Toledo plant to resume after control by Republic Tron
The Toledo plant of the Republic Tron and Steel Company will restart operations as soon as workers and materials are secured after its brief shutdown since control by the firm two years ago. A string of tragedies and incidents follow in several cities across the country, including deaths in Nebraska quicksands, a shooting in Cincinnati, and legal penalties in Kansas.
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Toledo
Republic ‘Tron and Steel Company
Lively array of late 19th century calamities and feats
Obituaries note William Earle Cook dying at Ports mouth aged 104. Maurice Robinson plans a world automobile trip from New York. Italy protests U S over lynching of two Italians at Erwin Mass. A storm in Grove City Pa. causes four deaths and three serious injuries. Harry Craven, grandson of Rear Admiral Craven, alleged hazing in Annapolis. Landscape artist Gottlieb Faber shot dead in New York by Thomas McGark. Hamburg America liner Deutschland sets New York Plymouth record of 11 hours 5 minutes. Robert Moore 13 killed at American Can Co Whitestone. Chautaugoa County murderer I Frank Wennerholm executed at Auburn. Gen. Daniel Butterfield dies at Craigside New York. Six Mile Ferry residents find dismembered arm and dress in bushes. Tremont towed to New London after bow is severed in collision. Commodore T. H. Allen aground and on fire near Sandy Hook then sank. crew rescued.
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Wiliam Earle Cook
Portsmouth
A. L
Maurice Robinson
New Yorks
Italy
United States
Erwin Mass
Grove City
Harry Craven
Craven
Annapolis
Gottlieb Faber
New York
Thomas McGark
Plymouth
Robert Moore
American Can Company
Whitestone
TL. I
Frank Wennerholm
Auburn
Daniel Butterfield
Craigside
Cold Springs
N. Y
Six Mile Ferry
Homestead
Wild Duck
Tremont
Joy Line
Boston
New London
T. H. Allen
Hongkong
Sandy Hook
Hook
Allen
Multiple Crises and Crimes Spark Ohio News Reel
An unknown black man resisting arrest in Crowley is noted as botched. Andrew Carnegie reportedly offered the city of Portsmouth a bid. Obie Solo runs a public library project. Jacob Neer, farmer from Sioux City, resigns at Bellefontaine. Alston Bills of Pianitten Ohio elected president of Ohio University. Three Newport boys killed near Marysville after a runaway tractor or tram incident. Eleven injured on the Preset Madison Street car line in Chicago due to faulty cable work. Bodies of Wheeler, Mynatt, Hatmaker found. stabbing and beating implied. Anna Kowalchik confessed to murdering her newborn. taken to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Mrs Annie Blechroof’s in-court horror at Batavia jail. Despite Bryan’s advice, George A Groot of Cleveland pursues an independent Ohio ticket. Pekin powers plan indemnity payment. China accepts. Duel between C. J. Dillon and William Morgan over a woman. Morgan wounded. Grover Lemmon and Frank Long killed by a train near Eve, Missouri. John Van Dusen injured.
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Alston
Anna Kowalchik
Cleve
Qolant
Johnstown
Annie Blehroof Cinemnate
Batavia
Ohi
Parrota Lar
William J. Bryan
George A Groot
Cleveland
Bryan Democrat
Ohio
Pekin H
China
C. J. Dillon
William Morgan
Three Mile
W. Va
Morgan
Eve
Grover Lemmon
Frank Long
Kansas
John van Dusen
Philhard
Fréigtight
Vinton
Ohina
LaSécia
Nelsonville
James Rafferty
Columbus
Wellington
Miss Herrick
Myron T. Herrick
Globe-Wernicke Company
West Eighth Street
Cincinnati
August M. Cheniciin
St. Paul
Minn
Chenidlin
James J. Hill
Charles Cobb
Dexter
Dobb
Amy Leslie
Chicago
Frank H. Buck
Bell
Virginia Hotel
St. Joseph
Mich
Buck
George L. Walls
Kansas City
Lillie Thomas
Alexandria
John Lloyd
John W . Jones
Broad Ripple
Ind
Ray Jones
Ohio game warden fires on anglers during arrest
A Western Ohio game warden killed one angler and wounded another for resisting arrest. Across the region, headlines report heat related deaths, fires destroying plants and crops, drownings in Minnesota and Ohio, and multiple accidents. Notable items include a St Louis warehouse fire, a banker killed at breakfast in Marietta, and a prairie fire in Kansas destroying tens of thousands of bushels of wheat.
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Ohio
Samuel Orner
Topeka
Kan
Carnegie
Mattoon
Ill
Stilwater
Minn
Elsie Hirtz
Fannie Griffin
Hokab
Koot River Falls
Andrew Putnam
Laverne
Mion
Ohio Normal University
Ada
Joseph Byrne & Co
St Louis
William 8
Gracey
Boston Oil Company
Marietta
Larned
Ethel Fitch
Annie Clunn
Mahoning River
Youngstown
Tower
Fractured OCR Soured Read Of Local Plant Disaster
An unclear OCR fragment describes a plant incident with many workers laid off. It mentions a deadly event attributed to a spontaneous combustion and signals rebuilding plans. Names, places, and precise details are missing or garbled.
Global unrest and political shocks across Europe rise in 19th century
Reports from Europe describe political exile for Jules Guerin and farewell of Lord Rosebery to liberals, while Olive Schreiner faces imprisonment. Riots in Zaragoza and Luhberg injure many, a deadly explosion at Gyttorp kills four, and Austins Dobson resigns after 45 years. A balloon crash near Schluesselburg leaves one dead and twenty injured. Arctic voyage launches as Baldwin Ziegler ships depart. An attempted assassination in Paris targets Baudin, a French minister, by a Polish husband’s wife. she is captured.
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Jules Guerin
Roseberry
Olive Schreiner
Cavero
Saragossa
Spain
Luhberg
Galicia
Gyttorp
Nora
Orvden
Austin Dobson
Harbor and Fisheries Department
Board of Trade
Earl Russell
House of Lords
London
George Herrick
New York
Schluesselburg
Neva
Russia
Tromsoe
Norway
Baldwin-Ziegler
Baldwin
Paris
Baudin
Marigny
Postmaster General abolishes abuses of second class mail
A broad order from Postmaster General Smith ends abuses of second class mail matter. A Mexican train crew killed a man by accident and fled across the border, dumping the body in a locomotive firebox. Warwick Ontario was nearly burned out with twenty dwellings stores and the Grand Trunk station destroyed, losses estimated at 75000 with no insurance.
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Smith
Mexico
Warwick
Ont
Grand Trunk
Maclay
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Schley Coward
Caitiff
Pawnee
New York
St. John
N. B
Roland
Harrisboro
Pauncefote
United States
Nicaragua
McKinley
Market Reports from Regional Grain and Livestock Prices
Regional price survey shows cattle ranges from Chicago to Buffalo with common to prime cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb values across markets. Grains list No. 2 wheat and corn quotes, oats, rye, butter and eggs, with varied bid prices by city including Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Cincinnati New York and more.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
York
Farm Exports of 1900 Show Broad Global Reach
The 1900 foreign market section of the Agricultural Department reveals exports of domestic farm produce to over a dozen countries surpassing $10,000,000 each. The United Kingdom led with $408,000,000, Germany $134,000,000, and total European sales reached about $730,000,000. Asia rising sharply to nearly $23,000,000, with Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines totaling over $20,000,000.
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Agricultural Department
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
France
Belgium
Italy
Canada
Japan
Denmark
Cubs
Spain
British Africa
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
South America
Asia
Europe
Starving Miners Reported in Kobuk River District
Russian immigrant Joseph Davidowich arrives at Nome shortly before the Kimball sails reporting 200 miners in the Kobak river district facing severe food shortages. He notes two natives died of starvation and cites a discovery on Squirrat creek by Capt Coogan of the John Kelily. A justice of the peace rules death by self harm, but officers suspect murder.
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Joseph Davidowich
Nome
Kimball
Kobak River
Ketzabue Sound
Kobuk
Davidowich
N‘moh
Squirrat Creek
Wobok
Coogan
John Kelily
Arctic City
Satan Hare
Shirtwaist Garb Worn by Chicago Mayor At City Hall
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago shows up in shirtwaist attire at his office, creating a stir among city hall staff. Officials plan to follow his lead, and a haberdasher has reportedly begun sewing about twelve pink and green shirtwaists for public officers.
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Carter Harrison
Chicago
Boers Seek Homes in Oklahoma Territory Settlement Plan
Three hundred fifty Boers leave Cape Colony for Lawson Oklahoma Territory to file for homesteads. Led by Captain Joubert nephew of Piet, they aim to become citizens, with men likely to draw lots or trade with others. Few women accompany the party and more plan to follow. They anticipate a Transvaal colony in Oklahoma and praise the reception so far.
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Lawson
O. T
Registereng
New Orleans
Transvaal
Oklahoma
Joubert
Fighting Piet
Alabama
South Africa
England
Kruger
Fosburgh Trial Began Over Sibling Killing in Pittsfield
Robert Stuart Fosburgh stood trial in Pittsfield Massachusetts for the August killing of his sister May L Fosburgh. Prosecution claims a family quarrel led to the shooting with a revolver intended for another family member. The Fosburgh family contends burglars attacked the household. A jury was secured quickly after panel selection began.
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Robert Stuart Fosburgh
May L. Fosburgh
Pittsfield
Mass
Fosburgh
New England
Robert
Young Feenburgh
Labor contractors in Yucatan accused of holding white slaves
Brief item notes rumors that labor contractors in Yucatan hold white slaves after which funds will be used for a $3,000,000 hotel project. The report contains scant details and unclear attribution.
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Yucatan
Aftor
London
Joshua
Texas
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Joseph Pabian
I‘rank Pabian
North Bend
Neb
Platte River
Clarence Davis
William Weidebusch
John Good
George Metze
Carrie Nation
Anndge Hazen
Pierce's
ELD
Tisdale
Oy) Washburn
A. I. Harker
Charles Barnard
Athor
Grain Company
Swanson City
Duke Shin
St Regis
Agnes Hodges
Smith College
Birges Pond
Bristol
Conn
William Fitzpatrick
Chapderlain
S. D
Thomas Wyman
Evers Phillips
Tt A
Missouri
Kanxax
L. W. I. Prtrrbute
Me. Louis
Sy Boxton
Hope
Innati
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago Ath
Crowley
Andrew Carnegie
City of Portsmouth
Publiu
Jacob Neer Aed
Sioux
Bellefontasmne
Western
J Bo Dousman
Joshen
Reeves Brothers
Alliance
Alfred Meredith
Agent Miller
Hoyne Avenue
Metropolitan
Fred Fourhelm
Bartlett
Willis Miller
Upper Sandusky
United States Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association
Columbins
John S. Mosby
Ben
Federal Land Office
California
Nebraska
J. H. Nash
Marron
Martin Harding
Gambier
Elsie Hirsch
Simon Hirsch
Star Jstifling Company
Leavenworth
Missimiri
St. Joseph and
Girand Island
Santa Fe
Gower
Baker
Floyd
Memphis
Laconia
Ark
Mississippi
MS. Boynton
Order
Supreme Tent
Knights of Maccabees
Port Huron
Maj. Boynton
DFP
James Shen
City
Batesville
Charles A. Spring
Cyrus H. McCormick
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Richard B. Fairchild
Ravenna
Eer
Fairchild
Jacob Dold & Sons
Wichita
Dawson
Yukon
St Michael's
Havana
West Indian
Manila
Asiatic
Hong
Market Reports
Klondike
Laweeos,o. T
Massachusetts
War Toarday
Louisville
Norman A. Dodge
Fort Worth
T. J. Powell
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