Dowie Prayed Farewell to Followers Before Australia Trip
Chicago December 27 John Alexander Dowie prepared to sail to Australia bidding his Chicago adherents farewell at an auditorium meeting after an all night watch he plans to depart New Orleans January 3 and return to Chicago next June He praised President Roosevelt and prayed that Roosevelt's enemies be thwarted and their plans forestalled He joked about the wife and seven million dollars in connection with a rumor.
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Chicago
Australia
John Alexander Dowie
Ion City
Dowle
New Orleans
San Francisco
Fie
Zlon City
Sea Works
Dowie
Jyagar
Roosevelt
Varrhang
Three Alarms For Fire At US Geological Survey Lab
On July 5 a blaze broke out in the photograph laboratory on the top floor of the United States Geological Survey building on F Street near Fourteenth. Seven alarms were sounded as the combustible materials fed the flames through the roof. Prompt efforts saved the lab and a set of topographic maps for the St. Louis exposition, though some models were damaged. Estimated loss runs to about 36000 dollars.
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United States Geological Survey
Washington
Labora
Toor Pullamg
F Street
Fourteenth
Prominent Van Duzer Dead in Newburg
Selah Reeve Van Duzer a wholesale drug magnate in the United States and England died at his Newburg home. Born 1823 in New York he lived in Thomasville Georgia and Alexandria Bay. Survived by widow and three children including Frederick VanDuzer.
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van Duzer
Newburg
N. C
American Society
London
George A. Ellis
Springfield
Mass
George Albert Bay
George Langsdale
Indianapolis
Tooianapolis
Ind
George T. Langsdale
Albert J. Beveridge
Greencastle
Flint glass makers to close bottle factories for four weeks
Pittsburgh December 27 a decision by the flint glass manufacturers to close all bottle factories briefly after the first of the year for four weeks to curb production and support prices. The move alarms workers who believed the season’s work was settled and will halt operations across associated manufacturers while independents continue.
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Angier
Pittgsburg
Flint Glass Manufacturgére
Glasa Elréles
Associated Manufacturers
Three Corpses Identified in Baltimore and Ohio Wreck
In Connelisivile Pennsylvania three bodies from the Baltimore and Ohio wreck were identified today. Names include Henry M Tobles of Reading Antonio Sancenato and Charles Ehrensburg from Park Ridge Minnesota. Two bodies remain unidentified and unclaimed, with five total bodies to be buried in unknown graves.
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Connelisivile
Baltimore and Ohio
Henry M. Tobles
Reading
Antonio Sancenato
Charles Ehrensburg
Park Ridge
MN. J
Fever Scourge Ravages Butler and Buller County Areas
A December 27 fever outbreak reports one death and eight new cases in Butler and Buller. The surge mirrors early month levels as recovering patients return home. Several horses tied to convalescents also regain health and are dismissed to their farms.
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Butler
Buller
Casey
Alek
Bijou Comedy Company Brightens Atlanta Visit
The Wells-Dunne-Harlan troupe formerly the Bijou Musical Comedy Company arrives in Atlanta with a lively chorus and spirited performers like John Dunne Mary Marble Pearl Early and Dan Marble. The act promises joyous entertainment and a warm reception from locals in a festive city welcome.
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Chip
Harlan
Gran'pa
John Dunne
Mary Marble
Pearl
Marie Fancheonfatto
Dan Marble
David Andrada
Atlanta
Atlapita
Priles
Making Paper Money Visitors Tour the Washington Money Plant
Washington Star reports visitors tour the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as growth expands to meet demand for notes stamps and bonds. About 2 920 employees include many young women printers assistants and plate printers. Manila pesos and Philippine stamps are described as separate money used in territories. The piece highlights the process from dies to plates and notes and notes the attraction of money making to travelers especially women. A humorous anecdote about counterfeit notes underscores the value of clean money and the bureau’s pride in quality.
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Mammoth Money
The
Washington Star
National Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States
Taizan
Philpine
Manila
Treasury
Philippine
Pacific Ocean
Philippines
Bureau of Engraving
Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Navy Yard
Bam
Maine
California
Atlantic
Pacific
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ourpasa
Ofisp
Angels
Virginia
Yacunty
Gald
Funoctionary
Dex
de Treasury
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Nuster
Folke
Ca Cette
Bureau of Engra and Printing
Little Boy Dies After Stray Dog Bite Ordeal
A three year old boy from Casota, Iowa, died in St Louis after a stray dog bite left him in severe hydrophobia symptoms. He had been sent for treatment weeks earlier, but convulsions and agony led to his death on December 27.
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John N. Andrews
Montpelier
Wilmington
Del
John Newman Andrews
West Point
Lonel J. G. Prather
St. Louis
Casota
Tax
Howard Haggard
Aubier
James Gordon Bennett Cup Races Set for June 17 1904
The James Gordon Bennett automobile races post Berlin December 27 announced the Bennett cup will be contested on June 17, 1904. The decision was made today confirming the date and venue for the major event.
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James Gordon Bennett
Berlin
Death of Mrs Evarts in Windsor Virginia
Mrs Evarts widow of William A Evarts of New York died at her country home near Windsor Virginia on December 27. She was eighty four years old.
Negro Leader W A Pledger Near Death at 85 in Georgia
W A Pledger longtime Georgia Republican leader and chairman of the state central committee lies near death at his home in Atlanta area after two weeks with grip. He shaped party strategy, backed Thomas B Reed, and influenced Georgia’s GOP despite white opposition.
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W. A. Pledger
Republican State Central Commttee
Pratt
Arthur
Pledger
Republican Party
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
Georgia
State Central Committee
Walter H Johnson
Muence
W. A Pledger
National Negro Congress
North
Suicide Tragedy Ends Lovers Christmas Plans in Knoxville
In Knoxville, Bliss Susie Gillam, his betrothed for three years, faced the scene as J. L. Householder aged 20 drank carbolic acid in her parlor moments after sending her to fetch water. He died soon after in agony before her eyes. He had planned to marry Christmas day, a wedding postponed for unknown reasons. He left a note for his mother saying a friend would explain the motive.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Bliss Susie Gillam
J. L. Householder
Householder
Miss Gillam
Goodby
Cincinnati
Platt Orders New York Republicans to Meet in April
Senator Platt announced that the New York republican state convention to elect delegates at large to the national convention will be held in April. He indicated the convention will likely adopt resolutions supporting President Roosevelt, saying, We are all for him.
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New York
Platt
Roosevelt
Mrs Griscom Returns from the Orient in Snowbound Bay
Mrs Lloyd C Griscom wife of the United States minister to Japan arrived on the steamer Siberia from the Orient returning home after a telegram warned of her mother's serious illness. Two tugs are stuck in ice a mile and a half from shore on Lake Erie near Cleveland with a third tug attempting rescue amid high winds and zero temperatures.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Zera
Lost mink boa between Grand and Aragon hotel
Partial note describes a long mink boa between Grand Era and Aragon hotel with a reward offered for return to S Peachtree. Details are incomplete but indicate a paid reward.
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Grandeer
Youse
Aragon Hotel
Daltable
S Peachtree
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