Yosemite Succumbs After Devastating Guam Typhoon
Advices from Manila report Guam struck by a fierce typhoon on November 138th. The auxiliary cruiser Yosemite, anchored near the collier Justin, dragged its anchor, ran aground near the reef, and eventually sank after a catastrophic gale of up to 100 miles per hour. Sailors were lost at sea while attempting to reach safety. only James Swason and George Andel are confirmed dead. The ship, a 1630-ton converted cruiser with a 10 gun main battery, sank bow first after heroic efforts to save the crew and vessel. Paymaster Ballard saved 68000 Mexican dollars from the wreck.
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New York
Manila
Guam
Schroeder
Indrajan
Terrafora
United States
Yosemite
Justin
F. Swason
George Andel
Somaye
Sweeny
Brief
Ballard
Football Tragedy as Glass Works Roof Collapses
In San Francisco a stadium tragedy unfolds when the Pacific Glass Works roof collapses during a Stanford UC football game. About 75 spectators fall into molten glass vats, 10 die and many are badly burned. Rescue rushes to hospitals follow as figures fear more deaths.
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San Francisco
Pacific Glass Works
Fifteenth Street
Glass
Stanford
University of California
Southern Pacific Railroad
St. Luke's Hospital
Presbyterian Creed Revision Goes Before General Assembly
Washington November 29 The General Assembly committee of sixteen of the Presbyterian church will meet at New York Avenue Presbyterian to tabulate presbytery returns on creed revision and prepare a recommendation for the next assembly in May. The discussion focuses on aligning the seventeenth century creed with the nineteenth century with debates limited to church officers. Of 200 presbyteries 173 have voted on changes, 126 in favor and 46 opposed.
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Washington
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Dr. Radcliffe
New York Avenue
The Loan of Burglar
A Columbus dispatch reports a swift move to secure valuables after a burglary in progress. Police say residents alerted by a neighbor led to a prompt response, with suspects pursued through streets and alleys toward possible capture.
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Chicago
Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Safe Cracking by Convict Reveals Papers From Dead Husband
A convict, a recognized safe blower in state prison, was loaned by the warden to Mrs. Pickard to crack a second box containing papers from her late husband Colonel F. J. Pickard. Hidden in a sealed carriage, he opened the safe in twelve minutes and returned to his cell with the papers, after a secret operation.
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F. J. Pickard
State Penitentiary
Deputies Plus Meeker Posse Seek Rangeley Missing Unit
The posse of five deputy game wardens and seven deputy sheriffs under Deputy Sheriff Hornbeck of Rio Blanco were last seen yesterday en route for Rangeley from Meeker Colorado. Sheriff Ewing Amick stayed behind to hunt cattle thieves.
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Meeker
Colo
Hornbeck
Rio Blanco
Rangeley
Ewing Amick
Rio Blanco County
Colorado Notes Highlights From Golden to Pueblo
The article reports on postponed trials of Mines students for illegal voting in Golden, a $50,000 donation promise to Colorado College, a fatal rock blast injury to Augustus Anderson, and a recovering special policeman Charles Green. It notes changes in Denver rail staff, a poison-linked death in Pagosa Springs, a favorable one cent per mile rate for a national encampment, a court acquittal for Charley Campbell, Thanksgiving events, medals for a sanitarium exhibit, ergot-linked cattle illness, multiple sentences for crimes, a large hotel fire at Ophir Loop, a new reserve near Pueblo, and a Connecticut colony proposal for Colorado settlement.
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D. K. Pearson
Chicago
Colorado College
Augustus Anderson
Denver & Rio Grande
Charles Green
Denver
Carpenter
H. H. Shepard
Chicago & Alton Road
Alton
Shepard
George A. Barber
Pagosa Springs
J. A. Sewall
Barber
Eustis
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Colorado
U. i
Charley Campbell
A. F. Gribbel
Veta Pass
San Luis
Costilla County
H. Robeson
Pelican, Dives
Ismarck
Texas
Harrison Avenue
Leadville
Matt Duggan
Denver Evening Post
Brown Palace
Thomas
Johnson
Riley
Colorado Sanitarium
Boulder
General Peck
Paris
Solomon Bock
Wray
Yuma County
Castle Rock
Harris
Palmer Lake
George Walker
Thomas MacDonald
Anthony Thomas
Reformatory
Buena Vista
Dewitt Cleary
Nighthawk
State Reformatory
Glendale
Ophir Loop
Skillen & Martin
Open Top Chililitli Observation Dining Car by Pullman
The Chililitli, built by the Pullman Company for the American Tourist Association, is an open top railcar with side and roof features. Originating from a Mexican touring concept, it seats 68 with 56 at tables and serves as an observation and dining car capable of breezy rides and electric lighting.
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Pullman Company
American Tourist Association
Chicago
Mexico
Beau Campbell
Campbell
Las Canoas
Tropics
Skull Image In Photo Prank Ends Young Man’s Sit
A photographer recalls a prank where a young man sat for portraits and used bisulphate of quinine to create a black skin mark visible only in photography. The sitter’s forehead showed skull and crossbones in the developed image, prompting the man to leave and never return.
Punishment for Children Emphasizes Natural Consequences
The text argues punishment should fit the offense and arise from it as a natural result. It suggests withholding a child's favorite treat for morning lateness, delaying a promised outing, or denying access to sweets if errands run late, to teach punctuality.
Novel Line Sparks Debate Over Privacy in Family Life
A fragment from a November Ladies' Home Journal note hints at a man preferring solitude in his room to avoid keeping his mother or others waiting. The extract suggests themes of independence and personal space within domestic life.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
A Wife's Courtship In Practice In Atchison
The Atchison Globe reports a practical tale of a wife who won her husband by steady thrift and good housekeeping. Rather than using romantic schemes she kept home orderly, cooked solid meals, and supported him, helping him out of debt and creating a comfortable domestic life that kept him loyally returning home.
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Atchison
Marr
Sweet Home
Kineaus
Charpty
Atchison Globe
Gilbert’s Pungencies Recalled by W S Gilbert
A witty exchange recounts W S Gilbert lightly replying to critics on lofty ecclesiastics. He notes some people must be good for nothing and others are. The moment draws quiet approval from the company observing the jest.
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Gilbert
W. S. Gilbert
Becky Sharp
Privileges of Foreign Legislators Outline Expanded Perks
The article notes Danish MPs can use a free seat at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen. It also describes Norwegian lawmakers receiving free medical care during sessions, with added perks including gymnasia, baths, wine, dentistry, and drawing all at no cost.
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Royal Theater
Copenhagen
Norway
Monster engines exceed prior heft in Pittsburg works
Pittsburg locomotive plant completed two engines described as the most powerful and heaviest yet built. Each unit weighs 111 tons with tenders carrying 7,500 gallons of water and fourteen tons of coal.
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Pittsburg Locomotive Works
Life humor on heat prostration versus Allen's Foot-Ease
A witty quip notes the contrast between suffering from heat and remedies for feet. It implies heat exposure risks and the marketed foot remedy Allen's Foot-Ease as a solution. The line mirrors era advertising tone and playful health caution.
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Allen
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Colorado Notes
State School of Mines
Golden
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Pueblo
Minnequa
Elmer F. Beckwith
Connecticut
William J. Brown
Hawthorne
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