Train Wreck on Youghiogheny River Claims Many Lives
A Baltimore and Ohio line wreck near Dawson on a curve after a freight car laden with bridge timbers broke. The Atlantic engine plunged into embankment, the smoker car telescoped, and most passengers perished or burned. Rescue and later theft of jewelry occurred as workers battled to save survivors and identify the bodies. Thomas J. Baum of Haghwood signaled an approaching train with matches and a flaming coat to avert a second catastrophe.
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Army officer touts sixteen cents a day diet for soldiers
Major William H. Bean of Omaha argues that soldiers can be fed plentifully on 16 cents daily under a controlled five day test. Ten able bodied laborers dine at his table with meals including roast beef and bread, praising the fare while officials note the broader aim to ease wartime subsistence costs.
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United States Army
William H. Bean
Omaha
Department of Missouri
Sean Notioo
Major Bean
Attey
Butler
Austin
Chicago
Garfield Park Gouitarium
Uma
CAN'T BURY THE DEAD Stelking Livery Drivers Prevant Funerals in Chicago
Funeral processions in Chicago were stalled by union pickets and police protection as undertakers and drivers refused to run coffins. Notable funeral for Judge Joseph Hutchinson used undertaker wagons and private carriages. Police limited to protecting the routes but not occupying vehicles. Union fears centered on protection of barns and ambulances, with epidemics risk highlighted amid rapid burial needs for diphtheria and scarlet fever deaths.
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Chicago
Joseph Hutchinson
Superior Court
Trdge Hutchinson
Oakwood
Anton Linhort
O'Neill
Joint Livery Association
Perrigo
Teameters
Cooperative Packing Houses to Challenge Beef Trust
Farmers and cattlemen plan a cooperative packing system to cut meat prices. Proposed sites include Fort Worth Texas, Kansas City, and East St. Louis with an independent plant in St. Louis before the world’s fair. A $5 million fund is reported with aims to raise three times that. Leaders say beef trust profits and consumer prices harmed by current packers. new plants would process cattle directly to retailers and consumers.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Kansaetty
East St. Louis
Sicago
Trust Packers
St. Louie
Packing House Trust
Raigora
United States
Beef Trust
Beet Trust
Co-Operative Packing House Company
Live Stock Exchange
Seative
Absurd Denial Over Vatican Treasure Tale
The Vatican denies claims that Cardinal Gotti received 2,000,000 in bank notes from Pope Leo or that 1,850,000 in gold was found behind a wall. The Associated Press reports Pope Pius received 8,400,000 as indicated in Leo's will, with funds delivered by Gotti Rampolla and Cretoni.
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Rome
Tribuna
Cardinal Gotti
Propaganda
Pius
Leo
Tribune
Pope Leo
St Tk
Smallpox Devastates Towrtte Woodlands Hamlet
A smallpox epidemic grips Towrtte Woodlands hamlet Towrtte Woodlands Velaware with a population around 100. Ten deaths reported with eight blamed on neglect and starvation as strict quarantine keeps the town isolated amid the crisis.
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Towrtte Woodlands
Velaware
Year 1903 marked by massacre and natural disasters
A long year in review notes mass killings such as Kishinev and Belgrade, political strife, strikes, and devastating weather across the United States and overseas. It highlights new cables, wireless tests, and the creation of a Department of Commerce, while listing notable deaths and major events from January to December 1903.
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Belgrade
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Nebraska
Iowan
Missouri
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Pope Leo
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England
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Julian Health
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Colombia
Washington
Benator Toller
Calorado
W. I. Day
States Supreme Bench
Colney Hatch Insane Asylum
New Jersey Central Railway
Cranford
Vailo
Ariz
Iowa Grain Output and Prices for 1905 Report
Statewide crop data show corn yield at 81 bushels per acre with total 280,511,910 bushels and value about 82.98 million dollars. The report notes drought and adverse weather affected yields, compares to prior year, and lists corn, wheat, barley, oats, hay, and other outputs along with farm prices and regional production figures.
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Tay
Will
Remarkable Skeleton Finds At Holly Springs
Skeleton discoveries near Holly Springs described as ancient remains in sitting postures, with the skulls showing distinctive archaic features. Smithsonian notified. notes on preservation and probable age. Concurrent items include a dynamite threat case, a fatal streetcar incident, local obituaries, and assorted civic notices from Des Moines and Iowa regions.
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Eager
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