Windsor Ruins Fire Death Toll Grows to Eight
Fire at Windsor hotel ruins leaves eight known dead as salvage work continues. Police and fire crews sweep the Fifth Avenue Forty Sixth Street area uncovering charred remains, with workers locating bodies near elevator shafts and debris. Officials say names may be identified later, rain hindering progress while an engine fights smoldering sections overnight.
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New York
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Intervala
Bank Book Found Links Niagara Falls Man to Windsor Hotel Fire
A bank book discovered in the Windsor hotel ruins is identified as belonging to George B. Colburn of Niagara Falls. Colburn was last known to be at the Windsor last week and has not been heard from since the fire. Colburn was long associated with Cui- management.
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Niagara Falls
New York
Windsor Hotel
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Washington, D. C
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Spain
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Pierce's Common Sense Medical Advice Ad
An old advertisement touts "Pierce's" remedies promising to cure diseases by purifying blood and building nerves. It claims to make the liver active, act as a blood maker and flesh builder. The copy urges readers to avoid costly modern cures and suggests the product as a universal remedy.
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Pierce
Beck
Paris Explosion At War Department Lab Injures Seven
An explosion in a War Department Laboratory last night during gas mixing experiments to study railway car safety injured seven, three seriously. Other reports cite experiments to probe Toulon and Bours explosions as a possible cause. The incident occurred in a lab attached to the department.
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Bours Rea
Rescuers Reach Mines Victims Unharmed in Colorado
Leadville Colorado March 21 two men Charles Reuse and Burt Frey pumpmen trapped 430 feet underground in the Bon Air mine for thirteen days were reached by rescuers at 11 o clock tonight They show little effects of their ordeal A water pipe survived the cave in and was blown with dynamite to permit communication while a new shaft over 30 feet deep was sunk supplying food from awaiting allies
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Col
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Charles Reuse
Burt Frey
Bon Air
Evidence That Canned Beef Was Embalmed Food Scandal Unfolds
Testimony from William J. Griffin and Dr. John G. Burne reveals refrigerated beef given to troops caused illness and death. Armour and Swift witnesses discuss chemicals, packing practices, and alleged tainting. A veteran meat specialist condemns modern canning for stripping nutrition and causing a stale odor.
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Jacksonville
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Albert G. Manns
Armour & Co
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Lee
O'Malley
de. Devoe
Bureau of Animal Industry
Famous Stallion Hanover Dies in Kentucky
Hanover known as a world famed stallion is dying in Lexington Kentucky from gangrene. Veterinarians plan a farewell assessment to decide if he will be shot, euthanized by morphine, or allowed to die by the disease. The dramatic outcome overshadows other events as the horse’s fate nears.
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Lexington
Geeta
Akely
General Torres Named Commander at Bluefields
News from the Nicaraguan coast reports General Torres appointed to command Bluefields. He is cited as an enemy of American interests for aiding the escape of a murderer who killed an American citizen, prompting his removal from governorship years ago.
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New Orleans
Sunniva
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United Sates
Alabama Delegates Oppose Constitutional Convention Split Views
Alabama counties held Democratic conventions to report primary results and nominate delegates for the proposed state constitution gathering in Montgomery. Resolutions urged retaining Montgomery as capital and keeping tax limits. initial anti convention sentiment was recalled after speeches.
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Ala
Alabama
T. M. Arrington
Ed A. Graham
Gordon McDonald
Thurington
Thomas Watts
Montgomery County
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Johnston
Coneeuh
Evergreen
Pecal
W. C. Crumpton
Democrata Ag
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J.D. Burnett
Jacksonville
Als
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Calhoun
Cleburne County
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J. L. Foreman
A. W. Woodall
C. M. Jones
W. M. Maddox
Lafayette Cook
John W. Izzer
J. M. McLaughlin
J. B. Robinson
The Pile Cure Promises Safe Quick Relief
A Pittsburgh letter extols the Pyramid Pile Cure as a safe fast remedy for bleeding and protruding piles. The writer describes months of sleepless nights and poor medical help before using the cure, claiming rapid improvement without surgery or minerals.
Constitutional Convention Delegates Endorse Marshall County
A fragile county scene shows nineteen delegates, 62 votes cast, with Goodwin recorded at 182 in Marshall County. The convention backs J B Starnes for state at large, while Marshall plans a unified vote against the constitutional convention. Bricklayers in Birmingham win a 4 cent rise after a 10 cent demand.
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Guntereville
Ala
Goodwin
J. B. Starnes
Marshall
Attempted assassination at Wallace home in Selma region
News from Selma Alabama reports W P Wallace, a prominent citizen, was shot at after a dispute with a Black man on his property near Minter. Wallace fired back, believing he had killed his assailant, who was wounded. That night fifty or more gathered near Wallace’s residence and fired through windows, injuring his arm. Authorities seek the assailants.
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Selms
Ala
W. IP. Wallace
Mintera
Wallace
Drs
Poison in milk bucket sparks arrest in Lato hatchie Alabama
An attempted poisoning of ex-Sheriff Holcomb's family was uncovered in Lato hatchie Alabama on March 22. Mark Bryant and Sylvester Cottrell, both colored, are in jail as suspects. The poison, dolson strychnine, was found in a milk bucket Sylvester used as a servant. deputy Meadowa captured Bryant late tonight. No harm occurred.
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Letohatchie
Sherif Holcombs
Mark Bryant
Sylvester Cottrell
Dolson
Sylvester
Meadowa
Mark
At Hymoeti s Altar and Political Jekyll Island Meeting
The text contrasts Tahitian courtship customs with a New Orleans periodical note and questions a Jekyll Island gathering of Republican leaders. It discusses arranged marriages dowry systems in Tradry, a split in the Republican party over McKinley, Reed’s opposition, and implications of a post–Congress meeting for U S politics.
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Henna
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Georgia
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Weyler's decree expires in Havana in March
Havana March 2 General Weyler's decree suspending executions ends this month and a new decree, aiming at equitable mortgage relief, is planned to be issued by March 21. Cuban generals held a secret meeting and push Gomez allied strategy as the assembly faces dissolution.
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Peraza
Georgia News Snippets Highlight Advertiser Notes and Beef Shipments
The Dawsonville Advertiser and other Georgia papers are cited on various topics. Highlights include a colorful Atlanta Constitution feature on General Onis, a call for a skilled cook in Moultrie, praise for Statesboro’s advertisement push, and Fort Gaines observations about late guano wagon shipments. Americus ships beef to Chicago and New York, with western packers planning a packing house on Americus’ western edge, expanding local industry and a market for cattle. The venture aims to process hundreds of cattle monthly as stock contracts and new delivery orders roll in.
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Americus
Cty
Haa
Hood's Sarsaparilla cited in medical testimonials
A flood of endorsements from individuals across states praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for entire families. Claims include relief from dyspepsia, running sores, malaria, scrofula, pimples, poor blood, consumptive cough, rheumatism, catarrh, liver and kidney troubles, sick headaches and general weakness following illnesses and exposure.
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Mt. A. Dilworth
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Embreeville
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Buck
East Hostem
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed as Tonic by Many
A historical note shows Hood's Sarsaparilla praised as a restorative tonic amid popular belief. Advertisements claim it strengthens the system and aids general health, reflecting common 19th or early 20th century marketing language.
Pilla's voyage and colonial questions amid old language notes
A scrambled ledger of maritime exploits from 1518 to 321 mixed with colonial inquiries over Malay tribes and Dutch Java, plus a skimming of coinage era slang and a cold remedy ad. It blends explorers' deaths, imperial musings, and quirky neologisms, ending with curious word coinages and tasteless mock science.
Letters From the People Colonel Lamar's Sword
A reader recalls Colonel Lucius Lamar of the Eighth Georgia at Garnett's Farm during the Seven Days, stating Lamar fell with sword in hand and that the sword was not captured by the Federals. The writer disputes a misstatement about the sword’s capture and recalls nearby actions and witnesses at the breastworks.
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Eldter
Magruder
McClellan
Lucius Lamar
Meld
B.M. Zetfler
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