FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK DISTRICT DESTROYS PLANTING MILL AND TENEMENTS
A Sunday morning blaze in the Green Point district of New York destroyed a planing mill and a long row of three story tenements, leaving 60 families homeless and about $800,000 in damage. One man died, two others believed in the ruins, six horses perished, and a fireman and a bystander were injured. A woman and infant were rescued after a heroic stair ascent. Firefighters faced collapsing walls as the blaze swept through Eagle and Freeman streets.
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New York
Eagle
Freeman
Green Point
T. J. McGinnis
Peter Enderkin
Alexander Harris
McGinnis
Henry Mayer
McCormick & Ryan
Hague Conference Hears Deliberate Reports On Hitches
Ambassadors discuss committee officers as White says progress visible. He cautions against sensational rumors about Count von Reventlow and German stance while noting guarded optimism. White tells Associated Press practical conclusions may emerge with careful organization and tempered expectations.
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Hague
Count von Minster
Paris
Andrew D. White
United States
Berlin
Associated Press
Whooping cough cure and card quarrel report
A South Burgettstown man credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing his boy of whooping cough after few doses. In Chicago a card game quarrel ends with George Allen fatally shooting Burrel Douglass and his son Frank. DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised as bowel regulators.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Moore
South Burgettstown
F. ©. Savage
Chicago
George Allen
Burrel Douglass
Frank Douglass
Dawson Burned Almost Entire City in Fire Disaster
Victoria B C May 2 The main portion of Dawson was destroyed by fire on April 26 with 111 buildings burned including the Bank of British North America The loss is estimated at 4 000 000 News comes via L S Hume son of Mayor Hume of Seattle Toklas and a companion escaped by canoe to Lake Lebarge then over ice reporting the blaze began near the opera house and spread rapidly driven by a strong north wind consuming waterfront properties and Donahue Smiths establishment.
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Victoria
B. C
Dawson
Bank of British North America
L.S. Hume
Hume
Seattle
J. Toklas
Lake Lebarge
Toklas
Opera House
Donahue & Smith
Gen Brooke to Use His Discretion on Cuban Proposal
Washington May 25 Major General Brooke is to decide whether to accept or reject placing Cuban soldiers arms and equipment in town mayors custody after consultation with Secretary Alger and Adjutant General Corbin Alger withdraws opposition to Brooke and Gomez plans. Kansas City abolition of general manager post at railroad by receivers Fordyce Withers the Kansas City Pioneer Dead in Missouri veteran Duke Civil War veteran pioneer Kansan City death. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve touted as cure for piles and skin wounds. No Rates for Students western roads refuse reduced summer rates. Western rate war anticipated.
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Brooke
Washington
Alger
Adjt
Corbin
McKinley
Towns
Gomez
DeWitt
Hanes
Kansas City
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Robert Gillham
Samuel W. Fordyce
Webster Withers
Fordyce
Cotton Belt Railway
Benjamin F. Duke
Missouri
Kentucky
Flora Avenue
Topeka
Kan
Yntieth Kansas
Francisco
Stanley
Kansay Tomy
Philippines
San
San Fran
Kansas
R. A. Agh
Freddy
Maj. Doster
Twenty Kansas
Buchan
Gov. Stanley
Bel
John D. Elliott
Twentieth Kansas
D. Elliott
Coffeyville
Land For Sale or Trade in Missouri near Osceola
Land for sale or trade eighty acres in Clair County Missouri ten miles from Osceola. Title perfect and unencumbered. Seeks property in or near Mens. For particulars address Mena Arkansas or call at home on Campbell Street Hall addition north hills and fever lake Jackson west portion of the city Chill Tonle wie titti.
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Clair County
Missouri
Osceola
Mens
Mena
Arkansas
Campbell Street
Hall Addition
Hhills
Fever Lake Jackson
Cigarettes and crime focus at national reform conference
At a national conference of charities and corrections George Torrence of Pontiac Illinois addressed reformatories on The Relations of the Cigarette to Crime. He cited high cigarette use among youth at the Illinois state reformatory, claiming 92 percent of inmates were cigarette users at crime time. Also notices of Prickly Ash Bitters advertisement and the death of Brig. Gen Christian D Wolff in St Louis aged 77.
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Cincinnati
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
George Torrence
Pontiac
Illinois State Reformatory
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Promises Quick Healing
An advertising line claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve heals wounds quickly with no scar and promotes the Jackson Drag Car, a retailer carrying a full line of items.
Durham & Batson Invite Area Miners to List Property
Durham and Batson invite mine owners in Polk Sevier Montgomery and Scott counties to list property for disposal and bring a sample ore for exhibition in their office for inspection by intending buyers. One partner recently traveled to Chicago to arrange listing that will connect with wealthy buyers. They expect several principals to visit soon.
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Polk, Sevier
Montgomery
Scott Counties
Chicago
Durham & Batson
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JF. C. Sauvage
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Dr. Sawyer
Jackson Drug CO
J. D. Bridge
the Democrat
Lancaster, N. H
Hanes & Egolf
de Witt
Egolf
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Colorado
DeWitts
Staden
The
Western Passenger Association
Kimball
Hollenberg Music CO
Main St
Little Rock, Ark
Dismois State Reformatory
Jackson Drag Co
Ao Christin Wolff
St. Louis
Christian D. Wolff
Tie
St. Louis County
Lincoln
Wolff
Hanes & Kgolf
Jackson
Norway
DR. Bell
Srv
Durham & Batson’s
Alger Settles
San F. Sanna
Cable Cash
Ari
M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine
A. R. Laswell
Janssen Avenue
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Selelere
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Stevens
J. Stevens BP Us Arms and Tool Co
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Mass
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Tern
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Miromy
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