Peter the Great Percheron Stallion Prospect at Ainsworth Farm
A listing touts Peter the Great, a 1050 lb brown Percheron stallion with white points, sired by Vaillant 56873 and Lisette 29285. Described as the greatest master piece in Percheron elegance in America, with ample bone and powerful movement. Seasoning at J A Kolosick’s farm near Ainsworth in 1912, with terms $14 to insure a colt and $8 for road horse options. payment due upon foaling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Custer
Vaillant
America
Ainsworth
Colima Volcano Erupts After Quake Toll in Several Cities
A major earthquake in Mexico edges massive destruction across Zapatalan and Ciudad Guyman with dozens killed and many buildings ruined. Guadalajara reports shocks and Quartel suffers church destruction while Colima volcano becomes active. Observers warn Mexico City may face a powerful quake within hours.
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Mexico City
Zapatalan
Colima
Ciudad Guyman
Guadalajara
Quartel
Titanic funds given out and relief efforts reported
A preliminary report on Gaynor's Titanic relief drive notes the Red Cross distributed 15,500 to survivors and set aside 35,000 for temporary family support. Fifteen bodies from Halifax have been buried and about 860 applications are under investigation.
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New York
Gaynor
Red Cross Committee
Halifax
Cardinal O Connell to Buy Steam Yacht for Marblehead Summer
Cardinal O Connell may buy a fine steam yacht stored at Marblehead as a diversion this summer. If purchased, he is understood to spend much of his time in Marblehead waters.
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Boston
Mass
Cardinal O'Connell
Marblehead
Denied help to drow ning at Titanic inquiry
London May 16 Seaman Hendrickson testified at the Titanic inquiry about a lifeboat full but not loaded. He heard cries from drowning passengers and proposed returning to rescue them, but two women aboard objected fearing the boat would swamp.
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London
Hendrickson
Duff Gordon
Four Girls Die in Gravel Pit Near Black Creek
Four farm children Amanda Barth thirteen Augusta Barth eleven Katie Barth nine Gretchen Rosenberg nine die in a cave-in at a gravel pit seven miles north of Black Creek Wisconsin. They were sent to bring home cows when gravel piled five feet high buried them instantly. The victims are identified and mourned in Green Bay reports.
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Green Bay
Wis
Black Creek
Duost
Amanda Barth
Augusta Barth
Katiearth
Frank Barth
Gretchen Rosenberg
Four Cudmore Children Die of Meningitis in Saskatchewan
Four children aged five to eighteen, all siblings of John Cudmore, living one and a half miles east of Moosejaw Saskatchewan, died within days from spinal meningitis attributed to woodticks.
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Moosejaw
Sask
John Cudmore
Here
Action on Mississippi fronts May 10 fifty years ago
Fifty years ago today on May 10, Federal ironclads fought Confederate steam rams off Fort Pillow on the Mississippi. With Fort Pillow guns aid the rams repulsed the ironclads. Federal troops occupied Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Fort Pillow
Mississippi
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Queen Victoria Attends Buffalo Bills Show in London
Queen Victoria visits a Buffalo Bills Wild West show staged in London. An Arizona earthquake disrupted a vast region about 1200 miles long and 600 miles wide.
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Queen Victoria
England
Buffalo Bills
Mount Zion church marks seventh birthday in Keokuk county
Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal church, three miles north of Martinsburg, oldest in Keokuk county, celebrated its fifty seventh anniversary with an all day service and picnic. Visitors came from Ottumwa Oskaloosa Sigourney What Cheer and nearby towns as about one hundred autos gathered around the church. A plan to build a new memorial church with stained glass windows honoring early pioneers was proposed. George Borup inherits over 5000 from the late Yale student who sailed with Admiral Peary on the polar voyage and drowned in Long Island Sound.
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Martinsburg
Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
Keokuk County
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Sigourney
What Cheer
George Borup
New York
George Torup
Yale
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Long Island Sound
Henry D. Borup
Lightning strikes workers at Monessen blast furnace site
Twenty one men at the Pittsburg Steel company's Monessen plant carried a nineteen foot bar when a bolt of lightning hit the iron causing it to topple into an S shape and knock the men unconscious.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Steel Company
Monessen
Baseball Standings and Results Across Multiple Leagues
A historical standings page lists team win loss records across American League National League American Association Western League Central League and Wisconsin Illinois League. Teams include New York Chicago Cleveland Detroit Philadelphia Brooklyn Cincinnati St Louis Pittsburgh Boston Louisville and more with various rowed records and percentages.
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W. B
Chicago
Cleveland
Phitelia
Loula
New York
National League
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Boston
Loule
American Association
Columbus
Kan
City
Louleville
Toledo
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Tad’apoka
Denver
Sto’x City
Joe
E Moines
Topeka
SOO Wichita
Omaha
Lincoln
Central League
Y'gato
Wheling
Spraf'ld
Canton
I Bo. Bend
Dayton
G. Rapids
F. Wayne
T. Haute
Zanesville
Wisconsin-Illinois
Giehkosh
Racine
Aurora
Madison
Rockford
Gre'n Bay
Ap’let’n
Wausau
Central, Absoctation
Reok Ul S
Bylst'n
TiKewanese
Hannibal
Gabeab're
Eatine
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Indianapolis
Innnings
Baseball scores from multiple leagues across the nation
A roundup of results shows National League games with Chicago losing 1 to 2 to Boston and New York routing Pittsburgh 8 to 5. American League ties and postponements noted, plus minor leagues across divisions with varied tallies including Columbus 10 over Minneapolis 0 and Des Moines beating St. Joe 2 to 12.
Train Schedule Fragments for Eastbound Westbound Lines
A chaotic OCR style timetable shows eastbound and westbound train numbers with arrival and departure times across multiple routes. It lists Local Passenger and Local Freight services operated by agencies including B and Q, Milwaukee lines, and Washington Branch with notes on daily operation excluding Sundays.
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Lim
Washington
H. W. Russel
B&q
KMATH
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promoted by Wyeth
An ad extols Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy from the Wyeth Chemical Company New York claiming to restore color and vitality to hair. It promises dandruff relief and a healthy scalp with a fifty cent bottle and a money back guarantee if not as represented. Special Agent McKinney Drug Co and city bus line offer prompt delivery.
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Wyeth Chemical Company of
New York
Wyeth
McKininney Drug Co
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Will Mal
My Farm
West Chester
Clay Walton
West Chester, Iowa
Peter the Great
Peter Great
Son of Custer
Pat
J. A. Kolosick
Ainsworth— Miller
Percheron Grelon
Volcano of
New York Red Cross
O'Connell
Seaman
Duff Gordons
Cavelin
Town of
Eng
Potsdam
Emerson
G. W. Hobson
Maxwell
New York State
United States Motor Company
Maxwell Mascotte
United States Motor Co
Appalachian
St. New York
Bee Or Seo
Sioux City
St. Joe
Des Moines
Wichita
South Bend
Springfield
Terre Haute
Bayton
Grand Rapids
Port Wayne
Appleton
Madison, & Wausau
Central Association
Galesburg
Burlington
Muscatine
Keokuk
Inings Ottumwa
Kewanee
Monmouth
Owen McGovern
C. J. Wilson
C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson Wyers
Charles A. Dewey
Washington County Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Eicher & Livingston
Iowa
Edmund D. Morrison
Morrison Bldg
North Side Square
Kellogg
Routh
Side Square
W. M. Keeley
Butterfield & Frame
Special Collection” Department
Crafl’s
Casey Bros
E. J. Perry
Washington Street
DR. Ray
Cook & Sherman's Drug Store
Fenton & Fenton
Chiropractors
Palmer School
Macon
Austin Sutherland
R. R
P. J. Hanley
Klein Kilo
Lars
So'west Lim
Mdise
Lerroadgatr
Agee
So’west Lim
Mdise Caste Eee
Harry H. Ross
Orugaists
J.D. Dayton
Gale
Washington County
Varren
Frank Rogers
Steet
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