Deadly Canadian Pacific avalanche wipes out 92 workers
Vancouver reports 92 more deaths from rock and snow slides in Rogers Pass Bear Creek area. Fourteen injured as workers clearing a smaller slide are buried by a second avalanche. News reached Revelstoke and a relief train with physicians and 200 railway workers sped to the scene. A possible second slide near Cascade Tunnel is feared.
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Vancouver
B. C
Glidea
Rocky Mountains
Rogera Pass
Selkirk Range
Arrow
Bear Creek
Travka
Bear Creak
Revelstoke
Rogers Pass
Wellington
Wash
Mar
Corgo
Great Northern
Cascade
Cascade Tunnel
Cudahy arrested after home assault in Kansas City
Kansas City report says Jack Cudahy son of a prominent Kansas City family was arrested after a disturbance at the Cudahy home. Lil lis Lillis, millionaire president of West in Exchange bank, lies injured at the scene and is reported near death from injuries. Cudahy was taken to the police station and later released on bond of $100 after his attorney arrived. Mrs. Cudahy declined to discuss the matter, hinting punishment for Cudahy. Patrolman Underwood described a rope bound victim in the library and a bleeding condition.
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Kansas City
Lillis
The
West In Exchange Bank
Mary
Jack’ Cudahy
Omaha
Cudahy
Win
Torney Cudahy
Beating after church choir dispute in Paducah
Dr M Dodd pastor of First Baptist Paducah was beaten by tobacco broker Charles Graham after Graham's wife was barred from singing in the church choir. Dodd suffered facial wounds and a broken rib as his sisters’ belongings were trampled. Graham surrendered to Magistrate Emery and posted bond for appearance. Judge Parker sails for Europe from New York to Russia, plans unclear conference with czar. Gen Leonard Wood leaves Baltimore hospital declared cured after two head surgeries.
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Padicah
Dodd
First, Baptist Church
Charles Graham
Graham
Emery
Parker
Europe
New York
Alton
Russia
St. Petersburg
Wood Fa
Baltimore
Leonard Wood
Hiu
Algo
Garfield backs up Pinchot in inquiry testimony
Washington March 7 Gifford Pinchot closed his testimony in the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry and James R Garfield former secretary of the interior followed. Garfield detailed his management of interior lands and water power withdrawals defending lack of subterfuge while criticizing some withdrawals as too small or too large. Pinchot ended with a general defense of the forest service and said he had little personal knowledge of key facts.
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Washington
Mar
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger Pinchot
James R. Gareld
Secretary of the Interior
Garfield
Pinchot
Forest Service
Stomach Center Of Human Life All Else Secondary
The Cooper medicine promises to cure most illnesses by proper stomach function. Cooper argues the stomach drives health, with diseases like fever often traced to stomach intake. A Boston chef testifies to relief from chronic indigestion, weight gain, and improved appetite after using Cooper’s remedy. The Coopers Medicine Co. promotes its product through druggists nationwide.
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L. T. Cooper
Cooper
A. C. Brock
Brock Restaurant
Market District
Boston
Mase
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Deny Harahan to resign
New York May 7 The fact that W L Park general superintendent of the Union Pacific Railway is to be elected vice president of the United Central this week led to a Chicago rumor that J T Harahan was about to resign the presidency of the Sinots Center. Directors in Chicago said he has no intention of resigning at present.
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New York
W. L. Park
Union Pacific Paihway
1Inate Central
Chicago
J. T. Harahan
Sinots Center
Park
Winals Central
Sinots Central
Chicago Report
Coulon Beats Kendrick For Bantam Title In 20 Round War
New Orleans March 7 Tohunte Coulon of Chicago won the world bantam crown at 110 pounds in a 20 round bout with British champion Jim Kendrick before the West Side Athletic Club. Coulon dominated to the nineteenth round, Kendrick staggered, referee Wallace Wood intervened and Coulon earned the victory as Kendrick could not continue.
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New Orleans
Tohunte Coulon
Chicago
Jom. Kendrick
West Side Athletic Club
Wallace Wood
Conlon
Chica
Roan
Damage along Ohio River halts business across several cities
Reports from up and down the Ohio River describe extensive suffering and damage as high water stops business in multiple cities. Losses total hundreds of thousands with Parkersburg over 106000, Marietta around 480000, Portsmouth about 480000, and Cincinnati bottoms merchants estimating losses near 100000.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Marietta
Portsmouth
Bottoms
Hartje divorce case opens in Pittsburgh court
Mary Scott Hartje sues Augustus Hartje, the paper king, for divorce in Pittsburgh. The case follows his long, costly bid to win back his wife after years of public scrutiny over alleged propriety with a colored coachman.
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Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Hartje
Kansas Editors At Wichita Open Annual State Meet
President Arthur Capper of Topeka Capital led Kansas editors at the eighteenth annual state association meeting in Wichita. The two day program features engaging discussions and entertainment. An absolute divorce was granted to Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum from James I. McCallum with custody of their two children awarded to the mother.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Scottish Rite
Arthur Capper
Topeka
McCallum
Washington
Mar. T
Mary Sherman McCallum
John Sherman
Ohio
James I. McCallum
Special Order Divorced Woman Adopts New Doll Name
A divorced woman requests a modification of a doll labeling to replace Pa Pa and Mamma with Mamma Lustife Woche. The note expresses strong affection for the doll while seeking the altered inscription.
Doctor Cures Scalp Disease With Cuticura Remedies
A 10 or 12 year old suffered months from a scalp ailment with hair loss. A doctor prescribed Cuticura Remedies, which cleared the disease in weeks. The user notes further benefit from Cuticura for a skin breakout on a hand and reports no recurrence. A testimonial from Jessie F. Buchanan of Hamilton Ga dated January 7 1909. Barnum praised Cuticura as effective in his medicine chest for past three seasons.
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Jessie F. Buchanan
R. F
Hamilton, Ga
Barnum
P. T. Barnum
West Philadelphia Vestry Tiff Ends In Slippery Scene
An Episcopal clergyman visiting a vestryman in West Philadelphia was kicked and knocked down by an intoxicated man at the vestry house. The assailant fled, the clerk fled, and the clergyman narrowly escaped injury as the door slammed. The incident cooled relations between the clergyman and the vestryman.
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Philadelphia
Ramo' Degro
Cler
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Nationwide Cure
An old advertisement promises a $100 reward for proof of failure of Hall's Catarrh Cure. It touts the remedy as a positive cure, taken by the family, that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Address FJ Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Mall's Pills and lists physicians and druggists as sources.
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Addreag FJ
Cheney de CO
Toledo
al Drageints
Mall
A Bright Idea Yeast It and Weird Paragraphs
A collage of odd vignettes and product blurbs ranges from a bright idea for a baya bird to a storm episode with two dressed women, followed by notices praising Resinol Ointment Castoria and Perry Davis Painkiller. Scattered ad copy and quotations fill the page with miscellaneous, period voice references and humorous snippets.
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India
Baya
Philadelphia Ledger
Convincing Proof of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A long testimonial collection promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles. Letters from Mrs S J Barber Mrs EB Hayes Mrs Genrok May and others claim tumor relief female ailments back pain and general restoration after using the remedy. The letters urge others to try the product when doctors offer little help.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
J. Barber
E. F. Hayes
Hayes
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Eorge
Lydia E
KK. Houshasaya
Serars
Myra
Overland Car Sales Surge Across States
Kansas leads with a thousand Overlands ordered, New York City buys 1,090, Boston 50, and San Francisco 500 as agents contract for 20,200 cars worth 24 million. The ads tout ease of use, low maintenance, and competitive pricing from 1,000 to 1,500 dollars, claiming record demand and a storied business rise.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
New York City
Boston
San Francisco
Washington
Philadelphia
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Chappie
Cleveland
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Hawna
W. J. Callan
Brooklyn
England
Samuel Johnson
Perry Davis
Winslow
Datcham
Slim
Ts Eae
Lydia E Pinkham
Pinkhsin
Lynn
J. Banger
Scott
Wena
Oli
Willys-Overland Co
Olio
Selagy
Pasant
Atvies
Standard Oil Co
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