Tragic end for two young women at Mount Hope Cemetery
Sadie Bigelow aged eighteen and Lizzie Hart aged nineteen died after ingesting poison. The two St John N B natives had worked in Boston stores, lived together, and faced unemployment before Christmas. Hart had a prior marriage. Bigelow’s mother died on Christmas Day.
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Boston
Mount Hope Cemetery
Sadie Bigelow
Lizzie Hart
St. John
N. B
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Miss Hart
Miss Bigelow
South End
New York
Simpson, Crawford & Simpson
Vercellie’s
Henry Villard
Singerly's Temple Theatre Fire in Philadelphia Causes Huge Loss
The Singerly's Temple Theatre on Chestnut Street Philadelphia burned on Monday December 27 destroying the theatre and three adjoining properties. Loss estimated at about 500000 with 100000 insured for the theatre. The wax figures cost 60000. Washington Hotel damaged by falling walls and water. Two firemen buried inside the theatre. one severely injured. Fire raged from 11 am to midnight.
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Temple Theatre
Egyptian Musee
Chestnut Street
Eighth
Old Masonic Temple
William M. Singerly
Record
Washington
The Last Brother Gone in Coal Mine Disaster
Thomas J. Kivier aged twenty eight died crushed in No 1 shaft of the Susquehanna Coal Company at Nanti coke. His death recalls the No 1 slope disaster of 1885 that buried twenty six men and boys, including Rivler brothers William Frank Oliver and John. Thomas was the last of five brothers and the sole support of his aged parents who have now lost all their children to mine disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Thos. J. Kivier
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Kivier
Rivler
William
Frank
Oliver
John
Thomas
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New Bruniences
Singerly
Temple
Philadelphia
Automatic Sewing Machine Co
West 23d St
N. Y
Wilcox & Gibbs
Wilcox Gibbs
Dena
New Haven
THE
Millheim Journal
Bill Heads
State College
Allegheny Region
George W. Atherton
Centre Co
Florida
Clea Candy Toys
California
Shellioysters
gFr
Grocents
Bush House
Bellefonte, PA
W. T. Mauck
Pent St
Millheim, Pa
W.T. Mauck
J. Kaniner
Dbietg
Mme
Demorest
Mik. Demorest
Aarls Yan
Bent C.od
NAT Tire
Demorest Fashion and Sewing Machine CO
East 14Th Street
New York City
Ort
United States
Scientific American
Canada
England
France
Germany
Patent Office
Munn &Co
Munn & Co
Scientific Americam
Broadway
Dr. Ward & CO
Louisiana, Mo
Jacob Pisenhuth
Brown
Millheim
Eissensluth
National Fotel
Millheim, — Centre Co
Penna
Coburn Station
Penn’s Cave
Coburn
W. G. Rook
Los
H. D. Cushman
Three Rivers
Witiche
P. H. Musser
Philada
Paris
BORAX
Dreydoppel
Mfr
North Front Street
Harwood
Furniture
G. Gutelius
Sarah A. Zeigler
Penn Street
Race Bridge
Ings
Sywifti
Avery Machine CO
Union Square
Stey
Estey Organ O
Brattleboro,Vt
J. 1
Case Plow Works
Racine
Wis
Police Gazette
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
Marsh
Battle Creek Machinery Co
Pathe Cates
Iuso N. W. Eby’s Best
N. W. Eby
Distiller OF
Cexytve Co
Peterson’s Magazine
Peterson
Rim
Charles J. Peterson
T. Haydock
America
Haydock
Enterprise Vapor Medicator CO
Eureka Folding Cahorstes
D. G. Beers & CO
Newtown, Conn
Sherman Road
Chas. T. Allen
Coldwater, Mich
Kale Trents
Eas
Bieey Ek
Harris Remedy Co
Mia Chemista
Tenth Street
St.louis
Vick’s
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly
Vick’s Magazine
Harper's Monthly
St. Nicholas
Good Cheer
Christian Weekly
Wide Awake
Vick's
Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden
James Vick
Rochester
A. B. Farquhar
York, Pa
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