Powder Explodes at Cleveland Torpedo Factory Fire Following Blast
A blast in the Fairmount Manufacturing powder mixing department at 2294 Euclid avenue Cleveland kills one girl and injures seven others. The dead is Anna Frits 17. Injured include Christine Smitzer Kittle Howard Augusta Allen Lena Kort Helen Carey and Mrs Lisa Cottill. Fire gutted the two story building and caused a front wall collapse. Cause of the explosion unknown and property loss is under ten thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
Fairmount Manufacturing Company
Euclid Avenue
Anna Frits
Christine Smitzer
Kittle Howard
Frank Grosch
Augusta Allen
Lena Kort
Lisa Cottill
Helen Carey
Penser
Claimed by Nine Living Wives Arrest Stuns San Antonio Hotel
Christian Nelson was arrested at a San An deen hotel in the company of his alleged ninth wife, formerly Mrs. E Milburn, whom he wed at Fort Scott Kansas two weeks ago. Nelson admits he is wanted in connection with the case.
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Christian Nelson
San Andeen
Hare
E. Milburn
Ft. Scott
Kans
Nelson
Boat Dug Up In Mayo Reveals 2000-Year-Old Celtic Craft
A 46 foot oak carved boat recovered in County Mayo Ireland is described as ancient and well preserved with no decay. The discovery prompts cultural interest and showcases early craftsmanship from a distant era.
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County
Mayo
Ireland
Fire Wrecks Gelders Hotel in Atlanta. Losses Mount
A fire at Gelders hotel Tyner's drug store and the Pabst saloon in the Fitten building on Marietta and Broad streets in Atlanta caused dense smoke and extensive damage shortly after 9 am. The hotel, valued at 40000 and insured for 35000, suffered mainly smoke damage. several occupants were rescued while a negro porter is missing presumed suffocated. Chief Joyner ordered a general alarm and full department response as chemicals and liquor ignited in the basement.
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Atlanta
Joyner
Fie
Gelders
Bryn Mawr Denbigh Hall Destroyed by Fire
Bryn Mawr College suffers a major fire at Denbigh Hall the building described as the finest on campus. Erected in 1891 the hall cost about 190000 with contents valued at least 25000. Seventy residents face unknown losses while President Thomas reports looting but limited jewel theft. Rockefeller’s 250000 challenge may be jeopardized.
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Denbigh Hall
Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Misa Thomas
Thomas
John D. Rockefeller
Strong Wind Fires Leave 24 Families Homeless in Chicago
In Chicago on March 17 a fire at the St Catharine flats at Fortieth Street and Grand Boulevard forced twenty four families from their homes. A frigid wind kept flames contained as police officer William Scadion fell from a third story window breaking a leg. Tenant George Patton heroically rescued three women by using a bed sheet rope down the elevator shaft before breaking his ankle when the rope gave way. Fire damage totaled about $60,000.
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Chicago
St. Catharine Flata
Fortieth Street
Grand Boulevard
St. Catherines
Wikiam Scadion
George Patton
Patton
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Digestive Health
A fragment from a 1900s ad notes DeWitts Little Early Risers relieve biliousness and constipation without griping. Endorsed by O. E Hooper of Albany Ga who reports improvement and feeling better. Also mentions a Chattanooga camp plan for drills and ground acquisition following the Dick bill passage.
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DeWitt
O. E Hooper
Albany
H.R. Palmer & Sons
War
Peo
J. Smith & Bro
Minority Report On Ship Subsidy Bill
The minority of the senate committee on commerce, led by Senator Clay, denounces the ship subsidy bill as wrong in principle and likely to fail its stated aims. They argue it taxes all citizens to aid one industry, overstates benefits, favors high speed foreign mail subsidies, and risks fostering shipping trusts or foreign partnerships. They oppose government interference in private business and urge equal rights and burdens for all citizens.
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Washington
Clay
Senate Committee On Commerce
Senate
England
Congress
Lyddite a Boomerang Explosive to Fly Back at Slayers
London reports lyddite experiments on a hulking battleship fragmenting shells at 300 yards and near a gunboat 2000 yards away, suggesting friendly vessels could be endangered by 2,000 yards. The Outlook notes lyddite could act like a boomerang. Cecil Rhodes near death in Cape Town in critical condition. oxygen used. doctors anxious. Admiral Sumner quarantined ten days at Flores Island due to yellow fever on a voyage. Beaumont reports another floater found in the Neches river, six total this year, suspected foul play. Madrid forms new Spanish cabinet under Senor Bagasti on queen regent’s commission. Mrs Snider of Crittenden praises Dr King’s New Discovery for croup relief and bronchial cure. claims it helps with loughs, colds, throat and lung troubles.
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London
Belle Isle
Admiral Sumner
New York
George Watson Sumner
Flores Island
Montevideo
Uruguay
Herald
Nile
Big Jo
Madrid
Senor Bagasts
Oroup
H. BR. Palmer & Sons
Ian
Georgia Floods Swamp Tracks and Submerge Lowlands
Heavy rain across northern and middle Georgia prompted flood warnings to Eufaula and Columbus as the Chattahoochee river rose. Central of Georgia and Plant System tracks flooded between Albany and Thomasville. Cordele and Brunswick areas suffered washouts and train delays. Bridges and tracks damaged, with substantial riverine flooding reported near Montgomery and Hartsboro.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Eufaula
Ala
West Point
Columbus
Chattahoochee
Alabama
South Georgia
Florida
Central of Georgia
Albany
Thomasville
Mo Cna
Union Springs
Cordele
Brunswick
Brunswick and Birmingham
Tracks Under Water Hampers Florida Rail Service
Pensacola Florida March 17 heavy rains washed out fifteen hundred feet of the Pensacola and Atlantic branch track at Holmes creek near Chipley. No trains or mail since Friday. Passengers and mail rerouted via Montgomery on Plant system while repairs by a large force under Superintendent galttoarsh proceed. Trains hoped to resume by tomorrow.
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Florida
Pensacola
Fla
High Water at Augusta and Savannah Rivers Rise Again
Heavy rains deluged Augusta and lowlands flood as Savannah River reached 27 feet 6 inches at 10 o clock with a 10 foot rise in 12 hours. Downstream, Flint River near Albany rises toward high water as ponds overflow and fields flood threatening crops.
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Augusta
Raine
Albany
In Memory of Altgeld Meeting at Cooper Union
Arrangements are made for a memorial meeting for John P. Altgeld ex governor of Illinois to be held at Cooper Union on Thursday March 27 speakers include Clarence F Barrow his former law partner George Fred Williams and ex Congressman John J Lents of Ohio.
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Altgeld
New York
John P. Altgeld
Sinois
Cooper Union
Clarence F. Barrow
George” Fred Williams
John J. Lents
Ohio
Texas Wonder Cure Ad for Kidney and Bladder Solution
An 1901 testimonial promotes Hall’s Great Discovery Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder issues including gravel diabetes and back troubles. The ad offers a one dollar bottle by mail from Dr B W Hall and includes a customer letter praising its effects on kidney disease.
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Hall
B. W. Hall
Ale Man
P. O. Box
St Louis
Inreenfield
Yonn
St. Louis
Publiio
Drewry
Revolutionists Active in Venezuela Threaten Barcelona
About 100 Venezuelan insurgents under General Domingo Monagas have taken Guanata and moved toward Barcelona after General Landaett fled from Carupano toward Caracas. Generals Nicolás Rolando and Jose Penaloza landed near Carupano and joined 1,000 rebels near Cumana, with Cordoba's forces advancing on Cumana and Ducharme expected to intercept Landaett. Meanwhile Bulgarian revolutionists attacked Turkish guards at Netuna but were repulsed with two killed. The sultan commuted Fuad Pasha and Nazim Pasha to exile.
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New York
Domingo Monagas
Guanata
Barcelona
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Herald
Libertador
Nicolas Rolando
Jose Penaloza
Carupano
Cumana
Landaett
Caracas
Ducharmea
Landacht
Cordobal
Netura
Constantinople
Netuna
Djumasala
Fuad Pasha
Nazim Pasha
Sirple
Hall's Catarrh Cure affidavit and claims in Toledo 1886
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co., sworn Dec 6 1886 in Toledo Ohio, offers one hundred dollars for any incurable case of catarrh. Notarized by A W Gleason. Advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with testimonials, Toledo address, and druggist sales.
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Frank J. Cheary
F. J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Court to Pass on Right to Employ Children in Mills
Raleigh March 17 A test case involving the right to employ little children in factories moves toward the Supreme Court from Guilford county where the superior court found contributory negligence in employing a D year old child. Despite two years of gains in child labor, several mills still use children. The legislature last year poised a law against child labor but many mills signed agreements instead. some did not sign and new mills have begun operations. Pyuy Balsam coughs and colds.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Guilford County
Boston Strike Progress Aids Quick Settlement Prospects
Boston reports indicate favorable conditions for rapid settlement of labor disputes. Reinstatement of many freight handlers at New York New Haven and Hartford sheds and the Clyde steamship docks easing tensions. Remaining issue concerns rehiring old workers by Merchants' and Mineral Transportation Co. Pressure from Caverno Jane and the state board of conciliation is pushing toward resolution.
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Boston
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Clyde
Ines
Longshoremen’s Union
Merchants’ and Mineral Transportation Company
Cave
Jane
State Board of Coneration and Arbitration
Norfolk strike and other city notices hit records
A garbled string of March 17 reports from Norfolk and Augusta notes a potential strike aftermath and a return to work by union men. It cites a trolley crash during unrest, assures no August strike, and mentions dock workers ending their walkout in La Rochelle. Additional items report Birmingham incorporation filings for Chemical Manufacturing and Electric Steam Bakery, plus Catholic dignitaries council plans in Seattle and Edmonton.
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Norfolk
Ocean View
Birmingham
Ala
Chemical Manufacturing Company
Capital
John C. Brain
Geo
W. Shinar
Catherine B. Brain
D. R. Carlton
R. W. Carlton
John T. Stokes
Electric Steam Bakery Company
Capital Ated
C. 5. Simmons
A. M. Robertson
R. G. McCarty
Seattle
Wash
P. B. Gendreau
V. G
Alaska
Edmonton
Albert
Father Gendreau
Yukon Territory
Sky Scrapers Doomed in Chicago Says General Smith
General William Sooy Smith warned at the Chicago Real Estate Board dinner that many big downtown frames are corroding. He predicted within a few years the skyscrapers could fail, due to steel embedded in concrete and oil coatings failing under corrosion, threatening elevated structures as well.
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Chicago
William Sooy Smith
Chicago Real Estate Board
After 60 Years Finds Brother Alive in Nebraska
Lewis J. Grant of Kalamazoo learns his brother Alexander, believed murdered in the Mountain Meadow massacre, is alive in Bell Grade Nebraska at age 70. Alexander’s daughter taught near the family home in Glengarry Ontario, a search by three brothers and an advertisement finally located him. Efforts continue to locate the missing third brother.
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Nebraska
LaGrange
Ind
Lewis J. Grant
Kalamazoo
Alexander
Mountain Meadow
Glengary
Ont
California
Tron Iim
Lewis
Bell Grade
Neb
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Promoted By Virginia Druggist
A. F. P. Clark of Glade Springs Va testifies Chamberlains Cough Remedy sold twelve bottles in a January 25 1901 sale. He notes the medicine’s strong local reputation and claims it provides quick relief for coughs colds and grip. Available from Palmor & Sons and W J Snub & Bro.
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Chamberlain
Pa'mor & Sons
Aua W. J. Snub& Bro
Edward Will Not Go Abroad London March 17
Officially announced King Edward will not travel abroad this year opting to cruise British waters aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert Victoria and Albert. The report notes plans and includes unrelated garbled mentions of remedies and pills without clear relevance to the royal update.
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Edward
London
King Edward
Victoria and Albert
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