A Boston Man and an Odd Auction Find
A resident of East Dalghieh England purchased old bodice at a local auction for a few shillings. He found pages of a Bible pasted together and repaired them. An inscription on the back of a testament mentioned a prior heir and a date in 1840 Southend. The item fetched curiosity and later notes on a Boston man’s journey for rheumatism relief by Hot Springs.
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Undarhitt Road
East Dalgieh
England
Everal
Henry
Southend
Hanax
Boston
Fends
South Dakota
Amalrica
Simiarty
Stark
J. R. Buchanan
Pasvenger
P. EB
Omaha
Neb
Tragic Dress Fire Kills Four at Parochial School Play
A dressing room fire at the Bt' sl parish school on Seventeenth Vine St in Quincy ignited from a gas jet as a child brushed against it. Four girls aged nine to eleven died within hours, seven burned fatally, and many others injured while teachers and staff fought to save the children.
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Tla Parochial
Seventeenth Vine Streets
Quincy
Ing
Jess Bernotoly
Trene Freiburg
Meg Wavering
Mary Althoff
Bernardina Ground
Frank Musholt
Moody Dies At Northfield Home After Devout Life
Northfield Massachusetts evangelist Dwight L. Moody died at his home Friday with family at his bedside. He spoke up until moments before death, urging continuation of his schools work in East Northfield Mt Hermon and Chicago Bible Institute. He uttered a final vision of earth receding as God calls him. Other notes mention Hyde Park and Oxford collieries strike at Boranton Pennsylvania and rumors of Li Hongzhang’s possible degradation and Michigan governor tremors.
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Dwight L. Moody
Zamé
Northfield
Mass
Mr. Moody
Moody
East Northfield
Mt. Hermon
Chicago Bible Institute
Hyde Park
Oxford
L. & W. Company
Boranton
Buller's Heavy Losses Reported in South Africa
London dispatch reports General Buller’s casualty list showing 146 killed and 746 wounded at Coer Jonse. About 227 missing, with around forty known in Boer hands. British forces praised for bravery amid deadly fire while naval support shells fortifications north of the town and the Second brigade advances toward the bridge. The queen’s health and composure were denied in a rebuttal denying illness or hysteria.
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London
Spesial
South Africa
Buller
Co. Jense
Chiveley Camp
Natal
Maine Victims Returned Home From Havana Dispatch
A Havana dispatch dated December 22 describes Maine victims being removed without ceremony. Coffins were transported by wagon to Machina wharf, shipped to a warship by dawn, and thoroughly disinfected. A clerical error left two coffins missing from Chaplain Chadwick’s tally as authorities investigated twenty two graves.
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Texas
Maine
Havana
Machina
Chadwick
Chad Wick
California Earthquake Causes Widespread Damage
A strong earthquake struck southern California this morning, shaking San Jacinto and Hemet area towns. Damage totals reach about 50 000 with toppled chimneys and cracked walls. there are reports of injuries and rumors of casualties later debunked.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dispatch
California
San Jacinto
Riverside County
San, Jacinto
Hemit
Tourlet
Johnson Block
Remit
Sabaha
Santa Ang
Anaheim
San Bernardino
Riverside
Pitces
Explosion Mines Brazwell Coal Mine Traps Workers
An underground explosion at the Brazwell coal mine near Brownsville Pennsylvania wrecked the shaft and trapped about thirty to forty miners. Four cages had descended, with cage man Mr Thomas and fourteen workers on his trip. The cage rose violently and blocked access, bricks and machinery torn apart. Rescue efforts faced extensive damage to the shaft and access to the mine.
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Brazwell
Brownsville
Thomas
Cimbera
Miners in France push general strike amid wage dispute
In St Etienne 2500 miners voted for a general strike in the Loire coal basin fearing a sympathy movement of about 50000. They demand higher wages shorter hours and recognition of the miners federation. A per cent increase offer was refused amid cries of vive la greve and expected disorders.
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St. Etiennie
Paris
Loire
Miners’ Federation
Arlington burial ceremonies set for 11 oclock
Navy announces Arlington rites for the Maine dead to be held at 11 o clock on the 26th as observers note malaria spread by a spotted winged mosquito in India Africa and Britain consumes vast matches while a research team reports pins altering room acoustics and the impact of paste on walls.
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Turial
Navy Department
Arlington
Maine
Texas
Kees
India
Major Roas
Africa
Rockslide DEVASTATES Amalfi Coast hotels and vessels
A huge rockmass slid from a cliff at Amalfi around 2 o clock striking the sea and burying the Capuccini hotel the Capuchin monastery Hotel Santa Caterine and several villas. Four ships sank with crews lost and monks feared dead as troops began rescue work amid a mass of 60000 cubic yards of earth. The town of 4900 residents sits at the edge of a deep ravine.
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Rome
Amalfi
Gulf of Salerno
Cappuccini
Santa Caterine
Pietro Capuano
Married in the Klondike a Chicago wedding shocker
In Chicago Edward McConnell registered his Klondike wife Desa Ketumis who reportedly struck it rich near Day and plans travel then return to open a home and hospital for crippled in Chicago. The tale ties to alaskan riches and a death in a snowslide. Daniel Ford of Youth's Companion dies in Boston aged 77. the Perry Mason firm name was fictitious and Ford ran both editorial and business duties.
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Desa Ketumis
Luella Day
Chicago
Klondike
Edward McConnell
McConnell
Day
Mrr
Daniel Ford
Daniel
Ford
Boston
Mr. Ford
Companion
Perry, Mason, and Company
News in Briefs From Across The Era
A digest of scattered items: gold shipments to Europe totaling 3 275 000 dollars, political notes about county printers and coroters, Mrs Dutth trial in Burling ton ending in acquittal, Congressman Boutelle of Maine recuperating at home, ex Alderman Charles J Smith known as Silver Dollar Smith dead, Sol Smith Russell retirement, Carnegie's 2 000 gift for Dunfermline swimming baths, Newport News police action against a prisoner and mob, eggnog season grumblings from Nebraska City, clashes near Lalla Lake in British Columbia with Indian resistance, Mrs Sanderson found not guilty in a Michigan murder trial, Paris life saving apparatus prize offered openly, and a fragmentary exchange about an engagement present.
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Europe
Weeping Water Advocate
Dunfermline
Newport News
Nebraska
Lalla Lake
Chilest
B. C
Kaye Keep
Franklin
Marshall
Mich
Sanderson
Peruna praised by Dr Gridley kin in Manila battle
Ann E Gridley recalls using Peruna after a friend’s urging and claims the remedy cured catarrh in head throat stomach kidneys and bladder. she cites Captain Gridley and Dewey era connections and urges readers to contact Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio for a free book about Peruna cures.
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Drs. Gridley
Gridley
Dewey
Manila
Dr. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
La Porte Texas Delays and Promising Harbor Improvements
Progress on La Porte Texas harbor developments advances with nearing wharves and tracks. J R Holmes leads site work for La Porte Improvement and Wharf and Channel companies from Sylvan Hotel, inviting early visitors before the February 1900 sales.
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Im Porte
Texas
la Porte
Galveston
Hay
Gulf of Mexico
J. R
Holmes
la Porte Improvement Company
la Porte Wharf and Channel Company
Sylvan
Holoes
Winter Excursions and Sleepers To California and Mexico
A notice touts Southern Pacific connections offering first and second class service to California Arizona Texas and Mexico with Pullman and Tourist Sleepers from eastern cities. Readers are invited to request literature from agents in Chicago Cincinnati Buffalo or Trevose. A second item notes the planned demolition of an old Portland landmark once home to Queen Hortense to make way for a new street. Also reported is a cut in porters and storey staff heights by Great Northern railway England due to a shortage of taller workers.
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Southern Pacific Company
California
Arizona
Texas
Mexico
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansse City
W. G. Nelmyer
Gen
Western
Clark
W. H. Connor
Chamber Commerce
Queen Hortense
Louis Bonaparte
Holland
Paris
la Fitts
Hortense
Napoleon Iit
France
England
Great Northern Railway of England
Goody Department
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Almashouse
Anton “Kain
Missouri
Kansas
al Druggista
W.-Grove
Kiine
Norra
RH. Kur, Ltd
Jadelphie
Marguerite
Tue Piso.Co
Warren, Pa
My H. Baldwin
Asman
Ayer
Wilson
Sen
Chauncey M Russell Sage
Thomas Edison
Meritt
Admi
Hichborn
al” Smith
Nh Agriculture
Gastvory
Ignd
Addees
Lowell
Welmore
Ill
Panto
Northfield, Mass
Li Hong Hang
LA Hung Chang
Itia
Aisfaidan
Gase of
Michigan
Tar
Wernor Progree
Jetta
Governor's
State Department
A. P. Shutlein
A. F. Krutchinski
Russia
Winnae National Bank
United States
Seattle
Shields
New York
War Department
Brooke
Cuba
Washington
Boutelle
C. A. Boutelle
Young's Hotel
Lawn Association
Mullanphy Building and Loan,association of St. Louis
F. A. Moller
Springfield
Iil
Flis
Fred Nicholai
Fitty Thon
Los Angains
Pennsylvania
Whaleback Safe
Pickands, Mather & Co
Cleveland
Asfe
Middleton
Little Pie River
Lake’ Superior
Akron
Samuel Wall
Albert Barnes
Barnes
Wall
Materia
Britain
Great Britain
Italy
Anthony Pollok
Washington Cave
Nee
Leive
Hdeet Pubes of
Sterpitare
Bropatty Sanst
Captain Gridley
Peruna
Toley F
Bewey
Olympia
Fies
Hydrographic Office
Esquimault
Cape Horn
Thiada
Yokohama
Cape of Good Hope
Baldwin
Om Staar Tus
Horss
J. T
Ailver
Uae
Sanat
Carh
S. Coe Eetener
Tobacco CO
Bt. Lous
Omaha Exposition
Capona
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