Train wreck near Loudon ends in multiple fatalities
A Southern Railway passenger train derailed by a landslide on a steep embankment near Loudon Tennessee. Eight people were reported dead by noon, including Engineer Bibb and several crew members, with passengers and the fireman among the injured. The Cincinnati Southern line helped pull remaining cars from the wreck.
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Loudon
Tenn
Southern Railway
Tennovace
Cincinnati Southern
Bibb
Engineer Bibb
Lucker
Alfred Best
Sarah Henderson
Pope Health Report Alarms Vatican Nuncio
In Munich the papal nuncio reports alarming health news about the pope. In Jefferson City, Missouri the house indefinitely postponed a Sunday baseball game ban bill. Tonight the C B C faces the Highland Wheel Club of Denver at Keefe Hall with a dance afterward and 50 cent admission.
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Munich
Bavaria
Monsignor Macch
Jefferson City
Highland Wheel Club
Denver
Keefe Hall
Murder Shocks Buffalo Leading Envelope Company President
Edwin L. Burdick president of the Buffalo Envelope Company was found slain at his Ashland Avenue home. Police initially speculated burglary, but later information ties a society woman to the case, suggesting Burdick may have led a double life.
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Buffalo
Edwin L. Burdick
Buffalo Envelope Company
Ashland Avenue
Burdick
Edwin Burdick
Buffalo, N. Y
Seven Foreign Miners Die in Hostetter Mine Blast
Greensburg Pa Feb 28 seven miners, all foreigners identified only by number, remain trapped after a late yesterday explosion. Rescue attempts continue as efforts to flood the mine and extinguish the growing fire hindered by deadly flames forcing rescuers to retreat.
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Greensburg
Hostetter
Blizzard Hits Midwest and Plains States
The report describes a fierce blizzard descending on Chicago and extending toward the East, with zero weather in North Dakota and heavy snow in western Minnesota and Colorado. A Kansas blizzard sweeps portions of the state with sleet and snow, causing suffering among range cattle.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Minnesota
Colorado
Montana
Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Preventing Suffering Through Immediate Anesthetic Requests
Cleveland reports Bal lington Booth of the Balgation Army of America urged rail managers to drug fatally injured passengers immediately to ease agony and aid possible survival. Colorado passes eight hour bill in the assembly by wide margin. Etruria grounded on a bar near Godney's channel but damage minimal. will be floated at high tide. Havre reports a fierce snowstorm halting French coast shipping and disaster risks rising with seven bodies found near Ottercap wreck. thirty men feared dead.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ballington Booth
Balgation Army of America
United States
New York
Cunard
Etruria
Godney's Channel
Liverpool
Havre
H W C Boys Arrive for Evening Game
The Denver boys arrived on the belated train at 3 80 p m and are in good shape to play tonight after lunch at Menewal's restaurant. The page includes notes from Woman's Way and Brooklyn Life and an ad for Country Life In America.
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Denver
Menewal
Tariff to Relieve Filipinos Urges Immediate Action
Theodore Roosevelt urges Congress to pass the tariff bill for the Philippine Islands. He notes blighted conditions, falling customs receipts, and upheaval from disease and famine risks. Taft and Wright endorse the move as essential to restore productive industry and national prosperity in the islands.
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Taft
Luke E. Wright
United States
Congress
Philippine Islands
Iks
Ecosion
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Washington, D. C
Restored to life again in New York birthday scare
Miss Edith Cur non, posing as a Goddess of Liberty in Washington’s birthday celebration, caught a severe cold and appeared dead yesterday. An undertaker detected signs of life as he prepared the body for burial. Physicians revived her and today her recovery chances are reported very good.
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New York
Edith Curnon
Liberty
Washington
Rock Island railroad resumes fight for Kansas City entrance
Kansas City Missouri February 28 The Rock Island railroad began condemnation proceedings for right of way between Strassburg Missouri and Kansas City The move follows renewed efforts to access the city after earlier negotiations with the Frisco The Strassburg area lies about twenty miles north of the Frisco main line in Cass county Missouri
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Kansas City
Rock Island Railroad
Strassburg
Rock Island
Frisco
Rockleland
Cass County
Missouri
Farm Hand Arrested in Attempted Assassination Case
Olathe Kansas February 28 A discharged farm hand named Strahan was arrested after Bert McKinley was shot while reading at the table last night McKinley may recover though his face neck and chest are filled with shot The same discharge also wounded Mrs Kenton his house keeper her child Boyd Adams and John Wilson who are both farm hands
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Olathe
Kans
Strahan
Bert McKinley
McKinley
Widenfield Sues Exchange Over One Year Suspension
Camille Widenfield sues the New York Stock Exchange for 500000 dollars after governors suspended him for one year over actions tied to efforts to block the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger. He also sues those who preferred the charges against him.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Camille Widenfield
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Widenfield
Shelter Fire Endangers 30 at Keefe Hall Championship Night
London reports a Church of England Army shelter burned with about 30 people inside. Several were burned and one rescued as authorities work to account for others. The piece promotes tonight's basketball championship at Keefe Hall with a postgame dance and 50 cent admission.
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London
Church of England Army
Salvation Army
Hull
Keefe Hall
Coming Events Calendar Promotes Savings Bank Campaign
February 24 to March 7 lists events including a basketball game and dance at Keefe hall and Rose Coghlan appearances at Turner hall. FP J Fisher visits to urge city residents to save with the First National Bank of Laramaie, introducing a new family safe and canvassing the city next week.
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Wyoming
Conaluto
Highland Wheel Club
Denver
Keefe
FP. J. Fisher
Firet National Bank of
Laramie
Critical Buyers Demand Best City Line of Suits and Skirts
Advertises a large clothing store claiming the best line of suits and skirts in the city with opportunities to show merchandise. Highlights dress trimmings, fabrics by the yard, belts, and hosiery, noting prices up to 98.00 and a range of Mohair, crepe fabrics, and new styles in creams and ground colors.
Improbable Drive Prompts 90 Piroms Imitation Preach Channel
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a special drive with references to imitation preaching, a channel, and granite requests. The readable text mentions a yard and a numeric cue, but lacks coherent details or proper names to confirm events or quantities.
Telegraphic Brevities From Diverse Incidents Abroad
A summary of quick items: Mrs. Sara Kittredge dies from smoke in a burning Lowal building after stopping for a bicycle. Turpan reports Colima volcano activity rising with frequent earth tremors. In Colorado Springs a father and son die mixing sulphur and potash for photography. Various military, labor, crime, and local notices fill the page from the U.S. and abroad, including Gatling’s death at 54, strikes in Canada, accidents in Ireland and England, and regional auctions and marriages.
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Sara Kittredge
Lowal
Mass
Weather for March Foretold by Almanac Prophet
Forecasts from Dr Harter's Almanac credit Thomas Wightman with a March full of contrast. The last day of February clears while March begins fierce and blustering with general rains, melting snowdrifts in the north and warming days in the south. The first storm period runs 6th to 9th with vernal equinox on the 20th. Minor storms on 12th and 13th intensify due to full moon and equinox. A second storm period from 18th to 1st brings dense clouds, drizzle, and southward downpours, with north and west bogged by sleet and blizzards. on the 24th and 25th warmer weather returns with scattering skies.
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Thomas Wightman
Dr. Harter
Atlantic
Gulf
Earth
Weather notes and sports event at Keefe hall
The forecast calls for cooler weather after storms with a late month storm period bringing general weather and spring showers. Tonight a basketball game at Keefe hall features C. B. C. versus Denver boys followed by a dance with 60 cents admission.
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Keefe Hall
Denver
Minister Jumps Before Train In Suicide Attempt
Rev. J. H. Caldwell a Methodist minister jumped in front of a Grand Trunk train in Chicago to prevent disclosure of his police confession. He survived with a broken leg and ribs and other injuries.
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Chicago
J. H. Caldwell
Prominent Georgia Stock Grower Found Dead with Gas On
Early report states Gavansah stock grower Yates was found dead in his room at a local hotel. Gas was on at full force, but authorities say no grounds exist to declare it a suicide pending investigation.
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Rmiseepnid
Rep
V. & Yates
Gavansah
Yates
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Country Life In
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Wyoming Dental Company
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Cheyenne
Kelley Ile, Company
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