Earthquakes Strike Mexico City Cause Alarm
Telegraphic reports describe two severe quakes in Mexico City with four minutes twenty eight seconds and a longer aftershock. Walls cracked, clocks stopped, telegraph links briefly failed, four injured including one mortally, and damage spread from Guanajuato to Rincon Antonio over about 500 miles. Theatre crowds fled to streets as residents remained anxious.
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City
Mexico
Mexico City
Sogie
Guanajuato
Rincon Antonio
Calle San Francisco
Fire destroys Le land hotel in Springfield Illinois
A fire heavily damaged the Le land hotel in Springfield. Originating in the upper northwest corner and driven by strong winds, the top story burned through the roof. The Republican State convention was in session at the Armory and delegates lost baggage. No lives were lost. The four and a half story hotel at Sixth Street and Capital Avenue faced an estimated total loss of $70,000.
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Leland
Springfield
Ill
Armory
Sixth Street
Capital Avenue
River Steamer Columbia Sinks at Lock No 18
The river steamer Columbia towing a Marietta show boat sank at lock 18 on the Ohio River above Parkersburg West Virginia. It struck a rock wall and disappeared in two minutes. The crew and show boat actors were saved. A signal misunderstanding caused the disaster with several narrow escapes. The Columbia is a total loss.
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Columbia
Marietta, Ohio
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Elgin Condemns Fifty Firetrap Buildings in Civic Clampdown
Mayor Price orders 50 unsafe Elgin structures closed including schools churches theatres and public halls. Seventeen schools and nineteen churches are among the condemned, with the Y M C A building Elgin Academy and Chicago Telephone Company building named. Major repairs will require large expenditures.
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Elgin
Ill
Price
Elgin Academy
Chicago Telephone Company
Stevens Dies After San Francisco Shooting
Durham White Stevens, the diplomat shot in San Francisco by In Whan Chang on Monday morning, died Wednesday night at St. Francis Hospital after an operation revealed more serious wounds. Japanese consul general Choso Kotke was at his bedside.
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Stevens
Durham White Stevens
San Francisco
Cal
Whan Chang
St. Francis Hospital
Choso Kotke
Wall Collapse Kills One at Hart Weigher Plant
In Peoria Illinois a wall at the Hart Weigher Company caved in during high winds. One man Andrew Tusel was instantly killed and two others seriously injured as fifty workers cleared debris after the building had burned recently.
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Andrew Tusel
Peoria
Ill
Hart Weigher Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Suspends 2140 Workers in Altoona
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company indefinitely suspended 2,140 shop employees at Altoona Pennsylvania due to the ongoing depression in business.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Altoona
Postmaster General Moyer Nullifies Second Class Mail Privilege
Postmaster General Moyer issues an order annulling the 1905 grant of second class mailing privileges. The move affects publishers and periodicals relying on cheap postage, signaling a major administrative shift in mail rates and eligibility.
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Moyer
Indiana Democrats Declare for Bryan at State Convention
Indiana Democrats at Indianapolis adopt a platform and nominate a State ticket while instructing all thirty national delegates to vote for William Jennings Bryan at the Denver convention. The two day meeting, largest since 1892, features speeches by Robert W. Miers and a platform denouncing Republican combines and pledging anti trust enforcement. The gubernatorial slate includes Ralston, McCullough, Marshall and others with Cox as Secretary of State candidate and multiple races for lieutenant governor and auditor.
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Endianapoli
Indiana
Denver
Committee On Rules
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas Taggart
Robert W. Miers
Bloomington
Fathers of the Republic
Republican Party
Alexander Samilton
Combines
Trusts
Bryan
Samuel M. Ralston
Lebanon
Carroll K. McCullough
Anderson
Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
Liston
John Isenbarger
North Manchester
Jere Walter. L . On
Pursuit of Love and Debt Taints Gertrude’s Promise
Lynn Yeames pleads to marry Gertrude amid debts and mercenary doubts. Andrey’s counsel prompts truth about Keene’s arrangements. Gertrude cries after Lynn leaves, torn between affection and distrust as a farm plan emerges.
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Laure
Gertrude
Andrey
Lynn
Dr. Andrey
Keene
Nursertrude
Dr Andrey Returns With Determined Morality
The narrator glimpses Dr Andrey arriving in winter cold to discuss Nurse Gertrude’s income and a recent interview between Lynn Yeames and Miss Dalrymple. The scene hints at moral courage and selfless service beyond personal comfort as Andrey embodies vigor and triumphant resolve.
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Andrey
Gertrude
Mr. Lynn Yeames
Lynn
Flexmore House
Miss Dalrymple
Dr. Awdrey
The Hunterian Kaiser and Roosevelt Hunting Rivalries
The piece compares Theodore Roosevelt to Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II in hunting prowess. It cites a London Magazine feature listing the Kaiser’s 30 year totals: 47 514 game, including 18 000 pheasants and 17 000 hares, plus boars, stags, and even a whale. It mocks Roosevelt as weak by comparison and notes photo plates from Success Magazine.
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Roosevelt
Germany
William II
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Kaiser
Neptune
Chicago
London
Lfe
Hohenzollern
Success Magazine
First river journeys across North America recalled
The article reflects on early explorer trips along major rivers including the St Lawrence Mississippi Columbia and Mackenzie. It notes the thrill of new paths and suggests reading journals or retracing the Mackenzie expedition to experience the voyage.
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America
Aubrey Fullerton
Technical World Magazine
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
Columbia
Mackenzie
Just What She Wanted Inanecdote at the grocer stall
A stranger questions egg freshness while a cautious grocer responds with a hurried remark about the eggs for ham. The brief exchange hints at a mistaken purchase or a humorous misunderstanding in a market setting.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promised Cure
An 19th century appeal touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irritations, periodic pains, backache, bearing-down, bloating, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration. Mrs. Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lanurel
Lydia E. Paccenns
Elien M. Olson
N. East St
Kewanee
Ill
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Blurred Scribbles Describe Car Repair Payment Issue
A fragment mentions a paid repair bill for an automobile and a person named Sama as Horsefield. The readable text is highly garbled but indicates a dispute or statement about an incident involving payment for auto repairs.
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Sama
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