Fire destroys six story New York building. several missing
Aug 13 New York a blaze at 468 Groundwick Street destroyed a six story structure housing Warren & Co electrical shops Julius Cohen distillery Plant Brothers jewelers WellsNL & Co and others. At least three people burned to death with two more likely to die. Dozens injured jumped from windows as flames spread. Fire estimated at 300000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grounwiek
William Gray
Felix Hass
Homa
Tha
Oby A. IX, Warren & Co
Hasecom
Julius Cohen Ag
Wellsnl & Co
No. 465
Warren & Co
Market Reports From Chicago and Midwest Grain and Live Stock
Market news from Chicago Aug 18 shows wheat at 553-4c for August and mixed prices for later months, corn around 28-40c, oats near 20c, and rye around 28-32c. Hogs in Chicago listed at 10c higher with ranges 2.00 to 3.45. cattle mixed with natives steady to weak. Minneapolis and Milwaukee notes include wheat closes and flour activity. A separate item from Minneapolis Aug 12 reports wheat prices and on track grades. South St. Paul hogs rise and cattle strength noted. Minneapolis further cites Twenty McGuire being jailed by Wateryorks officials amid heat-related mental strain.
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Chicago
Otis
Park
N. W
Texas
Northern
Milwaukee
South St. Paul
British South African Company inquiry panel formed
London Aug 18 The House debated the formation of a select committee to investigate the administration of the British South African company and the Jameson raid. The House rejected all proposals to change the committee's composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimenon
Receiver supeed and regional notices from Indiana and Wisconsin
In Marion Indiana an insolvency affect on the Western International Gaa nd Imi seminary shows assets of about 100000 with liabilities of 25000 in excess. In Watertown Wisconsin the Republican convention for the twenty second congressional district nominates Luine N Nal terom at Ogdensburg for congress. In Oshkosh two crooks J H Stokes and Albert Rhedes escaped county jail by sawing bars. Stokes faces burglary charges and a 150 reward is offered for his capture.
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Supeed
Marion
Ind
Imi Seminary
Watertown
Luslne N. Nalterom
Ogdensburg
Stokes
Oshkosh
Wis
J. H. Stokes
Albert Rhedes
Local death notice from unclear report
Fragmentary OCR text records an obscure death notice mentioning unspecified individuals and locations, with garbled names and unreadable identifiers, offering no clear dates or destinations beyond a vague reference to a death and a place likely in a local community.
Nansen’s Arctic Quest Reaches Far North Edge
Dr Nansen, famed Norwegian explorer, on the Windward near Franz Joseph Land. He abandoned the Fram voyage in autumn 1905 and drifted toward Greenland while subsisting on scarce provisions. The Fram, carrying supplies for the expedition, is expected to arrive at Vardaa or Bergen soon and Nansen, age 60, remains in good health.
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Christinuin
Atten- Posten
Nansen
Atells
Hay
Vardoe Island
Norway
Windward
Vranz
Jackson-Harmaworth
Dagensnyhater
Malmo
Sweden
Div
Nangen
Lieut
Schotthaisen
Var Hoe
Sneckgon-Harmsworth
Joseph Land
Greenland
Nousen
Polar Sea
Siberia
Jegreca
Tailtade
Franz Josephinud
Dr. Nansen
Salipintons
Fram
Virdac
Bergen
Aio
Frm
Christiania
Aretia
North Pole
Laurwil
Dr. Narsen
Hhis
Louisville Hike Races: Cooper wins two mile national meet
Tom Cooper won the two mile national championship at Fountain Perry Park in Louisville in 4 26 8 5, just 2 5 of a second slower than last year. He defeated Arthur Gardner and a field including Bald Nat Butler McBald Zeigler Bliss Eaton and Ackers on opening day of the National L A W racing meet. Carl Home, a Louisville youth, won the quarter and half mile titles. Weather agreeable drew about 5 000 spectators.
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Tom Cooper
Faust Tine
Louisville
Fountain Perry Park
Asbury Parls
Arthur Gardner
Bald
Nat Butler
McBald
Gardner
Zeigler
Bliss
Eaton
Ackers
Aaide
Steligheluss Cal
Carl
Ingraham
Dixon
Alanta
Arthur Gardiner
Mred Toughend
A. D. Keupe
Buller
Ohio Maiden Charged With Family Poisoning
In Minafield Ohio Miss De cellaltose aged 24 is reported to have killed her father mother and brother with poison. The farmer Daniel Jose was found dead with his wife and son shortly after and suspicion centered on Cecelia Rose who allegedly confessed to a confidant. Rose reportedly faced pressure from her suitor Guy Boyce leading to the alleged poisoning.
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Ohio
Minafield
Cecela Maide
Miss Rose
Guy Boyce
Ny Laws Changed Milwaukee Aug 15 Supreme Grove adopts by laws changes
At this morning session of the supreme grove of Druids the by laws changes, long under consideration, were unanimously adopted. All bodies of the order are brought under interm tye. The per capita tax rises from 15 to 25 cents per year for the whole membership and the tax for chapters and circles is set at 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Supreme Grove of Druids
National Retail Butchers' boycott extends to Armour Packing
The National Retail Butchers Protective Association in Troycott Armour Denver confirms its committee will enforce the boycott on all meats handled by Armour Packing. The action stems from alleged underpricing of goods to retailers in restaurants and hotels, with continuation of the fight aligned to New York City department stores. Widespread storm damage reported near London and Bellefonte, plus Alfred Critch, alias Young Grite, sent to penitentiary for a nine-year sentence following an assault in Auk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troycott Armour
Denver
Ais
National Retail Butchers’ Protective Association
Armour Packing Company
Tt Wis Unam
York City
Pool Clash Exposes Western Rail Pool Tactics
Chicago Great Western president A B Stickney testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission on an alleged rail pooling scheme among western roads. He accused rivals of bullying and threats to force his participation, while detailing high farmer rates and secret cut rates for merchants. The commission ordered documentation to Washington, with weeks needed for full evidence.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western
Stickney
Railroad New
Combine
Chatrman
Morrison
Washington
Far of Mystery Blot To Daylight Disappearances In Idaho
In Boise Idaho Aug 9 months have passed since Dick Thomas and his wife vanished from their Sinker creek farm in Owyhee County. No trace exists and speculation on murder or hidden bodies grows. A recent ranch attack wounded Mrs Murphy sister to Mrs Thomas as she hung clothes. assailant hidden in brush. Idaho officers face a tangle of perplexing clues about the disappearances.
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Bian
Wire
Boise City
Idaho
Dick Thomas
Sinker Creek
Owyhee County
Thomas Ranch
Mrs. Murphy
Thomas
Murphy
Owyhee
Robbers fail at Nogales bank with mayor aid
In Nogales Arizona Aug 8 three armed men attempted a bank robbery as Mayor Fred Herrera enabled calm control of the scene. Bank president John Dassart was leaving when the raid began. One man covered the cashier, another the president, a third tried the vault. The cashier used his gun as the robbers fled on horseback. A posse formed and pursued the attackers. a bystander reports one assailant may have been shot.
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Arizona
Nogales
Ariz
International Bank
Fred Herrera
John Dassart
Dessart
Tregsart
Heat Wave Sweeps Across States As Temps Fall
Aug 13 reports from Washington New York St Louis Chicago and Omaha describe a broad cool wave following record heat. Montana Colorado Iowa Kansas Nebraskas temperatures drop 10 to 15 degrees while New York records highs near 102 and numerous prostrations and deaths. Weather observers expect further cooling over the next twenty four hours with relief not far off.
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United States
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mise Slagippi
St. Lawrence
Montana
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Neebraska
Maj
Dunwoody
M Ltée
Sharp
New York
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Staten Island
Newark
Long Island City
Uaterson
Hackensack
Passaic
Holiken
St. Paul
Lyons
Canada
Omaha
The
Bee
United States Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Havre
Mout
Otago
Ara Deni
Palgyn
Lake Michigan
Siroces
Saha
Chicago
Rathle
Dun. Woodly
Ohio Valley Lake
Mississippi Valley
Mercury
St. Louis
Nebraska
Anghr
Gulf States
Atlantic
Boston
Atlantic City
Albany
Rockies
Calls and visits amid 1890s Ohio steel strike in Canton
Aug 18 in Canton Ohio President Garland of the Amalgamated association visited Maj McKinley to discuss critical ties from a steel workers strike. Also Congressman K R Taylor, McKinley’s successor, attended. Nearby reports note large crowds at the Wisconsin and Ohio Democratic conventions, with silver men in control in parts and a planned release of a jailed ex-agent in Eau Claire on bond tomorrow.
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McKinney
Canton
Ohio
Garland
Amalgamated Association
Maj. McKinley
Maj. Melinley
KR. W. Taylor
McKinley
MeKinley
Eau Claire
Wis
W. Thomas
Elk Point ball team and umpire charged after Sunday game
Warrants were sworn out today and the Elk Point ball team and umpire who took part in the ball game here Sunday with the Boston Bloomer Girls were arrested charged with violating the Sunday law.
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Sean Town
Thomas Brooks Killed by Lightning Near Britton
Aug 13 Britton South Dakota reports farmer Thomas Brooks east of Britton struck dead by lightning during a storm. Mitchell Dakota territory Aug 18 notice records W Gillis merchant assignment to Louis Breckwith to avert foreclosure of a $10,000 judgment on Gillis stock mortgages.
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Thomas Brooks
Britton, &. D
Britton
Mitchell
W. Gillis
Louis Breckwith
Gillis
Tramps raid Palmer & Co store at Thormynon N C
Tramps broke into the Palmer and Co general store at Thormynon Thompson North Carolina last night and carried off a considerable quantity of goods. Local authorities investigated and no arrests were reported by press time.
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Thormynon
Thompson, N. C
Palmer & Co
Deaths From Heat Sweep New York and Midwest
Chicago and New York report a deadly heat wave with sixty five deaths in New York and hundreds more prostrated. Ambulances, coroner activity, and street scenes reveal extreme suffering across tenements and factories as temperatures peak and relief prospects fade.
Potent Bitters Endorsed for Travel Aids
An old fragment discusses a striped candy memory and a child’s joy, then touts Wooster’s Steamed Bitters as a versatile travel remedy for stomach upset, bowel disorders, malaria, kidney issues, and nerves, urging readers to take it on trips.
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Woatetter
Self-Appreciation Notice From Polladetpuia Letter Request
An advertisement invites readers to write to Pink Wills at P O Box in Polladetpuia Pennsylvania to receive information on what exists today that did not exist two hundred years ago. The message purports benefit to those who respond and references a person named DY Willame.
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Vyommy
Varig Messenger
Pink Wills
P.O. Box
Polladetpuia
Fragmented dialogue fragments from a Puck cartoon
A quirky exchange hints at social ambition and marriage into English nobility. Characters discuss national identity and class, with a dash of humor about becoming a duchess. The strip presents playful social satire rather than a continuing plot.
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Went
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Tenty McGuire
Wateryorks
Ingane
Adiins
Summer Streets
Chileno
Alina Atieh
Nanson Moun
Poisunen Mer
Ste Ory Mildam
London
Stohn Millar
Ost Academy
Bellefonte
A. GeMorris
Himestone Stuaries
New Auk
Alfred Critip
Grite
Wiligys Gouttiey
R. R. Money Pool
Weston
Namking
William Wyatt
Murray
Bevlew
Tragedion
Los Angeles
Wiliam J. Tolland
Reiland
Snyder
Ondotte
Wik
Omny
Wheeling
W.s
Tile Country
Old
WU Provost
Pew Dayn
Sutter
Foruma
Hartford
Conn
Hutalo
Artitrician
Crdminster
Puck
Tn Rt
Europe
Bios Analow
Japan
Imgo Co
Warren, Pa
Afelen
California Fig Syrup Co
Middle South
Furmer
Trico
Bond
Mamerville
Toni
Felina
Horthern Institute OF Osteopathy
GLOBE
Minn
Wit
Addras
Bat
Ionetb
Ataeod
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