Explosion at dynamite plant near Pequea kills eight
Eight men die and several are seriously injured in a dynamite plant blast along the Susquehanna River near Pequea Pennsylvania. Names include Benjamin Gebhardt 22 Benjamin Riner 21 George Riner 20 Fred Rice 23 Collins Parker 18 Phares Hart 18 William Funk 19 John Boatman 17 and three unidentified victims. Fragments were found hanging from trees and debris scattered miles away. The cause remains unknown and two unidentified victims were driving with dynamite when the explosion occurred. The scene was described as one of Lancaster County's worst disasters.
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Pequea
Susquehanna
Benjamin Gebhardt
Benjamin Riner
George Riner
Fred Rice
Collins Parker
Phares Hart
William Funk
John Boatman
Walter Martin Riner
George Gray
Charles Cramer
Jacob Shoeff
Lancaster
Seddon Dies Aboard Steamer Owestry Grange
Richard Seddon prime minister of New Zealand died at 61 from heart failure Sunday afternoon aboard the steamer Owestry Grange en route to return to New Zealand. The voyage began in Australia in May and the ship returned to Sydney where he died. The death was sudden and unexpected.
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Premier Seddon
Richard Seddon
New Zealand
Owestry Grange
Sydney
Mr. Seddon
Australia
Odd Colony in Paraguay Reflects Bellamy’s Looking Backward
A Cosme settlement near Asuncion modeled on Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward upholds equality democracy and communal wealth. Founded in 1804 by Austrian immigrants it features houses on a common plan with gardens and sugar cane plots, a large central square and public spaces. The community imposes a one year probation and requires $25 per adult and half for each child as a share into the treasury. Non members forfeit only the value of their last working period upon leaving and colored persons are excluded.
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Edward Bellamy
Bellamy
Herr Lacmann
Cosme
Treasury
Buenos Ayres
Cat Uses Show Window Mirror To Hunt Sparrows
A Laconia New Hampshire cat named Pussy employs a jewelry store display mirror to trap English sparrows. She remains still as birds approach, then pounces when a target nears. Observers often mistake her calm for deception before the cat strikes.
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Tabby
Laconia
Kitty
N. H
Democrat
Pugilist Display Described In Quirky Daily Tale
A humorous profile sketches a pugilist as a physical culture advocate with a home gym and two heavy dumbbells. He stacks lithographs, carries a packet of challenges to a newspaper, and dreams of a ring. Once a cab driver, he fears his wife’s mop, and his name links to a Roman term.
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Chicago
Seven Years Ago Rochester Chemist Found a Healing Medicine
A Rochester chemist Franklin of Franklin Palmer Co. recounts using Dean's Kidney Pills seven years ago to cure kidney irregularities and back pain. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Also notes on Colonel Henry J. Latshaw's death at 71, and various 1880s and early 1900s notices including Hall's Catarrh Cure and Allen's Foot-Ease promotions.
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Ayer
A. Ayer Co
Lowell
Rochester
William A. Franklin
Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Wholesale Prices for Produce and Farm Goods
Wholesale prices list vegetables fruits dairy and grain products with units per cwt crate box or lb. Entries include potatoes cabbage lettuce radishes onions spinach asparagus tomatoes oranges lemons figs cranberries bananas butter eggs cheese honey sugar coffee seeds hay and feed with quoted prices and units. ends with a quote about men and heaven.
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Walla Walla
California
Minnesota
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St. Vitus
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Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune
Berlin
Chas. H. Fletcher
Crete
Syphers Machinery Company
Spokane, Wash
ODD
Paraguay
H. J. Latshaw
Henry J. Latshaw
Missouri
Robert G. Ingersoll
Illinois
State OF Ohio
Lucas County
Frank
Cheney
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Sarat
Tommy
Johnny
House
Senate
New York Sun
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Charles L. Tucker
Boston
Mabel Page
Weston
Massachusetts
Tucer
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel A. Wells
Charles A. Wilson
Great Falls
Mont
John R. Hilman
Kalispell
Idaho
Gracel H. Wooley
Preston
Washington
W. W. Ward
Dayton
F. W. Moller
Oakesdale
W. L. Lemon
North Yakima
Carrie Newton
Benwood
W. R. Wilson
Register of the Land Office
Bozeman
Carter
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Henry A. Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Powder King
J. Edward Addicts
Gas Fame
Delaware
William J. Bryan
London
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Catholic Standard and Times
Patrick J. Meehan
United States
New York
Tetter
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, Gac
Escondido
Cal L. Marno
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