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World News Briefs Skim Through 1900s Era Events
A compact roundup lists incidents from Kansas City to California including a wood turner’s suicide after a three day marriage, Wright’s scalding, New Bedford bleacher collapse injuries, St Louis July deaths, Oakland rail crash fatalities, mail pouch thefts near Kansas City, balloon race evacuations, and a wide array of crimes, accidents, and political notes across the United States and Europe. It mentions airship travels in Switzerland, tax fraud cases, Lehigh viaduct damage, court indictments, and local public safety concerns adding a snapshot of late 19th to early 20th century global events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Thomason
Kansas City
Temans
France
Wilbur’. Wright
New Bedford
Mass
St. Louis
Oakland
Cal
Schenecktady
N. Y
Chicago
Great Lakes
Fielding
West Shefford
Quebec
Los Angeles
Starr
Henry Starr
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas Baseball League
W. C. Guild
Marionville
Missori Pacific
Knobnoster
Jg. Khanses
Snow
Monroe
Mich
Charles Oan
Kan! City
Lake Constabive
Zerland
A.j--Bliss
White Cloud
Kan
New
Lehigh
Budtaloh N. Wy
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
New York
Grand Jury
Mae Wood
Platt
A. Booth & Co
West
Seattle
Wash
Lampert
Mayor McClellan
William R. Hearst
BB. Johnson
Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
Gridiron Club
Cleveland
San Francisco
Frank Coy
United States Mail
Taney County
Grant Ferguson
Des Moines
Commercial Club
United States
F. C. Brockhauser
Middle West
Kansas
Cortelyou
Treasury