Floods and cloudburst devastate Pennsylvania towns
Devastating cloudbursts inundate Dunbar and surrounding towns in Pennsylvania. Seventy five miners rescued from the Mullsboro shaft after waters rushed into mine entrances. A picnic for 2000 workers at Oakford Park marooned. 2000 people forced to wade through knee deep water. Wind, rain, and floods disrupt the upper Ohio Valley and transport links.
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Debria
Dunbar
Mullsboro
Ohio Valley
Jeannette
Greensburg
Oakford Park
Union Supply Company
Westmoreland
Fayette
Hundreds Warned In Time In Redstone Valley Flood
Brownsville Pennsylvania July 2 4 water from a cloudburst rose in Redstone valley forcing 1900 miners and families from Smock to hillsides as the reservoir threatened to break. Many shelter under blankets and boards in steady rain while communication remains cut and details of losses are scarce.
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Brownsville
Redstone
Smock
Floods in Wisconsin Cause Major Damage and Bridge Loss
A cloudburst swept northern Wisconsin in the last 24 hours. Dams and bridges were swept away and railway tracks washed out in several places. Business was paralyzed in multiple cities with damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Brokaw dam near Wausau collapsed, sending a surge down the Wisconsin River and destroying bridges and near shore buildings. No life lost is reported.
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Dunbar
Luntar Pa
Couchhurst
Crand
Samuel Josephs
Keilys
Bowers
Wheeling
W Va
Upper
Ohio Valley
Wellsburg
Wellsburg Glass Company
Ohio River
Baltimore and
Oho
Woodland
New Martinsville
W. Va
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Wausau
Brokaw
Quake Fatalities Reported Across Piura and Guayaquil
A destructive earthquake struck Piura Peru this morning lasting 40 seconds leaving the city in ruins and reports say several children were killed with many injured. Nearby Huancabamba reportedly disappeared and Guayaquil Ecuador felt the quake causing widespread panic but little structural damage.
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Lima
Peru
Piura
Pacific Departments
Blacker
South American Insurance Company
Huancabamba
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Riobamba
Chimborazo
Ambato
Tunguragua
Babahoyo
Log Rios
Manabi
No Tax On Father Of Ten In Tax Board Dispute
Special to The Washington Post Chicago July 24 A tailor H Finkelstein with ten living children and eight boys and twelve girls once twenty total says he earns 25 a week and must support his family Roy O West chairman notes a man with many dependents should not pay taxes The board marks the complaint No assessment and suggests tax relief would help him while acknowledging limits on aid
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Washington Post
Chicago
Roy O. West
Board of Review
H. Finkelstein
Mr. West
Stork Welcomed by Three Grandmothers in Ashtabula
In Ashtabula Ohio on July 24 Denala Edwin Tong arrives as one of the latest arrivals. Welcoming the stork were three maternal grandmothers including the 83 year old great great grandmother. The mother Mrs Ernest Tong recalls her own three maternal grandmothers at her birth.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Denala Edwin Tong
Ernest Tong
Donald
Dorcas Snodgrass Missing Nurse Tied to Dr Norman Smith
A $500 reward is offered for information on Dorcas Ilama Snodgrass a Mount Vernon nurse who vanished a week ago Relatives say she had been engaged to Dr Norman Smith who sailed for Europe the day after her disappearance A sighting in Twenty third Street in New York is reported by Phoebe Cummings a servant Mrs G E Gibson and Mrs Crider are connected to the case as searches intensify across present leads and theories of elopement surface
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New York
Dorcas Ilama Snodgrass
Mount Vernon
Edward T Snodgrass
Berryville
Mr. Snodgrass
Circus
Burke
Picuiwe
Martinsburg
W. Va
Snodgraaa
Norman Smith
Mount Vernon Hospital
Smith
Europe
Snodgrass
Titus
I Leland Crider
Snodgrage
Misa Snodgrass
Twenty-third Street
Phoebe Cummings
G E Gibson
Cooley Place
Margaret Weston
Schmidt
Fear and perjury in Rosenthal murder coroner inquiry
In New York on July 24 the Rosenthal murder probe turned sensational as Assistant District Attorney Whitman pressed witnesses at the coroner's inquest. John Reisler known as John the Barber recanted an earlier statement about seeing Bridgie Webber running from the murder scene and was arrested for perjury. The hearing spotlighted the Webber and Sam Paul case and the role of police, with Whitman seeking more witnesses to implicate higher figures. Subpoenas were issued for attendants at the La Fayette baths where Webber and associates reportedly stayed after the killing.
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New York
East Side
Rosenthal
Whitman
Hines
Sangstore
John Reisler
John the Barber
Webber
Reisler
Sam Paul
Forty-third Street
Broadway
Nia
Hia
Mr. Whitman
Paul
Rebeler
Mors
Moss
Times Square
Mossand
Reister
Reigler
District 2Ettorney
la Fayette Baths
Harry Valle
Bridgie* Webber
Jack” Rose
Change of political supremacy seen in Roosevelt era
Frank A. Munsey, Roosevelt supporter, told a New York Times correspondent in London that indications point to a shift of political power to the Democrats as campaign opening approaches. He warned many conservatives will wait to see the fight’s outcome before major commitments and noted the strong Roosevelt following complicates predicting October conditions.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Times
London
Frank A. Munsey
Cal
Roosevelt
Munsey
Newport Gambling House Closes After Reopening
In Newport Rhode Island the local gambling den resumed full operation after a brief closure. Patrons, including Newport locals and Nautilus Club visitors, filled the venue as Sheriff Anthony warned the proprietor to shut. The owner pledged to close only when the Nautilus Club did.
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Washington Post
Newport
Anthony
Nautilus Club
France Expels Two Americans Over Roulette Wheel Plot
Paris July 24 a ministry decree expelled Walter Thornton Lewis of Shelbyville Illinois and Frederick M Sibley of Peoria Illinois both domiciled in London on charges they induced a wheel maker to hand over roulette wheels before delivery to casinos for tampering. Police found a roulette apparatus in Sibley’s Paris apartment modified to always land on the same numbers.
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Paris
Ministry of the Interior
France
Walter Thornton Lewis
Shelbyville
London
Frederick M Sibley
Peoria
Sibley
Girl Makes Third Rescue At Gravesend Bay
Dora Hyatt renowned for Bath Beach swims saved John Cronin of Brooklyn who was cramping at the foot of Twenty second street. She had just returned from a long swim when she heard the distress call and pulled him to safety.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington Post
New York
Dora Hyatt
Bath Beach
John Cronin
Brooklyn
Twenty-second Street
Miss Hyatt
Gravesend Bay
Wireless to France promises fast cross Atlantic messages
London July 4 reports a new continuous wave wireless system enabling 200 words per minute and picture transmission across the Atlantic. A European telegraph firm supports tests with Lyona France and Washington stations. After France America line, plans extend to East Africa and British colonies. The British government has investigated but not adopted it yet.
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London
Atlantic
Experta
Telegraph Company
Lyona
France
Washington
Africa
British Isles
Vote Against Ships Sulzer Pleads In Vain
Democrats in the House, nearly a hundred absent, reaffirmed opposition to battleship appropriations this session. Burnett of Georgia moved to table resolutions for battleships, pass a roll call, and the caucus backed the prior stance by 79 to 62 amid noisy debate.
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Georgia
Democrats
House
Burnett
Padgett
Naval Affairs Committee
Baltimore
Alabama
Officer Asks Time to Wed Four Days to Plan Marriage
Kalamazoo Kalamazoo July 24 Lieut R A Gilmore US Army stationed in the Philippines but visiting Kalamazoo asked the War Department for a month more leave so he would not be forced to wed Miss Sadie Bishop within a week They met last Saturday and it took four days to propose while Miss Bishop accepted in four seconds She would like a month to prepare but three days would suffice if needed He then asked for more time The text notes a Baltimore Union Station train schedule fragment follows.
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Gurl
Washington Post
Kalamazoo
Mich
R. A. Gilmore
U. S A
Philippines
War Department
Sadie Bishop
Cupid
Lieut Gilmore
Gilmore
Miss Bishop
Lieut. Gilmoré
Peres Drowns in Mine and Missing Girl Reward Raised
Report lists a drowning at a mine involving an individual named Peres and notes a reward for information about a missing girl. The piece also touches on political items and various notices, reflecting a snapshot of ongoing local news.
King of the Waupecan Celebrates 109th Birthday
James Moran of Morris Ireland born July 2 190 in County Roosi Ireland. He is titled King of the Waupecan for years living near Waupecan Creek Morria. Aurora Illinois observes his anniversary with friends gathering at his home.
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James Moran
Morris, NL
Aurora
Ill
Morris
Mr Moran
County Roosicommon
Ireland
Waupecan Creek
Morria
Senate Approves Alaskan Home Rule and Related Measures
The Senate advanced several public bills including the Sundry Civil appropriation for 116000 dollars and the Military Academy budget over 1064.92. It also moved the Alaskan civil government bill creating a one house legislature and biannual session with 60 day regular plus 15 day special sessions. A federal standard for apple barrels and a sponge fishing bill in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida waters were among other measures disposed of before adjournment.
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Senate
House
Florida
Tariff Board
Military Academy
Aussian Civil Government
Secretary of War
Gulf of Mexico
Panama Canal
Alaskan Assembly
Smith
Territories Committee
Belmont Corrects Errors in Stand in Interborough Stock Suit
New York July Belmont before referee Langdon P Margin in Venner et al v Interborough Rapid Transit Co seeks $1500000 for stock transfers. He contends earlier testimony contained many mistakes and that McDonald’s contract for digging the subway yielded no profit. Belmont says books may show a small profit but recollection has none. Other suits involve Frederick Ayer of Boston and John C Wilgon of Washington. About a quarter of stock not held by Interborough is represented across three actions.
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Interborough
Washington Post
New York
August Belmont
Langdon P Margin
Clarence H Venner
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Belmontf& Co
Belmont
John B. McDonald
Salta
Frederick Ayer
Boston
John C Wilgon
Washington, D. C
Interborough Company
Woman Falls 85 Feet From Seventh Floor Window
Mrs Florance E Massey wife of James G Massey a government employee plunges from a New Berne apartment window onto an asphalt areaway. She suffers a broken hip fractures of leg and ankle but remains conscious at an sister's flat as doctors assess extent of injuries. Neighbors Dennis Connell Lillian Humphrey and Russell Duvall hear the chain on the fire escape and witness the fall.
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New Berne
Twelfth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Florance E. Massey
James G. Massey
Secretary of the Interior
Misa Lillian Humphray
Russell Duvall
Dennis Connell
Government Printing Office
Lving
Massachusetts Avenues
W Bolls
Boers
Charles Wheatley
Mrs Massey
Eal Graham
Eal Graham, of Apartment 23
Ars
Humphrey and
Russe
Duvall
Fire at Newport home shows quick work by wife of Harriman
Mrs Joseph Harriman directed efforts to extinguish a blaze at the Newport residence in Bellevue Court while her husband was away playing golf at Newport Golf Club. An electric apparatus in the bedroom started the fire, and Mrs Harriman with help evacuated and controlled the flames. A transportation note about Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg routes follows in the same column.
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Joseph Harrman
Newport
Washington Post
Joseph Harriman
Bellevue Court
Harriman
Newport Golf Club
Pervants
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