Tragedy on Aspinwall Barge as Six Italians Drown
Panic spread when an overloaded barge crossing the Allgheny River began sinking. Six workers on a US government dam project at Aspinwall, Pa. jumped into the river and drowned, all Italians except Frank Herman.
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Allgheny
United States
Oat Aspinwall
Frank Herman
Longley
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Dominion Iron and Steel Company
Dominion Coal Company
Jesse UT. Pomeroy
Massachusetts
Charlestown
Guild
FL Re Guile
Vormeruy
Martha
Catherine
Catherine Thomas
Cambria County Almshouse
Johnstown
Thomas
Bureau of Immigration
Aomumber
Local party nominates John W. Brown for Governor in Boston
Worcester politician John W. Brown receives the Localist party nomination for Massachusetts governor at the state convention in Boston. The report notes other brief items including drownings, accidents, divorces, indictments, and unusual deaths across several states.
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John W. Brown
Worcester
Localist Party of
Massachusetts
Boston
Roy McMeory
Mississippi
Jiresbach
Minn
Mystic Wharf
Boston and Maine Railroad
W. L. McEwan
Duitsburg
Presbyterian Church
Eastern notes mix of crimes and disasters across the era
Reports from Boston and New York detail church growth, labor strikes in New Jersey, a fatal train wreck in New England, mob killings in McKeesport, several naval and industrial incidents, accidents in Illinois and Ohio, and political chatter on statues and public safety.
Five year old rescue by sister in Findlay Ohio
In Findlay Ohio Lulu Urban five and her two year old brother were saved from drowning after the younger child fell into a cistern. The incident underscores risks in old water structures around the city. No further details provided.
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Findlay
Ohio
Lulu Urban
Jay Beer
Salina
Nan
Louis Franklin
C. A. Butler
Cornerstone
Ark
Southern conference adopts stance against restoring army canteen
At Newport News Virginia the annual convention of the Rechabites of America passes a resolution opposing the restoration of the army canteen. The report also notes a deadly train incident near Newburg West Virginia.
Massacre toll and world events from a chaotic year
The report catalogs a horrific massacre in Nischineff with eighty Jews killed and outlines other calamities, including avalanches of summer victims from Alpine accidents, high execution counts, and a Franco Spanish victory near Monocco. It notes royal marriages, political arrests in Transbeikatia, a bank robbery in Chippewa, an Aleutian eruption, and a Perry island volcanic event, all reflecting a turbulent period.
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Nischineff
Wilhelm
Saweden
United States
Grand Praechess
Porte Paytona
Russia
M. Boredum
Akatui
Transbeikatia
Pakoff
St. Petersburg
Addert
Monocco
Royal Savings Bank
Chippewa
Ont
Seattle
Aleutian Islands
Perry
San Francisco
Secretary of War Taft sails for Philippines from Seattle
Secretary of War Taft departs Seattle aboard the Minnesota bound for the Philippines. The Lusitania sets a New York record from Queenstown but fails to beat the Deutschland for first place in the ocean race.
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Philippines
Seattle
Minnesota
New York
Queenstown
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Congress
Grand Army of the Republic
Saratoga
N.Y
War Department
Army
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Prof
Steffanson
Mikkelsen
Fort Yukon
Herschel Island
Mackenzie River
Porcupine
Ontario & Western
Jersey Central
Fie
Deadly New Hampshire train wreck kills twenty four
A head on collision between an excursion train and a freight train near Canaan Station in New Dingie shire on the Boston and Maine line killed twenty four people and wounded many as crowds returning from a Sherbrooke fair faced a crushed day coach and a wrecked baggage car. An operator at Canaan station misread orders causing the fatal crash.
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International Machinists’ Association
St. Louis
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avene State Bank
Chicago
Polinois Board of Pardons
Joliet
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
John Whitworth
Commercial Bank
American Crayon Company
Sandusky
Ohio
Second Street
Winona
Minn
Mass.Holden
Mas
Holden
Dr. Holden
W. F. Lawrence
Kedaka
S. 1
Lime
Portell
Wisconsin
Rider
Nebraska
Joplin
Cma. News Teradd
Sade Comnel
Tiinois
Thonneton
Mneliss
Ero
Pekin Township
Lee Ledy
Coty Trevel
Weatherford
Ledy
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
North Junction
Engineer Parish
Ppaber
Wiliam J. Minthall
Farrier
Philadelphia
Athieve
Stratford
Malia
Blanchard
Findlay
Ural
San Francisco
Carmen
Aberdeen
Vnaa
Canaan
New Dingieshire
Concord
Boston and Maine Railroad
Lsht
Sherbrooke
Onebee
Cameudian
Cannan
Phe
Phe Bagcare
kKindline Wood
Bhaceige
Burton Named Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic
Charles G. Burton, former Nevada Missouri resident, elected commander of the National G A R. He served in the Fifty Fourth Congress and as a judge in Missouri's Twenty Fifth District. Born in Cleveland Ohio in 1849 he first enlisted at age 16 and later joined the 171st Ohio in a 100 days unit. He built a legal career as circuit attorney and prosecuting attorney prior to judiciary roles.
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C. G. Burton
Grand Army of the Republic
Charles G. Burton
G.A. R
Nevada
Kansas City
Judge Burton O
Cleveland
Oke
Isig
Tness
Ohio
Warren
Missouri
Telegraph Strikes and Social Murmurs in a Fragmented Era
A clipped collection notes telegraph strike politics and social chatter. It questions language, suggests harsh options for Morococy, warns of price hikes for dressmakers, and recalls a 104 year old Philadelphia woman. It cites prison and city population counts while musing on news wire constraints.
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France
Philadelphia
United States
Chicago
White Lawyel
Jimmy Hyde
Market Notes From the Port and Town Exhibits
A garbled report outlines port yard and warehouse activity with references to wool hides feathers and timber. It notes shipments of finished products and price movements, plus a comparison to prior weeks and district failures in Chicago.
Fall trade signals expansion as crops support prices
Bradstreets Report notes U S business cautiously upbeat with dry goods and cotton movement. Higher prices offset by steadier yields and increasing orders from the West and South hint at renewed activity amid a week of rising failures compared with last week and a year ago.
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Dee
Saarhern
Chicago Cattle Prices Across Markets
Rail and market reports show mixed cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes across cities including Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and Indianapolis Cattle prices range from 4.00 to 8.85 for hogs and 3.90 to 5.15 for sheep with wheat at No 2 red around 1.00 to 1.20 per bushel and corn No 2 white near 0.63 to 0.75 per unit.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Typewriter Revolves Jobs for Cuban Labor and Prison Transfer
The era’s press notes report that typewriter invention creates work for over 1,000 women. A Cuban provisional government decree requires civilians to testify before army courts martial or face fines or confinement. Ex mayor Alonzo J. Whiteman moves from Auburn State Prison to Dannemora Prison where he had been teaching inmates how to “work the bank.”
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Alonzo J. Whiteman
Duluth
Auburn
N. Y
Damnemora
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