Tornado toll rises in Tyler with four dead
A February 14 dispatch from Tyler Texas reports a devastating tornado striking the city about 4 am. Four known deaths include C A Francis and his wife and child, plus an elderly neighbor Mose Lee. Six seriously injured and many buildings wrecked as wires and poles lay down. Rescue efforts continue amid uncertain totals and widespread damage across a five mile path.
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Tyler
Texas
Dispatch
C. A. Francis
Dallas News
Mose Lee
Francis
Irwin Franklin
Trwin Franklin
Mississippi
New York Man Jumps 200 Feet From Brooklyn Bridge
John Grant an unemployed printer leapt from the Brooklyn bridge landing among ice floes 200 feet below. He was rescued by a tug crew and revived at a hospital where he is under arrest for attempting to take his own life due to joblessness.
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John Grant
Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Grant
Manhattan Tower
Syndicate Bids for Entire New York City Bond Issue
A Morgan led syndicate with J P Morgan & Co First National Bank National City Bank and Harvey Fisk & Sons bid for New York City 4 bonds of 50 million dollars. Bids opened February 14 and the group offered 103 377 for 47 million and 100 377 for 3 million. A record 1 103 bids were placed, many on small amounts above the syndicate offer.
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New York
Fire in Courier Lithographing Plant Sparks $250000 Loss
A blaze on the fourth floor of the Courier Lithographing Company on Main Street Buffalo New York spread through Washington Street and caused an estimated loss of 250000. The printing plant is among the largest of its kind in the nation.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Courier Lithographing Company
Main Street
Washington Street
Unemployed Work Initiative Discussed With Wilson
Seth T. Farnsworth of Chicago and John Fills of Boston met with Secretary Wilson to promote self supporting suburban farming schools as a remedy for enforced idleness in congested centers. Wilson said states and cities should establish such enterprises and would send experts and seeds if land within a five cent fare of towns is provided for unemployed access.
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Seth T. Farnsworth
Chicago
John Fills
Boston
St’ ‘Louis
Wilson
Gold Ore Found in Culebra Cut Believed to Benefit U.S.
Ore containing gold, silver and copper was found in the Panama canal area. Chemical testing at Col. H. C. Deming's laboratory in Harrisburg confirmed the metals in three lots. The discovery is hailed as potentially valuable to the United States government.
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Panama Canal
H.C. Deming
Harrisburg
United States
Anti-Tipping Law Upheld in New York Case
New York's anti tipping law defended a dealer’s action to recover 1555 for goods sold against a large dry goods house. The court ruled the firm need not pay or return the goods after evidence showed a purchasing agent received a $75 gift. The law aimed to end dealer bribery of purchasing agents.
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New York
Bank Fails to Open in Leechburg Pennsylvania
Leechburg Bank failed to open on Monday amid a tight money market. President Joseph Beale and cashier David Hill were in town, but no official statement on causes or condition has been issued by authorized bank spokespeople.
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Leechburg
Joseph Beale
David Hill
Illinois Central Applies Eight Hour Day Early at Cedar Falls
Although the eight hour law takes effect March 1 Illinois Central at Cedar Falls Indiana has already put the rule in force by ordering three operators to begin work at that time immediately.
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Illinois Central
Cedar Falls
Wife in New York Seeks Death After Husband Late for Supper
Mrs Georgine Clark, married only a few months, leaped from a second floor window of her New York home after her husband came in two hours late and refused to eat the prepared supper. She survived a twelve foot fall and remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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Georgine Clark
New York
Water flood relief as Pittsburg recovers from devastation
Pittsburg reports high river levels surpassing the twenty two foot danger mark with thirty seven point tenths feet at noon and slow recede. Despite widespread property loss and submerged miles of territory, there are no known fatalities due to early weather bureau warnings. Thousands shelter on upper floors using skiffs while crews pump out water and charitable groups provide hot coffee and food.
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Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
Plumbers and Dock Councilmen Indicted Under Sherman Act
A federal grand jury indicted fifty four master plumbers of New Orleans and three plumbing firms for conspiring to restrain a local New Orleans sales outlet. A second indictment named seventy two dock and cotton council representatives for attempting to stop a cotton company from delivering coal to a steamship.
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New Orleans
Dock and Cotton Council
San Angelo
Tex
Master Plumbers’ Association
Morrell Sues Coffeyville Chief for False Imprisonment
Labor leader J F Morrell sues Coffeyville police chief John Kiehr for 10 290 dollars claiming false arrest after Morrell was held in Coffeyville and transported to Meridian Mississippi to face embezzlement charges tied to a Labor Day event. Morrell was acquitted.
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John Kiehr
Coffeyville
J. F. Morrell
Kansas
Morrell
Meridian
Miss
Locomotive Plant to Close March 1 in Paterson
The Rogers locomotive works at Paterson New Jersey a branch of the American Locomotive company will shut down March 1 unless industry revival occurs before that time.
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Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
American Locomotive Company
Wheat farming in Western Canada boosts settlers' appeal
The article traces a mass movement into Canada driven by free 160 acre homesteads and high yields. It cites 277,376 new residents in the year vs 215,912 in 1906, with U S immigrants totaling 56,551. A letter from Frank Morrey of Kelvington, Sask shows wheat yields from 30 to 60 bushels per acre and strong livestock and fruit resources. It promotes seed ads and Canadian government assistance through E T Holmes in St Paul Minn.
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Canada
Dakota
Montana
United States
Dominion of
Rhine
Rhone
Germany
Russia
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Mississippi
Pacific
Alberta
Nature
E. T
Holmes, Esay
Minn
Wadena
Canadian Northern Railroad
Frank Morrey
Kelvington
Sask
At the Church Fair
A man pauses at a booth run by the prettiest girls and asks to change a ten. They respond they have no change and he admits he has no ten, then he withdraws.
Hall's Catarrh Care Promoted Against Catarrh Cures
An advertisement warns readers away from ointments for catarrh that claim Mercury poisoning can destroy sense of smell. The notice cautions against unreliable prescriptions and promotes Hall's Catarrh Care as manufactured by a reputable source.
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Hall's
Dust as money and the wind that makes it vanish
The piece discusses why money is called dust, noting its fragility and the ease with which four cents can vanish when the wind blows. It uses a metaphor of wind to explain money’s elusive nature.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise Letter
A Manning Iowa woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after years of female complaints and costly treatments. The letter urges other sick women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass, noting the remedy's 30 years of use and claimed success with displacements inflammation and other symptoms.
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Lydia Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EK. Pinkham
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Printer
Little
J.P
Culebra
Federal Grand Jury
Salser
Red Globe Union
Salzer
Green
John A. Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
La-Crosse
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crossé
Marcus Aurelius
Alabastine Co
New York City
Grand Rapids, Mich
P. Michaelson
A.T.L Denver
Ewis & Son
Colorado
Moore
Prompson
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