Engine explosion in Kansas kills two crewmen near Ideaboro
Parsons Kansas Associated Press reports a Missouri Kansas and Texas freight engine exploded six miles south of Parsons near Ideaboro. Dead are engineer Frank Melville of Parsons and fireman EF Wolf of Dallan Texas. Brake man C Roe is fatally injured. Engine had just been overhauled at the shops. No track or train damage observed.
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Associated Press
Parsons
Kans
Suother
Missouri Kansas & Texas
Ideaboro
Kansas
Here
Frank Melville
Wolf
Dallan
Tex
Prominent Seattle businessman murdered near his home
Hugh McMahan manager of the American cafe and a well known Seattle business figure was found murdered in the front yard of a residence adjacent to his home. His face was battered and skull fractured, and a four hundred dollar diamond valued finger ring was missing from the scene.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Hugh McMahan
Hitchcock Named Postmaster General in Taft Cabinet
The Associated Press reports Frank Hitchcock has accepted the position of postmaster general in President Taft's cabinet. This confirms Hitchcock's appointment to the top postal role in the administration.
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Frank Hitchcock
Associated Press
New York
The
Associated Test
Frank Hhitchcock
Taft
Trainman pinned under wreckage in Richmond crash
In Richmond on November 27 a northbound R F & P railroad passenger train derailed at Elba causing a buckling. A negro brakeman was killed and a negro fireman badly injured. Conductor Thomas Walton was trapped but released after the wreckage was cut away. he was only slightly injured.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Elba
Thomas Walton
Smallest King in the World Meets a London Writer
A London Standard writer recalls meeting Sawbwa Moy'sa of Cheun-tung, a diminutive ruler about four feet nine. His thatched riverfront palace near Salween, several wives, and a retinue of armed guards marked royal life. The scene includes gifting a corkscrew bottle opener and a ceremonial reception with a gong.
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London Standard
Sawbwa
Moy'sa
Cheun-tung
Salween River
Enlal
Calcutta
Day of Pleasure Postponed and Gettysburg March Mixup
A Richmond woman contends with a tale about Mim Cole and a funeral that never happened. In a separate wartime anecdote a Civil War regiment’s band mistakes a mounted officer’s order, insisting they were never out of sight despite his insistence that he saw them.
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Richmond
Mim Cole
Mimtz
Kerridae
Gettysburg
Holland
Everybody's Magazine
Highwaymen Abduct Wife During Orange County Robbery
A Mexican man named Beerra from Placentia told Sheriff Lacy he was robbed between Orange and Olive by two bicycle riders. One man rode off with a bicycle while the other drove away with the wagon and Beerra’s wife. Early morning he reported finding his horse and rig in a river bed near Olive and his wife nearby.
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Beerra
Placentia
Lacy
Tig
Orange
Olive
Santa Ana
Farmowner Tells On Himself After County Fair
A weary farmer returns from the county fair to confess that farming is beginning to tell on him. He checks cows, house, chickens, wood, wagon, and supper needs as his wife toils at home to keep the farm running. She barely lifts her head as he sighs and admits exhaustion.
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Sarah
Oklahoma bankers to meet in Muskogee December 7
State bankers from Muskogee and across Oklahoma call a December 7 meeting to form a state bankers association limited to banks operating under the depository guaranty law. Governor Haskell and banking board members will speak. A M Young named state bank commissioner to succeed Smock.
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Muskogee
Navy
State Bankers’ Association
C N. Haskell
State Banking Board
A. M. Young
H. H. Smock
Owen
Gore
Adie
Oklahoma
Alamo State Bank
Oklahoma Trust Companies
Oklahoma Sn Bank
First State Bank
Guaranty State Bank
National Bakers
Maryland Quarantine Issued Over Foot and Mouth Disease
The Maryland Department of Agriculture ordered a quarantine on cattle and sheep after the appearance of foot and mouth disease. The action aims to prevent spread and protect livestock within the state and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture Today
Colle Tate
Maryland
Neighbors Bring Sanders to Deputy in Centralia Killing
Deputy Sheriff Andy Peace transported Daniel Sanders Jr charged with killing another man on Big Creek yesterday. Reports state Sanders shot the man in the forehead and killed him instantly. a crowd of local residents surrounded Sanders and delivered him to Centralia for custody.
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Sheri Andy Peace
Daniel Sanders, Jr
Constralia
Big Creek
Hare Sanders
Biz Creek
Sander
Ceintralia
Peace
Population and school districts split in Indian Territory
Statistics by the state superintendent show the eastern Indian Territory side has 41 counties with 708 306 people 126 857 boys and 123 074 girls of school age. The western Oklahoma side has 34 counties 3 441 districts 705 871 people 121 902 males and 18 906 females of school age.
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Gucheie
Oki
Indian Territory
West Side
Oklahoma
East Side
Reaper Calls a Beloved Mother Mrs Goodrich
Mrs. Goodrich mother of Mr C Roberts of Vinton died Wednesday afternoon shortly after four at the Roberts home in Vinita Kansas where she had lived for twenty three years She had been ill a week and was visited by her daughters Mrs Eugene Newusin of Winfield Kansas and Mrs C Roberts of Vinita and their husbands Two sons Shas RK Goodetoh of Los Angeles and Edward P of Poplar Bluff were present A memorial service was held at the Roberts home and her body taken to Winter for burial Her character was described as serene patient and devout with faith in the Lord in whom she found fulfillment
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Eugene Newusin
Winfield
Kai
Mra. C. Roberta
Vinita
Hushande
Shas
Goodetoh
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Mr
Poplar Bhatt
Ayk
Doomed Man's Mother Dies Before Execution
In Cleveland Barbara Billik, mother of Herman BHM sentenced to death in Chicago, died at her home today after Brooks visited her parents in Pyeogne for a short visit.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Barbara Billik
Herman Bhm
Chicago
Mins Brooks
Pyeogne
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