Fight for Pettigrew's Return to Senate Weathers Barbed Attacks
Reports say Senator Pettigrew, defeated in the last election, plans a 1902 bid for reelection to the Senate with backing from the National Republican committee. Senator Kyle warns of a harder race as Pettigrew strengthens his campaign while a Sioux Falls rumor claims he earned over 1 million in 80 days from stock speculation advised by J. J. Hill.
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National Republican Committee
Congress
Senate
Kyle
Senator Kyle
Washington
Cation Ofdustrial Commission
Mr. Kyle
Pettigrew
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Italian man and girl jailed for burying live child near Hastings
An Italian man claiming to be Giorio Buttarcavallo and a pregnant young woman were committed to Westchester County jail in White Plains on a charge of burying a live child beneath three feet of earth at a ravine foot near Hastings on the Hudson. The child was revived. Earlier, a guard named Huitalo was killed when his head was severed after being struck by a train car.
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Ian
Giorio Buttarcavallo
Westchester County
White Plains
Hastings
Hudson
Huitalo
Vostam
Conductor William Parker Dead After Rail Accident
Wm Parker, conductor on the Kanawha and Michigan road, met a tragic death in an April 28 incident. Details indicate a fatal railway event affecting railroad operations and local communities. Further information on the circumstances and victims was not provided in the readable text.
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Gallpolis
Wm. Parker
Kaniwha
Michigan Road
Lepers At Large In Baltimore Two Women Escaped
Two lepers, both women, are at large in Baltimore after health officers learned of their escape. Reported yesterday to the health commissioners, they moved to other quarters upon learning authorities were seeking them and had not been found by morning.
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Boston
Protest over Florida divorce law favors millionaire
Tallahassee April 23 Loud public protest erupts against a legislature passed divorce bill. It adds incurable insanity as grounds for divorce and requires a guardian ad litem to defend the suit. Critics call it special legislation benefiting one millionaire whose wife has been in a sanitarium nearly two years. Governor Jennings is expected to sign it.
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Jennings
Perilous Journey For Railway Promoters
A trolley syndicate led by Al Johnson and four associates narrowly escaped serious harm when a tree broke on West Hanover street causing frightened horses to crash into a telegraph pole. Passengers W Slack, Wilbur Sadler, B Drake, T B Lynch, and W Callahan escaped with no serious injuries and continued the voyage after securing another carriage.
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Trenton
Not
Anvil
al Johnson
West Hanover St
W. Slack
New York
Wilbur Sadler
B. §. Drake
Chicago Tele Company Plans Nationwide Consolidation
Split President John M Clark of the Chicago Telephone Co states active measures are under way to organize the telephone business of the country into one large concern with headquarters in Chicago Jolai Babin slated to head the new company will be in Chicago Wednesday evening for discussions.
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Chicago
Spli
John M. Clark
Chicago Telephone Co
Jola I Babin
Public company plans capital expansion and wire telephones
A report states a new company will hold a capital of 90,000,000 dollars and control 1,901,000 mites of wire and 1,000 telephones. Steps will be taken to boost profits by introducing a graded rate structure.
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Rarorta
Frederick P. Fish Named President of Bell Telephone Co
New York April 23. Frederick P. Fish will take the office of president of the American Bell Telephone Co and of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co on July 1. Salary set at 100000 dollars yearly. Fish, 47, is senior partner in the Boston law firm Fish Richardson Herrick Neaves.
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New York
Frederick P. Fish
American Bell Telephone Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Fish
Boston
Fish, Richardson, Herrick & Neaves
Desperadoes Rob Northwest Gambling House of $20,000
A bold robbery at a Newcastle gambling house Saturday night nets $20,000 as two bandits threaten a crowd of about eighty patrons. A train hold up in Arkansas is also reported, with details limited. Seattle and Washington mentions accompany the garbled item, reflecting a Northwest crime wave amid uncertain specifics.
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Seattle
Wash
Northwest
New Castle
Train Held Up Near Bridge Junction Arkansas
Memphis reports a fast express on the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railroad was stopped by bandits at Bridge Junction across the river in Arkansas. In the ensuing fight the express messenger and the train porter were wounded. The robbers escaped with an unknown amount of loot from the Wells Fargo route.
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Memphis, Tenn
Bridge Junction
Arkansas
Wells Wargo Express Company
Weather Update Unsettled Tonight and Wednesday
Weather continues unsettled with showers probable tonight and into Wednesday. Forecasters expect periods of rain, breezy conditions, and cooler temperatures across the region as a low-pressure system tracks northward. Municipal crews urge readiness for brief downpours and slick streets.
Gas main break from landslide cuts supply to several towns
An immense landslide at Cassville West Virginia ruptured a gas main from Warfeld Kentucky, isolating Huntington Central City Ceredo Kenova and other communities in Ohio and Kentucky. Industries shut down many schools suspended and darkness looms as repairs and reconnections may take days with thousands at risk of job loss.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cassville
Warfeld
Central City
Ceredo
Kenoya
Asiland
Gatlatonburg
Lvonton
Ohio
Promised to Consumers Delays Hit Akron Gas Service
The limited supply of natural gas for Akron residents ended Tuesday as repairs on the main line caused by breaks in West Virginia were to be completed and gas restored today. East Ohio Gas Co. urges buyers to follow the caution card instructions left at their homes. In Knoxville, five hundred cattle frozen to death in Mountain pastures amid deep snow six to eight feet deep. many people feared frozen, with a freshet expected.
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Virginia
Cauthon
East Ohio Gas Co
Knoxville
Tenn
Re-Election Push for Lieber and Sieber Dominates GOP Talk
Word spreads that Senator Geo W Bieber faces renomination and re election with limited opposition from the Au tBalcon League. Portage County backs Sieber, while Summit County is poised to deliver support and a united delegation. Coordinated by party leaders, primaries may be avoided in favor of a convention backed slate.
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Geo. W. Bieber
AutBalcon League
Portage County
Steber
Sumit
Portage
Sieber
Sumimit County
Portage Ix
Not to be Exhibited In Slot Machines Case
United States District Court in Chicago sentenced Mills Novelty Co executives for shipping objectionable pictures from Illinois to other states. Mills received one year in jail and a $5,000 fine, DeGignac one year and a $1,000 fine. Agent Molitor also jailed. Company valued at about $75,000.
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Mills Novelty Co
Ilinois
Kohlsnat
Mills
DeGignac
Charles Molitor
Juil
Still Rising Flood Reaches Grand Central Station
Cincinnati reports water rising to 8 feet overrunning Grand Central station forcing trains to pull back. Officials expect no further major damage and anticipate the flood to begin receding today.
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Cincinnati
Grand Central Station
Local Option bill praised as fair by ministers
Kent Ohio April 23. Ministers issue statement endorsing the Local Option bill known as the "Open bill" as fair and just to all electors except lawyers. It passed the lower house by a large majority before proceeding further in the state legislature.
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Gir
Ulnetwey
Defeat Sieber Urged by Kent Village Pastors
The pastors of Kent village Portage county urge the defeat of Senator George W. Sieber for renomination after he voted against temperance, claiming his re election would rely on saloon influence and temperance opposition. They warn he would oppose forthcoming temperance measures in the next Legislature.
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Senate
George W. Sieber
Hily
Kent Village
Portage County
Sieber
Frank B. Hoffman
Ghureh of Christ
W. D. Starkey
Methodist Episcopal
TS Smedley
Coffee to Postum Helped Woman Escape Ills
Mrs. Joannette B Brown of New Haven testifies for Postum Wood Coffee after years of rheumatic pain swelling and heart weakness. She credits stopping coffee and adopting Postum with curing her and restoring health and energy. She urges others to try Postum for similar relief.
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Joannette B. Brown
St, New Haven
Conn
State Hospital
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Via
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Desperadoes
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