Train disaster on New York Elevated line kills three
An accident on the Third Avenue elevated in New York City near Fourteenth Street after the first rail was laid caused a crowding crush on the footpath. Seven people were forced off the narrow walkway, with three dead and six gravely injured. two others died later, as workers shuffled bodies to the sidewalk amid a panicked crowd.
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New Jersey Senator Seated After Turbulent Assembly
Rufus Blodgett, Democrat and railroad superintendent, was elected U S Senator from New Jersey in a volatile joint meeting. The vote tally reached 42 to 37 after shifts by Abbott and Letts, amid threats and uproar.
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Explosion wounds boys. pioneer publisher dies in Philadelphia
Fire on a steamship magazine launch in Philadelphia kills founder Cranzes J. Peterson of Peterson's Magazine aged sixty eight. Across the region fires and disasters claim lives and property as earthquakes, floods, and wrecks are reported from New York to Missouri.
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Fishermen Celebrate Retaliation Bill Passage in Gloucester
Gloucester Massachusetts fishermen rejoiced at Congress passage of a retaliatory measures bill against Canada. Bells rang at noon and sunset while cannons boomed in the harbor. Bunting adorned ships and buildings as lights lit homes and tar barrels burned. Washington’s portrait with Liberty was displayed at the Unitarian church door on Middle Street, near the Revolutionary era church that once held a bell from a British warship.
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Reichstag opens in Berlin with Emperor's peace pledge
Reports from Berlin describe the new Reichstag opening where the Emperor reads a peace oriented policy and calls for national unity. The assembly supports the army bill and financial reform while tensions rise from revolts and regional unrest in Roumelia and Afghanistan prepararions for war.
De Lesseps and Roumanian defenses in focus
General Briaimont warns Romania to suspend labor on Bucharest fortifications to rethink plans against the new explosive melviite. De Lesseps plans to visit Berlin to seek French neutrality in return for German support on Egypt. In Africa Savages seize the British Vice-Consul at Rio del Rey and a rescue sunboat is dispatched.
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Striking Court Decisions Curb Employee Boycotts
Two major rulings, one by Judge Brown in a U S District Court case and the other by Connecticut's Supreme Court of Errors, hold that boycotts and intimidation to hinder a company's business are illegal. The verdicts label such associations as illegal combinations and uphold convictions for conspiracy to disrupt employer control.
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National Game rounds up players and season plans
The National Game notes nearly 250 players under contract as the Inter-State Commerce Bill raises club costs. Chicago champions head to Hot Springs for warmups, while the Southern League lists six clubs Charleston Savannah Memphis Nashville Mobile and New Orleans. College squads show strong numbers with Amherst Harvard Penn Princeton Columbia and others fielding large candidate pools. Detroit League players oppose gymnastic drills, favoring winter dumbbell routines and light ball work.
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Questioning a Fatality Cure by Shrewd Businessmen
The piece argues public demand shifts medical views on kidney disease and insurance tests. It cites a Warner's Safe Cure testimonial tradition, praising businesslike verification, while urging readers to investigate claims and consider the cure's proven satisfaction beyond money.
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Ingenious hotel ruse by traveling actor ends with escape
A variety actor stranded in Minneapolis crafted a fake Milwaukee detective letter to a Nicollet avenue hotel. The note claimed a well known criminal would stay there and would be quietly watched, with the detectives paying his bill once enough evidence was gathered. The plan worked as the man moved freely then packed and left quietly.
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Epitaphs and oddities from a Tasmanian graveyard visit
A Tasmanian correspondent recalls finding an inscription on a slate at Leunceston graveyard that bends a name and verse into a pun. The piece notes a colonial era monument for a virtuous wife and a stonecutter’s clever adjustment with the crown joke.
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Pancakes and Playfulness on Shrove Tuesday in France
On Shrove Tuesday in France, young hosts invite friends to toss pancakes. The ritual fills the kitchen with prep, aprons, caps, and batter bowls as two scoops of batter form round cakes. Tossing competitions bring laughter, pride, and a finale with dancing and a supper where pancakes star as the main course.
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Farmer Finds Stash of Wheat Hidden by Rats
A Washington-County farmer discovered fifteen bushels of wheat in an old smoke-house after entering it for the first time in six months. Investigation showed rats carried the grain from a neighbor, who had lost a similar amount. Also reported is that twenty seven hundred Japanese emigrated to the Hawaiian Islands.
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Women unanimity on Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Women uniform in praise of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming it best remedy for diseases and complaints of the female sex. The ad cites cures for blood impurity, scrofula, lung consumption, stomach and bile issues, and promotes other tonics and patent medicines with bold sales language and home remedy claims.
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Italy
Pardee Medicine CO
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