Tragic Erie railroad wreck in New York leaves eight dead
A passenger train and freight collision near Red House New York on the Erie Railroad killed eight and injured ten, with seven bodies burned beyond recognition. One identified victim is Robert L. Hotchkiss of Meadville, a brakeman. several others remain unidentifiable. The No. 4 passenger train from Chicago to New York derailed after a siding mishap and fire consumed the wrecked cars and freight cars.
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Jamestown
N.Y
Erie
Red House
Robert TL. Hotchkiss
Meadville
Youngstown
Pittsburg
McCready
Frank Barhite
Ceaveting
Chicago
New York
Onen Tonk Sire
Wosthound
Bite
Goodly
Bia
Ti Ia
Lawrence Vale
Wihed Wats
Vale
Lockout Shuts Down Coal Mines in Schuylkill Region
A Philadelphia and Reading Company operation forced a deedout at several collieries in Schuylkill and nearby districts. Warnings of penalties for nonwork were issued as about 600 miners were laid off. President Baer declined to discuss the lockout while the company reportedly holds a large coal stockpile.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Masadiay
Pottaviihe
Mahanoy
Baer
Reading Company
Minera
Schuylki
Cou Onny
Murder in Nebraska and a Caprice of Fortune
A confused Omaha style report records a deserting Private Linaire of Company I, Twenty fifth United States Infantry, killing Sergeant Yours with a rifle after a confrontation in their quarters. The piece also notes a Pittsburgh syndicate purchasing Economite holdings in Zwickly Valley for 2.5 million, signaling the society’s winddown, and a Lockport wager where Chas Retallek devoured two dozen eggs with fixings at the Steiner house.
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Linaire
Yours
Valentine
Ned
United States Iituatry
Duaire
Lockport
N. Y
Chas
Thomas Tolhurst
Retallek
Outlaw McKinney Killed in Bakersfield Shootout
A gunfight in Bakersfield ends with outlaw Jos McKinney slain after resisting surrender. Deputy Burt Tibbetts dies of wounds, Constable Packard wounded, and Will Tibbetts fatally wounded. Several officers killed or wounded as the mob surrounds the jail later.
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Cal
Jos. McKinney
Kefta
Packard
Sheriffa Kelly
Kerns
Conina
Tiiaro
Tenvin
Arizona
Will
Burt Tibbetts
Taney
McKinney
Will Tibbetts
Packant
McKkinney
Tive
California
Billy Tayi
Crowded Car Crash Kills One, Injures Many
A passenger car on the Hittsburg Railway Company route derailed after an electric brake failed on Pedert Street Allegheny. The car broke a safety railing and struck a moving freight car, injuring several passengers and fatally wounding one. Motorman could not stop the vehicle at Stockton Avenue.
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Tittaborg
Hittsborg
Pedert Street
Allegheny
Fort Ware
Stockton Avene
Tralley Ir
Dublin rules shape new union policy debate
The article reports a tense session as Dublin advocates push a policy discussion at a national convention. Ambiguous language and garbled phrases describe attempts to reframe the agenda while outlining stakeholders and procedural motions.
Wreck on Pennsylvania Train Kills Crew Member
A Loudonville Ohio bound Pennsylvania passenger train derailed near Loudonville after a broken rail. One crew member from Wooster Ohio was killed by a falling chain during wreckage removal. no passengers were hurt. The Chicago to Pittsburgh run carried many travelers.
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Mansfield
Pennsylvania
Loudonville
Chicago
Pittavarg
Tuitu Tatu Cristine of
Wooster
Yachts Wrecked as Shamrock 1 breaks up in squall
Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger Shamrock I shattered in a sudden northeast gale off Waymouth. A gust wrecked the rigging and deck gear, one crewman Collier drowned, Lipton and others were knocked down and bruised, and the yacht lay helpless before rescue. Lipton remains aboard Erin awaiting guidance from Captain Fite.
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Thomas Lipton
Waymouth
Shomas Lipton
Wringle
Sir Thomas
Thomas
Vermouth
Collier
Titlaw
Coller
Lipton
Porrine
Thong Lipten
Erin
Chainer Fite
Dae
Pebeua
Non-Union Men Kidnapped in Batkate Union Clash
Five nonunion men were seized from the Willam S. Mack as it docked in Loo clock morning. Firemen were abducted and marched to union headquarters in Haitalo while police and ship crew formed a cordon. Four firemen were rescued, one remains missing after the raid and search.
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Union
Batkate
Haitalo
Sayr
Willam S. Mack
Loo
Doninion
Wanfon
Oteiny
Athui
Huiie
Northern Pacific wreck near Dickinson with casualties
Reported wreck near Dickinson North Dakota involves a freight train. General Manager Cooper of the Northern Pacific confirms the incident. one passenger was killed, the engineer injured, and several others feared dead or injured. The carrier says no passengers were hurt.
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Sheeben
Batte
Teddy
Northern Pacific
Priddy Mounains
Dickinkon
AC St. Paul
Mantyer Cooper
Dickinson
Pireamanlensan
Multiple Crime and Disaster Reports From Early 1900s
A fragmentary Miami newspaper item reports a young man Albert Coolman shooting Prank Stana Kine at a Columbia City home after a dispute over a girl. The piece also notes Elliott Lyons, hanged in Oregon for killing Sheriff Withers during an arrest, and a Paterson fire that destroyed four rooms with over $50,000 loss. Other briefs cover two elderly women cremated in Wisconsin, and Bud Taylor, a former basketball player, hanged in Kansas City for a murder in 1901.
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Columbia City, Inc
Albert Coolman
Agd
Prank Stana- Kine
Coolman
Pearl Schrader
Stamsmith
Paterson
N. J
Main Street
Bud” Taylor
Kansas City
John “Bud” Taylor
Huth Noland
Des Moines Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide by Arthur Perry
Arthur Perry, a Des Moines restaurant cook, shot Louise Bruce and then killed himself on a Wednesday afternoon. Bruce, originally Louise Richter of Bronx City, had been entangled with Perry after quarrels over another man. Perry also shot a different woman, Renee Warnes, in Des Moines but she survived. Bruce, hospitalized with a mouth wound and jaw fracture, had urged Perry to visit, while Perry's intent to flee with Bruce’s watch and rice reportedly conflicted with plans to marry elsewhere.
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Des Moines
Arthur Perry
Louise Bruce
Bronx City
Perry
Renee
Mulberry Street
Louise Richter
Stony Point
Wis
Willard Trace
Omaha
John A. Karns
Osconia
Warnes
Lioux City
Heo
Osceola
Bruce
Verry
Hia Wateh
Weston
Tish
Bridegroom Killed While Hunting for Wedding Supper
A Magnoketa special reports a tragedy near Cahton Tackser County. Owen Welmer, about to marry Miss Minuwle Dads, was dressing for the wedding when a duck gun misfired after a duck alighted nearby. He died beside an old fence from the gun’s charge. The accident left Missada and his parents in deep sorrow.
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Cahton
Tackser
Owen Welmer
Minuwle
Missada
Unparalleled Cruelty Five Horses Burned by Acid
Five horses owned by farmer Nicholas Pandy in Mesilem Township were drenched with nitric acid, left blinded and in terrible pain. The board of supervisors offers a reward of 1000 for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. Three animals had to be killed. the remaining two face the same fate. The attack occurred during a week when the animals wandered the farm yard in agony.
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Dabnaqne AO Pitta
Board of Kupervisors
Nicholas Pandy
Mesilem
Arrest Haubes A Sensation In Dubuqne Society
Da buqne society ekrates by the arrest of Ho ear Vemueles, Bern Hrommel of the yonnerr set, a University of Michigan law student and athlete. Hol ger Demnelen, back from school a week, resumed pilfering cash from Schreiber Conchar. A trap captured him with two marked $20 bills and one $10 bill, leading to police station confinement and potential penitentiary exposure.
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Bern Hrommel
Yonnerr Set
Law Department
University of Michigan
Dubie Rent Cink
Holger Demnelen
Schreiber & Conchar
Drbuyne
Erenas
Schreiber & Conchor's
Tia Fate
Driver James Chaney Arrested in Forney Murder Case
Police arrest James Chaney the alleged accomplice in the Forney saloon murder case. Chaney, a taxi driver, claims he was alone with Forney when two masked men shot him on April 3. Authorities have not released evidence tying him to the crime. Chaney is listed on the jail register for murder. He is married to a woman who runs a house of ill fame opposite the saloon.
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James Chaney
Forney
Chaney
Des Moines Recounts Tragic Shooting and Lockjaw Fear
Mrs Lonine Brice is gravely wounded after being shot by Arthur Perry who died by his own hand. Reports note Perry once lived in Indiana and worked for nearly four years at his last job. A letter to My darling husband was found. doctors fear lockjaw as a complication.
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Lonine Brice
Des Moines
Arthur Perry
Lonnne Brice
Miss Richter
Momma
Sioux City
Rice
Miss Dale
Mores
Spectacles Save Life in Fratricide Attempt
William Kramer narrowly escaped a fatal knife attack during a family dispute over rent from the homestead. Herman Kramer allegedly felled by a butcher knife, but a wooden spectacle case in William’s vest pocket blocked the blade, saving his life before a second intervention stopped the assault. Authorities plan to pursue charges against Herman Kramer.
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Moscntine
William
Tierman Kramer
Hherman
William Kramer
Kramer
Sweerr
Herman Sraner
Legal notes on breach of contract and transportation law
Substantial damages are held for breach of contract to promptly transmit a telegram and direct film delivery. The text discusses insurance validity across state lines, nonresident judgments, and carrier liability limits, noting cases from Swing va Minison to Taleva Oregon Railway. It includes a long anecdote about London life and a humorous street scene.
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Minison
Singleton
Bentencia
Ward Cpen
Suirbys
Clinton Electric Light
Ho & B Company
Kemper Thomas Paper Company
Shiver Verma
Bee
Heath
Gb NW
Suapreme
Wisceousin
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