Atlantic City Bridge Disaster Kills Sixty and Injures Many
A three-car electric train plunged from a drawbridge near Atlantic City on a Sunday, killing sixty and injuring about forty. Passengers, including Fosca's artillery band members, were trapped as two cars sank in twenty feet of water. Conductor John L. Curtis and others were rescued or accounted for, with frantic efforts by bystanders and rescuers amid rising tides and broken electrical power.
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Atlantic City
Camden
Walter P. Scott
John L. Curtis
Ralph Wood
Fosca
Newfield Junction
Westville
David S. Fuley
Enley
Helen Albert
Ealey
Guach
Curtis
McDonald
Philadelphia
Sr. DeFord
Electric Express
Desperate Poker Style Tactics in State Capitols Fight
Reports from Emery Democratic circles claim a dramatic endgame with arrests planned to buoy charges over capitol contract expenditures. They cite Wanamaker Gordon Van Valkenburg tactics used in prior battles to sway voters. Governor Pennypacker’s stance is cited as a reason to pursue investigations, while cutthroat GOP strategists push sensational moves to influence the electorate.
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Emery Democratic
Wanamaker-Gordon-Van Valkenburg
Pennypacker
Berry
Pennsylvania
Lothe
Hdwin
Stuart
State Capitol
Gordon-Van Valkenburg
Chicago Grain Market Sees Gains on Russian Wheat Prospects
Unfavorable seeds outlook in Southern Russia questions the wheat crop and strengthens Chicago futures with December wheat up. Corn and oats show modest gains while Pittsburgh market quotes vary for corn, hay, eggs, dairy, cheese, and cattle prices. A stray notice offers a reward for a bay mule with a scar and swelling, plus an ad for a 185 acre farm near Indiana, Pennsylvania.
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Chicago
Russia
Poets Corner and the Ghost of a Lost Love
A Baltimore Sun fragment from the New York Times presents a sentimental meditation on memory, fatherhood, and longing. The piece contrasts tender scenes of a man with a baby and the ache of a lost beloved, ending with a vow to preserve the quiet, dusty room as a shrine to what once was.
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Beatill
Baltimore Sun
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