Turbulent Era Headlines Reach Across Nation
A chaotic collection of reports notes political candidacy for vice president T Grant. miner strikes at Sunteie Dale. new Washington state barrier law testing. a bridge collapse at Eau Claire injuring many. deadly mine explosion at Blossburg New Mexico. fires and drownings amid European and U S events. notable crimes in Kansas Kentucky and California. ongoing canal treaty talks and court actions. militia guards in Iowa. and assorted accidents and investigations shaping a turbulent period.
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Sunteie Dale
Vent
Plebt
Washington
Benday
Eau Claire
Wik
Revolt of Convicts at Colorado Penitentiary Ends in Bloodshed
A riot at the state penitentiary near Casca City erupts as convicts seize guards and take Warden Cleghorn’s wife as a shield. Dynamite blasts blow gates open but an armory raid fails. Kuykendall is killed by Yardmaster Join Clark while others flee, with James Armstrong beaten but alive.
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Colorado
Kirech Kirkendall
Tenfovade State Penitentiary
Casca
To de Palmer
Kuykendall
Lynching at stake in Delaware suburb murder case
A mob in a northern town led by a Virginian burned George F. White, a Black man accused of murdering Miss Helen S. Bishop. Authorities resisted but were unable to stop the lynching and some crowd injuries occurred as the prisoner was executed near the Mazon and Dixon Inlet.
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Stage Monday
Wilmington
Delaware
George F. White
Helen
Bishop
A. Bishop
Feudists Clash in Keystone Mine Town Violence
A mountaineer party led by Floyd McCoy opened fire on police in Key stone West Virginia after a disturbance by McCoy Hafield feudists. One man died and another fatally wounded. others injured as officers pursued the retreating group into the mountains. Names of those involved were not known.
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Floyd McCoy
Keystone
McDowell County
West Virginia
John Reynolds
McCoy
Reynolds
Bain
Robbery Attack in Portlum Barn Ends in Near Fatal Wounding
Early Monday night two highwaymen entered a barn at Portlum and shot M. Clot and Young Catot as they resisted. Calf was struck in the heart and likely to die, as the father rushed to aid and one thief fled.
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M. Clot
Portlum
Galafseon
Catot
Mississippi election primary set for August slotted race
By popular vote the board of election commissioners of Mississippi ordered a primary election for August 1. The note confirms the West United Salem senator from Mississippi is bowing to a popular ballot with Senator Money and current officeholders Cov en Laiucine as candidates, amid new contest signals.
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Sie Board of Election Commisioners of
Miesiasippi Hae
West United
Salem
Miesiasippi
Money
Ant
Laiucine
Acutiog Ab Nolive Conkore
Six Thousand Slain in Sultan's Forces Clash
The Madrid Correspondencia reports heavy losses as Sultan’s forces led by a Moor war minister clash with rebels. Dispatches claim 6,000 troops engaged near Tangier with unclear outcomes and conflicting summaries from Tangier and Greenstown.
Lightning Strike Wrecks Mine Near Senecaville Ohio
A storm at a new dynamite loaded mine near Senecaville Ohio killed six carpenters and injured several others. The accident collapsed a barn where men sought shelter, shattered the mine shaft, broke windows in Senecaville, and left responders treating many with injuries from flying debris and rock.
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Senecaville
Ohio
John Salteturger
Railroad For Central Alaska Definite Alaska Central line announced
The Alaska gold output is reported at 26 million dollars yearly and growth is tied to a new railroad from Resurrection Bay along the Cook Inlet to the Tanana river. The Reward Construction company of Chicago won the contract to build and equip 413 miles of the Alaska Central railway from Resurrection Bay northward to the Tanana river, 150 miles above its junction with the Yukon.
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Alaska
Tew
Resurrection Bay
Tanana River
Chicago
Reward Construction Company of
Alaska Central Railway
Resurrection’ Bay Nouthwart
Cook Inlet
Siasitaa Valley
Tunas River
Jiumedol
Yukon
Uncle Sam’s Stance Delays Recognition of King Peter
The United States will not recognize the new government of King Peter promptly. Washington demands a decisive show of discipline before presenting credentials. Jackson, minister to Greece and Seevta, will delay his credentials until the issue is resolved.
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Sam
Peter
United States
England
Jackeon
Creece
Seevta
Boots and Shoes Exports Rise Across Decades
Foreign demand drives export growth with boots and shoes shipping abroad. Records show 37074 pairs in 1650, rising to 587,108 by 1890, then 10,720 by 1900, and 3,966,766 in 1902, with year-end totals approaching 44 million pairs.
Kisses Count as Wife’s Property in Arizona Ruling
An Indianapolis dispatch reports a Kokomo case where the court ruled a wife may distribute kisses to whom she pleases, as personal property not violating marriage vows. Holbrook Arizona authorities report a cattlemen clash on the Apache reservation near Holbrook, Monty Barrett killed, Prin Coleman critically wounded.
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Indianapolis
Kokomo
Holbrook
Arle
Decided to Die Together In Arranton Tragedy
Fragmented report detailing a double fatal incident in Arranton Pennsylvania. Brannan consumed carvonearil Sunday night and died. Krovet Sehipieh fired a fatal shot in the heart. Authorities note a suspected engagement or dispute preceding the violence.
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Denole Brannan
Arranton
Wildia
Krovet Sehipieh
Hinenit
Prientia
Kentucky Justice and a Change of Venue in Murder Trial
The case centers on a murder involving Attorney 46 and the defendants in a Missouri style-venue dispute. Judges faced pressure from Governor Beckham as the venue shifted to Harrison County, while pretrial tensions rose amid public interest and a fatal aftermath linked to Harden and McKinney.
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Circle Jolt
Drckeon
Marcum
Thitias White Nine
Mo Mae
Larshingeton
Cynthiana
Jackeon
Hite Grae
Breadhitt
Redwine
Court House
Beckham
Harrison County
Outlaw Hardee Killed After Ten Day Pursuit
William Hardee, once sentenced to hang on June 26 in Glasgow Montana for the murder of Charles Sneary near Culberson, was killed by a posse after escaping Glasgow on September 6. The pursuit spanned ten days and ended about seventy five miles southeast of Glasgow. Charles R. Hill, a posse member, was also killed during the confrontation.
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Willam Hardee
Glasgow
Mont
Charles Sneary
Culberson
Charles R. Hill
Harflee
Mass flood aftermath leaves many bodies along Hopper Oregon
Reports describe widespread loss after a recent disaster in Hopper Oregon with hundreds of deaths. Workers find dozens of corpses miles from town, many frozen stiff by hail, some washed toward the Columbia River forty miles away.
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Columbia River
Sweet Girl Graduate and Chase End in Death
A posse pursuing escaped prisoners Kinney and Hardee crossed the Missouri River and tracked them twelve to fifteen miles. A shot from the brush killed Hill as the search closed in near sundown, while the Montana Bridger Creek region reports a looming grasshopper invasion expected to devastate ranges and vegetation.
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Hardee
Kinney
Missouri River
Hill
McKinney
Montana
Bridger Creek
Eny
Palatial Palm Beach Hotel Destroyed by Fire
The Breakers in Palm Beach Florida suffered rapid destruction by fire last week. The blaze started in the kitchen of the Monte Carlo Casino building and swept the sprawling complex, with strong winds carrying embers to nearby structures. Firefighters fought to save the mammoth hotel which housed many guests, but the fire ultimately consumed the vast wooden building.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Palm Head
Pia
Maynifow
Chicago
Fell Over Cliff In Auburn Area Train Incident
A collapsed cliff incident near Auburn involved Mack Bowers and several workers from a crew. Reports say a rope failed during a timbering task causing a fall of about 108 feet. One worker survived while others were unaccounted as authorities search the area.
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Mack Bowers
Hiileramt Way
Henle
Alburn
Leylig
Conan
Auburn
Hacer County
Blind genius tied to a life of invention in Newburgh
The story highlights a remarkable inventor from Newburgh who, despite early life limits, developed a system of instruction for the blind. Through patient work and collaboration, he advanced devices assisting the visually impaired and contributed to education and technology for the blind.
Turbulent Western Fronts Hit Sheep Trade and Mines
Scattered dispatches report floods, mine blazes, and cave ins in the western territories. Collapses near Fort Steele and Cody ruin ore work while sheep outfits struggle after cloudbursts and drought. Authorities monitor dipping and cattle disease as kidnappings and robberies punctuate the turbulent frontier.
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Kemmerer
Cumaly
Te Ww
Powerally
T. 8
Grant
Raton Coal & Coke Company
Blossburg
N. M
Aspang
Moench
Kirchen
Lower Austria
Edward Hoeckle
Frank
San Francisco
John Cronstadt
St. Petersburg
Chauncey Dewey
Clyde Wilson
W. J. McBrite
Berry
Kansas
District Court
Venezuela
Germany
Arthur Gibbs
Annie Reardon
McCausland Opera House
East St. Louis
Rochelle Park
New Rochelle
O'Hern
Heppner
James G. Pond
Rome
Jersey City
Bogota
Court ‘of Appeals
Frankfort
Claude O’brien
Earl Whitney
Memphis
A. B. Chinn
Lexington
Ella Clark
Los Angeles
Sinter
W. A. Clark
J. M. Newell
Hebdesda Presbyterian Church
Independence
Waterloo
Marquokela
Dubuque
Money Order Bureau
Denmark
America
X. Z. Fetch
Jefferson, D
M. C. Krarup
New York
Ateiking
Idianapolis
Ind
A. O. Havens
George H. Dean
Olive Fe
Edward Toets
Coueg Lat
John Bielstein
Missiasippi
Morocco
Vm Tarler
Metootah
Atmehei
Madrid
al Is
Central
Indiana
Kensucky Justice
Aureos
Wrock
Fred
Harden
MckKinney
Outlaw Hardee
NER
Mundrad
Sweet Girl
Fia
Surveyor
BLIND
Secame
N. Bollog
Witee & Belfe
Beck & Allen
Chen River
Heme
Otte
Wromlin
Fort Steele
Win
Wyo
Carbon ‘Yau
Park City
Wye
James Watts
James Mullaney
Watts
Cody O11
Cody
Tim Kennedy
Col
Grant Jones
Mt Bate
Clinstot
Vie. Peak
Wyoming
Fish Lake
Amd
Nelana Innes
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