Russia in turmoil as Nicholas II abdicates and Witte rises
Riots and revolts erupt across cities as Tsarist authorities lose grip. Nicholas II resigns power, Count Witte becomes minister president and pledges civil liberties including press freedom and habeas corpus. Riots persist in St. Petersburg Moscow Odessa and Berlin reports hint at broad labor unrest and strategic guard maneuvers.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Count Witte
National Assembly
Peterhof
Unions Register Under Federal Act and City News Items
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Federated Bakers Union of Australia are the latest unions registered under the Australian Federal Arbitration Act. Mayor McClellan of New York opens a new lighting plant near the Williamsburg Bridge. New York trustees plan to oust Mutual Life president AcCurdy. Four hundred Civil War veterans are honored with a shaft in Westminster, Massachusetts. A man dies after falling from a Lake Shore train in Porter, Indiana. John Kelly Jr of Rochester, New York, is killed instantly in an accident. Artisans in New York report service as the hardest thing to buy. Citizens in Ogden, Utah, and police tear up newly laid tracks claimed for law defense. Japanese residents in Southern California rush home to work in new fields in Manchuria and Korea. A man named Fu Riley shoots his wife and then drowns himself in Munsing, Michigan. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania denies signing a $75,000 note for the defunct Enterprise National Bank in Allegheny. The barkentine S. N. Castle arrives in San Francisco with a cod catch of 68,000. England's wheat area expands by over 400,000 acres. Banker criticism of John Fargon of Chicago draws no Wall Street action. The American Central Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis must repudiate its agent’s work in Missouri or lose its license. Two arrests follow a Santiago, Chile riot where seven died and eighty were injured.
Roosevelt's New Orleans Welcome Ends Era in South
Theodore Roosevelt drew the largest crowd in New Orleans history and received a hero's welcome for his actions against yellow fever. A massive rally at Lafayette Square forced an abrupt end to his speech as safety concerns dominated. He then sailed toward Washington aboard ships, with the Magnolia colliding with the Esparta but causing no injuries. The return voyage proceeded aboard the West Virginia as planned.
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Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
United States Marine Hospital Service
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Nike
Florida
South
Roose-velt
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Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Gulf
West Virginia
Washington
Esparta
Ivy
Train Disaster Near Lexington Injures Twelve
A nighttime Southern Railway crash sent part of a train from a wooden bridge seven miles from Lexington into a creek forty feet below. The tender and several cars were smashed. the locomotive crossed the bridge but the sides collapsed as cars struck. Eleven or twelve people were reported badly hurt.
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Southern Railway
Philips
Wholesale Prices Quote in New York Mile Exchange Listing
A catalog style listing shows wholesale prices for dairy, butter, eggs, poultry and produce. It notes price per quart for landarc grade cream and lists items such as peaches, grapes, tomatoes, cabbage, potatoes, and various live stock with unit prices and packaging details. The item also discusses Mexico's shift to a gold basis, monetary stability, rising imports, and Steel Industry activity as indicators of national prosperity despite freight blockades.
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Turhese
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Delaware
Barhet
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Lambe
Mexico City
Mexico
Currency and Exchange Commission
Limantour
The Foreign Trade Report of September
The Bureau of Statistics reports September foreign trade setting a record for exports and U.S. trade. February saw extraordinary departures. the month’s trade marked peak in the nation’s history. Cotton manufactures show activity and higher wages. quarantines lifted aid Southern trade. Wages rose, labor disputes are few, and wholesale trade shows three months of weakness with some declines in deliveries.
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Septauber
United States
Maurels
Refuge for Americans in St Petersburg amid Russian loan talks
Americans in St Petersburg face possible danger as Russia debates a new loan. The State Department considers chartering a vessel and hoisting the American flag to shelter citizens if uprisings occur. Embassy protection may be used while negotiations with Russian officials and bankers stall. Baron Rosen commented that disorders would fade as strikes ease, and officials hope no large evacuation is needed.
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T. 2 Morsin, Jr
George W. Perkins
2. Morgan & Co
Hamburg-Americnan Line
St Patersburg
Jiere
State Department
Washington
Washington, D. C
Spencer Eddy
St. Petersburg
Rogsin
Root
New York
Bacon
Eddy
Interioy
Bildy
Tassia
Baron Rosen
Genase
G. J. Steese
Coburn St
Akron
Ohio
Locomotive Explodes Kills Fireman in Pennsylvania Railroad Wreck
A freight locomotive exploded near Dean's Pood New Brunswick New Jersey on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Engineer Charles Sterling and fireman Warry Eschelman from Philadelphia survived briefly with injuries while Eschelman died before aid arrived. Brakeman Charles Mervine was badly burned.
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Dean
Charles Sterling
Warry Eschelman
Wreckelleh
Eschelman
Sterling
Charles Mervine
Philadelphia
Fires and deaths follow mine explosion near Monongahela
Six mines workers died after a gas explosion at the Hazel Kirk Mines four miles from Monongahela Pennsylvania. Victims named include John Wormekel superintendent and Dan Griffith foreman. City of Philadelphia contracts and political graft are hinted in a wider, jumbled report touching several topics.
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Hazel Kirk
Tbis Price
Wg Nine
John Wormekel
Daniel ML Grifith
John Hunter
Tre Bose
Henry Chigborne
Tre Boss
God
John Lavery
Fire Bass
WY Forty
Andrew Roder
Amchine Boss
Woman Explorer Reaches Lake Chula Descent
Mrs. French Sheldon, famed explorer, descended to the crater lake of Lake Chula in Africa. Sir Harry Johnston doubted anyone could scale the near vertical cliffs, yet she reached the waters, sailed across and around the lake.
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French Sheldon
Lake Chula
Africa
Sir Harry
Johnston
Poe
Despondent South Bend Woman Credits Dean’s Kidney Pills
A South Bend resident reports severe weakness and nerve pain eased by Dean's Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims relief from dropsy symptoms and heart threats, noting life saved and lifelong gratitude. Also mentions a trend in decorative note papers with gem cipher designs and mother‑of‑pearl hearts.
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Henry A. Reamer
Main and
Garat Sts
South Bend
Ind
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. XY
Mull's Anti Belch Wafers Claim Quick Relief For Breath
An old advertisement touts Mull's Anti Belch Wafers as a cure for bad breath and belching due to stomach trouble. It promises relief from indigestion, nausea, and related discomfort by absorbing odors and aiding digestion, with a 50 cent price and offer of two boxes plus a pamphlet.
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Mull
Marl
Postum Helps Woman End Nervous Heart Trouble
A reader reports switching from regular coffee to Postum eased nervousness and heart palpitations. She notes better sleep and steady energy, with strength for daily work and healthier children, praising Postum as a reliable everyday beverage.
No Discourteny Intended in Early 1900s Sports Tale
A young sport aficionado with a Panama hat and feathered accessories departs an eastbound train and visits a Main Street restaurant. The anecdote contrasts his bold style with a waiter and a veal cutlet, amidst broader notes on fingerprint theory by William Fitz-Gerald and various church salary statistics.
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Main Street
Sapulpa
I. T.) Light
Irish MP Bail Refusal Follows Violent Judgment
John O Donnell national MP for South Mare was jailed for three months unless he posts bail of 000 and two sureties of 250 for good behavior after refusing bail. He faces a charge over a Mayo Irishtown speech police call incitement. Justice Bord denounced the rhetoric as violent though not intended to incite it.
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South Mare
Justice Bord
Dublin
O'Donnell
Irishtown
Mayo
Jed
Iivant
Slattery
Justice Bosd
Merve Needed No Medicine Dramatizes Frugal Patient
A country doctor recalls a patient who asked the pharmacist to compound a fifty cent medicine. The patient offered to pay the doctor directly while the prescription remained. The doctor pauses to erase an item from the record as the exchange unfolds.
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Merve
Finx Growers Face Declining Market Amid New Argentine Dept
A Buenos Aires cable predicts that Argentina will expand its agricultural department, reducing demand for finx grown in northern Ireland. The report warns Irish finx farmers may see lower prices and tighter markets in the near future.
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Buenos Ayres
Crosa
Schools For Aeronauts Contemplate Expansion
Vari operates a school teaching navigation of airships with practice in handling balloons and tethering cables. A second school is considered while the existing program uses anchored balloons up to 400 meters long to train students.
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Vari
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