Fatal hotel fire leaves multiple dead in Poplar Bluff
A three story frame Gifford house hotel in Poplar Bluff Missouri burned early this morning trapping guests. At least four dead and many injured or missing. sixteen to twenty unaccounted, with about a dozen severely burned during escape. Proprietor Morris and wife survived but lost possessions as firefighters work through the remains.
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Poplar Bluff
Gifford
Heck Clark
Donioran
Rebecca Owens
Shelby D. Hart
Curly Barry
Etta Hargrove
Winslow Stowe
Tennessee
Eugene H. Barton
Hot Springs
Ark
T. A. Smith
Barner Pernaud
de Soto
Charles Stradley
Benjamin Shelby
Pink Berry
Elmer Freshear
Jas. Upchurch
Regi
Shelby
Gifford House
Missouri
W. T. Morris
Captain Clarke to Begin Buffalo Bayou Work Next Week
Captain Charles Clarke of Galveston, holder of the contract to deepen and widen Buffalo Bayou, plans to start next week after a 30 day extension. Work will run from Morgan's Point toward Galveston with about 40 000 piles to be driven. Completion expected in nine months.
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Houston
Texas
Charles Clarke
Galveston
Buffalo Bayou
Clarke
Captain Clarke
Post
Galveston Bay
Morgan's Point
Bolivar Channel
Morgan’s Point
Supreme Court to Take Fortnight Recess Beginning Monday
Washington report notes the supreme court announced a recess of a fortnight starting from next Monday. The move follows an ongoing docket and affects justices and court staff awaiting further sessions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Secretary Long Sets Armor Awards Basis for Battleships
Washington report states Secretary Long has practically arranged the basis for armor awards on the battleships, detailing the framework for future naval construction and protection.
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Washington
Long
War Claims Note Outlines Chinese Reforms and Indemnities
London reports from Pekin describe a joint note proposed by foreign envoys to China as a basis for a preliminary treaty. Terms include penalties for officials, abolition of the tsung li yamen, indemnities to non Chinese claimants, razing forts on the coast, and limits on arms imports with imperial proclamations to suppress Boxers.
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London
Dr. Morrison
The
Times
Pekin Sunday
China
Baron von Kettler
Germany
Taku
Chi Li
Pekin
Tein Tsin
Empress Beheads Telegraph Officials in Shanghai
Shanghai dispatch reports natives claim the empress executed telegraph officials who carried a secret message from Emperor Kuang Su to Count Waldersee, alleging the emperor was a prisoner unable to return to Pekin. Additional executions said to follow. Critics warn of rising opposition to China's policy.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Shanghai
Henkow
Emperor Kwang Su
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
Maximilian Harden
Zukunft
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
Two More Bodies Found From Monticello Disaster
Halifax report on November 13 confirms Purser E B Milton and Baggagemaster Wilson among the Monticello victims at Chebegue Point. Total declared dead rises to thirty four with Samuel Durratt of Yarmouth identified as another victim leaving a wife and family.
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Halifax
N. S
Monticello
Chebegue Point
Purser
E. B. Milton
Wilson
Samuel Durratt
Yarmouth
Purchase of Islands Clarified in Senate Cession Debate
Washington announces the cession of Cebu and Cagayan islands awaits senate ratification. State Department officials refuse to discuss transfer, noting the islands are essential to American sovereignty in the Philippines and must not fall to another power. The islands were excluded from earlier cession by treaty geography.
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Washington, D. C
Cebu
Cagayan
Phillippines Archipelago
Senate
United States
State Department
Mexican Budget And U S Election Reflections
Mexico City reports Dr. Luis Felipe Corea has left for Washington after negotiating a commerce and navagation treaty. Newspapers debate the U S presidential election with El Imparcial praising Republican prosperity and El Correo Espanola linking results to Anglo Saxon expansion.
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Mexico City
Luis Felipe Corea
Nicaragua
Mexico
United
Washington
Republic
Mexican Herald
United States
el Imparcial
Liberal Party
el Correo Espanola
England
McKinley
Hull Paper Factory Aims to Use Oil Hulls in Oklahoma City
Preliminary steps have been taken to form a $150000 company to operate a hull paper mill in Oklahoma City using hulls from oil mills. The plan includes strawboard production part of the year and seeks to replace wood pulp with hull pulp. An agent has been sent to Georgia to study a similar plant and final preparations await success.
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Georgia
San Antonio Oil Company Elects Officers and Plans Drilling
San Antonio Texas November 10 The San Antonio Oil company formed weeks ago held a meeting yesterday and elected C H Dean as president E D Henry as vice president A J McCall as secretary and A washer as treasurer The chartered firm with 600000 capital will drill fifteen to twenty wells on 3000 acres of the Gembler tract and begin work within days Corsicana oil men have leased adjoining lands and expect operations to start soon.
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San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio Oil Company
C. Hl. Dean
E. D. Henry
A. J. McCall
Corsicana Oil
Yoakum Street Fair Draws Record Crowds in Texas
Yoakum Texas hosts its second street fair with larger crowds than ever. Exhibits include stock poultry and vegetables and free performances attract many visitors. Organizers report the event a complete success and plan an even bigger fair next year.
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Yoakum
Texas
Filipinos vow to keep fighting after McKinley win
In Boston Sexto Lopez, once with the Filipino commission and ally of Aguinaldo, says independence withheld will not stop the Filipinos from fighting. Berlin reports no confirmation of a Russian annexation of part of Tien Tsin territory.
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Philipinos
Boston
Mass
Sexto Lopez
Fillipino Commission of
United States
Aguinaldo
McKinley
Philippines
Berlin
Foreign Office
Tien Tsin
Fixings for Women in Fashion Trends of 1920s
The article surveys women’s fashion with Arab laces, black cotton stockings, panne velvet with gold, satin foulards, French knots, and lace waist bands. It notes furs like black fox with white hairs, Grecian satin for evening wear, red velvet gold embroidery on white taffeta, net vests with colored silk bindings, frieze fabrics trimmed in silk, and a high brimmed hat swathed in lace with a scarab buckle and feathered embellishments.
Social Philosophy and Witty Observations
A string of aphorisms on love politics and manners notes that love cannot be bought, a lazy man is akin to a buried dead, confidence once lost cannot be regained, and true politeness remains constant across ceremonies. It also jokes about politicians friction a locomotive headlight and a blond woman’s light head and other social quirks.
Placid man in crowded bar scene contrasted with spinster
A calm man in a crowded bar is described with the same placid restraint as a spinster receiving her first love letter, signaling a quiet, contemplative moment amid social noise.
Pointed Paragraphs and Aphorisms From Chicago News
A collection of aphoristic lines offering practical wisdom and cautions about life money and social conduct. It includes advice on budgeting avoiding disputes with the elderly or women and the value of effort and timing in daily routines. The tone is reflective and editorials resemble a compact column of lifestyle maxims.
Texts From Brother Dickey
The piece quips about a righteous man facing hardship in a world without companionship. It argues that removing hell from the Bible would not be noticed by politicians, and notes the office seeking the man is extremely poor and hungry, unaware of sleep. It ends with a moral line about finding heaven in the heart.
English Facts From Various Topics
The text lists statements on political terms population growth death rates and a accounting of salaries. It notes a six year senate term and earth population doubling in 260 years. It mentions Norwegian death rate lower than England and Swiss cabinet members pay. It estimates 300 000 Englishmen have lost one or both legs.
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United States
Earth
England
Norway
Kansas missionary notes English memory in China
In a letter from China to friends in Wichita Kansas the missionary reports that dogs bark pigs fall roosters crow and memory in English. He remarks on linguistic differences and the way familiar sounds translate in a distant land.
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China
Kansas
Wichita
Kan
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