Dentist Thomas W Evans leaves fortune and plans for colleges
Statement from Arthur J Valois NY attorney for Dr Thomas W Evans reveals the famous dentist, died in Paris, likely worth several millions though value uncertain. He may die intestate with heirs Rudolph Evans in Washington Miss Gertrude Miller in Philadelphia and several nephews. Evans planned lavish bequests to a dental college or charitable institution in Minnesota and to build Lafayette home in Paris for American arts students. Funeral services planned in Paris and Philadelphia.
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Arthur J. Valois
New York City
Thomas W. Evans
Paris
Rudolph Evans
Washington, D. C
Gertrude Miller
Philadelphia
America
Evans
Princeton
C. C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Morss
Indianapolis
Whipole
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Minnesota
Lafayette
Rue de la Pont
Dr. Evans
St. John's Episcopal Church
Klondike voyage by Gustaveson's steam sail boat sleigh
John Gustaveson plans a novel overland Klondike journey using a combined boat sleigh and iceboat. The 82 foot hull carries a six horsepower engine with paddle wheels and two schooner masts for steam and sail propulsion. Six men could ride with supplies as it traverses Edmonton to Nelson river then river routes toward gold fields.
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John Gustaveson
Klondike
Gustaveson
Illnois Central Company
Chicago
South Seeley Avenue
Edmonton
Canada
Nelson River
Treatment of consumption and state sanitarium plan
A report to the state department by Commercial Agent Moore at Weimar summarizes Prof. Von Leiden’s lecture on consuming treatment. He urges establishing state sanitariums as best for disease care, arguing that good air proper exercise and sanitary conditions offer more benefit than other methods.
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State Department
Moore
Weimar
Prof
von Leiden
London Waiters Paid by Tips Like Paris
A first class hotel employee in London was arrested for overcharging guests and claimed he was given $20 in checks each morning to cover shortfalls, with no wages and charges for breakage. His good character and the truth of his statements were not denied. Berlin Parliament House revenue reaches $50,000 annually from a 191% cent admission fee.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Dying Tacoma Architect Accepts Coffin Payment Deal
Architect Andrew Smith of Tacoma agrees to have his coffin and burial paid as payment for planning an addition to Undertaker Conrad Hoska’s house. Smith, about 50, suffers stomach cancer and expects only months to live, hoping to leave money for his three children. Hoska, Tacoma coroner, accepts the work as settlement.
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Tacoma
Andrew Smith
Wash
Conrad L. Hoska
Pierce County
Smith
Hoska
North End
Ile
Hosta
Woska
St. Paul & Tacoma Timber Company
Ife
West End
Man Bitten by Rats in Lunchbox Attack
Wesley Latal of 2216 South Broadway, St. Louis, suffers severe bites from two rats inside his lunch, one tearing flesh from his finger. A city dispensary treated the wounds and the doctor warned of possible hydrophobia as Latal reels from the painful encounter.
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St. Lonia
Wesley Latal
South Broadway
St. Louis
Latal
Latel
Ife
Helwig
Brothers Stricken by Paralysis at Noon in St Louis
Two St Louis saloon keepers, brothers Louis Schrempp aged 45 and Joseph Schrempp aged 42, were struck with paralysis at the noon hour while behind their saloons. Louis is in critical condition with right side paralysis, Joseph with left side paralysis but believed to recover. Both families live above their establishments at 3630 Loughborough Ave and 4001 South Broadway.
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St. Louisans
Louis Schrempp
Joseph Schrempp
St. Louis
Louis
Joseph
Loughborough Avenue
South Broadway
Stagg
Jordan
A Queer Grand Jury Takes Up a Freeing Save for a Boy
Campbell county Kentucky grand jury at Newport heard the case of 17 year old Charles W Shotwell for housebreaking. He had been in jail three months and lived in rags after losing both parents. He admitted joining an older person in a break in but the other escaped. The jury returned no indictment, but took up a purse for the boy, bought new clothes, and gave him hope for a better life.
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Grand Jury
Campbell County
Newport
Charles W. Shotwell
Shotwell
Trophied Waters and Lighthouses in Denmark News Brief
Lighthouses in Denmark are supplied with oil poured from vessels during storms, explaining why two or three ships circle each lighthouse in rough seas. Nearby Australia reports caterpillars six inches to a foot long around the Darling River. A garbled note mentions Cetthwerg, likely a misread term, amid uncertain text.
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Denmark
Darling River
Australia
1897 Bradstreets Year in Review Promises and Pasts
New York reports a calm holiday period and a year of mixed outcomes as Bradstreets notes 1897 closed with substantial business activity, lower corporate failures, and heavy trade. Despite tariff constraints, imports and foreign demand boosted American breadstuffs and manufactured goods, while overall assets to liabilities improved and normalizing conditions emerged after prior panics.
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Kenresus
New York
Bradstreets
axeLory
Bradstreet’s
Northwest floods cause million-dollar damage in Washington
Floods across the northwest over the last three days caused about 1,000,000 dollars in damage. Major rail lines including Northern Pacific Canadian Pacific and Great Northern are washed out and traffic is near shutdown. Local roads such as Shelton Southwestern and others report severe washouts and landslides. Dozens of valleys report bridges and farm losses. several people drowned in the upper Cowlitz and Tilton valleys. livestock perished across inundated areas.
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Northwest
Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Shelton & Southwestern
Tacoma, Orting
Washington
Cowlitz
Tilton River
Grateful Showing Amid Fewer Railroads Falling to Receivers
A Railway Age report notes 1907 had the fewest new receiverships since 1887, with 74 companies defaulting in 1904 and 18 in 1897 but only a handful in recent years. contrasts wit h large mileage and capitalization figures from earlier eras. Washington observers report the White House closed for New Year, with President McKinley and Vice President Hobart’s offices quiet and cabinet receptions omitted as a sign of sympathy. New York items show Stephen Y. White reinstated to full NYSE membership after the Panic of 1893 era debt settlement.
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Chicago
Railway Age
Washington
White House
McKinley
Hobart
The Temptation of Jesus on the Wilderness
A Sunday School note outlines Jesus after baptism facing four temptations by Satan in the wilderness. It explains hunger, misused scripture, the lure of power, and testing God, with scriptural quotes and lesson guidance. The piece stresses temptation as growth, noting angels ministered to Jesus after victory and that struggle strengthens faith.
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Jesus
Matthew Aind
Pelaubet
Adam
Mark
Luke
Satan
Holy City
Jerusalem
Temple
Rome
Greece
Orient
John
Patmos
Christ
God
Elijah
Heaven
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