Mount Assiniboine Crowned by First White Ascent
Rev Outram and two Swiss guides reached Mount Assiniboine on September 3, becoming the first white climbers to stand on its summit. The ascent, begun after exploring approaches, followed years of failed attempts by famed climbers and shows the peak’s dangers and changing access plans for Banff’s Canadian National Park.
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Walter Dwight
Wil‘cox
Washington, D. C
Mount Assiniboine
Rockies
Canada
Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Banff
Rocky Mountains Park
Alberta
Dr. Dawson
White Man’s Pass
R. L. Barrett
Alps
Switzerland
Outram
Perthshire
Scotland
Mt. Assiniboine
Douglas
Canadian National Park
Prof
Wyimper
Europe
Tropkies
Mount
Assiniboine
Wilcox
Bryant
Canadian
Selkirks
Wymper
Passengers Hurt as Northwestern Express Collides with Freight
An east bound Atlantic Express collided with a freight engine near Malta Illinois after a misplaced switch. Twenty six people were injured mostly by scalding steam. Four died later. Victims were treated at St Lukes Presbyterian and Alexian Brothers hospitals.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Malta
de Kalb
Engine and car in river after landslide wreck
A Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train westbound derailed five miles west of Lynchburg Virginia during a landslide. The wreck resulted in the death of four people as rescuers and crew attempted to push coaches to safety on the low track at night. The incident occurred under the direction of Conductor Whitaker with a crew and passengers aboard.
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Lynchburg
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Whitaker
Passenger Injured as Coach Clears Path in Narrow Moment
A passenger was injured when a coach narrowly cleared the path in a tense moment described as dangerous but the driver or assistant acted in time. The incident reduces risk to others nearby.
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Senger
Towerman Ditches a Train Near Springfield
Thomas Fagin, towerman for the Illinois Central and Wabash crossing east of Springfield, set switches for clearance and napped. The Diamond Special at fifty mph struck the right of way to the Wabash train after seven minutes of whistle, derailed with the engine upset. Engineer McCormick and Fireman Wainwright were slightly injured. passengers shaken but safe.
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Towerman
Springfield
Ill
Thomas Fagin
Illinois Central
Fagin
McCormick
Wainwright
Wrecks Halt Rail Service After Flooded Tracks
Two freight wrecks occurred on the Western Railway of Alabama near Opelika within thirty miles due to heavy rains flooding the track and causing two embankments to collapse. One man was killed and three injured as property loss ran high. The dead was engineer Thomas Russell. The injured include Cy Lee and B. W. Jackson with an unnamed fireman.
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Opelika
Ala
Western Railway of
Alabama
Thomas Russell
Cy Lee
B. W. Jackson
Twenty Japanese Killed In Steveston Boarding House Disaster
Twenty Japanese are missing after a boarding house on piles between Steveston and Point Roberts was swept away in Thursday morning’s storm. The structure, two miles from Steveston, left no trace and was unreachable due to the severe weather.
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Vancouver
B. C
Steveston
Point Roberts
Train Crash Kills Engineer and Fireman in Nashua
A Cannon Ball express train on the Boston & Maine railroad collided with a freight train in Nashua New Hampshire in the north yards. Engineer Quimby and Fireman J E Marshall were instantly killed and several other crew members and passengers were injured.
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Nashua
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Quimby
J. E. Marshall
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Lifesaving Remedy Promoted
An advertisement claims Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup saves lives by curing dangerous croup and whooping cough. It promises immediate relief and recommends keeping a bottle at home priced at 25 cents.
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Dr. Bull
Cronpoliné Co
Goshen, Ind
Palmer, Louis J. Dies in Springfield at New Lamp
Louis J. Palmer youngest son of the late Gen. John M. Palmer died at his Springfield home Saturday from pneumonia. He contracted a cold last Sunday but did not seek bed until Christmas night. A prominent young attorney in central Illinois he leaves a widow, one brother and four sisters.
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Louis J. Palmer
Springfield
Ill
John M. Palmer
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Cure for Blood Diseases
An advertorial claim promoting Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood poison, cancer, skin sores, and rheumatic conditions. It asserts quick healing, 30 years of testing, and $1 bottles sold in stores with free trial by mail from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Blood Balm &Co
Atlanta
Cc. D. Rushton
Dicerson
Edison Sons Safe Yacht Ounaniche Reaches Beaufort
The yacht Ounaniche with a pleasure party headed by two of Thomas A Edison’s sons arrived safely in Beaufort South Carolina from Norfolk. A report of a wreck near the harbor had circulated but no incident marred the voyage.
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Edison's Sons
Beaufort
S.C
Thomas A. Edison
Norfolk
Christmas Jubilations at Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
Crowds from Jerusalem and neighboring towns filled the Church of the Nativity area as European and Oriental costumes mingled. The Turkish guard and Kawasses led a procession to the church where the patriarch, French consul, and clergy conducted high mass and vespers. Altar after altar housed priests through Christmas Day as devotees kept vigil from Christmas Eve to midnight Mass.
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Holy
Jerusalem
Europe
America
Bethlehem
Christ
France
Holy Land
Grogan and Tarkington Share a Broadway Joke
In New York, E S Grogan author of the Cairo to Cape trek met Booth Tarkington. A playful misunderstanding over identities led to a rebuking remark and a later reveal that the party enjoyed a lighthearted prank with Grogan inviting Tarkington to dine that evening.
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E. S. Grogan
Africa
Cairo
Cape
New York
Booth Tarkington
Grogan
Tarkington
Mr. Grogan
M Tarkington
Mr. Tarkington
Broadway
United Methodists Approve New Constitution At General Conference
Chicago December 27 announcement the new Methodist Episcopal church constitution, adopted at the 1900 general conference, has won the required three quarters. Voting total 8 196 for to 2 513 against from 121 annual conferences and 10 709 ballots. Key changes grant women delegates, lay electoral meetings, constitutional voting, and lower amendment threshold to two thirds.
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Chicago
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Opium Bribing Nerves Fails to Cure Cough
An old medical warning cautions that while opium can suppress a cough, it worsens the underlying lung inflammation. The advice urges avoiding deceptive cough mixtures and promotes safer remedies over time.
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Allen
Balsa
Digestion Advice and Kodol Cure Advertorial Features
An editorial style ad discusses digestion, warning against underfeeding and overeating. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a stomach digestive aid, claiming it relieves fullness, belching, and indigestion without dieting. A testimonial from Lemuel James of Marysville, Ohio is included.
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Lemuel
James
Marysville
O .C. Dewitt
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