Fontanet Powder Mills Blast Kills and Destroys Town
A massive explosion at the Du Pont Powder Company mills near Fontanet Indiana wrecked the village 16 miles from Terre Haute. Seventy workers were inside. rescue workers fear many deaths as 40 bodies are recovered and a train of injured arrives for treatment. The blast rattled up to 60 miles away and collapsed Fontanet public school, trapping and injuring many children.
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Terra Haute
Ind
Dupont Powder Company
Fontanet
Noen
Crawfordsville
Somerville
Bloomington
Indiana University
Brazil
Coal Bluff
Burnett
Rosedale
Powder Company
Terre Saute
Fontaner
Fonland
Digent Powder Works
Niing
Terre Hatte
Terre Haute
Hamilton
Taft Opens First Philippine Shipping Assembly
Secretary of War Taft speaks at the opening ceremony praising Roosevelt’s message to Filipino assemblymen. He argues the US policy aims to extend education and prepare Filipinos for self government while safeguarding US and Filipino interests amid calls for quicker independence. He notes sugar and tobacco duty issues and foresees a compromise with next Congress.
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Maula
BP. L
Taft
Roosevelt
MacKinley
Hennes
United States
Congress
Ute
McKinley
Amundsen Plans Pole Attempt From 1910 Arrival
Captain Roald Amundsen, aboard the steamship Oscar II, announced plans to reach the North Pole in 1910. He trains four polar bears to haul sleds and seeks U S government approval for his vessel Graue to pass the Panama Canal once completed. The Gjoa, a former whaling ship of 794 tons, is under repair at Mare Island Navy Yard in San Francisco.
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New York
Roland Amundsen
North Pole
Efe
Looseyell
Wnited States
Northwest Passage
Panama Canal
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Women Boss in Connecticut Travel and Political Tensions
In Hartford and Coit the “Over oy of Connection” tour to the Jamestown exposition faces political hurdles. Senator Stilson of Raedord and the president pro tem of the state ta oan an liintive trip encounter writs and official delays while the party endures suffering.
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Hartford
Coit
Marope
Stile Jralson
Raedord
National Game closes with record baseball season
The 1907 season sets attendance records with 6,138,507 total fans across the American and National Leagues. The American League leads with 3,398,764 to the Nationals’ 2,737,793, while Chicago Cubs claim the National title and Detroit Tigers win the world series as Chicago hosts. The Tigers’ owner donates funds, boosting prize payouts for Jennings’ team.
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Chicago
Ban Johnson
Nationals
Chicago Cubs
Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Boston
Boston Nationals
Tigers
Jennings
War veteran and bride found dead in Kentucky home
In Pikeville Kentucky General Webb Syck a Civil War veteran is found dead after an apparent double tragedy. His young wife, recently married two weeks, lies beside him in Fairview. Authorities believe Syck killed his wife then died by his own hand after a bitter quarrel. Mrs Syck formerly Mrs Jane Burris is linked to prominent Northern Kentucky families. The couple had just honeymooned in the South. Police suspect mental instability followed the quarrel as Syck, deeply in love yet jealous, descended into tragedy.
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Pikeville
Webb Syck
Fairview
Syck
Syek
Jane Burris
Kentucky
Ancient crab reported in Nottingham discovered in sand
A crab found ten feet below the surface in Nottingham is claimed to be 3000 to 4000 years old. The shell measures about three by two inches with tight legs and two feelers. Similar tales exist of toads found alive in stone blocks.
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Nottingham
England
Board adopts plan for separate schools in Hattiesburg
In Hattiesburg Mississippi the school board approved a resolution calling for separate school buildings for Italian, Syrian, and Russian Jewish children. The proposal aims to segregate students by ethnicity and faith as part of a broader effort to obtain funds and support from the city council. The action reflects a policy push toward segregated education and sparked controversy in the community.
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Hattiesburg
Aerest Tuslon
Board of Education
Conell Fe
Couple Elopes on a Handar to Unieasi County
A couple eloped from Unknown Springs to Unieasi County aboard a Handar vessel. The groom is Monroe M Kend erlek, grandson of the late Cher SJusties Vendertek of the Vonuveneu supreme court, and the bride is Shived Wilbur of New York. They were married.
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Knoxville
Temas Monroe M. Kenderlek
Cher Sjusties Vendertek
Vonuveneu Supreme Court
Mins Shived Wilbur
New York
Uwnatii Springs
Red Win
Unieasi County
Girt Cleared of Murder Charge in Janesouly Case
The jury in Florence Dogan's trial in Janesouly Wisconsin found her not guilty of trying to kill her recent sweetheart George Schummcher. She was discharged.
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Janesouly
Florence Dogan
George Schummcher
Dia
Illinois News: Secret Service Capture and Requisitions Report
A long sought man is arrested after an 8000 mile chase through Kentucky Indiana Illinois Missouri and Nebraska. Joy Welch wanted for murder in Richwood West Virginia is captured near Inka after a fierce gun battle. Governor Deneen issues a requisition for Frant Wallin alias Charles Hamilton back to McDonough County for forgery. Wisconsin requisition sent for T N Grahai wanted in Chicago on confidence game charges. St Louis reports guilty verdicts on John Mome and Emma Shipe for statutory offenses. Survivors of the Twenty first Illinois Infantry plan next year’s reunion at Neoga with about 220 remaining from 1460.
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Tuka
Kentucky
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Illinois
Miller and Wagner
United States
Secret Service
Joy Welch
Richwood
W. Va
A. D. Deeds
Welch
Inka
Springfield
Deneen
Kansas
Frant Wallin
Charles Hamilton
McDonough County
Wallin
Fort Leavenworth
Wisconsin
Chicago
T. N. Grahai
Milor
Oshkosh
Cition
St. Louis
John Mome
Emma Shipe
Tilden, I
Guilly
Correc
Ion
Bloore
Vandeventer Avenue
Neoga
Paris
Twenty-first
M. A. Ewing
Illinois Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James Jeffries, oldest married couple in Coles county, marked their 60th wedding anniversary. They came to Coles county in 1830. Mrs Jeffries, born Matilda Johnston, is the oldest woman in Charleston who attended school there. Both report good health.
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Ilinoisans
Lorna
Colneeemath
James Jeffries
Coles County
Jeffries
Matilda Johnston
Charleston
Tear Up Car Tracks by Peoria Heights Citizens
Peoria Heights residents angered by franchise talks with Peoria Railway officials ripped out 100 yards of track. Disputes between village officers and the streetcar company over terms of a franchise fueled the unrest.
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Peoria
Peoria Heights
Peoria Railway Co
Mystery of a Man's Death Solved in Inquest
An inquest into the death of James We Travel, found dead north of Springfield, revealed heart trouble as the likely cause. The inquiry examined paths to Waters Jar and related locations, with officials noting no other clear factors.
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James We Tavel
Zoomirl
Sprivadield
Thieves Steal Presbyterian Church From River Grove
A gang known in Chicago and nearby for reliable deeds stole a Presbyterian church seating 200 from River Grove on the Desplaines River. The church had no regular pastor, leaving a fragile community.
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Chicago
Seek to Win Soldiers in Russia Interview Excerpt
A Russian woman explains revolutionary tactics targeting the army. She notes hundreds of girls meet soldiers nightly in homes and barracks to talk freedom, with high risk for the women if caught. Soldiers, peasant or otherwise, may protect them from arrest, yet court martial and execution follow swift.
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Russia
Leroy Scottis
Memory and a Flighty Witness Showdowns in Court
A defense witness struggles with memory for over an hour, offering vague recollections of events years past. A Pittsburg stock broker tale follows of a threatening nighttime encounter as he searches for money, then a humorous improvised music anecdote ends with an unkind dismissal by a hall boy.
Cats aid plague prevention and curious ice cave feature
An Italian North China Daily News correspondent notes plague ideas such as using cats to control rats. The piece mentions an ice cave attraction in Dixville, Illinois, formed by a mountain fissure tilting with snow and shaded from sun. Quotes on charity and pity appear among varied prose.
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North China Daily News
Culebrook
N.il
Dixville Toteh
A REAL HOSS RACE AT THE OLD-TIME COUNTRY FAIR
An excerpt from The Country Fair by David Lansing describes a flea-bitten gray horse at a country fair race. The horse is heavily harnessed and driven in extreme rigging, with onlookers noting the overburdened setup and the farmer’s joking remark about preparing for fast-aiding machines rather than a simple trot.
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John Martin
John
David Lansing
Mr Malaprop Returns From Rome In Jest
A humorous anecdote features Mr Malaprop recounting his first trip to Hus rope and praising churches and the Six Teen chapel. He quips about beggars, saying he refused pennies to avoid setting a bad prestige, delivering a lighthearted misread of travel impressions.
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Malaprop
Rome
Hus Rope
Rennie
Saw It Come Out of a Cow
A city boy and his sister Dorothy visit the countryside for the first time. They observe cows, bells, and milking. at supper the boy warns Dorothy not to drink milk, claiming it came from a cow and is unfit to drink.
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Dorothy
English quarryman faces assault charge in curious court evidence
An English quarryman is charged with assaulting a mate. In court an eyewitness described the attack with idiosyncratic phrases about “tuk a pick.” The witness said the blows could have killed, if delivered as hard as the first hit.
Weathering through a strange medical myth series
Fragmentary OCR text describes odd terms like Wagner as a curative agent, a strange lingual passage on sounds, and a note about lightning in town and country. It mentions a sign in a dairy shop window in South London and references a Duke Heys Knowls Lede.
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Duke Heys
Dairy Shay
London
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A. Carver
Haefer Mining Company
John bMon
Honda
Pittsburg
Harper’s Weekly
Penerans
Sir W. Jones
Dryden
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Synun
Fiat
Wagner
Vernun Tee Tistel
Wiig
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