King of Trainboys in Alaska Promises Honest Payday Scheme
A Seattle reporter chronicles a fictional Alaska Klondike Limited train boy who hawks peanuts cigars shirts and magazines to miners. He admits taking money yet claims a future plan to buy the railroad and help another boy, while stressing the high cost of peanuts and petty penalties in Illinois.
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Alaska
Mediiterranean
White Pass
Yukon
Klondike Limited
Peoria
Lafayette
Ind
Wnlondike Limited
Kenosha
Tie
Seattle
Illinois
Cross Keys Inn Straddles Wales England Border
The Cross Keys in Llanymynech sits where Denbigh Montgomery and Shropshire meet. Two sections lie in Wales under Sunday closing law while a door on the English side allows seven days a week alcohol access.
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Llanymynech
Shropshire
Bail Granted to Brown in Insurance Fraud Case
F Wayland Brown, indicted on conspiracy to defraud insurers in a case involving Marie Defenbach, Dr August Unger and Frank Smiley, is granted bail by Judge Gibbons. Clarence Darrow and Abraham Beamish post $10,000 surety each, with Brown facing postponed hearings and possible rearrest on other warrants.
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Chicago
F. Wayland Brown
Marie Defenbach
August M. Unger
Frank Smiley
Gibbons
Clarence Sr. Darrow
Abraham Beamish
Beamish
Brown
Darrow
Jackson Boulevard
Lawrence
Cleveland
Prindiville
Foley’s Honey and Tar Stands Superior for Colds and Coughs
The speaker warns against substitutes claimed to be the same as Foley’s Honey and Tar noting no product equals its relief for colds coughs croup and la grippe and credits Houseworth Bros. for recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Houseworth Bros
Democrats Forego Pre-Election House Predictions
Washington reports that Democratic leaders will not issue advance estimates on the next House composition. Ex Representative Kerr of Pennsylvania says Democrats expect a majority of about twenty five seats, noting past plans were disrupted by premature predictions.
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Ures
Washington
House of Representatives
Kerr
Pennsylvania
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Praised by Physicians
Dr W H Lewis of Lawrenceville Virginia extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as an effective remedy for severe indigestion noting it digests food and allows eating without overload. The cure promises instant relief and permanent results cited by numerous physicians. Houseworth Bros press coverage reports Attorney General Smyth filing a trust restraint suit against Jones Douglass Co Cracker Lincoln National Biscuit Co New Jersey and American Biscuit Mfg Co Illinois seeking legal declarations and abrogation of alleged agreements with absorption of Lincoln by National and American.
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W. H. Lewis
Lawrenceville
Houseworth Bros
Lincoln, Neb
Smyth
Jones, Douglass & Co
Grain O endorsement from Genesee Pure Food Co
An advertisement from Le Roy New York by O F Myers promotes Grain O as a superior healthful beverage. The message urges parents to choose Grain O for the welfare of their children and health, claiming it is made from solid grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashington
Genessee Pure Food Co
le Roy
Othera
F. Myers
Dying Woman Shows Pluck
Miss Bertha Austin of Geneva Ohio was struck by a Lake Shore passenger train while returning home in a carriage. Her horse was killed instantly and she was hurled against the train suffering injuries likely to prove fatal within hours. She lay unconscious in the rain for an hour then crawled to a farmhouse on her hands and knees. Her right ribs were broken with two puncturing her lungs and blood flowing from her ears and nose.
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Geneva
Bertha Austin
Lake Shore
Bright's Disease and Kidney Cure Claim
High living intemperance exposure and other factors bring on Bright's Disease. Foley's Kidney Cure will prevent Bright's Disease and other kidney disorders if taken in time.
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Bright
Foley
Houseworth Bros
Effort to Draw Senator Mason Into Despute With Ludington
Washington Oct 29 An effort to involve Senator Mason in a quarrel with Gen Ludington quartermaster general follows charges of extravagance and poor administration by former clerk John Orme Cole. Cole called Mason’s involvement, sent an open letter to the secretary of war, and says Ludington’s report misrepresents records and methods.
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Gen. Ludington
Washington, D. C
Senator Mason
Quartermaster-General
Ludington
John Orme Cole
Secretary of War
Cole
Mason
William E. Mason
British captain defends salute claim in New York harbor
Capt Francis R Pelly commander of the Psyche says the ship arrived in fog, anchored at West Thirty Fifth Street, fired a 21 gun salute to the American flag and received no reply, then saluted two French warships which returned the salute. He seeks communication of his explanation to the British consul.
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New York
Hamilton
Francis R. Pelly
Psyche
Associated Press
Governor's Island
Pelly
West Thirty-fifth Street
Yukon Natives Stricken by Mysterious Epidemic
Recount from Rev Father John B Rene in Dawson describes a Yukon epidemic among natives blending pneumonia measles and typhoid fever. At Holy Cross mission sixty of 150 Indians died in two months amid looming famine while fish and game stores fail. The illness spans the river and Behring Sea coast with thousands affected.
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Yukon
Seattle
Wash
Yukon Valley
Dawson
John B. Rene
Holy Cross Mission
Behring Sea
Boy, 12, Loses Long Hair in Chicago Robbery
Dela Salter of 25 Mozart Street reports a man with a dark mustache snipped off her long brown braid with a pink ribbon near California Avenue and Lake Street at about 8:30 PM. Police on Warren Avenue seek a tall, slender suspect who fled into an alley.
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Chicago
Largest Lumber Raft Floated Down Mississippi
Burlington Iowa October 29 The tow boat John H Douglas passed down with the largest lumber raft ever floated on the father of waters It holds 9360000 feet plus substantial lath and shingles and is valued at about 625000 The raft measures fifty two cribs long eight cribs wide and belongs to the Knapp Sitcut Lumber company bound for their St Louis yards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
John H. Douglas
Knapp- Sitcut Lumber Company
St. Louis
Dallas Building Collapse at Belo Owned Edifice
The Dallas News building, used for fifteen years, collapsed today in Dallas Texas. Part of the Windsor hotel annex also fell. Both structures were owned by A H Belo. The News had just moved into a new site adjacently. Loss estimated at twenty thousand dollars with ten thousand dollars insured. No injuries reported.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas Xiarning News
Windsor Hotel
A. H. Belo
News
River Steamer Falls City Burns in Louisville Fire
The stern wheel steamer Falls City caught fire destroying the pilot house Texas and cabin. Loss valued at 8000 dollars. The boat, insured, will be rebuilt immediately. It cost 40000 dollars and belongs to the Kentucky River Packet and Towboat company plying between Louisville and Frankfort. Origin of the blaze is not known.
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Louisville
Falls City
Texas
Kentucky River Packet and Towboat Company
Frankfort
Woman killed by bull in Anoka yard
Mrs. C. Kohler, 72, was killed while crossing a yard where a dehorned bull was confined. The animal struck with its hoofs, crushing her face breaking jaws and causing internal injuries from which she died shortly afterward.
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Anoka
Minn
Empress Dowager Reported Seriously Ill in China
Information from Japanese sources says the empress dowager is gravely ill at Tai-Chuen-Fu and the empire’s leading physicians have been summoned to attend her.
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Very
St. Tientsin
Tai-Chuen-Fu
Empire
Tragedy Near Grayville Discards Body Fragments
In Yankton South Dakota on October 29 pieces of Mrs Nrev Bagstad body were scattered over 100 yards from a railroad track at Grayville after being struck or torn by three freight trains. Illness had briefly unseated her mind and she escaped from home last night.
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Yankton
S. D
Nrev Bagstad
Grayville
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed For Sleep Aid
When sleepless nights are due to coughing, the ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to soothe throat irritation and ease sleep. Available from A. C. Rowe, druggist.
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Chamberlain
A. C. Rowe
Prominent Manistee Merchant Found Dead at Office
Phil Parry aged 67 a well known Manistee merchant was found dead on the office floor cause of death heart disease Two free delivery routes will be established at Quincy within 30 days arson arrests nabbed Houseworth Bros I Miller and wife of Houghton dry goods store burned last Saturday insured for 30000 Michigan State Federation of Women's clubs holds annual session at Lansing about 250 delegates present DeWitts Honey Cure praised by postscript to a business letter Trav erse City board of public works resigns after mayor cites excessive expenditure
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Phil Parry
Manistee
Quincy
I. Miller
Houghton
Michigan State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lansing
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