Remarkable Year for Accident and Crime
The New York board of coroners report for 1906 shows 5,890 deaths, 2,160 by violence. In Manhattan tunnel work caused 68 deaths. 549 felonious assaults ending in death. surface cars 97. elevated trains 14. tunnel trains 17. autos 24. Personal crisis causes include 110 shooting, 4 throat cutting, 51 poison, 124 gas, 27 hanging, 27 jumping, 44 jumping in front of trains, 6 drowning. total casualties 640. Alcoholism caused 115 deaths.
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New York
Board of Coroners
Manhattan
Jersey City
Long Island
Brooklyn
Six examiners begin statewide tour for city audits
Six examiners from the state bureau of inspection started a tour of Ohio cities to aid auditors in compiling the 1906 annual financial report. They prepared uniform questions on balances, receipts, expenses, and city funds to reduce missing data and avoid trips next year.
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Columbus
Jan
State Bureau of Inspection
Amd
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription touted for women's health
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a trusted remedy for women's ailments. It claims long cures, transparent formula on bottles, no trial bottles, and benefits for bearing down, dizziness, headaches, and nervous symptoms. It warns against alcoholic tonics and promotes safety and privacy in consultations.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
St. Vitus
R. Y. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Want City Walks Improved
Complaint at council meeting urges West Street sidewalk addition and mud free pedestrian routes. Highland Avenue cinder path damage cited by Councilman Bradley. Board of Public Service tasked with action and bidding for delinquent sidewalks next year. Mueller seeks contract split to speed progress.
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Counseil
West Street
Bradley
Highland Avenue
Board of Public Service
Mueller
Bankers and suspects slated for Atlanta federal prison move
Word from Columbus reports A B Spear Oberlin banker now in Ohio penitentiary will be moved to Atlanta Ga with several other bankers and post office robbery suspects in about two weeks Also named for transfer are men from Conneaut and Toledo with a number of additional cases to follow.
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Columbus
A. B. Spear
Oberlin
Ohio Institution
Atlanta
Wee eSa
Conneaut
O. M. Burns
Toledo
City 10 Proceeds on Gray Land in East Bridge Street Plan
A communication from the board of public service to the council Tuesday evening outlines plans to condemn property on East Bridge Street to widen the thoroughfare. The board seeks a transcript of all proceedings concerning acquiring Thomas Gray’s property for this purpose.
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Board of Public Service
East Bridge Street
Counci
Thomas Gray
Electrogen touted as blood purifier by Fremont firm
An advertisement fragment promotes Electrogen Company claims of a germ destroying blood purifier in powder and liquid forms. It credits Electrogen with curing blood, stomach, liver and nerve troubles and offers two fifty cent bottles free with name and address. Also mentions Kodol for Indigestion as a digestive aid.
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Electrogen Company
Fremont
Electrogen Co
Fremont, C
Time by a Cat Eyes Test Stuns Mission Party
In a tale recounted by the Chicago Chronicle a party led by M Hue visits a Clive Christian mission settlement. A 2nd young Chinese boy shows how a cat's eyes indicate time by narrowing toward noon and widening after, a trick confirmed by Hue after observing several cats.
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Eure
Meldette
M. Hee
M. Hue
Clive Christian Mission
Hue
Chicago Chronicle
A Foreign Prince Bets He Will Be Arrested in Paris
A royal wager in Paris features a foreign prince who dresses in rags and orders chocolate at a top restaurant. He offers banknotes to prove he can pass as a common guest, prompting police to arrest him briefly before revealing the ruse.
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Paris
Imperitl
Haring
Guerd
New York Tribune
Alfred
Immigrant policy debates unfold in Congress
Washington reports that immigration bills from both houses face conference action over an educational test. A plan favors port inspections by physicians to preclude deportations. Separate garden seed distribution battles renew, with Dr. Galloway proposing rare seed outreach to help farmers. John Sharp Williams dismisses a presidential bid, citing family concerns. Viscount Aoki’s Maltese cat Peter garners embassy attention.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Conference Committee
United States
Beverly T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Galloway
House Committee On Agriculture
Oklahoma
Forty-Sixth
Viscount Aoki
Peter
Wasie
A Tree of Ill Repute and Its Doomed Darts
The upas tree Anttaris toxi caria grows in Borneo and East Indies with a feared poisonous sap. Dyaks use its milky exudate to coat darts dipped in tuba root juice or tobacco to stupefy fish and kill birds instantly. A bite or ingestion brings convulsions and death within minutes. Chicago News reports the deadly plant and darts used in hunting in the region.
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Borneo
East Indian Islands
Dyaks
Chicago News
Grim humor and dare in Afghan ameer’s tales
The late ameer Abdur Rahman of Afghanistan mixed grim humor with statecraft. A durbar interruption led him to test a sentry with a watchtower watch while joking that Russians must arrive for him to eat.
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Kant Abdur Rahman
Ameer
Afghanistan
Lis Shahgassi
Abdur Rahman
Grenad Dragazint
Tonsiline Sore Throat Remedy Ad Seeks Quick Cure
An old style advertisement promotes Tonsiline as a guaranteed cure for sore throat and related dangers. It emphasizes quick use at first symptoms, sake of family health, price 80 cents, and repeats claims of protection against tonsillitis, quinsy, croup, and diphtheria.
Digestive Aid Promises Quick Relief and Education Offers
The ad touts a diet free from strict starvation, recommending eating any foods with a digestant like Kohol for indigestion after meals. It also promotes a correspondence course in finance by the N. College of Finance offering memberships and lessons for one dollar, plus a sale point at Wall Street, New York. Includes a testimonial claim for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a universal remedy.
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College of Finance
Wall St
New York City
Through Trains East From Elyria at 1 34 P M
Daily service leaves Elyria at 1 34 PM for Medina Akron Youngstown Butler Pittsburgh McKeesport Cumberland Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York with a sleeper from Akron.
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Elyria
Medina
Akron
Youngstown
Butler
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Cumberland
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
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Cooke
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Greece
B.C
Rome
England
Tomlon
Levan
Greet
Dr. Galloway
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Williams
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
White House
New York Press
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Atchison Globe
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Hollister
Peterson
Peterson Bros
Middle Avenue
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Broad St
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