Sixty Plus Lives Lost In Deluge Across Mountain Regions
Pittsburgh July 25. A cloudburst and torrential floods killed many miners and damaged homes across southwest counties. Fifteen dead in Superba mine No 2 near Uniontown with dozens more drowned or missing in Uniontown Smock Grindstone Linn Ellenwood and nearby towns. Thousands seek shelter on mountainsides as waters flood Dunbar Turtle Creek and roads collapse.
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Superba
Uniontown
Smock
Red Stone Valley
Grindstone
Linn
Wheeling
W. Va
Lemont
Ellenwood
H. L. King
New Martinsville
Monongah
Fairmont
Dunbar
Connellsville
Turtle Creek
Tintontown
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Mt. Braddock
Evans
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Wal
Boarding House Burglar Makes Long Fatal Leap
A burglar named Jacob Miller leaped from a third story window to escape arrest and died from a fractured skull and broken spine after landing on a roof and ground. The incident followed a failed attempt to steal a wedding ring a razor and $13 in cash.
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Chicago
Jacob Miller
Pauline Mineski
Miller
Roosevelt Extends Bid To Speak At Iowa State Fair
The Iowa state fair board issued a formal invitation to Theodore Roosevelt to attend the exposition and address attendees. Roosevelt campaign managers John MacVicar and Judge Stevens pledge cooperation, signaling optimism Roosevelt will speak during the campaign.
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Des Moines
State Fair Board
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Judge Stevens
Iown
John MacVicar
Fast Board
alacVicar
Morgan Reaches America Amid Stanley Committee Probes
J Pierpont Morgan returns to New York aboard the Miner Olympic after European absence as reporters press on deck. He refuses to speak, scolds intrusions, and challenges questions about Kaiser Wilhelm and United States Steel amid ongoing investigations.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
America
Europe
Stanley
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Morgan
Roosevelt supporters oppose party split in Baltimore meeting
Col. Carrington Jr a Roosevelt movement leader in Maryland states opposition to breaking with the Republican party. The conference before a mass Roosevelt delegates convention in Chicago signals a hesitating stance toward third party split and aims to nominate Roosevelt without severing ties to Republicans.
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Baltimore
Col. Roosevelt
Chicago
Col
BE. C. Carrington, Jr
Roosevelt
Take Up Wool Bill Republican Leaders Undecided
Washington July 5 The democratic wool tariff bill reducing duties on all woolen products about 50 percent was taken up by the Senate under agreement to vote before adjournment. Republican leaders remained undecided on the course to pursue and finance committee members met to decide whether Senator Smont would present the regular Republican views. No agreement was reached.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Smont
Treasure Island Sells in Honolulu Transfer
Honolulu reports the sale of Christmas Island once linked to Robert Louis Stevenson. The copra producing island changes hands from the Grieg family to an unnamed buyer named Old Reliable Big Head Cigar, via Father Rougier, amid piracy and treasure lore in the South Seas.
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San Francisco
Cal
Honolulu
Christmas Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island
South Seas
Rougier
Grieg
Post Card Shower Requested for Veteran Wesley Banks
Friends of Wesley J. Banks, veteran of the Mexican War and lone Iowa survivor of the Revolution, request patriotic cards to reach him in Centerville, La, by his July 28 birthday. Banks is described as a helpless cripple. messages will bring him joy. Request sanctioned by Dixie C. Gebhanist and Aura S. Parker of respective DAR chapters.
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Wesley J. Banks
Iowa
Centerville
Banks
Dixie C. Gebhanist
Town Daughters of the American Revolution
Aura S. Parker
Waterloo
Democrats gain as Reed loses in Iowa state race
In Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa, Iowa, Democratic leaders fought over committee seats as N F Reed of Ottumwa was defeated for re election signaling a Bryan Wilson shift. W R McGinnis of Leon opened with the keynote. J Dalton of the state committee lost by two votes in the tenth district.
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Dalton
Gotham
Cedar Rapids
N. Frank Reed
Ottumwa
Dryan-Wilson
Clark
Baltimore
Canes
McGinnis
Lean
John Dalton
State Committee
W. RL Dranjean
Emmet County
Brynnigin
Wilson-Bryan
Tenth District
Henry Riegelman
Polk
KH. R. Moore
Jones County
Riegelaan
Moore
Cedar Rapids, Jr
N. F P. Reed
Supreme Justice
State Central Committee
E. R. Moore
W. R. McGinnis
Leon
C. Huber
Tama
Congress
Fifth
Supreme Court
Anid
Mayer
Permanent Ore Sanitation
Tamia County
Temperature Report For July 25
Yesterday the maximum temperature reached 93 degrees at 4 p m. The entry notes markings by Buchanan Optical Co. and Syndicate Block. It compares with last year when the day’s minimum was 47 degrees and the maximum 72 degrees.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Ace Geeees Reese
Beveridge Named Temporary Chairman at Progressive Convention
Chicago July 24. Indiana Senator A J Beveridge was chosen temporary chairman of the progressive national convention in Chicago. The announcement was made today by Senator Joseph M Dixon in Chicago.
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Chicago
Tormer
A. J. Beveridge
Indiana
National Convention of Progressives
Joseph MM
Dixon
Theoretical Civil War Drill at Camp Douglas
The Reds and Blues armies prepare for a mock campaign across a landscape from La Crosse to Tomah and Sparta. Bridges and railways are “destroyed” while camps form at Camp Douglas as Lieut. Robert Beck Jr oversees farmer damage claims. The engagement time remains secret as 4000 Reds march east toward Blues.
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Camp Douglas
Win
Reds
United States
Blues
Hoxin
Dawt
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Tomah
Sparta
Camp McCoy
Robert Beck, Jr
Orlando Solandi
Thomas Whannel Dies After Long Illness at Amity
Thomas Whannel, longtime resident, died yesterday at age about 78 after a three month decline. He was a native of Scotland and a former farmer who leaves seven sons and a daughter. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at the United Presbyterian church in Amity with burial in Amity Cemetery, conducted by Rev. Haupt and assisted by Rev. Hazilton.
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Gri Wdbrook
Touly
Thomas Whannel
Mr. Whannel
Scotland
Andrew
Traer
J. H
Waterloo
J. M
Edward
P.C
Thomas, Jr
Mary Whannel
United Presbyterian Church
Amity
Amity Cementery
Mr. Haupt
Hazilton
Monmouth, IL
Freak kitten with three heads and twelve legs reported
Tenison July 25 Stillwater resident James Falk owned a freak kitten killed Tuesday by a vicious tom-tat. The animal reportedly had three heads one gray, one gray and black body with gray and black tail details.
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Tenison
James Falk
Stillwater
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