Fire and crime fill pages of Bessemer Herald
The Norwich teller works burned in a fire at Willem H Pace. J M Marling was killed answering a call when a wagon toppled and ran over him. A series of robberies, murders, and political graft notes fill the column. A Chicago detective shot suspect William Felker Hauser. Col W L Vischer pleads not guilty to shooting a patrolman. Several ambushes, explosions, and suicides are recorded among diverse locales, including New York, Omaha, and Scranton.
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Willem H. Pace
Norwich
Dean
Tess
Seeekh
Ruse Sace
New York
Sis
Jackwe
Cari J. ML Marling
F. P. Earle
Mr. Earle
Italy
Chace
William Felkerhauser
Michael Curran
West
Chicago Avenue
Col
W. L. Vischer
Omaha
Neb
Comdener Dillon
Victor Rosewater
Omaha Ree
Wayne County
Republican Central Committee
Healing by Faith at St Pauls Reformed Episcopal Chicago
St Pauls Reformed Episcopal Church in Chicago adopts healing of the body under Bishop Samuel Fallows. The new ministry combines Christian psychology with medical care, differing from Christian Science by collaborating with physicians and applying healing where mind affects the disorder.
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St. Paul's
Kish
England
Iss
Ims
Wisconsin
Inm
Ist
Reformed Episcope Church
Aa Teter
St. Paul's Church
Chicazy
Labor Demand Revives Nationwide Says Powderly
Industries across the United States are reviving, reports Terence V. Powderly chief of the division of information at the bureau of immigration. He notes 200000 labor requests from July to October and says a renewed demand will require government action to place Americans and aliens alike in manufacturing railroads farms and industry. The trend points to a spring pickup as migrants return to Europe and the labor supply expands.
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United States
Terence V. Powderly
Division of Information
Bureau of Immigration
Congress
Powderly
Wpowderly
Europe
All Around the Globe News Briefs From 17
The Legal Aid Society of New York received 26300 appeals for aid. The New York Board of Education may vote to restore corporal punishment in schools. Cummings Leather Company factory in Woburn Massachusetts was destroyed by fire with a loss of 889000 fully insured. A Culbertson Montana fire destroyed an entire business block requiring dynamite to prevent spread. Edward Shea of Montclair New Jersey has recovered from a month long trance claiming visions and contact with the dead. Katherine Noble of Baltimore Mohegan disaster engagement to Ernesto Trorio Semondetti of Mexico. Jeremiah O Meara aged 70 and Helen Naughton aged 65 wed in Stamford Connecticut after 40 years apart. both not previously married.
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New York
Katherine Noble
Baltimore
Ernesto Trorio-Semondetti
Mexico
Jeremiah O'Meara
Helen Naughton
Stamford
Conn
O'Meara
Big Poultry Show Highlights and Tragic Home Invasion
Three thousand poultry enthusiasts gathered in Chicago for the National Fanciers' and Breeders' Association show amid record entries. Notable prizes included the champion hen owned by Ernest Kellerstrass of Kansas City valued at 2500. Other attractions featured fighting cocks, turkeys, ducks, racing pigeons, and pheasants. In White Rock Virginia a man was shot dead during a home invasion as his wife defended the door. Burlington and Union Pacific announce pruning of passenger train staff roles, removing porters from chair cars and eliminating flagmen as retrenchment.
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Chicago
National
Fanciers’ and Breeders’ Association
Middle West
New York
Ernest Kellerstrass
Kansas City
White Rock
John Wintle
James Sleater
Burlington and
Union Pacific
Omaha
Congress Debates Codification Of Federal Penal Laws
The Senate was not in session Friday yet the House worked over five hours on a bill to codify and revise the criminal laws of the United States. Amendments targeted civil rights protections, labor unions, and voter qualification while negotiations over bonds and treasury operations continued.
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House
United States
Littlefield
Maine
Burleson
Texas
Senator Foraker
House of Representatives
Messrs. Smith
Missouri
Hughes
New Jersey
Sisuke
Bartett
Georgia
Sherley
Kentucky
Committee On Revision
DeArmond
Secretary of the Treasury
Culberson
Aldrich
Tillman
Bailey
Cortelyou
Myr
Finance Committee
Treasury Department
China
Senator Knox Bill Targets Employers Liability Limitations
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to fix defects in the present employers liability law by applying it only to corporations engaged in commerce Congress has the right to regulate. Representative Waldo of New York proposed a resolution for the House foreign affairs committee to ask the President to seek Russia's release of recently convicted Duma members.
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Knox
Pennsylvania
Congress
Waldo
New York
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Russia
Borax a Simple Safe and Sore Home Cleaner
Borax marketed as a preventative against typhoid from unsanitary sinks and drains. The ad extols Kerax as a multi use hygienic product that softens water cleans linens and clothes sterilizes baby bottles and nourishes skin. It claims Borax is harmless economical and available from druggists with a free Jingle Book offer for mothers sending baby details.
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Eay
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Chicago, I
Pirates of the Caspian and Turcoman Slave Trade
The Turcomans in Central Asia are described as robbers and slave dealers on the Caspian. They operate pirate ships to capture Russian and Persian vessels, seize wealth, and enslave crews. Khiva and Bokhara serve as major slave markets with cruel treatment of captives.
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Central Asia
Caspian Sea
Khiva
Bokhara
Declo
Burroughs Owes You Money Says Philadelphia Press
A quotation from the Philadelphia Press notes Burroughs owes a debt. The speaker predicts repayment may come someday, but asserts you cannot force him to be buried. The remark adds that the sight of the speaker in the street has caused Burroughs to hurry on several occasions.
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Burroughs
Hell
Berry
Philadelphia Press
The Sniffing Britisher Rises in Hysteric Scorn
A fragment from Sydney, reporting a reaction described as cold and self contained. The author notes the Britisher’s emotional crowing followed by inconsolable weeping reactions in various situations, painting a satirical portrait of distant, restrained behavior.
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Sydney
N.S. Wo
Banished Coffee With Postum Kept From Homes
A reader describes nervous headaches from coffee and how Postum Food Coffee replaced it. She details a cousin and her own change, headaches fading, and a friend who learned to brew Postum properly, leading to coffee banishment in both homes. Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan is cited.
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Moffier
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Michigan
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