Notable Disasters and Crimes Across North America
A digest from Latrobe and elsewhere reports a deadly powder blast in Latrobe injuring a boarder, a Casnovia farmer killing his wife and himself after a quarrel, jewel thefts in Chicago and New York by a famed auto band, dynamite wrecking a Canadian hotel near Grand Forks killing Louise King, and a rail bridge scare in Brooklyn. Also noted are a Great Northern train wreck near Lakota with fatalities, a fatal liner collision in the English Channel, a Springfield bank cashier Cobaugh's suicide amid probate litigation, and a Philadelphia-area estate executor facing a long-ago funds case.
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Latrobe
James Menselle
Almeda Dionesi
Delos Highland
Casnovia
Mich
Eghland
Wells, Fargo & Co. Expresswagon
Chicago
Niagara
Little River
Grand Forks
B. C
Louise King
New York Railroad Commission
Brooklyn — Bridge
Calderwood
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Oriental Limited
Lakota
N. D
English Channel
Royal Mail
Orinoco
New York
A. R. Cobaugh
Casiner
First National Bank
Springfield
Ohio
Cobaugh
Pennsylvania
Multiple Disasters and Scandals in 1900s Rail Era News Nuggets
Coal famine grips the Dakotas as railroads seize coal. Union printers spent nearly $6 million campaigning for an eight-hour day. A scaffold collapse at Naugatuck Junction kills three. NY Central fined for rebates to American Sugar Refining. Lake storms claim 23 dead with 15 missing. property losses reach £740,000. A Louisville case seeks $200,000 alimony amid defamation claims. Loftin Johnson secret marriage in Tarrytown. Indianapolis financier Philander Fitzgerald faces fraud charges. Fast mail crashes on the Mobile and Ohio line injuring 25. Seven Norfolk and Western workers die in a landslide near Puefield. Chicago electric heating bids rise as Edison and Illinois Tunnel firms eyed. Monon Railroad fights ICC compensation ruling. Fire destroys mail on a eastbound Pennsylvania train near Mansfield with 1000 to 1500 feet of transfer mail lost.
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Earl Jungblath
Louisville
Cleveland
Loftin E. Johnson
Tom L. Johnson
Tarrytown
N. Y
Emma E. Hafner
West Nutley
Philander VI. Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Georgia
Dwight
Ala
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Puefield
W. N
Wall Street
Chieizo Edison
Iinois
Chicago
Monon Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Long Schedule of Unfinished Business Before Congress
The entering session faces a heavy agenda with immigration restriction, Santo Domingo and Isle of Pines treaties, tariff changes, naval projects, postal reforms, and more on the table. Immigration looms large as a focal issue with education provisions debated between houses, amid regional aims to curb or direct its flow. The piece notes fear and caution shaping party actions and potential political consequences.
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Congress
Santo Domingo
Isle of Pines
Morocco
Smoot
United States
Philippines
Appalachian
White Mountain
Guantanamo
Canal Zone
Army and Navy
House
Roosevelt
Conference Committee
Senate
British Isles
Europe
Ship Sinks After Puget Sound Collision Near Alki Point
The steamer Dix, bound from Seattle to Port Blakeley with passengers, sank two miles north of Alki Point after a collision with the steamship Jeanie. Captain Ler mon of Dix and Captain Mason of Jeanie led crews as 41 aboard Dix remained missing while 39 were saved. The Jeanie sustained no damage and no crew losses, with Dix master rescued.
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Teamer
Dix Gees Dewan
Puget Sound
Dix
P. Lermon
Seattle
Port Blakeley
Alki Point
Jeanie
P. H. Mason
Alaska Coast Company
Jeame
Dennnison
Mason
Day reports new process for quartz glass plates
Dr. Arthur L. Day of the Carnegie geophysical laboratory at Washington describes a method using high temperatures and 500 psi pressure with 2000 degree alternating current to produce solid quartz glass plates 1 inch thick and 6 by 2 inches. The material resists cracking when subjected to cold water at white heat, enabling quartz vessels to melt or distill metals without breakage.
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Arthur L. Day
Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory
Washington
Technical World Magazine
Day
Midvale Gets Foreign Contract For Armor Plate
The Italian government awarded a contract for 2,100 tons of armor plate worth $1,000,000 to Midvale Steel Company of Philadelphia. The firm beat five European rivals including Krupps, though its bid was $131 higher than the price offered to the government for armor.
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Midvale
Midvale Steel Company
Philadelphia
Krupps
Less Learning and Honesty Call From Alabama Governor
Governor Jelks, speaking at the Montgomery state fair, urged better race understanding as essential to progress. He proposed a slogan favoring less reading and more honesty, stating a country benefits from honest illiterates more than learned liars.
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Jelks
Alabama
Montgomery State Fair
Subway cave causes evacuation near Paris park
Notes of Current Events report a collapse of thirty yards of the Paris Metropolitan subway near Buates Chaumont park, prompting rapid evacuation of nearby buildings for safety.
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Paris
Buates Chaumont Park
Massachusetts
Denikes Island
Buzzards Bay
Minnesota
New England
Bomb Explodes in St Peters Cathedral In Rome
A bomb containing high grade gun powder exploded Sunday inside St Peters Cathedral during mass for the basilica anniversary. Thousands panicked but no one was injured. Cardinal Rampoli and the papal secretary were targets. the tomb of Clement XIII and the altar remained undamaged. The Pope prayed in the Vatican after learning of the attack.
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St. Peter’s Cathedral
Rome
Cardinal Rampoli
St. Peter
Pope Pius
Vatican
Clement XIII
World's Largest Church and Vessel Disaster Report
A long article notes St. Peter's Cathedral as the largest church, details its dimensions and history. It also recounts a ship collision near Alki Point with passengers leaping, a sinking Dix, and drownings of women, alongside an arbitration treaty abstract from the State Department in Washington.
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Eer
Visiliea
St. Peter's Cathedral
St. Paul's
London
Urban VIII
St. Peter's
Constantine
St. Peter
State Department
Washington
Merry
San Jose
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Big Crop Boom Strains Nation’s Car Supply
The Boston Transcript notes a historic car shortage as national production soars and western rails push to expand rolling stock. Shippers fear artificial famine amid congestion while Maine potato growers fret over transport delays ahead of cold weather. Railroads face unprecedented responsibility in moving surplus produce.
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Boston Transcript
Carsnopper
Aroostook
Maine
How They Take the Turk Requirements of Different Cities
Market notes compare poultry handling rules across major cities. Boston and New York favor skinless or headless poultry in some cases while Chicago wants dry picked birds for home trade and ship shipments. St Louis and Philadelphia favor scalded or dry picked poultry with heads and feet on. Baltimore leans toward scalded with heads and feet on, San Francisco demands dry picked heads and feet on undrawn birds. Chickens and ducks sold by dozen geese by pair turkeys by pound. Do not use straw in packing.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Baltimore
San Francisco
National Rural Carriers choose Atlanta for next convention
National Association of Rural Mail Carriers closes its session as Atlanta wins the bid for the next convention. The Peoria meeting concluded with officials outlining plans and the host city.
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National Association of Rural Mail Carriers
Atlanta
Peoria
Frank W. Mack
Associated Press
Santa Ana
Cal
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
November Ailments Their Prevention and Cure
The article argues the human body must adjust to changing temperatures in November as winter begins. It claims perspiration slows, toxins stay in the body, kidneys work harder, and could suffer functional diseases. It promotes Peruna as boosting skin emission and kidney function, noting long use by physicians and many years of efficacy in Europe and America.
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Europe
America
Hartman
A Big Household in India Servants Listed for a Hotel Visit
The missionary, pale from the sun and a troubled liver, explains with wit that life in India would be lavish. He describes a mock household in a beautiful house with a garden and a long staff including a khan samah, khutmatgar, chakra, mus sakhee, mug, syees, bhees tee, saniah, molli, dhobie, durzee, ayah, sirdah, furrash bearer, three punkah coolies, durman, jamadar, and chuprassies as servants.
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India
Khansamah
Khutmatgar
Durman
Jamadar
Water for Norseman's Horse
A horse doctor notes Norwegians keep water at the manger so horses drink while they eat. He contrasts this with thirsty horses in other places, saying Norwegian horses sip water with meals like humans. He observes how the water enhances the horse’s meal and comfort.
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Norway
Doctor's Trials Show Grape-Nuts Aids Recovery
An overworked Ohio physician describes collapse from heavy practice and insomnia. After trying Grape-Nuts with bananas for meals, his condition improves rapidly and he continues daily use for breakfast and often dinner. He cites the pamphlet The Road to Wellville given with Postum Co. products. There's a season.
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Ohio
Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Sreek
Mich
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The
Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer
Mif-Higar
Richard Wightman
Dakotas
Naugatuck Junction
Conn
Tiolt
Great Lakes
Mansfeld
Mansfield
Wooster
Pope Pil X
ST. Peter’s
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Albert T. Patrick
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