Burdick House Fire Ravages Southern Michigan District
A devastating blaze destroyed Burdick House and damaged over thirty nearby businesses in a block of Kalamazoo’s business district. Five firefighters were injured and sixteen guests fled in their night clothes as the fire spread from the hotel. The flames were fought through the night by crews from Kalamazoo Battle Creek and Grand Rapids.
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Kalamazoo
Hattle Creek
Grand Rapids
Posse Pursues Notorious Outlaw Near Shreve
A posse hunts O. E. Boley a gardener who terrorized Bog Prairie near Shreve, Ohio. He shot Sheriff Jacob Bell of Holmes County after fleeing Massillon State Hospital and attending a Methodist church service, where a shotgun lay between his knees. Bell died an hour later at his home after Haley fired at the door.
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Bog Prairie
Shreve
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Jacob Bell
Holmes County
Boley
Massillon State Hospital
Roy Lee
Bell
Haley
Utica Fire Destroys Village. One Man Dies
Utica Ohio a town of 900 in Licking County was nearly wiped out by fire. Edward Daum of Lancaster a guest of the Hotel Vance was burned to death. Thirty five other guests escaped in their night clothes. The entire business section was destroyed with losses around 100000. Newark fire department sent engine and crew. firemen suffered from the cold.
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Utica
Licking County
Edward Daum
Lancaster
Vance
Newark
Wabash Train Wrecks Near Detroit injures several
Wabash passenger train number 52 derailed after striking an open switch in the Helle ville yards twenty five miles southwest of Detroit Michigan. Engineer F M Richardson of Detroit was injured likely fatally. E G Bastedo a passenger was badly hurt but not seriously. Several other passengers sustained minor injuries. The train was moving about twenty five miles an hour.
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Helleville Yards
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F. M. Richardson
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Lake steamer W. Richardson sinks in Lake Erie gale
In a winter gale the freighter W. Richardson of Cleveland foundered nearly near Buffalo harbor while sailing from Duluth to Buffalo with flax seed. Five crew members died and fourteen were saved by the William A. Pine. Cargo valued at 400 000 dollars was fully insured.
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Sugar Steamer Johanna Sinks Carrying Mollo Sugar
A British ship named Johanna carrying a Mollo Philippines sugar cargo for Philadelphia sank at sea near Santo Domingo. Captain Nickerson reported the loss. twenty five crewmen were aboard though their fates remain unspecified.
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Taft Sets Tariff Stand and Nicaraguan Policy in Message
President Taft sent his message to Congress outlining aims for a second session. He defends the maximum and minimum tariff clause and urges postponing further revision while noting global price rises. He calls for prompt justice, opposes writs in labor disputes, and vows to sever relations with Zelaya’s Nicaragua. He outlines defense and conservation plans, plus funds for public lands and health.
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Alaska
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Murder Plot to Avenge and Flee by River Gambler
In a wood the killer hides the evidence and misleads Pepeeta about the doctor’s fate. The man returns with the horse and saddle in a staged accident, then drives the mare away. He resumes a life of gambling in New Orleans with Pepeeta, attaining wealth but losing peace as their bond strains. A baby dies, and the couple drifts apart amid moral decay and mounting envy.
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Dawn Journey Down the Mississippi After Fight
After the brawl, David and Pepeeta flee to Loutaville and board a steamer to New Orleans. Pepeeta glows with happiness as she leaves her old life behind, while David bears guilt and a bleeding memory of the doctor’s wound. The couple's striking appearance draws sharp attention aboard the voyage.
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Loutaville
New Orleans
The Gambler's Downward Spiral Ends In Midnight Flight
In Ballantrae mansion days the couple drift apart as guilt and secret fears corrode their bond. David, beset by remorse, sinks into the gambling world, his superstition deepening after a drunken mishap. A final spilled drink becomes the symbol of doom before he quietly retreats into the night.
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Trasedy
David
Davy
Prey of the Tiger and its Taste for Human Flesh
An Indian Forester article cited by the India Daily News notes that forest tigers shift from cattle to human meat after tasting it, with depredations expanding into cattle-breeding areas and even distant acts such as a tiger on a Rangoon pagoda platform being shot by soldiers. The piece adds superstitions linking tiger killings to plague in Rangoon.
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Indian Forester
India Daily News
Rangoon
Shwe-Dogan
Suffering from Kidney Trouble Ends After Pills
Mrs. L C Fridley of Delphos Ohio recalls years of kidney pain and weakness then credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her health. The ad notes a 59 cent price per box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as distributors. The piece also includes a humorous anecdote about the American consul in Madrid and a wedding season letter.
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Main St
Delphos
Ohio
Dean
Woan's
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Maud Howe Elliott
Spain
United States
Madrid
Palace
Emerald Green
Pepe
Compromise Conversation Between Lawyer and Doctor
A physician refuses to treat ailing lawyer whom he had cross examined as an expert witness. The doctor says he will not kill him and departs, prompting talk of sending for another doctor. The exchange evokes ethics and professional tension.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Before and After Tale of a Pursued Courtship
A brief tale contrasts a frivolous fashionable woman with many admirers and a modest earning suitor. The mother warns the man about earning her hand and the father counters with hard work needed afterward, reflecting a social satire on courtship.
Vitalizer tale ends with tooth market musings
An advertisement-style fragment touts UNYONE VITALIZER tablets promising rapid vitality and urges against quack remedies. The text shifts to a discussion of false teeth usage, noting 21,000 exported teeth to England annually and suggesting many Britons and Americans suffer tooth loss or defects.
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England
Great Britain
United States
Habit's Chain Breakers Need Heroic Effort
A letter from Indiana recounts coffee as the cause of years of dyspepsia and health decline. After switching to Postum, the writer reports improved digestion and no breakfast coffee cravings, urging readers to look in packages for The Road to Wellsville.
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