Good Talkers and Royal Cigars in Early 1900s Column
Henry Haake discusses the art of conversation and the value of good talkers at dinners. The piece then covers King Edward's cigar purchases, noting a 500 cigar order for England costing about 1600 dollars, and a ship safety incident on the steamship Persian where a heavy steel safe broke loose, threatening sailors before it was secured.
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Walter Scott
New York Weekly
Philadelphia
Boston
Hugo
Pocket edition auto for trotting through snow
A writer imagines a compact pocket automobile for chauffeurs to carry in one pocket while pulling snowshoes from the other. With arctic boots, it would glide over snow, offering progress though slowly, unlike cumbersome full-sized cars unable to traverse rough winter terrain.
Bomb kills companion. four policemen wounded in Union Square
A bomb thrown at Capt. Reilly’s squad in Union Square wounded four officers and killed a companion of the assailant. The attacker Selig Silverstein and accomplice Ignatz Hillebrand, linked to radical circles, were among seven arrested. Silverstein survived and may recover. investigators found a letter to Berkman in his Brooklyn room.
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New York
Haymarket
Chicago
Union Square
Reilly
Agsagsin
East Side
Clark Street
Broadway
Brooklyn
Russia
United States
Cohen
Park Street
Goldstein
Eldridge Street
Broome Street
Manhattan
Selig Silverstein
Beaver
Hunter
Silverstein
Ignatz Hillebrand
Third Avenue
H. Beckman
Prospect
Robber’s Head Blown Off In Farm Bank Raid
In Springtown near Gentry Arkansas an attempted bank robbery ends with a robber killed by a dynamite blast. his head blown from his shoulders and the body found near the safe. Elsewhere in Illinois two men rob a Danville Water Co office after holding Cashier Byers and a woman at gunpoint, gaining ten dollars. A Michigan storm brings a Jackson tornado damage report and a northern blizzard with heavy lake-effect snowfall. no lives reported.
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Byers
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Jackson
Upper Peninsula
Blackman
Woodville
Bank of Commerce Reopens in Kansas City
The National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City reopened Monday after restoration of Ita credit, with $6,000,000 in cash and exchange to cover a deposit account of twelve million. Financiers of national prominence are placed in charge of the bank.
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Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Ita Credit
National Bank of Commerce
Langhorne, Civil War Col Maurice Langhorne Dies at 86
Col Maurice Langhorne aged 86 of Lynchburg Virginia who commanded the Eleventh Virginia regiment during the Civil War died Saturday after a long illness. He served in the Confederate army and later remained a prominent local figure in Langhorne. He is survived by relatives and former comrades. The funeral arrangements are pending.
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Langhorne
Lynchburg
Maurice
Virginie
Hill Nomination Backed by Berlin After Roosevelt Deliberation
Berlin confirms Emperor William recalls earlier disapproval and now welcomes Dr. Hill as ambassador to Berlin. Foreign Office asserts doubts about Hill’s fit are resolved and Tower remains loyal, with no recall of prior approval for Hill’s appointment.
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Berlin
Willian
Roosevelt
Dr. Hill
Germany
Charlemagne Tower
Associated Press
Hill
Tower
Express Messenger Slain on Santa Fe Train No 115
Newton Kan CO A Bailey of Kansas City Wells Fargo Express killed by unknown on Santa Fe train 115 between Florence and Newton early Sunday. Robbery as motive with both safes rifled and at least $1 000 in cash and some jewelry taken. Full amount not known.
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Newton
Kan
A. Bailey
Kansas City
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Santa Fe
Florence
Korean's Bullet Claims Life of San Francisco Expert
Durham W. Stevens, adviser to the Seoul government, was fatally shot Monday by a Korean who accused him of backing Japan's protectorate over Korea. Stevens died at midnight Wednesday after an operation failed to save him. one bullet reportedly pierced the intestines.
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San Francisco
Durham W. Stevens
Stevens
Japan
Korea
Seoul
Gen Horne acquitted in editor murder case
Gen R C Horne was acquitted of murdering H J Groves managing editor of the Kansas City Post by a criminal court jury. The verdict found him insane at the time of the shooting and not recovered, directing confinement to an asylum.
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Gen. Horne
Kansas City
R. C. Horne
H. J. Groves
Kansas City Post
Groves
Two Killed In Rail Collision At JX Tower
Two men died and five were injured when a Wells Fargo express on the Erie railroad collided with an east bound freight at JX tower near Hornell New York early Friday morning.
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Hornell
N. Y
Wells Fargo
Erie Railroad
Florida appoints Hall Milton to U S Senate seat
Governor Graward of Florida on Friday named Hall Milton of Marianna to fill the late Senator Bryan’s U S Senate term. Milton is a grandson of former Governor Jokn Milton of Florida.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Graward
Hall Milton
Marianna
Senator Bryan
United States Senate
Milton
Jokn
Broward
John Milton
Quake Leaves Mexico City Two Cities and Three Villages Destroyed
The Mexican republic was struck by a severe earthquake with Chilpancingo and Chilapa rendered ruined and the villages Conception Tetililla and Coatepec each housing about 1,000. Chilapa suffered heavy losses while Chilpancingo reported few deaths and aid arriving for Chilapa. Estimated dead range up to 500 with headlines downplaying the disaster.
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City
Mexico
Mexican Republic
Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Conception
Tetililla
Coatepec
Republic
Hotel Leland in Flames in Springfield Indiana
The Leland hotel, a landmark hosting political events for two decades, burned severely in Springfield. The Wigging estate faced about 75000 dollars in losses. Delegates at the nearby Republican state convention evacuated quickly but no injuries or further losses occurred. The blaze also threatened the Springfield Journal building across a narrow alley.
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Springfield
Leland Hotel
Noloes
Springfield Journal
Vaudeville Actor Kills Woman Then Himself in St Paul Hotel
In St Paul a vaudeville actor known as Willam W Train or shot and killed Mrs William Pryor an actress they were traveling with in their Clarendon hotel apartment early Sunday morning then died by suicide. Coroner Miller learned Train or lived in West Union Ohio and was about 30 with a brother in Reno Nevada.
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St. Paul, Minn
Willam W. Traifnor
William Pryor
Clarendon Hotel
Banker Robbed of $6000 Payroll in Lincoln
Frank Freezer, president of a Lincoln bank and owner of Lincoln Mining Co, was held up Wednesday at three pm by three highwaymen in Lincoln. Two men were caught, a third escaped with $6000, the monthly payroll, after a running clash with police and deputies.
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Peoria
Frank Freezer
Lincoln
Lincoln Mining Company
Double Crime by Rejected Lover in Wellaville
George Snowden of Steubenville Ohio fatally shot Mrs. Spires wife of Constable William Spires in Wellaville on Sunday and then killed himself. Snowden died almost instantly in the exchange of gunfire, ending a tragedy sparked by a failed elopement attempt.
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Wellaville
Korea to Help Stevens Family Donation Stated in Tokyo
The Korean cabinet agreed to donate 60 900 yen to the family of Durham W. Stevens who was assassinated in San Francisco. The decision was announced in Tokyo amid reports of international support for Stevens and his relatives.
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Korea
Stevens
Tokyo
Durham W. Stevens
Azsaneinatad
Ban
Franciaco
Aoalot
Mine Blast Kills Scores at Hanna Coal Mine No. 3
Two explosions at Union Pacific Coal Co mine No 3 in Hanna Wyoming Saturday killed between 55 and 70 miners and rescue workers. The first blast at 3:00 killed 18 including a superintendent and three bosses. the second at 10:30 p.m. buried 40 to 50 rescuers and State Mine Inspector D M Elias. Fire, gas and debris hindered efforts to reach victims as crowds gathered. many names remain unrecovered pending a house to house tally.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Hanna
D. M. Elias
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Briggs
Elias
James Case
Congressman Heflin shoots man on Pennsylvania avenue
In Washington Friday night congressman Thomas Heflin of Alabama shot Thomas Lumby and Thomas McCreary after an alleged on street dispute. Lumby was hit in the head and is in critical condition while McCreary was wounded in the leg in what authorities called an accidental shooting. Heflin was arrested and later released on bail.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Thomas Lumby
Thomas McCreary
New York
McCreary
Heflin
Father and Child Drowned in Meramec River Incident
A wagon carrying Henry Gilhouse, his wife, and two infant children attempted to ford the swollen Meramec river near Pacific Missouri on Sunday. The wagon overturned and Gilhouse and one infant child were drowned. the mother and other child survived.
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Pacific
Henry Gilhouse
Meramec River
Sunday
Gilhouse
Man fatally shoots stepfather then sets house ablaze
Somerset reports a troubled incident where Pat-Edward A. Warring shot and killed Den-Hla M. Welmer, age 60, his stepfather, on a Sunday. The killer then set a summer kitchen on fire, ending with his own surrender to authorities.
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Somerset
Pat
Edward A. Warring
den- Hla M. Welmer
Ios
Woman Credits Kidney Pills For Lasting Cure
Mrs. Marie Sipfle of Helena Montana reports three years of back pain weakness and kidney trouble eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She states four boxes provided a complete lasting cure. Sold by all dealers 59 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Marie Sipfle
Miller St
Helena
Mont
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffato, N
Conscience Slumbering for Twenty Years Recalled by Soap Theft
A Minnesotan storekeeper in St. Paul received a remarkable letter years after a minor theft. Twenty years ago Edward Hamilton ran a small shop with a glass display of large soap cakes. A stray cake vanished from the showcase and was not reported. The thief now returns two cakes as payment, explaining he saw Hamilton’s ad and wished to make amends.
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King Edward
Edward
Philadelphia Public Ledger
England
Minnesota
Edward Hamilton
St. Paul
Hamilton
Sunday Magazine
The Real Meaning and Cure of Neuralgia
Neuralgia means nerve pain and affects the nervous system with pain along principal nerves. Causes include impoverished blood and weak nerve force. relief comes quickly from St Jacobs Oil and long term results from nourishing food to strengthen muscles and nerves.
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ST. Jacobs
Works for Civic Pride in a Western City
A scheme to arouse civic pride by forming local clubs to clean and light restricted blocks spreads across the city. Merchants on each street side join to light a block, study costs, and assess value, building cooperation easier with fewer participants. The Baltimore News notes the plan’s reach and its appeal to focused communities.
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Baltimore News
Byrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Promoted as Wholesome Family Laxative
An advertisement extols a genuine Byrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical, well-regarded laxative. It claims world-wide approval from Well-Informed of the World and physicians, urging buyers to choose the authentic California Fig Syrup product for health benefits.
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California
Ee Go.y
Vale All
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Wyoming
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