Five Die as Baltimore Fire Traps Armiger Residence
A Feb. 5 blaze at 1806 North Te street Baltimore caused seven deaths and several injuries. James R Armiger led a brave rescue effort with fireman McAffee as smoke and heat thwarted escape. Residents included Mrs Armiger, William B Riley, Richard Riley, Marian Champlin, Mel Champlin, Harold Manuel, and others. the four story granite front house housed costly furnishings and rare jewelry.
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Itimore
Ames R. Armiger
Te:street
R. Armiger
Tlliam B. Riley
Chard Riley
Ian Riley
Marian Champlin
Mr. Armiger
Mel Champlin
Arold Manuel
Turner & Mel
Wall Street
York
James R. Armiger
J. Williams
Y C. White
Cy Waters
Jones
Geven
Louis Whit
Whiting
Mrs. Armiger
McAffee
Eryone
Alice W Iliams
Charles Street
Quen
Mia Armiger
Daugh
Armiger
Richard Riley
Manuel
Mr. Riley
A. 8
Abell
Lafayette Avenue
Roof Collapse Kills Boy in Dublin Street Accident
In Stamford Connecticut on February 25 a roof collapsed at an old Dublin building injuring several boys. Patrick Kilkelly five was killed. Bryan Kilkelly ten died later with internal injuries. Antonio de Mato ten crushed and bruised. others sustained cuts and bruises as they tore down studding and rafters on Meadow Street near the railroad works.
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Stamford
Conn
Dublin
Patrick Kilkelly
Bryan Kilkelly
Patrick
Antonio de Mato
Meadow Street
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Des Moines Man Identifies Suspect in Body Theft Case
George Adams of Des Moines says the man calling himself J. Smith and George Smith is 8S. Claycolm of Omaha. Claycolm, linked to past body shipping cases, oversaw two corpses sent from Rock Island depot to Drake University medical college rooms. The coroner conducts an inquest into Drake college authorities amid stolen bodies found in the dissecting room.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Adams
J. Smith
George Smith
Rock Island
Drake University
Omaha
Claycolm
Jacob Helen
Hannah Larsen
Drake College
Tragic Brooklyn Girl Dies in Bedroom Fire
Lillian Cece Lyons 14, daughter of D iel Lyons, burned to death in her Brooklyn bedroom when an oil stove exploded accidentally. Epileptic and unable to move unaided, she was ensnared by flames before neighbors could remove her. She died before a physician arrived.
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New York
Lillian Cece Lyons
Diel Lyons
Brooklyn
Lillian
Bankers Accused of Fraud in Independence Case
William and Charles Fields faced fraud charges in district court, involving a national bank that failed in 1894. The case, tied to Fields Brothers private business using the bank as a clearing house, follows an appeal over lack of jurisdiction and a recent supreme court ruling.
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Independence
Iowa
William and
Charles Fields
District Court
National Bank
Supreme Court
Tme
Fields Brothers
Warehouse Fire Pounds Grocers for 20000 Loss in Indianapolis
A warehouse at the corner of Delaware and Merrill streets owned by Kothe Wells & Bauer wholesale grocers burned at 2 AM Sunday causing about 20000 dollars in damage. The stock consisted mainly of canned goods and dried fruits. the latter suffered the heaviest smoke damage but is fully insured.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Kothe, Wells & Bauer
Delaware and
Merrill Streets
Woman the Cause of Murder in Pineville Tragedy
John Hayes shot and killed Robert Green at a Pineville resort after Green attempted to draw a pistol on Hayes. Green, son of ex Judge Green, was jealous over Hayes and a woman’s attention. Hayes discharged the weapon, killing Green instantly.
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Lexington, Key
Pineville
John Hayes
Robert Green
Green
Hayes
Bills Flow Through Des Moines Legislature Amid Adjournment
Des Moines reports show February sessions with bills on state banks taxation public wealth departments and railroad taxes. Debates cover opium joints crematories fire risks and public schools while resolutions seek Vicksburg park support and medallions on soldiers’ monuments.
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Des Moines
Cheshire
Department of Public Wealth
Druet
Toax Express
Ranck
State Historical Society
Mitchell
National Military Park
Judiciary
HOUSE
Doubleday
Committee On Public Earth
McClelland
Marshall County
Congress
Vicksburg National Park
Curious Pfacts and Civil Rights Debate Highlight 19th Century Clashes
A mix of scientific curiosities and social protest fills the page. Pearls decay, silk machinery ships to Moscow, and a physician blames bad air for colds while an oven bird nests like a baker’s oven. A French physician notes tadpoles turn toward the anode. A Hawan womanhood suffrage debate voices opposition to changing gender standards in the state assembly.
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Tartary
Stonington
Moscow
Russia
South America
Germany
Commonwealth
Reed
Trade Review reports encouraging outlook and record low prices
R G Dun & Co weekly review notes treasury reserve restoration with minor disturbance, easier money markets, and limited loan activity. Prices of commodities at their lowest level since 1895, with weak textile demand, falling wool and cotton prices, large grain receipts, and 280 U S business failures versus 302 last year, plus 66 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Treasury Reserve
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Jim Harkins Narrow Escape and Peace at Disbrow Farm
Detroit Free Press recounts a tense confrontation between Jim Harkins and old man Disbrow at a rural log house. A gun, a triggering moment, and a decisive offer of peace avert violence, with Disbrow revealing he was ready to shoot just before Harkins chose a peaceful path.
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Disbrow
Jim Harkins
Disbrew
Joe Disbrow
Harkins
Detroit Free Press
Berlin Tailors Strike Amid Pay Clash Across City
Berlin reports stormy meetings across quarters drawing 15 000 workers as tailors and seamstresses reject the pay increase agreement. The great strike continues while the Prussian government seeks an amicable settlement and Reichstag debates allied government measures to protect female clothing workers from the truck system and worsening conditions since 1885 and 1887 inquiries.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Repudiation of Debts Urged in Kansas Meetings
Topeka Kansas February 24 an epidemic of repudiation in western Kansas prompts a dozen meetings across as many counties to discuss legality of issue E Ashbaugh a Republican and Frank Doster a populist lawyers offer to take railroad bond issues to court for 20 percent of the gross amount saved to defeat them
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
E. Ashbaugh
Frank Doster
Hela Tor the Strawn Murder Case Preserved for District Court
Sibley Iowa February 24 A A Bull remained held for the district court after a five day preliminary examination for the murder of Maud Strawn of Sheldon With bail in default Bull was sent to the county jail at Primghar Justice Conant ordered the transfer.
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Hela Tor
Strawn
Sibley
Iowa
A. A. Bull
Maud Strawn
Sheldon
Conant
Bull
Pei
Primghar
Mosquito Fights Rattlesnake In New Jersey Tale
A Washington Star reader recalls a bizarre scene in New Jersey where a large rattlesnake battles a full grown mosquito. After an hour the mosquito wounds the snake in the eye. the rattler is killed and the observer shoots the insect and has both preserved.
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Washigton Star
New Jersey
Jersey
North Carolina Rail Commission Orders Fast Raillink Rule
North Carolina railroad commissioners rule that one fast train must connect with a fast train on another line for public convenience. The change ends travelers losing eleven hours prior to a five minute save.
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North Carolina Railroad Commissioners
Bits of Knowledge and Theatrical Gossip From The Era
A jumble of observations on war and society includes ship counts, drink harms, and schooling data. It also surveys theater plans with notes on actors William Morris Clara Morris Nat Goodwin and others, plus a projected American tour revenue and upcoming plays by Nick Goodwin and Charles Frohman.
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Italy
Germany
James A. F
Gyman
Abraham Lincoln
Virginia
Henry Guy Carleton
Bermuda
David Gater
Garrick
Goodwin
Richard Golden
Jed
Clara Morris
Wilson Barrett
London
E. H. Sothern
N. Stephens
Maurice Barrymore
Diank Ghee
Missing Links in 19th Century Social Quotations
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss racial and geographic topics with references to Par Diamonds, Northwest regions, and colored populations. Mentions multiple academies and travel restrictions, plus unfamiliar terms such as Sin of the Basque and Tin traction of lango. Details are unclear and names or dates are absent.
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Arc Wales
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