Davidson Theater Fire Claims Dozens of Firefighter Fatalities
Milwaukee witnessed a devastating blaze at the Davidson Theater with the roof collapsing and ten firemen killed or mortally injured. The fire threatened the Lilliputians scenery as crews battled amid storm and falling debris, while hotel guests evacuated unharmed.
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Archie
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Farrell
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Janssen
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Fred
Morgan
Thomas
M’gurk
Frank
Ries
Allif
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Emer
Ital
Winney
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Curran
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Linehan
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Scchunck
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Davidson Hotel
John A. Davidson
Chicago
Davidson Theater
Hamma Judh Opera
Sherman Brown
Alexander Davidson
Broadside roundup of 1905 events and notable incidents
The report lists multiple items including re election of Southern Pacific officers the signing of the Beh ring Sea bill end of New York building trades strike rising vaccination rates in St Paul crop conditions in Ohio four drownings in Columbus Georgia and a new Alaska commissioner appointment for Ounaluska plus a New York death by suicide a ruling on a Minneapolis savings company and a letter from William Wilson about his father’s health 1905 era news brief style.
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New York Building Trades
St. Paul
Ohio
Columbus
Lycurgus
Woodward
California
District of Alaska
Ounaluska
Kalil
Sirraheem
Ferria
Big Wheel
New York
Ouney
Thomas
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Savings Company
Minneapolis
William H. WiLson
Wilson
Ways and Means Committee
Talbot
Washington
The Preserve Closet and a Bicycle Bequest
A Philadelphia Times excerpt extols a well organized fruit and preserves closet with labeled compartments and proper shelving for jars. It also relays a Danish lawyer Nikolson's will gifting funds to buy bicycles for schoolchildren, though its validity is debated by his sons.
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Philadelphia Times
Christiania
Itaef
Nikolson
Indian Music Traits and Vocal Practice Described
Century notes Indian songs lack standard pitch and uniform keys with unison singing among many, baritone and mezzo soprano being common. Voices are reedy and steady, often strained by open-air singing with percussion, and expression is limited by dynamics. Men pride themselves on accuracy, memorizing hundreds of songs across tribes.
Gopher Bounty and Florida Ship Canal Proposals
Iowa town offers exposed bounty for gophers at twelve and a half cents per tail. Florida route plans a ship canal from the Gulf near Cedar Keys to Orange Lake and down the Orange River to the St Johns River, twenty miles above Palatka. A man hides from himself. a woman never speaks.
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Iowa
Florida
Florida Peninsula
Gulf End
Cedar Keys
Orange Lake
Orange River
St. John’s River
Palatka
A Hydrostatic Mystery on the River
A humorous exchange on the Charles River during a balmy summer night as a New York belle notes the river is higher than the previous evening. A Harvard student contends there are more people aboard, joking that the boat’s load lifts the river level.
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New York
Harvard
Gotham
Evolution of Laxatives: Syrup of Figs Offered
An old advertisement notes the shift from herbs pills and draughts to the liquid laxative Syrup of Figs. It promotes California Fig Syrup Co as the manufacturer and urges purchase through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Saratoga Banter on Speed and Society Girls
A brief exchange at Saratoga-Paresis quips about horse speed versus society girls. The speaker jokes that if horses moved as fast as fashionable girls, the world records would be broken within a week.
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Saratoga
Eminent Physicians Endorse Golden Medical Discovery
An 19th century missive praises Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for consumption and other illnesses. The author claims doctors and loved ones benefited, citing personal recovery and urging readers to try the product. Names and places appear but the text is fragmented and promotional in tone.
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Pastolan
Man
Lafayette Co
Bieter
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