Fire devastates Brazil business district and claims lives
A major blaze in Brazil causes extensive losses totaling around twenty five thousand dollars with Brattin jewelry and Hawkins dry goods among insured properties. A firefighter is injured. five hose teams aided by Terre Haute respond to save the business area. In Peru, Miss Marie Sreeland, 27, died by self inflicted drowning after leaving a note for her sister. The circumstances remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Knight Wock
Brattin Jewelry Store
Hawkins Dry Goods
Lyttle Clothing Company
Knight
Terre Nlante Department
Wabash River
Marie Sreeland
Wabash
Peru
Charles Daniels
Glack
Parents seek police aid to locate missing La Porte student
The parents of Norman Hobrer, a La Porte medical student missing since February 1 in Detroit, request U.S. police to keep a lookout. The father believes he is alive, while locals fear suicide. La Porte citizens will raise a reward for news on the missing man, dead or alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Hobrer
la Porte
Detroit
Tery City
United States
Sitizenus
Robrer
Horses Rush Into Monon Train In Indianapolis Fire Call
Fire alarm response by Hose Company 16 in Indianapolis ends in tragedy as horses hit a Monon passenger train at 16th Street, one horse killed and wagon wrecked while firemen escape. A Lake Erie train had just passed and the Monon was in pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Monon
16Th Street
Stracks
Lake Erie
Indiana Man Kills Himself in Tunnel Near Union Station
C. S. Bitzer aged 65 years committed suicide by shooting in the Illinois street tunnel under Union Station in Indianapolis. His body was found by a pedestrian. He formerly worked for a Cincinnati distilling company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
C. S. Bitzer
Ilinois Street
Union Station
Indianapolis
Ele
Cincinnati
Savings bank possibility for Logansport
Indiana towns report financial and civic notes including Logansport may obtain a savings bank, Evansville may build a municipal telephone plant needing about 200000, and Muncie Commercial club raising 29004 for a new clubhouse. Several crimes and legal actions are listed with fatalities and convictions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Muncie
Thiamond Flint Glass Works
Hartford City
Allied People's Organization Formed in Louisville
Delegates at Louisville form the Allied People's party uniting the Populists and Public Ownership party with other reform groups. About 250 delegates attend as Fusion Populists and others show support while a platform calls for initiative referendum public ownership of utilities and land reform. J A Park hails the platform as unassailable and condemns obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied People’s Organization
Louisville
Allied People’s Party of the
United States
People’s Party
Public Ownership Party of
St. Louis
Fusion
Socialists
Referendum League
Union Labor Party
Prohibition Party
United Christian Party
People's Party
Omaha
Cincinnati
Department of Labor and Equitable Arbitration
J. A. Park
National Committee
Judas Iscariot
Oleo bill clears Senate with tax and labeling provisions
The Senate defeated a recommit motion and passed the oleomargarine measure without House amendments by 39 to 20. The bill, likely to become law after conference, taxes oleomargarine and related products, sets producer and dealer taxes, requires state regulation, and outlines labeling and preparation rules. Senators Thoraker Penrose Spooner supported, Money West Scott Kean Carmack Rawlins opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
St. She Mooney
House
District of Columbia
Thoraker
Penrose
Spooner
Money
West
Scott
Kean
Carmack
Rawlins
Frye
Satirical Dispatches from a Turbulent Era
A volume of quips on military salaries, colonial policy, and public figures. Gen Otis and Gen Miles are lampooned for ornamental pay and imperial misadventures while the Missouri River floods threaten Omaha and political book darts offend in Parliament.
Defeat Ends James K. Jones Stand as Democratic Leader
James K. Jones of Arkansas loses in the Arkansas primary to ex-Gov James P. Clarke ending his bid for Senate and likely his chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. Jones, 63, a Mississippi-born Confederate veteran, had long led Arkansas Democrats but faced strong opposition from many party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Warwick
James PL Clarke
Clarke
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Senator Jones
State Senate
Dole Arrives to Confer With Roosevelt in Washington
Sanford Ballard Dole governor of Hawaii arrives in Washington to discuss island affairs with President Roosevelt. Dole, born in 1844 in Hawaii, served on the Supreme Court after 1887 and helped propel the 1893 revolution. He later became president of the Hawaiian Republic and was appointed governor after annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Ballard Dole
Hawaii
Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Dole
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Judge Dole
Republic of Hawaii
United States
McKinley
SKY SCRAPERS MAY FALL IN CHICAGO SAFETY WARNINGS
General William Sooy Smith warned at the Chicago Real Estate Board dinner that many downtown steel framed buildings are corroding and could collapse within years. He cited oil coatings as only delaying corrosion and warned elevated structures may become unsafe in a decade and unusable in twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Sooy Smith
Chicago Real Estate Board
Woman Or Death Motive Shocks Brooklyn Suicide Attempt
Ada Mosheson, 22, of Brooklyn, attempted suicide by ingesting camphor balls saying she would rather die than be a woman. She claims sex handicaps women in life’s struggle and reflects on women’s mission to civilize and humanize men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Mosheson
Brooklyn
General Otis Reaches Retirement After Forty Years of Service
Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis retires from the U S Army after forty years of service. Born March 25 1838 in Maryland the general rose from captain to brigadier and finally major general of volunteers and regulars. Arthur MacArthur takes command of the Department of the Lakes as Otis ends a career marked by Civil War campaigns and Philippine duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwell S. Otis
Department of the Lakes
Arthur MacArthur
Otis
Maryland
Rochester
N. Y
Volunteer Army
New York Infantry
Virginia
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Philippines
Diverse 1900s Threats and Crime Across the United States
The River Brethren held their annual conference near Abilene Kansas. A mob tried to seize Lewis Solomon in Carthage Texas but the sheriff blocked them. Wellington Kansas awarded a contract for a municipal electric light plant. J W Farley, an elevator attendant at the Astor House in New York, confessed to starting the building fire and other fires. John Vinso was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Wallace Ward in Pierce City Missouri. Green W Pritchett was killed and John Below wounded in a duel at Corydon Kentucky over business. Bulgarian revolutionists attacked Turkish guards at Nerva but were repulsed with two killed and several wounded. Christian Nelson arrested in San Antonio Texas for bigamy. police say he has had twelve wives’s.
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J. W. Farley
Astor House
New York
John Vinso
Wallace Ward
Pierce City
Aurora
Green W. Pritchett
John Below
Corydon
Nerva
Djumabala
Christian
Nelson
San Antonio
Texas
C. C. Nelson
St. Louis
Metals as fuels illuminate ground and warfare use told
Prof Roberts Austen notes metals burn for heat and light like fuels but yield solid combustion products. He cites a magnesium star shell for high altitude illumination and aluminum’s role in welding. Industrial use grows, notably in Essen Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts Austen
Essen
Germany
War reports linger as Boer attack threatens British column
In 1950 Say reports say the war may not be over as a one armed Boer on a three legged ox attacked a British column near Bloemfontein. Severe losses were inflicted and the attackers withdrew to the mountains prompting calls for more troops from England. Life notes gloom over the empire and fears linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Lord Whitchener
Bloemfontein
England
London
Empire
Secretaries Testimony Boosts Dodd’s Kidney Pills
Mr C L Smith of 309 Annestreet secretary of the Trades Council writes of a illness recovery after using Dodd's Widney Pills. He says one box aided walking with a cane and two boxes ended pain fully. He praises Dodd's Kidney Pills as worthy of praise. A Pueblo Colorado steel wagon factory contract was awarded to a New York firm for the Steel Wheel and Wagon Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
Pueblo
Colo
New York
The
Steel Wheel and Wagon Company
Free Allen's Foot-Ease Sample Offer
A promotional notice offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy N Y. The powder claims to cure tired sweating damp swollen and aching feet and to ease new or tight shoes. It is advertised as a cure for corns and bunions and available at druggists and shoe stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Bec
Engaged to a literary man sparks rumor in town
In a candid exchange Sue worries about Mildred's engagement to a writer, fearing exposure of intimate letters. The two conversations hint at social stakes and potential scandal surrounding literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Mildred
Red Cross Ball Blue Promoted By Good Housekeepers
Advertisement notes Red Cross Ball Blue used by good housekeepers and sold at leading grocers for five cents. Mentions Belgium exported firearms worth 343000 dollars to this country in a single quarter last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Peculiar to Itself St Jacobs Oil Praised in Ad
An advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil praising its unique ingredients known only to manufacturers and trusted staff. It claims miraculous pain relief with thousands cured from crippling pain and asserts it outsells other proprietary medicines and rival embrocations combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
Vogeler's Curative Compound Promises Health for Weak Children
Advertises Vogeler's Curative Compound as a cure for weak digestion and general weakness in children. Claims to purify and enrich the blood, restore color to cheeks, and add flesh with small doses twice daily. Sample bottle offered by St. Tacobs Oil Ltd in Hatimore Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogeler
St. Tacobs Oil, Ltd
Hatimore, Md
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Ferdinand
Oseph Konitz
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F. Id. Lambert
Frank Purcell
George S. McCulloch
Union Traction Company
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Tipton
Kokomo
Howard County
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Vernon
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Clarence Sandefur
George Scott Dee
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Manson A. Johnson
Anderson
Henry Clements
Heith Troscomb Davis
South Bend
Miles
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Great Britain
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Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
John Dillon
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
Sam
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Quay
Platt
Bureau of Animal Industry
Dole
B. Dole
Abilene
Kan
Lewis Solomon
Carthage
Wellington
Balzer
John A.salzer
Brenna
Ball & Aports
A.G Bpalping & Bros
York
Denver
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