Three Die in Laflin Powder Works Explosion
Three men killed and two seriously hurt when an explosion at the Laflin powder works in Laflin Pennsylvania destroyed three buildings. Victims named are Alexander Moore 45 Joseph Gray 50 and Arthur Gray 23. Injured include Thomas Staines 45 and Josiah Twist 55.
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Wilkesbarre
Laflin
Alexander Moore
Joseph Gray
Pittston
Arthur Gray
Thomas Staines
Yatesville
Josiah Twist
Corning
Moore
Big Tent Endeavor Collapse Ends Denver Convention
The Christian Endeavor convention in Denver saw the big tent blown over with over 8,000 inside. Several injuries occurred, led by Mrs. Jessie M. Thornburgh, while A M Ramsey and Mrs Winifred Sleep helped avert disaster. A praise service formed in the open as relief teams organized, and the Nevada union won the first prize for banners from Oriental country crafts.
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Denver
Christian Endeavor
Jessie M. Thornburgh
A. M. Ramsey
Chicago
Winifred Sleep
St. Mark’s Hospital
Electric Light Company
Mr. Ramsey
Central Presbyterian Church
Nevada
Riots Erupt During Orange July 12 Celebration in Belfast
In Belfast, July 14, Orangemen paraded as police held full force and troops stayed in barracks. Nationalists attacked the procession triggering a riot with flying missiles, broken windows, and injuries to police and civilians. Reinforcements restored order. Similar clashes reported at Carrick Hill.
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Belfast
Ireland
Carrick Hill
Collision on Dead Man's Curve Kills Three on Missouri Fast Mail
Missouri Pacific fast mail No. 7 crashed into stalled excursion train No. 6 at Dead Man's Curve between Little Blue and Lees Summit. Three killed, eighteen seriously hurt. most victims were Kansas City blacks. Engine and two cars left track. fault cited as fast mail crew failing to stop.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Fast Mail
St. Louis
Little Blue
Lees Summit
Roy Swain
Winkleman
Russell Avenue
Brutal double shooting ends in farmer’s jail near Petroleum
A wealthy Bluffton area farmer John Terrell killed his son in law Melvin Wolfe with a double barreled shotgun after Wolfe reportedly harassed Terrell’s daughter. Wolfe later lay on a physician’s table for leg amputation. Terrell then shot Wolfe in the head and fled to the sheriff. He is jailed. The report also details papal election and coronation rites.
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Bluffton
Ind
John Terrell
Petroleum
Melvin Wolfe
Wolfe
Terrell
Dr. Saunders
Governor Candidate Jerry Sullivan Native Iowan
Jerry B. Sullivan, Democratic nominee for governor, born in Mt. Pleasant in 1859 and raised in Union County. He practiced law in Creston since 1882 with Sullivan & Sullivan, led Creston city attorney post and school board service, and is active in Knights of Columbus Elks and AOH. He plans active campaign after buying Des Moines property.
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Jerry B. Sullivan
Mt. Pleasant
Afton
Union County
Creston
Judge McDill
United States
Sullivan & Sullivan
E. F. Sullivan
Sullivan
Knights of Columbus
The
Elks
Des Moines
William E. Corey Rise from Yard Foreman to Steel Leader
William E. Corey rose from wheelbarrow duty in Braddock yards to foreman and then to top executive as assistant to President Schwab at United States Steel. A member of Carnegies thirty young men, he earned fame as an armor plate and chemistry expert and became president of Carnegie and Carnegie Steel companies since 1901. Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania in 1866.
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William E. Corey
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Big
Carnegie Company
Carnegie Steel
William Ellis Corey
President Schwab
The
Steel Corporation
Corey
Carnegie
Carnegie Mills
Braddock
Thunderbolt kills three at Potomac boathouse tragedy
A fierce thunderstorm struck a Potomac boathouse where about a dozen men had sheltered returning from the bathing beach. One man, Robert B. Smith, aged 33, was killed. another severely injured may die. a third hospitalized with injuries. Doctors treated survivors and many regained consciousness.
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Washington
Potomac River
Robert B. Smith
White
The Latest Philadelphia Society Tattoo Craze
Philadelphia society women adopt ink as indelible body art featuring animals and symbols, reflecting a fashionable trend among elites. Society figures embrace tattooing as a modern personal ornament and novelty.
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Philadelphia
Gates Nuisance on Norwegian Country Roads
Frequent barriers block Norwegian country roads forcing travelers to halt, exit, and lift the gates. The obstructions mark farm boundaries and separate cultivated fields from waste land, hampering passage for many motorists.
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Norway
Everyday heroines urged to seek health with Lydia Pinkham
A newspaper appeal extols women to guard health not endure suffering from female ailments. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy, offers free medical advice from Mrs. Pinkham, and invites readers to send letters from Lynn Massachusetts for authentic testimonials.
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Howeer
Lydia E. Pinkham
LoTiz V. Nayor
N. J. ‘Ave
N.W
Washington, D. C
Newcastle
Mrs. Pinemann
Mangasarian foresees future woman more creative and inquisitive
The Chicago Record-Herald cites Mr Mangasarian saying women of the future will be more creative and inquisitive and less passive. It notes married men may pity the man of the future if his view on inquiry proves correct.
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Mangasarian
Chicago Record-Herald
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