Acres of Flames Devour Wilcox Lord Refinery Complex
A massive New York fire engulfed the Wilcox Lord Refinery at West Fifty-ninth, destroying the refinery, Rossiter stores, two huge grain elevators and cargo wharves. Loss surpasses four million dollars with insurance covering part. Fire killed Berry Benning and devastated Dock C, East River piers, and the New York Central’s grain elevators A and B. Over 500,000 people reportedly witnessed the blaze that raged from late afternoon into night.
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New York
Wilcox Lord
West Fifty-ninth
Rossiter
James
Coun
Rattae Baap Poeater Kas Mpany
Zasaive
Fifty-Ninth Street
Pennes Logian
Berry Benning
New York Central
Dock C
Joré
Ofl
New York Central Railroad
Shay
Fifty-ninth-street
Sixty-fifth -Street
New York Central Railroad Company
Great North River
Sworn Off Smoking Bowry Boors and Paris Stage Plans
Arts and theatre notes report Bowry Boors quitting smoking and Miss Mary Ansperson's health improvement in Saas. Bets on Macbeth profits, Paris stunts by Lona Dans, Ellen Terry praised, and contracts for Parloine Hats with the New York Casino Company. London theatre shifts and notable performers feature in a wide-ranging entertainment column.
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Bowry Boors
Rose Bryyce
California
Yor Brion
Invine
Macbeth
Max
Rexa
Vidal
Mf. Uelin
Lona Dans
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Banan Bernwanort
Ellen Terry
J. G. Blaine, Jr
H. B. Conway
New York
J. W. Seastan
Great Britain
Geronce W. Curing
Ehiadel Na Ledger
Anto Ribinicia
Imperial Opera of
St. Petersburg
Ass Wepsespay
London
F. F. Proctor
Charles T. Ellis
Reneat Ersuene
John Montgomery Ward
New York City
Berss
Multiple incidents reported in Eastern and Middle States
A roundup of disasters crimes and notable events includes a Boston piano maker's $200,000 failure, a New Jersey Jersey City ferryboat fire, a nine year old boy's hydrophobia death in Fall River, a Dawsons veteran soldier obituary in Orange Washington, a Butler Pennsylvania shooting involving a husband and wife, wire removal accident in New York, a Newark company president missing with funds, a mine collapse in Farmington Pennsylvania, a postmaster death in New Jersey, and various other accidents raids and political appointments across the region including New Mexico and Washington Territory.
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Middle States
Tomas F. Scanlan
Boston
Roxbury
Mass
New Brunswick
New York City
Pennsylvania Station
Jersey City
Wittraw_T. Merk
Fall River
Gexsman Launce Kennedy Dawsons
United States Army
Orange
Pennsylvania
West Point
James Freaps
Butler, Pens
Farmington
Penn
Mins
Richard Ettinger
Tuene
Nanticoke
William J. Syms
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Pittsburg
Nathan Yowell
Miners’ Mills
Lexington
Henry George Pearson
Highwood
N. J
Thomas L. James
Don Sebastian Lierbo DE Teiada
Mexico
Lerdo
Jalapa
Wayne County
New Jersey
Washington
United States
Barger
Columbus
Ohio
Philip Flood
Elyria
Tuz National Academy of Science
O. C. Mars
New Haven
Conn
F.P. Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Bell
Foreign Mails Office
Germany
Racom
Sea Post Offices
Rev Crown
Jordan
Rosebud
Frost
Robert P. Porter
Michigan
Marvell W. Cooper
District of New York
Marshal J. Corbett
Tmothy Guy Pierns
District of
San Francisco
PF. Snowden Hub
Maryland
Global affairs and conflicts dominate foreign front from 1900s era
Reports recount railway service reforms under Civil Service rules with 27 200 offices. epidemics in the Philippines. fatalities from Austrian colliery explosion. Edinburgh votes to confer city freedom on Parnell. Hunger in Hungary. a German rebuke to Samoa affairs. Romanian fortification credit. Boulangist displeasure in Brussels. Dutch exile risk. Soudanese attack at Fort Halaib. Ireland sees Londonary successor.
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Jacksonville
Tampa
Civil Service
Customs, Postal and Railway Mail Service
Tietblau
Austria
Edinburgh
Scotland
Parnell
Biize
Wang and
Bistritz
Hungary
Bel
Brussels
Geverol Boctanerr
Belgium
London
Fort Halaib
Egypt
Lord Bronson
Lord Londonderry
Ireland
Victonia
Sambingham Hall
Prince and Princess of Wales
Vines
Hayti
Legitime
Petite Riviere
Dresden
Saxony
Tuys- Freedomn
Mr. Parnell
A Bogus King Rules Aleutian Island
A Washington special recounts a Californian who claimed kingship on a Aleutian island three years ago. McPherson, with a flag and garbled authority, ruled 600 natives, executed three alleged rebels, and now faces possible arrest by a U S revenue cutter and trial in San Francisco for murder.
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Washington
Alaska
McPherson
San Francisco
Aleutian Islands
Archerson
Garland
United States
Treasury
Peparment
Windom
BrucePherson
A Son's Quadruple Crime at West Farms
In West Farms near Westfield Massachusetts Joseph King a respected 78 year old whip maker was shot in bed by his 44 year old son who then tried to kill his aunt Miss Cynthia Tyt He set a fire that destroyed the house. Three hours later the son killed himself with a bullet in the head as neighbors prepared to search for the murderer.
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Stamford Oil Company
Ohio Oil Company
Lima
Prairis
Dakota
L. Bravford Prince
New Mexico
Dayton
Ohio
Mercer County
Tventy
Manatee
Fla
Kane Jones
Jones
Petor Wrxe
Brockton County
W. Va
Nortecfn_Facine express company
Bromerd
Minn
Synvestre Grtao
Sertivo
Downey
Vincennes
Ind
Annan
W. Mians HaLn
Lunenburg County
Everett
Otter Island
Iowa
Dale County
Ala
Utah
Malachi Allen
James Mills
Fort Smith
Ark
Allen
Shadrack Peters
Silas’ Love
Mills
John Windom
Berwick
West Farms
Westfield
Mass
Joseph King
Cynthia Tyt
Simeon Hours
Attica
Pattonsburg
Hangison
George Crook
United States Army
Charles Foster
William Warner
Kansas City
Nicholas
Bell
Edinburgh
Scotland
Parnell
Vienna
Armstrong
Pittsburg
Penn
Murrell
Danmark
Philadelphia
George
Christian
Fourtaies
Grayling
Mick
Marathon County
Wis
T. F. Bonoess
Durango
Col
Scott Bairey
Sulifax Court House
Tax Morgantown Female Seminary
Morgantown
Veteran 110-Year-Old Soldier John Fielding Dies in Laurens County
John Fielding, a Virginia native and veteran of 1815, died in Laurens County at age 110. He moved to South Carolina as a child, served in both the War of 1812 and Mexi can conflicts, and remained active locally, voting at 103. He married three times, last at age 85, and left a widow and several children.
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John Fielding
Virginia
Laurens County
D. C
Fielding
South Carolina
Tiger River
Notable 19th Century Figures and Entertainers in Odd Gig
A jumble of celebrity notes lists figures from royalty to writers, painters, and financiers. Names include Gerrat Bou Lancen, Robert Browsine, Prince of Weles, and Admiral Kobubraly with varied health, wealth, and scenes across Europe and America. The piece mixes portraits, fortunes, and quirky facts with several misprints.
Oklahoma Boomers Opened Path to Guthrie Land Rush
The noon opening of Oklahoma Territory drew 20 000 to 30 000 boomers from the Cherokee Strip and Indian Nations. They crossed the border in wagons and mounted cross country claiming land near Guthrie and Purcell while rival speculators clashed, shots fired, and cavalry moved in to quell the unrest.
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Oklahoma
Harrison
Arapahoe
Sth
Waite
Claima
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Indian Territory
Arkansas City
Cherokee Strip
Oklahoma Territory
de Wain
Ora
Taras
Purcell
Lexington
East Vurfeull
Little Bill Addreoal
Owlet
League
Tom Myers
Jon Martin
Ona Simpkins
Multiple Disasters and Deaths Reported Across Cities
A summary of varied 1871 era incidents includes Grance T Reden's death by own action amid business strain in Biddleboro Massachusetts, a lightning strike killing two in Westchester County New York, and Massachusetts appointing Henry 2 Thomas as Mails Superintendent. Other items note a referendum against liquor, a large Vermont forest fire, the wreck aftermath of the Danmark and Missouri, an Ohio landlady murder followed by suicide, and multiple road or rail robberies and political changes.
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Donre
Trinity Lake
Westchester County
N.Y
Lavinda Adams
Noab Adams
L. Adams
Henry 2. Thomas
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Peter J. Hughes
Murder at secluded farm in Macon County
A farmer named Wood returned to his remote country home in Macon County North Carolina to find his house burned. The ruins revealed the deaths of his wife three sons and two daughters aged twelve and fourteen. three knives and a bloodstained bowie and the money trunk were found among the ashes. No clues to the murderers were reported.
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Macon County
N.C. W
Wood
Song
Nara
Bualhes
Iashea
Fort Smith Dispatch Reports Clash Over Cattle Trail
A Fort Smith dispatch details a clash at Chisholm's cattle trail ford forty miles west of Oklahoma City. Cattlemen attempting to move several hundred cattle from Frank Colbert's Chickasaw Nation ranch into Kansas clashed with Chickasaw police and mounted guards. A boomer, two cattlemen, and a guard were killed in the melee.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Oklahoma
Chisholm
Oklahomea City
Frank Colbert
Kansas
Cool
Fanning
Texas
Chiss
Five Men Drown After River Crossing Mishap Near Bainbridge
At the Alabama Midland crossing of the Cattahooche Tower near Bainbridge Georgia two boats with seven and eight men were crossing the river when one craft began to sink A man leaped to the other boat causing both to capsize Five men drowned The victims were part of the crew building the Alabama Midland bridge.
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Alabama Midland
Cattahooche Tower
Bainbridge
Alabama Midland Bridge
G Princess Heads Paris to Befriend Pasteur
A G Princess travels to Paris to visit and befriend the famed scientist Louis Pasteur, aiming to seek guidance and advance her interests in science and diplomacy. The journey underscores cross cultural ties and the era’s fascination with scientific progress.
Western blizzard tale parallels deadly Kidney Disease warns
A vivid Western blizzard scene is used to illustrate Bright's disease and kidney trouble. The piece promotes Warner's Safe Cure, noting doctors offer no real cure and many patients die from advanced kidney disease despite warnings and treatments.
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H. Warner & Co
Warner's
Bright
Big
Councel
Snithe
Warner
Swift Hanged in Hartford for Wife’s Murder
John H. Swift was executed by hanging in Hartford Connecticut for the murder of his wife who refused to live with him. His sister, a young teacher, led a legislative campaign to commute the sentence, but Governor Bulkeley vetoed and the resolution was later passed over the veto. the death sentence was carried out.
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John H. Swift
Hartford
Conn
Swift
Ficht
Covernor Bulkeley
Dubuque Man Survives Self-inflicted Brain Wound
A year ago Georgy Lucas of Dubuque Iowa fired a 32 caliber revolver shot into his brain but recovered sufficiently to run his business. Recently a physician removed a bullet lodged in the front lobe over an inch deep. Doctors report Lucas made a full recovery and the case is widely discussed by the medical fraternity.
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Georgy Lucas
Dubuque
Iowa
Lucas
Labor Trends and Industry Shifts Across Regions
A survey of early 20th century labor and industry notes extensive movement in England and the United States. It highlights rising electrical demand, cotton machinery in the South, new glass works in Pittsburgh, and major investments in New Bedford industries. Wages and working conditions are debated, with eight hour questions and employer-employee dynamics discussed in mills, shoework and textile sectors.
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Suop
England
Pittsburg
Chicago
New Bedford
Mass
Arizona
London
Biddeford
Pal Ae
Connecticut
New Jersey
TATE
New York City
Trt
National District of Paper Hangers
New York
Iris
Great Britain
Guatenta
Central America
Bennington
United States
National Assembly of
Kof Asad
American Federation of Or
Italy
Tragic Double Murder Suicides Shock Addison Family
Mia Hancock of Addison New York finds husband dead after he killed their four children aged ten to four then took his own life. He left a note asking to bury the family in Sabingville cemetery and pledging a watch for the baby. Coroner reports indicate a failed stabbing and a strangulation tied to a rope and rafter. Mrs Hancock testified of marital strife and a May 1 separation with custody division.
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Mia
Frank Hancock
Addison
N.Y
Papa
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Bers
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M.D
Amsterdam
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Mars
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