Earthquake in Italy Causes Heavy Death Toll and Panic
A severe earthquake devastates Calitri and surrounding towns killing many and injuring scores, with officials reporting multiple fatalities in San Sossio and San Seleo. King and Queen visit the scene as relief work begins, while villagers flee and authorities organize aid. The tremor is felt across Basilicata and Calabria, prompting evacuations and emergency measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Sossio
San Selee
Sardinia
Italy
Geik
Camprnia
Velling
Calltri
Calitel
San Belae
Peerg Ut
Panuw
Panuw Truken
Girl Stenographer Esther Mearson Missing in New York
Police and relatives search New York for Esther Mearson a 16 year old stenographer missing since she went downtown yesterday to seek work. Her mother contacted friends she planned to visit and Esther had no definite plans beyond calling on Downtown offices seeking stenography work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Esther Mearson
Mearson
Ruth Wheeler
Esther
Bragg Passes Crisis in Wisconsin Report
Fond du Lac Wisconsin June 7 Gen Edward S Bragg is seriously ill from an accident months ago. Physicians say he is much improved tonight and defenseers believe recovery is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Edward S Bragg
Crisis at Bluefields threatens to stop ships
Bluefields Nicaragua faces a tense stand off as Gen Rivas threatens to stop all vessels and Commander Harold K Hines of the gunboat Dubuque replies that any attack on American ships will be met with force. The dispute follows Washington's May 31 proclamation denying seizure rights without owner consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Harold K Hines
Dubuque
Rivas
Madrid
Bluefields Bluff
United States
Washington
Hines
Harbo
Madriz
Chere
Thomas P Moffaté
Gen. Chavarra
Procter Stock Dispute Involving Mrs Nadling Procter
In Cincinnati a woman claiming to be Mrs Nadling Procter contests ownership of 100 Procter & Gamble shares valued at about 40000. She says she lent the stock to Joseph Wychoff for safekeeping and seeks its return while seeking reconciliation with her husband F Percy Procter. She is a former Baroness von Kosuff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tom Paris
F Percy Procter
Procter & Gamble Company
Procter
Joseph Wycheff
London
Kengland
Procter & Gambleompany
Nadling Procter
Wychoff
Cormeny
Close Vote In Iowa Defeats Prouty For Congress
Iowa returns show Gov Carroll leading in governor race with Garst and Prouty both claiming congress nominations in Seventh and First districts. Broward leads Taliaferro in Florida Senate race. Egan ahead in South Dakota. Arkansas Democrats adopt primary reform and approve Donaghey slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Egan
South Dakota
Kennedy Victor
Arkansas
C A Kennedy
A & Pollard
Dam
Charles Grilk
Oa Dearmand
E Pickett
John Dennison
Gilbert N Hhugen
D J Murphy
James W Good
Huber
Fizth
E Kendall
Daniel W Hamilton
F Prouty
Clint L Price
H M Towner
Q Start
Walter I Smith
W T Cleveland
Frank P Woods
Ho Hubbard
Furst
Egan
Sioux Falls
Dak
George W Egan
Gov Vessey
Elrod
Congress
Jacksonville
Fla
Broward
United States
Senator Tafferro
Faliaferro
Tampa
Pensacola
Taliaferro and
Antique furniture bound for California wedding gift
The mother of Theodora Roosevelt Jr and Miss Eleanor Alexander arrive amid heavy rain to pack Mrs Alexander's cottage furniture for shipment to California. The private collection, a wedding gift to the bride elect, will be sent along with their fiancé's party after the marriage plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Profie
Nhh
Theodora Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Alexander
New York
Alexander
Littleton
California
Koreans Plot Revolt Against Japan Linked to Korea Annexation
Vladivostok June 7 reports a serious anti Japanese rising plotted in North Korea by Koreans opposed to Japan's annexation. The plan is described as a large move against Japanese power and influence in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Russia
North Korea
Korea
Japan
Witch visit linked to missing man seeks police aid
The daughter of George L. Smithson, missing since May 21 from his M street NW home, asks police to search for him. She recounts dream tales of a witch, seances, and a walking table as part of a broader pattern amid his disappearance. Authorities note his history as a Washington furniture firm employee who quit three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Smithson
George L Smithson
P Street
Washington
Ted Ge
Smithsons
Smithson
Wild men barred from exhibition as deportation sought
New York authorities ordered the deportation of twenty wild men of Borneo brought for a summer show citing potential public charges. The exhibitors appealed to Washington. The Century and other magazines will contribute to The Post's new Monthly Magazine section debuting Sunday, June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Borneo
Washington x
Century
Metlbner’s
Collier's
McClure's
Saturday Evening Post
the Post
Allen Potts Injured in Car Crash Near Littleton NC
Special to The Washington Pal describes a 30 foot embankment crash eight miles from Littleton in Panacea Springs North Carolina. B A Blenner’s white special of the Carolina endurance run wrecked. occupants injured including Allen Potts of the Richmond Times Dispatch with severe bruises and a sprained wrist Coleman Cutchins driver with head and face cuts W B Nelson timer with two fractured wrists and Alpert and others rendered dazed or unconscious as the car struck the Seaboard Air Line track and split apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Pal
Littleton
A. Blenner
Carolina
Allen Potts
Richmond Times-Dispatch
BR. B
Alport
W B Nelson
Coleman Cutchins
Cutchins
Seaboard Air Line
Potts
Nelson
Would Die for Love Fires Bullet Into Breast
Roberta Bartroff of Glen Echo pierces her heart with a gunshot following a note and photograph of her sweetheart. She then flees to the woods in a suicide bid. The missile misses the heart, passing through her body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Bartroff
Glen Echo
Gayly
Woods
Missile
Theater Tragedy Drowns Out Burlesque Night in New York
A man in a box at the Columbia Theater on Forty seventh Street and Seventh Avenue shot himself during a final number. A 16 year old girl Roberta Bartroff attempted suicide with a revolver in Glen Echo woods, leaving a note for her mother and surviving after a bullet grazed her heart. The audience carried on as responders rushed to assist both victims, with doctors saying the girl’s recovery looks hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Tex
Columbia Theater
Forty Seventh Street
Seventh Avenue
Himelf
PO Lee
Charla Talbert
Park Avenue
Roberta Bartroff
Bryn Mawr Avenue
Glen Beho
Georgetown
Elizabeth Bartroff
Howard
Roberta
Howard Hogbee
Glen Echo
Roberta Fran
Minnie
Ure
WM Canada
John Aldrich
Charles Talbert
Taft Clinches Aulroad Page Without Pledge of Immunity
Government makes no pledge of future immunity and awaits enactment of law. Traffic organizations and administration will take no further action until railway bull is passed. When proposed increased traffic may be fired road officials pleased by truce declare construction work shall be resumed at once. President asks Congress to make rate clause effective as soon as passed. House sends railway measure to conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Wickersnam
Norton
Mir James Metrea
Pennsylvania Compéimy
Maneet
WC Brown
New -York Centr
Wwon Finley
Southé# Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Carmketve Commission
Finley
Southern Railway
Southern Territory
Diaz Arrests His Rival In Mexico Presidency Battle
New York reports from Monterey indicate Francisco Madero, rival to Gen Diaz in the Mexican presidency race, was secretly arrested Monday night and imprisoned. The message claims Pancho Madero fled as Diaz ordered his arrest, as presidential elections were planned for June in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Monterey
Mexico
The
Tribune
Francisco Madero
Gen Diag
Pancho
Estrada
Pancha
Francisco
Corot Work Sells Small Canvas in Paris Auction
A tiny Corot painting measuring about 18 by 10 inches sold at Hotel Druot for a price that surprised observers, with bidding lively despite the work's small size. The piece depicts a peasant woman near a pool, a bent cow, and poplars under a cloudy sky, and was expected to fetch much more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Paris
New York American
Corot
Hotel Druot
Black Files Contest Over Territory in Two Districts
Dr R J Black of McKeesport contests the counting of votes from territory between the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers in the Thirtieth and Thirty-second districts. He argues apportionment changes placed the area in question in dispute and would alter the outcome of the Dalzell race if counted. Dalzell aides contend county commissioners already ruled the area part of his district and should be counted. Black had not pursued further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalzell
House of Representatives
Thirty-second
E .S Stuart
Monongahela River
Dr .Black
Monongahea
Youghiogheny Rivers
Peck denies love letters from Miss Quinn in breach suit
Prof Harry Thurs ton Peck of Columbia University denied publishing any love letters or verses to Miss Esther Quinn in a breach of promise case. He said alleged verses came from his 1893 book Greystone and Porphyry and that he met Miss Quinn only in business and once yearly for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Esther Quinn
Miss Quinn
Peck
Notorious Moullae Mohammed Abdullah Captured by Natives
Special Cable reports Mohammed Abdullah known as the notorious mul lah who troubled Great Britain and Aden in Somaliland was captured in a recent fight at Hardega by friendly natives and shot to death. His followers became disorganized after the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srut Emmanuel
Miine
Tauloek
Rem Tower
Moire
Washington
Pum
London
Mohammed Abdullah
Great Britain
Hety
Somaiiland
Hardega
Taft Reaches Rail Rates Accord Postponing Increase
Eastern railroad chiefs agree to delay rate hikes until the railway bill passes and works continue. Taft urges immediate rate review, House to conference, and a White House confirmed peace with leading eastern lines. Officials say gains will be studied under the new law, with six Democrats backing conference action to remove the six day delay.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Calitri
Castelba Ona
Cerny
Pinte
Hallyamet
St Andrew
Monte Vergine
Basilicata Calabria
Gen. Bragg
Gen. Rivas
Garton
Chavarria
Rama Chavarria
Carton
Chasarrias
Topaz Fines
Lara
Saenz
Gen. Estrada
Estrang
Cartage Court of Justice
Baroness von Kosoff
Satan
F. Percy Procter
Iowa
Representative Hall
Prouty
Gov. Carroll
Taliaferro
Florida
Des Moines
F. Carrol
Warren C Garst
Hull
Kennedy
W Brookhart
Smiths
Smith
General Byers
J Ho Darrah
Carroll
Iowa Taft Club
Garst
Cummins
Dalliver
Little Rock
Ark
George W Donaghey
Friends of
J UT Robinson
Jelf Davis
Bride
Peninsulh
North Carolina
Binefields
Dalzall
Taft
Goldwin Smith
Senate
Lorimer
Man In Box
She
Sheeti
Iittle
Roberto
Rose
Emily Houghton
Mary Husband
Georgetown Hospital
Bartroff
Thirty-sixth Street
Langer
Mrs Houghton
Miss Hasband
Marshall Werner
Mr Aldrich
Dra McGee and
Moser
Talbert
West Forty-seventh Street
A. J. Fox
DE A
Horsford
Swagar Sherley
Loulsvide
Eastern Railway
Diaz
Madero
Mr Dalzell
Pege
Moullae
England
White House
Chicago
Taft Wy
Capitol
Fitzgerald Harrison Goulden
Galdfogie
Underwood and Craig
Alabama
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!