Tokyo quake leaves 200 dead at Kinosaki Spa
Reports describe a devastating earthquake at Kinosaki Spa where 200 of 4,000 visitors were killed and 600 injured as pavilions collapsed and doors jammed. Refugees fled to forests while rocks and fires caused further losses. Toyooka endured heavy destruction with two towns hit hard and thousands of homes destroyed. Army and navy rush relief supplies. Casualty figures vary with aftershocks reported and railway damage estimated.
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Tokyo
Kimosaki Spa
Toyooka
Kinosaki
Osaka
Kyoto
Kinodaki
Strange tidal wave hits Lakes Huron and Ontario memory noted
Historic tidal event reported on Lakes Huron and Ontario with the water rising about four feet and falling seven feet. Witnesses describe severe winds at Sault Ste. Marie and nearby communities, with damage noted at Birch Lodge and other lakeside structures.
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Lakes Huron
Ontario
Rock Pansek
Coukeien
Prairk
Sault
Ste. Pee
Birch Lodge
Alleged Jury Fixer Held in Shepherd Case
In Chicago at a Shepherd trial a prosecutor accused William Scott Stewart and W W O'Brien of trying to load the jury with crooks amid contempt proceedings. State's Attorney Crowe alleged a scheme to influence jurors while Judge Lynch held James C Callan on $25 000 bond as part of the effort surrounding the attempted fixing and the disappearance of a key witness.
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Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
William Scott Stewart
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
Thomas J. Lynch
Young McClintock
James C. Callan
Phillip Barry
Lynch
Callon
Baron Tanaka Portrait Signals Rising Japanese Leader
New photograph shows Gen. Baron Giichi Tanaka, recently elected head of the Seiyukai party. He is generally regarded as almost certain to be the next premier of Japan.
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Baron Giichi Tanaka
Seiyukai Party of
Japan
Field Marshal French Dies After Illness at 73
Deal England reported the death of Field Marshal Henry George Charles Menai? French, veteran of Boer War and World War I. Once commander in France, later Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, aged 73 after an appendicitis operation in London.
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Deal
England
Earl of Ypres
French
France
Earl
London
Lord Meutenant
Ireland
Viscount French
Ypres
Hog Price Fluctuate in Puzzling Fashion
Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes fluctuating hog and beef prices at Chicago Union Stock Yards for week ending May 22. Beef steer prices widened as receipts varied. top weight steers reached $11.00 per hundredweight for 1,651 pounds. Lighter butchers gained 20 to 50 cents, packing sows up 10 cents, slaughter pigs higher. Red clipped lambs sold mostly 12.00 to 12.75, some light lots topping at 80 to 85 pounds.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago Union Stock Yards
French Forces Fight Moor Tribesmen in Morocco
French troops in Morocco attacked Beni Guif positions as Abd el Krim's Rifians resisted. An official communique said French artillery and troops captured the enemy’s ground while Rifian forces held firm in scattered engagements.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Morocco
Abd-Hi- Krim
Callaway Chautauqua Dates Announced for July
A list of local items reports Callaway chautauqua slated for July 21 to 26. Other notes include state gasoline tax revenue at 119729 dollars and weather impacts on crops in Gage county.
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Gage County
Nebraska City
Grand Island
The
Evangelical Church
Hem
Kearney
Polk County
Jim” Dahlman
Omaha
Nicholas Kolf
Lincoln
Steinauer
Pawnee
J. B. Hill
National Electric Light Association
Gordon City
Hebron
Gothenburg
State Capitol Commission
Capitol
Perry R. Cook
Local Nebraskan notes include fires burns and post office plans
Reports detail a series of incidents and developments across Nebraska. A man burns from fuel fumes. Mies Lewis found dead from monoxide gas at home in Omaha. Ak-Sar-Ben track shows lively interest. Fort Atkinson artifacts unearthed including a 1784 Spanish dollar. Riga Latvia seeks accounting pamphlet from State Auditor Marsh. Bruning mother saves baby before dying from gas explosion. Post office plans in Omaha worth 150000 dollars. May crop conditions favorable. coyote and wolf bounty paid. local song contest prizes awarded. Ak-Sar Ben boxing shows announced. warning issued by Dave.
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Mies la Nez Lewis
First National Bank
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben Bearns
Fort Atkinson
Marsh
Riga
Latvia
Baltic Sea
Herman’ Philippi
Bruning
Hamilton B. Lowry
Lincoln
The
State University
Historical Society
American Legion Auxiliary
Sumner
Black
Washington
Tenth and
Mason Streets
Burlington
Nebraska
Pawnee
J. J. Andrus
Rudy Lindquist
Hans Brandt
R. F. Donahey
Duncan
Ak-Sar Ben
Ak-Sar Ben den
Frits Carlson
Dave
Gould Heirs Barred In Estate Dispute Over Marriage Clause
New York report states the three Gould children from Guinevere Sinclair Gould are excluded from the $82,000,000 Jay Gould estate by the court ruling that the marriage clause affects only first marriages. The decision also denies Guinevere Gould’s children any share, while George J. Gould’s children by his second wife receive provision from his will.
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New York
George J. Gould
Guinevere Sinclair Gould
Jay Gould
James A
George
Jane
Guinevere
Gloria Gould Bishop
Kingdon Gould
Edith Gould
Marjorie Gould Drexel
Referee O'Gorman
George J.gould
George Gould
Opening to Sea Creed by Speakers From 14 States
Michigan City Indiana hosts the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater association annual meeting with fourteen states represented. Twenty-one speakers address the conference. two governors present Indiana and North Dakota alongside eight former governors. The West seeks a sea outlet via the St. Lawrence to aid farmers shipping to foreign ports.
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Michigan City
Ind
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Lowden
Illnois
Presbyterians Elect C. R. Erdman Moderator
Columbus Ohio. The Presbyterian General Assembly elected Charles R Erdman of Princeton Theological Seminary New York moderator for the coming year. Dr Erdman is professor of practical theology at Princeton University Theological Seminary and is fifty nine years old. He formerly served as pastor of the First Presbyterian church Germantown Pennsylvania.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
Church of the United States
Charlies R. Erdman
Princeton Theological Seminary
New York
Doctor Erdman
Princeton University Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church
Germantown
Heiress to 1 200 000 Missing in Miami Oklahoma
Police unable to locate Maude Lee Mudd heiress to 1 200 000 and daughter of Mrs Susan Bomberry. Authorities have no trace of her and Mrs Bomberry suspects kidnapping.
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Miam, Okla
Maude Lee Mudd
Susan ‘Bomberry
Mra
Bomberry
Maude
Body of Kidnaped Girl Found in Maine Cottage
Searchers found the body of Ada Hayward in a cottage near Winthrop Maine after the abduction and the burning of her aunt’s cottage on Lake Marane geok. The investigation centers on the shooting of Mes.romaba and the fate of the missing girl.
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Winthrop
Maine
Mes
Romaba
Lake Maranegeok
Ada Hayward
Miss Bay
Rare
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