Tiny incubator baby listed as two pound birth wonder
A newborn girl weighing 2 pounds 2 ounces and measuring 13 inches is nurtured in an incubator at Field's Corner under Dr. Henry C. Towle. The fragile infant and mother recover. nurse and Waltham Cottage Hospital staff monitor progress as the baby gains weight daily.
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Henry C. Towle
Field’s Corner
The
Post
Towle
Waltham Cottage Hospital
Casey
Baby
Fighters Talk After Big Fight Corbett Retiring Fitz Plans Return
Carson Nev March 18 The after math of the bout draws intense interest as Corbett and Fitz discuss the finish. Corbett recalls confidence and carelessness while Fitz signals possible future combat. Brady offers 20000 on behalf of Joe Goddard and Mrs Corbett mourns, Mrs Fitzsimmons exults. Engagements canceled and warm receptions noted.
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Carson
Nev
Corbett
Fitz
Collision on Denver and Gulf Railway Kills Two Men
A Denver and Gulf railroad crash at the Nineteenth street crossing left one locomotive wrecked. Steam escape trapped two young men, Hugh McBride and Patrick Casey, who died shortly after their bodies were recovered. An engineer was arrested for negligence.
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Denver
Col
Denver & Gulf Railroad
Nineteenth Street
Hugh McBride
Patrick Casey
U S Names Umpire in Colombia Rail Controversy
L. M. Haupt of Philadelphia selected as umpire in the dispute over Colombia’s confiscation of Cauca Rail Company property. A commission will determine compensation Colombia must pay for the seizure. The railway company had been operating in New York State.
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Washington
L. M. Haupt
Philadelphia
Colombia
United States
Cauca
New York
Staie
The Champion Reflects On His Fiery Victory
The fighter recalls a brutal bout with Corbett, praising his wife’s prayers and declaring retirement after winning the last prize. He notes his middleweight triumph, lists blows, blood, and a knocked out tooth, and hints the thirteenth round sealed the win.
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Corbett
Fitz
Jim
Memphis Flood Rescue Efforts Amid Mississippi Rising Waters
Memphis reports ongoing rescue work as steamers bring over 1000 refugees. Families and children drownings are confirmed near the flooded river districts, with the Mississippi submerging islands and large Arkansas bottom lands. Levees hold but may break, while Coahoma county suffers widespread flooding.
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Memphis
Tenn
Here
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Helena
Ark
Coahoma County
Miss
Three Battles and Patriots Supposed Victors in All
Havana reports last night heavy firing toward Guanabacoa with flames seen, amid rumors Gomez forces attacked and burned Spanish officers’ houses. A Sabana near Sancti Spiritus battle left Spanish columns 2000 strong said defeated, while Gov Por rua recalled to Madrid. Payandú clash in Uruguay leaves 1000 total losses. victors unspecified.
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New York
Havana
Guanabacoa
Rodriguez
Sabana
Sancti Spiritus
Gomez
Senor Porrua
Madrid
Weyler
Rolouff
Pinar del Rio
Montevideo
Paysandu
Post triumph praised for battle front news leadership
A reader applauds the Post for superb Wednesday news coverage of the fight. The letter claims the Post led all papers with real time bulletins, outpaced rivals by four rounds, and sold far more copies than the Globe. March 18.
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Post
Gunboats Wheeling and Mariette Launched in San Francisco
In San Francisco at Union Iron Works two warships named Wheeling and Mariette were launched simultaneously in front of thousands. Delegations from West Virginia and Ohio attended the ceremonies as the two gunboats slid into the water at precisely 10 64 o’clock without incident.
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San Francisco
Union Iron Works
Wheeling
Mariette
West Virginia
Ohio
Negro preacher lynched in Scottsboro Alabama riot
A mob broke into the jail this morning and shot John Smith a Negro preacher who had been arrested yesterday on a charge of assaulting a white farmer's wife near Scottsboro Alabama. Local authorities reported no further details.
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Scottsboro
Ala
John Smith
Smith
Supreme Court Dismisses Case Against Charles Scott
The Supreme Court has dismissed the case against American Charles Scott who was arrested for possessing Cuban postage stamps. He is expected to be released tomorrow.
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Havana
Supreme Court
Charles Scott
Fire Damages Beach Street Building in Revere
A morning blaze at 84 to 40 Beach street Revere owned by the Derby heirs damaged the Montgomery market and the Revere Journal. The fire started in a cellar likely from spontaneous combustion and was contained by local firemen. Loss estimated around 2600 dollars affecting Montgomery and the Journal.
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Revere
Beach Street
Derby Heirs
Revere Journal
H. Montgomery
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Patrick Ahearn
Locomotive House Burns in Provincetown Blaze
The New York New Haven Hartford locomotive house in Provincetown burned at 6 this morning. A spark from the 6:3 train likely started the fire. The old wooden building, its contents, a snow plough, and a Western Union telegraph battery were destroyed. Loss about $1000. Ex Chief Engineer Hilliard fell into a water vat but was rescued with minor injuries.
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Provincetown
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Western Union Telegraph Battery
Hilliard
Queen Victoria approves general thanksgiving on June 20
Queen Victoria now at Cimiez France approves observing June 20 as a day of general thanksgiving to mark her accession. She also directs that June 22 be observed as a holiday.
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London
Victoria
Cimiez
France
Swallowed by Sea Ville de St Nazaire disaster claims 78 lives
March 18 report says seventy eight people lost when the French liner Ville de St Nazaire foundered off Cape Hatteras on March 8. Four survivors reached New York after days adrift. Captain Berri among the rescued, described a nightmarish voyage with deaths of women children and crew. Survivors were aided by the schooner Hilda and later transported to New York.
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Ville de St. Navarre
New York
Ville de St. Nazaire
Cape Hatteras
Berri
la Normandie
Forget
Hilda
A. Berri
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Alphonz Maire
Pierre Gauts
Juan de Dios Tejada
San Domingo
Tejada
St. Nazaire
Perth Amboy
Idlewild
Martin
L. de Plesse
Alphonso Dumolis
Hippolyte Dumois
Rescue of Rialto Crew After Fire and Abandonment
The Allan-State steamer Carthagenian reached port with the rescued crew of the Rialto, a Wilson line steamer that caught fire and was abandoned March 5 in latitude 61.31 and longitude 22.45. The Rialto, en route from Newcastle to this port with a general cargo including chemicals, suffered a terrific explosion during a March 3 hurricane.
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Allan-State Line
Carthagenian
Glasgow
Wilson Line
Rialto
Newcastle
Cambrian King Reaches Hampton Roads After Storm Losses
The sailing ship Cambrian King arrived in Hampton Roads with sails gone after a gale last Sunday. Carrying oil for Standard Oil from New York to Hong Kong, 2450 cases were tossed overboard as others shifted. The captain’s wife and children narrowly escaped drowning as the cabin flooded.
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Norfolk
Cambrian King
Hampton Roads
Standard Oil Company
New York
Hong Kong
Utrecht and 100 Souls Lost Off Ushant Feared
A Brest despatch says the Dutch mail steamer Utrecht sailing from Rotterdam February 28 to Batavia Java appears to have foundered near Ushant. Expected loss includes all 100 persons aboard. Wreckage and items bearing the Utrecht name were washed ashore a week ago, including photographs of officers and lifebuoys.
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London
Lloyds
Brest
Utrecht
Rotterdam
Batavia
Java
Ushant
Veteran returns $10 overpayment to Treasury teller
A late war veteran, recognizing the assistant paying teller C. F. Woodman, handed back $10 he was overpaid two years ago. The teller confirms the funds were short by $10 on that day and uses his own funds to balance the account while the veteran expresses relief and asks for forgiveness.
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United States Treasury
C. F. Woodman
Eihe
Dime Novel Heroe Clyde and Jesse Joyall Missing
Clyde Joyall aged 14 and Jesse Joyall aged 11 of 17 Bowdoin Street West End are missing after their father whipped them for truancy. The boys, known readers of dime novels, planned to run away and spoke of adventures told by a friend about riding and sleeping in freight cars.
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Clyde
Jesse Joyall
Bowdoin Street
West End
Annie Besant Arrives in New York on Teutonic
Theosophical leader Annie Besant arrived in New York aboard the steamship Teutonic today as March 18 reports.
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New York
Annie Besant
Wells Arrested in Infanticide Case in Dedham District
Dedham street police arrested 36 year old Frank W Wells at 5 PM after the birth of a child at 4 AM. He is accused of taking the infant from 3 Asylum street wrapped in a white dress and yellow blanket and has denied knowledge of the child's whereabouts. Authorities search for the remains along wharves and sewers.
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Dedham Street
Frank W. Wells
Asylum Street
Wells
No. 3
Catherine McNeil
Elmont Burnham
Burnham
Division 5
Daley
Gillett
Weils
Harrison Avenue
Washington Street
Harbor
Sewer Department
Explosion and Fire in North Lexington House
A heavy blast at 10 18 pm in a North Lexington house owned by M C Meagher started a fire that burned the structure to ashes. The lone occupant, an elderly man, is missing and believed blown apart after approaching a kerosene tank with a lamp. Furniture owned by Mr Smith of Five Forks Stock Farm was destroyed except a piano. Loss placed at 5000 with unknown insurance.
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Lexington
M. C. Meagher
Bedford
Meagher
Violence at Sevierville jail sparks deadly clash
A Knoxville dispatch reports a fierce confrontation between a whitecap gang and a guard at Sevierville jail housing three members. Wires cut, details scant, but several deaths are feared.
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Memphis, Tenn
Knoxville
Tenn
Sevierville
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Rob
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Boston
Journal
N. Y
New England
Rueter & Company
Highland Spring Brewery
Tapster
Cambrian
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