Tragic Death of Whitaker Wright After Sentencing in England
Whitaker Wright, long famed for vast financial schemes, collapsed dead within an hour of being sentenced to seven years penal servitude in a London court. Indications suggest poisoning, though postmortem findings will confirm. The London and Globe Financial Corporation saga led to Wright’s arrest last spring and toppled several allied firms.
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Toanday Atterneet Whitaker Wratt
Hig
Sehich
London
England
Wright
Ariston Prion
Sud Whitaker Wright
London and Globe Finangs Corporation
London and Globe Financy Corporation
Haggard, Hale & Pixley
Gale & Winger
Douglas, Jr. & Co
Cornfoot, Bros
F. A. Coten
Blacker & Buckingham
Gunn & Ashrer
Richards & Bloper
Baker & Smith
F. C. Wells & Co
Flower & Co
F. Boulls &Co
Barnholomew & Jack
London and Globe
Whitaker Wright
Fourteen Miners Die In Colorado Independence Mine Accident
At Etrovton's Independence mine near Victor Colorado a cage hoisting sixteen men up the shaft failed to stop at the surface. The cage jammed in the gate frame and its cable snapped, plunging the load 1500 feet. Fourteen men were killed and one injured as miners descended to recover bodies.
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Colorado
Etrovton
Independence
Victor
Colo
Collision in blinding snow halts Denver Express north of St Louis
A Burlington main line crash in a severe snowstorm occurred as a accommodation train rear-ended the Denver Express near St. Louis, leaving three dead and seven injured. Four more hurt were taken to hospitals, one is missing, and search for victims continues amid wreckage. Authorities report multiple fatalities and widespread disruption as crews assess the scene.
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Burlington
Burlington Road
Denver Express
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansan
Texas
Wales
Trapped in a Mine After Explosion at Harwick Mine
News reaches Cheswick Virginia of a devastating explosion at the Harwick mine of Allegheny Coal. Only one miner rescued from the shaft as others lie dead or missing, with cold, icy conditions hindering rescue efforts. Families gather as workers remain trapped and hope fades.
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Pasagewasa
Harwick
Allegheny Coa
Cheswick
Der
W. J. Cullough
Cheawick
Associated Pines
Selwyn Yaslor
Mithie
Rascie
Elephant Goes Wild in St Paul Cage Cold Weather
An elephant belonging to a traveling show nearly killed keeper Conrad Castens at St Paul Minnesota after freezing conditions thinned its endurance. The animal crushed his ribs as attendants struggled to calm it from 6 am to 2 pm. Damage occurred at the Milwaukee freight house and several attendants escaped serious harm. Meanwhile Parkersburg West Virginia faced flooding forcing residents from homes and public buildings as floodwaters rose, driving hundreds from Hooded districts Rural and urban areas flooded up to Third Street and beyond.
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St. Paul
Mim
Anys
Hem
Mandar
Conrad Castens
Castens
Cotter
Fieud Sniferera
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pabile Buldings
W. Vs
Wader
Third Street
Riverside
Westwood
Southside
Securit Wery
Nashua Trust official arrested for large bank embezzlement
Jehu Goggin, treasurer of Nashua Trust Company in Nashua New Hampshire, was arrested Monday on charges of embezzling about ten thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars from the bank. The institution remained closed as state bank commissioners assume control pending further examination amid widespread storm news and other distant reports.
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Veegearer
Nashua Trust Company
Jehu
Goggin
Nashua
N. H
Fire in Chicago Skyscraper Triggers 4000 Panic Escape
A blaze swept the Magonle Temple at Chicago on Saturday causing panic among about 4000 occupants of the high building. Elevators saved many as smoke filled the structure and 20 000 dollars in damage was feared though insurance and rapid action limited losses. Fire drill by employees and rapid volunteer firefighters helped contain the blaze. The fire was extinguished within an hour and damage is projected under 50 000 dollars.
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Chicago
Showa
Magonle
Chicacngo
Elevas
Fifth Tor
Robert Prielander
Comamitaciamen
Iroquois Theater
Holovaust
Bee Bone
Gre
Cemple Fire Brigade
Thomas McLennon
Blydenburg Trial Testimony Reveals Poison Suspicions
The trial in Wydenburg features Mrs Harold of Wauseon and Mrs Blydenburg's sister Anna Cludtailer describing alleged sickness, possible poisoning, and a tense marriage. Witnesses recount convulsions, thirst, and a statement about integrating a poison plan as the defense seeks further corroboration.
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Harold
Wauseun
Blydenbure
Ando
Anna Cludtailer
Archbold
Teachiis
Blydenburg
Kiydenburg
Imid
Obin
Mer
Biydenburg
Storm Lake boy pleads guilty in teacher assault case
David Delp of Storm Lake admitted assaulting his teacher with a knife. Before Judge Atken he pleaded guilty and a commitment to the state reformatory was denied. The case moves to district court for action to send the boy to the state school, part of a second similar incident prompting school authorities to seek strong measures.
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Storm Lake
Hic Assauted
Ind
Justine Atken
State Reformatory
Tate
Resting on Their Oars
Morat Crusyaders of Davenport awaken Heture of Gambrera as Dr. George Idger leads a Davenport crusade. The grand jury tracks gambling until they return to the city. Varenport opens. Mayor Docker orders a crackdown on gambling houses. Gamblers leave the city for fresh fields. Idger says opening gambling houses signals indictments and prosecutions.
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Heture
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George Idger
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Varenport
Romy Tue Vail
Docker
Grand Dary Caer
Three Linemen Injured in Sleet Storm Repairs
Johnseon County Telephone Company workers William Bishop of Rock Ishind Frank Vaughs and Cal Mark all of Town City were seriously injured Thursday while repairing damaged dines and poles. A severe elert storm felled wires and poles, causing about $10,000 in damage to Town City.
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Town City
Willian Bishop
Rock Ishind
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Cal Mark
Town
Chy
Jury Disagrees in State Case Against Dr Sruiter Over Cora Lacey Death
A jury has disagreed in the case of the state versus Dr. Sruiter concerning the death of Cora Lacey of Mitchellville. The young woman, who planned to marry Stuy Greig, disappeared leaving her parents ignorant of her whereabouts until news of her death emerged amid a flurry of unrelated regional items and notices.
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Cora Lacey
Mitchellville
Big House
Stuy Greig
Teacher dancing dispute rocks Carroll County school
A Carroll County report alleges that director Joe Willey confronted teacher Miss Urace Sdlinn at Willey school and seized a key to bar a dance. Miss Pulliam, county official, left the district amid threats but a peace agreement was reportedly reached with Willey and Pulliam, restoring leadership at the school.
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Oloaen
Willey
Joe Willey
Urace Sdlinn
Misa Dadian
Chris
Miss Pullin
Cars Yall
Wiles
Sioux Valley Doctors Hold Eighth Semiannual Meeting
Sioux Valley Medical Association opened its eighth semiannual gathering in the M.C. Al auditorium in Sioux City with Mayor Caulwell welcoming doctors. Papers of interest to practitioners were read and discussed as part of the sessions.
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Sioux Valley
Dnembiara of
Ie Sivts Valley Medical Associatgury
Regulal
Woodbury Conny Medieval Society
Rockland Rathrowl Co Sued For Twenty Thousand
A suit filed against Rockland Rathrowl Company seeks twenty thousand dollars in damages over injuries to fours persons wife and property by a bridge over the Citile Rock River near Anaher. The plaintiff alleges negligence in removing wooden springs and replacing them with a steel girder, altering the waterway and causing harm.
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Rockland Rathrowl Company
Anaher
Citele Rork
Teraprd
Flood Threat Grows Across Den Moines and Mississippi Rivers
Reporting from an early 20th century issue, flood fears mount as the Den Moines River mouth shows rising water and levees breach. The Pus River overflows its banks while the Ming Crave and Linn levees fail near Kear Kok and southern regions. Water levels rise two feet in four hours as clouds linger over flood plains.
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den Moines
Kovkak
Ming
Kear Kok
Mississippi
Linn
Dr Harriman Dead After 100 Successful Appendicitis Surgeries
Joh We Marriman, head of the anatomical department at the state university medical school, died Monday after three weeks. He led 100 operations for appendicitis without a death, and is remembered widely in surgery. All university sessions were dismissed after the funeral. the body was sent to Hampton for burial.
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van Buren
N.Y
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Hall
Theo Drageiue
Aloue
Joh We Marriman
Town City
Testate University
Maeday
Macey
Peiversity
Hampton
Sternrone
Four Dubuque Sleigh Party Tragedy Murky Details
A sleighing party near Dubuque plunged down a steep embankment after the horses bolted, fatally injuring four young women and wounding others. Miss Flynn, Miss George, Miss Ritten, and Miss Maier sustained broken ribs and internal injuries, with Sister Philomena Moore among the injured. estate and probate matters weave through the chaotic report as officials investigate the accident.
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Misses Flynn
George
Ritten
Maier
Ria
Poses Pit
Mine Olinger
Uwe
One Hundred Years Ago In Progress and Change
A transcribed glance at past events notes Hayden troops marching to arrest rebel forces and fortifications destroyed as white residents retreated inland. It recalls early modern printers in Philadelphia and London, cowpox vaccination claims, a Senate slave transport restriction, and sparse New York lakes.
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Whitey
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Cape of Good Hope
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Jenner
London
United States Senate
United States
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Maryland
Seventy five Yedra Ago Record of Global Events
Seventy five years prior, Halivar opened Columbia ports to Spanish goods via neutral ships. Turkey and the United States abandoned a treaty over free navigation of the Dardanelles. A ship from Nortalk Va carried freed Black people to Tolburin. Egypt’s viceroy began a major dam project at Kleman drin. Several South American nations gained independence recognized by the Pope. Western Australia became a British province. Portuguese refugees reached the district of Terceren aboard American vessels.
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Columbia
Turkey
United States
Dardanelles
Nortalk
Tolburin
Egypt
Klemandrin
Lishopa
Western Australia
Terceren
Atserican Ves Auly
Fifty Years Ago Incoherent War Chronicle Of Odd Events
Fifty years ago a garbled report mentions William Walker proclaiming independence of Sonora and spans across Cuba Spain and Lower California. It cites prices, naval figures, a race, and political shifts including Beecher and Davis salaries, with scattered names and places in a fractured timeline.
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Sonora
Tower California
Cuba
Broaden
Olio
Franklin Vierve
Remarkable Lake Colorad Salt Lake in Siberia
A world famed lake near Oldarek, Siberia, appears coated with salt that hides the water. It is the saltiest salt lake, about eighteen miles long and five wide, with a salt crust growing six inches yearly. Islands within the lake brace the crust to its position.
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Oldarek
Siveria
Dodd's Kidney Pills End Long Kidney Trouble
A Tolalo Ohio resident recounts severe kidney trouble and long nights of pain. After trying many remedies, six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills brought relief within weeks, ending nightly awakenings and restoring health. The testimonial notes considerable improvement after two weeks and full cure after completing the course.
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Ohio
Lewla
Siualt
Tuku Dodd
Dodd
Benett
The Mistake in a Biographer’s Anecdote and Seed Adverts
A misread anecdote about Alexander Du iing and a misused mintake leads to a humorous scene about the servant and a wager. The piece shifts to a seed catalogue promotion for 1904, listing oats, corn, wheat and other crops from A Saber Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin, urging farmers to request the catalogue.
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Henry A. Spurr
Duis
Cole
Danas
Miltloana
Baker
Michigan
North Dakota
America
S Salzec
Mr. Farmer
Duhu A. Saber Seed Co
la Creske
Wie
Aod
Yawning thought to rest the worried nerves and body
Medical men say yawning signals fatigue and serves to rest tired muscles. Do not suppress yawns stretch and open the mouth wide to relax nerves, stretch the arms and legs, and sit upright to ease exhaustion.
Prominent Doctor Credits Grape Nut for Recovery
A well known physician shares a personal tale of severe illness cured after starting a Grape Nut based diet. He describes losing weight and near death until appetite returned within 15 days, crediting the product and its advertised food to his rapid recovery. He notes doctors warned him to get his affairs in order before health improved.
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Ile
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Atfob
Attie
Wellyiliy
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