Wreck Kills Six as Erie Train Derails Near Greenville
Passenger train No. 5 on the Erie railroad derailed at a sharp curve near Greenville Pennsylvania. Six people died and ten were injured. a mail car telescoped a combination car. The engineer and fireman escaped, and rescuers rushed to the scene. A special train carried the injured to Meadville hospital.
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Greenville
Erie
Rushville
Ind
Harry A. Hart
Tenth Infantry
Peter J. Curry
Clarence Leek
Somerville
N. J
Meadville Hospital
Shenango
Charles Henry
Tesla's Predictions From The Future Of Science
Nikola Tesla envisions wireless world telegraphy, ozone water sterilization, artificial food from oxidized hydrogen, and a flying machine. He predicts telautomata control without wires, global energy transmission, sun energy draw, and self acting engines. The era may reduce battlefield numbers and enable air and sea dominance by a few.
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Nikola Tesla
Disaster at Baku Fires Kills Hundreds
A Russian dispatch reports 500 people dead in the Baku conflagration. The fire destroyed a police station tenements and large quantities of mazout along with naphtha reservoirs, with explosions at spectator areas. Reports from Rossiya and Journal of Commerce cite Tamouse lake fire and widespread destruction.
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St. Petersburg
Kossija
Baku
Rossija
Rothschild
Journal of Commerce and Industry
Tamouse
Storm sinks hundreds of Japanese fishermen at sea
Steamship reports 60 fishing boats with about 400 Japanese fishermen from Pashidat Maru wrecked 20 miles offshore by a sudden gale. Only 18 men escaped and one body was recovered. Elsewhere fires destroyed a Minnesota wheat elevator and a North Carolina mill, causing total losses.
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San Francisco
Robert Brice
Pyrenees
Tahiti
Australia
England
Tacoma
Leith
Equator
Pitcairn Island
McCoy
Pitcairn
Manga Rova
Vancouver
B. C
Empress of China
Japan
Granite Falls
Minn
Columbia
Minnesota Walls
Plague Prevention Bounty Issued in Stockholm
Stockholm authorities offer a bounty of 10 ore per rat killed to curb the plague risk. The rate equates to about 2.12 cents per rat. The measure reflects early public health efforts and pest control during a health scare.
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Stockholm
Negroes Seek Hawaiian Sugar Jobs From Southern States
The New York Post reports Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association agents in Mississippi Kentucky Louisiana Tennessee Arkansas and Texas are urging emigration of Southern Black workers to Hawaii. Hazlehurst Mississippi serves as a headquarters where literature and prospectuses are distributed to field hands. Early shipments are small but a group aged 16 to 25 has left or intends to leave, with one consignment already in Hawaii.
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New Orleans
Hawaiian Islands
Mississippi
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
New York Post
Hazlehurst
Miss
Jackson
Hawaii
Witherto
Substitute for coal touted from Mannheim factory
United States Consul Frankenthal reports on an artificial coal from Montag of Hemshof factory near Mannheim. Peat based, with secret chemicals, it supposedly costs about 25 cents per 220 pounds to make and yields high heat with little ash. Mannheim capitalists seek the secret. Montag aims to control sales himself. Daily output could reach 60 tons.
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United States
Frankenthal
Bern
Department of State
Washington
Hemshof Dye and Soda Factory
Mannheim
Germany
Montag
Moannhheim
Montay
Gehrig
Mannheim Chamber of Commerce
Chinese Minister as Matchmaker and Henhouse Dish Craze
Washington report sketches a Potomac fishing club with lawmakers, a new house committee, and rules on cocktails. It recalls Minister Wu’s matchmaking tale with Senator Blank’s daughter, praises chicken a la McComas, notes Beveridge’s Chinese idol pose, and lists gifts for Hanna and Grosvenor from California souvenirs.
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Potomac
Washington
New York World
House
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Senate
Beveridge
New German Navy to Arm Ships with 28 cm Quick Firing
A Berlin dispatch notes Krupp has produced a US centimeter quick firing gun. The German navy will equip new cruisers and battleships with the weapon, giving Germany a lead in artillery. Branden burg class ships already use 28 centimeter cannons, though not quick firing. It marks Germany’s continued edge since 1806 when early quick firing calibers were adopted.
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Krupp
M. Lockroy
SD Berlin
Germany
If She Only Knew Civilization Impresses the Empress
The Washington Star quips that the empress of China might favor civilization more if she learned about automobile coats and pink teas, suggesting a playful cultural contrast.
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China
Civilization
The
Washington Star
Heap Smell Prank by Buffalo Bill Indians Shocks Shop Clerk
A group of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West performers visited a Kansas City drug store on Walnut Street. They sniffed a bar of soap and a perfume bottle, exclaiming “Heap smell” before paying and leaving, much to the clerk’s relief and fear.
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Buffalo Bill
Walnut Street
Kansas City Journal
Anecdotes of Forrest and His Humble Spelling Flub
An ex Confederate officer recalls General Forrest from a sole overseer background to a respected Confederate leader. He recounts Forrest correcting a spelling mistake with humility when asked to sign an autograph and notes his later courtly demeanor and merit. The tale ends noting northern views on Fort Pillow.
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Forrest
Potomac
Fort Pillow
Calvary
Eves
New York
First Class Pullman Sleeper From Twin Cities to Kansas City
Daily first class Pullman sleeper runs from the Twin Cities via Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul to Kansas City. Departs Minneapolis 7 50 A M and St Paul 8 00 A M arriving Kansas City 7 oclock next morning. Also a Pullman tourist sleeper from Twin Cities every Wednesday through to Los Angeles California. Apply to ticket agents or J T Conley Asst Gen Pass Agent St Paul Minn for rates.
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Twin Cities
C. M
St. P. Ry
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Southwest
California
Los Angeles
Cali
J. T. Conley
Asst
Minn
Eight Hour Laws Ignored by Tireless Workers Ad
Advertisement for Dr. King's New Life Pills claiming to cure indigestion biliousness constipation and other stomach liver and bowel troubles. Promotes easy safe and pleasant dose. Sells for 25 cents at McFadden Drug Co. and H P Dunn & Co.
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Dr. King
McFadden Drug Co
H. P. Dunn & Co
Notice to Water Consumers Whistle Alarm Plan
Notice from Minnesota Water Co states that four blasts from the pump house whistle will sound a half hour and again 15 minutes before any water shutoff for repairs or leaks, replacing personal notices to consumers.
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Minnesota Water Co
Only Boschee's German Syrup A Cure for Lung Troubles
A vintage advertisement endorses Boschee's German Syrup as a superior remedy for coughs and severe lung troubles. It claims the syrup heals tissues, destroys germ disease, reduces inflammation, eases expectoration, and improves sleep, urging buyers to try one bottle and consult Green's Prize Almanac.
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Boschee
Green’s
Nickel Plate road touts Pan-American Exposition service
This summer the Nickel Plate road will carry thousands to the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. It promotes its line as the popular route with well known train crew courtesy. Travelers are urged to buy tickets via Nickel Plate and may contact General Agent John Y. Calahan in Chicago for bookings.
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John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
Tar and Honey Remedy Advertises Lung Healing
An old advertisement claims Foley's Honey Land Tar stops coughing and heals the lungs. It contrasts this with ordinary cough medicines that merely expel phlegm and irritate the lungs, misrepresenting their effectiveness.
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Foley
H. P. Dunn & Co
Mc-Fadden Drug Co
Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Choate delivers an address on Lincoln covering his early life and struggles, character development, and his later years and administration. Published by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. 6 cents postage to F A Miller, Chicago.
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Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Foley's Honey and Tar Cold Remedy Ad
After exposure or when you feel no cold coming on take a dose of Foley's Honey and Tar. It never fails to stop a cold if taken in time, take nothing else. H. P. Dunn & Co. McFadden Drug Co.
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Foley
H. P. Dunn & Co
McFadden Drug Co
A Fireman's Close Call and Recovery with Tonics
A Burlington Iowa fireman C W Bellamy writes of enduring pain and weakness while on duty and credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health. He describes renewed appetite strength and vitality after use. The testimonial ends with a sales pitch and price listed by McFadden Drug Co J P Dunn & Co.
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C. W. Bellamy
Burlington
Iowa
McFadden Drug Co
J. P. Dunn & Co
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Russia
Moose River
Mayville
N. C
Moose River Milling Company
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Congressional Fishing Club
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Idge
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Miss Blank
Senator Blank
Maryland
Washington Post
Capitol
Kahn
Senator Hanna
Grosvenor
Pacific Slope
Hanna
Banner
A. P. Dunn & Co
Peor
Madison Medicine Co
Uncle Sam
Hessel
McFadden
Pocket Edition
Humphreys
W. L. Yancy
Paducah Ky
Iry Foley
A L. Hoffman & Co
Tor
4Th and
Grove Streets
Brainerd
John L
Temple Court
E. S. Houghton
Detroit Optical College
Milwaukee” Line
Buffalo
Laurel Street
Inter
Val. Schreier
Milwaukee
Wis
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