Mount McKinley Summit Reached by Four Climbers
A Fairbanks led party comprising Thomas Lloyd W R Taylor Charles McGonigle and Dan Patterson reached Mount McKinleys summit on April 3 after a month from base. They left Fairbanks December 22 and established five camps on the route toward the peak. The ascent faced a 4000 foot ice field and ended at 22 000 feet with an American flag placed on the final rock peak.
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Seattle
Wash
Fairbanks
Alaska
Thomas Lloyd
Mount McKinley
Dan Patterson
Lioyd
Gus Peterson
William McPhee
Cook
Miser Works For His Board Dies Rich After Farm Service
Amarillo Texas April 3 William M Fold long believed poor left a bank balance of 250000 and several Kentucky blue grass farms. Fold had worked for years on a farm for his board and died in this city.
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Amarillo
Tex
Kentucky
William M. Fold
Fold
California towns go dry vote results in California elections
In California many towns held liquor referendums with nine towns voting dry by substantial majorities and six towns approving saloons by equally large margins. The April 13 report from San Francisco notes the varied outcomes across municipalities.
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San Francisco
California
Robert W. Tayler Possible Governor Candidate in Ohio
Robert W. Tayler emerges as a potential candidate for Ohio governor amid early discussions and political maneuvering. The article outlines his background, affiliations, and the currents shaping a possible bid.
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State of
Ohio
Maimed Brothers Blasted in Welldrilling Accident Near Webberville
Omar Haskill aged 20 is left fatally injured and Burr Haskill 27 seriously hurt after a premature dynamite blast during rock blasting while drilling a well on Oscar Doo's Bell Oak farm five miles northwest of Webberville Michigan. Omar expected not to survive with severe injuries including crushed leg loss of right hand and sighted eye. Burr faces disfigurement but may recover though badly crippled.
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Webberville
Mich
Omar Haskill
Burr Haskill
Oscar Doo
Bell Oak
Here
Haskill Brothers
Omar
Burr
Melvin Landis
Englishmen Buy Huge San Luis Ranch in Chihuahua
Sir William Wiseman and Captain C. O Greenwell of England purchased the San Luis ranch of 650000 acres in Chihuahua from Gen. Luis Terrazas for 1355000 dollars gold. The plan includes irrigating 200000 acres and colonizing the area with farmers.
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San Luis Ranch
Chihuahua
Mex
Sir William Wiseman
C. O Greenwell
England
Luis Terrazas
Man saves life by leaping from train wheels in Indiana
Zan Nnie Chastin, 21, of Bloomington, saved his life by jumping from a speeding Indianapolis Southern rail car after a shoe caught in a guard rail. The train severed part of his left heel and toe while his right ankle was badly sprained.
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Bloomington
Ind
Zannie Chastin
Indianapolis Southern
Chastine
Boy Killed by Police Auto in Gary Riot Call
In Hammond Indiana on April 13 a patrol responding to a riot call struck and killed 11 year old Tommy Stiffowski of Gary. Chief Joseph Martin and officers were pursuing the incident when the boy ran into the street and fell under the patrol’s wheels.
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Hammond
Ind
Tommy Stiffowski
Gary
Auto Police Patrol
Joseph Martin
Tommy
Miner Dies After Falling Into Tar Vat in St Louis
John Marshall, a young miner from Princeton Indiana, died from burns suffered when he fell into a vat of boiling tar in a St Louis mine. He was alive when removed but died Tuesday after the accident following his brief stay in St Louis.
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Princeton
Ind
John Marshall
St. Louis
Marshall
Americans Move to Canada Taking Home Steads and Fortunes
Washington reports a migration wave as more than 12 000 Americans leaving with 1 000 to 5 000 each settle on government lands in Canada between March 31 1909 and March 1 1910. In total 95 370 left US shores, draining about 520 892 000 since 1897, mostly gold, with 244 907 immigrants arriving worldwide in early 1910 averaging 50 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Middle West
Canada
Bomicration S.eefe
Taft
Bureau of Immigration
Weather warms with sun and rain forecast
The forecast calls for a mild day with increasing sunshine and warmer temperatures followed by rain arriving tomorrow. Affected areas include Indiana with highs near the season norm and a transition to wet conditions overnight.
Hogs and cattle markets show mixed shifts in Chicago reports
Chicago markets from April 13 1910 show hogs mostly steady to lower with light and mixed packers at below yesterday's averages. cattle and sheep are described varied with cattle steady to slightly lower and sheep weak. Estimated receipts and official figures are listed for today and yesterday.
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Chicago
Texas
Washington City Market Prices Report
Market prices list for Washington City includes oats hay straw flour bran shorts corn meal buckwheat butter turkeys fowls roosters ducks geese and eggs with per unit figures and notation indicating prevailing levels.
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Washington City
John A Babcock and North American Livestock Compa
John A Babcock associated with North American Livestock Commission Company United States Illinois address line and corporate designation appear in this brief notice.
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North American Livestock Commission Company
Roosevelt Has Ballinger Case Identified Role
Prominent figures linked to the Roosevelt Pope incident are examined as authorities reference the Ballinger affair and its political fallout during the era.
Bryan Letter Sparks stir over new Democratic doctrines
Washington April 13 A Nebraska originated letter claiming new money tariff and living cost views shocks Democratic leaders. A special committee investigates authenticity after postmark Lincoln Neb and a push to read at the Jefferson day dinner attended by Mayor Gaynor and Gov Harman.
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Washington
William J. Bryan
Gaynor
New York
Harmen
Ohio
Lincoln Neb
Cotter T Bride
Bryan
Bride
Ryan
West Indies
Charles W. Bryan
Lincoln
Nebraska
Charles Bryan
Wife Burns Wooden Leg To Keep Him Home
In Wilkesbarre a woman burned her husband s wooden leg to stop him going to saloons and getting drunk. The man had her arrested but the case was dismissed. She said the act was a shared measure to curb their weekly drunken outings.
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Wilkesbarre
Michael Kinsel
Exeter
Showers and Cooler Trend Persists Across Regions
Weather outlook shows showers today with cooler air moving in. Tomorrow expected to trend warmer before another round of showers reaches coastal areas. Local forecasts warn of unsettled conditions and brief temperature swings into the weekend.
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Diana Paiy
Lomort
Roosevelt Accepts Invitation to Address Conservation Congress
Porto Maurizio Italy April 13 The significant development at the Roosevelt Pinchot meeting was Roosevelts acceptance of an invitation from former chief forester Gifford Pinchot to address the national conservation congress this summer at a yet unspecified time and place.
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Roosevelt
Foster
Conservation Congress
Porto Maurizio
Italy
Thore Roosevelt
Gifford Pine
Roelt
Pinchot
Miss Carew
Ballinger
Taft
Chot
Phelan
Sancisco
Monte Carlo
Grove
Carew Villa
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt plans presidential bid after Pinchot interview
Rome April 18. Portola Tribune correspondent reports Col. Roosevelt decided to start a campaign for the presidency at the next election. He also signaled support for Italian immigration and said he conferred with Rossi, head of the emigration bureau, on the matter.
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Rome
Portola
The
Tribune
Col
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Rossi
Emigration Bureau
Rock Island Elects New Board Directors
Rock Island company directors elected Percival Fargu and F. S. Pearson to replace G. T. Boggs and R. Skhofield who resigned. The new directors are linked to English interests rumored as heavy buyers of Rock Island assets.
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New York
Rock Island Pany
Percival Fargu
F. S. Pearson
di Tors
G. T. Boggs
R. Skhofield
Rock Island Ae
Son
Rock Island
Moore-Reid
Taft Named Contestant in Yale Prize Speaking
Robert Taft son of the president appears among prize speaking competitors at Yale April 13. Taft will present College Atmosphere while C T Wang of Shanghai follows with China For Christ.
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New Haven
Conn
Robert Taft
Townsend
Yale
Taft
C. T., Wang
Shanghai
China
Waltham Watch Plant Shuts Down Overproduction
The Attic unit of the Waltham Watch company will idle production from April 13 to April 24 due to overproduction. About four thousand workers are affected as the plant pauses five months after a prior shutdown.
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Waltham
Mass
Waltham Watch Company
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