles P. Plunkett
South Dakota
Mill Valley
Cascade Canyon
Sausalito
Glyce
Colonel Bell
Plunkett
California
James Manahan Entering Public Office For First Time
Minnesota congressman at large James Manahan from Minneapolis is a first time officeholder. He is forty seven, married, and a Republican.
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James Manahan
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mother Slays Two Children in Tennessee Creek
In Troy Tennessee on July 11 authorities move Jennie Yates wife of James Yates toward Memphis to prevent mob violence after the bodies of Ida ten and Ligon ten both found in a creek with stones tied about their necks. A neighbor’s child said he saw the stepmother seize the children and drag them toward the stream.
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Troy
Tenn
Jennie Yates
James Yates
Memphis
Ida
Ligon
Yates
Six U S Artillerymen Die in Manila Rail Accident
Six United States coast artillerymen were killed and 80 injured when a flat car carrying soldiers derailed 80 miles southwest of Manila on the line to Corregidor. The dead include Private Boyd Maness Corporal Louis B Koenig Private Elmer H Mertzinger Private John Paul Private Albert R Wills and Private George Hughes.
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Manila
P. I
United States Coast
John Paul
Albert R. Wills
George Hughes
Militants Bomb Post Office Wounds Eleven in Dublin
Dublin reports that a mailed bomb exploded in the post office sorting room injuring eleven clerks including a woman. a nearby street mob then attacked suffragists. In Liverpool a wife of a doctor confessed six months of militant arson, claiming about 200000 damage and secret nights of vandalism.
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Dublin
Wiliam Redmond
M. P
Liverpool
Jekyl
Mill er Escapes From Michigan Prison After Hatchet Murder
Detroit music professor Joseph M. Miller, serving life for the 1902 hatchet murder of Marie M. Jennett, escaped from the state prison in Jackson. Armed posses and trailing dogs searched for him all night, but Miller remained at large while five fellow convicts were recaptured. The dash began with guards firing on the escape attempt near the prison wall.
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Jackson
Mich
Joseph M. Miller
Detroit
Miller
Marie M. Jennett
Rain of Fire Clashes Shake Spanish Villages
Valencia dispatches describe a fiery rain that reduced the Al cocer district to cinders driving residents to a church. Three detonations rang out as a violent storm struck Benayites and Cuartil, with stones up to two pounds falling from a clear sky.
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Madrid
Spain
Valencia
Alcocer
Benayites
Cuartil
New Indian Origin Found by U S Museum Expert
Dr A Hrdlicka of the United States National Museum conducted an extensive journey through southeastern Siberia and northern Mongolia to locate remains of the race that first peopled America. He studied ancient burial mounds and living Agiatic tribes, finding more evidence than anticipated and concluding that related populations exist across eastern Siberia Mongolia Tibet and surrounding regions.
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A. Hrdlicka
United States National Museum
Iberia
Mongolia
America
Nun
Siberia
Tibet
Storms Roil Italy with Unprecedented July Violence
Rome reports storms of exceptional violence across Italy with record low temperatures for the season. Winds and hail devastate regions, northern snowfalls emerge, fruit crops face millions in damage, and seismic and volcanic activity near Naples adds alarm amid mid July turmoil.
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Rome
Italy
Naples
Slaying Father Mother Sister Wife Leads to Hang Sentence
Quincy July 9 Ray Pfan Schmidt a 21 year old slayer of his father mother sister and wife Emma Kaempen a young school teacher friend was sentenced to be hanged October 18.
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Quincy
Quincy, Til
Ray Pfanschmidt
Emma Kaempen
Southern Roade Show Increase
Louisville July 11 The statement of earnings of two great southern railroads for their fiscal year ended June 30 has been issued. The Southern shows greater increase over that year. The L and Ni a ti an increase etc.
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Loulaville
South
King's Assailant Sentenced to Death in Madrid
Rafael Sanchez Allegro was condemned to death for attempting to assassinate King Alfonso XIII on April 13 in Madrid. Allegro fired three shots but the king’s uninjured ride spared him, a bullet grazing the horse's neck.
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Alfonso
Spain
Madrid
Rafael Sanchez Allegro
Allegro
Mag
Barcelona
Misunderstood Sayings Make a Quip on Marriage
A terse exchange on marriage and money survives in quotation marks. The line hints at a man marrying for principle and then living on the interest, reflecting a pragmatic view of union and finances in a dated tone.
Eczema in Water Blisters Ends After Cuticura Trial
F W Horrisch of 748 Congress St Chicago describes two year eczema on hands legs and ankles. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for six weeks the sores healed with no remaining marks. Sample free, write Cuticura Boston. Address post card Dept L. PMID: advert.
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Congress St
Chicago
Ill
F. W. Horrisch
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Noise of Thought Echoes Like Boiler Shop
A brief remark notes that attempts at thinking trigger loud, clanging sounds resembling a boiler shop, illustrating a chaotic mental scene with disruptive mental noise.
No Bed of Roses for This Life It Is Not
A terse exchange shows two speakers agreeing that life offers little comfort. One remarks this life is no bed of roses, and the other adds even less pleasant imagery with a quip about a bed of turnips. The dialogue frames a somber sentiment about hardship.
Little Lola Seeks Stamp in Comic Drugstore Exchange
In a humorous scene Lola visits a corner drug store with three pennies to buy a stamped envelope. The pharmacist jokes about her request for stamped antelope as her mother needed three cents worth, reflecting a playful, old time newspaper tone.
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Lola
Her Lucky Day Parade Moment Delights Frances
Frances a young girl returns home with rosy cheeks and bright eyes. She tells her mother she arrived downtown at the psychological moment and witnessed a parade. The exchange captures a simple, cheerful slice of daily life.
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Frances
FOUND A WAY TO BE CLEAR OF COFFEE TROUBLES
A couple describes coffee related illness and recovery after switching to Postum. The husband improves from a yellowed complexion and kidney issues after quitting coffee and using Postum. The wife, initially weaker, gains weight and strength after adopting Postum and also improves her nervous condition. The ad mentions Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan and two forms Regular Postum and Instant Postum with preparation notes.
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Husband
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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