Canal Lock Disaster Injures Ship Traffic and Losses
A dramatic canal lock failure near Sault Ste. Marie after the Perry G Walker rammed the lower gates. The Assiniboia and Crescent City were damaged as gates and walls broke, causing a 20 foot flood. Captain Mosher blamed the ship's engineer for the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
St. Mary’s River
Perry G. Walker
Gilchrist
Walker
Assiniboia
Canadian Pacific
Crescent City
Pittsburg Steamship Co
Mosher
AMA opposes benzoate of soda in foods reports
The American Medical association through its house of delegates condemned benzoate of soda and any food preservative. Dr. Pesgey argued preservatives harm consumers, and Dr. Reed will carry the resolution to Washington to urge legislation banning benzoates follow Roosevelt era rulings. A tidal wave followed a Padang earthquake, killing residents of Korinchi and injuring many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
D. H. Pesgey
Philadelphia
Washington
C. A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
Board of Referees
Roosevelt
Taft
Fire claims one life as roof collapses at Nova Scotia plant
Twenty men were hurled into a burning building during a Wednesday fire at the Nova Scotia Furnishing Co. plant in Halifax. The roof gave way while firefighters battled the blaze, killing one worker and injuring seven. Loss estimated at about $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Nova Scotia Furnishing Co
Treasury balances and gold reserves report
Washington January 10 Treasury balances show totals for the general fund excluding the gold reserve. Gold coin and bullion amount to 40,888,016 with gold certificates at 27,885,910 and available cash balance of 120,510,554.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Tain
General Fund
Artist Comleys Death by Suicide in New York Office
William J. Comley, an artist and prospective manager of the International Art Society, shot himself in his office at 253 Fifth Avenue after sitting before an off portrait he had painted. The incident occurred in New York on June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wm. J. Comley
International Art Society
Fifth Avenue
Trunk and Limbs Found Hidden in Oil Cloth Bundles
A 14 year old boy watched two oil cloth bundles carried by a man on Thursday night. At Oak street station the bundles opened to reveal a trunk and limbs of a man, with the head missing and arms and legs sawed cleanly. Policeman Hoffman took the boy and bundles to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oak Street
Oliver Street
Joseph Totare
Catherine and
Monroe Streets
Catherine Street
Madison
Public School 1
Hamilton
Hoffman
Engine of Flyer Derailed Near Aurora
The Northern limited running Chicago to St. Paul wrecked near Aurora on Thursday evening. Towerman William Ford was fatally injured. engineer and fireman escaped with severe injuries. Airbrakes failed, derailing the engine and several cars. the engine struck a 20 foot signal tower and toppled it into a coal yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northern Limited
Burlington
St. Paul
Aurora
William Ford
Rev Edward Hale Dies Quietly After Four Decades of Work
Boston June 1 Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale the Roxbury born minister veteran public figure and longtime chaplain to the U S Senate died peacefully at his home early Thursday night He leaves sorrowing wife two children and a nation noting his lifelong service to mankind Funeral announced for Sunday June 13 at South Congregational Church in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Mass
Roxbury
United States Senate
United States
Hale
South Congregational Church
Widow Stabs Self in Despair After Son Is Slain
New York June 11. Mrs George Day a widow was taken to a Brooklyn hospital with a dangerous knife wound to her abdomen inflicted in an apparent suicide attempt Her seven year old son Henry was found dead in the same rooms with wounds from the same knife The boy had pleaded to join a Sunday school parade and his plea sparked the mother's fatal rage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Day
Brooklyn
Henry
Violinist Goldstein Dies by Suicide in St Louis
Solomon Goldstein a 22 year old violinist in a nickelodeon theater killed himself by swallowing chloroform after leaving a note saying no man was more unfortunate and that people mocked his appearance. He wore a wig and suffered imagined offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Solomon Goldstein
Goldstein
Treasury Balance Report Shows Cash and Gold Holdings
Treasury balance statement lists available cash at 119,469,581 dollars. gold coin and bullion at 50,469,123 dollars. gold certificates about 27,277,730 dollars. total excludes 10 million dollar gold reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
General Fund
Strike of Short Duration
Three hundred car repairers at the Illinois Central shops in Harahan near New Orleans walked out Tuesday and returned to work Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Illinoias Central Railroad
Harahan
Here
Lost in Atlantic Mystery of Bennett on Berlin
Holland Bennett, 27, Harvard graduate and lawyer, disappears from the North German Lloyd steamer Berlin while sailing to Naples. A Milan dispatch suggests possible murder or kidnapping tied to a recent Ohio black hand arrests, with passengers believing he died by his own hand or fell overboard during the Genoa to Naples crossing. Bennett traveled with his wife Miss Lucella Upham and had married May 2 of this year.
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London
Milan
Holland Bennett
Berlin
Ohio
Black Hand
Bennett
Naples
Europe
Lucella Avern Upham
Cambridge
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Genoa
New York
Fright at Texas Tornado Claims Eleven Lives
A Central Texas storm on Friday caused eleven deaths and multiple injuries. A Kansas City, Mexico & Orient passenger train was blown from its bridge near the Brazos River, mortally injuring J M Stanford of Crowell and injuring ten others including Conductor Alexander and brakeman Van Zandt. Haskell and Lueders suffered heavy damage and hail ruined crops and orchards. Mrs Brooks in Haskell died of fright. Three people died near Lueders with 10 to 12 buildings wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
Brazos River Bridge
Sweetwater
Haskell
Lueders
Brooks
Refugio Jaureque Hanged After Attack on Sheriff
Floresville Texas June 12 Refugio Jaureque condemned for attacking Alvina Olenika 15 a Bohemian girl and fatally stabbing Sheriff Wright as the execution began Jaureque used a sharpened spoon handle aimed at the heart and tried to flee but was seized by a deputy sheriff and hanged without a cap on the scaffold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floresville
Tex
Refugio Jaureque
Alvina Olenika
Octogenarian farmer killed by brother in law in Pennsylvania
On a farm in Derry Township near Scranton an 87 year old farmer named Baker was shot to death by his 86 year old brother in law Mark Van Duenen. After the murder Van Duenen told Mrs Baker he had killed him then fatally shot himself before neighbors could be summoned.
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Scranton
Baker
Mark van Duenen
Derry Township
van Duesen
Five men killed in Lisbon factory blast June 42
An explosion at the state ammunition factory at El Grozzo killed five workers and wounded 17. The blast occurred when an employee reportedly thrust a charged grenade into the melting furnace by mistake.
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Lisbon
el Grozzo
Incident in Pittsburg Ends With Arrests and Hospitalization
On June 12 Clyde Reynolds, a Black man, was jailed after slashing a man named Gorby in Pittsburg following a street insult to Mrs. Gorby. The injured husband was taken to a hospital while Reynolds awaits charges. The owner of the shop, H. M. Gorby, is described as white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Clyde Reynolds
H. M. Gorby
Reynolds
Six Killed by Lightning in Big Stone Gap Area
A cloudburst and electrical storm Sunday caused deaths, railway damage, landslides, and a river rise near Big Stone Gap Virginia. Reports say a house near Dorchester was struck killing a woman and infant and four others, while a small house downstream was swept away. The Powell Valley Power plant suffered a dynamo outage, and damages to crops and property are estimated around $100,000.
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Big Stone’Gap
Powell River
Big Stone Gap
Louisville & Nashville
Interstate
Appalachia
Stonega
Arno
Dorchester
Michael Fekete
Blackwood
Powell Valley Light and Power Co
Tribesmen Kill 5 000 Persons In Persia Ardabil District
A dispatch from Astara reports Shakhsevan tribesmen ravaging the Ardabil district in Azerbaijan Province Persia with about 5 000 killed. In major towns clashes persist between reactionaries and constitutionalists while nomadic tribes raid rural villages burn crops and commit crimes. Russia and Turkey rush troops to the area amid accusations of mercenary aims and territorial seizure plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Noveirémya
Astara
Ardabil
Azerbaajan
Persia
Russia
Turkey
Lightning Strikes Holy Cross Church Killing Man in Wisconsin
A lightning bolt struck the steeple during mass at Holy Cross Catholic church in Bay Settlement near Green Bay on Sunday morning. One man was killed and sixteen were injured, with two believed to be in critical condition. The edifice was partially wrecked and worshipers fled in panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Bay Settlement
Here
Balloon Massachusetts flight ends in East Alstead New Hampshire
The Massachusetts balloon ascended from Pittsfield at 12:17 a m Sunday with pilot Wm Van Sleet and passengers W C Bramhall and Edgar I Robbins. It landed in East Alstead at 10:32 a m Sunday after reaching 10 000 feet.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Wm. van Sleet
W. C. Bramhall
Edlgar I
Robbins
Boston
East Alstead
N. H
Philadelphia teen shot by son during escape attempt
William Robinson, 17, after being arrested for larceny of a peanut stand, shot his father James Robinson in the body while trying to flee a policeman. The father was hospitalized in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Robinson
James, Robinson
Robbers chloroform family at Rutledge Springs
A family near Bessemer Alabama was chloroformed by robbers at Rutledge Springs on June 14. The attackers ransacked the dwelling and about $200 in money was taken. Dogs tracked the trail but did not locate the thieves. All inmates are expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
A. B. Crowder
Rutledge Springs
Bessemer
Nineteen Die in Battle at Balmag Tarnished by Clash
A report from Tabriz states an encounter between the Turkish consul at Balmag and gendarmerie escalated into fighting with Turkish troops. Twelve Persians and seven Turks were killed in the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheren
Tabriz
Balmag
Jeweler Dies En Route With Diamond Necklace
A New York jeweler traveling to Philadelphia with a $20,000 diamond necklace for George W. Barrett of Tiffany’s shipping department collapsed and died in a taxicab after suffering heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
George W. Barrett
Tiffany’s Shipping Department
Lodge at Cloudcroft Burns In Summer Hotel Fire
Cloudcroft New Mexico hotel The Lodge burned Sunday morning. Guests fled in night clothing and are being cared for in private homes. Total loss estimated at 80000 dollars.
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Bio Paso
Tex
Cloudcroft
N. M
State fire marshal shakeup and legal rulings sweep Ohio
Ohio officials report a shakeup as F R Rogers of Cincinnati, linked to the former fire marshal, is removed by John W Zuber. Others gain paroles at the penitentiary, while a court of inquiry probes Capt Walter E Eddy amid battery tensions. Attorneys general bars police fee schemes and rules on county hospital boards draw statewide attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Rogers
Cincinnati
Secret Service
State Fire Marshal’s Department
Gen. W
Rogers
Harmon
John W.zuber
State Penitentiary Board of Managers
William B. Moore
Columbus
William Willcox
Municipal Light Plant
Moore
Weybrecht
Charles Zimmerman
Fifth Regiment
John R. McQuigg
Corps of Engineers
Dan C. Stearns
Walter E. Eddy
Battery A
Field Artillery
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Portsmouth
W. B. Rogers
Washington Court
House
Denman
Well Known Woman Dead In Dayton Sanitarium
Springfield reports the death of Mrs. Ross Mitchell wife of the city’s real estate magnate. Daughter of Dr. Ezra Keller founder of Wittenberg College in 1847 she died after years in a private Dayton sanitarium. Her husband partnered with ex Gov Bushnell and attended Wittenberg during Keller’s presidency.
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Springfield
Ross Mitchell
Dayton
Mitchell
Ezra Keller
Middle West
Wittenberg College
Bushnell
Wittenberg
Ohio Commercial Travelers Meet Opens in Springfield
The United Commercial Travelers of Ohio hold their annual convention in Springfield with several hundred delegates and visitors already in the city. An estimated 2,000 members and friends attend as the grand council meets to choose state officers.
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Ohio
Springfield
United Commercial Travelers
Bomb Found at Merchants Home Door in Salem
A dynamite bomb with the fuse lighted was found under the doorstep of Samuel Fults, a Leetonia merchant and church elder, by Rev. J L Grimm. Fults, an Anti-Saloon leader, told Salem police he believes enemies among the wets placed the device to blow up his home and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Samuel Fults
Leetonia
J. L. Grimm
Presbyterian
Fults
Diplomas Enjoined Halt Rushsylvania High School
An injunction blocked Rushsylvania high school from issuing diplomas to Rolla Best Albert Guy William Leh rer Chase Rolling and Frank Huston because they lived in the village and could not graduate while the township board ran the ceremony.
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Bellefontaine
Rushsylvania
Township Board of Education
Rolla Best
Albert Guy
William Lehrer
Chase Rolling
Frank Huston
Fish Dies by Own Action at Silver Lake Aquarium
Akron reports a fish caught in the reservoir south of town was placed at Silver Lake Park Co. aquarium and died by its own action. Manager Lodge said the fish battered an iron tank end with its sword and broke the end, then ceased after repeated strikes, noting the animal “did not like its new home.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Silver Lake Park Co
Lodge
Hunchback Wine Salt Jury Rules for Piper in Damages Suit
Jurors award Harley Piper 4250 dollars against his uncle George A a wealthy farmer in Bellefontaine, finding he injured Piper in a way that left him crippled for life. The verdict stems from a June 11 ruling in a civil injury case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Harley Piper
George A
The Genuine Syrup of Figs and Senna
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the sole genuine product made with pure plant extracts and optimized proportions. It warns buyers to look for the full company name on the front of the package to avoid imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Mr Automobile Nickname Reflects Foggman’s Pace
In club chatter the term Mr Automobile is used for Foggman. The speaker argues he is not swift but rather a conservative slowpoke. The exchange features Guyer noting the nickname is a polite jab at his habit of sticking to routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunner
Old Foggman
Mr. Automobile
Guyer
Murine Eye Remedy Promoted For Red Weary Eyes
An ad promotes Murine eye remedy for red weak weary watery eyes under the Pure Food and Drugs Law. It claims the product soothes eye pain and does not smart, urging readers to try Murine for their eyes.
Correction to Card Club Exit Quip Sparks Scrapping Debate
A correction notes that the phrase Her card club has quit playing for the season was corrected to reflect a discussion about scrapping. The exchange clarifies the intended meaning and avoids misinterpretation of a casual remark.
Particular People and Phrases From A Fragmented Notice
A garbled ad style fragment discusses various sayings and remedies. It mentions Vanilla Ag Ye, racing, and prices in small coins, then shifts to medical claims about colds and chest oil, a remark on women’s speech, a vague childfocused note, and a stray line about a ballet girl trust.
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