International pouches exchange to start Oct 1
Arrangements by the Post Office Department in Washington finalize an exchange of international through registered pouches between San Antonio Texas and Guidad Porfirio Diaz Mexico set to begin October 1. Also noted are robberies and fires in several cities, political confessions in St Louis, ship expansion for White Star Line, a new candy company incorporation in New Jersey, and National Baseball League standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Washington
San Antonio
Texas
Giudad Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Nelson Rasmus
Mount Union
Iowa
Hubbard
Ohio
Newton Falls
White Star Lne
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Cedric
National Candy Company
New Jersey
Hudson County
Henry Semple Ames
St Louis
Frank W. Reid
George B Goodwin
Edward S Rogers
Samuel E. Hall
Chicago
Frank P. McDermot
Jersey City
National Baseball League
W. L. W. Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Stouts
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Meteor Explosion Trails Bright Light Over Colorado
A bright meteor exploded near Buena Vista Colorado. Reports describe a vivid fireball in the sky followed by a loud blast that startled residents and sparked speculation about its origin and potential impact. No widespread damage reported in the immediate area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Buena Vista
Maine
Multiple Failures Hit East Coast Firms And Officials
The batch reports fires destroy Campbell Wall Paper plant in Bogota New Jersey and Hartford Foundry in Wartford Connecticut with substantial losses. A.J. Cummings Co suspended trading. Gov Odell narrowly escaped a collision in Dunkirk New York. Major Smylie killed in Adirondacks. Ruth Cleveland aided by a bystander. Eight thousand New York carpenters win a 50 cent raise. A tank collapse in Williamsburg kills five Italians. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sets speed record to New York. Brooklyn cruiser hits uncharted rock in Buzzards Bay. Dr I S Warerous dies by morphine. Magazine explosions injure one, kill another in Boston. Roosevelt escapes a trolley collision. Secret Service Agent killed. An anarchist plot items found near a dead woman in New York. Grand Duke Kors visits Roosevelt. Russian nobleman does not meet Mrs Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Wall Paper Company
Bogota
N. J
Edward Eggieston
Jones Lock
Lake George
N. Y
Johnstown
Harrisburg
A. J. Cummings & Co
Pittsburg
Hartford Foundry Company
Wartford
Conn
Gov. Odell
Dunkirk
Charles A. Smylie
Adirondacks
C. P. Storrs
Orange
Ruth Cleveland
Fred C. Smaill
Buzzard’s Bay
Edgar V. Einestein
Roosevelt
Pittsfield
Mass
Secret Service
Craig
Cartely
Emma Cridman
Johann Most
New York City
Mia
Freda Schroeder
Wag
Record of 1900s West Missouri and Midwest events
A broad compilation notes legal rulings in Kansas against Hog Wilson, a hanging in Arkansas, fire and theft losses at Hot Springs and other cities, multiple accidents and deaths across Ohio Michigan and Illinois, political shifts in Ohio Wisconsin and Iowa, and a plan to showcase U.S. manufacturers in a six month Russia China exhibit aboard the Oregon ship from Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Do. A. Brown
Frankfort
Ohio
Jamestown
Floyd Johnson
Walter Hodge
Columbus
Johnson
Hodge
Toledo
United States
Hawk
Ohio Naval Reserves
Navy Department
Cleveland
Walnut Grove
Sacramento
Cal
Courtland
Joseph Fisher
Edward Bryan
Henry IF. Isham
Isham
Thomas H. Williams, Jr
California Jockey Club
Frederick Marioitt
San Francisco News Letter
Mariott
Simon Johnson
Chicago
Eas N Sheldon
Sheldon
East
Ohio Democrats
Tom Johnson
Demoocrats of
Wisconsin
Davids
Ruse
Milwaukee
Iowa
Democrats
Des Moines
Kansas City
L Evergreen Avenues
Music Hall
Cincinnati
Odeon
Music Wall
Kansan City
Kkon
Justice of the Peace
Andrew Mathney
Puanol W Radamacker
Gaw
Bloomington
Ripley & Strikland
A. Livingston & Sons
Ripley & Strickland
Uolder, Miner & Co
Frank Parritt
Wakefield Savvy Company
Deventer
Bat
Bank of
Carra Ss
Michigan State Line
Oregon
Segeth
Wash
Russia
China
Japan
Philippines
Straits Settlements
India
Mauritius
South Africa
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
America
Notable 1903ia: varied crimes and incidents across states
News briefs report hangings in Alabama, robberies in Kentucky, a cleric vindicated in Indiana, Roosevelt visiting Civil War fields near Chattanooga, a navy ship collision at Old Point Comfort, a court martial in Virginia, post office robbery in Tennessee, a Kentucky marriage after an altar brawl, a Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe wreck near Brownwood injuring thirty, a large Kanawha coal strike easing toward end with locals told to resume work on best terms.
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Taylor Charleston
Birmingham
Ala
Bank
Sonora
J. C. Murray
Gammon Theological Seminary
Atlanta
Richmond
Ind
Roosevelt
Battle Fields
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Davis
Richard League
Lilly Pelly
Bethany Church
Mercer County
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Brownwood
Texas
Kanawha
New River
W. Va
Explosion at Tredezur Tron colliery near Rhychley
Reports from Monmouthshire describe a blast with 112 men underground. 13 dead and 17 seriously injured. Other items note Virchow’s death in Berlin at 181, landslides near Mount Wasbek killing hundreds, and various international incidents.
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Tredezur Tron Company
Rhychley
Monmouthshire
England
Rudolf Virchow
Berlin
Tiflis
trans-Caucasus
Irussia
Mount Wasbek
Ireland
Wales
Lisburn
Cretea Pierrot
Gonaives
Hayti
Canton
China
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Carlo Alberto
William Marconi
Europe
America
Tangier
Mororen
Mekines
Fez
Mohammed
Sultan Muley Abdul-Aziz
Morocco
Manila
Educational Bureau
Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture
United States
President's Narrow Escape After Coach Collision Near Lenox
A presidential coach bound for Lenox clashes with an electric streetcar near Pittsfield Massachusetts, killing Secret Service agent William Craig and coach driver D J Pratt. President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou suffer minor injuries and continue to Lenox, while Gov Crane is bruised. Motorman Luke J Madden and Conductor Kelly are detained. The incident occurred about 9:30 to 10 am as the party travels from Dalton to Lenox. The President's party proceeds to Stockbridge after dressing wounds at the Lenox Country Club.
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Lenox
Mass
Secret Service
Crane
Cortelyon
Pittsfield
Dawes
Gov. Crane
Wiliam Craig
South Street
Country Club
Craig
Guv Crane
Cortelyou
Pittsfield Country Club
Dalton
Madden
Kelly
Pratt
B. Cortelyou
Pittsfield Hospital
Stockbridge
Gradual New York revival shown in Dun Weekly Trade Review
The Weekly Trade Review notes gradual revival in most regions after summer, with anthracite mining lagging and coke shortages threatening iron production. Rail and transportation bottlenecks press fuel supplies, pigs iron stocks, and export plans rise as imports grow. Wheat and corn exports rise week over week, while failures decline.
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New York
Jake and Canal
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
China
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Aterceae
Markets News Briefs From Chicago to Buffalo
A roundup of price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York and Buffalo. It notes varying grades and prices from No 2 wheat to creamery butter and eggs with regional figures. A separate note states Queen Alexandra’s crown jewels to be sold and a statue unveiling for the late Empress Frederick in Hamburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Bsc
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baltimore
Savayve
Neb
W. J Bryan
Treasury
John Keffer
Lander
Wye
Wilson I’ Thrall
Danbury
Jim Wright
John Temptecon
Rom
Giehets
Bivoh
Sanders
Corns Titah
Dolin
Downey von Aug
Pulock
Morris Wilson
West Virginia
Das
Goth
Pyoant
Ernest
Richardson
Mer Waltenberger
Ra Otier
Mino
Winle
New Yoon
Henry Newnan
New York Central Railroad
Master Carpenters’ Association
Brooklyn Unon Gas Company
Williamsburg
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Lloyd Line
Coghlan
I. S. Warerous
St Joseph's Hospital
Syracuse
Port Winthrop
Governor's Island
Boston Harbor
Western
Arkansas
Crystal Springs Company
Hot Springs Resort
Butte
Fort
Taeton
Springfield
Daley
Messeo
Hi S Lebr
Ohio Normal University
Ada
Douglas Pugh
Kansas
Mary Rogers
Greenup
Wal
Bessie Lucile Houston
Centerville Ark
Frank South
John Ennis
Mort Sheridane
Leavenworth
Kaw
Lew Fercord Penitent
Lhat
Cro Kh
Thahe
Cos Gwin
Georg
Lillie Hotzaffel
Irwin Shepard
National Educational Association
Department of Superintendents
Masonic Temple
Williams
Wheeler
Lowther
Minnie Mitchell
Ers
Southern
Knox
Carroll D. Wright
Henry Watterson, Jr
Twenty-ninth
United States Infantry
War Department
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Watterson
Edward F. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Guty
Bayambang
Luzon
Savable
Salvator
Sheepshead Bay
John A. Dike
Cdlt
Enoch Wishard
Lucien Lyne
Oran
Algeria
Ain Delkelil
President Roosevelt
Beran Rui
Vhe Markets
Queen Alexandra
Westminster Abbey
Frederick
Hamburg
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