Great Hartford Connecticut Bridge Opens Great Span
The weekly report notes the completion of a monumental stone bridge over the Connecticut River at Hartford. Nine spans measure 119 feet each, with total length 1,192.5 feet and width 82 feet, costing about 3 million dollars after nearly three years of work. It surpasses many peers in overall size and symmetry, not single features.
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Connecticut River
Hartford
London Bridge
Connecticut Bridge
Cassier
Cabin John Creek
Congleton
England
Hartford Bridge
Glossaries aid American plays for London audiences humor
An American play in London needs a glossary to explain unfamiliar terms, which the audience finds funny and enhances the show. The piece notes Shakespearean works also use glossaries and suggests English critics miss language evolution, tracing American slang to its sources.
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London
Asquith rises through political ranks to Top Office
Mr. Asquith, newly named British premier, entered Parliament in 1886. A single speech won public notice leading Gladstone in 1892 to offer him home secretary. He stayed at the home office until 1895, spent ten years in opposition, and has been chancellor since December 1905, totaling five years three months as a crown officer. His rapid ascent to the top is noted as nearly unprecedented.
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Asquith
Gladstone
Home Secretary
Home Office
Rosebery
Possible Alaska gas strike sparks next rush report
The piece speculates a gasoline well discovery may trigger another Alaskan rush tied to the Paris racers route, while doubting whether the claim is real or bluff.
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Alaska
Call for Municipal Efficiency urged by Dr Allen of New York
Dr. Allen of New York urges citizens to concentrate efforts on making municipal government thoroughly efficient. He argues that efficient city governance is valuable, stating the idea is worth much to any city.
Trials, rail progress and storms jolt Iowa news
A clerical error in a Boone trial requires retrial for Carlson versus Adix. St. Paul and Des Moines steel delivery speeds Short Line track work to Mason City with hoped July 1 completion. Various local cases include Miss Bessie Johnson suit against Princeton school board and raiding of Sioux City clubs. Weather storms damage Clear Lake. drownings near Ottumwa and Pella. drainage ditch project dismissed. a world trip wager for two Clinton youths.
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Cree
Carlson
Frank Adix
Boone
St. Paul & Des Moines
Town Falls
Mason City
H. V. Bailey
Council Bluffs
James McRobert
Bessie M. Johnson
Davenbert
Scott County
School Board of
Princeton
E. L. Slaughter
8. Porter
P. H. McGinnis
Harry Martin
Elk's Club
Hawkeye Club
Chas
Cooper
Herbert Campbell
Clinton
Chicago
Gibraltar
Port Said
Bombay
Singapore
Hongkong
Honolulu
San Francisco
J. C. Benedict
Davenport
Emma
Superintendent of Schools
I. L. Smart
Corn Products Company
Juce Cooks
Iowa
Missouri River
Sioux City
Coyington
Ranges City
Mike Sporer
Colfax Consolidated Coal Company
Seegers
Miss Lotsa Horn
Sri
Clinton District Court
Miss Horn
Congress Debates Subscriptions and Defense Bills
The house rejected the post office ship subsidy in a 145 to 156 vote while a campaign contribution publicity bill passed 160 to 1265. Aldrich reports a national monetary commission joint resolution. senate and house move on deficiency and military academy appropriations. A variety of interior and forest conservation measures advance as Lilley inquiry findings are sustained 157 to 82. Senate approves omnibus public buildings plan around 35 million and a flag desecration prevention bill.
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Congress
House
Conference
Post Office
Senate
Aldrich
Committee
National Monetary Commission
Military Academy
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
White
Appalachian Mountains
National Forest Commission
Lilley
Connecticut
United States
Multiple Unfolding Political and Legal Scandals Across U S
James Brimmingstall of Dowagiac Michigan faces arrest for attempted homicide of his wife and is suspected in six murders. J H Wade University of Michigan secretary resigns amid accounting irregularities and reimbursements. Rev R A Ellwood Leavenworth pastor resigns after a woman accuses him of writing letters to her daughter. Mae Wood loses divorce bid against Senator Platt amid perjury charges. bail set at 5000 dollars and Tombs detention. Joseph Rosenbaum elected Illinois G A R commander. Mrs Sarah Morasch found guilty of first degree murder by Kansas City Kan jury in poisoning a four year old Ruth Miller. David Sheehan sentenced to 15 years court martial for desertion after ten quits and re enrolls. Senator Platt disputes marriage claims and letter authenticity in Miss Wood's divorce case. T A McIntyre bankrupt broker indicted for grand larceny.
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James Brimmingstall
Dowagiac
Mich
J. H. Wade
University of Michigan
R. A. Ellwood
Presbyterian Church of
Leavenworth
Kan
Mae C. Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Justice O'Gorman
Joseph Rosenbaum
Illinois
Sarah Morasch
Kansas City
Ruth Miller
David Sheehan
San Francisco
Senator Platt
Mae Wood
Miss Wood
T. A. McIntyre
New York
Multiple national incidents reported in one brief
A Chicago jeweler B Krasnicka was murdered at his Indiana country home and a discharged worker was arrested. Paris sugar refinery blast killed two and injured four. Old Christchurch Philadelphia damaged by lightning. Detroit bridge collapse killed two and injured three. a New York tenement bomb injured four. Federal grand jury subpoenas 46 New York cotton exchange members in Holmes case. Night riders near Lancaster Kentucky burned a tobacco barn while praying and singing hymns. John I McGaughey Indianapolis former county commissioner died by self inflicted weapon due to scandal links. Rt Rev JT BW Worstmany Cleveland bishop interred in Cleveland. Rioting in Cleveland escalated with car burnings and clashes with guards.
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General News
B. Krasnicka
Chicago
North Judson
Ind
Paris
France
Christchurch
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Federal Grand Jury
Edwin 9
Holmes
Lancaster
John I. McGaughey
Indianapolis
Worstmany
Cleveland
Teveland
Diseases of Mrs Gunness' Barnyard and Related Events
Autopsy confirms one of seven unidentified bodies in Mrs. Belle Gunness yard near LaPorte Indiana is a woman who vanished from the farm. Gunness found dead by her false teeth. Grand jury indicts Ray Lamphere and Belle Gunness as accessory in various murders. Across events include Lusitania speed record, mine blast injuring 100, libel suit in Paterson, and multiple country wars and disasters.
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Lamphere
Andrew Helgelein
Lusitania
Superior
Ogle Station
Belleville
Ill
Rosie Aronwall
the Daughters of Jacob
New York
McBride
Paterson
N. J
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Philadelphia
Illinois Supreme Court
Alton
Ambrose
Minnie Bibb
Cleveland
Contich
Antwerp
Europe
Albia Ia
Abe Ruef
San Francisco
Harlem
New York, New Haven,& Hartford
Baychester
South Bend
Ind
Marshal Hollowell
Mary Ertel
Rushville
Savoie
Robert Co. P. Holmes
Chicago
J. C. Wintermeyer
Michigan
Missouri
South Carolina
Ryan
Pennsylvania
Carrie Shaw
Hortonville
Wis
Charles Abrams
New London
United States
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Til
Arkansas
Allen H. Hamiter
Posse
Clarendon
Ark
Jussell
Man
State Board of Arbitration
Municipal Traction Company
Trinity River Floods Dooms Fort Worth Crests Record Level
Floods in Texas and Oklahoma kill at least seven in Fort Worth area with hundreds homeless and many missing. The Canadian River rises ten feet in twelve hours and railways halt service across Oklahoma as bridges wash away and gas supply for Muskogee is cut off.
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Fort Worth
Tex
North Fort Worth
Trinity River
Fourth Street
Rock Island
Long Bridge
City Park
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Eufaula
Indian Territory
Clarksville
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Midland Valley
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road
Canadian River
Infaula
Arkansas
Midland Valley Railroad
Jenks
Oklo
Tornado Sweeps Texas Causing Wide Destruction
A severe wind and rain storm swept Texas from the Panhandle to the south, producing tornado conditions. The period saw damaged crops, uprooted trees, and ruined homes with heavy rainfall flooding villages. Ausby suffered in the storm path as streets became impassable and utilities failed.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Panhandle
Ausby
Pexte
Morreh Airship Collapse Injures Four Hundred
The Morreh airship on a ceremonial flight broke apart 400 feet above Oakland. About 400 people aboard were thrown to the ground with serious injuries and possible internal trauma. Several are expected to die, authorities said.
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Alrshin
Oakland
Cab
Jess
Arug
Atty
Liberia wins twenty-two speckles of rubbes-treca
The fragment notes a Liberia reference and a unusual prize tally described as twenty-two speckles of rubbes treca, indicating a cryptic or garbled historical snippet with no clear event or date.
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Negro Republic of
Liberia
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J. L. Turner
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Pella
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