Menominee passengers recount Atlantic hurricane ordeal
Passengers from the Menominee describe drifting five days after a giant sixty foot wave crippled the ship near the Atlantic. A crew crew saved by temporary steering gear, the ship limped to Falmouth and then Liverpool. Notables include Joshua Levering of Baltimore and Dr. W J Arnold arriving for lectures in Philadelphia.
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London
Lucas
Falmouth
Liverpool
New York
Joshua Levering
Baltimore
McKinley
Bryan
W. J. Arnold
Cambridge University
Henry Phipps College
Jan. Roth
Philadelphia
Striking Miners Evicted in Meyersdale Pennsylvania
The Somerset Coal company evicted the families of four striking Slavish miners at Pine Hill Meyersdale field. Sheriff Coleman was present as tenants accepted the action without resistance. The company also took a carload of men from the Elk area.
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Meyersdale, Pa
Somerset Coal Company
Pine Hill
Meyersdale Field
Sheriff Coleman
Elk
Mines Reopening Across Somerset Cambria Region After Strike
Night operations resume at Lick and Summit, Pine Hill, Wilson Creek, Listie, Landstreet and McDonaldton and Niverton. Meyersdale Coal, Wells Creek, and Meagher mines in Salisbury area run on old 65 cent scale. No Somerset Cambria B&O line mines idle. river mines largely unorganized. Meyersdale Hardly Able also active under reduced pay.
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Meagher
Galloway & Clayton
Baltimore
Salisbury
Meyersdale
Noted Theosophist Dead in San Francisco Noon
Dr Jerome Anderson a prominent theosophist died in San Francisco at 56 He hailed from Indiana and led the San Francisco branch of the Theosophical Society as well as serving as president of the Federation of Branches of Theosophical Societies of the Pacific coast His best known books include Reincarnation and Karma or the Law of Cause and Effect.
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San Francisco
Jerome Anderson
Indiana
The
Theosophical Society
Federation
Theosophical Societies of
Pacific Coast
Will Give New York a Park
Announcement by James Gordon Bennett plans a large public park between Lafayette Boulevard and Broadway north of 182nd street. Lands owned by Bennett will be dedicated to the project. A monument to James Gordon Bennett, the elder, will stand on the highest point within the park.
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New York
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
Lafayette
Broadway
Four Unknown Victims In B&O Wreck Remain Unidentified
In Connellsville PA four victims of the Dawson wreck remain unidentified. Twelve bodies are in the city's three morgues with little or no means for identification. The unknown dead will be kept at the morgues as long as possible before burial.
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Connellsville
Duquesne Limited
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dawson
Paper Box Factory Burns Near Newark
The Specialty Paper Box company plant in Newark New Jersey was destroyed by fire in the early hours. Loss is estimated at 30000 dollars with firefighters preventing spread to adjacent property. the blaze started in the basement from an unknown cause.
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Newark
N. J
Specialty Paper Box Company
Bids Sought for Philippine Friars Land Loan
Announcement: bids for the seven million two hundred thousand dollar Philippine friars land loan will be received until 3 p m January 11 1904. Allotments are set for February 7 1904.
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Washington
Fort Wayne Ends Christmas With 4 Below Zero Cold Snap
Fort Wayne faced a two inch snowfall and a deep cold wave with the thermometer dropping to 4 degrees below zero after 6 am Saturday. Roads and interurban service slowed as wind and snow from the northwest persisted, with temperatures lingering near zero until after 11 am. The City’s temperature record shows a plunge from 6 pm Friday to a low near 4 below, followed by gradual warming later Saturday.
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Fort Wayne
Holiday Break for the Jackies in Puerto Rico
Washington reports orders to disperse U S warships off Culebra during Christmas holidays. Squadrons will be stationed at nearby Porto Rican coast ports while officers and men enjoy a week of rest. Vessels regroup off Culebra in early January for winter maneuvers.
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Washington
United States
Culebra
Two Die in Rear End Collision on Cincinnati Southern Line
In Kentucky's Williamstown a wrecking train backing up from Mason collided with a freight train. The relief car and two cabooses burned. fire killed two workmen and six others injured as passengers slept in the relief car. The Cincinnati death toll arose from the later wrecking train incident near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Williamstown
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Mason
Trustees assign Albert Lea college for creditors
Trustees of Albert Lea college file an assignment for the benefit of creditors. LIabilities run from 9,000 to 10,000 dollars, while assets are about five times that amount, including school buildings and residences. C. H. Freeman is assigned. The collapse stems partly from friction with Macalister college, a Presbyterian state school.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Albert Lea College
C. H. Freeman
Macalister College
Presbyterian
Chicago Woman Ends Life With Daughter In Gas Fatality
The Chicago Chronicle reports Mrs. Sadie Seabold and her 5 year old daughter Esther died in their kitchen from gas as the mother, frightened by illness, is believed to have taken her own life and killed the child. Bernard Seabold, a compounder at Sitting Brook Distilling, was notified.
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Bernard Seabold
Chicago
Sadie Seabold
Esther
School Street
Seabold
Katherine Obervillig
North Hoyne Avenue
Obervillig
John Heat
Sitting Brook Distilling ‘Company
Tragedy as dredge General Poe sinks in Boston harbor
Three men died when the dredge General Poe sank in the channel between Deer Island and Nix's Mate in Boston harbor. Twelve others were rescued.
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Boston
General Poe
Deer Island
Nix
Boston Harbor
Eagles Banquet Promises Special Menu at Elektron Hall
Invitations for the New Year banquet at Elektron Hall promise a promise of an event with a notable bill of fare. Details are sparse but indicate a special dining lineup at the Eagles gathering.
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Eagles
Elektron Hall
Oniiton
Widow’s plea ties to daughter fate in final wish
A fragment notes a widow saying that if she dies her little daughter should go with her, reflecting a desperate maternal demand amid uncertain guardianship and perilous times. The line hints at a custody struggle or protective motive behind the statement.
Woman seeks office in Warren county race
Marshfield Ind Dec 26 Miss Grace Lentmann Williamsport may enter the republican nomination for recorder of Warren county following Nora Holthouse Richmond who is already a candidate. Lentmann is mentioned prominently as supporters rally ahead of the county convention where many candidates are in the field and early tickets are favored to heal old scores before the election.
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Marshfield
Ind
Nora Holthouse
Richmond
Wayne County
Grace Sentmann
Williamsport
Warren County
Lentmann
Carriage Manufacturer Dies Sudden at Christmas Gathering
Henry Brock of Muncie, a carriage maker, collapsed and died at the feet of his host in Hartford City after arriving with his wife and daughter for Christmas. The immediate cause was neuralgia of the heart. He was 50, and the body was sent home to Muncie that evening after a 12:10 arrival and awaiting dinner.
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Hartford City
Ind
Henry Brock
Muncie
P. A. Leonard
Brock
Brocks
Leonard
Death Sentence in Dusan Melick Murder Trial
Pittsburg December 26 jurors convicted Dusan Melick of first degree murder for shooting Policeman Kelley. Melick claimed self defense and lamented the Christmas gift of a life sentence. Kelley died days after the shooting, while Melick was with his sweetheart when the incident occurred.
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Pittsburg
Dusan Melick
Melick
Kelley
Bryan Fails To See Kaiser In Berlin Visit
William J. Bryan was hosted at a luncheon by Ambassador Tower and met Foreign Secretary Richthofen. Emperor William regrets missing Bryan due to Christmas duties. About one hundred Americans and Germans were introduced at a reception by the American Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Bristol. Bryan then traveled by night train to Amsterdam and will sail from Liverpool to New York aboard the Celtic on Wednesday.
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Berlin
William J. Bryan
Ambassador Tower
Richthofen
Emperor William
Mr. Bryan
Pryan
American Chamber of Commerce
Bristol
Bryan
Amsterdam
New York
Liverpool
White Star Line
Celtic
Mob Attacks Hungarian Settlement Over Missing Girls
Indianapolis report details a dawn mob raid in the Haughville Hungarian community after two girls attended a church event. Homes were battered and occupants beaten as residents hunted for the children, who were later found safe with relatives. police escorted villagers back as arrests were not made.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Haughville
Rosalind
Mary Land
Stanislaus Goecki
George Murach
Paris Striking Bakers Sack Coop Bakery Riot
Fifty bakers struck in Paris sacked a cooperative bakery during the night. There were several minor demonstrations. The war ministry ordered military bread-makers to be ready to replace strikers if public bread supply shortens.
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Paris
Ministry For War
Pursued by Dinamiters of the New Haven Railroad
Fragmentary OCR note references a page from the Northern Pacific era about pursuit by the New Haven Railroad company and a historical rail line context.
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New York, New Haven
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Host
Kaiser
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