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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
7
Fragmented OCR Weather and Crime Sketch from St Johns
The readable text shows garbled references to St Johns and nearby towns with scattered names and phrases about a voyage, a collision, a shooting, and a family or personal matters. The fragment mixes place names, possible victims, and incomplete actions, lacking coherent events or dates.
Peace Returns as Spanish Riots End In Barcelona
The American minister in Madrid said Americans in Barcelona and affected districts are safe. Officials vow to prevent a future outbreak as Barcelona resumes normal life and troops quell unrest seen as a result of repressive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Barcelona
Sabadell
Tarrassa
Madrid
Fort Montjuich
Senor Solortega
Interior
Morocco
Paris Figaro
St. Louis Kidnapping Demands $25,000 Ransom
Grace Viviano aged 5 and Thomas Viviano aged 2% were kidnapped in St. Louis and held for $25,000 ransom. A letter threatening injury or death was sent to their parents, with detectives arresting five suspects as police search the Italian quarter. The parents fear the Black Hand may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Grace Viviano
Thomas Viviano
Black Hand
Louisiana
Black Hand Society
Connecticut Repeals Blue Laws Allowing Sunday Baseball
Both chambers pass a bill repealing the 1722 blue laws restricting Sunday activities. The measure defines Sunday, prohibits secular events except necessary or community welfare needs, and allows fines and imprisonment for violations. Sunday baseball supporters expect court interpretation to shape enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Taft Signs Payne Tariff as Senate Approves 47 to 31
President Taft signs the Payne tariff bill at 5 06 PM in the Capitol, Senate approves the conference report 47 to 31, and Congress adjourns its special session. Seven Republicans voted no while McEnery of Louisiana voted in favor. Taft defends the measure as honoring pre election pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Capitol
Washington
Senate
Congress
White House
Beverly
Clapp
Nelson
Minnesota
Beveridge
Indiana
Cummins
Navy boxing bout on Vermont ends in sailor death
A boxing match on the battleship Vermont in Provincetown harbor left sailor Foster fatally injured. Foster and Williams, both mess attendants, were to fight ten rounds but the bout was stopped in the sixth as Foster's condition worsened with little chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Provincetown
Foster
Williams
Woman in Pa. Hamlets Fatally Wounds Man in Self Defense
Mrs. Hannah Gibson of a Coatesville area hamlet near Lancaster, Pa., shot William Thompson after saying he attacked her with a stick while she gathered wood. Thompson died from the wound. Gibson has not been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Gibson
Coatesville
William Thompson
Lancaster
Cleveland Voters Reject Schmidt Grant In Bitter Referendum
Mayor Tom L Johnson suffered a major defeat as Cleveland voters rejected the Schmidt street railway grant by 34 785 to 31 022. Result redirects policy toward Judge Taylor plan with 6 percent dividend and lower fares. Johnson pledged to keep fighting into the fall mayoral campaign, with no immediate next move announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Schmidt Street Railway
Payne Avenue
Cleveland Railway
Mob tries to lynch Indianapolis official during council vote
A mob disrupted the Indianapolis City Council from 1 to 3 am Tuesday over primary inspector appointments seen as skewed for mayoral candidates. Police protected Councilman Royce as threats of hangings and shootings circulated, while factions led by Harding and Clark clashed with Lew Shank and Charles Gauss opposing sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
N. W. Harding
Charles B. Clark
Lew Shank
Charles Gauss
Royce
Harding
Royse
Taft Maps 13000 Mile South West National Tour
President Taft publicizes a 13000 mile swing through the South and West starting Sept 15 from Boston. He will travel by private car and regular trains with Secretary Fred W. Carpenter and Archibald W. Butt aboard, visiting major cities from Chicago to Washington and ending back in the capital to finish the annual message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
United States
Hampton Roads
Straits of Magellan
San Francisco Bay
Fred W. Carpenter
Archibald W. Butt
White House
Boston
Chicago
Madison
Portage
Wis
Winona
Minn
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Denver
Colo
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
Montrose
Salt Lake City
Utah
Butte
Helena
Mont
Spokane
Wash
North Yakima
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Sacramento
Calo
Oakland
Berkeley
San Francisco
Cal
Yosemite Valley
Fresno
Los Angeles
Grand
Miss
New Orleans
Jackson
Columbus
Birmingham
Ala
Macon
Savannah
Charleston
Augusta
Columbia
Wilmington
N. C
Richmond
Washington
Washington, D. C
Middletown
Conn
Norfolk
Hampton
Turkish Ultimatum to Greece Over Crete Crisis
The Porte demands a formal Greek declaration of non interference in Crete and warns of breaking off diplomatic ties if refused. Crete was evacuated by international troops on July 26 and the Greek flag appeared at Canea fortress the next day amid ongoing unrest. The Macedonia and Crete situation is described as grave in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Turkey
Crete
Canea
Washington
Death Curve Crash Kills Conductor In Chicago Suburban Train Collision
A Chicago-Whiting electric car on the Hegewisch branch between 104th Street and Indianapolis Avenue collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad suburban train at an unguarded crossing. The electric car was demolished, the conductor died three hours later, and fifty three passengers were injured. Most victims were taken to Englewood Union or St Bernard hospitals, with others to South Chicago hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hegewisch
Pennsylvania Railroad
104Th Street
Indianapolis Avenue
Pennsylvania
South Chicago
Englewood Union
St. Bernard
Englewood
Sprinkling Planned in Winona to Fight Infantile Paralysis
Winona Minnesota faces an epidemic of infantile paralysis among children aged months to 10 years. Officials announce city wide sprinkling of alleys streets and sidewalks to destroy germs carried by dust from the streets. State authorities warn that dust carries the disease and several dozen cases are scattered in outlying districts with no rain for over a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Board of Health
Obstruction Placed on Burlington Track Near Crawford Neb
A passenger train on the Burlington line neared Belmont ten miles from Crawford Nebraska when steel rails formed an obstruction on the track. Engineer Wade stopped the train within feet of the barrier. The express car reportedly carried $250000 in gold bullion en route to New York. Farmer Ris Berger was arrested claiming innocence and saying he was attempting to flag the train for medical help in Alliance after a shotgun accident injured his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Burlingty
Belmont
Crawford
Neb
Wade
New York City
Ris Berger
Alliance For Medical Aid
Berger
Record Crops In Northwest Hit Record Yields
Wheat and corn break all records in Minnesota and the Dakotas with harvest under way. North Dakota crowding Minnesota and South Dakota in grain cutting as oats and rye may also set records. Estimated value ranges from 375 to 400 million dollars, signaling broad Northwest prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakotas
Northwest
South Dakota
North Dakota
G. A. R. Meeting in August in Salt Lake City
Thousands expected to attend the Salt Lake encampment as the Grand Army of the Republic gathers August 9 for its forty third annual event. Auxiliary groups and veterans groups will hold concurrent meetings and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Auast
Grand Army
Woman’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
National Association of ex-Prisoners of War
National Association of Army Nurses
Naval Veterans’ Association
Daughera of Veterans
Spanish War Veterans
Sons of Veterans
War Musicians
National Press Correspondents
Moths Swarm New York Hotels and Streets
A heavy mid winter snowstorm illusion visits New York as myriads of small white moths and large brown moths fill the night. They swarm the lights of hotels and restaurants while street lamps glow with a batlike swarm and entomologists seek to learn why they vanish at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Storm Weakens Structures as Cathedral Struck by Lightning
A severe storm with wind rain lightning and hail battered Western Pennsylvania. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul in the East End of Pittsburgh was struck by lightning and badly damaged likely to be razed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Do
Wetern
Pennsylvania
SS. Peter and Paul
Able East End
Pitsburg
Boy Narrowly Beats Girl to Death in Degh Incident
In Boylston Nova Scotia a 13-year-old boy, Andrew Issard, in a parentless moment tied 6-year-old Annie Ash to a tree and beat her to death. Issard has been arrested and is under investigation for the fiendish murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston
N. S
Andrew Issard
Dughter
Annie Ash
Young Issard
Reservoir break dumps vast water volume near Fort Morgan
The Empire reservoir 19 miles northwest of Fort Morgan Colorado, holding 2.5 billion cubic feet of water, broke Monday night releasing about 1 billion cubic feet. The flood damaged ranches to the tune of 500 dollars, but no lives were lost as water rushed down the South Platte River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Reservoir
Ninteen
Fort Morgan Colp
South Platte River
Georgia Senator re-elected by Legislature declines change
United States Senator G H Clay of Georgia is re-elected by the Georgia Legislature and his term expires in 1915. President Taft remains firm on the corporation tax measure and will not modify it. Colorado women suffragists plan to back Mrs Sarah Platt Decker for Congress in two years. The Democratic congressional committee has elected officers and outlined plans to win the House in the next elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
E. Peary
Rick Coog
United States
G. H. Clay
Georgia
Taft
Colorado
Congress
Sarah Platt Decker
Democratic Congressional Committee
House
Fist Battle in Parliament Over Church in Portugal
Deputies riot in Portugal’s Cortes after liberal committee petitions suppression of religious orders and abrogation of freedom of conscience laws. Senator Ca moc ho moves subject. motion fails and galleries protest. Desks and chairs overturned as tumult spreads beyond the chamber. Petition seeks end to religious associations owning landed property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Cortes
Camacho
Fatal Blow Follows Choir Singing in Baltimore Fight
In Baltimore a boy eleven John Freudel died minutes after a fight with ten year old August Krueger after a Sacred Heart Church choir event. A coroner's jury exonerated Krueger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Baltimore
John Freudel
August Krueger
Kreuger
Brown graduate killed by eight tons of pig iron in Pittsfield
William P. Mitchell a Brown University graduate died when eight tons of pig iron broke through a ceiling and struck him at his desk in the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company office in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Mitchell
Brown University
Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company
Pittsfield
Mass
Wife Leaves Riches to Dogs in Mrs Snow Will
In Hartford Massachusetts Mary F Snow leaves $10,000 income to Phila C Miller of Orange for care of two small imported dogs. The will gives the husband only $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Snowartford
Conn
Phila C. Miller
Orange
Mass
Taft Praises Payne Tariff Bill and Philippine Provisions
President Taft signs the Payne tariff bill calling it a substantial downward revision with few rate increases apart from luxuries and certain silks. He notes real decreases in rates, rejects free trade, and highlights the Philippine tariff provision as a ten year effort that will boost trade and Philippine prosperity. The measure also includes a corporate tax aimed at deficit prevention and better corporate statistics and regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Sereno BE. Payne
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Capitol
Taft
Republican Party
Chronology of the Payne Aldrich tariff passage
A compact timeline showing Taft calling a special session on March 6 and the Payne Bill’s journey from introduction on March 17 through House and Senate votes, conference committee actions, presidential message and signature, to the law taking effect August 6, totaling 141 days from report to enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prsident Taft
Senor
Taft
Payne Tariff
House
Payne
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Eysen
Payne-Aldrich
Fight for the Pennants
Standings in the principal base ball leagues show leaders and contenders jockeying for the pennant. Key teams face crucial matches as the season nears its climax, with race tight among top clubs across the circuit.
Street Car Strike Voted by Chicago Employes
Nine thousand workers from the Chicago City Railway Company and the Chicago Railways Company voted to strike with about 90 percent in favor. Balloting ended at 3 am Friday, but a walkout is not immediate as negotiations continue and several steps remain before any strike action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
Chicago Railways Company
Fire devastates Tulsa driving park destroying fifty five stalls
A blaze at the driving park in Tulsa Oklahoma killed Toboggan Pat Ornus and Arvid Ladd and injured many horses. The fire destroyed fifty five stalls and the cause remains unknown. Notable owners H. P. Whitney J. R. Keene and Richard Croker had entries but none of their American horses won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandoun Park
England
H. P. Whitney
J. R. Keene
Richard Croker
Toboggan
Pat Ornus
Arvid Ladd
Tulsa
Okla
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St. Johm
Becaus
George Atherine
Steeb Ben Goth
Bpain
Blue Laws
Tariff Gill
Senators
Bolt G. O. P
Cor
Aldrich Gamble
Borah Guggenheim Bourne Hale Bradley Heyburn
Brandage Johnson Brown Jones Bulkeley Kean Burkett Lodge
Burnham Lorimer Burrows McCumber Burton Oliver Carter Page Clark
Wyo
Penrose Crane Perkins Crawford Piles Custom Root Curtis Scott Depew Smith
Mich
Dick Smoot
Dixon Stephenson Dupont Sutherland Elkins Warner Flint Wetmore
Free
Bristow Clapp
Cummins Beveridge
Dolliver LaFollette Nelson
Clark
Ark
Nixon Davis Owenn Johnson Richardson McEnery Taylor Money
NAVY
Tom Johnson
Fury
Wests
South
Porte
J. H. Mercer
Government Livestock Sanitary Inspector
Kansas City
Gotham
Payne Bill
Philippine
Philippines
W. L. Pittsburg
Philadel’a
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Ww. L. v. Detroit
Philadela
Wash'gton
American Association
L. W. Minn'polis
St. Paul
Milw
Kan. City
Louisville
Toledo
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