Pittsburgh Train Crash Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
Pittsburgh Pa October 10 a horrific railroad accident of two Walls accommodation trains at Twenty-eighth Street killed twenty six people and badly wounded seventy The scene showed steam bursting from the boiler and mangled cars while rescuers rushed victims to West Pennsylvania Hospital Coroner juries were convened and officials promised investigation with demands for accountability by William Readle and Charles B Page
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Pitrsperon
Pittsburgh
Walls
Twenty-eighth Street
Bollinger
Crimson Ins
West Pennsylvania Hospital
Pitcairn
Charles B. Page
Weneayerantal Road
William Readle
Pennsylvania Bank
Pugh
Rescue and reunion amid a train wreck tale of a sister
Amid a fatal coach collision, attorney T. P. Anderson helped three women escape while his sister vanished. He was both scorched and frantic until dawn when she reappeared at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. A strong helper pulled her through the car roof and she recalls nothing else of the savior.
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Round House
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Elderly Woman Burned to Death While Making Apple Butter
Mrs Stemforth, an elderly resident, was burned to death after her clothing caught fire when she toppled a kettle of apple butter. Neighbors and helpers arrived too late to save her.
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Satine
Fatal Belt Accident at Plow Works in Lafayette
Charles Roller, worker at the plow works in Lafayette, was caught by a belt while attempting to adjust a wheel. He was whirled around the shafting a dozen times and his right arm torn from the socket in a ghastly injury. He is fatally injured.
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Lafayette, Inc
Charles Roller
Wheat and hog markets drift in quiet day of trading
In Indianapolis on October 13 wheat held at 98 97 cents for No 2 red while corn traded steady at 39 40 cents. Hog prices were steady around 4.70 to 4.90 per 100 pounds with receipts about 1 900. Cattle and sheep markets showed mixed activity with export cattle 5 25 5 95 and sheep 3 80 5 25 per 100 pounds.
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Inpranapolis
Usirep Sreck Yanos
Indianapolis
Cmcaco
the Drovers’ Journal
Burglar Caught After Break-In At Miss Howard’s Flat
Miss Josie Howard awoke to find a man rifling her bureau at 50 East Thirteenth street. She fired a warning shot and called police. Officer Hanley arrested John Murray, who entered via the bay window roof. A second item notes a Philadelphia husband jumping from a third story window to escape his wife, breaking his leg.
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Josie Howard
East Thirteenth Street
Hanley
Philadelphia
Crazed Clergyman Beaten After Funeral Disaster
A Rev James A Schultz of the Reformed Church is found unconscious after a street altercation. He had preached at a young woman's funeral, spoke wildly during the sermon, and later battered passersby before collapse. Police identify him and note prior insanity signs amid a chaotic home scene.
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James A. Schultz
Reformed Church
Lis En
Shultz
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Reading
Dr. Bausman
Schultz
Billy
Laurinburg
N.C
Alice Skirr
John Batterling
China
Drunken Man Falls From Bridge as Horse Plunges Into River
James Streden, a Bay View Rolling Mills employee, rode a drunken horse across a railroad bridge in Milwaukee. The horse slipped on the narrow ties and fell fifteen feet into the river, dragging Streden into the water. He emerged with scratches but no serious injuries while the buggy was wrecked between the ties.
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James Streden
Bay View
Streden
Weisner
Mr. Davidson
Rebecca Bates and sister Abbie in Colonial Harbor Heroism
Rebecca and Abbie Bates of Scituate harbor rose to fame in 1812 for sounding alarms and drumming to deter British vessels. The sisters, lifelong spinsters, helped defend the lighthouse area as Home Guards patrolled nearby. Their family shows notable longevity.
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Rebecca W. Bates
Scituate Harbor
Rebecca
Abigail
Scituate
Barbara Freiteke
Abbie Bates
Home Guards
Abbie
Jane Curtis
Hawthorn
WEI DE MEYER CATARRH CURE PROMISES VACCINATION-LIKE RESULT
An advertisement touts Wei De Meyer's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional antidote that cures catarrh by absorption. It claims to be the most important discovery since vaccination and asserts relief at any stage before consumption.
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Wei DE Meyer
Eye Tattoo Surgery Aimed at Restoring Vision
A Louisville child undergoes a two step eye repair at St. Joseph's Infirmary. First, ink tattooing of a corneal scar to reduce deformity. Second, iris tridectomy may be needed to improve light entry, tracing modern surgical advances and key contributors.
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St. Joseph's Infirmary
M. Weeker
Mr. Higgins
Guy’s Hospital
London
Couple Seeks Shirt Shop Then Marriage License in Lexington
A gawky man and a blushing girl asked a Lexington merchant where to buy a white shirt and where to obtain a marriage license. The license clerk was questioned about the best minister to marry them as the couple moved toward matrimony.
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Lexington
the Inquirer
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Louisville Courier Journal
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