Week of events ranges from near misses to new roles
Lord Minto and Lady Minto narrowly escaped bombs in Ahmedab ad India. Senator Aldrich urged that a central bank serve existing finance. Henry W. West resigns as District of Columbia commissioner to resume journalism. W Cameron Forbes becomes governor general of the Philippines with inauguration Nov 24. James J. Corbett, Boston heir to 250000, to receive funds on appearance in Boston. Charles P. Taft buys a Limoges enamel portrait of the duke of Nevers for 100060. Franklin Taylor filed municipal judge expense claim after losing race. Mrs. Sarah T. Rorer told New York Mothers' club that men should not raise their own sons. Gen Thomas H. Hubbard named president of the Lincoln University Endowment Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Mints
India
Minto
Ahmedabad
Aldrich
Des Moines
United States
Henry W. West
District of Columbia
West
Roosevelt
Washington
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
James J. Corbett
Pittsburg
Boston
Charles P. Taft
Limoges
Duke of
Mothers’ Club of
New York
Thomas H. Hubbard
Lincoln University Endowment Association
O. O. Howard
Cheeter S. Jordan
Somerville
Maas
Honora Jordan
John D. Carbaugh
B. J. Klein
Fort Smith (Ark
Reno
Nev
William C. Hook
Guthrie
Oklo
St. Louis
England
American Sociey of Equity
Indianapolis
Earl Bullock
State Bank
Eudora
Kaw
State Sunday School Association of
Michigan
Saginaw
Missouri
Moberly
Kansas-Missouri Hotel Men's Association
Kansas City
National Municipal League
The
American Civic Association
Cincinnati
Charles J. Bonaparte
J. Horace McFarland
Kingston
Jamaica
Arthur Alexander
William James
Cairo
Ill
Anna Pelley
Kankakee
Ransom R. Cable
Rock Island
Benjamin F. Cable
Chicago
Clara Brodenberger
Henry Brodenberger
Madison
Wis
James F. Bendernagel
Williamsburg
Taft
William Arnold Shanklin
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Lawrence
Kan
Endora
Fred Starr
Bullock
William McKay
Wilson Pringle
Isabella G. McCosh
James McCosh
Nashville
Savage
Minn
M. W. Savage
Directum
Samuel L. Clemens
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
Frank Pierce
Oklahoma Pipe Line Company
Prairie Oil and Gan Mae Ee
Standard Qil
Hie
List of disasters and legal actions across many regions
A massive mine fire in Cherry Nl trapped 384 miners and cost rescuers eleven lives. A Buenos Aires official and secretary were killed by a bomb. Ship collisions near Singapore caused dozens of drownings or shark attacks. A Paris jury acquitted Mme Steinhell in a murder trial. Tornadoes struck Shook Missouri and L. A. area. Cairo Ill mob violence led to executions and martial law. Other items include legal cases in Reno and Guthrie, inspections of unions, and political addresses by Taft amid varied national incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Coal Company
Cherry
Singaphore
Baron
Baroness Beniczky
Mme. Steinhell
Mme. Japy
Paris
Shook
Missouri Pacific Railway
Wichita
Kan
Cairo
Will James
Mias
Anna Pelley
Henry Salzner
James
Arthur Alexander
Salzner
Alexander
Deneen
G. W. Dwinnelle
Government
Public Lands
San Francisco
Alameda County
United States
Canada
St. Louis
Wabash Failroad
Montreal
Taft
Deadly Mine Disaster Claims 00 in Cave-In Blaze
A mine disaster trapped workers as flames and toxic gases surged. Rescuers battled darkness and pressure, returning repeatedly to the scene to pull survivors from the collapsing shaft and ventilate the depths.
Worst Disaster in History at St Paul Mine in Cherry
A mine fire at the St Paul mine in Cherry Illinois trapped 300 to 310 men, with 11 rescuers killed in heroic attempts to reach entombed workers. The mine was still burning and caving in as officials and rescuers faced blast, smoke, and dwindling air, while townsfolk organized relief and state investigators prepared to probe negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
Ill
St. Paul
Illinois
Miners’ Union
James Taylor
Third
Richard Newsam
State Mining Board
Mr. Taylor
R. Y. Williams
United States Rescue Station
Urbana
James Hand
Henry Smith
Fanny Buck
J. P. Buck
John Cowley
Joshua Howe
Doctora
Spring Valley
Ladd
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
New Mining Commission
State Mine ,Examiners
State Board of Labor
Deneen
Leonard M. Eckert
Buck
Rainer
Public lands upkeep costs eyed by government
Secretary Wilson says 400000 dollars will be needed to properly administer 25000000 acres of crest danes aid added to the national bulk of these lands in Alaska. About 194,600,000 acres are in national forests and require funds. the current year appropriation for this purpose stands at 4624000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Old Resident of New York Dead
New York reports the death of a longtime resident Mrs Kate sewn senior aged unknown with the notice indicating a local obituary. Further details are not readable in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kate Sewn Senior
No Hope for Miners in Illinois Shaft Fire
A massive mine fire at the St Paul Co. in Cherry Illinois threatens the 300+ entombed workers. Rescue attempts fail as flames and collapsed timbers block access, officials fear no one will be recovered alive. Coffins ordered as nurses monitor the scene and crowds fade with hope waning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earling
McFadden
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A Vienna West Virginia reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief after years of pain and doctor visits. The ad claims the product cures female ailments and offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vienna
W. Va
Lydia
Feam
Lydia E
Bae
L. Mass
Pease
Floods Hit Kansas Towns After Heavy Rain
Four feet of water flooded the depot at Frankfort and waters ran through streets in Viles and Vermillion as heavy rains continued in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Frankfort
Vilets
Vermillion
Market Reports from Cincinnati Trade Day
Cincinnati market notes show cattle extra 6.60 to 6.65, calves extra 8.75 to 9, hogs choice 8.4 to 8.5, sheep extra 4.36 to 4.50, lambs extra 6.90 to 7. Butter dairy 28 to 30 cents per pound, eggs 26 cents per dozen, apples 3.75, potatoes 18 cents per bushel. Wheat No 2 red 1.24 to 1.26, corn No 2 9 cents, oats No 2 42 cents, rye No 2 78 to 79 cents, hay choice timothy 15.76 to 16.25. Flour spring patent 5.60 to 5.90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Strange Company and a Toy Shovel Tale
A humorous piece contrasts animal antics with a human mishap as a boy’s mother sends him to play with a toy shovel. The baby is hurt by a fly. the boy claims he killed it, causing a mix of pride and distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Mamma
Junction
CAREFUL DOCTOR Prescribed Change of Food Instead of Drugs
A patient with severe gastritis describes recovery after a doctor recommended Grape-Nuts instead of medicines. The diet was slowly increased until digestion improved, color returned, memory sharpened, limbs strengthened, and weight reached 158 pounds after a year. The account endorses The Road to Wellville pamphlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
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Ferdinand News
General News
Cherry Mine
Market Reports
Franklin H. Hough
Wask
Strange Company
Springfield
Moses
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