Wrecks Kill and Injure in Pere Marquette Collision
Grand Rapids December 26 a head on crash between an eastbound and a westbound Pere Marquette passenger train occurred six miles east of the city near East Paris. Seven to twenty bodies were reported, with about thirty injured, many likely to die. An official statement blamed high winds and a misapplied signal with trains meeting at Oak Park and passing at the first crossing east of Oakdale.
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Pere Marquette
City
East Paris
Seventean
Detroit
Paris
East Pars
Charles 4 Stodpan
William Helmerch
Bintard
Wagar
Michigan
General Office
McCords
Elgin
McPords
Fere Uette
Est
East Pari
Princeton
Ind
Indiana
Southern Railway
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Battery
John G. Carlisle
Elija Island
Tauras
Fienceo
Cape Flat Iron
Broadway
Twenty-third Street
Old B Blizzard Rains Over United States
Valdosta Ga December 26 Special A young white man Will Buchanan from Massee Ga badly burned by lye thrown in his face by a Negro woman after trouble He is said to be intoxicated and doctors fear eye and mouth burns may blind him A deer killed by Jacksonville to Valdosta train near Okefinokee swamp The buck was struck and dragged to town Christmas was quiet in the city with one major stabbing incident Major Malcolm McDowell Iron and steel expert dies at 78, brother of Major General Irving McDowell with ties to Grant Sherman and Hayes
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Valdosta
Will Buchanan
Massee
Buchanan
Jacksonville
Okefinokee
Oroteria
Elsy Thomas
Grant Burton Thomas
Burton
Malcolm McDowell
Chicago
Malcolm McDoweel
Irving McDowell
Bull Run
McDowell
Brathy
Deceaser
Grant
Sherman
Logan
Rutherford BH Hayes
Weather of Unprecedented Storm Blasts New England Coast
A severe winter storm battered the coastline and New England inland from Boston to Maine. Wrecks and distress at sea were reported, with three sailors dead from a dredger wreck near Boston. The storm brought heavy snow, high winds, and widespread travel disruption across the region.
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Boston
New Island
John W. Mackey
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Mrs Crowell of Bristol Dies at 70 in Virginia
Mrs John Crowell a wealthy Bristol Virginia resident dies suddenly at 70 due to hemorrhage. Widow of a successful contractor she left six grown children all residing in Bristol. Professor J Harris Chappell, president of the Georgia Normal and Industrial School, to speak in Columbus January 19 on Robert E. Lee birthday with prior Civil War lectures in the city.
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Chappell
Columbus
J Harris Chappell
Georgia Normal and Industrial School
Milledgeville
Camp Benning
Robert Epee
Profesor Chappell
Two Children Killed in Dundee Cyclone
A cyclone swept Dundee on the Central of Georgia line yesterday killing two children of John Draughus and injuring several others. Houses were blown down and the town suffered significant damage.
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Dundee
Dothan
Ala
Central of Georgia
John Draughus
Ten Injured in Colliston Collision
Five passengers and five trainmen were injured when a Wabash passenger train collided with a freight on a siding. Mrs Fred Dalbey of Jeseyuie Illinois was seriously hurt and taken to a Decatur hospital. Rescue crews expected to find more bodies beneath wreckage. engineer Stoddard and his fireman are missing.
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Grand Ray- Idg
Stoddard
Colliston
Worden
Ile
Fred Dalbey
Jeseyuie
Decatur
Two Men Die in a Wehece Wreck In Cincinnati Area
Six others injured in a Cincinnati Southern railway collision near Willometown Kentucky. A wrecking train backing from Mason collided with a freight. Relief car and two cabooses were wrecked and burned. Two workers James Lux and Florence Crawley from Ludlow Kentucky died. Injured include Conductor Archer and several Ludlow repairers and crew members.
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Cincinnati Southern
Cincinnati
Willometown
Cincinnati Southernn Railway
Mason
James Lux
Florence Crawley
Ludlow
Archer
Burghin
E. 0. Foxworthy
Lexington
Thomas O'Hearn
Bracht
Joseph Ramler
Martin Reilly
Hollen
Draughon Catalogue Promotes Practical Business Colleges
Draughon s Practical Business Colleges advertise their chain with testimonials from bankers and presidents. The Atlanta based 122 Peachtree Street institution claims a high grade program, strong job placement, and a diploma valued like Yale or Harvard in business circles. A pamphlet titled A Little Talk About a Big Success explains Draughon s rise from humble beginnings and the founder J T Draughon.
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Mw Business College
Draughoen
Practical Business Colleges
Peachtree Street
Bank
Dreughon
Draughon
Practical Business
Yale
Harvard
Oklahoma City
Eegen
Fred
J TF Draughon
Practical Business College
Peachtree St
Atlanta
Looters Loot Gambling Hell in Savannah After Death
December 26 report from Savannah notes executor Alg Jim Doss found the gambling hall looted of portable valuables after the death of a generous gambler named Tom Reynolds. Bric a brac and silverware disappeared, with over $1500 reportedly involved. Three Savannah preachers plan sermons denouncing gambling tomorrow. gamblers expected to reopen within a week.
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Savannah
Jim” Doss
Jim Doss
Tom Reynolds
Reynold
Funeral for Colonel Edward Hails at Trinity Church
The remains of Colonel Edward Hails who died Thursday in Atlanta were laid to rest in Columbus today after a 1130 morning service at Trinity Episcopal Church conducted by Rev John L. Seul Ivy. Interment followed at Linwood Cemetery with pallbearers B Grimes William Redd Jr JA Camp R W Ledelager Wr C L Williams and John Matthews, members of Camp Benning No 611 United Confederate Veterans. Colonel Hails was a Confederate veteran who served four years in the war.
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Columbus
Edward Hails
Atlanta
Trinity Episcopal ‘Church
John L. Seul‘Ivy
Linwood Cemetery
B Grimes
William Redd
JA Camp
R W Ledelager
Wr C L Williams
John Matthews
Camp Benning
United Confederate Veterans
Haile
Great Distress From Nerves and Stomach
A testimonial from Mrs. Lt. Darscovt of Navasota Texas describing sleeplessness indigestion and nervous symptoms, claiming Dr Miles Nervine and Liver Pills cured her and urging others to begin treatment now. The ad claims Nervine strengthens nerves and promises relief, with free book offer and pharmacist guarantee.
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Darscovt
Navasota
Texas
Miler Nervine
Miles
Addrem Dr. Miles Medical Co
Eikhart, Ind
Brothers In Law In Bloody Fight At Condor
Dublin Ga December 26 Special Wiley Martin clashed with his brother in law D Beall postmaster at Condor. Martin severely cut Beall with a pole and Beall retaliated with knife blows. Beall hurt but physicians say he will recover. Martin a wealthy county figure. Beall described as quarrelsome when drinking.
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Dublin
Condor
Wiley Martin
D. Beall
Martin
Beall
Beal
British cotton supply and the call to cultivate colonies
The London Graphic warns that reliance on a single raw cotton source endangers industry as speculation and price shocks hit Lancashire. It cites US imports, futures, and asks Britain to boost colonial cotton cultivation with a survey of India crops, British Guiana estates, and West Indies efforts to expand production and stabilize supply.
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The
London Graphic
Macara
Master Cotton Spinners' Federation
India
China
Lancashire
Cobden
America
United States
Liverpool
Canada
Board of Management
New York Cotton Exchange
New York
British Cotton Growing Association
Secretary of State For India
J W. Mollison
Government of India
Labor Party
British Guiana
Leeward Islands
Gerald Strickland
Colonial Bank
Cotton Growers’ Association
West Indies
Cotton and sugar shift Africa's trade amid rising hopes
The text notes cotton as a long standing staple in Egypt and Lagos, with sugar replacing cotton in Egypt as a key future crop. It recalls Lagos cotton revival, Nigerian rail impacts, and Hoffman remarks on native interest in profitable farms. It laments forgotten colonial questions amid industrial prosperity and fears of decline.
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Egypt
Mlecila
Niger
Kano
Lagos
Hoffman
Farmer Shot From Ambush in Alabama County
News from Brewton Alabama reports the killing of farmer Win Reldy at his home in the county's southwest. Unknown assailants fired through a window with a shotgun, killing Reldy and wounding another man.
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Reidy
Brewton
Ala
Darember
Reldy
Win
Mr. Reldy
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