Long list of deaths, disasters, and political notes across cities
A broad chronicle reports numerous obituaries and deaths, including John Z Little in Brooklyn, A C Rand in New York, Frank H Fisher in New York, and Rev Thomas K Beecher in Elmira. It covers a Newark tenement fire killing fifteen, a Hazleton dynamite mine blast, and numerous city disasters. Political notes include Rhode Island Republicans backing William Gregory for governor, and Ohio and Missouri crime and court items. It also notes corporate bankruptcies, steamship and railroad movements, and other regional incidents from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Z. Little
Brooklyn
A. C. Rand
Latlin & Rand Wonder Company
New York
Frank H. Fisher
Maud Lillian Berri
Dthode Island
William Gregory
North Kingston
Newark
N. J
Hazleton
Frank Ward
Andrew Carnegie
Frick
Steel Company
Thomas K. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Park Church
Elmira
Arthur D. Wilson
Pittsburg
Brazil
Edward Pettinger
Mount Vernon
Boss" Tweed
East View
N. Y
Henry J. Schloss
Nathan 4. Schloss
XN. J. Schloss & Co
Chatham
Myas
William D.’. Hood
Somerlost
Carbondale
Wilwell-Teeter Grocery Company
A. Starzinger
Miller Bros
Earth Shoe Company
Peak & Storm
Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer
Giant thrashing-machine trust project abandoned
Reports note the collapse of a proposed $75,000,000 consortium of thrashing machine manufacturers. Other items include Framnes sinking off Hog-Sty reef with all aboard saved, counterfeit silver certificates found by the Secret Service, and Wellman-Seaver engineering winning a contract to build Canada’s largest steel plant. Also details rail, snow slide damage near Vancouver and Dawson City prospects, Nome gold fever, and Dr. Richard Gear Hobbs planning a large corn-for-charity shipment to India with 40 workers per state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framnes
Hog-Sty Reef
Cuba
Philadelphia
Admiral Schley
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Wellman-Seaver Engineering Company of
Cleveland
Nickel Steel Company
Ilton
Ont
Canada
Oo Oe
Vancouver
B. C
Mead
Selkirk Mountains
Bear Creek
Six Mile Creek
Sandon
Siberian
Cape Nome
Nome
Richard Gear Hobbs
de. Klopsch
Christian, Herald of New York
Calcutta
India
Klupsch
Haineis
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
New York
Dr. Hobbs
Springfield
Multiple City Fires Cause Big Losses Across States
News nuggets report extensive fires in Quincy Massachusetts Port Gibson Massachusetts Southwest City Missouri Hopkinton Massachusetts and Topeka Capital adopting Christian daily bias. Losses run to hundreds of thousands with cotton stores hardware hotels and livery barns destroyed. Also a severe cold snap freezes fruit across eastern Tennessee and North Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Port Gibson
William Cunningham
St. Paul
Minn
J. ©. Tritch
Findlay
Ohio
Topeka
Charles M. Sheldon
Southwest City
J. D. Georgian
Tire
Hopkinton
Eastern
Tennessee
North Georgia
Global tensions and naval powers cast over 1900s headlines
Foreign affairs flash reveals Turkish officials barred from Paris exposition and Nansen leading an Arctic search for the Duke of Abruzzi. The Czar orders a Russia mobilization and calendar reform to align with the Gregorian system. Barbadian hunger drives mass emigration to St Lucia as Britain asserts war aims in Behalf of Kroger and Steyn. A steamer collision off Sable Island claims 22 lives. British stance on South Africa hardens. A life sentence is imposed by court martial for Private George Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nansen
Duke of
Abruzzi
India
Russia
Barbadoes
St. Lucia
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Orange Free_ State
Yarmouth
Counte
Sable Island
Great Britain
South Africa
George Murphy
Company C, Twen
Market Reports From Across Cities
Market figures show cattle in Chicago and Indianapolis ranging from $3.00 to $6.00, hogs $3.00 to $5.25, and sheep up to $6.50 in New York. Grain prices run No. 2 red wheat around 70 to 79 cents, corn No. 2 around 35 to 43 cents, oats about 27 to 33 cents, rye 50 to 66 cents, with dairy and eggs specific per region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
You'd Know Him. Customer Look Here and Umbrella Tale
A customer description recalls a cheap umbrella that bled black dye onto the user. The dealer, Melin, is referenced as a friend and suggests a new patent selfa. The dialogue hints at detecting the wearer by clothes, in a Brooklyn Bagel setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melin
Brooklyn
Grain-O touted as coffee substitute for children
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O, made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, costs about a third as much, and is sold by all grocers at 15c to 25c.
Considerate Husband Notifies Wife Before Dinner
They say he is a very careful, conscientious husband. He always lets his wife know beforehand when he will be home to dinner, a detail noted by Puck as his hallmark of consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Salzer Seed Catalog Offer and Curious Naturalist Note
Postal notice invites Mr Palmer to send postage for Salzer Seed Co catalog. Fragment mentions Bromus rape corn oats and a note about hares drinking dew for liquid, citing naturalists. Contains garbled OCR with scattered seed terms and a Wisconsin Grosser address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Palmer
Salzer
John A
Gentleman of the old school noted in Monroe clinic lore
A fragment notes Dr Reier dag'tonier frets a em i coe to Dr Kiine' treet phis founded i Monroe. It ppears in a reminiscence calling him a gentleman of the old school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reier Dag
Thes
Kiine’ Treet
Phis
Monroe
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Illinois
David S. Ruse
Elmo
George Walthers
Kirkwuuss
Joby B. Stout
Lie
Neary Bock
Missouri River
Chamberlain
S. 30
Great Western
Mackinaw City
Mich
OK Senate
Clark
Givne
Order of Eagles
James Morrison
M. D. Haskell
Auditorium Theater
Ashtabula
Wiliam Pearce
de Soto
Miamisburg
BE. W. Swisher Cigar Company
Columbus Cigar Box Manufacturing Company
Columbus
John J. Elwell
Union County
S. D
T. J. Collins
Omaha
Neb
Omaha Tent and Rubber Company
Carrie Crawford
Hennepin
Minneapolis
Lillian Bell
Arthur H. Bogue
Paris
Tecumseh
Okla
Roger Bruno
Jim the Tough
Grace
Bruno
Bank of
M. L. Gordon
Boss Carpenters and Builders
Carpenters and Joiners’ Union
Charles E. Cedarquist
St. Anthony Park
Charles Cedarquist
Sherwood
Supreme Court
Kanc
Jefferson City
Isaac M. Mason
Flint
Chicago-Denver Flyer
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
No. 1
Ottumwa
Revenue Fleet
San Francisco
Seattle
Southwest
American Aurora Goat Breeders’ Association
Kansas City
Omaha National Bank
Bank Py
Bartley
Kentucky
Snyder
Vatu
Montgomery County
Clarksville
Tenn
Embreeville
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
Culloden
W. Va
Walter Higgons
Helvetia
Tucson
Ariz
Que Cisneros
Philippines
McKinley
United States
Peck
Japan
Cologne
Finland
Chester
East Liverpool
James Cummings
Whittietree
John Purvis
Joseph Wilkie
American Tobacco Company
Henrietta Bamberger
Wilhelmina Spock
Costa Rica
Iglesias
Nicaragua
Walter Nishwitz
Millington
Baskingridge
Nishwitz
Walter A. Wood Company
Wiarton
George McAllister
Baltimore and Ohio
Lanesville
Porter
Steubenville
Mingo ~Hinellen
Frm
Common -Pleas Court
Ninth Avenue
Rector Street
Jacob Snoemaker
Mount Blanchard
Market Reports
Tele
St. Jacobs
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