Disaster at Neenah Wisconsin Train Kills Thirteen
Thirteen people die when a Northwestern passenger train hits a hay rack carrying Menasha merrymakers at a grade crossing near Neenah. Of the injured, two will die and others are fatally hurt. Most victims were young mill workers returning from a dance.
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Neenah
Wis
Menasha
James Drill
Chicago
Gustave Finn
Oshkosh
Frank Siegert
John Hardt
Agnes Zahatcheky
Joseph Shedeck
John Shedgeck
Stephen Pax
Celia Rentz
John Domnickomnachinski
Joseph Sodolsky
Anna Sodolsky
Herman Syring
Amanda Syring
Edward Gorowski
Felix Wix
Joseph Grymiel
Benjamin Dombrowski
Benjamin Ramnek
Anton Brezinski
Peter Hanson
Clark Hospital
Venue Change Plea Heard In Gary Graft Charges
Chicago reports Mayor Knotts and city officials seeking a venue change in the Gary graft case heard by Judge Vernon H. Van Fleet. C A Williston and J J Nichoff joined as co defendants with four aldermen who prefer trial in Lake county but want a different judge. Judge Van Fleet to rule next Saturday. T B Dean whose affidavits spurred the prosecutions attended.
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Chicago
Knotts
Gary
C. A. Williston
J. J. Nichoff
Vernon H. van Fleet
Lake County
W. C. Mahan
van Fleet
T. B. Dean
Fatal Circus Fight Ends In Two Deaths In Madill
In Madill Oklahoma on September 25 a crowd in a circus tent was charged by gunfire after a dispute with a special officer deputized for the day. Tom Rare a liveryman and L L Reed a carpenter died. T O Thomas of Kingson and a youth were wounded. Reed had been arrested earlier for boisterous conduct as the chaos drove spectators to flee.
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Madill
Okla
Tom Rare
Liveryman
L. L. Reed
Carpenter
T. O. Thomas
Kingson
Rorie
Reed
Rorjie
Thomas
Obituary and political notes from Sunday papers
Charles Battel Loomis died in Hartford Connecticut. Coroner rules the Palmer House death of Charles W Allen accidental. Obadiah Gardner named U S senator to succeed late William Frye of Maine. President Taft spoke on tariff in St Louis defending vetoes and backing the commission. First US aerial mail service sanctioned carried by Arthur KE Ovington from Garden City Long Island. Large warship launched in Philadelphia for Argentina. Federal agents seize eight in a $1 500 000 stock swindle in New York.
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Charles W. Allen
Palmer House
Chicago
Obadiah Gardner
United States
William Frye
Maine
Taft
St. Louis
United States Post Office Department
Art KE. Ovington
Garden City
L. I
Falls From Traction Car In Indiana
Albert Ray a timer from Fairland fell from the west bound Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction car in Shelbyville Indiana striking his head and losing blood from nose mouth and ears He was carried from the car unconscious Mary Updike Rushville conductor aided him There is little chance for his recovery.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Albert Ray
Fairland
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Mary Updike
Rushville
Bridegroom Found Dead in Indiana Barn
Emmett Jobe of Connorsville aged thirty one, recently married to Charlotte Murphy, hanged himself in his barn south of Alquina. A search found him in the haymow. no note explained the act and the cause remains a mystery.
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Connorsville
Ind
Emmett Jobe
Alquina
Charlotte Murphy
Jobe
Maine Wreck Revealed by Cofferdam After Pumpout
Correspondent reports the Maine wreck in the harbor cofferdam shows the double bottom standing about twenty eight feet above the normal position. He says this supports a mine explosion rather than an internal blast and suggests a large external charge caused the disaster.
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Mavana
Maine
Powelson
Powell
Sigsbee
Maine Board
Capps
Decatur
Campbell H. Alexander
Abe Has
Diet and Health Hints: Cereals and Nutrition
Dr. T J Allen explains cereal qualities. Rice is 80 percent starch and easily digested but low in albumen and minerals. Corn contains more oil and is heating. Oats are rich in fat and minerals but require thorough cooking. Rye starch is highly digestible and rye bread is healthier in digestion. Gladiators ate rye wheat and corn.
Fifty Years Ago Today in News Briefs
Women of Lebanon county Pa organized clubs to knit stockings for the men at the front. Rev Daniel Waldo in his hundredth year who graduated from Yale in 1788 still preached sometimes conducting three Sunday services. Justin McCarthy vice president of the Irish parliamentary party arrived in New York and predicted home rule for Ireland within two years.
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Lebanon County
Daniel Waldo
Yale
Justin McCarthy
Irish Parliamentary Party
New York
Ireland
Gates Wedding Preparations in Uniontown
Minneapolis dispatch notes Florence Hepwood fiancée of Charles G Gates heads weddings party to Uniontown Pennsylvania for a secret ceremony at the Gates home. The event is kept strictly confidential with few details released.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Florence Hepwood
Charles G. Gates
Uniontown
Old Gates
Swift Justice for Assassins and Stolypin’s Legacy
Reports from Kiev indicate Russia plans rapid execution of Dimitri Bogroff for Stolypin’s assassination. A court martial death sentence awaits commander confirmation. authorities seek swift justice to quell anti Jewish hostility. Finance Minister M Kokovtseff has reportedly taken premier duties and deployed troops to safeguard Jews. Stolypin’s funeral took place at Pechersky Monastery as subscriptions for a national monument begin with the inscription quoting You want a great upheaval, We want a great Anasia.
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Kiev
Dimitri Bogroff
Stolypin
Bogroff
M. Kokovtseff
M. Stolypin
Pechersky Monastery
Anasia
Pita Among Kansas Insurgents
A. B. Cummins, Iowa Senator, is noted among insurgents in Kansas while declared for La Follette for President. The item highlights cross party dynamics and campaign alignment involving Taft and La Follette vignettes.
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Pita
Taft
Kansas
Niles man of mystery to be examined in Chicago
George A. Kimmel the Niles “man of mystery” will travel to Chicago for a specialist exam amid support from former friends who have raised 500 dollars for possible head surgery. Mrs. Minnie Hess of Berrien Center, a cousin of the real Kimmel, insists after a brief interview she is convinced he is the man. Government agents doubt identity, linking the case to desert er Rhodes from Macon Georgia in 1898.
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Niles
Mich
George A. Kimmel
Chicago
Kimmel
Edna Ronslett
Harry L. Fox
Rhodes
Macon
Wreck on Pennsylvania Special Near Larimer
Pennsylvanias Special No 28 traveling NY to Pittsburg was wrecked at Larimer twenty miles east of Pittsburg at 1 20 am. One man died and five were injured when a westbound freight on the wrong track struck the stopped passenger train. A telegraph operator at PL tower reportedly mis-set interlocking signals causing the fatal crash.
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Pittsburg
Penn Sylvania Road
New York
Larimer
Larimer Station
Hartford Author Charles Loomis Dies of Intestinal Cancer
Charles Battell Loomis, noted Hartford author, died at Hartford hospital from cancer of the intestines. He had been ill since December and underwent four operations.
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Hartford
Conn
Charles Battell Loomis
Hartford Hospital
Taft Visits Kansas for Baker University Ceremony and Talks
President Taft travels to Baldwin and Lawrence Kansas delivering remarks on peace and arbitration. He attends Baker University installation of Dr Mason and meets Governor Stubbs Senator Bristow and Senator Curtis at a busy afternoon of formal events and a dinner with local leaders.
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Baldwin
Kan
Tift
Kansan
Stubbs
Lawrence
Taft
University of Kansas
Kansas
Stubby
Senator Hristow
Mr. Bristow
White House
Seuator Curtis
Mr. Taft
Baker University
McConnell
DePauw University
Peoria
W. ©. Markham
Bristow
Curtis
Bonds Forfeited Over Late Court Appearance
Shawnee Oklahoma September 25. George Crump and Thomas Wright were thirty minutes late reaching court causing bonds totaling 10000 dollars to be forfeited. They faced forgery charges on deeds of Pottawatomie county land, appeared for trial, were convicted, and received seven years in prison. Acting Judge W T Williams denied the motion to set aside the sentence.
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Shawnee
Okla
George Crump
Thomas Wright
Pottawatomie County
W. T. Williams den Moion
Meat dealer Gus Bonner Struck by Automobile in Lafayette
Gus Bonner a fifty five year old meat dealer in Lafayette was struck by a touring car while crossing the street and badly hurt with a concussion of the brain. He has run markets in the city for nearly fifty years and the accident occurred as he was crossing the street.
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Lafayette
Ind
Gus Bonner
Bonner
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Connecticut
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Hulk
T. J. Allen Bood
Monterey
Mex
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Grime
Russia
Zbyszko
Frank Gotch
America
the Pole
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Haudr
A. B. Cummins
Lowa
la Follette
American Press Association
Minnie Hess
Berrien Springs
Pennsylvania
Towerman
Crane
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