Longest trolley trip on record ends in Boston drive
WELI S News Record notes Ro t A Darragh completed a 900 mile trolley journey from Flint Michigan to Boston in stages with breaks in Ohio and New York. Other items include imperial South African war loan plans, a train collision near New Glasgow involving Lieut Peary, Alaska Canada boundary talks, a child hero from Schuylkill Haven, and baseball standings. The Nebraska Central Irrigation Company plans a 3 million dollar canal project to divert Loup river water and boost power and irrigation near Columbus.
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T A. Darragh
Flint
Mich
Boston
Ohio
New York
Darragh
London Daily Mail
Sydney Flyer
Intercolonial Railway
Peary
New Glasgow
N. S
Lieut. Peary
Lieut
G. T. Emmons
Seattle
Washington
Alaska
Canada
Alexander Archipelago
Girt Deaven
Schuylkill Haven
Eva Heim
Schuylkill River
Peru
National Baseball League
Pittsburg
Chicago
Brooklyn
St Lanimi
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
UT New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
Baltimore
Detroit
Nebraska Central Irrigation Company
West Point
Columbus
Platte River
Massachusetts at large party picks Gastom for governor
The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention repudiated the Kansas City platform and nominated William A. Gastom for governor. The event reflects a shift in state party politics amid national platform disputes.
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Massachusetts
Kansas City
William A. Gastom
Dangerous waves from distant headlines sweep seas
A sweeping foreign digest reports NSW authorities banning plunge baths for health reasons while Samoa natives die from cold amid trade winds. It notes Marie Henriette of Belgium dies in Spa, a clergyman’s son in Somersetshire ends his life after reading Marie Corelli, and gunboats target fishing vessels in Russian waters near Siberia. Additional items cover a Vienna banking fraud, Carnegie library talks, German crown prince at coronation durbar, Siamese crown prince’s tour, Patos Island sovereignty dispute, a Manitoba shooting and suicide, and related world events.
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New South Wales
San Francisco
Marie Henriette
Spa
Wincanton
Somersetshire
Marie Corelli
Siberia
Edmund Jellinek
Lenderbank
Vienna
Jelinek
Andrew Carnegie
Marylebone
London
Mr. Carnegie
India
Germany
Frederick William
Duchess of
Copenhagen
Southampton
New York
Roosevelt
America
Japan
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Patos
Fatos
Great Britain
Venezuela
Thomas Taw
Alexander & Law Brothers
Peach Stones as Fuel Highlighted in Baltimore Report
A Baltimore man promotes dried peach stones as an alternative fuel amid coal shortages. He recalls years of use, notes good heat and quick burn, but warns of explosion risk if stoked improperly and mentions a prior supply from a Mr. Noel.
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Baltimore
Frank Hail
Noel
Hall
Weather and tragedies roll across late 1940s US
Rain quenches southern Wyoming and northern Colorado forest fires while a string of accidents, deaths, and incidents unfold across Ohio, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Ohio towns. Notable events include a Canton woman’s fatal fall, a killing by a posse near Bancroft, railroad wrecks, suicides, and the landing of the Pacific cable end.
Western News Briefs Jump Through Time and Tragedy
A hodgepodge of incidents from Kansas to Colorado: Mrs Emmett Poindexter fatally shoots her husband in Rockford Kansas as Abbeyville suffers fire damage to seven shops. A Minneapolis dealer in farm land Louis W Pierce dies by his own hand. Omaha schoolchildren march to a judge accusing their principal of cruelty. A York Montana stamp mill and cyanide plant burn for 5000 dollars. A Ohio church president takes Baldwin University post in Berea. Donor Benjamin Waddle gives land valued at 50000 for an old women’s home in Manon Ohio. Kansas City broker Howard Page pleads guilty to embezzlement and gets three years. Chicago railroad watchman Charles Peterson shot and injured while catching car thieves. Denver embezzler Edgar H Neff sentenced two to five years. German mining expert Louis Von Ruscau jailed thirty hours after a cave-in near Cripple Creek. Ohio House panel bans ping pong along with pool, billiards and roulette. Dimmick jury fails to agree on mint embezzlement case, discharged. Emporia trainmaster Edwin E Ives killed, another hurt in switch engine incident. Lightning hits kill two boys near Bellville Kansas. Pawnee Oklahoma Pioneer R J Morrison slugged and robbed, missing wallet with 500. Minneapolis jury convicts Harvey S Rogers in a major post office case.
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William Brandt
Peter
Newfield
N. J
Frank Meek
Chicago
Buffalo
Duquesne Sanitary Company
Third Avenue
Pittsburg
Julia Morowski
Trenton
Peter Hernia
Hackensack
Barney Kanter
Hernia
American Iron and Steel Company
Lebanon
Pittsburg and Western
Witmer
Benedict
Mutual
Allegheny
Wheeler Paint Company
Harry Glees
Morris Canal
Newark
Jersey City
Joseph Pulitzer
New York
Annie
Pulitzer
Frank Strasser
Greensburg
Strasser
Dixmont
525 East Sixty Eighth Street
Joaniel L. Wasser
West Penn Hospital
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Moorehead
Minn
Gremaq
Thiese
Jefferson
Ohio
Lawrence Jones
Terre Haute
B and C. Twenty-second Infantry
United States Army
Little Rock
Ark
Hot Springs
Dowdy
John Goff
President Roosevelt
Colorado
Meeker
Colo
Minnie A. Baker
St. Louis
Il Thomas McNulty
Four Mile Country
Glenwood Springs
Thomas
William
Recorder
University of California
Burmah
India
Suram Bhala
Sura Jah Bhala Mures
Rajputara
J. W. Johnson
Joplin
There
Kansas City
Philippines
Minot
N. D
John Lynch
Navis
Big Four
William J. Brian
New Jersey Street
Indianapolis
Mr. Bryan
Louis W. Pierce
Minneapolis
Omaha
Columbian Gold Mining Company
York
Munt
Kev Dr. Buston
Trinity Meth Dist
Youngstown
Baldwin University
Berea
Benjamin Waddle
Manon
Howard Page
Charles Peterson
Chicago and
Edgar H. Neff
Denver
Union Pacific Railway Company
Louis -von Ruscau
Girouse
Cripple Creek
House Code Committee
Walter N. Dimmick
United States
Ao Francisco
Edwin E. Ives
Santa Fe
Emporia
Kan
E. Austin
Frank Zatocek
Timothy Rundas
Bellville
Pawnee
Kay
R. J. Morrison
Morrison
Harvey S. Rogers
Roanoke Girl Fatally Shoots Aunt in Frightful Crime
Mabel Carroll aged 13 of Roanoke Virginia fatally shot her aunt Mrs William Emerick. The incident occurred at their home where the aunt was found severely wounded and later died. The case has startled the community and authorities are investigating the motive and circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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Mabel Carroll
Roanoke, Va
Mre
William Emerick
Indifferent Trade Review and Global Incidents
Weekly review notes continued trade activity despite money stringency. The Windward steamer arrives at Sydney from Cape Sabine with all aboard well. Hay calls on powers to stop Jewish persecution in Roumania and enforce the Berlin treaty. A Chihuahua packing house burns, $500000 loss, insured partly. Receivers appointed for American Cycle Mfg Co amid bicycle trust troubles. creditors to be paid. Alaska sees first coal oil flow at Cotella, 200 feet deep, gusher rose 100 feet before stopping. Post Office to contract stamped envelopes and wraps to Hartford Mfg Co for four years starting 1903. bid favors lead by about $85,000. Bank of Commerce robbery in Skaguay ends in bank wreck. attacker killed and injuries noted, with casualties among residents in and above the bank.
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Peary Arctic Club
Windward
Samuel W. Bartlett
Sydney
N. S
Cape Sabine
Xote
Hay
Roumania
Chihuahua
Mexico
Kansas City
American Cycle Manufacturing Company
Bicycle Trust
Alaska
Cotella
Kayakakak
Copper
Madden
Post Office Department
Hartford Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Pooley
Wallace
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Grain and livestock prices from Chicago through Buffalo show cattle ranges from $1.00 to $8.00 per head, hogs $1.00 to $8.00, sheep $2.50 to $4.00, and lambs $4.00 to $6.00. Wheat prices vary by grade around 70 to 75 cents, corn mostly 57 to 65 cents, oats 26 to 33 cents, and rye 40 to 50 cents, with creamery butter 20 to 22 cents and eggs 18 to 20 cents per dozen.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Amazon Rubber Arises From Untouched Jungles
The Amazon region supplies most of the world rubber. Native explorations into untraveled areas have uncovered new rubber lands. Exports rise yearly with Iquitos shipments at 920 tons in 1900, 13091 tons in 1901, and further gains anticipated in the current year.
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Amazon
Iquitos
Showing the Way to Kidney Relief
A reader attests to the effectiveness of Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney trouble. C J McMurray of Freeport Illinois describes renewed relief after use since 1897 and endorses the remedy publicly. A free trial offer is available by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. 60 cent boxes are sold nationwide.
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C. J. McMurray
Freeport
Ill
Iroquois Street
Dean
Kidbey
Mr McMurray
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
If the World Ended While a Balloon Man Sat Up
A child asks a sensibly silly question about the end of the world and where a balloonist would land if the earth were destroyed midflight. The father, weary, tries to answer the curiously abstract riddle with patient humor.
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Uttle Clarence
Face troubles and home remedies in an early 1900s promo reel
A collage of advertisements and notices touts remedies for skin, digestion, and coughs. Claims laxatives regulate digestion, a simple Japanese monarch, and cures for itching piles and wounds. Mentions Piso’s Cure, Dr Thomas’ Electric Oil, and ready breakfast pancake flour with promotional lines and dates such as May 25, 1901.
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Addison Pacey
Brimfif D . Illiat S
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John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Westchester County
Hudson River
Oliver
American Steel and Wire Company
American Shipbuilding Company of
J. C. Gilchrist
Arizona
F. I. Monsor
Charles H. Motzen
Hamilton
N. E. Peterson
Las Vegas
Moses T. Hale
Colorado Springs
Leeds
Paint Creek Valley
Copperas Mountain
Bainbridge
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Leesburg
Philip Roe
Charles Studer
Chillicothe
Rhoades Carmean Buggy Company
Marshalltown
A. (. Price
J. A. Moore
Marshalltown State Bank
Ing
Reuben H. Donnelley
American Directory Publishers’ Association
Atlanta
Sarmuel Jones
Cecil Ae
Troubleme Creek
Kentucky
Caroline Bacon
Paducah
Birmingham
Als
Shelton White
Jackson
Miss
Victoria Coal and Coke Company
Caperton
W. Va
Newriver
Dun
Bg, Dun & Co
Domestc
Bradatreet’s
Wyoming
Nancy Webb
Canton
Peter Olsen
Mary Peterson
Bancroft
Neb
Conemaugh
George Freeman
Pitcairn
Grace Mackey
Tr R Koch
St Louis
Beadle County
S. D
Montreal Express
Grand Trunk Railroad
West Pownal Me
Abel Bowie
Rebecca Rowe
Addie Bowie
Colonia
Bam Geld Creek
Victona
Boc
Fanning Island
Wilkesbarre
American Board of Foreign Missons
State Department
Massion
Siper
Lette
Serous
Jeremiah
Heshester Nr
Armherst Street
Western
Emmett Poindexter
Rockford
Abbeyville
Southera
Amazon Rubber
Emperor of
S. E. Borden
P Street
Washington, D.C
Fielding
Heaven
John the Baptist
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