Fire kills two workers at Witchell Brothers plant
A Detroit blaze at 15 Jefferson Avenue, Witchell Brothers Co. factory, left two men dead and eight others injured. Alonzo Iveson leapt from a third floor window as Ernest Lizette suffocated on that level. Dozens of workers fled through windows or fire escapes as stock valued around $20,000 burned, with $18,000 insured.
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Detroit
Mich
Jefferson Avenue
Witchell Brothers Company. Limited
Alonzo D. Iveson
Ernest Lizette
Jennie McTaggart
Augustine Sapurta
Charles Dessotell
Charles O’connor
Joseph Pullare
Mabel Straight
Alonzo D. Ireson
Ireson
C. Witchell
Youtsey Trials Intense Day in Georgetown
Henry Youtsey showed no movement or speech during a full day of court in Georgetown Ky as defense witnesses counter prosecution testimony. He lay on a bed in court with eyes and mouth closed, while Col Nelson questioned his age and residence. Doctors warned of possible rapid change though not yet in immediate danger. Jim Howard testimony expected to challenge Powers office access claim.
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Georgetown
Henry Youtsey
Col. Nelson
Jim Howard
Youtsey
Powers
Powers accept French note as basis for negotiations
Paris reports a cabinet meeting at the Elysee where Foreign Minister Delcasse announced all powers have accepted the French note as the basis for negotiations. Other items include reports on Pao Ting Fu’s capture and a fatal train accident near Danville Illinois, plus Andrew Carnegie gifting £10,000 for a public library in Hawick Scotland.
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Paris
Elysee Palace
M. Delcasse
London
Shanghai
Pao Ting Fu
Peking
Pao Ting-Fu
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Hawick
Roxburgh
Scotland
Fires, Deaths, and Elections Across the Nation
A string of reports covers a costly fire in Sulli van Indiana, the death of Bohemian composer Zdenko Fabich, a Czech high school facade collapse in Moravia with seven dead, and the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs convening in Rockford with three hundred delegates. Additional items note Yukon mail arrangements, iron process rights, Costa Rica fire losses, San Domingo unrest, student suspensions at Wooster, and shipping losses in Newfoundland waters. Also included are market summaries from New York and Chicago, plus a detailed ballot voting guide for electors and party marks during elections.
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Sullivan
Ind
Zdenko Fabich
Prosanitz
Moravia
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
Rockford
Ill
Yukon
Atlin
Earl of Dudley
Bertrand Triel
Port Simon
Costa Rica
Pierre
S. D
J. J. Sell
Hand
Gen. Greely
Manila
Philippines
Signal Corps
Christian Church Missionary Societies
Minneapolis
American Christian Missionary Society
Kansas City
Galveston Relief Fund
Drury Lane
London
Sir Henry Irving
Eugene Aram
San Domingo
Wooster (O.) University
Oshkosh
Wis
Hollister-Ames Company
Challoner & Son's Company
Market summary of grains and provisions with price quotes
Grain and provisions markets show moderate demand and firmer or steady quotes. Wheat ranges 71 to 76 4 cents, corn firm with cash at 41 1 2 c, oats higher with October at 14 2 c, rye dull around 1 cent, barley mixed by grade, pork and lard prices lower or steady, short ribs and potatoes steady, eggs and butter firm with standard city quotes.
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New York
Chicago
Texas
C. Mess
Burbanks
Ile
Voters In Grand Forks Clear on Ballot Marking
Instruction to voters details Supreme Court ruling in Harvey versus Pepper, Eighth North Dakota, page 484, clarifying how to mark official ballots. The decision aims to eliminate confusion by quoting the section in voters cards posted at voting places before election.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Supreme Court
Eighth North Dakota
The Judgship Endorsement in Bisbee Gazette
The Bisbee Gazette backs John F. Cowan for district judge over John Burke the fusion nominee. Cowan is praised as a strong Republican, effective as attorney general in fighting railroads tariff issues, and fully prepared for the judgeship. The paper urges Republicans to vote for Cowan.
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Bisbee Gazette
John F. Cowan
John Burke
the Gazette
Cowan
Paul
Portrait Enlargements Offered by Local Artist Jennie Greenberg
Portrait enlarging services advertised by Jennie Greenberg from Devils Lake. She promises first class work at rates far lower than rivals and requests patrons to leave orders at People's Furniture store for prompt attention.
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Jennie Greenberg
Devils Lake
Burlington Limited Compartments Highlight Comforts for Ladies
Advertises the Burlington Limited service from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago with splendid compartments for women. Highlights home comforts such as an electric heater for curling irons. Encourages readers to request Burlington tickets when buying railroad passes.
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Burlington Limited
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Burlington
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Danville
William Saunders
Bert Kinney
Chicago & Eastern
S. P. Branchflower
Clothier
N. Dak
Hang
St. Johns
N. F
St. Pierre
Fiona
Fortune Bay
Amelia
Rosebud
Angier
Huntress
Labrador
South Omaha
Neb
Them
Aten
Che Co-Operative Store
F. W. Cockburn
W. W. Wood
Territory
Oklahoma
American Tribune Colony Co
Georgia
Oklahoma Territory
Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Great
Georgia Colony
the American Tribune Colony Co
Indiana
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