Murder at Bijou Theater Leaves Actress Dead
Philadelphia reports a premeditated murder at Miss Hassett's lodgings on December 4. Johnston, an actor, shot the actress then attempted suicide. he remains in critical condition after an operation. Friends and family rush toward the east as police piece together the rope and post-weapon details and the expected funeral plans unfold.
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Idelphia
Developmo
Kate Has
Keith
Johnston
Mansfield
Sinit
Vanston
Ton
Vilago
Hassett
Aurora
Iils
Olice
Ass Hassett
John
Storms Hit Multiple Cities With Cold Wave Warnings
Wisconsin sees heavy snow in the north and rain in the south as a broad storm causes telegraph and railroad disruptions. Cheyenne records zero degree temperatures, while Denver notes a blizzard and cattle range losses feared. Omaha reports a snow event delaying trains and paralyzing telegraph lines. Chicago endures a 52 mph wind, heavy rain, and telegraph damage with no loss of life expected. A separate note recounts Secretary Hay’s Jersey City cafe encounter with a bold, red faced man demanding a ferry of sugar.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Cheyenne
Wye
Denver
Colorado
Omaha
Nebr
Chicago
Tris
Ufe
Lake Michigan
Weather Office
Persecuted Actress Found Dead In New York Hotel
Syracuse resident Miss Hassett known as Minna Beckwith of Chicago died after leaving a note to her cashier and a payment to her brother. Friends say Johannston had persecuted her for a week. the couple had mutual ties to Mme Modjeska's company.
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H. Johnston
Syracuse
Johnston
Bob
Excelsior Savings Bank
Zomta
Clarendon
New York
Savings Bank
Miss Hassett
Mme. Modjeska
Minna Beckwith
Chicago
Die Young Boy Kills His Grandfather
In Columbia South Carolina on December 2 1900 fifteen year old Cally Collins shot and killed his grandfather 7 C Sparks at the dining room of his father home near Rock Hill The act followed family laughter at a refused birthday cake and threats of punishment by the father There is doubt whether the boy intended the shot for the father or grandfather The coroner s jury has not yet ruled Sparks a gallant Confederate soldier who was wounded multiple times and walked with a stick due to a bullet in one leg.
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Columbia
8. C
Cally Collins
C. Sparks
Rock Hill
Youn Collins
Young Collins
Sparks
Harris
Weary
Elephant House
Mahata
Vine Tor
Savitja
Dog
O'Brien
Fammy Harris
Uc Tne
Tammy
Ommy
Basten
O’brien
Boston
Tommy
Hettis
Makase
Death of Pioneer Citizen Sprenger Heads to Pennsylvania
TIT Sprenger, a pioneer Atlanta citizen and proprietor of the J J Sprenger Carbonated Soda Water Company, died at 9 20 PM at 192 Courtland street after three weeks of asthma. He was 78 and survived by his wife and four children Kate Sprenger Frank Sprenger and two married children in Pennsylvania. The body will be sent to Lancaster Pennsylvania for interment. funeral arrangements not announced.
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Tit Sprenger
Atlanta
Courtland Street
J. J. Sprenger Carbonated Soda Water Company
Kate Sprenger
Frank Sprenger
Pennsylvania
Sprenger
Lancaster
English Statesman Opinions on Balfour and Beaconsfield
New York Tribune notes a visiting Englishman’s discussion of English leaders past and present. It highlights Arthur Balfour as premier, contrasts Wyndham Curzon and others, and salutes the late Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli for his lasting political impact.
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Balfour
Beaconsfield
New York Tribune
Bald Key
Chamberlain
England
Disraeli
Babe Four
Great Britain
Oxford
Gladstone
Marquis of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
British Empire
George Wyndham
Geof Curzon
Wyndham
Rail unions in Chicago seek 10 to 20 percent wage hikes
Four major railroad worker bodies with a combined 179,000 members meet in Chicago hotel sessions to file wage demands. They plan to pressure nationwide across eastern and western systems, with a January St. Louis convention to report outcomes. Anticipated increases range from 0 to 26 percent, some already drafted.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Contuctors
St. Louis
Severe wind and rain devastate Alabama towns
A December storm thrashed Pratts Station and Baker Hill near Clayton injuring homes and likely livestock and possibly lives. Widespread wire outages hindered full details as residents described extensive damage along the storm path.
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Alabama
Baker Hill
Tve
Swamp-Root Laboratory Rising as Binghamton Landmark
The Swamp-Root Laboratory in Binghamton is under completion and praised as the finest and best equipped medical laboratory in the world. A Constitution inspection notes the striking, tall building visible from the rail station and lauds its scientific design amid a brisk city landscape with wide streets and handsome institutions.
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Binghamton
Constitution
Atlanta
The
Swamp Root Laboratory Nears Completion in City
The Swamp Root plant, a kidney liver and bladder remedy, nears completion on a central city site. The eight story steel and brick building covers four and a half acres with fire proof masonry, housing the latest apparatus for compounding Swamp Root. A direct rail switch feeds the shipping department, and testimonials from grateful users fill the offices of Dr Kilmer & Co inviting free sample bottles by mail.
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Lewis Street
Chenango Street
Lackawanna Avenue
Rums
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Short Items Of Local Interest In Georgia
Governor Terrell offered a reward of 100 for each person arrested and convicted in the arson of Sherman Bros. saw mill and stockade in Sherman County last August. Secretary of State Phil Coe granted a charter for University Savings Bank at Athens with 340,000 capital. A 14 year old girl reported a man proposing marriage on Decatur street. Juvenile reform school reported escapes by John Groves and Tom Echols, retaken and returned. Funeral services for Alexander J. Knapp set for 3038 Cherokee avenue with Oakland cemetery interment. Mrs. Ke. M. Bumstead funeral held at 433 South Pryor street, Oakland cemetery interment. Lewis Thompson funeral at Central Presbyterian church with Oakland cemetery interment. William E. Law funeral at his brother’s residence, Curnez Street, Westview cemetery interment. Dinner for Home for the Friendless at Mrs Abbott’s on Peachtree Street, 50 cents. Marriage of Charles Er. Schenck and Aggie Petworth announced from Jonesboro. Mrs. Clementina Smith Strozier died in East Atlanta aged 42. survived by husband and one child. funeral 7 o'clock. Mrs. Claudia B. Cabe died at 217 Spring Street. services at Fortenbe, interment Oakland.
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Terrell
Sherman Bros. & Co
Harry ‘County
Geethea Brown
Decatur Street
Juvenile Reformatory
John Groves
Tom Echols
Means
Alexander J. Knapp
Albion W. Knight
Cherokee Avenue
Oakland Cemetery
C. H. Swift
H. M. BI
S&s. BP
Clementina Smith Strozier
J. J. Strozier
Atlanta
Bright
Adairsville
Westies & Atlantic Railroad
Weary Widdles Becomes Elephant Hunter Hero
Weary Widdles, born William Wearington Dell, dreams of circus life after tragedy. He joins Harris Mammoth and Stupendous Railroad Shows as a keeper, befriending Mahata the elephant and saving young Tommy from a rogue elephant's attack, earning praise and a red uniform.
Such a Madn A Dameself From Far Of Sang All Nieht
Fragmentary OCR note features a poetic line about a distant dame and a night of song. The legible part names a third floor in a building and a request for contribution, but many words are garbled leaving only partial imagery and no clear event or identifiable entities.
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Webb
Anderson
Edgewood Aves
Kate Woot
Uss Hassett
Rob
Northwest
Hay
Philadelphia Record
Tie
Jersey City
N Mitchell’s Creed
Himself
John’ Mitchell
East 25Th Street
Standard Oil
George Nathaniel Curzon
Blenheim
Curzon
House of Commons
Curgon
India
Finis
Earl of Beaconfield
Disraelis
Dizzy
Lfe
London
Lewis
Hingland
Jimon
Nature
Maidstone
Vicant
Diszy
Viscountess of
Benjamin Disraell
Earl of
Gorham
Weare
Phil Coe
University Savings Bank At
Athens
W.T. Bryan
Thomas P. Vincent
John J. Wilkins
KE. M. Bumstead
South Pryor Street
Lewis Thompson
Central Presbyterian Church
Theron H. Rice
William E. Law
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Law
Fred B Law
Cur- Nez Street
Westview Cemetery
Abbott
Peachtree Street
John A. Miller
T. F. Lewis
Howard Palmer
Ernest Cary
T. B
Westmoreland
KR. F. Watson
Miss Disselay
Charles ER. Schenck
Aggie Petworth
Jonesboro
Ars. Schenck
Davis’ Street
IRS
Claudia B. B. Wibe
W. H. Holcombe
Spring Street
Priert
Tama Rag Atier Leon
Fovettenve
Weary Widdles
Widdles
Laurel
William Wearington
Wedell
Harris’ Mammoth
Mir. Hartis
Mr. Harris
Bern
Ropinson
Robinson
Shi
Ie Robinson
Danies
BR. Bell
Ineipleat Cosmas
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