Nine Face Death as Ice Floe Breaks on Green Bay
A Menominee Michigan dispatch reports nine fishermen missing after an ice floe broke from the Menominee river and drifted toward Green Bay in thirty mph winds and zero temperatures. Four men were rescued. many nets shanties and gear valued in the thousands were lost.
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Lake Michigan
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Green Island
Menekaunee
Neils Mattson
Otto Christianson
Ed Hoffman
Lars Larson
Matt Halgren
Seth Jenson
John Johnson
Thomas Knutson
Tom Lund
Menominee River
Death's Door
Chambers Island
Door ‘Bluff
Boston admits standard barrel favored by merchants
In Boston the National League of Commission Merchants adopts a resolution approving a standard barrel favored by the National Shippers Association. The telegrams also report various incidents across the country including a Berlin Roentgen test on George Helmrrich von Vollmar, a Chicago bread weight fine, and obituaries from Indiana Illinois and Iowa.
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Boston
National Shippers’ Association
George Helmrrich von Vollmar
Social Democrats
Berlin
Joseph Venne
Chicago
Dover
Jonas Hackensmith
Punch Hvans
Patrick J. Howard
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Minnesota
William P. St. John
Democratic National Committee
New York City
North Carolina
Palmer
Ind
Homer Smith
Stockton
Ills
Rijah Herring
Kokomo
Robert Seator
Rockford, Ills
Chrisman, Ills
Thomas Miller
David J. Hennessey
Dubuque, Ia
St. Paul
Archbishop Hennessey
Fire destroys Buckner Orphans Home wing near Dallas
A late night fire at Buckner's Orphans Home five miles from Dallas killed five boys including Carlos Jones and Milton Britton and seriously burned several others. The matron Mrs Britton failed to save her own children and the building and its furniture burned down with losses not yet known.
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Buckner
Carlos Jones
Birdie Britton
Milton Britton
Martin Britton
Tragedy at Philadelphia Crossing Claims Two Men
Benjamin Gandy 55 and Seabright Berry 45 of Gloucester New Jersey were killed instantly when they stepped onto south bound tracks after alighting from an express train at the Sixteenth and Cambria Street crossing. The accident occurred as both men tried to cross the rails and were struck by the Philadelphia and Reading express. In Georgia Bryan responds to critics asserting his aim is influencing ideas over flashy rhetoric, defending his Atlanta lecture as sound under the circumstances.
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Benjamin Gandy
Seabright Berry
Gloucester
N. J
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Cambria Street
Augusta
Bryan
Atlanta
Populist Caucus Nominates Thompson for Senate
The Populist senatorial caucus in Raleigh nominates Dr. Cyrus B. Thompson after adjourning at 10 o clock. Supporters claim the ticket will unite Democrats Populists and some Republicans against Pritchard. In Sacramento Governor Budd proclaims a holiday celebrating defeat of the funding bill in the House.
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N. C
Cyrus B. Thompson
Butler
Pritchard
California
Sacramento
Cal
Budd
House of Representatives
Poland China Hog Sale Sets U.S. Record at State Fair
Springfield Illinois residents saw the largest hog sale in U S history on the Illinois state fair grounds under Councils Poland China Hog Sale. Fifty four head fetched an average of 251 50 with a sow bred in 1895 selling for 760.
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Springfield
Ills
United States
Council
Williiamsville
Ulis
Weather Indications For Twenty-Four Hours From 8 P.M.
The report covers Indiana Illinois and other regions with cloudy to clearing trends. Lower Michigan shows light local snows and warming, Upper Michigan sees local snows then clearing and colder tonight. Wisconsin expects fair weather with northern snow followed by stronger westerly winds. Iowa remains cloudy then fair with southerly winds.
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Illinois
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Report from New York and Chicago on Jan 16
The session shows easy money on call at 1 4 percent and firm sterling. Bond and stock markets remain strong with U S government bonds higher. Chicago grain shows mixed gains in Wheat Corn and Oats while live stock at Union Stockyards reports varied cattle hogs and sheep prices with limits on receipts.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
Chicago Grain and Produce
ChicaGo
Board of Trade
Burbanks
Hebron
Union
Texas
Longevity Tales and Arctic Birds Highlight Oddities
A London Standard compilation recounts longevity habits from around the world, noting ages from 102 to 127 with varied diets and routines. It also covers Dr. Nansen's Arctic Ross gull sighting near Franz Josef Land and a humorous Eskimo bride reacting to her mate's absence.
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Dr. Nansen
Arctic Sea
North Pole
Franz- Josef Land
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