Women Jump to Their Death in Canby Building Fire
Five dressmakers in the Canby building faced a deadly blaze in Payton Ohio. Minnie Troxell of Miamisburg leaped from a skylight three stories down and died. Two others, including Mrs Frank Mughbes, perished or were gravely injured. Elias Reeder, an elevator operator, was badly injured as a car lost control. Others survived with severe injuries or only suffocated, with fire crews rescuing Anna Spohr of Dayton.
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Canby
Payton
Ohio
Minnie Troxell
Miamisburg
Elias Reeder
Tie
Kevinson
Reverdale
Frank Mughbes
Anna Spohr
Dayton
Will
Elias Saunders
Wil
Army and Navy Register Demands Court Martial of Wood
The leading editorial calls for the immediate court martial of General Leonard Wood and Lieutenant James E. Runeie, arguing the action is justified by the Senate military committee’s secret sessions on Wood’s eligibility for promotion to major general.
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Army and Navy Register
Leonard Woodey
James E. Runeie
Volunteers
Senate Military Committee
Wood
Widespread fall reshapes Mt Tacoma summit in wreck
Meager details reach Olympia of a massive landslide on Mt Tacoma. Part of the highest southeastern peak toppled, sending millions of tons of rock down the slope and altering the mountain’s configuration. Hundreds of acres of rock appear to have fallen.
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Olympia
Wash
Mt. Tacoma
Anatomical Rarity Found in Remains of William Allison
Post mortem findings from Brookings South Dakota reveal a unique malformation. William Allison died recently and had no left lung his stomach enlarged to three times normal size and a heart located on the right side beside the spinal column between the second and fifth ribs.
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Willian Allison
Brookings, S. D
Allison
Cleveland man kills wife and three children then himself
Roscoe W. Derby a 43 year old machinist in Cleveland is believed to have murdered his wife and three children before taking his own life. The motive cited is financial hardship and anxiety over Christmas.
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Roscoe W. Derby
Cleveland
Ohio
Fire at Central Tennessee College Kill Four and Injure Dozens
Four people died and about thirty others were injured in a blaze that consumed Central Tennessee College in Nashville Tennessee. Recovery teams fear additional victims may be found among the ruins as property loss is estimated at 25000 dollars. The piece notes a second blaze in Lorain Ohio where a boiler house spark sparked a fire at Baltimore and Ohio shops causing over 125000 dollars in damage.
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Central Tennessee College
Nashville
Tenn
Lorain
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Consul Davis Sails Home After Beirut Incident
Navy reports ship San Francisco departed Beirut for Alexandreta with Consul Davis aboard. Davis had been insulted by local police at Alexandreta, prompting his recall and return.
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Davis
Navy Department
San Francisco
Beirut
Alexandreta
Citizens alliance formed to curb unions in Salt Lake City
At a 200 member Salt Lake City meeting a citizens alliance was organized to combat labor unions and discourage strikes and lockouts. The move aims to blunt union power amid rising labor tensions in the area.
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Salt Lake City
Citizens’ Alliance
Texas Town Scorched Carthage Business District Burns
Fire tore through Carthage the Panola county seat burning its business section. Loss valued at 60090 dollars with 18000 dollars insured.
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Carthage
Panola County
Texas
Death of Gen Henry K Douglass on Jackson’s Staff
Gen Henry K Douglass chief of staff to Stonewall Jackson died at his home in Hagerstown Maryland after lifelong health decline including mental troubles. He was 68.
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Jackson
Henry K. Douglass
Stonewall
Hagerstown
Pope Leo’s Legacy Delivered in Foreign Securities
Cardinal Gotti, prefect of the propaganda, handed the pope four million lire in foreign securities as the late Pope Leo’s legacy to his successor.
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Pope Leo
London Central News
Cardinal Gotti
Year 1908 marked by massacre and disasters across world
The article surveys 1908 as a year of massacres murders and natural disasters contrasting with progress in industry and peace. It lists Kishinev and Belgrade killings floods floods and storms in Kansas Nebraska Iowa and other states, fires and accidents, political upheavals, and notable deaths and achievements.
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Whiich
Kishinev
Russia
Alexander
Draga
Servia
Belgrade
United States
Kansas
Nebraska
Town
Missouri
South Sea Islands
Asiatic
Turkey
Pacific Ocean
Department of Commerce
Washington
Pope Ico
Fy M. Farrar
Lhe Lord Salisbury
England
Sagasta
Spain
Iorbert Spencer
Theodor Motmimnsen
W. S. Bissell
Emma Booth Tucker
R. J. Gatling
December highlights from the Dowie Zion City era and world events
A December timeline notes key items such as the appointment of a receiver for John Alexander Dowie’s Zion City and industries, the Panama Canal treaty signing, a regular congressional session, an American consul assaulted in Alexandretta, Turkey, the death of Herbert Spencer, a brutal midwest cold wave with record subzero temperatures in Chicago, and the Cuban reciprocity bill advancing in the Senate.
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Roosevelt Insues
Senate
Delaware
Pope Leo
Ives
Spier Falls
Hudson River
Leiten
W. Va
Blount
Macon
Olean
N. Y
Ilavana
Czar
Coimba
Portugal
Ohio
Mississippi
F. W. Farrar
London
Athens
Ill
N. K. Fairbank
United States
Gustavus F. Swift
Chicago Packer
Young Corbett
Terry McGovern
San Francisco
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City and Industries
Panama
Congress
Alexandretta
Turkey
Herbert Spencer
Middle West
Chienzo
Senate Approves Cuba Reciprocity Amid Panama Debate
The Senate passed the Cuba reciprocity bill by 57 to 18 and approved a December 1 to January 4 holiday recess. Debates covered Panama relations, post office investigations, forestry land grants for Minnesota, and a variety of measures including postal reform and the Lewis and Clark exposition funding.
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Senate
Cuba
Spooner
Bailey
House
Carmack
Post Office Department
Nelson
Minnesota
Payne
New York
Curious Food Compound and Baking Powder Risks
The piece warns housekeepers about dubious baking powder schemes using old bones alum and sulphuric acid to lower costs. It notes health dangers from alum based powders and reports New York seizures of such products. It urges choosing well known cream of tartar brand powders and avoiding testers or door sellers.
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New York
National Capital Notes on Legislation and Disciplinary Actions
Secretary Shaw sent to the House a request for 15000 more for the Department of Justice to enforce anti trust laws. Rep. W A Smith introduced a bill to make McKinley Day a national holiday on January 29. Hepburn reintroduced the pure food bill with little change. Interior suspends Thomas McNutt of the general land office after an investigation into Oregon frauds. Naval board investigating Iona Island explosion submits regulatory changes for shell unloading and safety.
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United States
Republic of
Panama
Senate
Daniel
Virginia
Thars
Elling
Fulton
Portland
Ore
Morgan
Isthmian Canal Commission
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Cooper
Wis
National Capital
Shaw
House
Department of Justice
W. A. Smith
Michgan
MclWinley
Hepburn
Molion Pure Food Congress
Interior Department
Thomas McNutt
General Land Office
Oregon
McNutt
Indiana
Naval Board
Naval Magazine
Iona Island
Birds and Humans Compare Courtship in Colorful Display
The article notes that birds, unlike humans, favor the male in bright plumage and showy display during courtship. It details bluejays and peacocks, describing how males sing, puff their chests, and flaunt feathers to attract females who respond with coy interest.
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Anon
Mitigating Horrors of Dark Cell and Prison Writings
A 1901 letter cites two prison coping methods for confinement including pin play in darkness and backward spelling to preserve sanity. Mrs Booth notes work as a major protection against enforced idleness during New York State Prison labor unrest.
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New York
Not Professional. Father Gives Guidance on Baseball Dream
An Indianapolis Sun feature quotes a wise father advising his son about starting a career. He warns the road will be rough, but the son replies that he will become a baseball player.
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Indianapolis Sun
Rubber Stamps Made to Order and Pressing Affair
A short classified note offers self inking date stamps with a catalogue from Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. It also mentions a brief anecdote about a couple moment where a woman recalls a kiss and a bear like embrace and cheer.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Downbeat Cotton Spinning Offsets Iron Gains in Trade Review
The Weekly Review notes non encouraging cotton spinning trends while iron and steel show improvement. Retail trade gains as holidays near. New England lumber idle but Southern activity rises. grain freight delays persist at western points. Pig iron output dips to about 1,000,000 tons with furnace stocks at record highs.
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Hk G. Dun & G Co
New York
Weekly Review of Trade
New England
South
Market cattle and grain prices across major U S cities
Trading figures show cattle and hog prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Buffalo. Grain notes cover wheat corn oats rye and barley with varied bids and grades. The piece notes the marriage of ex-Congressman L W Simerson to Mrs Bila Thomas of Warrensburg New York occurring last March.
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St. Charles
Mion
Green Bay
Peter Elliott
White House
Wilson S. Blewell
New York City
New Jersey
United States
Thos. C. Platt
New York
Kain
St. Louis
Aberdeen
Wash
Wm. M. Stewart
Nevada
Atlanta
Emma Booth-Tucker
Dean Like
Purdue
Indianapolia
Business de Chicago
Australia
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
L. W. Simerson
Bila Thomas
Warrensburg, N. Y
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Oklahoma
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Philadelphia Baseball Park
Pope Pius XII
Paris
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Kentucky
Chas. B. Paragell
Sault Ste. Marie
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Vatican
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