Sioux City Fire Destroys Mass. Block Hit by 8:10 Blaze
A massive blaze in the Massachusetts block at Fourth and Jackson Streets caused extensive losses exceeding 3 million dollars. The Pelletier Dry Goods store and surrounding buildings and homes were engulfed as strong winds fanned the fire. One life is reported lost and hundreds displaced, with many tenants escaping through smoke filled floors and fire escapes.
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Sioux City
Massachusetts Block
Fourth and
Jacckson Streets
Pelletier
First National Bank
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
State Bank Building Company
J. W. Kennedy
Bro
Gillette Hardware Company
Johnson & Bronson
Chethiera
Orkin Bros
Cloaks
George Conway
Whalesale and
Retail Tobaccos
Peaver & Noah Furniture Company
Bow Clothing Company
Harstad & Halseth Shoe Company
Weld Hardware Company
J. T. Becker
Babsr
Asker
Wreat
Ideal
Magner Bros
Carey & Walsh
Nebraska Street
Santa Clara
Dry Goods Company
Cara WE & Man
Nick
Santa Claus
Police Department
Fie
Third Street
Yearly Chronology Of Disasters And Key Deaths
A dense timeline from January to December recounts theater fires in Chicago and London, maritime sinkings, torpedo battles at Port Arthur, panama canal talks, fires, floods, and major deaths including Gen. Long, Gen. Gordon, and various political figures. It notes wars between Russia and Japan, stock market panic, and notable disasters worldwide with many locations, dates, and outcomes.
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Chicago
Irogquois
Dee
James Long
Congress
Panama
Lews State Capitol
Rock Island
Topeka
Kena
Wallaroo
John_B. Gordon
Claham
Mukden
Antung
Hox
Chas. Foster
Ohio
Col
Chas. Benby
Indiane
Asan S. Bushnell
Ghia
George Francis Train
Méundville
Ala
Indiare
Rivera
Anlesund
Norway
Tne
Pittsburg
Cage
Florence Maybrick
Victor
Colo
Whitsker Wright
William Co. Whitney
Russia
Japan
Baltimore
Korea
Port Arthur
Chemulpo
Leake Baikal
M. A. Hanna
U. S. Senate
Rochester
Wisconsin
Madison
Fragmentary verse prose with a dramatic line
A damaged OCR fragment presents a dramatic scene with a fool-killer in an easy chair and a lovesick speaker. The text shifts to a dream or memory involving Dr. Singleton and a resting place, ending in an unclear, partially garbled line.
Forgot His Name and the Traveling Vagrant
A skit shows a magistrate questioning a vagrant who cannot recall his own name. Audacious Tom appears with interjections from Ethel and Clara. The dialogue centers on memory, travel, and a disputed kiss, with a light, humorous tone from Pearson's Weekly.
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Jedge
Jedse
Tom
Ethel
Clara
Pearson's Weekly
Fire destroys Children's Home in Loretto and other regional calamities
Fire at the Children s Home of the Sisters of Mercy in Loretto Pa forces sixty orphans to flee unharmed. Other items cover a steamer fire near Ogdensburg Jay City, a murder trial verdict in July 1908, a high profile suit over gowns in New York, and a mill fire in Great Columbia Tenn. plus associated damages and unrelated criminal cases across Minnesota and California.
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Slocum
Gast River
New York
Vladivostok
Chicago
Tilghball
Rugstang
Hilcheng
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Daitn
Dan” Emett
Dixie
Nebraska
Norge
North Atlantic Ocean
Liteadeld
People’s Party
Watson
Thibles
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Kansas
Jon B. Parker
Henry G. Davis
Marblehead
Ohio
Midvale
OSS
Port Arthur
Golden Rule
Toney
Toledo
Mantis
Glenwood
Paul Kruger
Ritous Ifmea
Botesteel
S. C
Rousslang
Newehwang
England
Rueela
Rosebud
Chamberlain
Sisters of Mercy
Loretto
Henry D. James
Ogdensburg
Jobn Alen
Duther
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Supreme Court of New York
Brousit Hr
Gould
Columbia
Tenn
City Grain and Feed Company
Car Corp
Staqcq
Fire Kills Eight as Wall Collapses on Minneapolis Hotel
Eight people die when the standing wall of the QO WT Peck building on Fifth Street toppled in a blast of wind. The Crocker hotel adjoining suffered a devastating collapse trapping fourteen guests. A passerby alarmed the fire department but the outcome was fatal. Building inspector T. Houghton had warned of risks but no demolition orders were issued. A hack driver named G L Smith narrowly escaped, noting a premonition that saved his life as the wall fell.
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Ryina
Minneapolia
Minneapolis
QO. WT. Peck
Fifth Street
Crocker Hotel
Hames
T. &. Houghton
G. L. Smith
Colorado Potato Crop Faces Marketing Crisis Across Rail Routes
Colorado farmers face a glut as potato yields soar, prompting demand from United Produce Company for a 25 cents per hundred freight rate from Denver to the Mississippi river. Current rates are 40 cents. If unresolved, up to a third of northern crop may rot, with prices dropping to 35 cents per 160 pounds and possible further 10 cent fall.
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Colorado
Denver
United Produce Company
Potato Growers’ Association
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Bississippi River
Kentucky
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Tennesses
Pennsylvania
New York
War on adulterated drugs gains union backing
Chicago association leaders report widespread sale of impure drugs by up to 8,000 of 40,000 U S druggists amid a wholesale dealer cartel probe. Officials hail ongoing fraud investigations as essential to protect pharmacists and public health.
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Chhicago Association
Chas Hi
Avery
Chicago Retail Druggista’ Association
Thomas Y. Wooten
National Association
United States
Mason
Assurts
Rongat
Inaugural Anomaly and Nation's Wealth Dramatize 1905 Year
A March 4 inauguration marks a first for a President already in office as no retiring President accompanies the incoming leader. The piece notes vast U.S. wealth, bank strength, and farm values, with figures from the Comptroller and Agricultural Department. It cites party distributions in Congress and sheep imports, plus postal and veteran pension details amid a broad national snapshot.
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White House
Washington
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Fillaidré
Johnson
Arthur
McKinley
Cleveland
McKkinley
Tite
Hoosevelt
United States’‘ America
Sam
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