Death by the Rail A Child's Agonizing Death
Ottumwa Iowa December 14 Five persons killed and ten injured in a Burlington Route wreck three miles west of Albia when a westbound passenger train derailed on Cedar Creek bridge. A three year old girl Mildred Mitchen died in flames after being hung from a bridge girder. Rescue hampered by fire as cars burned. conductor R W Robinson and engineer William Wellace led the effort.
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Ottumwa
Cheago
Burlington & Quincy
Albia
Cedar Creek
W. E. Mitchen
Alicia
Mildred Mitchen
Thomas Beatty
R. W. Robinson
William Wellace
W. B. Mitchen
Prominent Citizen Talks of Paine's Celery Compound
A well known local figure asserts relief after using Paine's Celery Compound. The statement highlights personal benefit and endorses the product amid public interest.
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Paine
Eight Die as Mines Explode in Mieres Spain
Eight persons killed and twelve injured in a mine explosion at Mieres Spain. The brief dispatch notes violent mining disaster with no further survivor details or causes provided.
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Mieres
Spain
Mukden
Chi Li
John A Dowie
Zion
Notable 1910s Headlines Spark Mixed Federal and War News
Herbert Spencer dies. Allen Brown convicted of attempted assault in Texas gets 1000 year sentence. Russian forces defeat Chinese bandits on the Liao River with heavy casualties. Langley airship failure. air craft wreck in Potomac. Gillett of Massachusetts bills anti gambling protections against interstate telegraph. Boers showcase war exhibit. Lou World’s Fair. Beckham inaugurated governor of Kentucky again. Baltimore jury convicts Upton and McGregor in conspiracy over leather pouch contract. Tyrell proposes US government building liquor ban.
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Herbert Spencer
Allen Brown
Liao River
Manchuria
Langley
Potomac River
Gillett
Massachusetts
Great Britain
88. Louis
J. C. W. Beckham
Kentucky
Baltimore
C. B. Upton
Thos. McGregor
Representative Tyrell
United States
Chicago seeks Republican national convention site in 1904
The St Louis Business Men's league urges the 1904 Republican national convention be held in St Louis. The Democratic national committee meets January 12 in Washington to set the date and place. A chaotic mix of international mediation and local fires marks the news blurbs.
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Chicago
Winter Wheat Area Shrinks Amid Fall 1903 Estimates
The article notes a winter wheat area of about 82,000,000 acres, down six percent from the fall 1902 estimate. It also lists other brief items including deaths in Rising Sun Indiana and Monte Carlo, labor union activity in New York, and political notes from Florida and Greece.
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Lizzie Gillespie
Rising Sun
Tnd
Monte Carlo
Baron Arthur de Rothschild
New York
DePauw University
Beveridge
Florida
Jacksonville
Roosevelt
Tzontcheff
Turkey
Bulgaria
Far East
Minnesota
University of California
San Francisco
Swinburns Languishes with Pneumonia in Early 1904
Dispatches report Algernon Charles Swinburne is very ill with pneumonia. Other items note Congress cost and performance, Senator Gallinger proposes a $7500 yearly pay, Panama shipping ban lifted, and a fatal murder in Peoria.
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Algernon Charles Swinburns
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Gen. Tzontcheff
United States
Paris
John McCray
Peoria
Wm. Murphy
Republic of Panama
Great Lakes
Roosevelt
Travelers’ Protective Association
Hoosier Society Banquet Set in St Louis Features Indiana Leaders
The Hoosier Society of St. Louis will hold its annual banquet at the Planters hotel in St Louis with Lieutenant Governor Gilbert of Indiana as guest of honor. Toaster topics honor the Hoosier Lawyer Doctor Schoolmaster and Soldier, with Joseph Griswold Wright Boyd and others leading Indiana Society officers inviting new members from Missouri.
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St. Louis
Hoosier Society of St. Louis
Planters Hotel
Gilbert
Indiana
C. C. Morris
St. Louis Baptist Hospital
Stone
Johnson
Indiana Society of St. Louis
Jesse A. McDonald
Joseph L. Griswold
Joseph A. Wright
T. B. Boyd
G. H. Sallee
Myron M. Medsker
Missouri
Indiana Republican Editorial Association to hold mid winter meeting
Arrangements for the Indiana Republican Editorial Association mid winter meet were perfected yesterday by the executive committee in Indianapolis. The meeting is set for January 21-22 at the Claypool hotel with a banquet on the 21st and business sessions on the 22nd. Programs depend on acceptances from invited speakers and readers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Claypool
Mill Sawmill Boiler Explosion Kills Owner in Bluffton Area
In Bluffton area Pon to six miles south of Bluffton a portable sawmill boiler exploded. Elmer Betts owner fatally injured with scalds and crushed head from a heavy timber. He leaves a wife and five children. Workman Nelson Fuller was knocked unconscious but unhurt otherwise.
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Bluffton
Ind
Ponto
Elmer Betts
Nelson Fuller
Peace in sight as Russia and Japan peace hopes spread
A St Petersburg dispatch reported Paris advices that peace between Russia and Japan was believed assured. In Vincennes Indiana a young farmer George Buckalew suffered a severe accident when his arm was torn off at the elbow by a corn shredder at his home near Emison.
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London
St. Petersburg
Paris
Russia
Japan
Vincennes
Ind
George Buckalew
Emison
Five Trainmen Dead In Baltimore & Ohio Freight Wreck
In Piedmont West Virginia on December fourteen five trainmen died as two Baltimore and Ohio engines derailed on the seventeen mile grade. The engines and most of the twenty four loaded cars plunged into a ravine, killing the workers and injuring several others.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio
Tragic Freight Collision Near Adel Kills Three
Three trainmen died and five were injured in a freight wreck on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line near Adel Iowa. A westbound double-header and an extra eastbound freight collided in a cheap cut on a sharp curve, wrecking three locomotives and fourteen cars.
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Des Moines
Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Adel
Doctor dies after old operation in Indiana with rusted forceps
Dr I B Washburn of Rensselaer died in a Valparaiso private hospital after an operation two years earlier. A surgeon found five and three fourths inch iron and steel forceps near the liver, rusted, allegedly causing his death. Washburn had served in the Indiana legislature in 1872.
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Rensselaer
Ind
I. B. Washburn
Valparaiso
Washburn
Loring
Kankakee Valley Medical Association
Indiana
New Indiana Law Lets Citizens Borrow State Library Books
Indianapolis reports state librarian W. E. Henry says a new law enables any responsible citizen to borrow from the state library. Books may be loaned through local public libraries or study clubs. if neither exists, books are provided outright on return guarantees. Loans last two weeks, with renewals possible and postage or expressage paid by the borrower. Fines apply for late returns. Several hundred volumes are currently being distributed.
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Indianapolis
W. E. Henry
Commonwealth
Henry
Elizabeth Gillespie Assassinated in Rising Sun Residence
Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, a prominent society woman of Rising Sun Indiana, was shot inside her front room around 6 pm. The killer fired through a window, the blast striking the left side of her head and ear. No motive or clues to the murderer are known.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Elizabeth Gillespie
Carried a Cocked Gun Ends in Tragic Death in Muncie
Oliver Barnes, a young iron worker, died in a Muncie hospital after being shot by his brother Alfred Barnes during a hunting walk. Alfred, accidentally discharging a shotgun with a raised hammer, caused the fatal wound. Also noted is Purdue agriculture class in Lafayette training dairy work. nine day term with seven pupils, mainly wives of farmers.
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Muncie
Ind
Oliver Barnes
Alfred Barnes
Lafayette
Purdue University
Purdue School of Agriculture
Indiana
Miss Erlene Sinclair Assault Warrants Issued
Sullivan Indiana December 11 Miss Erlene Sinclair a Parks neighborhood Cass township teacher was overpowered by her pupils and ducked in an icy pond to force her to treat Warrants issued for the ringleaders in the assault.
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Sullivan
Ind
Erlene Sinclair
Parks
Cass Township
Fire destroys St Augustine's Church in Jeffersonville
A blaze gutted St Augustine's Catholic church in Jeffersonville Indiana causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Officials believe the fire started from an electric wire and the building was nearly leveled.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
Lost Arm In Corn Cutter Near Richmond Indiana
Preston Bradshaw a farmer ten miles northeast of Richmond lost his right arm after it was caught in a corn cutting box. The accident occurred on December 11.
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Richmond
Ind
Preston Bradshaw
Indiana to Host State Health Officers School Dec 16 17
Indianapolis hosts the annual state health officers school in the Claypool hotel auditorium on December 16 and 17 with lectures by Surgeon General George Sternberg Dr Walter Wyman Prof F G Navy Dr Frank Allport and Dr Charles O Probst. Physicians statewide invited. Government delays on the Lawrence army post site hindered funding plans. The War Department seeks 900000 but will pause if land dispute with John Roberts remains unresolved.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Health
George Sternberg
United States Army
Walter Wyman
The
Marine Hospital Service
F. G. Navy
University of Michigan
Frank Allport
Chicago
Charlies O. Probst
Columbus
Ohio
Claypool Hotel
Lawrence
Washington
John Roberts
Roberts
Congress
Hanover College Reinstates Expelled Students After Strike
Hanover Indiana December 11 reports conditions at Hanover college are improving. Dr Fisher has reinstated expelled and suspended sophomores and freshmen without conditions, and the two classes have resumed work. In Greenfield Indiana a large barn owned by J R Hendy burned, seven horses and nine cattle perished.
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Hanover
Ind
Hanover College
Fisher
Greenfield
J. R. Hendy
Unknown Man Found Dead on Evansville Tracks
The body of an unidentified man was found on a railroad track inside Evansville units after being run over by a train.
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Evansville
Ind
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