Six Die as St Louis Club Fire Ravages Missouri Athletic
A seven story building housing the Missouri Athletic club in St Louis burned, killing six and leaving 24 missing. Fire destroyed vault cash, with more than 1 million in currency and coins feared trapped. many guests and staff escaped via improvised rope ladders and bedsheets as fire advanced through floors.
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St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
Boatman’s Bank
F. Williams
New York
T. C. Little
Chicago
Lee Walsh
Chas. Schimel
John Dwyer
Engine Company No. 16
Thos. Wright
Apollo Club
Wm. Erd
East St. Louis
Boatman Bank
Theodore Levy
Louisville
Jack Reisinger
Tucker
D!ze
Norman Roe
Roe
Reisinger
Robert C. McGill
McGill
Charles Baumann
Washington Avenue
Retired Farmer A Lehmkuhl Ends Life In Hotel Room
A Lehmkuhl a 36 year old former Fairbank farmer and piano seller killed himself with a shotgun in a room at the Eimer hotel. He called his wife to bid goodbye and left behind a note false rumor of a letter. Coroner released the body to Kistner. funeral planned in Fairbank with family from several towns attending.
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Eimer
A. Lehmkuhl
Dearborn Avenue
Henderson Music House
Kistner
Lehmkuhl
Land
Fairbank
Will Sehnkuhl
Fred
Independence
City
Charles
Summer
Hermann
Oran
Ernest
Waverly
August
Oak Park
Kistner Chapel
Fairview Cemetery
Tragic death of old soldier after temperance meeting
William R. Colburn, 103 Elmwood Ave, aged 80 plus, died after injuries from a stage fire-escape collapse at a Waterloo theatre leaving a temperance gathering addressed by ex-Governor Patterson. He suffered scalp laceration, leg fracture, hip fracture and possible internal injuries. he remained conscious until death at Presbyterian hospital. He was a lifelong prohibitionist and active church member with eight children, three living, and a funeral set for 3 pm Wednesday at the First Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodora Levy
Louisville
A. M. Stott
St. Louis
Ben F. Williams
B. C. Holmes
McComb
Miss
L. L. Leonar
Les Wolff
Carruthersville
David Blum
A. D. Harned
Chicago
Electrical Supply Company
Edward T. Kaub
Wm. Koerner
Mirwari Athletic Club
William R. Colburn
Elmwood Avenue
Waterloo Theatre
Presbyterian Hospital
Patterson
Amos P. Colburn
Colburn
Bithay
Pinckney
Lewis
S. Y
Carthage
Michigan
McHenry County
Tll
Spring Grove
Ruth Broadley
Daviess County
Reinheek
Dexter
Waterloo
Laura
W. C. Colburn
Stewart, Seb
HD. Colburn
Burns, Wyo
A. P. Colburn
I. Sarvay
Gus Penniman
N.Y. Siblois
Coburn
Robert
Anderson Post
Masonite
First Congregational Church
Brotherhood
Reinbeck and
Boys Held in Highway Robbery Near Davenport
Three Chicago fathers and a Clinton girl are charged with highway robbery after holding up a Davenport grocer, Oleson, at gunpoint Saturday. A police chase ended when the trio were captured minutes later as they fled toward the Mississippi bridge.
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Davenport
Marely F
Lewis Devers
James McKeeby
Chicago
Imand
Sutuiay
Am Dulomobile
Carrie Mart
Clinton
Qleson State
Tenols
Chiago
Clineton
Hart
Vavunport
Oleson
Miselsaippi
Anaw
Bank defrauder lands in Humboldt bank
Karl Stasshela was sent to Ft Madigan penitentiary for an indeterminate term after pleading guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses from Humboldt People's Savings Bank. Operating as John Hanson in northern Iowa, he sought temporary loans from various banks while preparing hogs for market. The Iowa Bankers Association traced and captured him after his scheme unraveled.
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Humboldt, Ja
Karl Stasshela
Ft. Madgen
Falm
Humboldt People’s Savings Bank
Btaschelm
John Hanson
Iowa
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Stasshelm
Tle
Sterilization Court Teaches Fort Madison Prisoners
Ft Madison March 9. The state board orders vasectomy on 23 prisoners, but operations paused while test case pending. Attorney Stewart says he will seek an injunction soon as possible. Plan for city manager also moves forward in Town Falls with two new ordinances to cut wards and define manager duties.
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Ft. Madison
Tra
State Board of Parole
Ger. B. Stewart
Town Falls
Thousand Dollar Bill Rich Boy Near Starvation
In Sundurs, Pau, a man claimed to possess a thousand dollar bill he could not spend after traveling through numerous towns. John Johnson, son of a Philadelphia merchant, arrived near starved but contacted his father who verified his identity and arranged aid at a nearby restaurant.
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Sundurs
Pau
John (. Johnson
Philadelphia
Tie
First Mishap of Kind Causes Fire Exit Injuries
A fire escape incident at the theatre injured a person for the first time in eight years. The manager Mr Bushy notes the exit is normally lawful and safe for descending, though not used by spectators, and says plans for early plantings and extended work were interrupted.
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Calburn
Bushy
Body of Clemente Vergara Recovered From Mexican Soil
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan awaited a full report from Governor Colquitt on Clemente Vergara's exhumation from Hidalgo cemetery. Texas rangers did not cross the border, and officials say the tale emerged from dispatches from Laredo and Hidalgo inquiries.
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Clemente Vergara
Washington
Vergara
Veregara
Carrert
Meyiena Falernis
Wic S. Benton
Tuares
Austin
Tex
Texas Rangers
Mexican
Clemente Vergata
Hidalgo
Mex
Texas
Rio Grande
Dirlent
State Capitol
Laredo
Supreme Court Denies Review in Dynamite Cases
Washington March 9 The supreme court refused to review the convictions in the dynamite cases involving Frank M. Ryan and 23 other members of the Tron Workers' union. Only a pardon can now save the convicted men from the penitentiary.
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Washington, T
Chprene Court
Frank M. Ryan
Tron Workers’ Union
Fair Weather Predicted for Present Week
Weather bureau forecasters predict a week of generally fair skies across most of the country after a storm battered period. A moderate disturbance is expected over the middle west midweek and eastern states by Friday with light precipitation confined to northern states. Frosts are forecast for early week in the gulf and south Atlantic states except Florida.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Florida
Free Textbooks Vote Shaping Spring School Election
Local school election centers on whether the city will supply free textbooks to grade and high schools. Six candidates seek the director post while no one runs for treasurer amid limited public interest and labor groups pressing for public funding.
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Ottoniwe
Fa. Marely
Ship Sails but Fails to Take Negroes to Africa
New York reports the steamer Curityba sailed toward Portland after a delay, carrying a portion of seventy enslaved Africans ashore earlier. A Cuban-flagged vessel with a white crew, Curityba was to transport those men and women to the African coast, but the journey did not proceed as promised.
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New York
Marelife
AfGr
Curityon
Chief Sea
Africa
Portland
Sam
Curityba
Aa Vutcher
Arim Trading Company
Texans Bring Body of Vergara From Mexico
A nine man armed party crossed the Rio Grande at night to Hidalgo cemetery, exhumed Clemente Vergara, and transported his body to Laredo for identification by his son. Captain Sanders reported the extraction, while Gov. Colquitt avoided comment awaiting details.
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Laredo
Tex
Texas Rangera
Clemente Vergara
Hidalgo
Mexico
Rio Grande
Vergara
Palafox
Perrons
United States
Garrett
Colquitt
Austin
Gov. Colquitt
Sanders
Rangers
Capt. Sanders
Prohibition Impossible Cardinal Gibbons Says It Is Impossible
New Orleans March 8 Cardinal Gibbons denounced prohibition as unenforceable in a Christian nation. While an advocate of temperance he argued the policy would foster hypocrisy and illegal whiskey production, depriving the government of tax revenue.
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Cardinal Gibbons
New Orleans
James Cardinal Gibbons
John ‘Tl. Gibbons
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Swingley
Boastman’s Bank
St. Lowis
Welock
F. Kessler
Ludlow
James McGinnis
Anen Dow
Bert Crouch
Western Electric Company
Allen Hancock
Wim
W. R. Colburn
Temperance
Golburn
Tam
Phigoa
Nas Thousand Dollar Bil
Rich Boy
Hileman & Gindt
Eimmend
Southern
Republic
Wilson
Bryan
Supreme Court
Pale Text Books
Tovar Wayana
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