Remarkable Burdick Head Breathing Device Emerges
Chicago reports a man named Burdick survived after a car wreck nearly tore off his head. A breathing device was implanted at the hospital, but he will likely never utter a sound. Other items note a Nickel Plate bridge collapse killing nine, with Italian laborers among the dead, and notable public notices including a ship’s sale and bank run details.
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Chicago
Joseph Burdick
Vardick
Burdick
Labor troubles and steady trade pace noted in Dun weekly
The R G Dun weekly trade review reports fresh labor troubles amid conservative outlook yet busy jobbers and merchants. Textile markets improve in the West while stock speculation remains uneasy. Harvests of winter wheat progress. manufacturing delays and strikes slow mills. early 1901 commercial failures total 5769 with liabilities about 55.8 million.
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Middle West
Trade Review
R. G. Dun & Co
Nation Plans Model Farm In Capital
The federal government will create a 400 acre model farm in Washington featuring orchards truck gardens grain fields and a six acre home place with lawns and shade trees. It will showcase drainage irrigation fencing and storage systems and serve as a study site for agriculturists and a scenic public display for visitors. Preliminary work has begun.
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Washington
National Capital
United States
Department of Agriculture
County treasurer short in account after assault and robbery
State Auditor report cites Alfred Norlin, Kearney County treasurer, $10,457 short following an alleged office assault and robbery and a courthouse fire attempt. Lincoln detective disputes robbery and accuses Norlin of shortage. Also notes related startling suicides and trials from regional notices.
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Lincoln
Neb
EB. J. Robinson
Alfred Norlin
Kearney County
Norlin
Minden
Matone
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Market listings show oats barley rye and flour futures across St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and other hubs with varied ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Prices span wheat No 2 to 69 70 cents for red and mixed corn 44 50 cents, butter eggs and creamery butter noted.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Tourists Parboiled in Yellowstone Mud Pot Accident
Mrs. Wylie reports two women, a mother and daughter, were sightseeing at the Thumb in Yellowstone Park when they fell waist deep into boiling mud. They were rescued by companions and taken to Lake Hotel where doctors treated burns but offered little hope of recovery.
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Yellowstone Park
Mrs. Way
Wylie
Heléna
Mont
Mammoth
Thumb
National Park
Lake Hotel
Man shoots mistaken burglar in Barberton tragedy
Charles Waltz was killed by John W. Edwards, a Barberton photographer, who fired through a broken window after men at his door mistook them for burglars. Waltz died instantly from a heart shot as bystanders heard no further sound.
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Charles Waltz
Barberton
Ohio
John W. Edwards
Waltz
Edwards
Confessed Crimes of Kansas Man Haunts Neighbors
Isaiah Hiatt, a once respected Kingman County resident, admitted under deathbed duress to murder, robberies, house break ins and other felonies while living under an alias. He died soon after confession, and neighbors reportedly refused a church burial, burying him on his farm in a shallow grave.
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Kansas
Isaiah Hiatt
Kingman
Pratt
Hiatt
Kingman County
Liberty Township
Kentucky
Two Killed in Lake Shore Wreck Near Nottingham Ohio
The Southwestern Limited passenger train of the Big Four collided with freight cars, causing a severe crash on the Lake Shore line near Nottingham. The engineer and a postal clerk died, three train men and two tramps injured, no passengers killed. the engine separated from coaches as the mail car struck the tender.
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Cleveland
Springfield
P. A. Moore
Conneaut
William Griffth
Buffalo
Ohio
Lake Shore Road
Nottingham
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Lake Shore
Kansas City Brick Pavements Flare Into Air in Heat
After days of extreme heat the brick streets of Kansas City expanded and bulged, hurling bricks up to ten feet high across a dozen streets. Contractors are warned to repair promptly. estimated damage reaches 50000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Hoosier Happenings: Local News and Mishaps
A roundup of Indiana incidents reports accidents and deaths across counties. Dr Burket of Knightstown injured in barn accident. Drownings at Hartford City and Alexandria. Lynx activity alarms Cass Township farmers. Smallpox near Washington plus heat death in Greensburg. Cannon accident at Elkhart and boiler explosion in New Albany. Street car injury in Muncie. Dynamite blast near Clarkshill kills 25 year old Wim Conrad. Strawboard refuse lawsuits loom in Delaware County.
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Burket
Knightstown
Vincennes
Kirkpatrick
George M. Ray
Shelbyville Democrat
Ray
Sikio” Reilly
Homer Reed
Lost River
Orleans
Virgil Chastain
Cass Township
Sullivan County
Harriet Goodwin
Greensburg
Kokomo
Elkhart
Frank Benner
Ammon Beaver
C. and C
New Albany
Edward Vasser
John Joseph
John Bosier
John Tiot
J. M. Bosier
Claude Drennen
Muncie
Wim. F. Conrad
Clarkshill
Conrad
Delaware County
State Board of Health
Sweeney
White River
Health Board
David Bronnenburg
Daleville
State Health Board
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He Gribnne
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Register
United Banking and Savings Company
Trenaure
Lexington
Long Island Sound
Bridgeport
War Department
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Mail Company
Newport
Panama
Central American
Champerlco
Ocoa
J. P. Morgan
Columbus and Hocking
James
Seventh National Bank of New York
Nation Plans Model Farm
Jesse Richardson
Nevada
William Cosgrove
Clay County
Walter McIntyre
Insane Hospital
Fergua Falls
Minn
BE. W. McConkey
Missouri
John Bryant
St. Joseph
McConkey
Jessie Morrison
Clara Wiley Castle
Mildorado
Kan
Frederick D. White
Andrew D. White
Germany
Syracuse
White
William M. Sturges
Sturges Bank
Mansfield Machine Works
Lymin A. Strong
Strong Elevator Company
Mansfield
Strong & Lauk
Bucyrus
Strong
Thomas Davis
Frankfort
Ausin and Western Manufacturing Company
Cords Heda
Harry Daley
Julius Arian
Revolversi
J. B. Lacome
Santa Fe
N/ M
Arla
Daley
Rds
Ini Arkanens
Iin
Herat
Almiont
Versailles
J. S. Leiber & Co
Union City
Sidney
Frank J. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Mr. Patterson
Ole McMillan
J. Metzner
Humboldt Town
McMillan
Metzner
McPherson
Mantanzas
Cuba
I. J. Merritt
Occidental
Fortsythe
Sylvester, Brackler
Lima
Hoosier
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