Fire at Fort Leavenworth Prison Burns Across Cells
A midnight blaze at Fort Leavenworth Kansas partially destroys the military prison. About 890 inmates are evacuated to stockades under guard with none of them escaping. several injuries occur among guards and inmates as fire damage tops 200000 dollars. Prison records are removed while soldiers cordon the site and transport wounded to the fort hospital.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Ederal Adidieré Wnid
Rho
Blaekemith Establishment
Fort Leavensworth Hospital
Baby's Body in Basket Leads to Cleveland Death Mystery
Walter Johnson Jr carried a baby girl body in a market basket for hours in Cleveland thinking it held groceries. He bought groceries at several markets and delayed home meeting friends. The body likely died from exposure and was found when his father opened the basket. Police suspect the body was placed in a basket at a market.
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Cheveland
Hin Wome
Walter Johnson, Jr
Cleveland
Johnson
Pert
Mine Agreement Threatens Wage Cuts in Anthracite Coal
President Starr Wania and officials from Neading Railway and Pennsylvania Coal Co signed a three year pact in Shamokin Virginia that could reset conditions to pre sliding scale terms. If unions in three anthracite districts refuse, coal firms will push to abolish the sliding scale and slash wages by two percent.
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Starr Wania
Prem Je
Ciost
Baer
Neading
Morris Williams
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Shamokin
United Mine Workers
Fort
Gon
New Cuban Envoy Arrives in Washington to Oversee Leosatian
Senor Velas Reaches Washington to assume Cuban ministry post and oversee Leosatian relations. Senor Caries Garcia Velns takes on duties while his wife and children pause in Florida for several weeks.
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Senor Veles
Washington
Uharre
Leosatian
Senor
Caries Garcia Velns
Achid Waa Bcanis
Travana
Lega
Florida
Meloy Quceties
Papa Ater
Murder of Chicago Ethnologist Dr William Jones in Philippines
Philippine troops investigate the centering on the murder of Dr William Jones of Chicago Field Museum ethnology work. He was killed by head hunters in Luzon Isabella Province while studying tribal customs, with Philippine constabulary sent to recover the body and reveal the crime details.
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Wiliam Jones
Philippines
William Jones
Chicago
Field Museum
Teland
Luzon
P. 1
Philippine Constabulary
Che Bpot
Dunebrio
Cagaya River
Isabella
Joyce
Lason
Tie
Hem
Fauta
Man from Meliee's Rocks Claims Charlie Ross Kidnapping Link
William Grant Eyester of Pittshore, once a Shamokin coal miner, now a brakeman on the Mittsburg line, believes he may be the long missing Charlie Ross. He says his early life hints match the case, but lacks proof and will not pursue families to avoid notoriety.
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Neatieman
Femons
William Grant Eyester
Meliee’s Rocks
Pittshore
Shamokin
Mittsburg Nauw
Lake Erie
Charlie Rags
Germantown
Charlie Ross
Charlie
Ress
Elia
London conference yields Tendon declaration on wartime free and contraband goods
The State Department released the Tendon declaration from ten major maritime powers defining which articles are free from seizure during war and which are contraband. It limits blockades to enemy coasts, allows neutral ships to be spared but diverted to proper ports, and outlines handling of armed forces personnel and neutral vessels.
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State Department
London
Snemyr
Slidell
Enewene Agel
Polien Bifermtion
Parta Conference of
PIANIST PADEREWSKI'S CAREER ENDS OVER CRAMP
Ignace Jan Paderewski, famed pianist, may never return to America as piano player’s cramp threatens his career. He acknowledged the illness may force him to devote the remainder of his life to position, admitting he now has pains in his left hand.
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Paderewaki
Ignace Jan .Paderewaki
Apala
America
Lila Wits
Iia
Anary
Priest, Catholic Editor Files Bankruptcy Petition
Rev William McMahon pastor of St Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Cleveland and editor of the Catholic Universe filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S Court He lists assets of $1 594 141 64 and secured claims around $971 707 41 His name appears on papers of Fidelity Funding Company of Newark now in receivers hands indicating liability for many issued notes.
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Binhilletet
Mev. Wi
Bmetintvest
William Me.Inhon
SE Uridget
Réman Catholic Church
Cleveland
The
Catholic Universe
United States
Arséta
Father McMaton
Fidelity Funding Company of
Newark
P. J. Kieran
Stout
Admiral Converse Dead at 75 After Globe-Spanning Fleet
Admiral George A Converse died at his Washington home aged 75 from uraemic poisoning. Though retired years ago he remained active as president of the navy's board of construction and chief of navigation. His death ends a career that saw the sixteen ship battleship fleet complete a globe circling voyage. His widow, a former Miss Blood of New York, and two unmarried daughters Maud and Olga, survived him, with two more daughters Mrs Colt of Thistsl Ir and Mrs Jackson of Baltimore also listed. He was born in Norwich Virginia.
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Dome Fear
George A. Converse
Washington
Althoush
Board of Construction of the Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Elis
Blood
New York
Maud
Olga
Colt
Thistsl, Ir
Jackson
Baltimore
Admiral Converse
Norwich
Notable Chicago tenor and opera director dies at home
Prominent Chilengre exiled tenor and longtime head of the Chicago Musical College School of Opera, William Castle, known for tenor interpretations, led the Castle & Campbell Opera Company, a pioneering group in Polish opera in America.
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Bendis Willian Castle
Chicago Musical College School of Opera
Opera
Chicago
Casele & Campbell Opera Company
America
Wealthy farmer's wife found dead after car crash
Theodore Maynard of Wasson, a wealthy farmer, drove with his wife to Trillingham Washington. He says she suddenly swayed in her seat and died as he tried to help her, holding her to him until they arrived.
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Wasson
Theodore Maynard
Trillingham
Wash
Explosion on Norfolk and Western kills workers near Chil Heathe Ohio
A premature dynamite blast on the Norfolk and Western Railway five miles south of Chil Heathe Ohio killed eight fed bra Bias and injured nine other men. The victims were part of the connection crew and derailment or track maintenance team.
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Norfolk and Western
Chil Heathe
Ohio
New Birth and Resurrection Echoes in Harper's Bazaar
A fragmentary verse passage from Harper's Bazar envisions rapt echoes rising and bells tolling as a call to rebirth on earth. The lines meditate on life after death, renascence, and universal harmony with religious overtones.
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Earth
Hella
Harper's Bazar
A Plea for Bunny in Easter Childs Lore
A playful railing on Santa and the Easter bunny amid fears of a general vote to shun Santa Claus. The piece critiques bans on holiday symbols and defends the bunny’s role in childhood imagination with whimsy and caution about overzealous modern attitudes.
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Santa Claua
Moderatara
Santa Claus
Weuleyfial
Santa Cians
Living Christ and Easter Vision of Rebirth
The text reflects on Easter as the living Christ and the promise of immortality. It urges believers to die to selfishness and strife to rise in devotion, peace, and eternal life, claiming Christ is risen in the heart and alive forevermore.
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Elis
Christ
Willow and catkins mark the farming season in Lent
In England farmers judge the year by willow branches with catkins placed in broom by the fifth Sunday in Lent. The saying warns a poor season if the catkins fail to appear, reflecting Lincolnshire folklore about harvest prospects.
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Paina
England
Lincolnshire
Good Friday Sewing Keeps Hope for Shropshire Women
In Shropshire England women spend Good Friday sewing every spare minute, believing work done on that day will never come undone. The practice reflects local faith and communal devotion during Easter season.
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Shropshire
England
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