Year Without a Summer Recalled Amid Odd Weather
Augusta Herald notes a historically peculiar season with March warmth followed by late April snow and ongoing cool weather. It cites 1816 as a parallel, detailing monthly frost and crop losses from January to December, including heavy snows in June and widespread damage in New England and mid Atlantic states.
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Augusta Herald
Georgia
Florida
Augusta
Thomasville
Virginia
Boston Globe
Europe
America
Ohio
Kentucky
Vermont
Maine
New York
Massachusetts
New Orleans
New England
Pennsylvania
England
Middle States
Fog and gale wrecks along Atlantic coast
Despatch from Halifax reports thick fog and a southwest gale causing multiple shipwrecks Wednesday night. Six vessels were lost and eight men drowned, including six aboard the French brig Mauve near Miquelon. Rescue efforts continue as crews search for survivors and assess damaged ships along Port Nova and Castor Ledges.
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Halifax
Atlantic
Point Blanche
St. Pierr Harbor
Miquelon
Borghild
Castor
Port Bickerton
N. S
Port Nova
Ben Cellachan
Baltimore
Chetham
N. B
Boswell
Louisburg
Senator Holstlaw Confesses Bribe in Inka Ill Interview
Senator Daniel Holstlaw admits taking a 2500 bribe as a legislator in a confessional interview at his Inka Illinois home. He says he took the money amid widespread corruption and insists the Lorimer vote confession was compelled truth. A daughter laments the damage to the family name and heartbroken mother.
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Daniel Holstlaw
Inka
Ill
Lorimer
Holstlaw
Bone in Throat Kills: Batesburg Man Dies After Complication
Wade Brooks, a Black man living on N A Bates' land, died Wednesday after a piece of bone lodged in his throat during a Guinea fowl meal. A doctor attempted to push the bone down, but the condition worsened and proved fatal.
Tragedy at Jefferson as Husband Shoots Wife Then Himself
At Jefferson Indiana William Boatman a former American Car and Foundry employee shot his wife three times saying I dont believe you love me any more and then killed himself.
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Jefferson, Ind
William Boatman
American Car and Foundry Company
Snow in Pittsburg Sets Record May Cold
Snow fell in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on Tuesday with a temperature of 29 degrees marking the coldest May 31 in the local weather bureau records.
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Pittsburg
The Cold Summer of 1816 Outsized by Grim Evidence
A brief chronicle notes the 1816 cold summer as unusually severe with a mild winter, widespread frost year round, sparse vegetation in the Eastern and Middle States, and sun’s heat seemingly absent. It records Philadelphia flour at 138 dollars per barrel and English wheat at 93 shillings per quarter as economic snippets from the period.
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Middle States
Philadelphia
England
Train Shot Near Augusta Injures Sally Morgen
Miss Sally Morgen of Turpin Hill Augusta Ga survives a pistol shot through a passenger car window on the C and W C line near an aqueduct by Sibbley Mill. The bullet created a glass hole and glass fragments stuck to her hat as nearby passengers aided her recovery. She recalls previous threats on the same route and fears riding trains again.
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Augusta Chronicle
Sally Morgen
Turpin Hill
Augusta
Miss Morgan
Clark
Explosion Kills 25 at Utah Cement Quarry
Twenty five workmen die in a Utah quarry blast at Union Portland Cement Works near Devil's Slide. The scene, 30 miles east of Ogden, saw telegrams cut off as limbs and body parts were scattered. many victims were Japanese and Greek. A tunnel blast above the hill and over thirty kegs of powder near the worksite triggered the catastrophe.
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Union Portland Cement Works
Devil's Slide
Utah
Ogden
Morgan
Burial of James Darwin in Woodruff
The body of James Darwin formerly of Woodruff was brought there for burial on Tuesday. Darwin, an oil inspector for a Texas company, was shot from ambush by a Mexican while en route to work. His mother Mrs. H. A. Darwin and other relatives attended. his widow accompanied the funeral. This is the third child Mrs. Darwin has buried in fifteen months.
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James Darwin
Woodruff
Darwin
Texas
Mr. Darwin
H. A. Darwin
State election to require eight foot ballot in South Dakota
A long ballot is anticipated for the next November statewide vote in South Dakota. Officials cite the large number of measures to be approved under the initiative and referendum.
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South Dakota
Bank Robbery Destroys Safe at Unity Wisconsin Bank
Thieves blew open the safe of the State Bank of Unity Wisconsin on Tuesday taking about 2000 dollars. The crime involved dynamiting the safe and the robbers escaped. The Unity bank traces to 1905 with capital of 10000 dollars.
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State Bank of Unity
Wis
May records 30 personal crisis reports in Philadelphia
In May Philadelphia filed a ghastly tally of 30 personal crisis reports with one day left before hearings. The month set a disturbing pace as officials logged the cases and prepared responses.
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Philadelphia
Census finds Catholic share high in cities. Protestants undercounted
A 1906 special census shows church growth outpaced population in major cities, with 469 members per 1,000 in principal cities versus 364 outside. Catholics dominate in many cities, while Protestant totals are understated. overall 32,935,445 communicants nationally.
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United States
Continental
Church of Christ, Scientist
Protestant Episcopal Church
Memphis
Toledo
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Fall River
San Francisco
New Orleans
New York
Providence
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Cyclone Wrecks Augusta GA. City Plunged Into Darkness
A Augusta dispatch reports a cyclone lasting about eighteen minutes Thursday night left the city in darkness since 1013, with streets blocked by uprooted trees and disabled wires. No fatalities yet, but several homes wrecked and warehouses blown down. the Casino at Lake View was wrecked while a night show ended. Electric power shut down all night, fire alarms out, and South Carolina towns like Aiken and Orangeburg affected.
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Augusta
Lake View
South Carolina
Aiken
Orangeburg
English Officer Flies Dover to Calais Round Trip Record
Hon Charles Stewart Rolls, captain in the London section of the army motor reserve, piloting a Wright biplane, crossed the Dover Calais route twice in the same evening without landing. The 42 mile over water flight established a new record, left Dover at 6 30, and occurred under excellent atmospheric conditions. Torpedo boats rushed to the Straits but could not match the aeroplane’s pace.
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Dover
England
Charles Stewart Rolls
London
Army Motor Reserve
English Channel
Calais
Louis Bleriot
Count de Lesseps
Channel
Rolls
France
Panic in Bronx Subway Smoke Traps Five Hundred
A smoke incident in the Mott Avenue subway station in the Bronx caused chaos as about 500 people, including women and children, flooded toward the street. Fire in an automatic pumping station produced the smoke. fifteen were overcome and two injured. Elevator access and five-flight stairs intensified the panic. damage reported as nominal.
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Mott Avenue
Bronx
New York City
Auto bursts into flames in Lancaster. owner saves home
In Lancaster, Mr. Chas. B. Skipper’s car erupted in fire as he lit the pilot light. He moved the vehicle from a shed near his house and sprayed water from a hose, likely saving his home. The car was insured. This marks the second automobile fire at Lancaster in six months.
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Lancaster
Chas. B. Skipper
Skipper
Liatcaster
New York Man Arrested in Baltimore for Attempted Sale
Max Appel of New York was arrested in Baltimore last week and awaiting grand jury action. He is accused of attempting to dispose of Sadie Brooks, 22, in Manhattan and Brooklyn and failing to take her to a Baltimore resort.
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Max Appel
New York
Baltimore
Sadie Brooks
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Six Tramps Break Into Beer Car Near Cheyenne
Conductor F W Hunt of the Colorado and Southern nabbed the intruders after they forced entry into a beer car near Cheyenne Wyoming. He sent the car to Cheyenne for sheriff handover. The six men faced jail cheerfully claiming they enjoyed the ride and were full of beer.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
F. W. Hunt
Six Fishermen Die As Ship Strikes Near St. Pierre
Six fishermen perished when the brigantine Mauve of Cancale France struck at Point Blanche while entering St. Pierre in a thick fog early Thursday.
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Cancale
France
Point Blanche
St. Pierre
Religious affiliation noted in church membership figures
A report indicates church membership represented 30 percent of the population while Protestant bodies held sway. The figure highlights a significant gap between affiliated members and total population.
Murder mystery deepens as Kellner child found in church basement
Charred right foot of Alma Kellner and two bloodstained handkerchiefs turn up in the basement of St. John’s Catholic Church Louisville. Investigators link quick lime purchase to the church. Mrs Wendling pleads illegal detention as husband’s whereabouts remain unknown amid allegations of accessory after the fact.
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Alma Kellner
St. John’s Catholic Church
Louisville
St. John’s Church
Heifer Brings Big Price At New York Sale
A 14 month old South Carolina heifer raised near Columbia sold for 1150 at Cooper's cattle sale in New York. The dam Goldenferns Nameless sold for 825, the 14 month heifer surpassed her mother by 325, illustrating South Carolina’s advancing cattle industry.
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South Carolina
New York
Cooper's
Columbia
Eminents
Goldenferns
Goldenmont Lad
Thomas Taylor
Murder band sentenced in Russia for murders and robberies
In St. Petersburg, 29 young men aged 18 to 25 were sentenced to death for an eighteen month spree of murders and robberies during 1907-08. Several women escaped hanging due to their sex but were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Indiana man who never worked dies in Hartford City
Thomas Fields, described as the only man in Indiana who could live without working, died last week in Hartford City. The obituary notes he was a wandering figure once known as a wolf in New York and later shipped west, praised for honesty and sobriety while labeled lazy and fond of large meals for more than eight decades.
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Indiana
Thomas Fields
Hartford City
Ind
New York
Eagles Attack Schoolboy Near Kansas City
Homeward bound from school Ira Cottingham was attacked by two hungry eagles near Kansas City Kan. He fought them off with a club but will bear the talon marks.
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Ira Cottingham
Kansas City
Kan
Despondent 67-Year-Old Betts Ends Life in Greenville
Albert Betts, 67, despondent over unemployment, killed himself in Greenville on Tuesday by drinking carbolic acid. He left a note stating his reason for the act.
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Albert Betts
Greenville
Harbinson College Moves from Abbeville to Greenville
Harbinson College, the historically Black institution in Abbeville whose main building was burned in an arson fire months ago, announces relocation to Greenville. The transfer aims to restore services and continue education amid the loss.
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Harbinson College
Abbeville
Greenville
Death After Chain Attack Between Fort Moultrie Soldiers
Private Fry of Company 144 coast artillery at Fort Moultrie died after a fight with Private Murray over an unknown matter at the post exchange. Fry struck Murray with a chair, then Murray allegedly struck Fry knocking him to the curb where he hit his head and lost consciousness. Murray was placed under arrest and faces trial for Fry's death. The incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. on Sullivan's Island and stunned Fry's fellow soldiers. Murray, known in Charleston as a former prize fighter, is said to have resisted fighting Fry. At the hospital it was noted Fry suffered a stomach blow before collapsing potentially contributing to death.
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Charleston Evening Post
Fry
Coast Artillery
Fort Moultrie
Murray
Sullivan's Island
Charleston
Billy Yeager
Muftray
Fatal Burst Tire Incident Near Marcus Hook
Frank D. Marshall aged 45 was watching his brother-in-law Charles Guyer pump air into a tire when the inner tube exploded and struck him in the face. He died within ten minutes, witnessed by his wife from their Marcus Hook home.
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Marcus Hook, Pt
Charles Guyer
Frank D. Marshall
New Ballinger Charge Draws 36 Grievances Against Agencies
Last days session of the Ballinger investigation before the Congressional committee in Washington D C resulted in 36 grievances filed against the Forest Service and the Interior Department. Thirty four complaints target the Forest Service with one against the Interior Department alleging an unjust Land Office decision on a homestead claim and another accusing the Idaho Montana boundary survey contract of lacking competition.
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Ballnger
Congressional Committee
Washington, D. C
Forest Service
Interior Department
Land Office
Ballinger
Idaho- Montana
Governor Refuses Requisition in Embezzlement Case
Governor Ansel refused Patterson of Tennessee’s requisition for Shep Pearlstine of Denmark indicted in Charleston Tennessee for embezzlement. He cites legal grounds at length. Earlier Patterson denied Ansel’s requisition for C. J. Hebert tied to the Seminole swindle.
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Ansel
Patterson
Shep Pearlstine
Denmark
Charleston
Tenn
Tennessee
C. J. Hebert
Robbed goslings upset Maunch Chunk hen
A gander pre-empted the first gosling hatched by a hen owned by Victor P. Witter of Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania. A Wyandotte rooster stole the nest and finished hatching the eggs when the hen went to coax the young goslings. The hen abandoned the nest.
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Victor P. Witter
Maunch Chunk
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