President Roosevelt Wraps Up Boston Groton Visit
President Roosevelt returned to Washington after a two day Boston trip that included Harvard meetings and a Groton school visit where he delivered a “short sermon” to students. He toured Groton with Mrs. Roosevelt and daughters, met local officials, and endured a scare when a silk flag gift was hurled toward his train. He stressed the value of education, fair play in football, and independent service in government.
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Federal Express
Harvard
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Kermit
Ethel Roosevelt
Congressman Longworth
William Sturgis Bigelow
Longworth
Thein
Avre Junction
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Alsenter Rossin
William A. Gurdour
Ethel
Kermit Roosevelt
Andicutt Peabody
Prof. Gardner
New Haven
Conn
India
Federal
Expresa
Shore Line
New
Death of former state penitentiary warden Swift
Jefferson City Mo Feb 36 March A Swift aged 72 died suddenly Sunday here of heart disease. He served as warden of the state penitentiary in 1865 and was a prominent local figure.
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Horace A. Swift
Jefferson City
Marymce A. Swift
Indians Burned to Death in Winnipeg Tepee Blaze
Three Indians died in a tepee blaze on the city outskirts during a drunken spree in Winnipeg on May 25. Two others were badly burned as the incident sparked a frenzied carousal.
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Winnipeg
Thaw Counsel Sees Possible Lunacy Move Scrutinized
New York February reports say Harry Thaw's lawyer Clifford Hartridge told the Tombs he discussed with Thaw the possibility the prosecution might seek a lunacy commission to examine him as his cross examination resumes. Hartridge said Mrs Thaw favored a lunacy inquiry, while Jerome aims to avoid such drastic action though he would push if convinced Thaw is insane.
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New York
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry K. Thaw
Tombs
Thaw
Jerome
Deemar Ung Bingamao
Stanford White
Petition for Cock Fights in Havana Sparks Parade
A procession led by ex Senator Monteagedo with horsemen carriages and bands paraded to the palace where Gov Magoon reviewed the crowd from a balcony. A committee won the governor’s promise to consider the request to abrogate Gen Leonard Wood's mill order banning cock fights as thousands voiced support.
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Havana
Monteagedo
Prado
Guredis
Gov. Magoon
Ilavana
Leonard Wood
Man Dies in Conneautville Fire After Lamp Exposed
In Meadville Crawford county on February 25 Patrick C. Sheehan aged 48 a well known local figure burned to death at his Conneautville home after a lamp toppled when he entered a library in his night robe. Officials report he was likely struck by apoplexy leading to the accident as flames engulfed the upper body.
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Meadville
Patrick C. Sheehan
Crawford Cunts
Conneautville
Sheehan
Ohio Centenarian Dies in Piqua
Piqua February 25 Alexander Green who just celebrated his 100th birthday last December died Sunday morning of old age. He was descended from the Tumeus and the Von Greenfeld German line. He served as an officer in Austrian wars to southern Spain and Italy the Grecian revolution in Turkey and the German revolutions of 1848-51. He moved to Piqua in 1862.
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Ohio
Piqua
Alexander Green
Mr. Green
von Greenfeld
Spain
Iialy
Yurkéy
Elizabeth Johnson to wed Sig. Freder ice Mariani
Announcement Sunday said Miss Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Mayor Tara L. Johnson, will marry Sig. Freder ice Mariani, a wealthy Italian guest at the mayoral home for eight weeks. The wedding date is not set.
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Mayor Johnson
Wied
Cleveland
Elizabeth Johnson
Tara L. Johnson
Sig. Frederice Mariani
Street Cars Burned Up in Warren Fire
Fire Sunday destroyed the Warren Street Railway company cars and contents. Loss valued at 125000 dollars. Cars saved included and arrangements made to borrow cars from Jamestown, New York. Local officials investigate causes and outline recovery steps for the line.
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Warren
Warren Street Railway Company
Onbr
Jamestown
Mayor Davis and Col Brady Sick From Ptomaine Poisoning
In Paso, Texas on February 25 Mayor Charles Davis and Col John W Brady are critically ill from ptomaine poisoning believed caused by eating canned tomatoes during a hunting trip.
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Ff Paso
Tex
Charles Davis
Col
John W. Brady
Fire destroys Culberton building in Muskogee
Feb 25. Fire here Sunday destroyed the Culberton building causing an estimated loss of 100,630 dollars. The principal loss was on the general merchandise stock of the "Fair."
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Muskogee
T. Muskogee
1.T
Culberton
Week of action in Congress and Harriman probe
The house moves to clear the last session with money bills and defic iency measures on deck while the senate handles agricultural and post office bills. Harriman railroad probe resumes in New York with witnesses including Harriman expected to testify over two days. Athletic bodies plan meetings as major leagues outline schedules and the National Skating Association searches for authority clarity.
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House
Advich
Aldrich
House Friends of Ship Smeldy
Servne
Congress
Depew
Senate
Patterson
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
New York
Na Vonal Bageball Commission
National Skating Association
Athleic Union
Fire destroys Lyre theater in AltoonaVaudeville venue razed
The Lyre theater in Altoona, operated as Keith's vaudeville house, burned Sunday with officials suspecting electrical wiring on stage caused the blaze. The jewel about 50,300 in value was reported lost.
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Altoona
Lyre Theater
Keith
Vaude- Ville
Telegraphic Brevities Headlines and Incidents
A collection of brief items: a bomb injures a city chief of police, Geo Booth of the Salvation Army travels for New York, William B H Masham dies of pneumonia, mass appeals for municipal ownership in London, Chicago mayor re nominated, John G Carlisle to marry, Alice Nielsen Quelée incident in opera panic, Gov Hanley commutes a death sentence, a gas asphyxiation tragedy in Chicago, and a sundry bill amendment mandating canteen bars at old soldiers homes.
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Virginia
Alice Nielsen
Chicago
Gov. Hanley
Indiana
Willam A. Sporea
Wiliam Fawbush
Sarah Walters
Florence
Albert Miller
Elma Dara Arrested in Kidnaping and Bigamy Case
Meadville Pa February 24 Elma Dara charged with kidnapping George Rhodius a feble minded man was nabbed Sunday night at the Todd sanitarium Cambridge Springs by Deputy Sheriff Paul Marshall Rhodius who accompanied Dara was in Indiana February 21 and later married in Louisville Ky Dara proprietor of a resort in the Pendleton district of Indianapolis is said to be affected with paralytic dementia Rhodius value to neighbors was about 1000000 dollars
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Meadville
Elma Dara
George Rhoding
Indianapolis
Louisville
Todd Sanitarium
Cambride Springs
Paul Marshall
Rhodius
Indanapolis
Ing. Fey
Elma Tare
Bailey Inquiry Near End Drives Report To Legislature
Legislative committee nears completion on Bailey inquiry. Findings will be reported to both houses no later than Tuesday. Bailey and his lawyers press for haste as he plans to depart Thursday to reach Washington by March 4 for installation by the Senate.
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Bailey
Washington
Maren
Woman saves son in domestic quarrel and is stabbed to death
Mrs Oscar Richardson, wife of a station engineer, tried to intervene between her son and Nasband at their home in Rosedale near Kangagity Missouri. She rushed between them during a Sunday fight and was stabbed to death by her husband. The son was injured while attempting to defend his mother.
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Kangagity
Feh
Oscar Richardson
Nasband
Rosedale
Kan
Richardson
Capt Sperling a Popular Hero
London newspapers praise Capt Sperling of Dordrecht for rescuing the last three Berlin survivors after the steamer Berlin wreck. He and his two nephews have been retelling the story and seeking photographs. Survivors of the Bertin are progressing favorably.
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Sperling
London
Dordrecht
Berlin
Bertin
Fourth Case of Smallpox In Missouri House
Jefferson City Mo Foo 26 John M Boughury of Howard county an engrossing clerk was stricken with Illness Sunday that was pronounced smallpox He was taken to the emergency hospital Ells caseda of a mid form He is the fourth man connected with the house of representatives to contract the malady.
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Jefferson City
Foo
John M. Boughury
Howard County
House of Representatives
Panic Injures Many at Chicago Church
A Sunday morning panic at the Roman Catholic Sancta Mana Ad folorul church in Chicago injured more than two dozen people including women and children. The stampede was caused by a false alarm of fire from escaping steam, according to witnesses.
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Vbichly
Tralian
Sancta Mana Adfolorul
Hearne Ill at Home With Peritonitis Here
Frank J. Hearne is very ill at his Denver home from peritonitis. Brerk J. Hearne, chairman and president of Colorado Fuel and Iron Co, is a prominent railroad and mining figure in the nation.
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Frank J. Hearne
Denver
Brerk J. Hearne
Colorado Fuel & Tron Company
Mr. Hearne
Canadian College Burned in Montreal Blaze
Montreal Quebec February 25 The college of Sts Marie a Marieville burned to the ground Saturday Two hundred and twenty five students escaped Many lost belongings The loss stands at about 100000 dollars
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Montreal
Que
College of
New Brunswick Official Dies on Queen Street
James Bunting Snowbell governor of New Brunswick dies suddenly on Sunday night in Fredericton while walking to attend service at the cathedral on Queen Street. He collapsed on the way, leaving local officials shocked by the abrupt death.
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New Brunswick
Fredericton
James Bunting Snowbell
Queen Street
Survivors Clung To Berlin Wreck After Terrible Night
Eleven survivors of the Berlin steamship disaster reach Harwich survivors saved after a deadly night amid fierce seas and cold. Prince consort oversees rescue efforts as crowds cheer and medical teams gather at Amerika hotel. Capt Jansen reports two women and a child still aboard the wreck.
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Halland
Berlin
Harwich
Roteterdam
Bock
Holland
Prince
Boand
Hague
Twin
Prince Consort
Amerika Hotel
Jansen
Helveetsiuls
Fisher
Amerika
Wrecks Hit Fast Trains Across Several States
Multiple rail accidents report wrecks and injuries on fast trains and freight lines. The 18 hour flyer east of Johnstown failed to clear a curve, with 54 aboard and injured passengers. no deaths reported. Other collisions and derailments occurred near Altoona, Johnstown, Cascade, Hayfield, and Sargent with several injuries and one fatality noted.
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Johnstown
South Fork
Gunemaugh
Philadelmia
Ma Deewatek
Altooua
Salt Lake City
Clinton
Leigh
Salt Lake
Sech Taft
Wayne County
Harry Josephs
Tingham
Hingham Dines
Myr
Luigh
Salt Lake Merald
Kentucky
Owensboro
Messenger
Dubuque
Chicago
Washington Mills
Dom Rohan
Fillmore
Love
St. Paul
Miam
Hayfield
Minn
Winuna
Ming
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Sargent
World’s End in March Foretold by Vesuvius Official
Prof Matteucci of Vesuvius Observatory said the end of March could see part of a newly discovered comet contact Utegarth atmosphere with dangerous consequences to the world. He cited Marchetti's comet and warned collision with the tail might ignite the earth’s atmosphere and devastate life, though danger could be brief.
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Rome
Matteucci
Vesuvius Observatory
Marchetti
Utegarth
Marttened
Feat and legs found in box in New York tenement yard
Box contained feet and leg portions likely severed with an axe. Authorities believe an earlier attempt to burn them failed before disposal in a Third Avenue snow bank. The remains were taken to a police station for investigation.
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New York
Third Avenue
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