Fatal fire claims two Chattanooga leaders in collapse
In Chattanooga on April 5 the Richardson building totalled by a basement fire from 4 30 to 6 00 am. Wealthy Boyd Ewing died after a fall trying to escape from the top floor and architect S M Patton perished in the ruins. Lawyer Frank Carlock was badly hurt while saving papers from the bank building.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Richardson
Boyd Ewing
S.M. Patton
South
Ewing
Patton
Frank Carlock
Third National Bank
Withdraw Kiowa Comanche Apache land lease ads
Indian Agent Baldwin reports orders from the department to stop advertisements inviting proposals to lease Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands. Ranchers with large herds worry over leases expiring in three weeks and seek guidance on their next steps.
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Anadarko
Okla
Baldwin
Department
Texas
Letter From Rev Bailey Endorses Paine's Celery Compound
A 1897 open letter from Rev William T Bailey of Curtis Bay Baptist Church endorses Paine's Celery Compound, recounting recovery after Easter illness and praising the remedy. The piece notes prior notices from pastors and reformers about its virtues and urges readers to prioritize personal health this spring.
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South Baltimore
William T. Bailey
Curtis Bay
Baltimore Sun
Bailey
Wm. T. Bailey
Curtis Bay Baptist Church
Paine
Baltimore
Messrs. Welle, Richardson
Sam
Tean
Wells, Richardson & Co
Charles L. Thompson
New York City
Dr. Meek
Central Methodist
Francis Murphy
Ingalls Replies to Bishop McCabe Over Carson Fight Row
John J. Ingalls sends an open letter to Bishop McCabe defending his Carson fight coverage. He rejects McCabe’s critique at the Winfield conference, asserts his Senate exit, and defends his integrity and method while urging respect for ethics in public life.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth Times
John J. Ingalls
Bishop McCabe
Licevise Car
Essex
Kansas City
Trinidad
San Francisco
McCabe
New York Journal
John & Ingalls
Cou
WiiGin
Pitzsimmons
Tam
Staicsiman
Methodist Church
Senate
Millm
eHice
Kansas
Lyceum
Carson
Palestine
Mra. Fitzsimmons
Winfield
Jolly J. Ingalls
Iron Workers Wage Cut Sparks Possible Strike
Bettas Ohio March 31 reports a 10 percent wage reduction for 500 Riverside Iron Works tube plant employees in Benwood West Virginia effective in April. Workers have not agreed to the terms, signaling a potential strike.
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Bettas
Ohio
Noduces
Riverside Iron Works
Benwood
W. Va
Rosa Bonheur’s Daily Life and Creative Method
Rosa Bonheur describes a peasant-like routine of rising with daybreak and painting at her easel from morning to afternoon. She walks in the Fontainebleau forest with dogs or a pony cart, then works until 1 30, rests, and ends with reading travel, hunting, history, and the Bible.
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Rosa Gonheur
Ladies
Ifoma Journal
Fontainebleau
Clocks With Nerves Challenge Tall Building Design
The article reports on the difficulty of clocks in very tall buildings to keep accurate time due to building vibrations. The Glock in the Manhattan Life tower fails to run as floors rise, while weather bureau pendulums sit idle after being left unwound. It notes a proposed shift from pendulum to balance-wheel clocks as a fix.
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New York Times
Haildinnes
Mocsat
Dunn
Manhattan Life Building
Weather Bureau
Sev Whrasienl
Vanderbilt Buys English Duke Amid Marlborough ties
The New York World claims William K. Vanderbilt paid about 15 million dollars for the Marlborough alliance, with a 10 million life interest for Mrs Vanderbilt, 5 million to the duke, and a future inheritance plan. Investments in Vanderbilt railroad stocks fund the settlement.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Wlr
House of Marlborough
Washington
Lake Shore
Rabbit inoculation plan sparks debate over virus use
The New York Journal notes Australia faces rising rabbit damage. Queensland official Mr. Pond leads experiments on 300 acres divided into three sections to test inoculation with a secrecy surrounding the virus. The aim is to destroy pests if successful. Germany offers nonemployment insurance in Cologne with weekly payments and higher rates for married workers.
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New York Journal
Pond
Queensland
Central Rabbit Association
Nove
Germany
Cologne
Community Meeting for Lawrence Bimetallic League
The Lawrence community hosts a meeting of the Bimetallic League. Attendees discuss questions of public interest and civic matters. All persons are invited to attend and participate.
Rock Island Highlights Dining Cars and Vestibuled Trains
The Rock Island promotes its dining car service as the best in the world and emphasizes its speed luxury safety and comfort. It describes vestibuled trains magnificent dining cars sleeping cars and chair coaches as the most elegant and newly improved patterns.
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Rock Island
Specialties of Fast Time and Dining Car Service
The notice advertises fast time, excellent equipment, best dining car service, and good connections. It invites inquiries for tickets and maps and directs readers to coupons and an office in the United States Canada or Mexico with the general passenger and thread agent in Chicago Illinois.
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Wasuiveron
Patent Office
United States Patent Office
United States
Ounada
Mexico
Addresa
Seventy First Birthday The Youths Companion 1897 Offer
The Youths Companion will celebrate its seventy first birthday in 1887 with articles by Andrew Carnegie on thrift and contributions from Kipling Roosevelt and others. The issue features nonpartisan editorials current events departments and a valuable reference file for readers. New subscribers paying 1.76 receive the remainder of 1897 free with a twelve color calendar and a year’s paper.
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Andrew Carnagie
Willaren
Rad Crase
Ha Ruseell
Kipling
Stephen Ederic
Clark ‘Reed
Lodge
Carl Seburs
Wilson
Lyman Abbott
Theodore Roosevelt
Evenue
Nature
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Wis
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McGillivray
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Madrid
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Andalusia
J. H. Walton
Dubuque, Iowa
Lincoln Park
Lake Shore Drive
Pawapenpata
James Harding
Harding & Dubois
Newark
N. J
John “Prell
Haverstraw
James Scott
Beick
Dr. Bailey
Emi
Nent Divines
Wonderful Remedy
Carson Mill
Winfield M. E
Rosa Bonheur
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