Headless Man Survives After Narrow Neck Injury
Chicago report chronicles Joseph Burdick nearly severed neck after metal wreckage tore away trachea and larynx. He remains alive at hospital though unable to speak. Other items note Nickel Plate bridge collapse killing nine, Minnesota navy sale, bank run in Cleveland, salvage bid for Lexington wreck, and military pay increases.
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Chicago
Joseph Burdick
Burdick
Cleveland
Springfield
FP. A. Moore
Conncant
William Griffith
Buffalo
Conneaut
Ohio
United Banking and Savings Company
Wrecks and deaths across stations and seas in a single report
A sprawling dispatch chronicles wrecks, deaths, and disasters from multiple locations. It cites the Lake Shore line crash near Nottingham Ohio killing a engineer and mail clerk, a Kansas City to Chicago livestock train collision with multiple fatalities, Haitian storms flooding rivers and destroying vessels, a murder charge in Indiana, Turkish indemnity payments in Constantinople, Christian Endeavor meetings retooling, broom price hikes, and an El Paso smelter explosion killing workers.
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Lake Shore
Nottingham
Cleveland
Ohio
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Kansas City Consolidated Smelter Company
el Paso
Texas
Isaaf
Fie
Market Quotations Across Cities Highlight Grain and Livestock Prices
Daily market notes list cattle, hogs, and sheep values in Chicago Indianapolis and New York with price ranges for corn soybeans oats and rye. Wheat No 2 red No 2 mixed and various butter eggs and potato quotes appear, showing regional variability and shifts across markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Lewis
Milwaukee
Northern
Ube
Cera
New York
Record Heat Sweeps Midwest with 105 Degree Slug
A brutal heat wave gripped the Midwest with Chicago near 105 while some thermometers hit 100 in several cities. Dubuque Davenport and St. Louis reached 104 as Kansas City and Des Moines logged 100. Duluth stayed the coolest at 66. The day featured a 30 mph wind and humidity around 38 to 50 percent, with widespread high temperatures across Iowa Missouri Nebraska Indiana Ohio and Michigan.
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Chithermomem Tower
Minula
Iowa
Chicago
Missouri
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Dubuque
Davenport
St. Louis
Springfield
Omahas
Concordia
Ikansas City
Des Moines
North Plate
Dodge City
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
Cairo
Nashville
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Maron
St. Paul
Albany
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Duluth
Officials Are Censured in Indiana Insanity Trust Report
The Indianapolis grand jury issued a report on an alleged insanity trust. It found no criminal intent and no indictments, but censured Dr Christian, police surgeon, and William Lock Tan, justice of the peace, for attempting to control inquisitions for pecuniary gain. It also faulted the insanity law as insufficient to prevent public money misuse.
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Indianapolis
Hanna
Indiana
Christian
William Lock- Tan
Marion County
Hats For Horses Headgear Styles In Demand
A 1910s style note reports horse bonnets rising in price in major cities as dealers struggle to meet demand for sun protection. Missouri Humane Society members back mandatory bonnet use to reduce heat prostration, citing a reported drop in deaths among horses when covered by headgear.
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Speli Rity Biarness
Dan York
Chieng Louis
Nghe
Uo Nune Society
The
Missouri Humane Society
St. Loi
Settlers Endure Heat and Hunger at Oklahoma Opening
Thousands of homesteaders endure extreme heat and scarce water as they line up day and night for land drawing at the Orrin Land Office. Crowds from Arkansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, California wait for certificates to be mailed to Washington before the land draw begins. Many waited two years at the border, facing harsh conditions and crowded camps as government officials oversee the process.
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Olahoma
Araheai
Pesus
Missouri
Vonsin
California
Washington
Issel
United States Land Office
Younger Brothers Freed Parole Granted in Northfield Robbery Case
The Minnesota State Board of Pardons approved parole for Cole and James Younger, longtime inmates at Stillwater for involvement in the Northfield bank robbery and murder. Friends of the Youngers pressed governors for two decades, facing strong opposition to clemency actions.
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Mata
Ohio Democrats Over Bryan in Columbus Convention
At the Ohio Democratic convention in Columbus the party rejected the Bryan and Kansas City platform in resolutions. The morning committee resolutions attacked his leadership and urged that his name be not mentioned, signaling strong dissatisfaction with Bryan.
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Ohio
Democrats of
Columbus
Bryan
Kansas City
Sultan Pays 95000 Draft in Indemnity to United States
The Ottoman government hands $95,000 to United States Minister Leishman in Constantinople as payment of intermity claims. Secretary Hay notes it a diplomatic victory for the United States though many claims exceed the sum. The State Department accepts the tender and outlines distribution to claimants.
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Sultan
State Department
Turkey
Constantinople
Leishman
Iperial
Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Sublime Porte
Hay
Minors Note and Local Deaths Amid Odd Bradley Scene
News notes from Mena Arkansas report farmer J Cove died by self harm using a razor. The American Bible Society plans editions in twenty Filipina dialects. W F Stone, cattleman, died in Galveville Texas from a fall from his horse. A Bradley Maine road sighting shows an odd scene as laundry hangs on a line while a woman tends her yard.
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J. Cove
Mena
Ark
American Bible Society
W. F. Stone
Galueaville
Texas
Recen
Bradley
Pardon Board Reforms and Parole Efforts Highlighted
The article notes a decade of pardon board activity aimed at reducing repeated requests for clemency. Friends of imprisoned men backed a 4 year effort to allow parole instead of blanket pardons, but the House previously blocked it. Renewed last winter, the measure passed, alongside discussion of Katex in the Crops and a New York Produce Exchange statistician outlining 1801 wheat and corn projections versus 1000 harvests.
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Friends of
New York Pro Race Exchange
Heat Harm Toung North American Crops Across Regions
The Weather Bureau notes two weeks of intense heat across the northern central districts east of the Rockies. While middle Atlantic crops show little injury, Texas to Nebraska and Missouri Arkansas and parts of Illinois Kentucky and Tennessee report varying damage. Corn in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas suffers from heat and drying winds though later corn in Kansas remains fair. Nebraska largely escapes injury though some southern counties report injury. Ohio West Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania New York report fly damage and delayed harvests. Pacific coast harvest begins Oregon ripens in Washington. Spring wheat remains promising in Dakotas Minnesota Oregon Washington though drought affects northern Minnesota. Ohio Valley and middle Atlantic crops ripen rapidly under high temps. Missouri reports extreme heat with desiccation in some areas. Across states like Iowa Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Nebraska farmers report mixed outcomes with heat affecting yields, quality, and harvest timing. Overall, heat stress creates uneven conditions with regional variation in crop health and harvest progress.
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The
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Ecotral
Middle Atlantic Canal
Middle Atlantic
Texas
Nebraska
Missouri
Arkansas
Illnois
Kentucky
Wennessee
Utah
Wyoming
Kansan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ohio
Ohio Valley
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Mississippi
Miexouri
Indiana
Cain
Michigan
Kouthenad Dleeriet
Minnouri Valley
R. S
Cherokee Indians Enroll to Emigrate to Mexico
A report notes many full-blood Cherokee Indians enrolling to move from the United States to Mexico. The item mentions a farmer Andrew Ingemanson of Marquette Kansas dragged to death by a horse. A Miss Lizzie Weaver is reported accidentally shot and killed by Peter Johnson in Herndon Kentucky. Dr Charles H Eaton preached a sermon in New York opposing regulation of Bundsy observances.
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Evonte
Mexico
Andrew Ingemanson
Gene Marquette
Kan
Lizzie Weaver
Peter Johnson
Herndon
Charles H. Eaton
Church of the Divine Eternity
New York
Hoosier Happenings: Local Crime and Tragedy Notes
Watters of General and Local Interest reports a string of events across Indiana towns. Injured Knightstown doctor Dr. Burket falls from a barn roof. Hartford City drowning. Goshen cherry picker Emanuel Cripe's wife dies suddenly. Orleans men die by accident and horse attack. smallpox near Washington. numerous farming and river pollution concerns. a deadly dynamite blast near Clarkshill. Kokomo pea packing sets records. Elkhart accidental cannon incident injures Mrs. Beaver. Drennen child survives streetcar crash. Delaware County fights strawboard refuse permits. Vincennes wheat shipment boosts mills.
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Burket
Knightstown
Vincennes
Kirkpatrick
George M. Ray
Shelbyville Democrat
Ray
Sikie’ Reilly
Zimmeran
Hartford City
Amos Reilly
Merl Campbell
Frankton
George
Charles Dennis
Alexandria
Little Pipe Creek
Lost River
Orleans
Virgil Chastain
Cags
Sullivan County
Carriet Goodwin
Greensburg
Kokomo
Elkhart
Frank Benner
Ammon Beaver
New Allen
Edward Vasser
John Joseph
John Bosier
John Holt
J. M. Hosier
Claude Drennen
Muncie
Wn. F. Conrad
Clarkshill
Wace
Conrad
Delaware County
State Board of Health
Sweeney
White River
Heaith Board
David Bronnenburg
Daleville
State Health Board
Maxby Darby
Marion
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Secretary of the Navy
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Hampton Roads
Long Island Sound
Bridgeport
War Department
Beryere Btorme
San Francisco
Pacific Matt Company
Newport
Panama
Central American
Champerico
Ocos
Morgan
Columbus and
Hooking Coal and Iron ‘Company
Soft Coal Trust
James
Severih National Bank of New York
Baailien
Qispatoh
Thorne
West ‘Prussia
Mays
Be For Loonse Ik
Chicago and Alton
Norton
Afany
Port Au Prince
Haytian
Hayti
San Domingo
Jacmel
Les Cayes
Cotui
la Vega
Santo Domingo
Barnett
Little Alice Cothrell
Wallen
Ind
Fort Wayne
Charlies Dunn
Allen County
Christian Endeavorers
St. Laui
India
Australia
Central Broom Androsh Manufacturer’s Association
Carnegie
Corbin
Melena
Mont
Stone
William IL. Stone
Blissouri
Asbury Park
N.J
Aess
Paul
Missouri Valley
Northwest
Hoosier
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