Wreck on Suburban Road Kills Motorman in East Liverpool
A Riverview suburban car leaped a trash incline near Gaston Bend and crashed into a Walnut Street house. Motorman James Christie died, conductor James Morgan was fatally injured, and passengers Mrs M R McKinnon Mrs Harry Smith and Mrs Charles McKee suffered severe bruises. The wreck partially demolished the house.
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Riverview
East Liverpool
Ohio
Gaston Bend
Walnut Street
James Christie
James Morgan
M. R. McKinnon
Harry Smith
Charles McKee
Bryan to Launch The Commoner Newspaper in Lincoln
William J. Bryan, former Democratic presidential candidate, announces plans to enter journalism. He aims to establish a newspaper titled The Commoner, devoted to public questions, with the first issue scheduled for January and published in Lincoln, Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
German Warship Gneisenau Founders Off Malinga
Dispatches report the German training frigate Gneisenau foundered off Malinga sixty five miles northeast of Gibraltar. Over one hundred cadets are believed to have drowned while many cling to rigging and signal for help as only masts remain visible from shore.
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Madrid
Gneisenau
Malinga
Gibraltar
De Wet Leads Breakthrough At Tha Banchu After Two Repulses
De Wet commanded his Boer force in a bold third assault near Tha banchu driving through British lines with a small group, followed by the commando. He left behind a fifteen pounder, fifteen wagons, and ammunition in British hands.
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de Wet
Thabanchu
Major Cleveland Hoist Plant Destroyed In Fire
Fire destroyed most of the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Company plant in Cleveland Ohio. Five of seven buildings were consumed with property losses over 500000 dollars. Eleven hundred workers were left unemployed by the blaze.
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Big Iron Works
Brown Hoisting and Conveying Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Mobs Attack Operators in Willows Springs and Lamont
Chicago reports say mobs assaulted operators who filled strikers' posts at Willow Springs Illinois and Lamont Illinois and cut telephone wires while the operator defended the line with a shotgun. The railroad seeks protection from authorities. Two Negroes Lynched at Rockport. Jim Henderson and Bud Rowlands were hanged in the Rockport Indiana jail yard after robbing and murdering Hollie Simons the white barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Santa Fe
Willow Springs
Ill
Lamont
Rockport
Jim Henderson
Bud Rowlands
Hollie Simons
Ind
Trains Collide Near Edgeworth Wreck Injures Ten
The day express No. 8 from Chicago on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway crashed with the Leetedale Ac commodation east bound near Edgeworth Penn. Both trains were wrecked and ten passengers and trainmen were injured.
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Chicago
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Edgeworth
Penn
Miners Strike at Kingston Coal Mine Sparks Wage Demands
About 1400 miners at Kingston coal mine in Wilkes Barre Pa strike demanding the foreman’s discharge and their own check weighman. The action risks spreading to other coal towns as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Kingston
Volunteers to Come Home in New Year Flight
Manila reports begin the homeward movement of volunteers with the 37th volunteer regiment set to embark on New Year’s Day. The 11th Cavalry is slated to follow in the sequence of demobilization and return.
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Manila
Eleventh Cavalry
Porter Journalist Porter Dies at Pomfret Home
John Addison Porter, journalist and former private secretary to President McKinley, died at his Pomfret Kentucky home. The report notes Kentucky sails to Manila aboard the battleship Kentucky under Captain Chester. Vandals wrecked the organ at Madison Indiana First Presbyterian Church.
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Porter
John Addison Porter
President McKinley
Pomfret
Cons
Kentucky
Manila
United States
Chester
Smyrna
First Presbyterian
Madison
Ind
Indiana auditor chosen for Philippine Islands post
A. L. Lawshe of Indiana, deputy auditor for the Post Office Department, was appointed auditor for the Philippine Islands after a examination and report on Cuban postal finances following Neely's alleged defalcation. In Elwood Indiana a two year old girl died after falling into a large can of soap, the child being cooked in the liquid before help arrived.
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Philippines
A. L. Lawshe
Indiana
Postofice Department
Philippine Islands
Lawshe
Neely
Danghter
Peter Eder
Elwood
Ind
Three Boys Accused of Mistreated Alfred Kern in San Jose
Alfred Kern ten years old was allegedly beaten by three boys on his way home in San Jose California. The incident involved facial injuries from being barred with matches and blood, with bystander reports of cruelty. The article also mentions a stampede near Fourth of Taly Creek in Washington and a gold strike with estimated value of ten dollars per cubic yard.
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Alfred Kern
San Jose
Cal
Taly Creek
Kettie River
Washington
A Christmas Tale in Fragmented Echoes and Hope
The text blends a nostalgic scene of family and hardship with a moment of warmth as a winter cabin fills with pine scent and a childlike wish list. A farmer family gains a sense of legacy and new beginnings as a wagon scene shifts to a hopeful future for a baby and siblings.
A Christmas Legacy in a Narrow Mississippi Town
Jeremiah Benson staggers under the burden of a dead woman’s baby found by his sister Miss Minervy. The couple’s cold reputation poisons neighborly feeling as they confront guilt, charity, and a surprising act of imminent family duty.
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Legacy
Minervy
Bensons
Jeremiah Benson
Miss Minervy
Jeremiah
Murray
Springfield
Tim Murray
Groc’ries
Keer
Minervy Plans for Jeremiah and Baby
In a faded domestic scene Miss Minervy urges Jeremiah to invest in their baby’s future. She insists on schooling and better prospects, dreaming of a well-trained class and a worthy future husband for the child, as Jeremiah halfheartedly agrees.
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Jeremiah
Miss Minnervy
Minervy
Miss Minervy
Mies Minervy
Holt
Mias Minervy
Scott
Brutus
Chinese New Year Festivities Across the Orient
The article describes the movable Chinese New Year festival from Jan 21 to Feb 19, noting thorough cleaning, preparation, and decorations. It highlights debt settlements before the new year, market bargains, and family gifts, plus festive items such as narcissus flowers, trinkets, and a short verse listing gifts.
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Pekin
New York
Befle M. Fn
Woman's Home Companion
Orient
Smigh
Chineman
His Bouch of Picasu and Cryptic Note
A fragmented OCR item presents a cryptic phrase about paything and mileage with unclear names. The readable content hints at a historical note or ad segment but provides no verifiable facts, dates, or entities.
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Picasu
Christ
Gileage
Christmas in Sweden With Bird Feasts and Mistletoe
A narrator recalls Swedish Yuletide customs described by Thomas in Sweden and the Swedes. In winter near Gothenburg, farmers place grain sheaves in dooryards to feed wild birds, ensuring a merry Christmas for those without indoors. The piece also references mistletoe verses and traditional carol imagery.
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Sweden
United States
Thomas
Gothenburg
Gret
Congress Debates War Tax Bill and State Affairs
The House advances the war tax reduction bill with amendments to beer and express tax rules. A special five member inquiry on West Point cadet Oscar Boos is approved. Hawaii’s R W Wilcox sworn in. Debate covers marriage and divorce law reform and federal prohibition aims. Senate reviews Montana contest credentials as industrial commission previews monopolies and labor topics.
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Eidecs
Comptroller of the Treasury
House
Payne
New York
Me. Swanson
Virginia
Oscar L. Boos
Bristol
West Point
War Department
Marsh
Wanger
Smith
Iowa
Driggs
Clayton
N. Y
Washington
Messrs. Grosvenor
Ohio
Bartholdt
Hill
Conn
Boutel
McClellan
Newlands
Nev
Underwood
Ala
Bartholdi
Nevada
Barthold
Missouri
Barthuld
Ways and Means Committee
Henry C. Smith
Michigan
Barney
Wis
Hawaii
R. W. Wilcox
Committee On
Towne Sworn In As U S Senator Amid Senate Sessions
Senate swears Charles A Towne of Minnesota as United States Senator to succeed Cushman K Davis. Debates span Hay Pauncefote treaty ship subsidy opposition by Mr Clay of Georgia and other routine business including homestead service deductions and executive sessions. The week features Hanna speech on subsidy bill and Davis Nicaragua amendment vote.
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Charles A. Towne
Minniesota
Peps Nst Party
United States
Cushman K. Davis
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Committee On Commerce
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Ledge
Washington
Hanna
Thoreday
Ohio
Fairbanks
Indiana
Committee On Public Buildings
Ed Ande
District of Columbia
Money
Allison
Davis
Committee On Appropriations
House
Congress
Frye
Spooner
Wisconsin
Jones
Arkansas
Nelson
Rep
Minn
Davia
Saloon Closures Hit Boston Pubs at 1 P.M.
Oddities and events across the country include Boston saloon closures at 1 P.M. and the New York Yacht Club Turtle sailing from St. Louis to New York via the Mississippi and gulf. Rear Admiral Rogers heads Asiatic squadron, 702 horses sold in New York at auction, Gov. Brady of Alaska seeks Sitka insane asylum funding, and a Philadelphia man commits suicide after inventing puzzles.
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Odée
Ence
Boston
Yacht Turtle
New York Yacht Club
St. Louie
New York
Mississippi River
Gulf
Brady
Alaska
Sitka
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Yeu Sng
Bryan
Et A
Ned
Ted
Fred
Helen Standish Perkins
St. Nicholas
Julia Truitt
Seremian
Meath
Wei Bnew
Work OF Congress
Taylor
W. A. Clark
Martin Maginnis
Montana
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Industrial Commission
United States Supreme Court
St. Louis
Cullom
John M. Palmer
John L. MacClernand
Col
John F. Weston
Ien
Miles
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Rogers
Remry
Kemp
Harry Mahood
Philadelphia
Jordan
Europe
Williams and
Alexander
Tarko
Power House
The
Electric Railroad
Los Angeles
Robert Walsh
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