Through S00 Canal Million in Value Passes
The season closing with 31.8 million tons and 830,089,400 in copper shipments through Sault Ste. Marie. Copper from Upper Peninsula mines moved east for manufacture, with iron ore at 19,635,000 tons and grains at 40,028,969 bushels. Wheat flour, lumber, and other goods added to a total canal tonnage of 31,120,531 across 16,120 vessels despite a seamen strike.
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Baultte
Marie
Mich
Peninsua
Ennals
FARM IMPLEMENTS BURNED AT BIG FIRM WAREHOUSE
A four story warehouse of the Fuller & Johnson Sichugart Company in Council Bluffs burned. Losses included building valued at 650000, stock about 100000, insurance around 75000. The firm, headquartered in Madison Wisconsin, operated farm implements wagons and buggies in several cities. Fire likely started from defective wiring on the first floor. Ten freight cars destroyed.
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Wiru
Fuller & Johnson-Sichugart Company
Council Bluffs
Massison
Wis
Guilty Verdict in Murder Case Crookston Minn
Joseph Guilmette of Rhode Island and Joseph Guimette of Woonsocket were found guilty in Crookston Minnesota of first degree murder in the slaying of Mathias Mongeon whose home is believed to be in Ontario Canada. The crime occurred October 17 after a harvest return quarrel over summer earnings. The victim was shot with his head masked and body dragged to underbrush and not found for some time. Sentencing likely life imprisonment or hanging. Buys Last Coke Holdings. EH Ivick Coke Company purchases 1000 acres of Connellsville coal land, described as the last private coal land in the Connellsville region owned by individuals.
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Joseph Guilmette
Connellsville
T All Bridliary Company
United States Steel Corporation
Connellyville
Mediation Talks Rise as War Effort Skirts Endgame
Reports indicate Russia shows willingness to discuss mediation with France and Japan to end the war, while Tokyo confirms the sunken Japanese cruiser off Port Arthur and lists officers killed. Elsewhere, cotton markets move to curb prices as slumps threaten Southern farmers and merchants.
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Port Arthur
Navy Department
Tokio
South
Death in a Fire Clay Mine Near Bolivar Pennsylva
Four men died from gas and smoke after fumes were sucked into a mine shaft at Lommond Fire Brief Company No 2 soft clay mine near Bolivar Pa An accident caused by a 16 by 20 shanty at the mouth of the drift and a lamp spill led to suffocation of workers including two Americans in the largely Austrian crew Only four were rescued and two may die from injuries in the fire aftermath
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Case Lommond Fire Brief Company
Bolivar
Yegeners
Bat Salverdy
Horse Rescues Child From Fall In Omaha Street Crowd Cheers
A jet black horse saved Little Ruth O Hara who slipped on Farnum street by gripping her skirts with its teeth and lifting her to the curb. Passers by cheered as the animal calmly placed the child safe and unharmed. The mother shouted for help but the horse acted alone, prompting a crowd to erupt in applause.
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Omaha
Neb
Syes
Ruth O'Hara
Farnum Street
Fegeue
PORTAL N D FIRE DESTROYS BLOCK OF FRAME BUILDINGS
A large blaze on Front Street Portal North Dakota destroyed a block of frame buildings including A B Way’s bowling and billiard hall. The fire, starting in a chimney, rapidly consumed adjacent structures and caused extensive losses. Windows shattered miles around as a powder plant explosion later disturbed Halifax area. The report also touches on unrelated legal and political items from the era.
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Front Street
Portal
N.W
Chinmey
Way
Rom«bough
Th. Abnamt I
Simons
J. Laflamne
Unets
M. Finzels
Fight Present Bill Threatens Territorial Identity in Statehood Push
Gov. M. A. Otero of New Mexico and ex-Gov. Franklin Murphy of Arizona say locals oppose a pending Congress joint statehood bill. They warn it would strip territories of identity as they seek separate commonwealth status. Voters would likely reject any constitutions altered by merger at a special election.
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Congress
M. A. Otero
New Mexico
Franklin Murphy
Arizona
Chicago
Otero
Washington
Four More Convictions In Denver Election Fraud Cases
The Supreme Court in Denver found W H Green John De Sage Frank McMahon and Robert Goodman guilty of contempt and each received six months in jail and a fine. Evidence showed De was an election judge who permitted irregularities and the others aided. Analysis of polls indicated 250 fraudulent votes tied to a Democratic slate with one person responsible. The court denied petitions for discharge for nineteen men sentenced for contempt and declined to treat them as filed at trial.
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Denver
W. LH. Green
John de Sage
Frank McMahon
Robert Goodman
Supreme Part
Supreme Court
Tria
Convicted Fraudsters Surrender for Penitentiary Stay
A group including honms J. Barrett former marshal of the St. Louis Court of Appeals and John P. Dolna former Democratic city central committee chairman, along with Polivenian Minnk Garrett, surrendered to U S Marshal in St Louis. They await further action on naturalization fraud convictions as they seek appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Honms J. Barrett
St. Louis
United States Supreme Cols
Babas Corpus
Japanese Break Through Keekiwan Forts At Port Arthur
The Japanese breached five Keekiwan forts by tunneling under them and blasting with five tons of dynamite. Volunteers under Lt General Samejima rushed the works, capturing fortifications and artillery. Elsewhere Japanese forces advanced toward 203 Meter hill and Pigeon Bay as the Sevastopol absorbed torpedoes yet remained unrepaired.
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Doot Avilur
Keekiwan
Samejima
Tha Jnps
Keckwan
Port Arthur
Gatna
Pigeon Bay
Sevastopol
Russia
Togo
Japanese Naval Repair and Port Arthur Destruction Report
War notes report Japanese ships at Port Arthur docking for repairs while shells wreck docks and a large Port Arthur area. Russian deserters crowd London seeking US entry as Japanese troops may be moved toward Mukden. Gen Stoesseling urges respect for Red Cross flags amid hospital bombardment. Cosandka fails to seize a Japanese battery near Mukden, entangled by barbed wire. A Russian consular aide orders the bluejacket killer aboard the Askold for court martial.
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Port Arthur
Russia
London
United States
Mukden
Stoesselling
Red Cross
Cosandka
Askold
Shanghai
Jloriksha
Destitution in England Amid Rising Pauperism
In London the winter threat, rising pauperism, and growing unemployment occupy authorities. Weekly figures show indoor relief for 75,185 people and outdoor aid for 45,291, a sharp increase signaling serious urban distress across Great Britain.
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England
London
Unemployment Surges as Destitution Grows in Cities
In Birmingham 2000 families face near destitution while Glasgow employers guarantee work for out of work men at a $2.00 weekly minimum wage under a program aimed at easing unemployment.
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Tirmingham
Glasgow
Scotland
Itaryas Wonlms
Young Stowaway Found On Lorraine Coast
Magie Jeanne Caraft of Bretagne, a 0% year old, was found in the Athuitic ner in Lorraine while having gone abroad as a stowaway at Havre. She attempted to reach Scranton, Pu, seeking a dream of professorship.
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Magie
Jeanne Caraft
Bretagne
Lorraine
Gvne
Havre
Arephesy
Scranton
Shouting Their Praises in Kirkland Over Dodd's Kidney Pills
Richard BR Greenhow, an older resident of Kirkland Michigan, touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as the cure for long standing rheumatism that left him crippled. He describes severe left limb pain, inability to walk far, nightly suffering, and reliance on doctors with no relief until taking fourteen boxes of the remedy. He declares he feels better than in twenty five years.
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Kirkland
Jan
Richard BR. Greenhow
Dodd
Mr. Greenhow
One Woman's Wisdom Test of Rivalry and Marriage
Mira Jones asks about a rival as Mr Brown confirms a fist fight decided the affection. Misa Towns notes the loser. Brown says the other man ended in hospital for two weeks, but she married him anyway, choosing a nun she could control.
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Mira Jones
Mr. Brown
Misa Towns
Mer. Brown
Hull's Catarrh Cure claims universal cure for constitutional disease
The advertisement asserts that catarrh is the only disease science has cured, promotes an internal remedy that cleanses the blood and tissues to restore constitution, and offers a hundred dollar reward for any uncured case with testimonials and mail order details.
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Koward
Lear
Hull
Selon
Dixon
Palace
Cheney & GO
Tolada
Fragmentary exchange at Home Mission sermon dialogue
A damaged fragment shows a pew minister asking why and Nuggeby replying he had not considered it before. The text hints at looming changes involving silence, a wife, and a guest, with unreadable surrounding context.
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Nuggeby
Radium Clock Promises Time Indefinitely
A Tinglish inventor claims a clock that time keeps indefinitely. It records time in two minute beats using a radiated indium electroscope mechanism with violet light and silver leaves. The device, using a tiny radium quantity, supposedly runs until the radium is exhausted, potentially lasting 80 000 years.
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Selentite
Habit's Chain and the Will to Break It
A quirky excerpt on the power of will to break habit, featuring a 86 year old narrator and snippets about coffee and breakfast rituals. The text references philosophical speculation, humorous misprints, and a letter from a Tidian town woman describing coffee dependency and breakfast routines, with musings from Lee Hells and Postma Co. about breakfast beverages.
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Cotter
Lerine DL
Lee Hells
Mo BO
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