Bride Proves Heroine On a Sinking Ship
Special to The Lux Seattle Jan. 14. Mrs Kruger wife of Capt Kruger stayed aboard the wrecked vessel as it battered shoreward. 33 men urged her to leave but she refused until the captain finally abandoned ship. Lifeboat returned for her and the captain, who credited her devotion as the ship sank amid a fierce storm.
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Seattle
Wash
Ardigan
Kruger
Ruger
Mre. Kruger
Norway
Capt
Ma‘an
Davy Jones
Great Railroad President Speech Urges Reform and Economy
F D Underwood, president of the Erie Railroad System, laments varied rates and financial strain from treasury concerns. He calls for genuine reforms, tolerance among 80 million Americans, and personal economy. He urges better farmers, workers, and artisans, warning against superficial reform and urging diligence in all duties.
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F. D. Underwood
Erie Railroad System
Police Captain Engages in Vaudeville Contingency
A vaudeville Marineer questions an engagement with a police captain who previously served five years in St. Petersburg. The fragment suggests auditions and past experience but lacks full context.
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Pfo
St. Peterseburg
Sailors receive calendars from Mrs Hassell Sage
Mrs Hassell Sage presents calendars to a group of sailors. The calendars allow them to take a day off at their discretion, a small gesture with practical value for crew time management.
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Hassell Sage
Pure Health System Needs Clean Inside And Outside
The author argues for perfect health by keeping the human system pure both inside and outside. Cascarets are promoted as a world famous bowel cleaner to maintain cleanliness inside the body and prevent irregular, spasmodic or stalled bodily functions. The piece likens the body to delicate machinery requiring clean parts, proper fuel, lubrication, and proper use without undue strain.
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Tory
Prince Rupert chosen as Pacific terminus for Grand Trunk line
New City of Prince Rupert emerging on Karen Island as Grand Trunk Pacific lays out a harbor city with mountain and island scenery. Plans call for topographic surveys and engineers to decide street lines and drainage. The site promises vast trade, coal deposits nearby, rich halibut banks, and a mild climate conducive to open work year round.
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Victoria
B. C
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company
Karen Island
Prince Rupert
Charles II
England
Hudson Bay Company
Pacific
Vancouver
Digby Island
Metlakatla
Duncan
Mount Hays
Ity
Seattle
Prince Uport
Hkest
America
North America
Queen Charlotte Islands
New England Fish Company of
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
New Tongland
New York Sun
How the Jap Gets Here By Fred J Hewiit
San Francisco January 15. A outspoken critique of Japanese emigration to the United States details the underhand contracts used by four large Japanese emigration firms. It describes coercive bonds, three year terms, boarding-house control, and the debt bondage that keeps emigrants under company influence after landing. The piece contrasts Japanese and Chinese behavior and exposes the scheme’s mechanics and abuses.
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San Francisco
United States
Japan
Kosi Iman Kawaisha
Nihon Gashi Iman Tewa'sha
Heraosaima Iman Kawaisha
Kobe Iman Kawaisha
Hawaiian Islands
North America
Pacific
Padrone
California
Judge frees 33 streetcar riders amid SF vacancy crisis
Special to The Sun from San Francisco reports Judge Edward Shortall dismissed all 33 violators of the city ordinance banning riding on car steps. He warned he would keep dismissing cases until United Rails supplied more cars. City service remains severely deficient with overcrowded cars and poor mobility since April disaster.
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San Francisco
Edward Shortall
United Railways
Ttep
Railway
Dinan
Shortall
Partisan editors meet in Indianapolis for annual session
The Indiana Republican Editorial association plans its thirtieth annual session at the Claypool hotel on January 17 and 18. Speakers include Richard Henry Little Duncan M. Smith and Win Hubbard. The banquet hosts and Friday visit to English's opera house follow.
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Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Claypool
Richard Henry Little
Duncan M. Smith
The
Chicago News
Win Hubbard
Indianapolis
Opera House
Con. Lew Wallace
Chinese find cure for opium eating
A Chinese discovered plant said to curb opium use is spreading across the orient. Reports to the commerce department say the herb, prepared by sun drying and roasting leaves into tea, has cured thousands, with Lampur field applicants totalling 2,900 daily and over 14,000 people reportedly permanently freed from the habit.
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Washington
China
Department of Commerce and Labor
Jeenang
Orient
Far East
Penang
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Juanipur
Lampur
Chicago New York Electric Air Line stock advance notice
January 12 price rises to 32 and January 19 to 35 per share. Investment invite from Gabel & Clinton Indiana fiscal agents offering monthly payments with 10 percent down and 10 percent each month. Envelope with name and address requested for information and potential financial independence.
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Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Oldest Man in America Isaac Brock Credits Peruna Health
A Texas nonagenarian claims eight decades of life and extreme longevity aided by Peruna. The 110-year-old witness to many presidents, battles, and climate changes recounts his health, grip prevention, and a 1908 letter from his wife praising the remedy. The piece cites his home at Valley Mills and Bosque Falls, near Waco, with a local photo.
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Peruna
Mr. Brock
United States
Chinese New Year Preparations Across America
The article notes Chinese New Year in America on Feb Vi with greetings and feasting spanning two weeks. It describes customs such as debt settlement, abstinence on the holiday, greetings, paper prayers, and festive foods in cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago.
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America
New York
Frisco
Chicago
No Women Commissioners at Jamestown Exposition
A note asserts there will be no women commissioners at the Jamestown exposition and suggests Gans Nelson fight pictures may be featured instead.
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Gans~Nelson
Fatal tragedy at christening by accidental gun discharge
Chicago police officer William Dwyer fired the revolver that killed Mrs Hannah Healy 23 during a christening celebration at the Healy home. The shot struck her temple as guests panicked, the infant in her arms narrowly escaped, and Mrs Healy died at Mercy Hospital.
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Chicago
Hannah Healy
William Dwyer
Healy
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic
Reyvolyr
Elespad
Mercy Hospital
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Lux
Krucer
Cap. Kruger
Great Railroad President
Erie Railway System
Secretary of the Treasury
NEW City OF the Pacific
Fred J. Hewiit
Street Railway Company
Surge Edii
Partisan Editors
T. R.”’ Brand
Gabel
Clinton
Indiana
Indianapiols, Ind
Isaac Brock
McLennan
Valley
Mills, Texas
Isaac
Waco
General Andrew Jackson
Sarah J. Brock
Mr. Isaac Brock
Cassie Chadwick
Hittee Pipe
Ann Mlore
Chlop Svey Slappers
Scclorch
Shirtee
ACCI
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Beecham’s
Beecham
Bozes
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