Mobile Toll of Tempest Tops $5 Million in Devastation
A tropical hurricane struck Mobile Alabama causing widespread ruin. Loss of life varies up to fifty with 5,000 houses damaged and property losses exceeding 3 million dollars. Wind reached ninety miles per hour and coastal flooding filled streets. All transport and telegraph lines were disrupted and militia controlled the city as aid was urged.
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Mobile
Ala
Meridian
Miss
Mobile Bay
le Business District
Royaltreet
Alabama River
Frascati Street
Three-Mile Creek
Moblie and
Ohio
Louisville and Nashville
Fort Morgan
Carrie
Immediate destruction of wharves paralyzes business
Revenue cutter Alert holds back details as a maritime action disrupts port facilities. Authorities indicate imminent measures to safeguard, with economic impact on local trade and shipping schedules.
Devastation in Gulf Coast as Storm Hits City
The Western Union office and several hotels suffered severe damage while banks remained closed. Cotton flooded streets and ships were driven inland as towns along the Mobile and Bay Shore road endured heavy losses. Weather data shows a 6.47 inch rainfall and wind averaging 55 mph with barometer readings near 28.54 at 5:30 am.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Witter
Postal Telegraph
Cawthorn
Bienville
Bienville Square
Windsor Hotel
St. Andrews
Southern
Southern Supply Company
Merchants’ Bank
First National Bank
Lienkanff
Mobile
Bay Shore
Louisville
Nashville
IS03
Weather Bureau
Havoc in Pensacola as strongest hurricane hits city
A massive hurricane battered Pensacola Florida and nearby Flématon Alabama on Thursday night and Friday. The city shows extensive wreckage with damage widespread and assessment underway. Authorities warn of further weather dangers as recovery begins.
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Pensacola
Fla
Flématon
Ala
Crown Prince Frederick William and Princess of Germany
Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia wed Grand Duchess Cecilia on June 6 1905. Their son born July 4 1906 was christened Frederick William and could become William IV if he survives to succeed the emperor. The Kaiser proclaims pride as the infant’s birth on Independence Day intrigues Americans.
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Frederick William
Prussia
Cecilia
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Germany
William IV
Devastation From Coastal Gale Rips City and Harbor
A violent storm swept the harbor area causing widespread destruction. Winds reached eighty to ninety miles an hour, flooding streets, destroying homes, wrecking ships, and halting rail and navy yard communications. Firefighters fought blazes amid flying tin roofs as vessels were driven ashore and waterfront properties ruined.
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Navy Yard
Barrancas
Garfield Links Corporate Power to Public Responsibility
James R. Garfield, head of the Bureau of Corporations in the U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor, told the University of New York School of Commerce that business problems now involve corporations as powerful actors. He warned against destroying corporations and urged educated leaders to reform them to serve the public good.
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New York
James RM. Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commercce and Labor
Washington
School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance
University of New York
Woman's Relief Corps gifts 25000 for Mason City college
At the state annual meeting Mrs. L. Hall of Muscatine announced a gift of 25000 dollars to found a women’s college in Mason City. The college will be a branch of the national soldiers’ memorial college program and tied to the Woman’s Relief Corps efforts.
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Des Moines
Woman’s Relief Corps of
State
Muscatine
Woman's College
Mason City
National Soldiers’ Mem
Baseball scores update from Chicago September 29
Scores list for leagues and American and Western games. New York tied with St Louis in one game. Boston beat Cincinnati in twelve innings. Philadelphia defeated Chicago. Brooklyn beat Pittsburg. Cleveland swept New York in a doubleheader. Detroit lost to Philadelphia. Omaha defeated Sioux City. Denver beat Pueblo. Des Moines topped Lincoln.
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Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Detroit
Omaha
Sioux City
Denver
Pueblo
Des Moines
Lincoln
Difficulty in obtaining cavalry horses and mules rises
Washington reports the army's quartermaster general struggles to procure horses and mules as scarcity grips the nation. A Washington contractor cannot meet a 500 horse delivery at 924 each, risking financial ruin. General Funston sought emergency purchase power but was blocked by a prior $92 contract. Prices now run about 140 for horses and 180 for mules amid high foreign demand.
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Washington
Quartermaster General’s Department of the Army
Northwest
Governor names delegates to national congresses
Springfield Sept 29 Governor Deneen appointed Clinton M Shultz editor of the American World and John M Kirkham of Newton to attend the National Farmers Congress in Rock Island Also George J Schweinfurth of Rockford named a delegate to the American Mining Congress in Denver from Oct 16 to 19.
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Springfield
Ill
Deneen
National Farmers’ Congress
Rock Island
Clinton M. Shultz
Chicago
The
American World
John M. Kirkham
Newton
George J. Schweinfurth
Roxkford
American Mining Congress
Denver
Tragic Gun Accident Kills 8-Year-Old Sister in Nashville Ill
Elizabeth Kurwicki aged 8 was killed when her 17 year old brother Steven fired a revolver by accident. He disappeared into the woods after the shooting fearing capture and is now in hiding.
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Nashville
Ill
Elizabeth Kurwicki
Steven
Young Kurwicki
Taft orders troops to Cuba as provisional governor takes hold
Secretary Taft cabled from Havana to the War department to send troops to Cuba under the existing plan. The American provisional government assumed possession of Cuba and Taft declared himself provisional governor of the island.
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Chicago, Ill
Evening Journal
Taft
Havana
Cuba
Bodgy
Island
Express Collision Kills Seven on Pennsylvania Line
An express train from New York to Philadelphia collided with the Trenton express at Eddington Pennsylvania. Seven people are reported killed and many injured. The incident occurred at 7:30 a m today and is being investigated.
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Philadelphia
Specelal
The
Evening Journal
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Trenton
Eddinton
Opal Collier Confesses to Robbing Mother for Weeks
Opal Collier, 11, from Anderson Ind, admitted to Chief Smith that she stole 482 dollars from her mother Maggie Collier's purse in a lounge of their home. The girl had used funds for dresses, house articles, and entertaining friends over several weeks. She was headed to the juvenile court.
Rabies Case Months Show July Summer Low
The record indicates the fewest rabies cases occur in July and August, while April November and December see more cases than other months, per Springfield Union.
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Springfield Union
Chicago Market Summary Hogs Cattle Sheep September 1906
Chicago market notes from 1906 show mixed hog prices with receiptsلو and steady cattle and sheep. Official yesterday receipts in hogs 1560 with 3744 shipments, estimated today 7000. mixed packers and heavy shipping grades listed with prices around 86.15 to 86.75. Cattle and sheep noted steady with 500 cattle and 4000 sheep in the mix.
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Chicago
Bishop’s remarks stir Chicago Methodist talk on politics and faith
Extracts from a vigorous Chicago talk recount how J.P. Berry urged candidates to balance prayer meetings with elections. The bishop urged respect for the Bible, warned against church politics as an organized body, and praised working people as the real aristocracy. He recalled Roosevelt and pressed church aid after San Francisco fires.
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Church
All Aboard For Heaven Religious Ticket Scam Shocks Geneva
In Geneva Switzerland Abbe Burra head of an apostolic school ran a plan selling heaven tickets to gullible followers. He offered four classes priced at five ten fifty and two francs each. Tickets looked like bank notes bearing class designations and promised earthly payment and heavenly repayment. Police and church officials halted the operation and referred it to the bishop.
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Park Avenue Methodist Church
Park Avenue
Robey Street
Joseph Wardle
Chicago
Roosevelt
Ceneva
Switzerland
Abbe Burra
Apostolic School
Canton of
Schwarz
Burrall
Speed blamed for Salisbury railway disaster investigation
London reports that excessive speed caused the Salisbury rail disaster of July 1. inspectors find engine speed at least twice the authorized limit, with Major Pringle leading the inquiry. Upward of a score of U.S. citizens traveling from Plymouth to London died.
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London
Board of Trade
Salisbury
United States
Plymouth
Pringle
He Surely Pays His Debts
Morristown New Jersey September 20 Nathan Peterson of Passaic returns to Hackettstown after twenty five years to settle old dues. Creditors received payments ranging from seven to fifty dollars with interest. Peterson had faced adversity and illness but vowed to clear obligations once able to do so.
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Morristown
N. JJ
Nathan Peterson
Passaic
Hackettstown
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