Fatal Gas Explosion at Marianna Mines Kills Several
A mine disaster at the Marianna coal mines of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal company leaves many feared dead. Initial counts suggest 140 fatalities with possible totals reaching 200. Officials cite a cage accident during descent, with Thomas Thompson and two miners among the victims. inquiries seek the blast’s cause, including possible ignition of gas or a firedamp. The site, 2,000 feet from the shaft mouth, shows extensive damage and bodies recovered from the area.
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Picts‘alo Coal Company
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Henry Thompson
Thompson
Bo Grant
Tan Mila Creek
Fulton
Hulton Farm
Pittsburg-Buffalo Company
Pittsurg-Buffalo Coal
Leech Retirement Tied to Presidential Opposition
The notice states Leech’s retirement results from the president's opposition to his policies. Leech’s health broke down recently, and he returned to his home in Illinois to rest. The president may include in his annual message a recommendation to restructure the printing office into the department of commerce and labor.
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Leech
Éongreby
Department of Commerce and Labor
Highest rate in world marriage and divorce data
Washington reports a census bureau compendium on U S marriage and divorce from 1887 to 1906. It notes 12 832 044 marriages, a 1900 rate of 92 per 10 000 and 321 per 10 000 among adult unmarried. It cites 259 813 marriages in 1892 and 942 626 divorces over the period with 829 716 divorces for the earlier twenty years.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of the Census
Laporte man found guilty of arson in Gunness case
Ray Tamphere of Laporte Indiana was found guilty of arson for burning the Gunness house on April 28, killing Mrs. Bella Gunness and her three children. A jury returned the verdict after about a day and a half deliberation, and Judge Richter sentenced him to Michigan City state penitentiary for a term of two to twenty one years.
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Ray Tamphere
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Gunness
Richter
Michigan
Lynchings in Tiptonville area of three Black men
In Union City Tennessee on November 25 a mob lynched three Black men accused of murdering Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Burruss and fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff John Hall. The suspects identified were Edward Stineback Marshall Stineback and Jim Stineback.
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Union City
Tenn
Tiptonville
Realfoot Lake
Richard’ Burruss
John Hall
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Ares
Marshall
Stineback
Edward
Stine
Hack
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Counted Names Crowded in Sagans Gen The
A fragmentary item mentions counts and names such as Gastellane and Butta in a crowded scene titled Sagans Gen The with unclear context and details.
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Hicks Almanac 1905 Promotes Hicks Forecasters
The Roy R Hicks Almanac for 1905 advertises a new edition with colored covers and a portraits of Prof Hicks. It claims the book offers weather prognostications, revised features, and affordability by mail or on newsstands. Agents are sought for wider distribution.
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Hicks
Word and Works
Beat
America
Word and Works Pub
Lovust St
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