Mollie and Kate Escape Madame Dubois in Flight
Mollie and Kate flee through Beverton pursued by Madame Dubois. Mollie leads Kate to safety at the White House with Reggie’s help as Madame Dubois wrecks Mollie’s room. Years pass. Mollie protects her half sister’s memory and endures loss, finding happiness with Reggie while retaining a tender ache for Kate.
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Madam Dubois
Mollie
White Range
Reggie
Henri
Beverton
Madame
Mrs. Anstruther
Kate
Chatfont
Tragic Roof Collapse at Glass Works Kills Dozens at San Francisco Game
During a Stanford Berkeley football game in San Francisco, the roof of the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works collapsed onto a furnace and glass vats, plunging 100 plus workers and spectators into danger. Thirteen confirmed dead with many more feared dead, as emergency crews, hospitals, and citizens rushed to aid the injured.
Celluloid Comb Explodes In Curling Fire Hazard
A Cincinnati curling accident shows a woman leaning over an open grate when a celluloid comb ignited. The blast threw her feet away, burned hair eyebrows and tights, and set hair furniture and carpet at risk. The danger of celluloid with flame is emphasized.
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Cincinnati
Death in Football at Chicago Stuns Thanksgiving Crowd
Two teams clashed on Kensington field with Preston Todd, 93, among injured players. Thomas Helly, aged 18, died three hours after a rush caused fatal internal injuries during the game, with others hospitalized including a player named in the incident.
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Ong
Chicago
Kensington
Serah
Vasant
Lot
Augusta
Todd
Butcher Sues Rabbi Over Meat Contract in Peoria
Abraham Wallowitz, a Peoria butcher who supplied osher meat to 150 families of the Monson Street Orthodox congregation, sues Rabbi Friedman for 10000 damages after a dispute over meat that led to an altar bon on the meat and a lea on the nAaa.
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Butcher Eyes
Raho
Peoria
Ill
Abraham Wallowitz
Clicnity
Friedman
Wallowitz
Monson Street
Wallgwitg
Dicutcher Low
Man and wife slain in Burlington footpad job
In Burlington Iowa on Thanksgiving day a Cedar Rapids man W H Litner is dead at the morgue and his wife wounded at a hospital after a gunman attempting a hold up fired. The killer fled as the couple walked toward the train near Fourth and Locust streets. The woman remains in critical condition with a chest wound. Authorities search for the assailant.
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Burlington
Iowa
W. HB Litner
Cedar Raplis
Fourth
Mrs. Litner
Gold Nuggets Found in Duck Gizzard at Waterloo
In Waterloo Wisconsin a duck bought from a local butcher was dressed by Mrs John Spies when several small gold nuggets were found in its gizzard. The duck had been raised by Fred Haberman on a farm near The Island in the town of Waterloo. News of the discovery stirs excitement as residents plan to search for the source of the gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wis
John Spies
Fred Haberman
Heir Margaret Shipley Dies in Maryland Estate Still $800000
Hagerstown Maryland December 1 Mrs Margaret Shipley heiress in the John McCaffrey fortune died at her Downavilla home in this county She was the daughter of McCaffreys first wife who died recently in New York state McCaffrey once worked as a boatman on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal The estate still holds 800000 to be divided with other heirs living in this county and McKeesport Pennsylvania
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Mollie
Reggie
Rids
Colonel L'Ostrange
Regela
Molliet
Joyce
Heggie
Chalfont
Kate
Mellise
Mrs. Anstruther
Molle Darling
Darling
Leonard
Barlowe
Ghalfont
Hagerstown
Margaret Shipley
John McCaffrey
Chicago
Downavilla
Thia County
McCaffrey
New York State
Chesapeaks and
Ohio Canal
Shipley
McKeesport
Canadian cattle testing rule to aid exports from Canada
Hamilton Ont Dec 1 Colonel Shepard United States consul reports that after Saturday breeding cattle shipped to the United States must be tested for export by a United States veterinary surgeon. Dr EB Volgenopiy of East Buffalo is appointed by the U S government to conduct tests instead of Canadian veterinarians.
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Hamilton
Ont
Colonel Shepard
United States
EB. L. Volgenopiy
East Buffalo
Canada
Plan to Corner Gold in Global Scheme
London reports the Daily Express notes a proposed trust to corner world gold output. Named figures include Alfred Belt, J. B. Robinson, Cecil Rhodes, and J. D. Rockefeller. South Africa, Australia, and the Klondike are cited as under control. Colorado mines being absorbed by Venture, a millionaire-led group with John Hays Hammond as expert. The financiers deny intent to corner gold, yet plans appear well laid and largely hopeful.
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London
The
Daily Express
Alfred Belt
J. B. Robinson
Cecil Rhodes
J.D. Rockefeller
South Africa
Australia
Klondike
Colorado
Venture Corporation
John Hays Hammond
New York man pleads guilty in disorderly house case
The citizens committee against vice plans expansion to twenty five members by Friday or Saturday. Michael Davis, owner of the "Black Rabbit" den, pleaded guilty before Recorder Goffin to keeping a disorderly house and received eight months in prison. Pauline Shelden, present during the raid, also drew an eight month term.
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New York
Citizens’ Committee
Michael Davis
Goffin
Geveral
Pauline Shelden
Genten
Dead Man Short 810 000 figures shock Cincinnati officials
The death of George R. Griffiths, longtime clerk to Cincinnati Board of Education, reveals a school fund deficit likely over 3100 000 with exact totals unknown as the examination shows the deficit rising. Northampton Bank robbery tale unfolds as Robert J. Clapp confesses aiding the gang in 1876 with dramatic details. New York leaders form a committee to probe vice and press police action.
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Cincinnati
Dee
Pat ‘George R. Griffiths
Board of Education
Northampton
Mass
Robert J. Clapp
James Dunlap
Rob Scott
Red” Leary
Shang” Draper
Senator Cushman Davis Dies After Illness
United States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis, longtime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, died at his St Paul home after an illness of two months. Elected in 1887, he led pension and territories fights, chaired foreign relations in his second term, and served as a Paris peace commissioner before dying at age.
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St. Paul
Man
United States
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Davis
Stone
Rolu
Mvans
Daovis
United Stater
Territories
Dakotas
Prnes
Sherman
McKinley
Minnesota
Paris
All Nations
Plot to Kill President Mentioned in Anonymous Letter
New York reports Hoboken police received an anonymous, illegibly signed letter claiming an anarchist plot against President McKinley. The letter names a supposed leader, a fugitive with multiple convictions, and mentions a Paris police prefect for verification. Police say the writer is located and the story will be investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoboken
N. J
Medl Winley
McKinley
Paris
Francois
Scranton
Roof Collapse at Glass Works Kills Thirteen in San Francisco
San Francisco November 30. Thirteen people died and about fifty were seriously injured when the roof of the Pacific Glass Works on Fifteenth Street collapsed during a football game crowd. Roughly seventy-five people fell into furnaces and vats below. many were badly burned. Officials fear more deaths as toll rises.
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Southern Pacific Railway
St. Luke’s Hospital
Beatwan
San Francino
San Francisco
Pacific Glass Works
Kruger May Seek Refuge in United States
Samuel Pearson, Boer refugee, says President Kruger will likely seek a permanent home in America after Paris retreat. General Perron cites Kruger likely to come with his wife to live here until his people can triumph and he resumes duties in South Africa. A Washington dispatch notes Minister Conger may return, disagreements with the administration persist.
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Pearson
New York
Samuel Pearson
Transvaals
Kruger
Paris
Perron
America
Soea
Mens Ourars
South Africa
Agaoin
The
Conger Baid
Washington
Conger
United States
Voking
World’s tallest farmer Lo Wilkins 8 foot 1 inch claim
Fragmented page notes Lo Wilkins described as 8 feet 1 inch tall, a young farmer from Pan Minn. Also mentions Siberian railway abolition of a penal colony, Hostetter’s Digestive Bitters, and a late 19th century tombstone dispute in Weabley England. Includes a German needle invention aiding sewing.
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Lo Wilkins
Pan Minn
Biberian Princna
Biberia Ia
Drerec
Wn Leva
Weable
Grand Street
Brooklyn
Life saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills story in Chicago
Prominent Chicago Catholic figure Mr P Rush, conductor of Holy Name Court 26, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing Bright's Disease after a long illness. He avoided other remedies, completed a two month course, and now praises the medicine and its price. Also notes Lane's Family Medicine and Buffalo Bird Protective Society on unrelated health and conservation notes.
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Chicago
Ill
P. Rush
Holy Name Court
Ji Hie
Bright
Mr. Rush
Dodd
Cara Bright
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George Extett
M. Vandina
J. A. Mulroony
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Thomas Rippon
John Oakes
William Behfeldt
Edward Dugan
Virgil Newby
Hector McNeill
Talleyrand Barnwell
Carrol Harold
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Outhiqnt
Germany
Lane
Buffalo Bird Protective Society
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Larson
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