Dallas Buckner orphan home fire claims fifteen young lives
A devastating blaze at the Buckner orphan home in Dallas on Friday night killed fifteen children and left nine others seriously burned or crushed. The dead, ranging in age from 5 to 18, include Oscar Jackson and a group of Brittons, Yarboroughs and others from various Texas counties. Injured survivors, some fatally burned, were listed with cuts, burns and jumps from windows.
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Buckner Orphan Home
Oscar Jackson
Birdie Britton
Marion Britton
Milton Britton
Dallas County
Carlos Jones
Hunt County
Willie Richards
Collins County
Grover Cleveland Yarborough
Smith County
Preston Crieles
Fannian County
William Miller
Lamar
Eugene Black
Callahan County
Virgil Nelson
Marion County
Richard Marsh
Denton County
Arthur Edwards
Wise ‘County
Oscar Howard
Cherokee County
Say King
Indian Territory
Thomas O'Bannon
Dan Grace
Earle Doodle
Charles Boyd Friend
Richard Zurmwaldt
Sadie Britton
Walter Brookington Yarborough
Bennie Ware
Jim Scott
Samuel Henderson
Tragic Dormitory Fire Injures Dozens of Sleeping Boys
A devastating blaze swept through a dormitory housing 110 boys aged 6 to 14, trapping many on the second floor west wing. Fire and smoke drove children to windows or into neighbors' homes as panic and confusion spread across nearby fields and lanes.
Gas suffocation kills three in Roxbury tenement
Boston reports three children and a father dead after a gas leak in a Roxbury tenement. Mary Reynolds age 7 Margaret Reynolds age 4 Annie Conneally age 18 and John Reynolds are victims. cause listed as careless use of gas fixture.
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Roxbury
Mary N. Reynolds
Margaret H. Reynolds
Annie Conneally
John Reynolds
Conneally
Reynolds
Texarkana
Ark
Texas and Pacific
Forrest
Here
el Paso
M. I. Clemmons
William Moore
Boone Brook
N. J
Royal Blue
Jackson
Reevey
Charles Clapp
Charles Clapp and Bagaggemaster Mahlon Dyvekery
Asher Snook
George Coleman
Eliot Praises Cleveland at Ohio Society Banquet
At the Delmonico Ohio Society banquet in New York Harvard professor Charles A. Eliot lauds President Cleveland’s administration while criticizing political obstruction of international agreements. Senator Hawley objects, but Eliot presses on condemning jingoism and self-glory as unpatriotic.
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New York
Ohio Society
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Charles A. Elliot
Harvard
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Eliot
Washington
Bilot
Miners' Convention Adjourns in Columbus
The United Mine Workers national convention adjourned sine die in Columbus Ohio after a clash over wage contract rules with operators. Delegates elected M D Ratchford as president and named an executive board with members from Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and Illinois. Delegates to the next federation of Labor convention and a future Columbus venue were announced.
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J. W. Kennedy
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Ohio
Patrick Dolan
Pennsylvania
Fred Dilcher
Henry Stephenson
West Virginia
James Carson
Will Abolish the Scalpers Bill to Regulate Ticket Sales
Washington reports Rep Sherman of New York introduced an amendment to the interstate commerce act to regulate railroad ticket sales. Carriers must provide certificates of authority to agents, with penalties for unauthorised sale or transfer and for counterfeiting. unused ticket parts must be redeemed by issuing companies.
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Washington
Sherman
New York
Chewing Curiosities and the Gum Craze Across Arts
A survey of chewing habits for health and habit forming. It notes varied items from tobacco and tea to rice and cinnamon bark. Chewing gum dominates the scene with a global spread, economic scope, adulteration risks, and a public health perspective.
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Ita Taw
New Brunswick
America
United States
New York
Boston Herald
Wine tablets claim to create refined claret substitute
A Bordeaux writer reports an engineer devised concentrated vinic tablets. Two tablets costing 3 francs 60 centimes yield 110 liters of a wine-like liquor with aroma and flavor close to natural wine. Boil in water and dilute to taste. the invention is patented and has two first class gold medals awarded.
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Bordeaux
Detroit Free Press
Safe Beeping In Storm Prompts Umbrella Retrieval
Editor notes an approaching storm while packing to leave. He tells Jimmy the office boy to reopen the safe and fetch his umbrella as rain looms.
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Jimmy
Electric Harpoon Aims to Erase Whale Hunting
Halifax captain Charles W. Hershell proposes a 10000 volt electric harpoon system to kill whales instantly. A dynamo drives a wire 10000 feet from the ship, delivering shocks through a rubbered wood harpoon to slaughter multiple whales in a day, sparing hunters the dangers of traditional harpooning.
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Halifax
N. 8
Charles W. Hershell
Hershell
Capt. Hershell
N. Y
CIPHER DISPATCHES AND ANCIENT SECRET WRITING
A survey of historical ciphers from early systems to hidden messages in ordinary letters. It discusses the sky tale grille method, Ogham and Greek devices, the shaving method noted by Herodotus, Russian captivity tricks, and Poe’s simple substitution cipher principles.
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Herodotus
Pall Mall Gazette
Siberia
Cipher curiosity and Poe on unbreakable codes
The piece notes a Golden Beetle cipher explained by Capt Kidd and a claimed Poe challenge to create an unbreakable cipher. It discusses letter patterns such as oe and remarks that mathematical complexity can push systems too far, with none immune to analysis, per the Pall Mall Gazette and London News.
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Poe
Pall Mall Gazette
London News
Wedded Gift Debate in Punkinville Paper
A reader asks for frugal wedding gift ideas published by a local editor. The piece contrasts a long list of suggested gifts with none under a dollar. A separate note discusses Belgium’s lack of the death penalty and a harsh dungeon punishment, its effects on prisoners, and mortality.
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Belgium
Dr Tallerdays Female Tonic Promoted by Blaine Physician
Dr C M Wright of Blaine Indiana touts Tallerdays Female Tonic as a cure for persistent cases. She claims the tonic often cures when other remedies fail, with two to three bottles easing pain restoring appetite and strength, sold by Emmert and Burrell.
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C. M. Wright
Blaine
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