Senator Bryan of Florida Dies from Typhoid Fever
Senator William James Bryan of Florida died at Providence Hospital at 8 30 Sunday morning of typhoid fever. He had served only 72 days since taking the seat as successor to Mallory, and his death reduces the Senate by one member. The old and young members time in the chamber is noted, with Bryan among the shortest-serving senators.
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Washington
Mat
United States
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospita
Stephen R. Atallory
Logan
Senate
Alabam
Murai
Pettus
Mallory
Plorida
Mer Latimer
South Carolina
Me. Proctor
Vor- Biot
Whyte
Maryland
Bryan
Whyle
Urytin
Me Bryan
Grange County
Emory College
Georgia
Intler
Leourdiversity
Jacksonville
Pla
Duval County
Curil Guild
Maany
Tillman Setter
Columbia
S.C. Mar
Tilman
T. J. Hunter
Tillman
Florida Politician’s History and Ill Governor Update
The notice recounts Bryan’s Florida birthplace and education, with details of his legal career and senate service. It also notes Gov. Guild’s health turning slightly unfavorable and Sen. Tillman’s improving condition, with messages of prayers and well wishes from the public.
Boy Kills Wolf Near Ravenswood Park in Chicago
Two north side youths near North Keazle and Dovan avenues Sunday shot a wolf they found in a woods. Roy Barr Blew fired twice, killing the animal, which was carried to his home at 2245 West Ravenswood Park Avenue and shown among friends. In St Paul Minnesota, Rev. W. J. Bacher of Kingston was announced March 23 to accept the pastorate of English Memorial Lutheran Church. He currently presides over the New York and New England synod and will begin in June.
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Wall
Chicago
Norts Keazle
Dovan
Roy Barr- Blew
West Ravenswood Park Avenue
St. Paul St. Paul
Minn
W. 3. Bacher
Kingston
English Memorial Lutheran Church
Bacher
New York and New England
Indiana Bryan state convention opens in Indianapolis
Democratic leaders in Indiana open their state convention in Indianapolis with Robert W. Mirs as temporary chairman and a keynote. Governor candidates include Ralston, Slark, McCullough, Marshall, Kuhn, Conn, and O Keefe as 1,371 delegates convene to nominate, adopt platform, and choose national delegates for Bryan. Delegates proceed to sessions through Thursday with nominations set for Thursday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert W. Misrs
Bloomington
William Jennings Bryan
Samuel J. Ralston
Lebanon
L. Rt
Willam Jennings Bryan
Cedar Rapids
Bryan
Nebraska
Jerry 3. Sullivan
Claude R. Porter
Martin J. Wade
James H. Weaver
Daniel Hamilton
Porter
John Denison
Fleet at San Diego April arrival and departure times
Wireless消息 from Admiral Evans fixes the battleship Neer arrival in San Diego for the afternoon of April 1 and departure in the evening of April 2. Separate dispatch from Los Angeles places the Ace fleet at San Pedro on April 18 with divisions to Long Beach San Pedro and Redondo and a reunion to Santa Barbara on April 25.
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San Diego
Cal
Forward
Evane
Ace
Magdalena Bay
San Pedro
Long Resch
San Minico
Redondo
Santa Beerbira
Hotel and houses burned in Grafton Illinois
Alton Illinois March 23 The Valley hotel at Grafton Illinois and nearby residences and business buildings were destroyed by fire Sunday night. Townspeople fought the blaze to save the business center. Loss is estimated at 50000 no injuries. Several hundred residents formed a bucket brigade to the Mississippi River. Grafton lies about five miles north at the junction of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
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Alton
Grafton
Ill
Miter
Mississipi
Illipois
Mississippi
Father of Vaudeville Dies at 81 in Buffalo
John Ware Whiston, aged 81, a pioneer actor manager and early vaudeville figure, died Sunday in Buffalo. Renowned as a facial caricaturist and longtime manager of Jacobs theaters, he was dubbed the father of vaudeville and the man of many faces by contemporaries.
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Buffalo
John Ware Whiston
America
Jacobs
Nevada Sandits Seize $47,000 Near Rawhide
Three bandits armed and on horseback tackled Edward Hoffman and a companion on a road two miles from Rawhide, taking their two horse rig and bags containing about $47,000 in gold and bank notes bound for the Coalition Mining Company at Rawhide. The attack occurred late Sunday afternoon in Nevada.
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Nevada
Reno
Nevy
Mar
Edward Hoffman
Rawhide
Coalition Mining Company
Bad Blaze Damages Norfolk Grocer and Saks & Co Store
Early Sunday fire swept through the wholesale grocery firm of the Four company in Norfolk causing a gutting of Saks & Co clothing shop and damage to the Southern States Telephone exchange and several nearby businesses. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars. Milukof reportedly threatened. In St Petersburg a separate item notes threats against Miluxag in a Sunday paper.
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Norfolk
Mar
Saks & Co
B. H. Meeks &5
L. P. Roberts & Co
Milukof
St. Petersburg
Zuamy
Miluxag
Littlefield 10 Leave Congress in Maine Resigns Seat
In Rockland Maine on March 28 Gov William T Cobb received a surprise letter from Congressman Charles E Littlefield resigning from the Sixtieth Congress effective September 30. Littlefield cites the need to resume his law practice for his family and thanks supporters. H M Sewall of Bath announces candidacy to succeed Littlefield with past roles as US minister to Hawaii and consular service noted. Littlefield plans to practice law in New York City with his son after resignation.
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Rockland
William. T. Cobb
Charley
Cobb
Washington
Willian T. Cobb
Mainé
Siri
Munro
Tam
Charles
Mar
Fred W. Wight
Republican Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
Charles E. Littlefield
Guv. Cobb
Littlefield
Maine
H. M. Sewall
Bath
Harold of Sewall
New York
Littlefeld
Cannon
New York City
W. Littlefield
Tragedy in Pall River: Mother Kills Self and Two Children
In Pall River Massachusetts on March 3, Mrs Florida Terrien age 25 and her two children Mary four and Joseph two months were found dead in the kitchen. The coroner reports the deaths were by illuminating gas after a note from the scene. Mrs Terrien held a crucifix and rosary as the gas jets were ignited. The husband Joseph Tarrien found the bodies and investigators cite family worries as a possible cause.
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Pall River
Mass
Florida Terrien
Mary
Joseph
Joseph Tarrien
Miners in Alaska on Strike
At a special meeting of Douglas Island Local 109 of the Western Federation of Miners a general strike was called. Notices were sent ordering union men and sympathizers to stay away.
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Alaska
Juneau
Douglas Island
Western Federation of Miners
Naptha Explosion Kills Many at Balachat Works
In Balachat Balachat Balachat naptha works, a violent explosion tore through the workmen quarters in Baku Transcaucasia. Rescue teams recovered 11 bodies from the wreck with many more feared dead.
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Baku
Transcaucasia
Mar
Naptha
Balachat
Azo
Condensed Specials and Notable Life Events
Charles Benjamin Smith of Chicago died at 79 after long residence there. An ancient temple find in central Babylode is reported. Guiseppa Alle was sentenced to hang for murdering Father Leo Heisticha in Denver. A panic at Forest Park University in St Louis involved 300 students but all escaped unharmed. William B. Rayner, Baltimore lawyer and son of a Maryland senator, vanished from home. Deputy U.S. Marshal H. C. Reese was wounded during a raid in Ghatham County, N C. The Interstate Commerce Commission says rail cost oversight costs the U.S. government $750,000 yearly under current law, per a Cartelyou-transmitted ICC letter.
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Charles Benjamin Smith
Chicago
Central Babylode
Guiseppa Alle
Leo Heisticha
Denver
Tre
Fowest Park University
St Louis
William B. Rayner
United States
Maryland
Baltimore
H. C. Reese
Ghatham County
N. C
Strange shipwreck tale from William Skinner crew
Captain Griffis and five crewmen of the Baltimore schooner William Skinner recount their survival after a February voyage from George, South Carolina to New Haven. Struck by a gale, the ship flooded and capsized on February 15. the men lashed to the hull for three hours, then endured days of starvation before the Brayhead rescued them on February 22 after sighting the waterlogged vessel.
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New York
Griffis
Baltimore
William H. Sklaner
Cunard
Etruria
Liverspear
Skinner
George
S. C
New Haven
Cond
Earthquakes Hit Imperial Valley in Morning Shocks
Three distinct earthquakes were felt across Imperial valley on Sunday morning with no damage reported aside from broken dishes in Brawley and El Centro. The first shock, shortly before six, was the strongest, followed by two lesser quakes at five and fifteen minute intervals prompting residents to rush from homes.
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Imperial
Cal
Imperial Valley
Brawley
el] Centro
Arawley
King May Lose His Arm
Madrid reports El Mundo claims Princn Manuel now king of Portugal has a wounded arm since February 1 and its condition worsened. physicians say amputation is imperative. Norton Thayer of Kansas City dies of diphtheria at 56, former executive with By lene Moore & Emery Dry Goods Co.
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Madrid
Mar
el Mundo
Princn
Manuel
Portugal
Carlos
Prace
Kansas City
Norton Thayer
Thayer Moore Brokerage Company
Thayar
Bylene, Moore & Emery Dry Goods Company
Chicago Bride Ends Life After Marriage Despite Unhappiness
Chicago March 28 A young bride Mrs William Clifford shot herself in a mirror at home on Sunday afternoon and died hours later at Provident Hospital. Authorities cited temporary insanity as the likely cause. The marriage had lasted only a few months.
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Chicago
Mar
William Clifford
Temple
the Provident Hospital
Prisoner Cremates Himself in Village Jail Fire
John Doherty age 65 of Middleville died after lighting his pine in a cell at the Little Falls village jail Sunday. The mattress fire trapped him as he tried to escape but the barred door blocked the way.
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Little Falls
John Doherty
Middleville
Doherty
Oli
Tegmen's Wage Scale Unchanged in Great Lakes Towing Talks
Cleveland report notes a two year wage scale for furmen on the Great Lakes was formally agreed after a weeklong conference between furmen and Great Lakes Towing Company officials. No changes were made in the races.
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Tegmen
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Turmen
Great Lakes Towing Company
Man Drowns in Street Mud After Wagon Lurch
In Aurora TH on March 23 a wagon lurch threw John Woodward 55 into street mud where he drowned early Sunday. The victim was intoxicated.
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Aurora
John Woodward
Glad to Have Him Go in Early Automotive Tales
A quotation recalls the 1802 era of early steam car excitement. Trevithick’s locomotive on unrailed roads frightened country folk who saw it as the evil one in disguise. A toll gate incident shows the tollman fleeing as the driver jokes about no toll due.
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Bir
Joseph Hatton
Trevithick
Satan
Billion Dollar Grass Seed Offer Hits the Press
A wild promotional plea touts a “Billion Dollar Grass” and three crops yearly with claims of Anwa farmer profits on 100 acres, selling seed and hay, alongside promises of a free original seed catalog from Salzer Seed Co. The ad lists exotic varieties and a river of numbers, urging readers to send for a legendary catalog and free farm reel.
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Inwa
Fox
Joh A. Salzer Seed Co
Laromat
Wis
America
Saleer Seed
Wia. K
Facing the Enemy and Spring Hardship on Cattle
Two Civil War veterans spar about valor, one claiming retreat was cowardly while the other argues back by recalling a chest wound. The piece notes a harsh winter stressing cattle and horses with poor feed, and describes a selfmade tonic used by farmers to revive worn livestock.
Ratten business man called for jury duty
During a race financial flurry in St Louis a local business man is summoned for jury duty. The man, John Smith, answers the attorney's questions with blunt, sometimes odd responses including his name, race identified as White, age forty eight, and his stated business as Ratten.
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St. Louis
John Smith
Catarrh cure ad promises large reward
An OCR corrupted ad offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh remedy. It touts Cheney & Co Toledo and a chronic cure by “Mild Arm” with terms about free trial and postal buy. The text is garbled but conveys a patent medicine sales pitch with price claims and distribution hints.
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Lal
Cheney & CO
Toledo
F.y. Clarey
Mall
Odd Fragments From A Diplomat and Health Ads
A scanned page presents disjointed lines including a dialog about gifts and appreciation, plus assorted advertisements and notes. Items reference a diplomat, a Mrs Tor kins, Castoria product lines, Bulgarian diet claims, Garfield Tea laxative, rust damage vs wear, Haliburton Single Binder cigars, and Lewis factory mentions.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Motherhood Hope
An appeal to women in lonely homes promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles and a path to motherhood. Letters from Mrs Maggie Gilmer and Mrs Josephine Hall are cited, claiming restored health and subsequent motherhood. The ad asserts decades of use and invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
5. C
Gather Wisdom From Past Lessons For The Future
A reflective note urges gathering wisdom wherever found to overcome difficult problems. It emphasizes that past lessons guide future outcomes and personal growth, attributing the saying to Loth.
It Isn’t Idle Curiosity Prompts Job Search
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a man prompted to seek work and reference to Mrs Winglow’s soothing syrup for children teething. The text blends advertisements with stray misspellings and unclear context about a ticklog to the right and a wind colic.
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Bulgaria
Haliburton
Lewis’ Factory
Peor
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Walker & Williams Am
Everett, Wash
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