River Disaster Near Pittsburg Kills Fifty Five
A steamship disaster near Pittsburg results in about fifty five deaths as fire and panic overtake passengers. Captain Politi estimates heavy losses while crew launch a lifeboat saving women and children. many occupants leap into the river and struggle amid burning stairways and collapsing decks.
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Frank Stockton Dies A Noted Novelist In Washington
Frank Stockton, renowned American writer, died suddenly in Washington DC on a Sunday morning from paralysis due to a brain hemorrhage. He was 63, a guest at a National Academy of Sciences banquet the previous night, survived by his wife and sister. Born April 5, 1884 in Philadelphia, Stockton left a prolific legacy of humorous tales and short stories, including The Lady or the Tiger and Mrs. Lerks, shaping 19th century American fiction.
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National “Academy of Sciences
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Migsuttle
Virginia
Slater
Harry Atgolloan
Philadelphia
John
Bouthiern Literary Messenger
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Waablogton
Carstairs
Maton Square
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Deter
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Hile
Alde
Peter
Aurosa
Gaxstales
Carstusis
Sileice
Jonely
Turbulent Trade Winds Hit 1909 Markets
Market review notes labor strife in manufacturing and distribution bottlenecks, with weather hurting shipments. Wheat exports rise year over year though mixed by week, while corn exports fall. Bullish government crop data clash with census figures, creating uncertainty. Northwest demand remains strong on farm implements and stocks stay tight.
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Agricultural Department
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Market quotes and prices by city and commodity
A long, garbled list shows cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit and Buffalo with ranges for wheat corn oats rye barley and butter milk eggs and potatoes. It ends with a violent incident note about a man named Somes Hardy aged 23 injuring himself.
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Commission to handle Iowa state display at St Louis Exposition
Gov Cummins will appoint a 13 member commission with $125000 funding to organize the towns exhibit at the St Louis exposition. Plans include monuments for veteran sites and capitol improvements with work overseen by veteran builders. Separate commissions will oversee Lookout Mountain Missionary Ridge monuments and a grave marker for Charles Shepherd. State hospitals face continued growth. four new facilities will strain capacity within a few years.
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Capitol
Vickaburg Park
Iowa
Iowa Regiments At. Vickabarg
Lookout Mountain
Missionary’ Ridge
Cattanooge
Charles Shepherd
Mount Pleasant
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Aberokee
Independence
Iissue
State Board of Control
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Saatituhan
Port Madlum
Anamosu
Senate Debates Chinese Exclusion Bill and Cuban Reciprocity
The article reviews Senate and House actions on the Chinese exclusion bill and the Cuban reciprocity measure. It notes amendments, planned debates, and various speeches by senators and representatives, including Morgan and Culberson, with focus on approvals, adjournments, and related government statements and proposed appropriations.
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Secretary of War
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Philippine Commission
Philippines
House
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Rep
Wash
de. Armouil
Philippine Islands
Red Lake
Pembina
Minnesota
Kalamazoo
Michael
Abraham Lincoln
Dream of the Jong and the Bard Cling to Heritage
A Chicago Inter Ocean poem fragment laments lost ages and distant horizons. It envisions a dream of unity across centuries, a world at space and time’s edge, where heritage and fate bind father and son and the human quest to face God.
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Myrinda
Grenetti
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Four Years After on the Path with Joan
Peter Carstairs confronts Joan in a garden after four years apart. She reveals a complex marriage and a plea for truth as they discuss past letters, debts, and unspoken longing. He questions her happiness and her memories, while she hints at a lingering hope for reconciliation and a renewed bond.
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Shotta
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Han
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