Pittsburgh Flood Follows Heavy Rains Threatening Property
In Pittsburgh and surrounding western Pennsylvania, rivers rise rapidly due to days of heavy rain. Ice gorges loom above the Allegheny and Youghiogheny, threatening bridges, boats, and homes as residents move belongings to upper floors and rely on skiffs for transport. Rail lines abandoned, telegraph work interrupted, and many workers displaced as flood conditions worsen.
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Pitttsburg
Alesheny
Uo- Nongahela
Ohio
Youeliogheny
Wiskinsincies
Pillshure
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Youghiegheny
Crafi
Sharpzburg
Aluinwall
Charleroi
Kate
Springdale
Lare
Floods threaten towns as rivers rise across Kentucky and Indiana
Great damage feared as four days of rain push rivers including the Kentucky, Red, Cumberland, Licking and Big Sandy toward flood levels. Log booms are reinforced to hold thousands of logs. Lowland towns along the Licking face possible inundation. fencing along channels is washed away. Rail and interurban travel slowed by high water. Additional reports from Indiana note widespread flooding, breached bridges, and water seeping into buildings. In Ohio, Ottawa and Auglaize rivers overflow, wheat fields inundated, and rail traffic severely disrupted. Canisteo and Steuben County suffer near-total floods. houses uninhabitable as rivers rise threatening further danger.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Red
Licking
Vaark
Licking River
Indiana
Indianapolis
Princeton
Vincennes
Evansville
Lawlinds
Ottawa
Auglaize
Flood Warnings Rise as Rivers Flood Towns
Putsbucs reports continued rainfall with rivers rising, Allegheny and Youghiogheny beyond flood stages in multiple towns. Flood warnings persist with danger expected. Ashtahula Ohio notes Millcreek flooding and roads under several feet of water. an electric railway suspension followed, homes flooded up to upper floors.
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Ashtahula
Millcreek
Second Mrs Chadwick Rival Emerges In Pittsburgh Blackadder Tale
The article recounts a woman who befriended Andrew Carnegie’s former partner Lovejoy and secured a mortgage of one dollar on a $50,600 home, receiving a $2,000 advance. She gained favor with Pittsburgh financiers via letters signed by notable figures including Bourke Cochran and Hetty Green, becoming a feared local rumor as the “woman in black” amid alleged vast sums obtained from wealthy suitors.
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Vietsburg
Prand
Lovejoy
Andrew Farnegie
United States
Etect Corporation
Hyde
Cassie Chadwick
Tpittshurs
Bourke Cochran
York
Ellis H. Roberts
Hetty Green
Delphin M. Delmas
San Francisco
Justce John J. Wickham
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Pillsburg
Blac
Newcastle Alderman Ends Life After Extortion Charge
Newcastle Pa February 17 T P Williams longtime alderman and former candidate for reelection shot himself in the head after being jailed on extortion charges and bail posting. The stress from business losses and a failed manufacturing venture were blamed by associates as a factor in his suicide. He was known for musical talent and Welsh cultural work, and his family suffered losses in past floods.
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Newcastle
T. P. Williams
Williams
Thomas Ny
ForgerY School Convict Sentenced in New York
Vincent J. Verrall, a third time forgery offender from Boston also known as Thomas Latham, is sentenced to ten years in prison. Prosecutors say he ran a “school” for forging checks, with a $27 forged check aiding the current conviction.
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New York
Vincent J. Verrall
Boston
Thomas Latham
Verrall
Rapp Dies in Moyamensing Cell After Ten-Year Pursuit
Karl Rapp, sought for a 1898 arson in Rosgway, Germany, was found dead by hanging in his Moyamensing prison cell after a decade of pursuit by detectives who ferried around the globe. Two Mississippi towns report tornado devastation with several fatalities and many injured.
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Philadelphia
Karl Rapp
Rosgway
Germany
Moyamensing
Boy Strangled by Collar Button in Philadelphia
William Brown ten years old died after swallowing a collar button while sneezing. At home he placed the button in his mouth and while changing clothes the button lodged in his throat. Despite his mother’s frantic efforts and a physician’s delay, he died in her arms.
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Riladelphia
William Brown
Influenza Epidemic Strikes London Officials and Public
London reports a severe influenza outbreak with thousands ill and the worst in years. Cabinet members Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Augustine Birrett and the Marquis of Riponford privy seal are in bed with the illness. In London and Tomlon there is no corroborated evidence of a Persian shah assassination rumor, per the Persian legation.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Augustine Birett
Ireland
Marquis of Riponford
Tomlon
Vienna
Persia
Segation
Taft Nomination Talk is Moonshine Says Hetty Green
Boston interview with Hetty Green claims the Taft nomination talk is a feint. She says Roosevelt will rise when the time is right and predicts a Roosevelt push at the Republican convention. Green links financial panic to tainted securities and criticizes Vanderbilts, Roosevelt, and party strategies amid a looming leadership shuffle.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Repiblican Party
Eucugh
Theodore Roosevelt
Violence at New Hope Colored Baptist Church Fight
Police halted a brawl at New Hope Colored Baptist Church in St. Louis on February 17. Deacon Alfred Shannon and Rev. Frank Harris were attacked with razors and fists. Shannon was cut three times and Harris is in serious condition at the hospital. Mrs Sam Lewis was arrested amid the chaos over an unpaid gas bill, with pastors claiming a plot by disgruntled individuals.
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St. Louis
New Hope Colored Baptist Church
Sam Lewis
Lewis
Alfred Shannon
Thei
Frank Harris
Shannon
Harris
Bruce Peebles & Co to discuss liquidation plan
Edinburgh Feb 17 Bruce Peebles & Co the large engineering firm has called a meeting of its shareholders to arrange liquidation due to working capital shortages. The company holds major contracts including the Shanghai dock and a $10 million street railroad project in Moscow. Directors seek a reorganization method.
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Edinburgh
Bruce, Peebles & Co
Great Shanghai
Museow
Lepe
Six Coal Barges Sink After Breakwater Collision
Six coal barges struck the breakwater in New Haven and sank. Six men four women and one child were rescued by a tug. The total loss is estimated at about 50 000 pounds.
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New Haven
Conn
Cal
Dying Words of World Famous Men
Fragmented OCR of a compendium on famous last words. It lists statements from scientists and writers such as Travisdos, Astley Cooper, Benjamin Brodie, Oliver Goldsmith, Darwin, Pasteur, and others. The text notes their final utterances, with varying certainty and language, reflecting a grand, era-spanning compilation.
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Astley Cooper
Benjamin Brodie
Oliver- Goldsmith
Tranter
Ben
Susteur
Darwin
Dirwin
Pasteur
Mirabran
Cabanis
Dermiy
Hanay
Japanese New Year Cakes at Tajan Tradition
Ledies Weekly describes an annual New Years cake process in Tajan where each family, including babies, participates in pounding a white doughy mixture with a wooden mortar. The cake, tied to Shinto symbolism, is colored yellow or pink and is central to the New Year feast lasting nearly a year.
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Shane
Tor
St “Zoo
Adwils
Ledie’s
Queer Fish and the Theatrical Electric Chair Tale
A playful, critical sketch contrasts the imagined power of an electric chair with a peculiar fish lure. It humorously envisions strange contraptions and a sly angler using a wormlike lure to tempt a fish, likening the scene to a theatrical chase of wits. The piece closes with a quip about a Shylock-like angler.
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Zenius
Lerore
Nosebleed first aid tips from a historic guide
An old advice passage explains nosebleed first aid: keep head raised, not tilted back, catch blood with a cloth, and press on the upper lip to constrict the artery feeding the nasal passages. If needed, apply a paper wad under the lip, fold the tip, and use cotton with adrenaline for interior packing.
Spectacular Michigan Vessel Goes Over Niagara Falls
An eyewitness recounts the 1828 excursion of the schooner Michigan to Niagara Falls. A crowd-filled voyage ended as the decayed vessel entered rapids, broke apart, and was shredded by the cataract. Animals aboard escaped or perished in the plunge.
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Nia Falls
Schouiier Michigan
Lake Erie
Major Frazer
Bufkalo
Buffalo
Henry Clay
William Penn
Pioneer
Niagara
Michigan
Schoouer
Yale
Canada
Niagara River
Henry Gray
Pro- Heer
Sheiver
Yale's Landing
Rough
Oger
Hochey
Captain Rough
Okd
Lunnagener
Gland
Mae
The
Falls
Lake Superior
Theo
Hit Him in Two Places The Way Cicero Treated Petrarch
Petrarch recounts a 14th century mishap where he hurt his left leg while handling a Cicero letters volume. He explains Cicero playfully struck him by the book’s fringe, repeating blows that broke skin and caused a painful wound. The anecdote frames his devotion and the stubborn endurance of his illness.
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Cicero
Petrarch
Ile
Cheré
Hollway
Calthorp
GUIDEPOSTS IN FRANCE A STRIKING ROAD FEATURE
Guideposts mark commune and next major place on French roads with white and blue boards. They show distances to nearest points and reveal the next city ahead, sometimes hundreds of kilometers away. Touring Club signs warn motorists of road type and curves, urging caution at steep grades and turns.
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France
Paris
Touring Club of
Ralentir
United States
Frank Presbrey
Outing Magazine
Shakespeare’s Last Illness and Death Theories
Tradition from Stratford’s vicar Ward links Shakespeare’s illness to a fever after a merry meeting with Drayton and Ben Jonson. Halliwell Thorns cites typhoid from New Place drainage as another view. Most details remain conjectural with no consensus on his final illness.
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Shakespeare
Ward
Stratford
Iaat Hiness
Drayton
Ben Jonson
Halliwell Thiins
New Place
Elke
At the Wind's Mercy balloon boast sparks debate
Fragmentary prose notes a Cleveland dealer boasting about a new balloon and quips on wit and value. The lines hint at a public or social commentary moment, with scattered dialogue illustrating perceived merit and amusement. Limited readable names and context constrain fuller reconstruction.
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Cleveland Plain
For Them All Presents Quoted Lines of a Professor
The text cites a line about three pairs of glasses used for reading distance and locating others. It includes Romer’s remark on a vagabond life and echoes a theme of practical vision and mobility.
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Alex Windham
are@ deal
Edward Empbell
Story
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