Murder of Mrs Pulitzer and mass church stampede tragedy
New York reports describe Mrs Joseph Pulitzer murdered in a Fifty eighth Street flat from a knife wound and poison. Police seek Willan Hooper Young Brigham Young’s grandson. Derby police arrest him after a Paris and New Jersey manhunt and possible confession emerges. In Birmingham a negro church stampede killing many follows Booker T Washington address as panic erupts amid crowd chaos.
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New York
Joseph Pulitzer
Fifty Eighth Street
Morris Canal
Willan Hooper Young
Brigham Young
Young
Fifty Eighth St
Satan
Jesus
Wyther
France
Wren
Derby, Conn
William Hwopner Young
Conneletion
Anuw Pijlitcer
Pulitzer
Derby
Newark
Ha Ie WH. Young
Calamitous Stampede Kills Dozens in Birmingham Church
A stampede at the Shi loh negro Baptist church on Avenue 6 and Eighteenth Street in Birmingham leads to 65 to 80 deaths and many injuries. The disaster struck at nine after Booker Washington finished his speech at the national Baptists convention, with ambulances overwhelmed for hours.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh Negro Baptist Church
Avenue 6
Eighteenth Street
Booker Washington
National Convention of Baptists
Emma Lucy Gates Sings to Large Tabernacle Audience
A large audience gathered in the tabernacle Monday evening to hear Utah soprano Emma Lucy Gates. Her voice, regarded as exceptionally clear and refined, delivered difficult selections by Mascagni Schubert De Koven and other noted composers with brilliant flights and rich melody.
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Tabernacle
Utah
Emma Lucy Gates
Mascazni
Schubert
de Koven
Seventy-Third LDS Conference Opens October 4 1902
The Seventy-third semi-annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will commence on Saturday October 4 1902 in the Tabernacle Salt Lake City. A general attendance of officers and members is invited and desired by Joseph F Smith John R Winder Anthon H Lund First Presidency.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Joseph F. Smith
John R. Winder
Anthon H. Lund
Abstracts and Property Titles Explained by an Abstractor
Fred W. Crockett, the Bonded Abstractor for Cache County, explains the importance of abstracts in real estate. He offers to prepare accurate property histories to ensure clear title.
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J Vasead
Fred W. Crockett
Cache County
Big new Utah sugar factory planned near Garland
Lehi Utah September 18 reports that Utah Sugar Company will build a mammoth sugar factory in Bear River valley about one mile south of Garland. Project cost exceeds 650000 with a water powered plant fed by Bear River and a great east side canal. Plans include a 200000 electric plant at Bear River canyon mouth and a railroad connecting valley towns to the factory, total outlay exceeding 1000000. Manager Mosiah Evans and T R Cutler are arranging machinery from H Dyer & Co. with operations in Lehi Logan Ode and Greeley.
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Lehi
Utah
Great Bear River Valley
Garland
Utah Sugar Company
Mosiah Evans
Bear River Valley
T.R. Cutler
Bear River Canyon
Bear River
Great East Side Canal
Death of Mrs Merrill in Cache Valley
Mrs Avyrom Merrill of this city died Monday after paralysis struck her third time last Friday. Born September 14, 1846 in Nauvoo Illinois, she moved to Utah in 1838 and lived in Cache Valley since 1881. She leaves a husband and many relatives. Funeral will be at the Second Ward meeting house at 1 p.m. today.
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Avyrom Merrill
Nauvoo
Ill
Utah
Cache Valley
Coalville
Second Ward
Meri Drives Teamwork Across Post Office Transport
Meri demonstrates strong leadership driving delivery teams through the post office network. Her efforts improve efficiency, morale, and coordination across routes, with a focus on reliable transport and timely mail handling.
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Meri
Jacob Jorgense
Srig H Y College Describes Broad Courses Offered
An early 20th century notice for Brigham Young College lists a wide range of subjects from theology and pedagogy to agriculture, English, law, psychology, cooking, carpentry, stenography, dressmaking, horticulture, typing, biology, physics, languages, telegraphy, and botany. It invites preparatory students to elect practical work and to send for a catalogue.
Summer Sale on Knitted Garments and Clothing Deals
Summer sale advertises low prices on knitted garments and ladies shirts with discounts. It touts twofold price cuts for ladies and children, wholesale-style stock updates, new stock arrivals, and a large selection of Gent's underwear dress shirts gloves suspenders at close-cut prices.
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Neasaten
Liah
House of Worship
Booker T. Washington
Billeu
Baltimore
Plar Singer
Britt
Box Eider
Ie H
Dyer & Collegeland
Logan
Ode
Greeley
Wyrcy Merrill
Tak Market
Mer
Loyves
Srigham Young College
Uta
Earhing
Keping Pedagogy
Sewite Agciculture
S.on
Cache Knitting Works
Bishop’s Storehouse
Cardon & Burnham
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