Tornado Hits Funeral Procession Near Hamilton Ohio
A tornado struck a funeral procession near Hamilton Ohio injuring several people while a farmer and his hired hand died from a lightning bolt nearby. The storm also brought heavy winds across the Missouri valley sweeping into Illinois Indiana and Ohio causing widespread telegraph outages and downed wires from Louisville to Minneapolis and Kansas City to Cleveland.
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Hamilton
Farmer
Havana
Ili
St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri Valley
Iown
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Louisville
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dubuque
Cleveland
Wind Storms Hit St Louis Excursion Steamer Alton
A series of windstorms struck St Louis and nearby areas injuring several and threatening 300 passengers aboard the excursion steamer Alton in the Mississippi River. The Alton was driven across the river toward the Missouri shore, then pushed against a pier as wind shifts caused chaos and the upper works were torn away. Nearby Alton homes and trees suffered damage with several people cut by debris.
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St. Louis
Alton
Mississippi River
Ill
Missouri
Tornado Breaks Up Funeral in Butler County
A tornado swept over northeastern Butler County injuring more than twenty people during a funeral procession at Seven Mile station for Mrs. Sarah Lloyd. Five carriages with twenty people were blown across a road into a fence. two carriages with six occupants were overturned and held prisoners before being freed with no fatalities reported.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Seven Mile Station
Sarah Lloyd
Tornado Wrecks Fithian Illinois Stores and Elevator
A tornado struck Fithian near Danville causing heavy damage to several stores and a large elevator and damaging a sub power station on the Illinois Traction system. Few persons were injured.
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Illinois Town
Danville
Fithian
Here
Illinois Traction System
Two Men Killed by Lightning Near Havana Farm
During a storm a bolt struck a tree on Will Strube’s farm near Havana, instantly killing Strube and his hired hand Roberts. The accident occurred July 13 as the storm raged.
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Bolt
Havana
Will Strube
Mr. Strube
Roberts
Oil Trust Makes Butter
The Standard Oil company plans to produce petrol butter at the Wood River refinery near Alton Illinois. Preparations for machinery installation are underway with a promise of cutting dairymen profits. The new product resembles butter in texture but is brown in color.
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Alton
Ill
Standard Oil Company
Woodriver
Disaster in Spanish Mine Belmez Spain
A Lisbon dispatch reports a firedamp explosion in a Belmez coal mine. Several hundred miners are entombed as rescue efforts proceed. forty two living and seventeen dead have been reported.
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Paris
Lisbon
Belmez
Spain
Freight and Passenger Crash in Washington Ind
A head on collision between a freight train and a northbound passenger train in Washington Indiana leaves mail clerk J H Ashby dead and several passengers with minor injuries.
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Washington
Ind
Evansville
Indianapolis
J. H. Ashby
Women National Council Meets in Seattle
The sixth triennial Session of the National Council of Women of the United States opens in Seattle with a reception to officers delegates and visitors. Three days of business begin tomorrow and end July 16. The council includes 22 national groups and nine local councils representing over 3 million women.
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Seattle
National Council of Women of the United States
National Woman's Suffrage Association
National Woman's Relief Society
National Woman's Relief Corps
The
Universal Peace Union
Council of Jewish Women
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Frances E. Willard
Susan B. Anthony
Epworth League Adjourns After Reorganization Debate
Seattle July 13 The eighth international Ep worth league convention adjourned to meet in 1913. A broad consensus held the league must be reorganized at once to fulfill its founders aim as a young people’s society. Bishop William A Quayle and Secretary Edward G Randall pledged to return the league to its starting point.
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Seattle
Wash
Epworth League
United States
Canada
League
League of the Methodist Episcopal Church
William A. Quayle
Edward G. Randall
Auto Speeder Derailed in Fatal Sioux City Crash
Two railroad superintendents, Robert L. Knabel and William Beand, were killed when their auto derailed near Dalton. Knabel suffered a broken back. The incident occurred in the Sioux City area as they traveled in the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul line's division.
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Sioux City
Robert L. Knabel
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
William Beand
Dalton
Knabel
Midwestern Golf Tournament Opens
Des Moines July 13 Two hundred forty golfers from Missouri Minnesota Colorado and states east of the Mississippi began competition for the Loapr of being the best in the western midwest section of the United States.
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Des Moines
United States
Mississippi River
Missouri
Minnesota
Colorado
Moon Law Ruling Clarified by Attorney General Byers
Des Moines July 13 Attorney General H W Byers says a Moon law injunction case will settle whether saloons with post April 15 resolutions of consent are barred The act became effective July 4 but his ruling retroactively blocks approvals dating from April 15 onward and court action will decide the issue with the county attorney amending the petition to include post April 15 consent resolutions as grounds.
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Des Moines
H. W. Byers
Carroll
Byers
Fight for Junken Reward Faces Contest Over Credit
Des Moines July 13 Private detective John W Gray of Ottumwa sought the $300 state reward for arrest and conviction of John Junken the sayer of Clara Rosen of Ottumwa. His visit shows many claimants seek the reward and a spirited fight is likely before a final decision on credit for the capture.
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Des Moines
John W. Gray
Ottumwa
Carroll
John Junken
Sayer
Clara Rosen
Gray
Junken
Des Moines Man Commits Suicide After Check Fraud Arrest
J L Davis arrested by Detective Brunnemer on a Knoxville area farm confessed to passing two worthless checks in Des Moines. He asked for time to change clothing, then shot himself in the head while officers waited.
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Des Moines
J. L. Davis
Brunnemer
Knoxville
Lifelong Cripple Ends Life in Princeton
Justice of the peace Frea L Cole shot himself in Princeton on July 13 after enduring lifelong infirmities. He left a note saying No one cares for Fred.
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Princeton
Frea L Cole
Fred
Landscape Adorners Meet in Atlanta Convention
Governor Brown and Mayor Maddox welcomed delegates for a national gathering of billposters and distributors. The Associated Billposters and Distributors body meets with Southern theater managers and the Painters' League of America. Delegates arrive by train and motor from Columbus, Ohio, led by George Chennell.
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Allanta
Georgia
Brown
Atlanta
Maddox
United States
Canada
Associated Billposters and Distributors
Southeastern Billposters and Distributors
Southern Theater Managers’ Association
The
Painters’ League of America
Columbus
George Chennell
Bill Posters
Two Young Men Die in Railroad Tragedy at Ramona
Abilene Kansas July 13 two bodies found near the Ramona railroad crossing badly mangled. Police believe the men slept on the tracks and were killed by a passing train.
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Abilene
Kan
Ramona
Sheriff Held by Striking Japanese at Waimanalo Mill
Sheriff William P. Jarrett is a prisoner inside a plantation mill at Waimanalo near Honolulu as about 300 Japanese workers wage a tense standoff around the building.
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Honolulu
William P. Jarrett
Waimanalo
Safety Pin Fatality In Council Bluffs Baby
In Council Bluffs Iowa a nine months old child of Mr and Mrs A A Whitlock swallowed a small open safety pin Saturday evening. The pin caused death after an attempted operation to remove it. The child died in hospital despite surgery.
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Council Bluffs
A. A. Whitlock
South First Street
Rhodes Scholarship Examinations Set for Oct 19 and 20
Iowa City July 13 The Rhodes scholarship examinations are scheduled for October 19 and 20 this year. The tests will be conducted in Iowa City under the oversight of the committee of college presidents handling the matter.
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Iowa City
St. Louis Oarsmen Sweep Central States Regatta
St Louis won all events at the Central States Rowing association regatta except the junior singles won by Herbert Pedrick of Ottumwa.
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St. Louis
Ottumwa
Central States Rowing Association
Herbert Pedrick
Governor Carroll's Sister Dies in Iowa Funeral
Des Moines reports Governor Carroll traveled to Troy Davis County to attend the funeral of his eldest sister Mrs. James Roach who died at her Bloomfield home after a long illness.
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Carroll
Des Moines
Troy
Davis County
James Roach
Bloomfield
Bank Swindler Caught in Iowa City Case
Iowa City July 13 John Bauer who swindled the Iowa City State Bank out of 600 dollars was arrested at Rock Island Illinois. He is wanted nationwide and will plead guilty here.
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Iowa City
John Bauer
Nonpartisan Law Declared Void by State Supreme Court
Lincoln Neb July 13 the supreme court of the state handed down a decision declaring the Donohoe non partisan judiciary election law invalid.
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Lincoln, Neb
Eupreme Court of the State
Donohoe Nonpartisan Judiciary
Pell Named National Tennis Champion
T. R. Pell of New York, indoor tennis champion, defeated Dr. Nat Thornton of Atlanta to win the national title by scores of 6-1 6-1 6-0 in Atlanta.
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Pell
Atlanta
T. R. Pell
New York
United States
Nat Thornton
Markets Chicago July 13 1909 Hog and cattle prices listed
Hogs receipts 13000 left over 5565. market steady. Light hogs 7.20 7.85. mixed packers 7.30 8.00. heavy shipping 7.35 7.95. rough 7.35 7.55. Cattle 2500 steady. sheep 15000 steady. Estimated receipts next day 11000 and 22000. market steady to higher. Meat prices list includes beeves 4.70 7.40. cows 2.30 4.10. Texas steers 4.50 6.00. stockers 3.10 5.00. western cattle 4.75 6.25. Western sheep 2.75 4.90.
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Texas
States to vote on income tax measures
The House approved by 317 to 14 the state joint resolution to submit the income tax amendment to the states, sending the measure to President Taft for signature. A White House conference also reduced the corporation tax from 2 percent to 1 percent and pledged to reconcile differences between houses. Taft hopes for a conciliatory outcome and swift passage.
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White House
Taft
Washington
House
Allen
Barchfeld
Dalzell
McCreary and
Wheeler
Fordney
Mich
Gardner, McCall and
Weeks
Mass
Hill and Henry
Conn
Olcott and Southwick
N. Y
Calderhead
Kan
Experts to Pass On Thaw Sanity for Release
In White Plains on July 18 a three alienists commission will judge Harry K. Thaw's sanity with counsel consent. Justice Mills had adjourned the hearing as Thaw seeks freedom from commitment while District Attorney Jerome is eliminated from the case.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Mills
Stanford White
Jerome
Thaw
President denies pardon and commutes Spencer sentence
Captain Hull took up the Carl Spencer case with the president. Spencer was refused a pardon. The president commuted his sentence to three years. The president believes Spencer deserved consideration for aiding his son but took more than needed.
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Washington
Hull
Carl Spencer
Spencer
Colombia Revolt Ended Without Conflict
Washington reports the Colombian revolution has ended without fighting. Rebels surrendered and legal government authority is reestablished as stated in a message received by Senor Guzman, the Colombian charge d affaires.
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Colombia
Washington
Senor Guzman
Wright Flies Fort Myer At Forty MPH Circling Parade
Orville Wright piloted the Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer, reaching about forty miles per hour. The craft circled the parade grounds roughly six times, covering about three and a half miles in the notable test flight.
Chicago Bank Merger Unites Two Institutions
Chicago on July 13 reports the Commercial National Bank of Chicago absorbing the Bankers National. George E. Roberts, president of the Commercial National, will continue as president of the merged bank.
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Chicago Bank
Chicago
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Bankers’ National
George E. Roberts
Commercial National
Stolen Rhododendrons From National Park Gift Site
In New York on July 13, vandals dug up and stole 1000 rhododendrons valued at 5 dollars each from a park gift arising from a $50,000 donation by Mrs. Russell Sage. Three arrests have been made including a policeman a chanteur and a bartender.
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New York
National Park
Russell Sage
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OIL Trust
the Sea Serpent
Macauley
New York World
Women’s Council
Epworth
Slayer
Los Angeles
the Angeles
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks
Order
West
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati
J. A. Sammis
LeMars
Edward Leach
East
Middle West
Fred C. Robinson
Detroit
Boston
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
Careei OF
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
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