Plague Spreads Across Russian Capital Alarms Nations
Cholera widens its reach in St. Petersburg with hundreds of new cases and dozens of deaths in a single day. Authorities close liquor sales, convert schools to hospitals, and mobilize relief efforts as fear spreads to Moscow Odessa and other regions.
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Seminoffsky
Rostov-on-the-Don
Germany
Austria
Sweden
Russia
France
Aldermanic Council
Dracheffsky
Department of War
Moscow
Helsingfors
Viborg
Trangsund
Odessa
Campaign in Fort Wayne District Sees Absences
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Rev Ne Shirey superintendent of the Fort Wayne district involved in an anti priest issue. The text is garbled but indicates a campaign related to having a baby and a month absent. Further specifics are unclear in the readable portion.
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Shirey
L » Shirey
Fort Wavine
Indiana
Tia Hela
Young farmer mauled by hog attacks near Maples
William Kueckelhahn, 21, of Root township Adams county, was attacked by a vicious boar while feeding hogs on a Saturday evening. The hog inflicted six deep wounds with teeth tearing flesh from bone, requiring fifty stitches. He survived but faces a uncertain recovery. His family tragedy included his parents killed by a train six months earlier near Maples.
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William Kueckelhahn
Kueckelhahn
Kneckelhahn
Kueckelbahn
Root Township
Adams County
Maples
Waterworks engineers discharged and suspended for sleeping on duty
The board of public works dismissed engineer William Brosius and suspended William Loughlin for thirty days due to substandard service at pumping stations. No replacements yet as workers double up. Brosius is related to a board member. both men were cited for sleeping on duty as the board aims to improve service.
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Board of Public Works
William Brosius
William Loughlin
Brosius
Jesse Brosius
Laughlin
Girl Assaulted In Field Near Home
Vernie Bisson a 14 year old girl, daughter of Martin H. Bisson of 629 Glasgow avenue, was attacked while cutting corn in a field near Summit City Soap works Sunday afternoon. An assailant about 20 seized her from behind and muffled her. she freed herself three times before screams deterred him. Police rounded up several tramps but she could not identify anyone. The incident left her prostrated.
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Martin H. Bisson
Glasgow Avenue
Ankenbruck
Lapp
Summit City Soap Works
Grocery Wagon and Car Collide on Calhoun Street
A delivery wagon from White Fruit House driven by Ben Toby collided with street car No 119 on Calhoun Street near Wayne and Washington. Sugar, grapes, potatoes, melons and other goods spilled across the road. Both operators avoided serious injury as the wagon dragged along the tracks before stopping.
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White Fruit House
Ben Toby
Lakeside
Pontiac
Calhoun Street
Wayne
Washington Street
Toby
Pennsylvania Faces Severe Drought Across State
Philadelphia reports the state east of the Alleghenies suffers through one of the worst droughts in years. Some regions have had no rain for over two months as rivers run low, forests burn, and crops risk destruction. Water scarce in Shenandoah prompts water deliveries. coal mines halt due to power shortages. Susquehanna at Duncannon reaches a hundred year low, ten inches below the 1874 mark. Schuylkill at record lows as canal boats become stranded. Fires threaten Tobyhanna and Pocono areas, with 40 000 acres already burned and high smoke plumes along Trout Creek.
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains
Shenandoah
Duncannon
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Schuylkill
Tobyhanna
Pocono Mountains
Cresco
Moscow
Gouldsboro
Forest Fires Threaten New York State in November
A weathered clipping warns New York state faces forest fires this November. The note cites historical fire threats and references past major blazes, underscoring risk to forests and rural areas amid dry conditions.
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New York
Oaks Fort Wayne Relatives Crowded The Rest Explains
Officer Truax was sent to the J. W. Oaks home on Whitelock street after Mrs Oaks claimed her husband abducted their two children to his mother’s house. The case ended without action as the officer found the children happy with their grandmother and stated he had no jurisdiction.
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Truax
J. W. Oaks
Whitelock Street
Oaks
Wahls
Court Orders Arm Amputation of 14YearOld Boy
A court ordered the amputation of a 14 year old boy named Joseph Bolanda at the county hospital. The procedure followed a legal order after medical review, with details provided in the damaged text.
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Chicago
Joseph
Bolanda
Clever servant girl robs mistress in West Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on September 19 a cunning domestic helper, posing as Mary Kelly, stole about $5,000 in jewelry from John E. Marsden's West Philadelphia home. The maid left with an apron loaded with valuables while the mistress watched her depart to post a letter. The jewelry theft occurred under the mistress's eyes as she stood on the porch. No clue to the thief's whereabouts has been found.
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Philadelphia
John E. Marsden
Nurse blamed for deaths at San Diego hospital
San Diego California September 19 The carelessness of Mary Arthur a nineteen year old nurse at the county hospital has cost the lives of four patients and left four others seriously ill after drinking from a pitcher containing atropine. It is believed the patients will recover. The dead are J Young Charles Kemp Henry C Schuett and August Elxler Arthur confessed later that she left atropine in the pitcher which was refilled by another person. she administered water to several patients and others helped themselves. Authorities are studying whether she will be held legally responsible.
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San Diego
Cal
Mary Arthur
J. Young
Charles Kemp
Henry C. Schuett
August Elxler
Arthur
Misa Arthur
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