Roosevelt Escapes Injury From Fire Wagon Near Carriage
President Theodore Roosevelt narrowly escaped serious harm when a Washington hose wagon, rushing to a fire, nearly struck his carriage. Lieutenant J P Lyons acted quickly by diverting the horses, saving the President as the wagon whirled past without colliding. The hose wagon suffered light damage as firemen rode to the Lowden home in Illinois. The Ohio senatorial scene delays Taft’s Treasury choice, with Theodore Burton weighing the offer amid the Ohio contest.
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Roosevelt
J. P. Lyons
Washington Fire Department
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Burton
Treasury
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Four perish in burning home in Princeburg near Scranton
Fire started by overheated stove in Shapiro block kills Abraham Shapiro his son Arthur daughter Anna and mother in law Mrs Sarah Blatski. Mrs Shapiro saved by ladder, two sons jump from windows with one suffering a fractured ankle. another son returns home as roof collapses.
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Shapiro
Princeburg
Scranton
Abraham Shapiro
Arthur
Anna
Inlaw
Sarah Blatski
Fire destroys Goff Brothers stables in Charleston West Virginia
A blaze at the Goff Brothers stables in Charleston West Virginia following a prior hotel garden fire at the Robinson Hotel consumed all stable buildings and stock, cremating twenty horses. Fire Chief Rand was knocked unconscious and injured by falling glass, and a fireman received minor injuries.
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Goff Brothers
Charleston
W. Va
Robinson Hotel
Rand
Tragedy as Traction Engine Crushes Teen Worker
Oscar Shrock aged 23 son of D G Shrock a farmer was killed at Goshen Indiana while helping with a threshing outfit. A traction engine broke down and another was sent to replace it. In attempting to couple the two machines Shrock was crushed to death.
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Oscar Shrock
D. G. Shrock
Goshen
Ind
Shrock
Ex-Mayor Seebohm Ends Life in Gallipolis Hotel
Former Pomeroy Ohio mayor Adolphus Seebohm killed himself in a Gallipolis hotel room with a pistol. He left a widow and children amid no known motive. A second item notes Indianapolis receiving a camload of 5,000,000 postal cards to last about a year.
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Adolphus Seebohm
Pomeroy
Ohio
Gallipolis
Seebohm
Carioad
Indianapolis Post
Confederate Privateer Betrayed by Ellen Jones at Sea
The Greyhound and Upshur chase a Confederate privateer and its pilot boat after a tense boarding. Ellen Jones warns allies, aiding a daring escape before a shell disables a topmast and the pursuit breaks off with lessons in seamanship and bravery.
Prisoner explains capture and escape aboard Greyhound
Captain Evers questions Smith about the Petrel, the intercepted mail bag, and a chart half. Smith confirms they sunk the Petrel and learned of the pursuit from signals, while Ellen Fillen watches with shock as the Greyhound escapes and the Upshur looms as a threat.
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Elen Jones
Ellen
Evers
Smith
Miss Fillen
United States Revenue Cutter
Ellen Breaks Privateer Capture Plan in Atlantic Yarn
Captain Evers laughs at the near capture while Ellen admits responsibility for foiling a raid on the Ellen. Major Jones’s daughter leverages a Bahamas armament plot and Greyhound cargo role, shaping events as her father’s fortune hangs on war chaos. Smith praises Ellen’s courage. the tale ends with a continued sea intrigue and a cliffhanger.
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Ellen Jones
Smith
Ellen
United States
England
New Providence
Bahamas
Greyhound
Jones
Evers
Mr. Smith
Nyon
Mise Elles
Animals that shed tears and the nature of weeping
An observation of crying in animals across species. The piece notes ruminants like calf and stag, bears, giraffes, elands, dogs, monkeys, elephants, dolphins, and a young seal as capable of tears. It cites authorities and hunters describing tears at moments of injury or distress.
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Gordon Cumming
Sparrman
Tennant
Dog Trained by Scent Following Noted in Report
A brief note describes a dog being placed on a scent, illustrating a training or demonstration. The fragment notes the setting is west of a location, with limited readable details remaining.
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A Pazsler
Willie
Solomon Dedicates the Temple and Michigan Governors रिकॉर्ड
The lesson notes Solomon’s temple dedication after seven years of construction and links it to spiritual consecration and prayer. It also surveys Michigan governors since statehood, noting most were not born in the state and listing their birthplaces.
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Solomon
Jerusalem
Herod
Justinian
Ferguson
Jesus
Earth
Malachi
Salomon
Elim
Moses Lad
Sin
Saomon
Soman
Empeorts
Michigan
Detroit Free Press
Gov
Warner
Nottinghamshire
Bliss
New York
Pingree
Conneautville
Winans
Avon
N. Y
Luce
Gov. Alger
Ohio
Gov. Begole
New York State
Moving Portraits Next in Stereo Cinema Invention
The Paris Nature reports French photographer Reynaud has created a stereo cinema device to sell moving portraits for home display. His praxinoscope uses two dish like receptacles with opposite images viewed through stereoscopic prisms and mirrors.
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Paris
Reynaud
A Disturbance In The Neighborhood Nursery
A noisy argument erupted near a local nursery with shouting and insults. Mrs Binchem confronted Minnie and urged quiet as a toddler named Tommy was accused of not making a sound in the commotion.
Whiskey Cure for Lame Back Sparks Medical Debate
The medical fraternity discusses using whiskey for back rheumatism. A formula claims one half pint whiskey with one ounce Toris Compound and one ounce Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night. Toris Compound is from Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago and available from druggists.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Barn That Began Growing Tall Near Goliad
A Texas farmer near Goliad built a barn with green willow posts that began to sprout. Over time the posts grew upward lifting the floor and the structure. By last spring the barn stood nine feet high and a new two story floor and siding were added. The owner foresees a three story barn eventually. Piles cured with PAZO OINTMENT in six to fourteen days.
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Halsing
Texas
Goliad
Tex
St George and the Libyan Dragon Tale and 1883 Krakatoa Eruption Numbers
Percy recounts St George slaying a Libyan dragon that devoured virgins until the king’s daughter is saved. The ad warns Red Cross Ball Blue whiteners. An 1883 Krakatoa eruption expelled 4.14 cubic miles of matter, equaled by thousands of Great Pyramids. A Siberian nurse poisons a child under her care.
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Percy
St. George
Albert
Coventry
Sylene
Libya
Krakatoa
Strait of Sunda
Egypt
Great Pyramid
New York American
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Montpelier, Ind
Arrald Publishing CO
Siek & ES
Copsright
B. Lirzancerr Comramr
Charles Mastern
Elwood
Christian Church
Mercer County
Jones’ Wharf
Petrel
Upshur
Brown
Robinson
Bob Gantlin
Stanley
Captain Evers
Whitley
Attracion
Midsipman Hablonnaga
Hatteras Inlet
Ivers
St. George and the Dragon
Irkutsk
Siberia
Dodds
Kidne Caer
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