Russian Admiral Togo battle tale recalled in blurred dispatch
A garbled January 3 report from St Petersburg mixes admirals Rosstvensky and Togo, claiming unseen royal orders and hidden positions. In Greensboro, N C, federal indictments against revenue distillers unfold as Ex Governor Aycock faces a qui tam motion amid court rulings and deferred trials.
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Bedi
Greensboro
N. C
Janua
Aycock
Davis
Throusel
Thomas
Rollins
Stranded steamship crew rescued off Pensacola coast
A steamer bound from Tampa to New Orleans ran aground about 20 miles east of Pensacola. Tugboats and life savers departed for the scene as a stormy sea and heavy seas hampered rescue efforts. The vessel Thistlewood reportedly carried fruit and was on its second voyage between New Orleans, Pensacola, and Tampa.
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Pensacola
Fla
Tampa
New Pensacola
New Orl
Mt Coast
New Orleans
Three Men Die as Landslide Hurts Six in Carolina Work
Richmond Va January 3 heavy rains trigger a landslide on the South and Western in progress of construction at Ridge NC. Three men killed and six injured after the slide. two more injured as bodies of the dead are recovered.
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Richmond
Ridge
N. C
Killed by Molten Iron at Ensley Furnaces in Birmingham
Fragmentary Birmingham Chronicle clipping reports a man identified as Kirkpatrick of Savannah Ga killed by an overturned pot of iron at the Ensley furnaces in Birmingham on January 3. The note cites a separate streetcar death in west Sal and a police investigation into a mystery man known as Digier.
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J. H. Kirkpatrick
Birm
Birmingham
Ala
Ensley
Kirkpatrick
Savannah
West Sal
John Tramp Talor
Southern rail contracts for 9000 freight cars in 1906
A Southern railway order for about 5 to 6 million dollars aims to boost freight capacity in 1906. The contract, with American Car and Foundry and Western Steel Car, covers 1,5070 steel coal cars, 1,760 30 ton box cars, 1,672 80 ton flat bottom cars, and 4,250 30 ton box cars. First deliveries start March 15, with rapid monthly builds to prevent car famine and support fertilizer movement for southern farms.
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Aioe
Southern Railway
Hemmer
Theerican Car and Foundry Company
Ie Western Steel Car and Foundrympany
Alatery
Tuck Farms
Strongest New York Cop Mangled Beneath Horses
Ajax Whitman of the bicycle squad, famed for valor, sustained severe injuries after pursuing runaway horses pulling a loaded ice wagon on Fifth Avenue near 125th. He blocked the animals, but the wagon wheel trapped his legs, breaking both and causing internal injuries. He was rushed to a hospital as two mounted officers aided.
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New York
York
Ajax Whitman
Thany
Upper Fifth Avenue
Whit
Whitman
Fifth Avenue
125Th T
Georgian Loses Foot From Ancient Snake Bite
TONTON GA January 3 Spe cial J M Boon went to New York for treatment on his ankle and had to have it amputated due to a bite thirty years ago. The wound, long thought healed, worsened over time and forced the operation. Boon is an engineer on the Plant System with twenty five years of service and recently moved his family to a farm miles below town.
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Tonton, GA
J. M. Boon
New York
Boon
Mr Boon
Fright brings stable boy to stupor in Dr Simpson case
Frank Wist, a stable boy, collapsed into a stupor and cannot testify at the preliminary hearing for Dr. Simpson who is charged with wilfully shooting and killing Bartley, his wealthy father in law. He repeated Horner’s last words before his condition worsened, then physicians said fright caused the episode after fifteen hours of examination. He has not eaten for forty eight hours.
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Thport, L. L
Frank Wist ‘Isk
Dr. Simpson
Bartleyer
le Boy
Horner
Thas
Rise and Fall of Emilie Grigsby in 400 Society
A sprawling report traces Emilie Grigsby’s salon and sea voyage social ascent in New York and Europe. It details alleged ties with Charles T. Yerkes, Mrs Suyvésant Fish, and Mrs Kernechen, the midwinter strawberry scare, and a late assertion that Yerkes was her father. The piece notes denials by Mrs Fish and shifts in status as headlines waver between intrigue and reputational peril.
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New York
Suyvésant Fish
Emilie Grigsby
Charles T. Yerkes
Yerkes
Paris
Miss Grigsby
Mrs Fish
Plymouth
London
Newport
Grigsby
Prince of Wales
Publc
United States
Mr. Fish
Aota
Perio
Emily Grigsb
Europe
Lou
Kentucky
Henry James
George Meredith
Henry Harland
Blue Grass
Tornado devastates Albany Georgia injuring many
A tornado of terrific force struck Albany at 1 18 this afternoon from the southwest, tearing through a dozen blocks. Several people are dead and many more seriously hurt. The deceased include Ben Jones and Jake Johnson, a nine year old boy, with numerous others gravely injured. The storm also damaged the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company plant and the Davis family home, leaving wreckage across the city and surrounding areas.
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Albany
Ben Jones
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Jake Johnson
Lila Glasden
Jessie Lee Davis
Annie Davis
Jesse Woodall
Thair Place
Jeff Davis
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company
Brackett Withdraws Resolution Amid Roosevelt Rumors
In Albany the Legislature saw Speaker James Wadsworth Jr. elected as a major sign of a tense session. Senator Brackett withdrew his resolution demanding Chauncey M Depew's resignation amid rumors he acted under President Roosevelt's influence. Debates highlighted Brackett's motive and calls for prompt action followed by a 27 to 18 vote sustaining the withdrawal.
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Senator Depew
New York
Senate
New York State
James W Wadsworth Jr
Livingston
Senator Bracketts
United States
Chauncey M Depew
Equitable Life Insurance Lowely
Brackett
Haines
Maltby
Coggeshall
Depew
Raines
Albany
Minoriiy
Grady
Marks
Rames
Roosevelt
Life Ended by Pistol Shot in Atlanta Home
William L. Von Seideneck a 25 year old ethnographer lived with his mother at 82 West Peachtree Place and died last evening from a pistol shot in his room. The weapon a new 38 caliber revolver loaded with four of five chambers. Initial reports suggested self harm but the coroner and police found no motive. He worked for the Atlanta Birmingham Fire Insurance Company in the Empire building and was well regarded. The body was moved to Buerealey Brandon parlors for an inquest.
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William L. von Seideneck
West Peachtree Place
Anna von Seldeneck
von Seldéneck
Nwo
Vori Seldeneck
Atlanta-Birmingham Fire Insurance Company
Empire Building
Bueneral
Buarelay & Brandon
New Fight Planned by Russian Workers After Border Meeting
A 36 hour cross border meeting of workers councils and socialist organizations confessed government strength in suppressing strikes and vowed a new armed revolutionary base. A 160 member workmen council was elected with plans for regional councils and a general congress. Propaganda will intensify, especially in the army, and elections to the douma will be boycotted. January 22 committee to mark Red Sunday as a day of mourning with demonstrations urged in Europe and the United States.
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St. Petersburg
Tacics
Waa
Europe
United States
Weather forecast across states southerly warmth fades
Washington reports fair weather for Thursday with a colder Friday in the east, fresh west winds. South Carolina sees fair days Thursday and colder Friday in the east. West Florida Alabama and Mississippi expect fair and colder Thursday, Friday fair with light to fresh west winds. Tennessee and Kentucky forecast cold air and fair conditions, East Florida fair Tuesday then Friday with north and central portions fair and fresh west winds.
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South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Miassasippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
East Florida
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