Hudson Fulton parade and national events noted in Elgin Echo
The Elgin Echo reports on Taft sermons in Salt Lake and Provo, Comer's use of troops to close saloons, and vast Hudson Fulton celebrations in New York with 2,000,000 visitors. It notes crashes injuring prominent figures, calls for tax and reform measures, and multiple political and disaster items across Illinois and beyond.
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Comer
Alabama
Taft
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake
New York
Hudson-Fulton
W. A. Santa
Aurora
14Th and
Canal Stresta
Chicago
Mattoon
Ill
Pinchot
Selouap
Morocco
Mars Atmosphere and Life Discussed by Astronomers
Astronomers report Mars shows Earthlike atmospheric conditions and seasonal ice changes. Professor Fox cites life on Mars in some form, though its nature remains unknown, while Lowell observes drying canals linked to seasonal irrigation. Flagstaff and Lick observatories provide ongoing data.
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Mars
Cook
Earth
Philip Fox
Dearborn Observatory
Chicago
Lowell
Yerkes
Fox
Flagstaff
Arizona
Lick Observatory
Hin
Sfa
Revolting Ceremony Provokes LA Action Against Russian Sect
In Los Angeles authorities were urged to expel a Russian sect after a four day nude body ritual in which men and women danced before an improvised altar. Protestors forced the burial of the body as the sect claimed the display mourned girls who die at puberty.
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Los Angeles
Holy Rollers Await End of World Watch Meeting
Three hundred members of the Latter Reign of the Apostolic Church known as Triune Immersionists gathered for a long watch in Bethel West Duxbury Massachusetts on the main turnpike between Boston and Plymouth. Believers entered during the afternoon with Rev Dr Dillon Bronson of Brookline observing. Women fell into trance as tongues were interpreted into prophecies amid claims of hypnotism and fervent exhortation.
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Apostolic Church
Holy Rollers
Bethel
West Duxbury
Mags
Boston
Plymouth
Dillon Bronson
Brookline
Bro
Destructive Tornado Hits Highland Near Aberdeen
Across Highland township near Aberdeen South Carolina a tornado damaged half a dozen barns and a house. The passage notes several unrelated items including labor actions in Chicago and agricultural estimates from Secretary Wilson, with mentions of state projects, forestry programs, and industrial contracts.
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Highland
Aberdeen
S. C
Chicago
Moors Routed as Spaniards Take Two Moroccan Towns
Madrid confirms complete success in Morocco with Nador and Zeluan occupied. Heavy fighting at Zeluan precedes a near ring around Mount Guruga. General Marina hears terms from Kald Ames for moor tribes entrenched on Guruga as government braces for end of war aiding Maura amid domestic unrest.
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Guruga
War Office
Madrid
Morocco
Nador
Zeluan
Mount Guruga
Kald Ames
Marina
Spain
Maura
Interior
S S S S S S
Official dispatches report rumors that the revenue cutter Sora has been captured by Moro pirates in the southern Philippine archipelago. The crew of fourteen Pilipinos may have been murdered, though confirmation is lacking. Captain B A McGorty commanded the Sora, which departed Balabao with J L Perrine bound for Sandakan to buy supplies. No further word has been received.
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Flamor
Menolia
Philppine
B. A. McGorty
Balabao
Palaman
J. L. Perrine
Sandakan
British North Borneo
Ten Burn In Rail Wreck In Chicago Yard
Ten men died and several others were seriously injured when a Panhandle passenger train crashed into the rear of a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul stock train at 12th and Rockwell streets in Chicago. The dead were stockmen in the caboose including H H Potter of Diamond North Dakota. The caboose burned as six bodies were recovered before flames forced rescuers back.
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St. Paul Caboone
Panhandle
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
12Th and
Rockwell Streets
Chicago
Caboose
H. H. Potter
Stockman
Diamond
N. D
Saloon Holdup Fatality in Philadelphia Station District
A masked highwayman shot James Quinn dead and wounded Henry F. Saylor and John J. Cassidy during a hold up at a saloon on York road and Lycoming street in northern Philadelphia. Victims were shot after failing to surrender valuables.
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Philadelphia
James Quinn
Henry F. Saylor
John J. Cassidy
York Road
Lycoming Street
Yale Treasurer Pick McClung From Knoxville Named
At the White House Lee McClung of Knoxville Tennessee former Yale football star and current Yale treasurer was chosen as United States treasurer to replace Charles H Treat. Treat will stay on until November 21 after resigning October 18. McClung once lived in New Haven and has long worked on Yale finances with ties to Coxville. He earlier led four years with the Southern Railway and engaged in Tennessee business ventures.
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White House
Washington
Lee McClung
Knoxville
McClung
Southern Railway
Tennessee
Rich man starves to death in Cincinnati hermit’s room
Christopher Kuhn a 68 year old cabinet maker was found dead in his squalid room at 1622 Central avenue Cincinnati. He had been dead since Sept 6 from starvation neighbors say. In the same room were securities deeds to property worth thousands and a bank book showing a $1100 deposit. Kuhn lived largely in his room crafting violins with several valuable instruments nearby.
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Christopher Kuhn
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Kuhn
Harvester Ed Geers stallion wins Queen City at Fort Erie
The unbeaten Harvester ridden by Ed Geers took the Queen City stakes at Fort Erie in four straight heats for a total purse of $2,000. Hamburg Belle stamps her as a successor to Lou Dillon on the grand circuit this season.
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Harvester
Ed Geers
Fort Erie
Lou Dillon
America
Germany
Tart
Draper Cupa
Marblehead
Mass
King James
Sheepshead Bay
Jack Atkin
Ainslie
Oak Park
Exmoor
Sallie Ainsiie
Chicago
R. Oakes Ainslie
Westward Ho
George Odom
Prince Gal
Bonnia Kelso
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A series of letters from women in Columbus Ohio and Graniteville Vermont praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the change of life and other female ailments. They cite improvements in health and strength and offer to publish their affirmations for others. The article also notes the compound's 30 years as a standard remedy and includes a brief historical aside on Mary Frith the English smoker and highwaywoman.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Columbus
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinham
Mrs. BE
Hanson
Graniteville
Lydia
Pinkham
Dwarles Barclay
Mary Frith
London
England
Millgate Monthly
Middleton
Mary
Lving
Barbican
Malone
Captain Hind
Richard Hannam
Hounslow Heath
Fairfax
Jacobuses
Newgate
Dangerous Odds In Brough's Lunatic Scylum Billiards
The London Opinion reports Lionel Brough entertained at a northern lunatic asylum, spending his train wait playing billiards with an elderly inmate who offered him 40 to 100 and beat him. The patient quips that such generosity might land them both inside.
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Lionel Brough
Brough
London
Postum A Healthful Morning Drink Gains Praise From Teacher
A reader letter recounts switching from coffee to Postum, noting recovery from nervousness and renewed energy in the classroom. The writer cites a first failed trial, a second successful boil time, and a lasting health improvement, urging others to try the well known Health Classic The Road to Wellville and There’s a Reason.
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Wellvile
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