Coliseum Collapses in Chicago Under Construction
Chicago August 29 twelve arches of 88 tons each toppled during Coliseum erection on Wabash between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Nine workers killed, ten injured with four fatally. missing men believed trapped. Names listed include Charles Walter Edward Murray Browanp Sh ermar Theodore Thorn Legoy Fenner Norman and others. Cause uncertain though foundation sand shift suspected. rescue and rebuilding to begin immediately.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Wabash Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Charles Walter
Edward Murray
Browanp Shermar
Theodore Thorn
Legoy Fenner
Toledo
AL Norman
John Marshman
Peter Peletier
John White
Edward Swannon
Joseph King
Mina
Thomas Rabishaw
Agif
Michael Bloomer
Cornelius ‘Toomey
Toomey
Bloomer
Johnson
Pittsburg Bridge Company
Navy
Four Die in Flames at St Agnes Convent Orphanage
Aug 29 Sparkin N Y Fire at St Agnes convent and orphanage destroyed nine of ten buildings. Loss pegged at 150000. Four fatalities: Helen Brown aged6 Exuma MaAcury aged7 Many Eats McCasray aged28. Five injured by falls lamps burns. heroism of sisters and older inmates saved many lives.
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Tietian Orphan Asylum
Sparkin
Starmin
St. Agnes
Helen Brown
Exuma MaAcury
McCasray
Ecore
Fire ravages dormitories and convent in orphanage blaze
A fire discovered in a lavatory spread through an orphanage destroying a dormitory housing older boys and triggering evacuations in night clothes. Sisters aided rescues from upper floors as flames engulfed the convent and girls dormitory, with several sisters and an engineer sustaining injuries during escape.
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Reginald
Otto
Bertrand
Miners Strike and Fires Reported Across Regions
Three hundred Leavenworth miners refuse 10 cent raise for screened coal and plan to petition 600 Riverside miners to quit. Wyoming forest fires near Laramie Peak have burned for ten days destroying timber. Major Russell Harrison shows improvement but remains weak and not out of danger in Washington. Ex Governor Merrill in worse condition after stroke at noon in Los Angeles.
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Kas
Leavenworth Coal Company
Wyoming
Corvenne
Wyo
Laramie Peak
Laramie County
Harrison
Washieton
Wood
War Department
Russell Harrison
Merrill
Leos -Anceles
Cal
Samuel Merrill
Nebraska Volunteers Reach Denver to Overnight Omaha Arrival
Four thousand servicemen greeted by crowds in Denver as the First Nebraska regiment proceeds toward Omaha after a delayed train due to a freight wreck near Salida. The volunteers report robust health and high spirits, eager to return home.
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Denver
Union Station
Omaha
Pursio
Nebrashka
Pueblo
Brown's Canyon
Salida
San Francisco
Welcome Demonstration As Tenth Pennsylvan ia Reaches Home
Pittsburg Aug 29 President McKinley led a 5 mile march escorting the Tenth regiment from Allegheny to Schenley park amid near continuous ovation. He spoke as crowds cheered the Tenth and other regiments including the Twentieth Kansas Nebraska and Utah battery amid memories of battles in the Philippines.
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Pittssura
McKinley
Pittsburg
East Liverpool
Tenth Regiment
Allegheny
Schenley Park
Kansas
Nebraska
Utah
Utah Battery
Philippines
Coming Home in November for Fifty-first Regiment
Des Moines reports General Byers received Colonel Lopez's July 17 letter regarding mustering out. Two men eligible for Des Moines had San Francisco enlistment and no travel pay. travel pay remains a major issue. Likely home in November replaces September. A special train will bring the boys home. governor and staff may lead a large party. Interstate Commerce decision limits rate disparities for grain traffic. Gear Weaver elected chairman of Iowa GOP. Weaver supports Senator Gear. Sioux City to host boxing carnival during fall race meet with top matches lined up.
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Iowa
Des Morines
Byers
J. O. Lopez
Des Moines
San Francisco
Lopez
Get A Good Enough A Kingmans Commodore
A Kingmans Commodore or an Emerson Junior Sulky plow offers high grade plowing with simple convenient design. The sellers guarantee good work in every case and offer moderate prices. See them before you buy.
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Kingman
Emerson
Wagon sales pitch touts long lasting Shuttler Rain or Weber
An advert urges customers to buy a wagon this fall highlighting Shuttler Rain or Weber models. It claims these wagons last five to ten years longer than competitors and pushes that all three makes are in stock for immediate purchase.
Hoosier Press Disc Drill Promoted for Fall Sales
Fall selling season invites buyers to consider the Hoosier Drill Co. machine praised as the lightest running, most perfect working press disc drill on the market. The copy urges confidence no mistake will be made in purchasing this superior drill for press work.
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Hoosier Drill Co
Hoosier
Do You Ride In Buggies I Have the Keys
Owner extols Do You Ride models from Anchor Crown and I make, asserting superiority. He invites buyers to inspect stock and hear his reasons for preferring these buggies as the best option.
Brother Shoots Brother Near Stanton Farmhouse Tragedy
In Stanton Nebraska on August 28, Oliver Anderson half-brother to John Johnson killed his sibling after a drinking dispute at Johnson’s Swede settlement farm. The fight escalated, Johnson wounded Anderson but later Johnson was shot dead when a muzzle loader failed to fire and Anderson shot him.
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Stanton
Stanton, Neb
John Johnson
Oliver Anderson
Johnson
Anderson
Mel
Peter Person
Andrew Oolander
Battle With Pitchforks Near Sioux City
Joseph Shaw and Tony Baranzo, members of a threshing gang on Peter Bruno’s farm, fought with pitchforks near Sioux City. Shaw struck Baranzo on the head, leaving him badly injured, as others intervened and Baranzo was carried home in a precarious condition.
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Joseph Shaw
Tony Baranzo
Sioux City
Peter Bruno
Baranzo
Shaw
Chlorination Works Plant in Deadwood Destroyed by Fire
A blaze swept through the Golden Reward chlorination works in Deadwood South Dakota destroying the coal bins and crushing room. The loss was about 150000 with 765000 in insurance. The plant employed about 225 men across the works and mines.
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Deadwood
Deapwood
Golden Reward Chlorination Works
Black Hills
Florida Miami Havana cable lands. boxing results obscure
Telegrams terse report a Miami to Havana cable landing. Harry Forbes defeats Billy Rotchford in six rounds in Chicago. Numerous war era notes include enlistment totals and labor disputes.
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Florida
Harry Forbes
Billy Rotchford
Chicago
Regnar Army
Bennett Point
Narragansett Bay
Edmond Routledge
Routledge & Sons
London
Lake Shore
Erie
Aow
York
The Markets. Baby Teething Syrup Ad
Chicago market note records receipts 14 000 for today with 25 000 planned tomorrow and next week. An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming gum relief and cure for wind colic and diarrhoea at twenty cents a bottle.
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MOGE
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