Island of Cuba Devastated by Terrific Cyclone
Havana reports a cyclone more deadly than the 1906 hurricane causing extensive flooding, many deaths, and vast damage across Batabano and surrounding areas. Havanas harbor traffic halted, ships confined, and sugar crops damaged as weather warnings extend for hours.
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Island OF
Cuba
Havana
National Observatory
Batabona
Regla
Har T
Pinar del Rio
Ward Line
Saraa
New Hospital Opens at Rockefeller Institute Site
New York Oct. 18. John Rockefeller donated securities worth 3 820 000 to add to the endowment of the Rockefeller Institute hospital. The institute endowment reaches 8 240 000 with 6 0 000 income bearing funds. The hospital, a study center for specific diseases, will treat seventy patients free of charge in a modern eleven story building on a hill at the eastern end of 66th street overlooking Jackwell Island.
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New York
Theockefeller Institute
John Rockefeller
Iist
Quarrel Over Cat Leaves Two Hurt in Newcastle
Edward Gale receives two bullet wounds in the face and Will Daggart suffers razor cuts after a shooting and stabbing incident at the Clayborn restaurant and lodging house in Newcastle. The quarrel arose over possession of a cat.
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Newcastle
Ind
Edward Gale
Will Daggart
Clayborn
Twelve Die in Sea Disaster Near Cape Frio
The fish steamer Portmarnock is ashore off Cape Frio after sailing from San Lorenzo Argentina on Oct 5 bound for Leith Scotland. Twelve crew members drowned in the incident reported from Janeiro Brazil on Oct 18.
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Janeiro
Brazil
Portmarnock
Cape Frio
San Lorenzo
Argentina
Leith
Scotland
Julia Ward Howe Dies in Middletown Lecture Honor
The noted author and lecturer Julia Ward Howe has died in Middletown. Her passing prompts tributes from readers and institutions recognizing her literary and reformist work. A memorial service is planned by local groups and friends.
Julia Ward Howe dead at ninety one
Julia Ward Howe, famous author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, died in Middletown Rhode Island at age ninety one. A noted Unitarian preacher, lecturer, and reformer, she advanced anti slavery prison reform women's suffrage education of the blind and international peace.
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Middletown
R. I
Julia Ward Howe
Mayor Seidel Addresses Milwaukee Mass Meeting
Mayor Seidel spoke at a Milwaukee mass meeting endorsing John Dietz. The event gathered supporters and highlighted Dietz's platform.
SHOOTS WIFE FOR THIEF IN EAST RICHMOND INCIDENT
M J Simmers of Chicago fired at his wife in their East Main street apartment after mistaking her for a burglar. The shot wounded her fatally probable, as the couple had been visiting relatives in Portsmouth and planned to travel to Washington before returning home. Simmers was bailed in police court and faces further proceedings on Nov 1.
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Richmond
M. J. Simmer
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
East Main Street
Simmers
Portsmouth
Washington
Dietz Seeks Equal Trial Opportunities to Clear Charges
Advocate demands a fair trial for John Dietz, urging equal opportunities and protective measures so he can clear himself of all unjust charges. The statement frames Dietz as deserving the same chances as predatory wealth in pursuing justice.
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John Dietz
Hotel looted as crowd targets posters chairs and souvenirs
A large crowd swarmed into the hotel attempting to seize pictures posters and souvenirs including chairs. Mr. Mosley and his family who have run the hotel for about fifty years protected the property.
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Mr. Mosley
Chicago Strike Grows at Hart Schaffner Marx Shops
Chicago officials and private detectives increased protection for nonunion workers as the Hart Schaffner Marx strike spread to about 48 tailors shops. About 8 000 employees were reported out while detectives and police repelled union pickets and guarded workplaces. Officials prepared for further actions.
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Chicago
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Yale Hotel Being Wrecked For Taft Hotel Project
The New Haven House, operating since 1843 as Yale men’s leading hotel, has closed and tearing down will start immediately to clear the site for the new 1,500,000 Taft hotel. Souvenir hunters, Yale undergraduates and old graduates flock to the vacant building.
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New Haven House
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Taft
Milwaukee Mayor Calls For Fair Trial For Dietz
Mayor Emil Seidel spoke at a Dietz defense committee mass meeting arguing Dietz’s struggles mirror the broader fight against corporations. Attendees passed resolutions demanding a fair trial for John Dietz of Sawyer County Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
John Dietz
Emil Seidel
Dietz Defense Committee
Sawyer County
Wisconsin
Union Drive Sparks Walkout Wave at Hart, Schaffner & Marx
A coup plan prompts hundreds of workers to walk out as committees urge remaining staff to join the union. Edward Green, a Market Street Hart, Schaffner & Marx foreman, was dragged down stairs and beaten by about a dozen pickets. Police arrested six, and four thousand new members joined Hodcarriers’ hall meetings.
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Kdward Green
Market Street
Hart
Schaffner & Marx
Hodcarriers
Funeral for Stanley Ketchel Held at Elks Club
Funeral services were held in Springfield Missouri for Stanley Ketchel middleweight champion. The body was then taken to Grand Rapids Michigan to be buried on a farm Ketchel had given his parents. R P Dickerson accompanied Ketchel during his visit when he was assassinated.
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Stanley Ketchel
Michigan
Springfield
Elks’ Club
Grand Rapids
Mich
R. P. Dickerson
Ketehel
Fire destroys Gypsum plant at Alabaster near East Tawas
The mill warehouse and barn of the Gypsum company at Alabaster eight miles from East Tawas Mich burned totally. The store was saved by hard work, but much manufactured stock in the warehouse was destroyed. The origin is a mystery. The upper part of the mill was ablaze when discovered. Loss estimated at 156000 dollars.
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East Tawas
Mich
1. G. Gypsum Company
Alabaster
Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Figures
Chicago markets show hog receipts estimated at 13000 with prices 5 higher on the day. Cattle runs at 7000 with steady to slow trading and sheep movements steady with mixed buyers and western grades noted.
Grain firm furnishers listed in Chicago telegraph building
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company located at 544 and 545 Postal Telegraph Building in Chicago Illinois.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Washington City Market Prices Change for Hay and More
Prices at the Washington City market show hay at base fifty five cents per unit and bran per hundred at one dollar thirty five cents. Other items include straw per bale and flour per sack around one dollar sixty to one dollar seventy and butter priced by retailer Relster and Son with fowl quotes for turkeys, ducks, geese and roosters.
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Washington City
Air records may be broken in Wellman’s balloon voyage
Backers of the America dirigible hope for a record flight as Walter Wellman and crew travel possibly 1000 miles toward Europe. Reports showed no contact from the airship after 36 hours, with ships and wireless stations along the Atlantic seeking word on its whereabouts. Captain Melville Vanniman’s progress was tracked as the voyage stretched into a third day.
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New York
Walter Wellman
America
Wellman
Sable Island
Marconi
Camperdown
Jack Irwin
Irwin
San Guallelmo
Columbus
Cape Race
Nantucket
Vernia
Grant
Teutonic
Cedric
Sable
Madonna
Gascoyne
Krownland
Zeppelin
Melville Vanniman
Atlantic City
Europe
Weather Summary from Washington to New Orleans
Latest observations show variable readings across major cities with cooler conditions ahead. Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin expect showers and a fall in temperatures as northwest winds move through the region.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Six Die in Guadeloupe Riot in Petit Bourg District
Six persons were killed and eighteen wounded in election riots in Petit Bourg district of Basse Terre, Guadeloupe. Gendarmes were among the dead as fighting broke out over municipal officers and jail conditions in the capital.
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Pointe-a-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Petit Bourg
Basse
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