North Dakota News Snapshots Hit and Miss
North Dakota towns report a cement factory for Grafton, warding off firebugs in Dickinson, and a growing hotel project at Courtenay. Fortunes rise for horse dealers near Gladstone and bent on expansions from Medina to Bottineau. Elections, rail and Soo extension discussions ripple through Cavalier, Enderlin, Portal, and Valley City with farms, elevators, and new enterprises across the state.
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Grafton
Fargo
Fessenden
Dickinson
Gladstone
Wheelock
Kenmare
Donnybrook
Haslam
Devils Lake
Des Lacs
Consolidated
Cavalier County
Bottineau
Barnes County
Valley City
Sharon
Glenullin
J.4
Grieg
Wimbledon
Munich
Kenmore
Missouri Elects Senator Warner at Last Moment
Maj. William Warner Republican of Kansas City was elected United States senator from Missouri, succeeding Francis Marion Cockrell. The 67th ballot in the 45th joint session produced Warner's victory moments before sine die adjournment, with final adjournment at 3 o'clock. A separate note reports tobacco magnate Duke planning a Carnegie Hall speech on the tobacco trust and government probes.
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Maj
Warner
Persouri
William Warner
Kansas City
United States
Missouri
Francis Marion Cockrell
Richard C. Kerens
Wune
Carnegie Hall
American Tobacco Company
The
Tobacco Trust
Duke
Washington
Assault on postal rider ends in violence in Chicago
Peter Sololmin sky, seventeen, in charge of a United States mail wagon, was clubbed in an alley behind a West Madison street post office by a carriage driver disputing right of way. Found unconscious hours later, he may not recover. Driver Robert Jones was arrested.
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Chicago
Peter Sololminsky
United States
West Madison Street
Sololminsky
Robert Jones
Police in boodle scandal nets another Allegheny conviction
Pittsburgh March 21 Allegheny County police scandal yields Charles Etripeke street commissioner found guilty of abetting a keep house and taking a bribe. Police Superintendent Melvin H Campbell also convicted on a similar charge. Indictments returned against 123 others including two more Allegheny officials. Cases to be taken up by the court at once.
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Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Charles Etripeke
Allegheny
Kee
Melvin H. Campbell
Plague Decimates Pisagua Population in Chile
Owing to bubonic plague, not more than 500 inhabitants remain in Pisagua, Chile. The city once housed 20,000 people as residents fled seeking safety. Only one doctor remains, two have fallen ill. Hospital reports 136 cases with twelve new ones in a day, five deaths.
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Pisagua
Chile
Expose to Tobacco Trust. Mrs. Webb-Duke Plans Hall Hire
New York report notes Mrs. Alice Webb-Duke, married to Brodie, intends hiring a hall as part of a broader expose tied to tobacco trust concerns. The item hints at ongoing social and financial implications for the couple amid public scrutiny.
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Alice Webb-Duke
New York
Brodie
Erie Train Plunges Down Embankment Near Hammond
Hammond Indiana March 21 Erie railroad train No 7 while running at sixty miles an hour plunged down a twenty foot embankment injuring twelve people two of whom may die.
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Hammond
Ind
Erie Railroad
Tragic Fire Believed Set by Teen in Pennsylvania Barn
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania on March 21 investigators suspect sixteen year old Blanche Dinger killed her mother and then set fire to her father’s barn and burned to death herself.
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Punxsutaway
Blanche Dinger
Fears Native Uprising Prompt Troop Request in Cameroons
German West Africa governor seeks two more companies of troops after Dr Stiebel reports unrest among natives in the Cameroons. Berlin dispatch notes the Reichstag heard the disquieting news and immediate military reinforcement is urged.
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Motro
Berlin
Reichstag
Stiebel
Colonial Office
Cameroons
Train wreck hits washout near Mesick injures crew riders
An early report from Mesick Michigan says a Delaware and Hudson train struck a washout one mile north of town. Conductor Jepson and Fireman Doyle suffered serious injuries while seven passengers were scalded and bruised though none were fatally harmed.
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Wala
Mich
DVL
Dassener
Rai
Mesick
Jepson
Doyle
Ten Injured When Santa Fe Train Derailed Near Hutchinson
A broken rail derailed Santa Fe passenger train No. 9 near Hutchinson Kansas injuring ten people including Henry Winston of Pittsburg who had a knee fracture. Two sleepers a chair car and the smoker left the track as the mishap disrupted service. A Mandan man was arrested amid a cashing debt dispute and other scattered items mention local woes such as a woolen mill plans and a mad dog scare at Hazelton.
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Santa Fe
Hutchinson
Kan
Mare
Henry Winston
Pittsburg
Donnybrook
Hazelton
Tragedy reports gunshot suicide near Avoca Mina
Avoca Mina March 7 Henry Terence, 37, resident eight miles NW, fatally shot himself with a shotgun the charge entering below the jaw and exiting above the eye. Jellico boiler explosion at sawmill kills two and injures four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avoca
Mina
Henry Terence
Here
Jellico
Tenn
Automobile Duet Trials at Crystal Palace Dust Test
The LondGum Automobile Club hosted a dust trial on a banked circular track at Crystal Palace. A pilot car set a 30 mph pace while the other car followed through flour dust, two cameras recording the cloud. The lesson was that heavier lower gearwork raises more dust.
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LondGum Automobile Club
Crystal Palace
Which Was the Corruptor Parrot Riles Household
A family recently received a brilliant talking parrot from a sea captain as a treasured gift. The bird has become a thorn for the lady of the house, who has a bright seven year old son. She asks a neighbor whether the child is corrupting the parrot or vice versa.
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Johnny
Meets Every Monday Night in IO F Ball
Neighbors cordially invited to attend with A H Brown V C and RB Brownson Clerk announce a weekly Monday gathering in the IO F ball venue indicating community outreach and local participation.
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F. Ball
Vieith
A. H. Brown
Brownson
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