Terre Haute Fire Ruins Havens Geddes Show Windows
A massive December blaze in Terre Haute started in Havens Geddes window decorations, spreading to nearby firms and causing estimated losses near 1 million dollars. One clerk, Kate Maloney, was fatally injured and others hospitalized as fire crews battled the flames through the night.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Havens & Cleddes Company
Thurman & Schloss
Havens & Geddes
Kate, Maloney
Nation ‘Department
Luella Ferguson
Shay
United States Baking Company
Heroic Drummer Aids Two Women in Fire Rescue
A Chicago traveling salesman named Peters from Baldwin Music House rushed through flames to reach two girls on a second story ledge in Terre Haute. He pulled them from the window as the fire raged, saving their lives while onlookers cheered.
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Indianapolis
Peters
Chicago
Baldwin Music House
Maloney
Filmore Smith
Andrew Thomas
Lexington
Eight Hour Day Struggle Set by American Federation
The American Federation of Labor at its national convention decided to press an eight hour work day and inaugurate actions on May 1, 1900 with support from Granite Workers of America. The meeting rejected socialist delegates and approved a call for international trades union congress in Paris next year. The convention also thanked Governor Tanner for his Virden strike action and postponed Typographical referendum matters until January.
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Kansas City
Ameracan Federation of Labor
Yvear
James Duncan
Granite Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Trades Union Congress
Paris
Messrs. Thorne
Eskip
British Trades Congress
Tanner
Virden
Perry Heath
Fatal Texas gun fight near Clarendon leaves one dead
Dallas reporter describes a Panhandle shooting sixteen miles north of Clarendon where Jake Still and B B Ray exchanged fire. Ray surrendered after killing Still and was released on bond of three thousand dollars.
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Dallas
Tex
Jake
B. B. Ray
Panhandle Plains
Clarendon
Ray
Stil
Still
Mason Brothers Law Firm Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy
Chicago December 20 Henry B and Henry E Mason surviving members of Mason Bros filed for involuntary bankruptcy with liabilities exceeding 400000 assets placed at 700000 largely encumbered real estate Edward G Macon the late partner is named among the firm s associates Major unsecured claims include National City Bank Ottawa Ill 5000 and Joliet National Bank 4000
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Chicago
Henry B
Henry E. Mason
Mason Bros
Edward ‘G. Macon
National City Bank
Ottawa
Joliet National. Bank
Lieut Hobzon's Chicago Exploit and Kiss Carousel
Chicago scene recounts Lt. Richmond Hobson’s nine hour visit featuring a naval talk on the Great Lakes, a kiss spree with 168 Chicago women, and a quick departure to Manila, drawing mixed press tone. In Dallas Colonel I G Randle was shot dead near City Hall by H P Erwin who claimed justification.
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Hobzon
Chicago
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Merrimac
Great Lakes
Manila
Dallas
Tex
I. G. Randle
Texas
H. P. Erwin
Forney
Randle
Erwin
Stopped a Foot Short of Disaster at Crossing
In Warlville Illinois on Sunday night Burlington train No 65 was flagged and halted within a foot of a 1500 pound horse tangled in the crossing. Farmer Oscar Dooling and his sister freed one horse and moved the buggy from the south track as a fast freight approached. The sister ran a half mile for help and a lantern.
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Warlville
Ills
Burlington
Oscar Dooling
Contest Filed for Legislative Seat in Illinois
Benjamin M. Mitchell of the Nineteenth senatorial district filed a contest with the secretary of state over a house seat in the Forty‑First General Assembly. The case targets Democrat Daniel W. Harkin and Republicans Charles G. Johnson and John Meier over alleged irregularities in ballot counting.
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Springfield
Ills
Benjamin M. Mitchell
Secretary of State
House of Representatives
Forty-First General Assembly
Daniel W. Harkin
Charles G. Johnson
John Meier
Blanco Arrives in Spain on Villa Verde Mission
Marshal Ramon Blanco former captain general of Cuba and several generals and colonels arrived in Alicante aboard the Villa Verde. Blanco landed without incident and, avoiding a crowd, took the train to Madrid.
Barnum widow reportedly wed third husband in Paris
New York reports that Phineas T. Barnum’s widow has married for a third time. Her second husband Demetri Callias Bey is deceased. Cards sent to friends allege a Paris wedding to Baron Alexandre Orengiana on Dec. 8.
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New York
Phineas T. Barnum
Demetri Callias Bey
Alexandre Orengiana
Paris
Hyde Park post endorses McKinley Atlanta utterance
Hyde Park post Grand Army last night unanimously endorsed McKinley’s Atlanta utterance on Confederate dead and sent telegrams of resolution to the president at Augusta. This marks the first post in the United States to take such action.
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Dubuque, Ja
Hyde Park
Grand Army
McKinley
Atlanta
Augusta
United States
President McKinley wears Confederate badge in Macon visit
During his Macon stop on December 20 President McKinley allowed a Confederate veteran to pin a badge bearing his likeness and words on his coat. The act drew cheers from local veterans as the presidential party reviewed General Bates' division, and a veteran waved a Confederate flag while another son waved the U S flag nearby.
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Macon
McKnley
Wheeler
Jefferson Davis
Bibb County
Confederate Survivors ‘Association
C. M. Wiley
Willey
Roland B. Hail
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Dr. Hall
Judge Speer
Bates
Wilson
Georgia
Two Flags Side by Side as McKinley Tour Celebrates
Augusta Georgia December 20 a grand demonstration for President McKinley with the Confederate veterans flag display reviewing stands and speeches by Wheeler Shafter Wilson Lawton Bates and Black. The presidential train halted Milledgeville and Wilmington saw Kenney jury discharged after seventy hours without a verdict.
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McKinley
Emory. Speer
Gen. Wheeler
Augusta
Wheeler Station
Camp McKenzie
Miliia
Wilmington
Del
United States
Kenney
Bradford
Aguinaldo Arrives And Rally At Convent Window
Aguinaldo appears at the convent door in khaki uniform with councilors. The crowd cheers as a Tagalog speech lauds loyalty and the cause, ending with vivas for Aguinaldo and Mberty. A note from George Edmund Foss urges naval officers be engineers and knowledgeable in engines to command effectively.
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Aguinaldo
Vivas
Mberty
Oscar
King Davis
Harper's Weekly
George Edmund Foss
House Naval Communalttee
A Soldier's Story of Cure by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Amos H. Watken of Minneapolis reports fifteen years of chronic rheumatism ended by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He describes severest pain, failed remedies, and a dramatic recovery after taking the pills. The ad copies price: 50 cents a box, six for $2.50, via Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo.
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Amos H. Watken
Hennepin Avenue
Dodd
Ah Dodd
Queen and Crescent Route superb service noted
Observation cars on the Queen and Crescent trains from Cincinnati South praised for excellent service on the Superb through runs. The record highlights cafe and observation cars and signals strong passenger appeal on the route.
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Queen & Crescent
Cincinnati
Weowtl
Asheville
Qualy
Fashion Coat Features and Optional Fur Trim
The article describes a coat with mode style and concealed side pockets. It notes square pocket-laps and machine stitching with optional fur bands for decoration and extra warmth. Specially prepared for us by The Butterick Publishing Co Limited.
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Butterick Publishing Co
The Newspaper Trade and Its Daily Race
A reflection on the daily value of newspapers and reporters. The author contrasts the transient value of today’s issue with tomorrow’s, notes the energy of youth in journalism, and comments on the role of commentary and criticism as a profitable yet demanding craft.
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Lippincott’s
Lyddite reports from Omdurman highlight deadly shell effects
Artillery officers report lyddite shells failed to demolish Mahdi tombs yet killed many enemies by air concussion. Buildings often required gun cotton. The shell’s brutal lethality noted. in mountain warfare it could prove valuable. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure advertising and druggists.
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Omdurman
Dargai
London
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