Dynamite Blast Wrecks Bay Chester Train Cars
A Harlem river branch derailment near Baychester caused a loaded dynamite car to explode as three detached cars crashed into the train. Engineer Thomas Corrigan stopped the locomotive after the blast, houses damaged across Baychester and Westchester village, one injury, and fires raged as water ran out. Two Long Island Sound bathhouses also wrecked, with damage noted at City Island.
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New York
Harlem River
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Bay Chester
Thomas Corrigan
Bay
Westchester Village
Long Island Sound
City Island
Passengers panic as elevated train derails in Brooklyn
In New York on October 24 a two car Kings County elevated train on the Brooklyn end of the bridge jumped the curve, burst into flame from the third rail, and burned while 50 passengers were injured. Crowded cars toppled, windows shattered, and travelers rushed to the tracks and platform escaping the deadly rail. Fire lit the flooring and sides, but all passengers fled to safety.
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New York
Kings County
Brooklyn
Latimer Killed by Highwaymen at Home Entrance
Woodstock Colorado October 24 a merchant W T Latimer was slain by highwaymen as he neared his door after a struggle with his attackers a club blow felled him. He died about twenty minutes later with the robbers escaping.
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Woodstock, CO
W. T. Latimer
Nantucket Lightship Report From Southampton to Cherbourg
Nantucket Lightship reports a voyage from Southampton to Cherbourg with New York as the next leg, 51 miles east at 11.45 p m on October 23rd, noting the coastal position and timing.
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Nantucket
New York
Southampton
Cherbourg
Telegraph Messenger Strike Delays Western Union Service
Boston Oct 24 The collection and delivery of telegrams by Western Union was largely disrupted by a lockout of about 150 American District Telegraph messengers. Some work shifted to telephone and private messengers, while patrons hired their own boys who feared being labeled as scabs.
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Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
American District Telegraph Company
State Street
Extradition of Charles Kratz Faces Slow Path
Mexico City on October 24 reports the Kratz extradition proceeding as slow due to Republic law and formalities. Kratz may delay through protracted legal contests with appeals to the supreme court. Public opinion in St. Louis is reportedly adverse to the demand. Welcome Gov Bates attends Huntington Hall on Monday night.
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Mexico City
Mex
Charles Kratz
Republic
Kratz
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Huntington Hall
Dowie Arrives in Boston Amid Sail for Australia Rumor
John Alexander Dowie and his wife and son arrived in Boston in the private car Iolanthe to see them aboard a ship destined for England and then Australia. He denied plans to sail for England and said he would return to New York to continue his crusade after the voyage.
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New York
John Alexander Dowie
Elijah the
Boston
Australia
Zion Restoration Host
Madison Square Garden
Zion City
Dowie
Iolanthe
A. J. Gladstone Dowie
Dr. Dowie
Bethel inquest finds Beulah York killed by Ora Green
Coroner's inquest at Bethel Maine into the Newry double tragedy returns that Miss Beulah York died from a gunshot wound fired by Ora W. Green. Green dies by suicide with a gunshot to the head. Rev. F C Potter conducts Green's funeral. burial near Bear river. Miss York funeral set for tomorrow at her parents home with interment in Philbrook yard nearby.
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Bethel
A. W. Grover
Newry
Miss York
Orrington York
Philbrook Yard
Bear River
Sterilizing Bottles By High Temperature Process
A report notes that bottles not only are thoroughly cleaned but also sterilized by exposing them to high temperature. State Board of Health commentary cites EI Azhar Wares Co and B Coburn & Co Tet 660 as related cases.
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State Board of Health
Ei-Azhar Wares Co
B. Coburn & Co
Wanted Ad Circulates Across Regions
A lowel General Hospital location on Varnum Avenue is cited in a circulating want ad seeking sample distributors nationwide. The notice promises good pay and joint cooperative advertising opportunities, attributed to New York company 626.
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Lowell General Hospital
Varnum Avenue
Adv. Co
N. Y
Lineman Sargent Hurt Falling From Gorham Street Pole
Thomas L. Sargent, lineman for New England Telephone, fell from a pole on Gorham street while repairing a wire and sustained a base skull fracture. He is unconscious at Emergency Hospital, with recovery doubtful. age about 85, living at 122 Coburn street with a wife and four children.
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Thomas L. Sargent
New England Telephone Company
Edward E. Sargent
Gorham Street
Sargent
Fairburn
Fairburn’s
Bumps
Telephone Company
Coburn Street
Enchanted En Oscillating Tale In Enoka Arden Styled Case
Ellen Brown 39 appeared in police court charged with threatening Lumina Pothier and the case was placed on file after a hearing. Pothier had employed Brown as housekeeper for 18 years at a Kenwood home. A Canadian wife surfaced, Brown claimed she did not know Pothier was married, and after a confrontation Pothier allegedly forced her from the house. Brown, missing proof of marriage, sat on the steps all night and suffered illness. Lawyer Hennessey described a tale of hardship, with Brown seeking shelter in the home she helped build, and requested 18 years wages from Pothier. Judge Hadley dismissed the charge and placed it on file, with a potential counterclaim for wages.
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Ellen Brown
Lumina Pothier
Enoch Arden
Pothier
York Street
Kenwood
Manchester
Ellen
Lumnia Pothier
Hennessey
Canada
Jud
Hadley
Hennessey Safé
Asult
John Sawyer
Wesley Sawyer
Dr. Sawyer
Lowell
A Clear Skin vs Muddy Liver Pills A Mises
A cryptic line reads a clear skin does not align with a muddy liver while a peculiar misaligned phrase mentions Yers Pills and AMises, suggesting a tongue in cheek adage or garbled medical quip from an old text.
Most Favored for Coadjutor of Archbishop Williams of Boston
Rome reports Rt Rev W H O Connell is the leading candidate for coadjutor to Archbishop Williams of Boston Mass. Born in Boston Dec 8 1859, he rose from public schools to high honors at Boston College, studied at St Charles College Ellicott City and the American college in Rome.ordained Jan 8 1884 he later served in Medford and Boston before becoming president of the American college in Rome in 1895 and bishop of Portland Missouri in 1901.
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Rome
Congregation of the Propaganda
W. H. O'Connell
Archbishop Williams
Boston
Mass
Wm. H. O'Connell
New England
St Charles College
Ellicott City
Boston College
St. Charles
Signal
American College
United States
Medford
Richard Donnelly
St. Joseph’s Church
Chambers Street
West End
American College In
O'Connell
Portland
Healy
St. John Lateran
Women Slain in Jasper Georgia. Bodies Mutilated
In Jasper Georgia Mrs Annie Holcomb and her 17 year old daughter were shot at their rural home and mutilated with knife wounds. The mother lay behind the house with a breast wound and stab injuries. the daughter, found 150 yards away, had three bullet wounds and multiple stab wounds. Tracks of two men were found, suggesting pursuit of the girl, but no motive or suspects are known. The case has aroused strong local excitement.
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Jasper
Annie Holcomb
Mosely Educational Commission to Visit New Haven
The Mosely educational commission will visit New Haven on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Dr Thomas Barclay chairman of the British chamber of commerce Paris will address Yale faculty and students Tuesday afternoon on a general arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States.
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New Haven
Conn
Mosely Educational Commission
Thomas Barclay
British Chamber of Commerce
Paris
Yale
Great Britain
Electric car sets speed record on Berlin line
Berlin reports a high speed test on the Martenfelde Zeseen line where an electric car reached 130 25 miles per hour.
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Berlin
Martenfelde-Zeseen
Ocotapaye Volcano Active Near Guayaquil
The Ocotapaye volcano near Guayaquil Ecuador has shown activity for several days, with ongoing eruptions and volcanic observances continuing as authorities monitor the situation.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Ocotapaye Volcano
CAME BACK From Wandering Doctor Reunited at Lakewood
Dr Henry H Cale proprietor of a Lakewood sanitarium has recovered his memory while at a sanitarium in Goshen New York He had wandered last April visiting New York Norfolk St Louis and Kansas City before a brother in law found him in Poughkeepsie He remembered he was a physician and had a sanitarium at Lakewood including Hotel Albert and a $2009 pocketbook was found later The curious note about Gov Bates and the Democratic spellbinder is mentioned but not clarified
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Lakewood
N. J
Henry H. Cale
Goshen
N. Y
Cale
New York
Albert
Poughkeepsie
Norfolk
St. Louis
Kansas City
Plaza resumes presidency of Equador after visit to dying mother
Guayaquil reports that General Plaza resumed the presidency of Equador after returning from Linha in Manabi where his mother was reported dying. Vice President Baquerizo had exercised executive power during his absence.
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Guayaquil
Equador
Plaza
Equade
Linha
Manabi
Baquerizo
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