Robbery at Glendive Trunk Heist Nets Diamonds
Glendive Montana reports thieves stole two trunks from the Northern Pacific station baggage room weighing 250 pounds each. Between 10,000 and 20,906 dollars in unset diamonds and 300 to 400 rings were taken, a tray of 24 set diamonds left behind. Four men asleep nearby heard activity but no arrest made. Local officers hold suspects. In Brownwood Texas Carrie Hames acquitted of her Santa Anna murder case after multiple trials.
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Glendive
Mont
Northern Pacific
Rob
B. Clausen
H. Clausen
Clausen
Minneapolis
Hamer
Brownwood
Tex
Carrie Hames
Santa Anna
Tragic Train Collision Claims Father and Son
Brenham Texas January 20 Prof W Co Grossman and his son Willie were killed when struck by a passenger train on a three mile walk. They chose the Santa Fe route, crossed a high trestle and were struck while returning home.
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Brenham
Tex
W. Co. Grossman
Willie
Ee A
Santa Fe
Hey
Ennis Merchant Found Wounded at Livery Stable
Will Gibson, a Ennis merchant, was found unconscious early Sunday at a local livery stable with two severe head wounds and substantial blood loss. His buggy, last seen with him, was located several blocks away with the horse unhitched and no account of how he arrived there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis, Tex
Will Gibson
Fell from a Bridge Injures Sherman Worker
Fred Kiser, 21, an employee for bridge contractors on the Texas Red River and Southern railroad, lies in a Sherman, Texas room with a broken right leg, left arm, dislocated collar bone, and other bruises after a bridge fall. Also reported: three masked robbers shot at a saloon, escaping with about $20, and Terre Haute Electric boycott riots cause car seizures and nonunion crews to flee.
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Sherman
Tex
Fred Kiser
Texas Red River and Southern Railroad
East Pacific Street
General
Ind
Terre Haute Electric Company
Centra Lapor Union
Terre Haute
Pressed brick plant begun in Denton city south
Denton Texas January 20 William Brice of Fort Worth and W C Weeks of Arlington have bought twenty acres in the southern part of the city and started erecting a large pressed brick plant on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Tex
Wm. Brice
Fort Worth
W. C. Weeks
Arlington
Robbery in Kirkville City Leads to Arrests
Solomon a Syrian resident of Keokuk was held up in Kirkville Saturday night and robbed of a money belt containing 8500 dollars. Two fellow countrymen have been arrested charged with the robbery. Boer Commandant Scheepers to be shot in Cape Colony. death sentence confirmed by Lord Kitchener. execution scheduled for next Saturday.
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Kirkville
Solomon
Keokuk
Graaf-Reinet
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Scheepers
Died of His Injuries After Collision Near Santa Fe
J M Bar var of Navasota Texas died from injuries received Thursday when a Santa Fe freight train struck him near Navasota. The accident occurred as the man was crossing the tracks. he succumbed to the injuries later in the day.
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J. M. Barver
Santa Fe
Navasota
Tex
J von
Explosive boiler blast devastates Puente de Vilamela village
In Puente de Vilamela near Manresa a spinning mill boiler exploded on Saturday night. Sixty killed and about one hundred injured as buildings collapsed. The dead include the mill manager and his two sisters. many children among the victims. Rescue work hindered by darkness as ambulances ferried injured to Manresa hospital.
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Barcelona
Manresa
Puente de Vilamara
Cartsan
Sleepy freight causes fatal head-on collision near Edah
A westbound Missouri Pacific passenger train collided with an eastbound freight one mile east of Edah Missouri on Sunday. Engineer William Mazee of the freight, awakened after passing Edah, tried to flag the passenger train but was unable. Judge Elijah Robinson of Kansas City suffered severe bruises. The wreck is described as costly.
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Kansas City
Missourii Pacific
Edah
Elijah Robinson
William Mazee
Etlah
Collision Kills Two In West Virginia Freight Train Crash
In Parkersburg area a head end collision between two freight trains on the Baltimore & Ohio line left an engineer and a fireman killed and a brakeman injured. Ten cars piled up. engines demolished. Cause cited: engineer Sorrel ordered to pass at Vienna siding while relieving a new, exhausted fireman.
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W. Va
Ohio Railroad
Parkersburg
Baltimore
Here
Sorrel
Vienna Siding
Huntsville man shot by neighbor in Shawnee
Shawnee Oklahoma January 20. B B Hunt of Huntsville Missouri was shot and killed by John Seville who mistook him for an enemy. Hunt came to Seville's home and demanded admission. Seville, fearing a renewed quarrel after trouble the previous day, fired through the closed door and Hunt collapsed on the steps.
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O. T
B. B. Hunt
Huntsville
John Seville
Seville
Hust
Priest Hangs Self in St Louis Hospital
Frederick Krainhardt a 62 year old Catholic priest from Josephville Mo committed suicide at Alexian Brothers hospital in St Louis by hanging with a bed sheet. He had served priests in Josephville for 30 years and had been under nervous treatment since April 1900.
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St. Louis
Frederick Krainhardt
Josephville
Alexian Brothers
Krainhardt
Jewelers Murder in Rochester Store Reported
Bela E. Brown of Rochester a prominent jewelry dealer and maker was found dead in his shop. His hands and legs were tied and he was gagged with a neck scarf. A fatal wound at the back of the head and multiple cuts were noted. No suspects or extensive loot reported.
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Bela E. Brown
Rochester
Changed
Prominemends
Rioters shot by gendarmes after Transylvania riot
In a January 20 incident in an ice village of Alsoide in Maros Torda Transylvania a mob attacked government officials and gendarmes fired. Ten mob members were killed thirteen wounded including one fatality and four not expected to recover. In Budapest agrarian riot details follow.
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Alsoidety
Maros-Torda
Transylvania
Buda Pesth
T Ces
Coun
Indians Fight Fence Orders Near Checotah
News from J T dated January 20 reports the United States Indian agent’s office learning that the Snake Indians southwest of Checotah, led by Abe Grayson, are pressuring local citizens to stop fencing their allotments, causing neighborhood trouble.
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J. T
United States Indian
Checotah
Abe Grayson
Muskogee
Joseph Burke violist and actor dies in New York
New York reports the death of Joseph Burke a violinist and actor who rose to prominence as Jenny Lind's accompanist during her 1850-51 tour. He died in the city in his 86th year.
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New York
Joseph Burke
Jenny Lind
Detroit Wholesale District Collapse Destroys Four Buildings
Four four story buildings in Detroit's wholesale district collapsed Sunday night in a heap of ruins. The block bounded by Jefferson avenue Shelby and Griswold streets housed five firms with about 200 workers. Fire started from furnace heat and an explosion is suspected though no sound was heard. Losses include stock valued at 152000 and building losses of 250500 with no fatalities due to absence of watchmen.
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Detroit
Jefferson Avenue
Shelby and Griswold Streets
Maddock’s Glove Company
Shelby Street
Memorial Services for McKinley Birth Anniversary
Gov Nash asks states to observe the fifty ninth anniversary of William McKinley with memorial services on the Sunday before January 21. Governors issue proclamations, churches plan services, and schools hold exercises to fund a memorial tomb at Canton. Contributions may be sent to Myron T. Herrick in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
George K. Nash
Ohio
William McKinley
McKinley National Memorial Association
Myron T. Herrick
Wiliam McKinley
Canton
Train boiler explosion kills engine crew near Victor Iowa
A Rock Island locomotive boiler exploded near Victor Iowa. Engineer and fireman were killed while the brake man and two porters were seriously injured. A Pullman car was thrown from the track and rolled down a 40 foot embankment. No passengers were seriously hurt.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Victor
Iowa
Gracie Claus Rast Burned At Home Fire Tragedy
Jan 20 Gracie Claus Rast died at 224 Portland Street from severe burns suffered days earlier when her dress caught fire as she swept before the fireplace. Assistance arrived too late, ending in a fatal house incident. Dallas, aged 4 years, reported in the same brief.
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Gracie Claus Rast
Portland Street
Dallas
Brief regional notes from Texas and Oklahoma counties
A fragment notes a man in Texas pressing asphalt into brick with a vented machine. Oklahoma County farmers refuse to sell wheat at 80 cents a bushel. A line mentions a negro dance near Montgomery, but details are unclear.
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Xlin
Tex
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma
Montgomery
Women and Jewels inhealth herbal ad copy
An old style advertisement extols jewelry as a status symbol for women while cautioning health costs. It promotes Dr Bosch ee s German Syrup to treat coughs colds and bronchial issues and claims it can arrest consumption in early stages. The ad directs readers to Wilson Jenkins Drug Co in Bryan and mentions Green s Special Almanac.
Multiple legal and crime items flash through 1900s notices
A string of small items reports crimes, convictions, accidents, and a bank failure. Notable mentions include a five year sentence for robbing in Cincinnati, an escape from federal jail, Bunyan King's assignment in Rockwall, Jennings Bank and Trust Company failing, a boy killed near Hugo, a policeman shot in December leading to a five year penitentiary term, and rural mail carriers switching to Austin post office.
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L. Ee
Hegro
LWO
James Considine
Grantville
Federal
McNeills
Bunyan King
Rockwall
Tex
Jennings Bank and Trust Company
Jennings
George Stull, Jr
Farmer
Cinthe
Ke Out of the Ash
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Robe OP
Ennis
Wreng Mae
Insurance Agency
Bryan
A. D. McConnico
Nuris Pern
G. B. Abercrombie
City Market
City Meat Smith & Ad
Messis
John Whicks
J. R. Astin
Astin & Bethea
Astin
Main Street
Texas
Memorial Services
McKinley
San Antonio San Antonio
Otto Koehler
Laurel Heights
William Weiss
Koehler
A. Watkins
Houston Hs Central
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
Southern Pacific
F. B. Morse
Traf
Mgr
Ason
M. L
27Robbins
T. J
Gea
John Wiitman
Fai
Paul Jones
J. E. Ponder
Louisville, Ky
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
Liza
F. A.lee
F. A. Leew
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