Steamboat City of Golconda Disaster Near Paducah
A squall capsized the City of Golconda on the Missouri River route to Paducah. Sixteen passengers drown as the steamer turned over in ten feet of water six miles above Paducah Crowell's Landing. Captain Jesse Bauer and Pilot Peck escaped and aided survivors before reaching shore.
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Paducah
Golconda
Elizabethtown
Are
Crowell’s Landing
Jesse Bauer
Pilot Peck
Islander Sinks After Iceberg Collision Near Alaska
The Islander, a premier Alaskan route steamer of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. from Victoria B C, struck an iceberg off Douglas Island and sank with sixty five to eighty aboard. Survivors reached Victoria aboard the Queen and report boilers exploded as the ship went down. Captain Foote remained on the bridge and went down with the vessel.
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Canadian Pacific Navigation Company of
Victoria
Douglas Island
Queen
Foote
Hundreds Exiled by the Sultan in Palace Fire Fallout
Constantinople reports the Sultan exiled seven hundred officials and servants tied to the imperial palace amid the Yaldiz Kiosk fire. Abdul Hamid grows irritable, harsh toward Christians and foreigners, and restrictive on Turkish foreign female contact amid French tensions.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Explosion at Atlantic Oil Refining tank in Philadelphia
A vast crew battled a blaze at the Atlantic Oil Refining Company plant in Point Breeze Philadelphia when a benzine tank exploded. Several firemen died and many were badly burned as shrapnel and flames swept the scene. In Panama the Colombian Minister Dr Silva met Secretary Hay to report traffic remained unobstructed amid current disturbances.
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Atlantic Oil Refining Company
Point Beeze
Philadelphia
Dr. Silva
Hay
Colombia
Explosion at Ohio steel plant kills three workers
In Youngstown Ohio a ten ton explosion in the blast furnace department of the National Steel company fatally injures three workers and injures eleven others. The blast was caused by machinery failing to control a ladle of molten metal, spilling into a water vat.
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Ohio
National Steel Company
Youngstown
Wind Wrecke Circus Tents Blown Down at Port Arthur
A Pan American circus exhibit at Port Arthur was struck by a high wind. Tents collapsed and fell on spectators injuring several people. Crew and officials reported damage and began crowd safety checks. The incident prompted medical aid and temporary evacuation procedures.
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Winnipeg
Port Arthur
Sugar Prices Cut by Major Refiner Group
The American Sugar Refining Company and allied independents reduce all grades of refined sugar ten points to a base of $6.25 for standard granulated sugar.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Visit from Danish Royalty Sails for New York
The Danish Government decided to retain the visit of the United States training ship Hartford. The cruiser Valkyrien, commanded by Prince Valdemar, the king's youngest son, will sail for New York in January and then visit other American ports.
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United States
Hartford
Valkyrien
Prince Valdemar
New York
American
Ohio Man Dies After Streetcar Fall
C. E. Holzapfel of Greenville Ohio visited Richmond Indiana and was killed when he fell getting off a street car fracturing his skull.
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C. E. Holzapfel
Greenville
Ohio
Richmond
Ind
Mills Brace for 30000 Worker Strike in Fall River
News item reports an imminent strike by about 30,000 operators in Fall River mills. The piece also notes Helen Gould in a line fence dispute at Tarrytown with a wealthy New York broker, and mentions a tobacco trust mortgage filing of 1500000000 in New York with a war tax paid of 75008. It records destroyers Whipple Truxtep Worden launched in Baltimore and a late New York brawl injuring Congressman-elect Joseph A Conry and two other Bostonians.
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Fall River
Mass
Helen Gould
Tarrytown
New York
Tobacco Trust
Whipple
Truxtep
Worden
Baltimore
Joseph A. Conry
Long
State Department
Egypt
Rhea
St. Lawrence
New
Miles
America
London
Niagara Falls
Weather Bureau
Giermigny
Colon
Castro
Veneazuela
Bustou Lava Ward
Salipsey
Weekly
Mississippi
Missouri
Eugene Poley
Uties
N.Y
Carrie Nuties
Phousand Island
Nation Lytd
Foley
William J. Palmer
Rio Grande
Col
D.C. Dodge
George Cramer
C. T. Gaunt
Northern Pacific Telegraph Department
Tle
J. Davis
Christian Scientist
Spokane
Wash
Datghers
Confederacy
Springfield
Michael Gritti
Grittin
Wisconsin
Farmington
Minn
Salt Lick
Whitcomb
Leake
Joseph Hartzel
Buena Vista
Colo
Lawton
OF. T
Salt Lake
Utah
Bank Robbery Trial and Adirondack Stage Hold Up Report
The report notes a NY stock broker customer acquitted of larceny after withdrawing 5400 with a check. A highwayman robs a stage near the Adirondacks taking about 1000 cash and mail pouches from tourists. Edward B. Carroll bills the Comptroller 7.520 for printing testimony from the Roland B. Molineaus trial in the Natharime J. Adams case.
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New York
Adirondacks
Edward B. Carroll
New York Court of General Sessions
Caler
Roland B. Molineaus
Natharime J. Adams
Traces of oil near Lawton and notable 1900s items
Traces of oil found near Lawton Oklahoma Territory. A sale asks 140 per front foot in Lawton. Invader wins fourth race and Canada Cup series with the Cadillac. Fire and boiler explosion at Cleveland waterworks kills ten. Edwin Mausning, Iowa pioneer, dies in Neosauqua. Ambergris worth 40000 found at Point conception. Deadwood worker inherits 11000000 in Denmark.
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Cleveland
Edwin Mausning
Iowa
Neosauqua
Point Conception
Cal
Peter Nelson Caguy
Deadwood
Denmark
John Tubinus
Cincinnati
Saginaw
Mich
Wisconsin
Saple
Creek
Marcie
Tad
Hanston
Nan
van Cleave
Springfield
Tovader
San Francisco Demolishes Arch Rock in Massive Explosive
Report describes a 30 ton nitrogelatine blast under Arch Rock in San Francisco Bay. Spectators three miles away witnessed a monumental display as Arch Rock vanished below a giant green foam plume rising 100 feet, with rock fragments scattered and the bay waters settling afterward. The blast is hailed as the greatest in the country, surpassing the 1885 Hell Gate event in New York.
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San Francisco
New York
San Francisco Bay
Hell Gate
Arch Rock
Usts
Forger Terlinden Arrested in Milwaukee After Extradition
German fugitive Gerhardt Terlinden, accused of forging 1 500 000 marks in stock certificates and German government stamps, was captured in Milwaukee after months on the run. He headed a factory employing 3 000, and will be returned to Germany under extradition papers issued in Chicago.
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Caraif
Othy
Iowa
Charvey Scott
Maribait
Stu
Monson
Colorado
Koch
J. M. Smyser
Hitness Board of Dental Examiners
Allen Putseh
Drawieites
Zion
A. F. Courcay
Chicago
Louise
George Schiniilt
Arcadia
Wis
Chicago Health Department
Pir Ikoeh
Arch Rock
San Francisco Bay
George Jr. Phillips Company
Phillips
Tracy
Shaffer
Milwaukee
Joliet
Amalgamated Association
Toliet
Hawais Street Company
Gerhardt Terlinden
United States
Henry Vocke
Germany
Terlinden
Hoosier Happenings Inquiries into Local Misfortunes and Deaths
A miscellany of Indiana incidents reports include Maggie Warner severely injured in a Collett runaway. a 14 year old boy killed by a horse near Albany. William Beaver of Fortville dying after heat illness. Chas Allerie of South Bend missing after a lake swim. and multiple fatal accidents and emergencies across Scott, Madison, and neighboring counties.
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Maggie Warner
Collett
Henry Jones
Albany
William Beaver
Fortville
Chas. Allerie
South Bend
Hin
Scottsbury
Frank White
Muncie
Fami
James Patterson
Catford
Dasper County
Gifford
Kellams
Slile
Petersnie
Noblesville
Carnival
Aiden
TQ Council
Stimulating Root Growth By Heating Methods
Experience shows that bottom heat stimulates root growth and heat from above promotes top growth. Amiwas and sadishe grown in a hotbed performed well, while leuuce formed weak slender roots. Cold frame growth yielded poor root development for some crops, though lettuce on Moor of the greenhouse did well.
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Leuuce
The Silo Improves Cattle Feeding and Crop Storage
A historical note argues the silo cheapens cattle fodder by enabling ensilage. It enables late planting of corn and stores vast green fodder, especially when winters are severe or drought harms early crops, teaching economizing of cattle food.
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Atselt
Future of thee poultry business from Wright’s agri note
The article extols the poultry industry noting that setting hens and incubators produce billions of chicks and a large egg crop. It argues hens are the farmer’s money makers, with rising demand and profits, and gives advice on tomato planting practices from L. C. Wright, American Agriculturist, via Indomerican Agriculturist.
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Frome
L. C. Wright
Blood feeding boosts calf growth and weed control tips
The article reports that feeding calves dried blood at each meal improved growth, with a calf weighing 86 pounds at birth reaching 57 1/2 pounds at two years. It notes dosing guidance, remedies for scours, and a weed-cutting experience advising late-season cutting to prevent second growth, citing L. O. F. in The Epitomist.
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Kansas
Staten
Garden Bed Preparation for Planting Steps Described
The text details field preparation with furrows five feet apart and cross-marked, hoeing to remove sor, eight inch deep holes, and manure filled hills. Plants are moved from a cold frame to hills, with hoe guidance to position roots and cover. The method emphasizes soil depth, root placement, and irrigation prior to transplant.
Pasturing orchards with sheep and hogs risky for trees
The article warns that sheep and hogs should not pasture in orchards as they strip bark and fruit, rub trunks, and damage branches. It notes hogs rib trunks near troughs, sheep strip bark and fruit, and even horses and colts can pull fruit from low branches. Pasturing increases disease risk and lowers orchard value.
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Mn Odel
Snewko
Useful poultry care tips from a rural guide
Practical advice on chicken and duck care including feeding, cleanliness, housing, remedies, and vermin control. Emphasizes shade, fresh water, regular meals, sunflowers for molting hens, proper bedding, and early rising for hatchlings. Cautions against overfeeding purebred stock and unsafe force-feeding of sick birds.
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Poultry House
A Lotion For Tan And Sailor Suncare
A lotion made from rose-water borax and lemon juice helps sunburn and hardens skin for sea outings. The piece notes use for sun exposure and sea bathing. It also states it costs 25000 to scrape barnacles or repaint a man of war, with operations repeated ten times yearly on nearly every vessel.
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Tcn
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Sam E. Thurston
Sultan
Panama Isthmus
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Petit Bleu
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Western
C. T
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Lagden
Adolf Briko Nordenskiold
Stockholm
Chamberlain
Kitchener
Turkey
Russia
John Campbell
France
de Wet
Kovey Wessels
Frederick
Friedenskirche
Smithfield Market
William E. Curtis
Norway
Counry
Sweden
Walter Wellman
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North Sea
Walter S. Grant
Sixth Cavalry
Vaal
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Pll
Aguinaldo
Grant
Martin Cabrera
Cabrera
Batanga
Tatangas
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Aida
Great Lakes Yachting
Toronto
Cadillac
Hecht
Alf
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Trap
Puget Sound
H. E. Fricks
Alvin Seston
Glenmore
Hoosier
William Wiliams
Morgantown
Pwwooner
Bugis
Gaston
Frank Blakely
Thomas McCreery
Wesley McCreery
GW. Rowlet
Pitney
Nertion
Kokomo Canning Company
Oddfellow
Phoebe Jawkins
Wes. Young
Richard Purdue
Frankfort
Berton County
GG. W. Walters
Schuyler Foster
Harris Jeterson
Maunese
Ryan's Lake
Union City
Ada Rosenbusch
Pierce Bowen
James Tinks
Berne
Henry Luger
Adams County Constabulary
M. Petty
Scott County
Chester A. Asher
Allen County
J. FE. Martin
Bloomington
Martin
Edward Blakely
Scottsburg
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