Plan to Fight Filth and Open Fontainbleau Camp
New Orleans health officials announce a campaign against yellow fever with a new detention camp at Fontainbleau opening today. The city offers the old smallpox camp for use and pushes a general cleaning day as bankers and ministers urge action while Edwards and Biloxi report fever cases and precautions continue.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Metz
Beard
Britton
Olliphant
The Tall Oak of Berkshire County and the Plunkett Mills
A portrait of W. C. Plunkett, a leading Berkshire county mill owner and political ally of McKinley, detailing his management of multiple mills, growth of production, and community influence. He funded church facilities, supported schooling, and was repeatedly lauded as a prominent local Republican figure.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Cotton Company
Plunkett
W. C. Plunkett & Sons
Adams Paper Mill
Great Berkshire Cotton Company
McKinley
Mr. Plunkett
Ohio
New England
Flunkett
Congregational Church
Berkshire County
Doctor Geddings Arrives to Lead Refuge Camp Effort
Dr. H. D. Geddings of the Marine Hospital service reached Jackson to set up a camp of refuge in Ed wards. He brings 200 tents and mattresses as Dr. Hunter from Vicksburg joins to form a base of supplies and push stringent measures against the yellow scourge.
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Jackson, Miss
H. D. Geddings
Marine Hospital Service
Edwards
Hunter
State Board of Health
Vicksburg
Geddings
Eleven new yellow fever cases in Mobile bulletin
The 24 hour bulletin ending at noon reports eleven new yellow fever cases and one death. Total cases reach 29 with 3 total deaths. Sunday calm deepens as traffic is suspended and streets are deserted by worshippers. Many have left town and those remaining avoid gatherings.
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Mobile
Ala
Medical Update From Ocean Springs Camp Detachment
Dr Kells reports three new mild fever cases with no deaths and all patients improving. Surgeon Murray travels to Fontainbleau detention camp. No new cases, all the sick are doing well. A refreshing shower occurred today.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Kells
Dunn
Scranton
Murray
Fontainbleau
Quarantine Ordered Across Mississippi by Tennessee Health Board
Washington reports Surgeon General Wyman says officials moved in the yellow fever district. About seventy five refugees reached Atlanta, with one mildly ill case noted. Tennessee orders quarantine against Mississippi, covering all persons and baggage.
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Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Atlanta
Sawtelle
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Board of Health
Mississippi
Yellow fever cases in Cairo mild form prompt measures ensure no spread
Cairo Ill yellow fever expert Dr Guiteras arriving from Mobile declares two Marine Hospital cases mild with no outbreak risk. Memphis relay notes strict quarantine by the Cairo Board of Health and a statewide rail quarantine excluding Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cairo
Guiteras
Mobile
Marine Hospital
Board of Health
Egan
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Fire destroys Botsford block in Greenfield one night
A blaze in Greenfield gut the Botsford block, a three story main street building, with the Warner building next to it badly damaged. Total loss on both structures estimated at $20,000, with insurance. Fire started in a drug store on the Botsford block first floor and quickly spread, threatening the Greenfield Town Hall but causing no further damage.
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Greenfield
Botsford
Main Street
Warner
Doulidings
Rapay
Greenfield Town Hall
Autumnal New York trip via Boston & Albany railroad
The autumnal excursion to New York by Albany Hudson River route and return by Fall River line and Boston arranged by the Boston and Albany railroad runs Tuesday October 5. It is promoted as the best value for the money for this trip.
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New York
Albany-Hudson River
Fall River Line
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
World Beaters Oxen Draw Buckland Fame Across State
Buckland Massachusetts Sep 19. Town boasts two prize Holstein oxen named Joe and Jerry. Each measures about 7 teen hands high 15 feet 11 inches long and 7300 pounds with 700 pounds heavier year over year. They haul 11 000 pounds of stone and win blue ribbons at fairs. Owner Mr Avery keeps them groomed four hours daily and says they are docile alert and capable of tricks like handshakes and a light waltz. They move two miles per hour yet occupy the whole road when driven on highways.
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Buckland
Mass
Joe
Jerry
Old Bay
United States
Mr. Avery
Eddie Bald
Jack
Fitzsimmons
Record Flight Tops Kite Altitude At Blue Hill
Best flight at Blue Hill Observatory reports seven Hargrave kites on four miles of wire reaching 10016 feet above sea level, with the topmost kite at 4 17 pm. Instrument box 1380 feet below captured pressure and humidity data, temperature 38 degrees at height, 63 at ground. Steam reel took just over two hours to recover four miles of wire, last ground contact 6 40 pm.
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Blue Hill Observatory
Hargrave
Diver in Gotham Planning to Write Book
Wry New York driver contemplates compiling a volume titled Celebrities I Have Driven For. He claims to have ferried many notable New Yorkers and believes the bigger the man, the more courteous the approach from the driver.
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Gotham
New York
Jehu
Manhattan Island
New Yorker
Labor unrest swells as sole fasteners strike Brockton area
The Central Labor Union denounces Chase Lasting Machine actions and backs lasters with sympathy for union efforts. A large meeting of both union and non union delegates signals possible moves at 10 a m Monday as Brockton and surrounding towns face intensified strike pressure and potential restoration of old price scales.
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Central Labor Union
Chase Lasting Machine Company
Lasters
Martin
Pennsylvania
Asteners
Boston
Middleboro
T. D. Barry & Co
Chase Company
Chase
Police chiefs and detectives jailed after Mexico City lynching
Eduardo Velasquez chief of police Lieutenant Cabreera and Commandant Mauro Salchez were arrested and placed in solitary confinement by order of the grim criminal judge. Twenty one prisoners held for entering the municipal building during the lynching were also turned over to the judge as the investigation proceeds. Te Deums of thanksgiving for President Diaz's escape were sung in Catholic churches by Archbishop Arlacon.
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City OF
Mexico
Eduardo Velasquez
Cabreera
Mauro Salchez
Fiffith
Diaz
Arlacon
Trolley Crash in Manchester Cripples Woman
In Manchester on September 19 at 8 pm a Lakeline trolley struck a buggy at Massabesic. Joseph Matteau was unharmed while a woman passenger was badly cut and unconscious. The buggy was smashed to pieces.
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Manchester
N. H
Lakeline
Massabesh
Joseph Matteau
Four Barns Burn at Dickinson Farm in Hatfield
Fire destroying four large barns on William H. Dickinson and Son stock farm in Hatfield caused about 15000 dollars in damage. Four valuable horses perished in the blaze.
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Hatfield
William H. Dickinson & Son
Retail outlet closes flood damaged wringers and sweepers
The American Wringer Company at 8 Arch and 77 79 Franklin streets ends stock of water exposed clothes wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers. Those needing these goods can buy at reduced prices.
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American Wringer Company
Arch
Franklin Streets
Bissell
Relief for the Klondikers Arrive in Washington
Porteus B. Weare and Michael Cudahy of Chicago, representing North American Trading and Transportation, arrived in Klondike relief talks at secretary of war Alger's request. They planned to confer on sending relief supplies if Captain Ray's army inquiry warrants such action.
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Washington
North American Trading and Transportation Company
Porteus B. Weare
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
Alger
Klondike
Ray
Army
Tobin Sees Brockton Strike as All or Nothing
National Boot and Shoe Workers' Union chief John F. Tobin said there is nothing to arbitrate in the Brockton strike and that the union will stay out all winter if needed. He blamed Chase Lasting Machine Co and treasurer Shaw for stirring trouble and predicted an early settlement following talks involving Churchill & Alden and local firms.
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Chase Machine Company
Brockton
Whitman, Holbrook
Weymouth
Chase Company
Shoemakers
Chase Lasting Machine Company
John F. Tobin
Boot & Shoe Workers’ Union
Beachmont
Post
Mr. Tobin
Williams
Lasters
Churchill
Churchill & Alden
Shaw
Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick’s
Chase
Alaska Relief Plans Discussed by Secretary Alger
Secretary Alger held a preliminary conference with Mr Weare and Mr Cudahy on possible relief for Alaska. A locomotive sled to haul logs over ice was considered, with potential transport from St Michaels or across the Chilkoot Pass to Dawson City. Provisions for 6900 men at St Michaels were noted, and a Seattle-based soldier company for a new St Michaels post would depart next week.
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Alger
Weare
Alaska
Ray
Dawson City
Messrs
Weare and Cudahy
Wisconsin
St. Michaels
Chilkoot Pass
Yukon
Cudahy
White Pass
Fort Selkirk
Seattle
Murder at Linwood greenhouse over debt in Buffalo
Eugene Otto Ledate was killed in Jacob Katoll's Linwood avenue greenhouse. Frederick Katoll, keeper's son, is in custody and has confessed. Ledate, a stranger from Philadelphia, allegedly argued over money Katoll claimed Ledate owed, and was struck with a heavy hammer, causing near instant death.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Eugene Otto Ledate
Jacob Katoll
Linwood Avenue
Frederick Katoll
Ledate
Philadelphia
Katoll
Wedate
Wife Not Dead That Will Be Claim of Defence in Luetgert Trial
Chicago hearing reveals new defense angle in the Luetgert murder case as a jail altercation allegedly weakens the release of the confession. Prisoner William Young hurled Luetgert about twenty feet injuring his thigh , boosting defense claims that the wife may still be alive and seen after the night of her supposed murder. State witnesses include Mrs. Luis Johnson who will testify Luetgert pursued his wife at gunpoint, while the defense plans to present alibi and contradictory evidence.
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Chauncey
Colonel Chauncey
Colonel Depew
Willie K
Depew
William C. Whitney
Whitney
New York
George Gould
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Knickerbocker Club
John
Union Club
University Club
Millionaires’ Club
Metropolitan
Commodore Gerry
Gerry
Robert Livingston
Livingston
Chicago
Luetgert
William Young
Young
Kenosha
Luis Johnson
Plaster cast may be death mask in Newtown murder case
Coroner Hase lam of Newtown, Queens County, holds a plaster death mask believed to be of William Guldensuppe. Found last night in a swamp near the cottage linked to Martin Thorn and Mrs Nack, the mask was discovered by a girl by the pond edge with old overalls and carpet fragments. A search of the pond began under coroner direction to locate more of the head cast.
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New York
Haselam
Newtown
Queen’s County
Willam Guldensuppe
Guldensuppe
Martin Thorn
Suspect Caught In Lowell Robbery At 44 Porter Street
Late yesterday officers arrested a colored woman accused of robbing Edward F. Prentiss of Lowell of 300 dollars in an entry at 44 Porter street. Police say more than 700 dollars was found on her during a station-house search. Prentiss arrived in town with 3000 dollars, and he says two young colored women robbed him after meeting at the Porter street entry. Police withhold the suspect’s name and the full details to prevent others from fleeing.
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Station 4
Edward F. Prentiss
Lowell
Porter Street
Prentiss
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Arnoldsville
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Safesteathartic
Prep &O
Nood's Oarsapariun
Hood
L Hood Oette
Blue Hill
McSherry
Goodyear Machine Company
Brod
Bis Gm
THE
Klondikers
ER & CO
Hogansville
Myrtle
Wilson Bros
O’neil
Revere
Salter H
John H
Loretta F. O'Neil
Somerville
Flowers
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West Boston Bridge
Pesshelaet
Lowdonia Park
Union Sq
Newton
Arlington
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