Tragic Marquette Road Wreck Kills Dozens In Ionia Outing
A high speed wreck on the Marquette line near Ionia Michigan during an annual shopmen’s outing left thirty one dead and seventy five injured. Freight orders forgotten by crews caused a collision that crushed six passenger coaches and hurled many victims from the cars. Victims included women and children from Ionia and nearby towns. Rescue teams and local farmers aided in the immediate relief as hospitals sent doctors and relief trains arrived.
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Ionia
Mich
Pero Marquette Road
Sen
Dasty
Vrlag
Plymouth
Boon Marquette
Cik
Mettese Ibe
Uinwyl
Inia
Ict CO
Josten Wis
Salem
Lem
Pearl Wen
Levin
BML
Titan
Ofelock
Saemir
Tonia
Pera Moyet
Detroit
Tapas
Mystery in Shooting and Disputed Salaries at Ballot of Ladies’ Catholic Benefit
Miss Bilza, a telegraph operator in Springfield, is shot through a window while at work. Re-elected supreme president of the Ladies’ Highland Falls and three officers gain pay raises amid a national convention. Robbery suspected. victim taken to military academy hospital with poor prognosis. Also listed: a $1070 round trip California fare via Washington Sunset Route.
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Ladies’ Catholic Benefit Association
Weig
Springfield
Mass
Bilza
Re McGowen
Buttato
Highland Falls
A. H
Catholic Benefit Association
Bridgeport
Cohn
West Shore
Fond
Snot
Dullet
Military Academy
Killed in excursion wreck names listed across Ionia and Grand Ledge
A beach of names including Homer Smith Yonia Albert Trautwine John Tofel Charles Hess Tonie Hess and many others are identified among victims and wounded from a rail accident near Ionia and Grand Ledge. The fragmentary list names passengers engineers conductors and survivors with local affiliations and ages.
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Homer Smith
Yonia Albert Trautwine
Ioni
John Tofel
Ionia
Charles Hess
Tonie Herman Hess
Daniel Hess
Sonia William Cornell
Don Rogers
Lowell
Midh
E J Pixley
Red to Entertain King at Dorchester House Dinner
Amb Reids season plans include a possible October day at Wiese Park near Mr Reids residence with King Edward invited. Miss Jean Reid hosted a smart dinner party at Dorchester House with Lord Acheson escorting her, guests included Lady Theodysm Aghemua and several Misses and Mrs Carter among the attendees.
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Sperlat
Wahhington Post
London
King Edward
Ambassador Reid
Dorchester House
Lea
Wiese Park
Miss Reid
Theodysm Aghemua
Mjils
Stolee Kiewon
Post, Carter
Drexel
Gendolen Osborne
Dadexs
Lacda
Mee Mils
Carter
Drowned bandleader saved others at sea
Atlantic City NT July 20. Cal Augusto AmcaTh leader of the Banda Gendarme of Guadalajara Mexico drowned in the surf last evening while aiding three comrades. He pushed the drowning men toward shore before collapsing, his struggle exhausted him, and he sank. He was associated with the Elks parade and had a prize in Philadelphia events.
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Atlantic City
Cal Augusto AmcaTh
Banda
Guadalajara
Mexico
Nera
Agzalli
Azailil
Agzallt
Philadelphia
Dl Paso Elks
Elka
Azsallt
London Ball Shenanigans Over Invitations for Mrs Shonta
The Washington dispatch reports a London ball where Mrs Theo dora P Shonta and her daughters, despite a Roosevelt introduction, failed to receive invitations. Embassy officials cited a separate set shaping invitations, sparking accusation of bias among the American colony.
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London
Kings State
Theodora P Shonta
President Roosevelt
Ambassador Reid
Wmbassy
Shonis
Reids
Mra Shonta
Blow Up Rice Lands Dam In Crowley Louisiana
About 170 feet of Grend Chesier Dam valued not over $109000 was blown up today with dynamite. The dam shut out salt water from rice lands but many people hold it responsible for floods and threats of destruction have been made recently.
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Grand Chestier
Crowley la
Grend Chesier
Lured by Love Accused in Baden Baden Murder Trial
Karlsruhe reports four days of hard fighting as Karl Hall a former George Washington University professor who faces murder charges in Frau Molitor’s death at Baden Baden defends his actions. He admits discovering Olga his sister in law yet refuses to testify while the German public and press intensely follow the courtroom drama.
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Karlsruhe
Karl Hall
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Frau Molitor
Baden-Baden
Olga
Hall
Herr Dietz
Lenck
Dr Gorgsle
Haul
Hau
Et ‘Way
Olga Molitor
Han
Hay
Olgs
Olga Haw
Schoenfeld
George McLanapan
Washington
Hnehte
Freiburg
Aschaffenburger
Cologne
Dramatic Baden-Baden Trial Hearings Continue
The courtroom scene centers on Hall the suspect servant in the Molitor case as witnesses challenge Wieland’s involvement. Disguises, torn trousers, and a bearded man following the Molitors frame a tense afternoon, while Hembold links a Villa Molitor telephonic call to the crime time. The judge fines Lenck for refusal to testify, and Hall explains his motive and disguise in a failed attempt to separate Olga from the Molitors.
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St Baden-Baden
Hembold
Villa Molitor
Hau
United States
Baden-Baden
Long Fast Cures Ills of Chicago Lawyer Hufford
Chicago July 29 For the first time in sixty one days George E Hufford a lawyer joined his family at the breakfast table yesterday After two months of abstaining from meals he consumed a glass of water and began eating again His weight fell from 194 pounds to 159 pounds He is forty and formerly practiced in Avastin Texas The fast aimed to cure chronic stomach and throat trouble catarrh biliousness and nervousness and the abstention appears to have broken the illnesses
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Chicago
George E Hufford
Bla Famy
Ma Tong
Halford
Avastin
Tex
Former President Cleveland May Be Able to Visit Summer Home
Princeton July 20 Former President Cleveland who suffered an acute indigestion attack weeks ago has not recovered rapidly. Dr Joseph D Bryant said there is nothing serious and that he is confined to his room after a gout attack. hopes remain he can reach his New Hampshire summer home by August 1.
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Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
New Hampshire
Joseph D. Bryant
Gold Rush in Pittsburg Park Sparks scramble for nuggets
Special to The Washington Post Pittsburg July 21 police blocked a crowd of 200 or more as children and adults rushed Argental Park to claim newly purchased government site for mining. Louis Groups, 18, found two battered coins of gold later valued, while Emmet Kenna, 14, found a small nugget. The park, once a government garrison, has a notorious 1880s cartridge factory explosion in its history.
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Washington
Pat Pittaburg
Argenal Park
Louis
Emmet Kenna
Thi Sraenal
Ita
Fragmenta
Queen of Madagascar Claim To Rule Kingsland Riches
The Washington Post Special Cable reports Elizabeth Horne, hailed as queen of Madagascar, claiming vast estates and gold in a hidden kingdom. Her circle touts a secret syndicate scheme offering shares in a Paris-registered company, with requirements that investors be “deserving” and sworn to secrecy amid government denials of concessions.
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Washington Post
London
Mmé Humbert
Paris
Hampstead
Elizabeth Horne
J ‘Madagascar
Greencroft Gardens
Mra Horne
Aily
Dr Cawle
Auelland
New Zealand
Catherne Laing Christie
Bros
Deagoman Determined to Wed Miss Ellwood in Syria Saga
Special to The Washington Post reports Said Kall Haiek, son of a Syrian desert chieftain, engaged to Blaze Ellwood daughter of W L Ellwood, a steel wire manufacturer. Despite her father's opposition and her request for release, Haiek is said to be in love and to intend to marry. His friends claim he will not yield to a father's command and may already be near De Kalb, Illinois.
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Washington Post
New York
Jetter
Kall Halek
Blaze Elwood
W. L Ellwood
Millonatre
Dregoman
Hatck
de Kalb
Ill
Haick
Miss Ellwood
Marriagsel
Haiek
Egypt
Governor Warns Railroads Over State Rate Law Dispute
North Carolina Governor Glenn announces a policy to halt indictments against railroad companies selling tickets above 214 cents if the Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line submit to the rate law. He vows to aid prosecutions to enforce compliance or challenge the law’s constitutionality. At Asheville, Judge Pritchard delays habeas corpus rulings as arguments continue on the rate statute and its penalties.
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North Carolina
Pritchard
Beeston
Asheville
Washington Post
Raleigh
Sully Guy RB Gienn
Southern Railway Company
Southern
Atantic Coast Line
Ted
Merriman
Thom
Finley Defends Action In Rail Case Statements
In Ashevill NC on July 2 President Finley of the Southern Railway issued a formal statement on the railroad cases before Judge Pritchard. He explained the nature of the cases and noted that similar actions have been filed across many states over time. The message reflects ongoing legal proceedings and the broader pattern of related filings.
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Ashevill
Finley
Southern Railway
Pritchard
Two Die by Electric Shock in Drug Store
A live 2400 volt line in Lewis Flemer’s drug store at Seventh and D streets caused the deaths of Walter Sousa, an Electric Company employee, and Harry Candee, a head clerk, after Sousa touched a grounded wire while working near a drop light. Candee rushed to aid Sousa and both men were transported to Casualty Hospital where Candee died about an hour later and Sousa died likely instantly.
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Lewis Flemer
Walter Sousa
John Philip Sousa
Harry Candee
Lewis Fiemer
Maryland Avenue
Sousa
Candes
Potomec Hlect Jble Company
Flemers
Sousm
Candee
Souia
Souza
Puy
Candea
Daneger
Milas Mermann Sevew Lee Speyer
George S Webb
Claude Berger
Tomac Electric Company
Mana Hola
Seventh
Webb
Chesit
Flemer
Phon
Pleme
Glazebrook
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Eddy
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Mamie Spreckin
Tonta
Ntl
Alvord
Mystery
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California
Berth
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Nweraperihi
Katherine Seteck
Louise Endres Bingham
E Jensen
Mire Jensen
George van Anburg Seroy van Anburg
Hugh Brook
A . Juller
Mus Dennis Smith
Kate Smith Leon Kelkosan
Same Kenney
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Mariun Dudley Wilam Dudles
Charles Dawson
Lloyd Weiers
George Taylor
Joseph Feeney
MC Feeney
George van Anburg
David Otto Mile Snell
Harvey ‘Town
Charled Dotson
Edward Bender Lugené Hannah Leo Benedict
Richard Jores
Dames Boole Myron Hannah John He Walton
Arthur
Watton Crank Watewits
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Anderson Hilda Anderson
Olive Turser
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King
Edward VII
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Bleicher
Yesterley
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Hert Dietz
Dr Goegele
Goegeie
Dige Molitor
Baltimore
Wieland
Molitors
Mrvant
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Germany
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Chris
Xander
Jersey
Qisrondeck
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Alleghany Mountain
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Ohio
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Jagascar
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Bva Horne
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Deagoman
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Ashevill NC
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