Vast 19th century notes include feathers exports and anti liquor bids
The Gazette notes Cape Colony ostrich feather exports totaling about two hundred tons over thirty years worth roughly 50 million dollars and mentions the White Ribbon petition against liquor with one million signers. It also covers divorce limits in South Carolina, modern brides’ qualifications, pyramids by trolley in Cairo, and various cultural topics, plus shipwrecks and the Lincoln era draft in London.
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Cape Colony
Congress
Epitome of the Week highlights and national notes
A weekly roundup notes Senate bills including copyright penalties, a resolution thanking the vice president, and adjournments. It reports U S grain stocks, patent rulings, treasury circulation, immigrant totals, and a presidential hunting trip. Also covered are stock exchanges, potential Pacific cable joining nations, business failures, notable deaths, elections, bids, labor strikes, and incidents such as robberies and insolvent individuals.
Multiple Disasters and Political Shifts Hit Several States
A flammable blaze destroyed J B Wathen & Co distillery in Louisville causing a 100009 loss. Indiana veteran Ennis Hepons retires after 30 years in Congress. First National Bank Texarkana closes. Wingate Mercantile Kansas City enters receivership with 110000 liabilities. Howard Payne county attorney in Oklahoma Territory found frozen to death. Locust Valley coal line near Milan Missouri destroyed by fire. Nora Keating jailed for two years in Chicago. Fora Indiana business district burned. Seattle residents shocked by corpses found in city water reservoir. Indianapolis Vincennes line wreck near Sanborn injuring six. Bank raid at Adel Texas wounds cashier and six others. Michigan’s Third District GOP nominates Alfred Milnes for Congress.
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Flamus
J. B. Wathen & Co
Louisville
Houman
Indiana
Eniis Hepons
Jeffersonville
Ind
First National Bank of
Texarkana
Tex
Kansas City
Wingate Mercantile Company
Nran Arapahoe
O. T
J. Howard Payne
Seattle
Wash
Indianapolis
Vinecennes
Sanborn
Rankits
Adel
Michigan
Alfred Milnes
Coldwater
Congress
Wide Range of 1904 News From Across States
Lynchburgh resident Jons Townstop ends his life amid daughter’s marriage troubles. Battle Creek group backs Kalamazoo prohibition candidate A M Todd. Senator Perry predicts populist absorption by anti monopoly party in Canton. John L Clark sought in Sacramento for bigamy. four wives. Ava crossing tragedy near St Joseph as Mallory Williamson and McBride killed by wagon. Idaho Senate elects George L Shoup to succeed himself. Missouri bans pool selling and book making except on race courses. 300 negroes sail from Mississippi and Arkansas to Liberia. Patrick H Gilkey nominated by 3rd Michigan Democrats. Longfellow sinks after collision with railroad bridge. five aboard drown. Cyclone damages Cedartown area. Harry Hayward found guilty of Catherine Ging murder. Earthquake reported near San Francisco. Frederick E K Sielels dies in Kansas City. Kansas legislature adjourns sine die. Michigan wheat crop exhausted per secretary of state March report. Thomas Watkins hanged at Little Rock for O Bannon murder. Illinois adopts flag over state house daily. Central Loan & Trust of Russell fails for 250000. Scotland Ga express train crash kills a woman and child. actor Roland Reed among injured.
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Jons Townstop
Lynchburgh
Battle Creek
Mich
A. M. Todd
Kalamazoo
Prrrvp
Canton
John L. Clark
Muskegon
Sacramento
Cal
Ava
St. Joseph
Joel Mallory
John Williamson
Reuben McBride
Idaho
George L. Shoup
Salmon City
United States
Tue
Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
Liberia
Michigan
Patrick H. Gilkey
Congress
Cincinnati
Georgia
Cedartown
Harry Hayward
Catherine Ging
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Frederick EK
Sielels
Kansas City
Kansas
Tur
Little Rock
Ark
Thomas Watkins
O'Bannon
Watkins
Illinois
State House
Central Loan & Trust Company
Russell
Kan
Scotland
Roland Reed
Noted World Turmoil And Tragedies Across Continents
Czars ban knout use after 3000 peasants whipped to death in ten years. FuAces wreck Port of Spain. $4 million loss averted by American marines. Japanese seize New Chang. Venezuela expels French and Belgian ministers. Plasterer Taylor murders family then succumbs. Yaqui river raids. seven Mexicans killed. Five frozen to death on Mexican ranch. Diseased meat alleged in Chicago shipments. Mme Collett dies in Christiania at 87. Cuban insurgents attack Vinales. 40 civil guards killed. Lord Rosebery ill. potential resignation. Tramps hijack freight near Baltimore. 11 arrested after clash. A Rupp & Co. hide dealers fail for $300,000. Arsonists near Anderson again active. Nahant right whale killed with harpoon dated 1858. Missouri bans alien land ownership and Sunday barber closings. Killer of St Louis woman and child sentenced. Charles Crorsey Carr dies at 63. Mary Caruthens poisons children to elope. Coal operators concede wage rise. Orizaba volcano erupts. Anna Kiskaadden dies at 105. Dina accepts Japan settlement terms. Catarina Garza, bandit leader, killed. Hazleton fire threatens $1,000,000 loss. Toledo explosion damages building for $150,000. St Joseph crossing tragedy. two injured. Counterfeiters flood Kansas City with fake money. Col Andrew J McNett dies in Belmont at 74.
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New Chang
Venezuela
Taylor
London
England
Yaqui River
Zinacantepec
House of Commons
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Nomen’s Rights Party
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A. Rupp & Co
Cleveland
Anderson
Ind
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Mass
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St. Louis
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Pennsylvania Union Station
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Paris
Tex
Pittsburgh
Orizaba
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Anna Kiskaadden
Ohio
Union Plains
Dina
Japan
Catarino Garza
Bocas del Toro
Hazle
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Hazleton
Manual Training School
Iuilding
Toledo
St. Joseph
Thomas Allen
Mattie Dixon
Kansas City
Andrew J. McNett
United States Army
Belmont
N. Y
Ex-President Harrison III Improves From Bronchitis
Gen Harrison III shows signs of improvement after an acute bronchitis attack. He has fever reduced and is resting with close medical supervision. Since March 4 he has been ill in Indianapolis while attending the Morrison will case, with his daughter Mrs McKee at his bedside and Dr Jameson warning against exertion to prevent relapse.
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Inmasxaroum
Ind
Harrison
Indianapolis
Richmond
Morrison Will
Exoneration Won for Ohio Militia at Courthouse Riot
Ohio Gov. McKinley issued findings by a special court of inquiry in the Washington Court House riot. The court cleared Col. A. B. Coit and responsible officers of intoxication while noting soldiers visited saloons and at least three became drunk. Col. Collis faced criticism for keeping arms accessible. Firing deemed justified with warnings given. Gov. McKinley praised the troops for soldierly conduct.
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Columbus
Special Court of
McKinley
Washington Court House
A. B. Coit
Col. Collare
Col. Collis
Gov. McKinley
Observers contend with clouds over total lunar eclipse
In Cambridge Harvard observatory efforts to photograph the eclipse were hindered by bad skies and Prof. Pickering reported little scientific value expected. In New York the eclipse was clearly visible with the moon briefly obscured and segments revealed, drawing crowds at city hall park and the Brooklyn Bridge, but no observations were made.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Pickering
New York
City Hall Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Drunken Man Sets Fire and Dies in Allegheny House
John A. Sweeney aged 40 died in a house fire at 6 Henderson Street Allegheny after a drunken return home. His wife suffered serious burns and injuries from leaping from a window while she tried to save him and escape the blaze. The couple had no children.
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Pirossunen
John A. Sweeney
Henderson Street
Allegheny
Sweeney
Cleveland hide firm dissolves after massive liabilities
G A Budd Co of Cleveland—partners G Rudd and Henry E Massey—formally dissolved after a rush of liabilities estimated at 500 000 against assets not covering half. The firm, a leading hide and pelt dealer with headquarters at 6 River Street, handles 400 000 to 700 000 yearly. Massey precipitated the action.
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G. A. Bedd & Co
Massey
A Mother's Awful Deed Involving Poisoned Children
Mary Caruthers and James Strange are under arrest in Texas for the murder of Caruthers' two children aged 4 and 11. The pair allegedly conspired to kill the kids and flee, with Caruthers claiming morphine was given and the mother revealing multiple prior attempts. The 85 year old woman and 80 year old man were traveling when guards stopped her from leaping from a train.
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Pants
Tex
Mary Caruthers
James Strange
Strange
Caruthers
Here
Japanese forces storm Chinese stronghold at Tenchantai
Yin-Kao dispatch from March 7 reports fortifications south and west of Yin-Kao captured. Japanese Nororu units formed three assault avenues and overwhelmed about 10,000 Chinese defenders at Tenchantai, with 2,000 dead around the town. Town and materials seized. fire destroyed the fort.
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Luspex
Central News
Tokio
Yin-Kao
New Chwang
Liao
Nodzu
Tenchantai
Two Horse Thieves End in Firelit House Deaths
A posse pursued two horse thieves who had stolen thirty horses in the Choctaw nation. After three days of fighting near Large Rock Arkansas the men took refuge in a cabin. Declaring they would not be taken alive, the building was set ablaze and the pair were killed as the flames engulfed the structure.
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Large Rock
Ark
Enterprise
I.T
Express Company Wins Verdict Against Burrows Estate
Aver verdict of 5400 against Allen Burrows, father of the late train robber Rube Burrows, administrator of his son's estate, for money taken from Southern Express Company cars during nine years. Earlier suit followed confiscation of Rube’s pistols and weapons. claims are described as among Alabama’s most unique. Separate brief items report a fatal Missouri Pacific derailment near St Joseph, a fatality and injuries from a Pennsylvania locomotive explosion, and a small fire in Decatur causing Mrs Thatcher’s death.
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Express Company
Birmingham
Ala
Vernon
Lemar County
Southern Express Company
Allen Burrows
Rube Burrows
Rube
Burrows
Express
Alabama
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Pure Blood and Health
Purported health claims describe Hood's Sarsaparilla as purifying the blood, boosting vitality, and curing a range of ailments from sleeplessness to scrofula. Testimonials from Fasster of Pricewarp, Utica, NY praise its effectiveness when other remedies fail. The ad stresses blood purity as essential to well being and attributes cures to the medicine.
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Hood
Pricewarp
Utica
N. Y
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