Eleven Dead in Fire at Century-Old Hotel in Mishawaka
A blaze discovered at 3 30 in the morning in the elevator shaft of a Mishawaka hotel killed eleven and left several unaccounted. Dozens injured by burns or leaps from windows as crews fought flames in a dry timbered building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folasie “Miller
Sheboygan
Wis
J. ©. Ellis
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Cot
Chicago
Isaac Hirsch
William Pitcher
Duluth
R. 8. Johnson
Pana, Th
Joseph W.deviney
Philadelphia
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
Mary Burkett
Mishawka
Ind
Sarah Hathaway
Burke
E. M. Matthews
Columbus
Ralph H. Hopkins
Express Company Loot in Mexican Currency Heist
Wells Fargo Express reports a loss of 65000 in Mexican currency from a through safe on the City of Mexico train. The money, destined for a Chihuahua bank, vanished between stations. two Torreon arrests occurred though officials doubt the detainees hold the funds. an agent who knew the safe combination escaped detection.
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City of
Mexico
Torreon
Revolution in Peru claims crisis near Lima
Telegraph reports from Rio de Janeiro describe a Peruvian uprising that began at Chosica near Lima led by Augusto Durán. Rebels seized electric lines and a train as government troops moved to quell the disturbance amid widespread excitement.
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Rio de Janeiro
Peru
Chosica
Lima
Augusto Duran
Roosevelt seeks early action on postal savings bank bill
President Roosevelt told Senator Carter he earnestly desires the postal savings bank bill to pass this session. Carter said the measure has been favorably reported and would be taken up by the Senate at an early date.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carter
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Postreads
Senate
Young Muskegon Millionaire to Lose Sight for Life
Charles Moore Hackley a twenty five year old Muskegon millionaire famed for labor work in fields and lumber camps will be blind for life after an accident. While blasting stumps he struck a crowbar into dynamite causing an explosion that damaged his vision and left him permanently sightless.
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S . Midh
Charles Moore Hackley
Muskegon
Plot to murder Europeans by bombs in Calcutta
Police investigate a native conspiracy in Calcutta alleged to slaughter Europeans including Lord Kitchener. Seized documents show bombs and explosives at a manufacturing site and implicate Bengalese figures. Authorities fear a revolution and expect sensational arrests.
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Calcutta
Lord Kitchener
India
Thaw Temporarily Out of Matteawan in Habeas Case
Harry K Thaw remains in Dutchess County jail as habeas corpus proceedings challenge his sanity. A formal hearing is set for next Monday in the New York Supreme Court. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw may testify for her husband if required as she seeks annulment.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
New York County
Jerome
Persod
Thaw
Dutchess County
Matteawan
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Fines Aggregate $13 150 in Rail Carrier Cases
In ninety five government cases against six railroads for violating the twenty eight hour law in cattle transport Judge Landis in U S district court imposed fines totaling 13150. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific led with 45 cases and 6550, followed by Chicago and Northwestern 26 cases and 3600, Illinois Central nine cases and 1160, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul seven cases and 950, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe six cases and 750, and Chicago Burlington and Quincy two cases and 200.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Illinois Central
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Ferry Capsizing on Dneiper Kills Over a Hundred
A river ferry near Bykhoff Mohi left capsized with 120 drowned. The vessel carried peasants with wives and children returning from church. Overcrowding and panic caused the boat to overturn in midstream as passengers crowded to one side.
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St. Petersburg
Dneiper
Bykhoff
Mohileft
Cleveland Improves After Digestive Illness
Former President Grover Cleveland shows steady recovery from a digestive ailment while staying at a Lakewood hotel near Princeton. Reports state his condition is not alarming and he is improving daily.
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Lakewood, N
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Lakewood Hotel
Connecticut Delegation Poll at Denver Convention
Hartford May 2 report that Alexander Troup secured a poll for the Connecticut delegation at the Denver convention meeting. The article notes the delegation's polling outcome and its implications for the campaign.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Denver
Alexander Troup
Garden and dairy farming tips for longevity and profit
The text urges growing vegetables at home for health and uses garden size estimates to feed a family. It discusses dairy cows, feed costs, and returns, noting many cows operate at a loss or gain depending on ration and management, with a call for careful measurement of feed and milk to determine profitability.
America aims to lead in art of building and gardening
The speaker asserts America has excelled in most developments and now must master art in broader fields. Art here covers not just painting sculpture and acting but includes architecture, construction, and landscape design as essential cultural achievements.
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America
Does a Garden Pay If Head Work and Muscle Meet
A practical view argues gardens pay when head work and physical effort combine. It notes some people make anything pay while others do not, and emphasizes that outcomes depend on who tends the garden and how.
Suburban Gardeners Grow Lettuce and Radishes
A traveler returns to the soil, planting four beds of lettuce and similar plots of radishes and onions in the suburbs. The piece notes soil work as a long standing human habit and references Jack London.
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Jack London
Adam
Manure and fertilizer needed to grow crops and gardens
The passage asserts that wealth from the land requires input of richness back into the soil. It argues that a crop cannot be raised without fertilizer and that a garden cannot be made without manure, comparing it to bricks without straw.
Great nations shaped by beauty of environment and art
An examination of history argues that the world’s great nations achieved greatness not through warfare but through development of beauty in architecture landscape garden sculpture painting and songs and in the cultivation of mind and soul.
Gentleman's Garden Dream Falls Short
The piece argues that simple digging and sowing do not guarantee a garden. It compares naive gardeners to Aladdin’s lamp dreamers and notes that after one or two seasons, people learn that nature rewards those who work and learn.
Landscape design as moral cultivation
A philosophical note arguing that environment shapes the mind and character. The author contends that homes and surroundings influence receptivity to nobility and beauty, and that improving lawns and landscapes aids human development.
Planting Times Vary By Season And Climate
Writers on gardening give fixed times that vary with season and climate. Sowing early is safer than late since seedlings can be replanted if needed. Start tomatoes cabbage lettuce and cauliflowers in hot beds and transplant once warm weather is assured around May in northern states.
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Chicken Furniture
Ian
Sun
Paying by Check Declares Its Merits for Modern Finances
A historical note extols the check as a preferred payment method over cash. It argues checks serve as receipts, record purposes, and reduce loss from loss of pocketbooks. The bank keeps books, forgery is limited, and annual spending reviews clarify expenses. It links practice to bank account stability.
Pancakes From Faulty Dairy, Creemery Patronage Critiqued
A cooperative creamery with 500 farmers faces repeated carelessness by patrons. A buttermaker recounted how a patron used a pump from an underground buttermilk tank to fill a pail for cooking, producing pancakes with questionable dairy. This highlights lax handling and contamination risks in dairy practices.
A Miserable Fraud Plaguing City Clerks and Investors
A warning against widespread fraud by sharpers using real estate mining and investment firms to prey on workers especially women. The piece urges consulting trustworthy bankers or businessmen before investing, noting that small ventures often fail to pass the ground floor test and urging caution.
Lessons From Overcrowded Chick Cradles Handbook
A rural piece advises poultry growers to match chick cradle capacity to flock size. It warns overcrowding causes death and to adjust brooder heat, ventilation, and bedding. Practical tips cover using a brooder house, thermometers, and staged temperature drops.
Fragmented Motivational Rant Laments Poor Work Ethic
A garbled monologue rails against pessimism and slacking work habits. It references fat roasts, profits, and shifting fortunes with disjointed phrases about horses and a barn. The overall tone mocks personal decline and unproductive behavior.
Boost the Rooster Chorus Across Town
A lyrical verse extols boosting the rooster through community figures. The editor, doctor, and Doodle Dandy join in a refrain urging support for the rooster, with Uncle Sam also invoked as part of the chorus. The playful reformulation presents a local culture motif.
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Uncle Sam
Cc. M
Above Them All Poultry Prices Roost at Peak 1907
The piece praises the American poultry industry and its top birds, noting geese ducks turkeys and various fowl. It claims a $600 million value in 1907 and calls for a $690 million figure in 1908, urging critics to apologize to the hen industry.
Poultry Advice and Quips From Rural Lanterns
Fresh chickweed lettuce and clover feed chicks and poults. A caustic quip warns against crossing Black and White Minorcas and warns that large gobblers are not better breeders. Practical notes cover incubators, egg weights, feed, water, shade, and dangers of cold, dampness and cholera breeding.
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Isle of
Bermuda
California
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