Roosevelt Passes Through Pittsburg On Way To Canton
President Roosevelt traveled by private car en route to Canton for McKinley birthday exercises. A small crowd greeted him in Altoona and Derry as he chatted with locals at the Union Station platform and exchanged waves and handshakes before continuing the night run westward.
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Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Oon
Canton
Union Station
Washington
Harrisburg
Altoona
Derry
Germany Accepts Bowen Proposal In Venezuelan Crisis
Britain Germany and Italy sent representatives to consult with Mr Bowen on his proposal. They indicated willingness to consider the plan in general though exact timing for lifting a concerted blockade remains unsettled. Count Quadt missed the Tuesday meeting. Ambassador Herbert represented Germany and Britain.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Bowen
Venezuela
Michael Herbert
Signor
Mayer Des Planches
Bowan
Count Quadt
Deesday Morning
Rowan
Herbert
Patch Quilt Man in Scranton Knife Attack
In Scranton Pennsylvania on January 2 William Bursch, famed for countless stitches, survived a stabbing after competing with William Barretta for a young woman. Doctors say he will recover after dozens of wounds were repaired, including a 1 inch slash, a shoulder gash and arm injuries.
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Scranton
Wm. Bursch
Peck
Bursch
Barretta
Iinchew Jong
Losing Flesh and Weight Loss Remedy Ad
A Batavia reader describes rapid weight loss and lung illness then reports regaining 15 pounds after three bottles of Scott's Emulsion. The ad urges a doctor consultation and offers free samples via Downel Chemists.
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I &O
Scott
Batavia
Baby Swallowed Electric Bulb in New York
Jan 28 New York. Four year old Anna Lang touched a small lamp bulb, inserted it in her mouth, and swallowed it. The bulb broke and descended the throat. An ambulance was called after a delay, and doctors performed a tracheotomy before removing the bulb through the left nostril.
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New York
Edward Lang
Bella
Anna
Small Boy Dreads Hero Worship After Darby Creek Rescue
Clifton Pa January 2 Michael Delaney 15-year-old boy who saved a girl skater from Darby Creek last week says he dislikes the hero worship. He laments the attention on the streets and says he is tired of the whole thing though he appreciates saving a life. A fund to buy a gold memento has been proposed to honor him.
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Clifton
Michael Delaney
Darby Creek
Anhhile Preston
Secon
Indiana News Roundup From Various Cities
A compendium of brief items covering incidents and local notes across Indiana. Includes Fort Wayne plans for cold storage, a fatality in Wayne county, Portland Well No. 3 output, a light-weight constable in Yorktown, a subsidy vote for traction in Union City, a Knox county hunter tally, a pastor’s assault arrest in Terre Haute, a freight-car fall in New Albany, strikes at Boldt’s glass works in Muncie, a Wabash electric plant petition, white cap intimidation claim against a councilman in Kokomo, leadership moves at Pittsburg glass, a potential Muncie Hartford City power sale, and a large religious revival planned for October.
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Yorktown
William Brown
Union City
Richmond, Union Cy & Portland Traction Company
Vincennes
J. FE. Emmons
Red Cloud
Knox County
Terre Haute
Henry Austin
Sam White
New Albany
R. I. Stafford
Southern Railway
Muncie
Boldt
Hoya
Wabash
Wabash Electric Light Company
Kokomo
Stidger
Ministerial Association
Naval Affairs Panel Weighs Verdict in Lessler Case
Washington reports the House committee on naval affairs is ready to announce a verdict on the Lessler bribery charges. It will hold that while an offer was made to Lessler by Doblin, Doblin’s testimony is not credible and no link to Mr. Wee is shown. The ruling vindicates Lessler and Quigg.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Lessler
Leasier
Doblin
Dobtin
Wee
Quigg
Terrible Situation for Smallpox Patients in Biddeford Fire
In Biddeford Maine a smallpox hospital burned forcing patients to flee in nightclothes as temperatures plunged. Firemen and police sheltered the exposed patients, clothing them with outer garments and rehoming them in nearby houses acting as temporary hospitals after the building was destroyed.
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Biddeford
Smallpox Hospital
Wife Becomes Bursiar After Husband’s Burglary Spell
Rose Hough confessed in Cleveland that she aided her husband Frank Hough in a spree of burglaries after years of marriage. Frank claimed sole responsibility, but Detective Kohler pursued Rose, noting admissions of shared plotting and night-time acts in affluent apartment houses.
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Cleveland
Jan. S
Rose Hough
Wohler
Hasband
Frnk Hough
Kohler
Houghs
Frank
Tragic Gothenburg Rail Disaster Marks Father’s Silent Grief
A Union Pacific wreck at Gothenburg Nebraska left a father watching amid silent trains as his son’s remains were found. Engineer Dalson, father of the 16 year old, helped clear debris and carried the boy’s body to the depot before keeping vigil beside the remains as dawn broke. The son had just finished high school in North Platte and pursued a railroad life against his parents’ wishes.
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Union Pacife
Gothenburg
Neb
Union Depot
Nore L
W. le Dolson
Fee
Treman
R. L. Dalson
Prasenger
North Platte
Prince Wolft wang Zu Btelfberg Found Dead in Park
Nordhausen dispatch reports Prince Wolft wang Zu Btelfberg found dead Tuesday morning in his park at Rottleberode. Rifle nearby. cause of death unclear whether murder or accident.
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Berlin
Nordhausen
Saxony
Wolftwang Zu Btelberg
Rottleberode
Love of Dogs Spans Oceans in San Francisco Tale
A. H. M. Bacon and Henry Lee, wealthy dog lovers, repeated a voyage pattern born of devotion. Bacon ferried his dog from New Zealand after a landward ban, buying return tickets, while Lee, after bringing a Great Dane to Australia and facing illness, sailed the Ventura back toward New York with his canine companion. The scene underscores a curious cross‑continental care for dogs and shared voyage irony aboard the same liner.
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San Francisco
A. H. M. Bacon
New Zealand
Free
Henry Lee
Antipodes
Australia
Lee
Bacon
Ventura
Custom House
New York
Mr. Lee
Commonwealth of New York
Chicago medical college plan to build vast research hospital
An Atlanta paper notes the Chicago university medical department after annexing Bushmen College aims to erect a major research hospital on the Midway campus. Immediate spending of 7 million dollars is planned once Bush medical college is integrated, with John D. Rockefeller reportedly to provide funds. The institution is billed as the greatest school and hospital in America.
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Chicago
Vncal
Medics
Chicago University
Bushmeen College
Midway
Bush Medical College
John D. Rorkefeller
Schiool
Dogital
America
Drunkards Cured Secretly in Golden Specific Cure
A sensational claim promotes Golden Specific as an odorless tasteless remedy that allegedly cures drunkenness by adding to coffee or food. It touts Mira Mary Roberts and her brother as success stories and offers a free trial via Dr. J W Haines of Cincinnati Ohio to reveal how to use the medicine.
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Mull
Mall
Uil
Lightning Medicine Co
Hook Island
Matcy Roberts
Mira Mary Roberts
J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. H. Betts
Funnse
Massachusetts Ave
Traveling Man Carded for Dyspepsia Tabs Ad
A traveling man narrative in a Pittsburg restaurant notes an informal survey of 23 diners. Nine used Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals, with accounts of recovery from indigestion, gas, and discomfort. The piece touts the tablets as a safe radical cure containing pepsin diastase hydrastin and yellow parila.
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New York
Pittsburg
Stuart
Bluart
Quiet title suit against Claypool et al in Indiana court
State of Indiana Marion County Circuit Court action number 1258 seeks to quiet title and foreclose a tax deed on Indianapolis real estate. Plaintiffs Society of the Good Shepherd of Indianapolis name multiple unknown heirs and heirs of various listed defendants as necessary parties. Defendants are ordered to appear and answer by the third Monday in March, otherwise the case proceeds in their absence. Clerk WM. S. Davis and Daly & Raub are attorneys for the plaintiff.
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State of Indiana
Siurion County
Malion County
Indiana
Society of the Good Stapherd
Indianapolis
Albert Claypool
Tca
Circuit Court
Mario
Yadlang
Salt Plaint
Medingard
Ald
Claypool
Helms
Devisees
Albert Clasponi
Mumaugh
John R. Mumaugh
Murmaugh
Joseph
Crooks
America
Joseph H. Crooks
Amenea J. Crooks
Josenh H. Crooks
Ameries J. Croats
Adamson
Wfe
Andrew Adamson
Anders Adamson
Hetra
Garrison W. Allred
Allred
Gar Hiron
Marion County
Hayes
Davis
Daly & Raub
Plaintlit
Curing Blood Poison with Free Trial Offer
A Baltimore physician touts a remarkable cure for syphilis or blood poison. The ad claims rapid improvement, including disappearance of sores and skin clearing in two weeks, with a free trial package mailed to sufferers who cannot travel. Address State Medical Institute, 411 Elektron Building, Ft Wayne, Ind.
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Indiana
Willam McGrath
Guilford St. Buffal
N.Y
Ft Wayne
State Medical Institute
Elektron Building
Ft. Warne
Ind
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Downel Chemists
Earl Maz
Greenfield
Richmond
Joseph DV. Spahr
Dodridge Chapel
Wayne County
Alls Life
Portland
Wabash Township
Wibur & Harding
Lessler and
Castoria
Prince
Delaware St
DR. Lipes
U. G. Lipes
Stevenson Building
Wevmen Bishey
San Prancieco
Cal
GAN Drug CO
the Sun
Kren
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