Wreck of Southern Pacific train kills thirty one
A review of the week reports a deadly Southern Pacific wreck at Honda California killing 31 and injuring many as a derailment due to a defective switch smashed cars full of Shriners and families. Other items note frost damage to southwest fruit crops, deaths in politics and society, and various fires and accidents nationwide.
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Southern Pacific
Honda
Cal
Reading
Buffalo
N. Y
Foraker
Newport
Senares
Velardena
Durango
Charles H. Hughes
Illinois
Excelsior Springs
Salvation Army of
Perry
Post Office Cashier Dies After Shortfall Incident
A post office cashier reportedly died by self-inflicted action after discovery of accounting shortfalls. Investigators are reviewing the circumstances as colleagues recall the moment of discovery at the facility. The event prompted a temporary shutdown of operations and an internal inquiry into the cash handling procedures.
Wallaces Cashier Fatally Shoots Self in Ohio Post Office
William C. Wallace cashier of the Columbus post office, amid a $12,000 shortage allegation and pressure from government inspectors, shot himself at his Summit Street home after inviting Postmaster Harry Krumm and inspectors to discuss the accounts. He died soon after at Protestant Hospital. Inspectors J I Gaines and W Hardy, from Cincinnati, were examining the money order department when the event occurred.
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Summit Street
William C. Wallace
Columbus Post Office
Harry Krumm
Wallace
Post Office
Krumm
W. Hardy
Abraham Holme
Cincinnati
Stamp Department
Wallace Yard
Will Terminate in a Marriage at Hon olulu of Millionaire Potter
East Liverpool Ohio tale of romance between Gertrude Baker and William E Phillips a wealthy East Liverpool pottery magnate. They met at the Carnegie library with Phillips traveling to Honolulu for a wedding then plans a voyage to Japan and a world tour. Baker is connected to notable Ohio families including Gen James Jones and Gov Nash relatives.
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Carnegie Library
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Gertrude Baer
William E. Phillips
East Liver
Phillips
Miss Baker
Benjamin Jones
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Jones
Mr. Phillips
Smith & Phillips
Japan
Gov. Nash
B. F. Jones, Jr
Pittsburg
Charged with polygamy spans Ohio man’s marriages
William Geren of Marietta now jailed in Memphis on a polygamy charge. He allegedly took 18-year-old Miss Richards from Marietta, eloped to Little Rock to wed, and mothered a child. Richards’ father pursued them. Geren was arrested in Memphis. Mrs Linnie Geren, the rightful wife, plans to testify.
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William Geren
Memphis Tenn
Memphis Grand Jury
Gerer
Miss Richards
Geren
Little Rock Ark
W. J. Richards
Little Rock
Memphis
Richards
Linnie Geren
PISTOLS ADDED FOUR TO LIST
Thirteen men have been killed at Alta Pass North Carolina on the Southern and Western railway construction work since Saturday. Nine were killed instantly in an explosion and four others fatally wounded. Deputy Sheriff Buchanan was shot in the breast and killed while attempting to arrest John Faul. Another deputy, unnamed, killed Faul. Felix J Kidd superintendent was killed by Will Anderson, who was then shot dead by Charles Hale after Hale fled with Kidd.
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Shriner funeral train delayed by embalming work
Santa Barbara California May 14 The Shriner funeral train carrying 21 dead and 20 or 300 living will not depart for the east before Tuesday Embalming the dead proved too great a task for local undertakers to finish Monday All survivors of the wreck will be able to travel.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Shriner
Eruptions Cause Unusual Italian Atmospheric Disturbances
Rome reports indicate Stromboli and Etna eruptions have triggered extraordinary atmospheric disturbances in parts of Italy. Monday in Rome the temperature spiked to 90 degrees while San Remo saw rain sullied by sulfur fumes.
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Rome
Italy
San Remo
Tornado Destroys Farm Home. Wife and Son Die
Parker May 14 report a tornado overturned a farm house south of here. A lamp ignited bed clothes causing a fatal fire that killed Ole Langstead's wife and young son. The husband was seriously injured.
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Here
Ole Langstead
Weather Snapshots From Lincoln to Holmes
Lincoln Nebraska on May 14 reports a drop below freezing in Alliance while Holmes Wyoming records a foot of snow. The contrasting conditions show a rare late spring cold snap affecting multiple states. Local observers note chilly winds and unseasonable snowfall disrupting early outdoor plans.
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Alliance
Mercury
Holmes
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Storm Strikes Kansas City Kansas Injuring Six
A May 14 storm in Kansas City Kansas injured six people, unroofed several frame buildings, and toppled many windows along a 100 foot wide path. Property losses were substantial.
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Kansas City
Kan
Chicago Tragedy Claims Miss Grace LeMont at 30 West Quincy
Miss Grace LeMont aged 22 was fatally injured when her hair was caught in shafting in a building at 30 West Quincy Street. Her scalp was torn from her head in the accident.
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Chicago
Grace Lemont
Quincy Street
Tragedy in Gananoque Follows Farmer Killings
May 14 Gananoque Ontario report states Willar Waldie, a local farmer, killed his wife and two children. The suspect then took his own life after the brutal assault, with authorities describing the fatalities as beheadings by hammer blows.
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Gananoque, Ont
Willar Waldie
Detroit strikers demand nine hour day and higher pay
Detroit workers in seven hundred machinery molders strike for a nine hour day and a minimum wage of 30 cents per hour. Many are employed in Detroit’s automobile factories.
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Detroit
Mich
Auutomobile
Romance on a Shingle Forty Years Ago Found in Millersburgh
A shingle carrying a marriage request written by W S Fortune to Middabaugh’s daughter led to a 40 year-old romance. Middabaugh consented, Fortune and the daughter married, later moving to Michigan. The same shingle was unearthed during barn repairs and returned to the couple.
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Fortune
Michigan
Reconciled at Child's Grave in Norwalk Divorce Case
In the divorce suit Lucy B. Aurand accuses Hiram C. Aurand of cruelty and infidelity. A cross petition by the doctor claims unfaithfulness and that her actions harmed his practice. Formerly in Dumontville they divorced years ago, had three children, one died, and they reconciled at the grave and have lived together since. Mrs Aurand testified there was no second ceremony and the doctor said none was necessary.
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Norwalk
Lucy B. Aurand
Hiram C. Aurand
Bellevue
Dumontville
Aurand
Toledo man inherits vast English estate claim confirmed
James Moffitt of Toledo Ohio is named heir to eight million dollars from the Moffit estate in England. The claim traces to his father's share and an uncle lost at sea, with the English court notifying realization of the claim.
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Toledo
James
Moffitt
Moffit
England
Unknown Man Crushed by C H D Train in Lima
An unidentified male about 50 lies in the Lima morgue after being crushed beneath a C H D train. Description notes brown eyes, black mustache, and gray-tinged hair as investigators seek identification.
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Lima
Hanged in Effigy in Oxford Park Target
Public park in Oxford shows a hanged effigy marked Guy Potter Benton. Unknown parties erected the dummy. A white card with Benton's name attached. Mayor King to hold an inquiry into the incident.
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Oxford
Guy Potter Benton
King
Salem waterworks ownership vote defeats plan
In Salem C a special election rejected municipal ownership of the waterworks. The city would have paid the Salem Waterworks Co. 135000 for the plant, but the proposition was overwhelmingly defeated.
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Salem, C
Salem Waterworks Co
Grand Jury Indicts Saloonkeeper in May 1 Killing
Washington D. C. Fayette county grand jury returns an indictment against George Kirby the Milledgeville saloonkeeper for murder in the first degree in the shooting of Fred Marchant a wealthy citizen near Kirby s saloon on May 1 in Milledgeville Georgia.
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Washington D. H
Fayette County
George Kirby
Fred Marchant
Kirby
Oil official found unconscious in tank then revived
A. D. Mcatee, superintendent of Standard Oil Co. in Wapakoneta Ohio, was discovered unconscious inside a large gasoline tank he was inspecting. He remained in the tank for several hours before resuscitation and is expected to recover.
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Wapakoneta
A. D. Mcatee
Standard Oil Co
Pastor Accused in Washington Twp Vote Case
Fremont Ohio prosecutors asked to investigate illegal voting charges against Rev S H Raudebaugh pastor of Port Clinton Brethren Church. His contract requires him to live in parsonage while wife keeps a home in the township and splits time between both. He swore he voted in the same precinct for 20 years, though opponents say he voted at Port Clinton last fall. Raudebaugh presides over Sultana Survivors of Ohio and has long preached locally.
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Raudebaugh
Sultana Survivors of
Ohio
Court officers pose as judges in bold Marietta scam
Horace and Edward Napier of Kingston Iowa reported being robbed by impostors posing as Common Pleas Judge Owen and attorney Frank Wilson in Marietta Ohio. The pair were led to a foreclosed farm mortgage case, where a stranger claiming legal authority procured a fake judgment and an execution order, charging $70 for the fraudulent services.
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Marietta
Horace
Edward Napier
Kington
Common
Common Pleas
Qo Owen
Frank Wilson
Doctor Believes Patent Powders Caused Columbus Woman Death
Mrs. James Reed aged 35 died at her North Sixth street home in Columbus two hours after taking the third of three patent headache powders. The dosages were spaced 20 minutes apart and she had never been ill before. Dr. W H Cleveland attributes death to the powders.
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Columbus, O
James Reed
North Sixth Street
Embezzlement Alleged in Columbus I O O F Lodge
Columbus Ohio Dennison Lodge 741 notes its accounts are in a hopeless tangle with a heavy series of embezzlements attributed to former secretary Charles E Burr. An examination of Burrs books is now underway.
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Dennison Lodge
Columbus
Charles E. Burr
Cigarette smoker dies in hotel lobby
Portsmouth Delaware Ben Nusbaum a cigarette salesman died of heart failure while seated in the Washington hotel lobby. He had complained of ill feeling all day and hotel staff initially thought he was asleep before realizing he was dying.
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Portsmouth
Ben Nusbaum
Washington Hotel
Nusbaum
Factory Closed By Strike In Portsmouth Shoe Plant
A stitchers strike in Portsmouth Ohio forced the Selby shoe factory to close, leaving about 2000 workers unemployed as demands for higher wages are pressed.
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Portsmouth
Selby Shoe
Vestry Resignations Follow Ohio Clergy Controversy
Rev Albert N Slay ton and his vestry resigned after accusations that the group had been elected by a packed assembly prompting the collapse of their parish leadership in Sandusky Ohio.
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Sandusky
Albert N. Slayton
Freight wreck slows traffic on two rail lines
In Springfield Ohio five Detroit Toledo and Ironton freight cars derailed on Penns street causing delays on the southern division. Three cars derailed on the Big Four near Mills Bros quarries with wrecking crew summoned to the scene.
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Springfield
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Penns Street
Mills Bros
Ash tabula man fatally struck by train near Milan
Frank Clark of Ashtabula sat on a railroad tie near Milan and was fatally injured when struck by a Wheeling and Lake Erie train. He was taken to Norwalk for treatment.
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Sandusky
Frank Clark
Ashtabula
Milan
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Norwalk
Judge Fiedler Fines Man Over Kiss Attempt In Cleveland
Cleveland official court record shows Samuel Joachim fined $100 and costs after being sued by 16 year old employee D Marie Weber for alleged kiss attempt. Weber sought $10,000 in damages while coating the episode as a moral caution in the local court.
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Cleveland
Marie Weber
Samuel Joachim
Fiedler
Joachim
Beekeeper Stung by Bees in Ravenna
Z. Loomis, a contractor in Ravenna Ohio, was severely stung by a swarm at his home. Doctors treated him for a long period to prevent fatal heart complications from the stings.
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O.C. Z
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