Fire Devastates Jacksonville as Million-Dollar Blaze Rages
A massive fire in Jacksonville on May 4 destroyed the Boston store and the American Fibre Co plant after a wire sparked damage. Wind and delayed alarms fanned flames over six to eight blocks, destroying the city core. Six lives were lost, thousands homeless, and depots repurposed as shelters.
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Jacksonville
Fla
American Fibre Co
Davis and
Union Streets
Boston
W. W. Cleveland & Son
Davis Street
Hogan Creek
Taliaferro
Windsor
St. James
Windsor Hotel
Seill House
Trinity Methodist Church
Main Street
Hubbard Hardware
Bay Street
Market
Central Fire Department
St. John's Episcopal Church
Laura and
Bay Streets
Commercial Bank
Western Union Telegraph
Burbridge Street
St. John’s River
la Villa
Tug Tecumseh Sinks With Three Aboard off Gore Bay
The Canadian steamer Germanic aided a disabled tug off Gore Bay Ontario on May 4. After towing, the Tecumseh signaled sinking and two men and a woman were rescued before the tug lurched and sank, taking with it the captain his sister and a Toronto man named Forbes.
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Tur
Little Current
Great Manitoulin Island
Ont
Gore Bay
Toronto
Forbes
Minister Conger Recalls Boxer Movement History at Des Moines
In Des Moines Minister Conger details the Boxer uprising origins in Shan Tung starting 1899 a religious movement revived by two Buddhist priests. He explains foreign hostility from Gen Yu Shen and princes driving violence against foreigners and native Christians across Chi Li and Pekin with killings and forced conversions.
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Conger
Des Moines
Uia
Grand Army
China
Hutchins
Shan Tung
Yu Shen
Brooks
Chi Li
Pekin
Trade Trends Show Wall Street Rally Amid Mixed Manufacturing
R G Dun and Co Weekly Review notes peak Wall Street activity drawing attention from distribution and manufacturing, with cautious stock markets. Labor issues lessen, iron and steel firm, textiles dull, standard print cloths down, raw cotton weak, woolens stagnant, and last month's defaults were among the lowest in 91 months.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Wall Street
Life Sentence for New Haven Woman in Husband Poisoning
In New Haven on May 4 Ann Maria Rathbun was found guilty of murder in the second degree for poisoning her husband William Rathbun last December. She was sentenced to life imprisonment. Her paramour John F. Hart faced a concurrent fate, receiving two years and six months for adultery.
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New Haven
Conn
Ann Maria Rathbun
William Rathbun
Rathbun
John F. Hart
Federation of Co operative Window Glass Firms Formed
Representatives of US co operative glass factories met with American Window Glass Co and the independent combine to form the Federation of the Co operative Window Glass Companies of America. The group, representing over 92 percent of factories, controls more than a quarter of national output.
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Indianapolis
Co-Operative
Glaass
United States
American Window Glass Co
Independent Combine
L. A. 300
Federation of the
Co-operative Window Glass Companies of America
Co-Operative Glass
President's Tour Passes Northern States to Texas
The presidential train advanced through Dixie from Memphis to New Orleans and Austin, drawing large crowds and ovations. In Vicksburg a cotton bale arch marked expansion, while talks reached operatives in mills. Diaz sent greetings from El Paso as U S Mexico relations were noted and Sunday rest observed.
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Bila
Pacific Coast
Memphis
Tenn
Vicksburg
Jackson
New Orleans
United States
Crescent City
Austin
Tex
Dixie
Great Southwest
Texas
Brazos River
Black Prairie
Lone Star
South
Gov. Sayers
Houston
el Paso
Mexico
Diaz
McKinley
Hernandez
Chihuahua
Gov
Ahumada
Gen. Hernandez
Indians Robbed by Government Agents Report
A National Civil Service Reform league report on Indian service conditions accuses patronage of corrupting wards of the nation. It cites fraudulent contracts and drunken, dishonest caretakers, urging systemic reform beyond personnel changes to protect Indians and end abuses.
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New York
National Civil Service Reform League
Indian Service
League
McKinley
Envoys Return From Washington to Havana
The Cuban constitutional convention's special commission arrived in Havana on Sunday after talks in Washington about U S policy toward Cuba. Senator Llorente said meetings in Havana shaped an understanding, with a final report to be drawn up at another meeting today.
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Havana
Washington
United States
Cuba
Senor Llorente
Seven Die in Fire at South Chicago Apartment Building
A three story building at 9316 Marquette Ave South Chicago burned early Sunday killing seven people and injuring several others. Fire crews faced a blocked crossing as a freight train refused to move, delaying rescue before the building was destroyed. The injured include Mrs Josephine Cooley and several Zooks and Christensons. train crew faces inquest and bond hearings.
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Chisago
Chicago
Marquette Avenue
Josephine Cooley
Mabel ‘Cooley
Cooley
Annie Cooley
Johnn Zook
Marshall Driscoll
Elkhart
Ind
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Brown
Christensen
Dowie
Quiet Sunday In Two Cities As Saloon Closings Begin
Omaha reports mayoral Sunday closing orders largely observed with two outlying saloon arrests for door bypass. Bootblacks disturbed the Sabbath and were bailed by a local newsboy king. Kansas City notes first six year tight saloon closure with one arrest and petitions backing the mayor. A mass meeting backed Sunday closure and urged enforcement.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Moores
Orpheum
Council Bluffs
Reed
Law Enforcement League
Mrs McKinley to Press Button at Ohio Launch
Mrs McKinley will press the button to launch the battleship Ohio in San Francisco on May 6. Miss Mellen Deshler of Columbus will break a wine bottle to christen the ship, naming it Ohio as the vessel slides into the water.
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Mrs. McKinley
San Francisco
The Value of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A historical testimonial promoting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Women describe relief from hysteria nervousness headaches and ovarian trouble after using the product. Letters from Mrs M H Lewis and Mrs Emma Heaver praise the remedy and its effects.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lewis
M. H. Lewis
Valentine Ave
Tremont
New York
N. Y
Bottle message from nine years ago found in Norway
Ada J Griffith of Newark learned her Atlantic bottle message cast in 1892 while en route from Europe to America was found on the Norwegian coast. The note offered two dollars for return and included her Newark address. The bottle drifted mid ocean and was recovered by a fisherman, ending a long wait for news.
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Norway
Ada i. Griffith
Newark
Atlantic Ocean
England
America
Miss Griffith
Thomas W. Griffith
Europe
W. A. Byington
Ada J. Griffith
Mount Prospect Avenue
N. J
Atchison Globe
The Irish of It Story From the Detroit Free Press
A city physician recalls a charity patient an old Irish woman who phoned him for help. He treated a severe cold and two days later found her in an easy chair claiming to feel much better and praising the saints with rich Irish humor.
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Detroit Free Press
Do you know Willie what a horrible example 13
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt presents a brief dad joke exchange where a fond mother asks about a horrible example and a schoolboy replies with a wry, final answer underlining sarcasm.
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Willie
Yonkers Statesman
Grain-O Is New Coffee Substitute Drink
Try Grain-O ask your grocer for a pack age of Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury and it has the rich brown look of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains. Delicate stomachs receive it without distress. Price 15c and 25c per package sold by all grocers.
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Java
It Would Seem So Dix Wederly Hobby or Insanity
A terse dialogue recalls Wederly as not having a hobby but a fixation, described as insanity to Dix Wes Li. The exchange mentions he has been manned five times, a stark line from the Chicago Daily News attributed to Irving Bacheller.
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Dix
Wes
Chicago Daily News
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