Massacre at Iroquois Theater Leaves Hundreds Dead
Fire and crushing panic at the Iroquois Theater on Randolph Street in Chicago caused a numerous and chaotic disaster. Bishop Fallows aided victims as rescuers pulled the living from a waterlogged mass of bodies, with hundreds of children among the dead. crowd chaos and missing fire escapes compounded the tragedy.
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Corbett
Hades
Bishop
Samuel Fallows
Alexander H. Revell
Margaret
Mr. Revell
Iroquois Theater
State
Dearborn Streets
Randolph Street
Dearborn
State Streets
William Thompson
Musham
Wreck of Lake Shore Limited Near Ashtabula Leaves Three Dead
Ashtabula Ohio December 31 Three bound Lake Shore Limited wrecked two miles west of town at high speed during a heavy snowstorm. Dead include engineers Deville Spring Collinwood and George McIntosh Buffalo and fireman Joseph Springborn Buffalo. Numerous injuries across Chicago Cleveland and New York passengers with wide range of hurts. Cause an open switch two engines pulled the wrecked train and passengers were sent on eastward.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Lmited
Lake Shore Road
Deville Spring
Collinwood
George McIntosh
Buffalo
Joseph Springborn
Highey
Madam Velerie Bureau
Chicago
Marshall Field
G. W. Fowler
North Hayne Avenue
J. More
Pullman Porter
New York
G. W. Foevier
Train Electrician
County Assessor Reports Hidden Wealth Recovered
County Assessor William Eggemann lists $478,297 of sequestered funds as taxes due and has interviewed owners to collect payments. He also notes $35,000 more held collectively and plans additions to the county duplicate, boosting funds by over half a million and earning commendation from the public.
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William Eggemann
Eggemanr
Eddie Foy Recalls Panic at Iroquois Theatre Fire
Eddie Foy the principal comedian describes the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago. He details escaping through the rear, aiding women to safety, and the curtain failure that worsened the disaster. Fire, gas and a strong draft swept into the auditorium as panicked crowds fled toward exits.
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Chicago
Eidiie Fey
Sherman
Foy
Hanna’s Name Sparks Enthusiasm at Indiana Rally
Indianapolis crowd loudly backed Senator Hanna as the Republican candidate for president though he said he would not run. Beveridge urged Roosevelt’s renomination while other leaders praised harmony and urged carrying Indiana for 1904.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hanna
Ohio
Roosevelt
Watson
Hiram Brownlee
Grang County
Matster
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Indiana
White House
McKinley
Harmony
Anatogs
Fairbake
Hemenway
Weteon
Duebin
Goodrich
State Central Committee
Ibe
Senate
Cancer failure no returns no cathe claims
A cryptic note questions cancer therapy outcomes and asserts that some say there are no returns or cathe experiments. The text hints at doubt toward conventional treatments and references opposing claims about results and feasibility.
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Barrett
Re Facen
George H. Elliott
Ogden Gas Company
H Elliott
Eliott
Theatrical
Montgomery Ward & Co
State Street
Marshall Field & Co
Mandel Bros
Schlesinger & Mayer
Carson, Pierre, Scott & Co
Decatur
Crosby Frisian Fur Company
Mill Street
Rochester
N.Y
Limited
Eggemann
Eddie Foy
Mr. Bluebeard
Wm. C. Zellers
Soma
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