Fire Devastates Hamilton Hotel and Town in Montana
Missoula reports a blaze after two drunken men toppled a lamp in Hamilton. In an hour half the town lay in ashes destroying ten buildings including the Hamilton hotel and five westward. one man burned to death and another severely burned. Investigations note $50,000 estimated loss with little insurance. details include rescue efforts, a hospital scene, and a related Nome letter conveying economic caution.
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Li Hung Chang seeks U S peace talks as China moves
The dispatches describe Li Hung Chang requesting a U S liaison to negotiate a cessation of hostilities in China. Officials say Minister Conger may be named American commissioner, with talks likely in Pekin or Tien Tsin. Two inland viceroys also petition the powers, while Remey reports Imperial city unrest and Tartars’ harboring forces.
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M. J. Jonngon
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Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as cure for foot pain
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a remedy for painful feet, corns and bunions, promising quick relief and easier shoes. It cites a trial pack offer and lists general distribution in drug stores while noting ticket sales for a travel route via the world’s pictorial and scenic routes with specific Chicago Detroit return rates and berth reservations through a general agent.
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Dining cars arrive for Oregon Short Line service
General Agent Wilson announces new dining cars for the Butte Salt Lake run arrived in Baltike City and service will start immediately. Southbound trains No something on the Short Line adopt a 4 35 p m departure while No 10 shifts to a 4 00 a m departure, with no change to northbound trains. Larry Malloy, Montana division superintendent, spent Sunday in the area.
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Dunbar Reported Drugging and Robbery Near Riots
New York police were told by Paul Laurence Dunbar that he was drugged and robbed after a night of laboring to calm West Side rioters. He woke later on a Thirty seventh street building top floor with a missing watch chain money and coins. He recalled a man named William Ricks inviting him to a saloon and through Thirty seventh street before losing memory.
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Paul Lawrence
Dunbar
West Side
Ninth Avenue
William Ricks Ricks
Thirty-seventh Street
Hicks
Paul Lawrence Dinkwe
Pope Leo elevates Rt Rev McNamara to Domestic Prelate
New York August 20 Herald reports His Holiness Pope Leo has raised the Rt Rev McNamara to the dignity of Domestic Prelate. He was appointed Viceregal by Bishop Bunnell after the latter's consecration and led the diocese in the bishop's absence.
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the Herald
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Sympathetic Nurse Missing Nurse Found in City
New York on August 20 reports the body of Mrs Bertha M Hunt, a nurse who had disappeared from her duties in the city. Police say the death appears under unclear circumstances and investigations continue to determine cause and sequence of events surrounding the disappearance.
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Dual on Blackwell's Island Nurse Tragedy Inquest
A nurse employed on Blackwell's Island was found dead yesterday after a patient death and a nervous breakdown. Milas Hunt from Chatham had worked with the nurses in the training school. She told a roommate she would fetch salt water to bathe her head and was not seen alive again.
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Fiendish father slaughters family near Arlington
Theodore Wallart, a farmer eight miles from Arlington Minnesota, killed his wife Sophie Steinborn and four stepchildren with a butcher knife. A fifth child Otto Steinborn is critically injured. Wallart burned the barn, hid his clothes, and fled toward Gleneue as Sheriff Galtke organized a pursuit. Terry Osterman, visiting, was unharmed.
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Sherif Galtke
Forest Fires Rage in Wyoming Mountains Near Battle Lake
August 20 reports describe wildfires sweeping the mountains between Battle Lake and Grand Encampment in Wyoming. Herders flee plains for feed and water as timber and mining camps face destruction. Losses exceed 200000 dollars and timber. Forest rangers join the effort though flames persist with little relief expected without heavy rain.
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