Horrific Rock Island Crash Kills Twenty in Kansas Curve
Kansas City reporters describe a Rock Island California and Mexico express rear ending a cattle train near Willard Kansas fourteen miles west of Topeka. Twenty people died and many injured while Dr Bell of New York aided victims on the scene.
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Rock Island
California
Mexico
Kansas City
Rock Island. Railroad Company
Chicago
Willard, Ram
Topeka
Union Pacific
Thait City
Maple Hill
Dr. Bell
New York City
Bell
Batavia Strike Tension Rises Over Picketing Injunction
In Batavia the strike situation worsens as manufacturers may seek an injunction against picketing if authorities fail to protect workers. Nels Johnson of the Challenge factory was knocked down en route to work. John Shuke, accused by Johnson, was arrested and posted $500 bonds for next week’s trial.
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Aurora
Batavia
Nels Johnson
Challenge
John Shuke
Neck Broken, but May Recover
Charles A. Colson suffered a broken neck in an elevator accident. He remains at the city hospital with his shoulders neck and head in plaster casts as surgeons believe the vertebrae may heal. The incident prompted hospital observation and medical care for Colson.
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Boston
Charles A. Colson
City Hospital
Fire kills chief and injures three in London wall collapse
At a blaze at Sterling Bros. wholesale shoe factory and warehouse in London Ontario a burning wall collapsed. Chief Roe of the fire department died and three firemen were badly injured as the wall fell. The fire caused an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars.
Fear A Great Flood Threatens Allegheny and Ohio Rivers
Alarming river conditions persist along the Allegheny and Ohio as ice gorges extend up to fifty miles. Rivermen fear a break up could unleash the greatest flood, with gorges five to fifteen feet high and thick ice near Kittaning to Templeton. Above Cincinnati the Ohio is similarly jammed, with midstream ice twenty feet high at Coney Island and fears of damage as thaw risks release.
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Allegheny
Ohio
Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Tarentum
Templeton
Kittaning
Rosston
Springdale
Cincinnati
City
Coney Island
Danish King Detained by Illness Delays Homeward Voyage
Reports from Gmunden say King Christian of Denmark remains seriously ill and his journey home is postponed. Telegrams note long detention for medical care and no definite return date as of early January.
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Christian
Berlin
Gmunden
Austrian
Denmark
Privilege for Pay Alleged at Tombs Prison
A released inmate claims Tombs prison officials allowed cash for privileges during the final months of 103. He alleges paying about $300 for extras including extended outdoor time and a feather pillow, detailing a system that led to the wardens’ resignations and serious rule infractions.
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New York
Tombs
John J. van de Carr
William Flynn
van de Carr
Toombs
Arrests Spark Bigamy Case In Minneapolis
Samuel C Hazzard an insurance man and ex army officer is jailed on bigamy charges brought by Viva Pitchgerald Hazzard who claims to be his second wife. The case ties to Dr Linda Burfield Hazzard and Senator Fitchpatrick of Nevada. The man admits a prior marriage but says lawfully married only to Dr Hazzard. The report also covers a Ohio Supreme Court ruling invalidating an own action death clause in life policies and a jail cell anecdote of prisoners using cell 128 for cards, drinking and planned escapes.
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Minneapolis
Samuel C. Hazzard
Viva Pitchgerald Hazzard
Linda Burfield Hazzard
Fitchpatrick
Nevada
Hazzard
Columbus
Supreme Court
Lucas Hanner
Charles Hanner
National
Aetna
Chicago
Larry Sowerfield
Larry
Larry Somerfield
Jerome
Pob Ammon
Max Kornfield
Henry Gottlieb
Duncan Young
Sixth Avenue
Louis J. Rothstein
Joe Simpson
Torpedo Boats Pool in Gale
Unofficial report from Washington on January 7 notes torpedo boats pooling amid a gale. details on counts and dispositions remain unclear.
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Washington
Employers' Association of Cincinnati Opens Offices
The Employers' Association of Cincinnati with more than 2100 members has opened offices. It pledges to fight boycotts and to patronize firms targeted by strikers or unions, and to secure injunctions against strikers.
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Cincinnati
Employers’ Association of Cincinnati
Grand jury probes graft in Missouri postoffice sites
The federal grand jury met in Hannibal Missouri to investigate graft in the allotment of postoffice sites. Evidence is said to have been uncovered that will result in wholesale indictments.
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Hannibal
Federal Grand Jury
Missouri
Bandits' Trial Opens in Chicago for Life
Van Dine, Marx, and Nedermeier face a life trial in Judge Kersten's court for the street car barn robbery and double murder. Jury selection will take days as prosecutors prepare to fight, while defense moves to delay claiming illness of Van Dine's witness.
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Chicago
van Dine
Arbitration Session Opens Over Bloomington Street Car Strike
The state board of arbitration began evidence gathering in Bloomington Illinois area street car labor dispute. The company refuses arbitration and vows no strikers will be rehired. Police guarded cars until eight at night with minimal disorder. Two sympathizers were jailed then bonds posted. others linked to Sunday riot were held on bail. Strikers received a $1,000 union check and local labor groups pledged support.
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Bloomington
State Board of Arbitration
Chicago
Anarchy in Korea Moves U S Warships to Seoul
Washington reports a state of anarchy in Korea with officers from the gunboat Vicksburg landing at Chemulpo and proceeding to Seoul to safeguard the American legation and interests. Commander Marshall sent two cablegrams detailing the crisis to the secretary of the navy.
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Washington
Korea
United States
Vicksburg
Chemulpo
Seoul
Marshall
Speed of wild birds in flight and hunting timing
The article discusses bird flight speeds, noting grouse quail and snipe cannot be precisely measured as they rise. It cites migratory fowls like green winged teal reaching about ninety miles per hour, canvasback around eighty five, and black duck mallard and redhead near eighty, stressing timing to avoid misses.
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Jane RK. Baan
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Aghington, Iowa
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Osteopath
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Kirksville, Mo
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