Bank bombing rocks Skagway with deadly blast
In Skagway Alaska at 3 pm an unknown man robbed the Canadian Bank of Commerce wielding a revolver and dynamite. Clerks escaped through a window as the bank was wrecked. The robber died and the dynamite killed bystanders, including Judge Price. About a thousand dollars in gold dust was stolen.
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Times
Skagway
Alaska
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Pooley
Wallace
Judge Price
Mayor Low Sends Riot Papers to Dist Atty
New York reports Mayor Low forwarded all papers from the funeral riot of Rabbi Jacob Joseph to District Attorney Jerome for action. He submitted the special committee report criticizing police handling and noting excessive clubbing of citizens by officers.
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New York
Low
Jacob Joseph
Atty. Jerome
Partridge
Russian efforts to curb seal poaching on Siberian coast
London reports the Odessa correspondent says Russia will take effective measures to suppress seal poaching by Americans and Japanese on the northeastern Siberian coast. Three fast gunboats will enforce the actions.
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London
Odessa
The
Standard
Siberia
Troops Called In To End Coal Field Strife
Charleston West Virginia September 17 Governor White announced plans to call home troops remaining on duty in the New River Coal field as the area returned to calm. Many miners resumed work with new laborers entering the mines.
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New River
Charleston
W. Va
Lords of the North and Heralds of Empire reviewed
A critic praises Miss Laut as a vigorous new writer centering northern trade pioneer life in two novels Lords of the North and Heralds of Empire. Heralds of Empire follows Radisson, a famed explorer, and contrasts him with Jack Battle, a convict sailor, amid Boston’s witchcraft era before the tale moves beyond the port.
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Miss Laut
Ife
Olone Ramsay Stanhope
Pierre Radisson
Radisson
High Seas
Pathfinders
Pioneers
Jack Battle
Wharf-Rat
Sailor Lad
Boston
Two Women in Arctic Adventure and Empire Clash
A brisk tale set in the north where fur trade and money spark intrigue and peril. Rebecca the Puritan contrasts with Hortense the fearless modern adventurer as Radisson and Hortense shape history and hearts in a story praised for rapid plot and vivid character contrasts. Heralds of Empire by A. C. Laut is published by D. Appleton & Co. New York.
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North
Rebecca
Hortense
Radisson
The October Pearson's opens with The Story of the States
The October issue features New York City as a world metropolis with a detailed article by Gustav Kobbe backed by profuse photographs. It includes features on The Dudley Dynagraph Car and Modern Fire Protection, plus ongoing fiction from Captain Kettle, A Knave of Keys, Bill's Best Beloved, True to the King, and Rid er Haggard's Pearl Maiden.
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Pearson’s
New York City
Gustav Kobbe
New York
Empire City
Captain Kettle
Albert Bigelow Paine
Louis Mack
Bill
France
Rider Haggard
White Mountains Autumn Resort Draws Tourists
Autumn season brings visitors to the White Mountains with vivid foliage and cooler air. The Boston & Maine railroad offers low rate excursions through Oct 11, with hotels advertising reduced prices and side trips in the mountains. Tickets and information available at stations and Boston & Maine posters.
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New England
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Primitive Fire Fighting in Old New York
An October Pearson's excerpt from Modern Fire Protection describes early volunteer fire departments facing scarce water before Croton in 1842. Water was drawn from the river via long hose-lines between engines, as at the 1828 Old Bowery theatre fire, with hundreds of men, many maimed, heroic volunteers sacrificing for duty.
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Pearson
Croton
Bowery Theatre
Catherine Street
East River
Harry Howard
Tailor Measurements by Photography in Paris
A new method of tailoring uses a camera and a standard network photographed simultaneously. Hidden areas are revealed by visible objects, multiple views are taken, and a harness marks comparison points. Optional direct marking on the person is described, with careful alignment to keep consistent scale.
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Paris
St. James's Gazette
From Rags to Riches at Opera House Lifts Crowds Again
Frankie Carpenter and her clever company repeat high attendance as crowds pack the week’s order of performances. Notable cast: Jere Grady as Gus Billings, Charles Neumann as Walter Raymond, Margaret Willard as Cicily Bland, Ann Egleston as Mrs Warren, and Edward Mumford with James Cowper providing acts between. The show followed by A Barrel of Money this afternoon and Conn The Shaughraun tonight, with The Christian coming Monday. Hall Caine’s The Christian has drawn seven million readers and earned royalties nearing one hundred thousand dollars.
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Salem
Thomas B. Dunn
Mr. Hardup
Jere Grady
Gus Billings
Charles Neumann
Walter Raymond
Margaret Willard
Cicily Bland
Ann Egleston
Conn
Hall Caine
Greeba Castle
Greeba Mountain
Isle of Man
New York
A Night on Broadway at Academy of Music Tonight
Harry Morris headlines a two act Broadway comedy at the Academy of Music in Lowell. The show features a strong company with Alice Porter and Carl Anderson and runs three days with matinees for Friday and Saturday afternoons. Monday brings Peck’s Bad Boy and a children’s matinee is free by ticket.
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Academy of Music
Harry Morris
Broadway
New York
New York State
Morris
Alice Porter
Nellie Fenton
Carl Anderson
Mildred Stoler
Tony Asher
Edward Adams
Carrie Webber
Ed. Brennan
Lowell
Morris Company
Peck
Constable McManus
C. F. Dempsey
Grady Shoots Wife in Jersey City Street
William D Grady a Jersey City post office clerk shot his wife Rose Agnes Grady on a city street this afternoon The woman was fatally wounded Grady narrowly escaped lynching as workers witnessed the shooting a policeman saved him He is in custody and his wife was hospitalized The couple had lived apart for three years they met today following words passed between them.
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New York
William D. Grady
Jersey City
Rose Agnes Grady
Grady
McGregors Will Leaves Estate to His Mother
Bradford B McGregor of Standard Oil died September 7 after an operation and married Clara Schlemmer hours before. Will filed today leaves large fortune in Standard Oil shares to his wife though she is not named. she gets dower rights in real estate. Mother inherits bulk of property.
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New York
Bradford B. McGregor
Standard Oil Company
Clara Schlemmer
Standard
Diphtheria Fatalities Enter Buxton Families In Biddeford
In Biddeford Maine on September 17 a nine year old boy son of Warren Haley and a seven year old girl daughter of Edwin Thompson of Buxton died from black diphtheria. Physicians say the disease is spreading among school children and others. The origin remains undetermined.
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Biddeford
Warren Haley
Edwin Thompson
Buxton
Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Tollman Stabbing
Henry Farron was committed to jail in Farmington on a charge of attempting to murder John Tolman of Jay. Tolman was stabbed several times in the back and side during a quarrel said to have stemmed from heavy drinking.
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Farmington
Henry Farron
John Tolman
Jay
Tolman
Oldest Nova Scotia resident dies at 104
Halifax Sept 17 Thomas Shaw aged 104 longtime Nova Scotia resident and British Crimean War veteran died this afternoon.
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Halifax
N. S
Thomas Shaw
Nova Scotia
Adirondack deer season opens amid lush foliage and promising game
A New York Evening Post correspondent reports the Adirondack deer season began Monday with guides and visiting hunters moving toward state land camps. Expect dull early shooting due to foliage, but deer appear plentiful this year with ponds yielding sightings and bold animals. Wet conditions boosted plant life, berries, and nuts, while early frosts colored maple leaves and quickened leaf fall. Blatz Beer-American House.
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Adirondacks
New York Evening Post
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