London Fire Destroys 160 Warehouses in Massive Blaze
A London fire on November 20 destroyed 160 large warehouses and gutted about 150 more, with losses estimated near 5 million pounds. The blaze, sparked by a gas engine explosion at Walter Brown & Co, disrupted streets, severed 300 telephone lines, and involved most British fire insurers as hundreds of firms burned. White heat endangered workers and firemen as roof after roof collapsed and valuable records and merchandise were saved only with great effort.
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London
Pall Mall Street
Walter Brown & Co. Mantels
Australian Avenue
Panis Alley
Cripplegate Church Yard
Wood Street Square
Monkwell Street
Nicholl Square
Fore Street
Red Cross
Maidenhead Court
Bradford Avenue
Murdered for six dollars near Plattsmouth Neb
Nebraska murder tale reports 19 year old Peter Curtis found bound gagged unconscious near a highway ravine with a head wound and stolen six dollars. Two suspicious townsfolk seen tailing him after he displayed money in a clothing store. Sheriff awaits verdict. Other items note cabinet talks in Washington Paris Dreyfus case punishment Winston murder in Kentucky and torpedo boat collision in France.
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Nebraska
Plattsmouth
PhLatTsMouth
Neb
Holloway
Peter Curtis
Lareus Curtis
Kenosha
Union
Young Curtis
Cudahy to Double Sioux City Plant Output and Jobs
The Cudahy Packing company will acquire the Sioux City Dressed Beef and Canning plant, expanding capacity to 1,000 beef and 1,000 sheep daily and 4,000 hogs, with new buildings and machinery. Glue and soap works to be added, total cost about $860,000, employing 1,200. Final contract signed in Chicago with Sioux City Stockyards officials.
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Bronx
Orry
Sioux City
F. J. Eaton
Credits Commutation Company
Floods devastate western Washington rail lines and towns
Chinook winds and heavy rains flood western Washington. Telegraph lines are down and rivers rise to record levels, washing out the Great Northern track between Sultan and Index. Admiralty Head wharf is wrecked and bottomlands are submerged as the Stock and White rivers surge. In Mascouran, Fatally Beaten by Masked Men: two miners fatally injured and another badly beaten during a night shift attack at the Kolb coal pit, with bloodhounds to pursue suspects amid a miners strike backdrop.
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Tacoma
Washington
Skikomish
Stillquamish
Sultan and
Index
Admiralty Head
White
Humboldt
Stock River
Mimera
Mascouran
Martin Bartholomy
George Roehl
Robert Loren
Kolb
Death of Lieutenant Jackson of Lincoln at University
Lieutenant Alfred B. Jackson A S A military instigator of cadets at the University of Nebraska died after an operation for appendicitis. Appointed to West Point in July 1879 from Massachusetts he was unmarried. His mother resides in Washington D C and the body will likely be sent there.
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Jackson
Licoln
Alfred B. Jackson
University of Nebraska
West Point
Massachusetts
Washington, D. C
Remarkable Cure Claimed by Dr Pierce Remedies
A Houston woman praises Dr Pierce for curing her mother after years of pain and ineffective treatments. She and seven family members thank him for the Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, saying they restored health and vitality. Dr Pierce has led the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo for nearly 30 years with a skilled medical staff.
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Eugene Stantzenberg
Walker Ave
Houston
Texas
R. V Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
N. Y
America
Europe
Ely's Cream Balm Trial Size Offered For Catarrh
Thousands endorse Ely's Dream Balm as a remedy for catarrh and colds. A trial size costs 10 cents, available from Ely Brothers or druggists. Oscar Ostrum testifies to long-standing catarrh relief, while the balm is advertised as cocaine and mercury free and priced at 60 cents by mail or at druggists.
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Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
N. Y
Oscar Ostrum
Warren Ave
Chicago
I. Ely
Supreme ruling bars state income tax on federal salaries
Washington reports Acting Assistant Attorney Barrett held states cannot tax emoluments of United States officers such as postmasters. Government sovereign power remains supreme, making state or municipal levies on federal employees void. Other items note WCTU meeting in Ontario, immigration reform talks, and oil rock discovery near Carthage Missouri.
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Washington
Barrett
Post Office Department
Gastonia
N.C
United States
North Carolina
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