Summary of Key Events From Bessemer Herald Montage
The piece lists a string of events including a likely coal strike after a Toledo conference, mine disasters in Primero Colorado and Drakesboro Kentucky, a large Paris crowd along a falling river and lantern light, a Big Four railroad embezzlement trial in Cincinnati, and political and economic notes from Chicago New York and London.
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Charles Lo Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Cincinnati
Stewart-Ford
Paris Flood Submerges City as Slime Flows Away
Paris and suburbs struggle after Seine floods recede with slime clearing streets. Builders risked structures while physicians urged disinfection before occupancy. Water from Youse Aube Marne swollen rivers fed the Seine flooding basements and delaying comfort in the ancient city.
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Seine
Paris
Youse
Aube
Marne
Louis XIV
Flooded Paris Feeds Fear as Tunnels Collapse
The article describes widespread flood damage in Paris affecting rich and poor, noting cave-ins in streets and the danger posed by underground tunnels and sewers. It highlights soaring prices for basic items and the uncertainty of the final ruin while acknowledging vast loss and suffering across the capital.
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Paris
Europe
Train Kills Four On Ohio Crossing Tragedy
A west bound Pennsylvania train struck and killed Mrs Roy Covert and fatally injured her husband near Londonville Ohio. The train then hit an automobile near Crestline killing J H Sigler and Charles Echelberger both of Hayesville. Curtiss Doerrer of Mansfield survived with severe injuries after his shoulder and leg were crushed and internal injuries. The couple was traveling to visit when the fatal tragedy occurred.
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Pennsylvania
Roy Covert
Londonville
Ohio
Crestline
J. H. Sigler
Charles Echelberger
Hayesville
Echelberger
Sigler
Curtiss Doerrer
Mansfield
Doerrer
Ex-Ambassador Draper Dies in Washington at 68
Brigadier General William F. Draper former American ambassador to Italy died at his Washington home after a prolonged illness aged 68. Born in Lowell Massachusetts in 1842 he served in the Union Army and later held political roles as a Republican Member of Congress and presidential elector. He was appointed ambassador to Italy in 1897 and held the post thereafter.
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Uhe
Pest
Washington
William F. Draper
Italy
Lowell
Mass
Isis
Fatal Collision Involving Freight Train and Auto Vehicle
An automobile traveling eastbound collided with a freight train near the tracks, the impact happening instantly and the car found on the rear of the train, directly in front of the express. Police report details are sparse, but the accident occurred at the rail crossing with no immediate indication of survivor.
Snow Saves Oregon City From Baker City Fire
A midnight Baker City blaze caused about 284000 in damage. Volunteers fought with garden hoses and damp blankets as heavy snow saved most of the city by limiting the spread and protecting roofs.
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Oregon City
Baker City
Ore
Tornado Destroys Two Mile Swamp School House
Seven pupils and a teacher were injured when a tornado demolished the Two Mile Swamp schoolhouse twelve miles from Orangeburg North Carolina. Injured teacher is Miss Julia Reed. The schoolhouse was reduced to splintered timbers.
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Woornade
Two Mile Swamp
Orangeburg
N. C
Julia Reed
Mexican mine disaster kills 100 workers in Coahuila
A gas explosion at the Paula coal mine in Coahuila Mexico near Eagle Pass Texas traps and kills all 100 miners. Sixty eight bodies recovered. others buried deeper. One survivor died after rescue. Smoking in mines prohibited. accident traced to a new miner lighting a cigarette. The mine, part of Coahuila Coal Company Musquiz group, suffered extensive destruction with losses over 500000 dollars.
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Paula
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Texas
Coahuila
Musquiz
Coahuila Coal Company
Cherry Mine Disaster Slow Progress in Rescue Efforts
Explorers in the Cherry Mine at Cherry, UL report only 400 feet opened after three days of work. Seventy bodies are expected to be recovered as crews clear a runway to an air pit while heavy timbers burn and rock piles threaten collapse. Mules and miners suffered injuries amid a smoky, dangerous escape route.
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St Paul
Cherry
Gompers Appeals For Funds To Fight Steel Trust
A circular from New York national labor headquarters asks ten cents from about five million union and farmers group members to oppose the steel trust. Samuel Gompers says the drive is in self defense to protect American standards of life and institutions.
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Gompers
New York
United States
Samuel Gompers
Steel Trust
Prince Henry Plans Arctic Dirigible Pole Quest
Prince Henry of Germany intends to lead a spring expedition by dirigible balloon to reach the north pole. The note highlights American leather hide stock sent to the U S for shoe factories and back to Germany. Sweden debates wheat and rye duty cuts amid bread price protests. Russia schemes protective policies for agricultural machinery. The Dominion government shows support for Roosevelt's call for an international resource conservation body.
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Prince Henry
Germany
North Pole
United States
Russia
Dominion
Roosevelt
Canada
Poison Found in Swope Case Prompts Immediate Arrests
A ciphered message to attorney John G Paxton reported poison in the stomachs of Col Thomas H Swope and nephew Chrisman Swope prompting murder charges. The executor Dr Ludwik Hektoen and doctors Vaughan Haines prepared evidence linking typhoid inoculation plots to heirs to the Swope millions.
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Cyrus D. Fuss
Poisin
Thomas Swope
Bureau of Labor
Seine
Paris
Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
Chrisman Swope
John G. Paxton
Ludwig Hektoen
Hektoen
Walter Haines
Victor C. Vaughan
Chicago
Paxton
Swope
Colonel Swope
35 Die In New Horror At Browder Mine Drakesboro Ky
Rescue efforts continue after a gas explosion at Browder mine in Drakesboro Kentucky. At noon the blast killed 35 with ten men removed from the workings and six others known dead, while about a score were injured.
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Browder
Drakesboro
Awed Actress Mrs Sol Smith Hurt in New York Car Crash
Retired actress Mrs Sol Smith, nearing her 80th birthday in March, was knocked unconscious in an automobile collision in New York. Doctors fear her age may worsen the seriousness of her injuries.
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Sol Smith
New York
Dolly Defies Grandmother Over Facemask Habit
Child Dolly refuses to wash her face and is scolded by her grandmother in a domestic scene. The grandmother recalls her own youth and insists on cleanliness as a moral lesson.
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Dolly
Grape Nuts Helps Woman Rebuild Health After Stomach Troubles
A Missouri woman narrates her recovery from chronic stomach distress after using Grape-Nuts. She describes relief from heartburn and gas, weight gain from 98 to 116 pounds, and renewed ability to work, crediting the cereal as the key to her improvement. The ad touts a ten day trial and references The Road to Wellville.
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Missouri
Wellville
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Louis R. Gravis
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Minneapolis Journal
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