Head On Crash Kills Fifty on Denver and Rio Grande
A head on collision near Adobe Colorado on a blizzard night destroyed three engines and left fifty dead. Fire and burning wreckage hindered relief as train No 3 and local No 16 failed to meet as revised orders indicated.
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Adobe
Col
New Mexico and Colorado Express
Leadville- Defiver Local No. 16
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Pueblo
Florence
Walter Causlet
The
Express
A. N. Smith
Causlet
No. 16
William Wallis
Luddworth
Grant Kelker
Harry Hartman
Kelker
Mile Post 147
Santa Fe
Denver and
Rio Grande
Beaver
Portland
Swallows
Coal wage dispute looms as miners push demands
The article outlines a pending coal crisis with bituminous miners aiming for a 5.5 to 12 percent wage rise, tied to the anthracite conflict. Anthracite miners press for higher pay eight hour day and equalized pay, while operators resist. A prolonged strike could trigger higher soft coal demand and price, though operators claim ample stock may delay any rise.
Philadephia Banker Donates to Church Missions and Carnegie Gift
George C. Thomas, a retired Philadelphia banker, gives $100000 to the board of missions of the Protestant Episcopal church. Andrew Carnegie plans to donate $25000 to Rio Grande college, a Baptist school in Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. The international waterways commission met in Toronto to discuss power distribution from the Soo River and water diversion in the Niagara River.
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George C. Thomas
Philadelphia
Board of Missions
Protestant Episcopal Church
Andrew Carnegie
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
Galia County
Ohio
International Waterways’ Commission
Toronto
Soo River
Niagara
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promotes Health
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for strengthening the stomach liver and kidneys to purify blood and cure liver and kidney troubles. It claims to boost red blood production aiding brain and nerves and notes alcohol free ingredients with professional endorsements. It also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and the Common Sense Medical Adviser with mail offers.
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Pierce
Etter
R. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Teaders
Automobilists Tease Maine Farmer on Roadside Route
A large car with four men from the city stopped near Bridgton Maine last summer. They mocked a gray haired farmer mowing by the road asking if he had lived there all his life. He replied quietly No not yet and the car drove off.
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Wy L. Douglas
Makes & SE
Brockton
Mess
L. Douglas
L. Douglas Strongade
Ficn
W.l.douglas
Wustrated
W. L. Douglas
Mass
Portland
White Mountains
Bridgton
Boston Herald
Broken Down Woman Finds Relief From Kidney Troubles
Mrs A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey suffered severe kidney pain backache dizziness and frequent burning urine with sediment. After eight boxes of Deans Kidney Pills her symptoms vanished and her strength returned, according to the Buffalo Foster Milburn Co advertised in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Taylor
Wharton
N. J
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Vision of Endless Dreadnaught Battles
A speaker contemplates an ever growing sequence of Dreadnaughts facing increasingly larger foes. The idea suggests an endless armament race with no final victory in sight.
Cure of Severe Itching Using Cuticura Remedies
A resident reports intense itching from July that worsened, with hair loss and constant discomfort. After trying various baths and remedies, four boxes of Cuticura Ointment cured the condition and stopped hair loss. signed by D. E. Blankenship of Indianapolis, dated October 27, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Blankenship
N. del. St
Indianapolis
Ind
Spring trade brief notes robust activity amid weather
Belated Chicago storms spur renewed demand across lines with construction and transport less affected. Manufacturing and raw material buying remain strong as leather and lumber markets report high activity. New York snow delays spring retail, but wholesale and jobbing trade show resilience with rail earnings peaking and foreign buying improving. Bradstreets notes weekly U S failures rise to 187, Canada 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market price listings for cattle hogs and crops across cities
A compilation of livestock and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and others. Cattle ranges run 4.00 to 6.60 per hundredweight hogs 4.00 to 6.80 sheep 2.00 to 5.75 wheat No 2 around 80 to 89 cents corn No 2 40 to 49 cents oats 28 to 36 cents rye 64 to 68 cents and related commodities across multiple markets.
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Indianapolis
Ste
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Lydia E Pinkham and Her Vegetable Compound
The article profiles Lydia E Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts from a Quaker family. It traces her home remedy work with roots and herbs that led to Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, its rise during economic hardship, family involvement, gradual self advertising, newspaper ads from 1877, and ongoing guidance to sick women through the present Mrs Pinkham and successors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Pinkham
Pinkhams
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Dr. Pierce Libel Verdict Against Ladies' Home Journal
The Pierce company won a libel suit against the Ladies' Home Journal with a jury awarding $16,000 in damages. The defense moved to set aside the verdict, arguing insufficiency, and the motion was to be argued. The article claimed Pierce medicines contained alcohol digitalis and opium though analyses found none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Dr. Pierce Company
Worth Knowing Porous Plasters and Lewis Cigars Ad
Allcock's are the original genuine porous plasters with imitations. Lewis' Single Binder straight five cent cigar offers better tobacco quality. 10 cents buys lesser brands. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Illinois.
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Allcock
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Iil
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