Rush for charters floods Pennsylvania transport scene
Harrisburg June 10 reports a rush for charters after Governor Stone backed Focht and Emery railway bills. Thirteen charters granted in Philadelphia area, five for electric street car lines around Scranton Wilkesbarre, plus networks from Avoca to Nat Roke and Nanticoke through Kingston to Pittston. Five companies total capital $7,376,090, with 70 miles Scranton, 34 Wilkesbarre, 39 Nanticoke Pittston. Congressman William Connell presides in all firms. The trunk line rapid transit road from Carbendale to Wilkesbarre slated 36 miles with private right of way outside four cities. Iron bridges, rock ballast, double tracks, 40 ton cars. service every half hour at 60 mph. Politicians Quay, Elk in, Cassell, Focht, Harnett, Beacemere cited among backers.
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Ennsylvania
Harrisburg
Stone
Focht and
Emery Railway
Philadelphia
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Avoca
Nat‘roke
Nanticoke
Kingston and Hudson
Pittston
Wilkesbarre Company
Nanticoke Pittston Company
William Connell
Carbendale
Carbonvale
Serenton
Osbare
Quay
Elkin
Cassell
Focht
Harnett
Beacemere Amons
Fortune Awaits Wibeletz in German Inheritance Case
Police are asked to locate Charles Wibeletz, last known working on a farm near Poughkeepsie. His wife, Mrs. Wibeletz of New York City, reports they married in 183 and have two children. Separated 32 years, she was informed by the German consul that his father, a 83 year old Mecklenberg-Strelitz justice, seeks to distribute $200,000 among the children but German courts require Charles’s acknowledgment or proof of death.
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Wibeletz
Poughkeepsie
Charles Wibeletz
J. B. Gomez
New York City
Pennsylvania
New York
Malernbeck
Mecklenberg-Strelitz
Charles
Death of Clyde Line official in bicycle crash
Ernest Smith, confidential man of General Traffic Manager T. E. Eger, Clyde steamship lines, died in an uptown hospital from a fractured skull after a head-on collision with a man on a bicycle at Eighty Sixth Street and Central Park West. Smith had been unconscious since the accident Thursday. the assailant fled and police seek the cyclist.
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New York
Ernest Smith
T. E. Eger
Clyde Steamship Line
Uptown
Eighty-sixth Street
Central Park West
Smith
Mr. Smith
Army Surgeon's Death in Pittsburg by Own Hand
Maj. W H Daly surgeon general on the staff of Lt Gen Miles in Porto Rico died by self-inflicted gunshot at his Pittsburg home. A widower aged 43, he had suffered insomnia and sleepless nights. authorities believe sleep loss may have driven the act. Daly helped trigger the embalmed beef investigation.
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Pittsburg
W.H. Daly
Miles
Porto Mico
Little Hope Fades for the Assyrian Liner
In St Johns Newfoundland on June 10 the Leyland steamer Assyrian sits ashore off Cape Race with a worsening outlook as a south wind and dense fog hamper rescue. Nearby steamers moved off. divers unload fore holds while wrecking boat Petrel arrives to fit pumps in a bid to refloat the liner.
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St. Johns
N. F
Cape Race
Petrel
Captain Blackburn Sails On Second Trans Atlantic Voyage
Gloucester captain Howard Blackburn began his second trans Atlantic voyage yesterday from Gloucester in the 25 foot sloop Great Republic bound for Lisbon Portugal. He expects to reach in 45 days. His 1899 trip to London took 61 days and was saluted by over 1 003 onlookers at the start.
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Blackburn
Gloucester
Mass
Great Republic
Howard Blackburn
Lisbon
Portugal
London
Third term for McKinley debate grows in GOP circles
Cincinnati June 10 Congressman Charles J Grosvenor argues there is no unwritten law against a third term for President McKinley. He cites McKinley’s popularity and critiques Washington precedent while noting Westingon’s fear of defeat shaped his earlier stance. Senators Depew also support a third term.
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Grosvenor
Washington
Cincinnati
McKinley
Charles J Grosvenor
Westington
Times
Depew
MacHinley
Train Wreck Near Greenwood Leaves Two Dead
East bound Frisco passenger train No 108 wrecked at Greenwood station sixty nine miles east of Wichita Saturday night injuring ten. Fatally hurt were Mrs H W Smith of Newkirk Oklahoma Territory and conductor E A Eckers. The speed was about thirty miles an hour and an abrupt turn caused the dining car and a sleeper to jump the track. A range in the dining car overturned and live coals ignited the car, both cars burning within twenty minutes.
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Wichita
Xan
Greenwood
Here
H. W. Smith
Newkirk
O. T
E. A. Eckers
Greenwood Station
Murder Hearing in a Grove at Galena Missouri
In Galena Missouri on June 19 a preliminary hearing for Mrs John Stallion her father James Crabtree and his two sons Frank and Charles Crabtree for the murder of Alice Stallion the 15 year old stepdaughter is held in a grove with two justices at a table under a tree and about two thousand spectators forming a circle around the court and defendants precautions are taken by county officials amid threats.
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Galena
John Stallion
James Crabtree
Frank
Charles Crabtree
Alice Stallion
Steamboat Fireman Suffocated in Ottawa Fire
The steamer Swift on the Rideau route was badly scorched in Ottawa at the canal basin. Fireman Robert Ireland of Kingston suffocated and three others were seriously burned. The loss was small.
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Ottawa
Swift
Kingston
Rideau
Robert Ireland
Look Out for this Rascal Swindler on the Road
A slick swindler is traveling to victimize physicians by visiting offices when doctors are away. He claims permission to sit and write a prompt note to the doctor and, during a brief absence, steals surgical and optical instruments. The method is uniform across cases described.
Opening Day at Pen-Mar Fetes Gala Season Start
Pen-Mar opens Saturday June 22 with Pen-Mar Express excursions from Harnsdurs Pa Glen Ruck Pa and Baltimore. Improvements include a new department a moving picture cabin larger orchestra and a modern auditorium. Excursion tickets available from local agents and full information offered.
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Pen-Mar
Harnsdurs
Glen Ruck
Baltimore
Pey-Mar
Lightning Strikes Twice As Tree Burns In Brownville
An oak locust tree near Brownville Missouri was struck by lightning three times during a thunderstorm last week. The tree, densely coated with poison ivy, burned fiercely and appeared to flare repeatedly despite attempts to shelter nearby. Witness G L Arnold described the scene as frightening with the tree behaving like a solid flame that rekindled after each strike.
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Brownville
G.L. Arnold
Saves Two From Death By Dr King’s New Discovery
Our live daughter had an almost fatal attack of Whooping cough and bronchitis. When all other remedies failed we saved her life with Dr. King’s New Discovery. Our niece, with advanced consumption, has fully recovered. Desperate throat and lung diseases yield to this medicine. Infallible for coughs and colds. 30 and 31.00 bottles guaranteed by Randolph Weller. Trial bottles free.
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W. Ekissyvisland
Armonk
Kiew
Fourteen discharged almshouse workers sue for back pay
Mrs Elia Wood died at Atglen aged 110, born in 1791, oldest in the county. Mrs Sarah Shrell of East Donegal has seventy grandchildren and twenty six great grandchildren despite being 76.
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Shervikill County
Elia Wood
Atglen
Chester County
Sarah Shrell
East Donegal
Lancaster County
Health ads and local notices from Lancaster area press
A collage of ad blurbs and brief notices tout health tonics and cures including Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, Bucklin's Arnica Salve, and Dr. King's New Life Pills. Items mention Leon Wertheimer's jail sentence for arson, a Lancaster man discovering silver ore, a Pottstown death, and family reunions. Also notes a gas stove accident and local medical testimonials with prices and free samples.
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Chamberlain
Maxex
Boston
Dr. King
Randolph Webler
Remarkable Cure All Through Chamberlain Cough Remedy
A Jamaica merchant praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy for stopping a child’s chest pains and cough within two days, claiming seven years of family use without failure and crediting it with warding off pneumonia. The ad cites multiple testimonials of relief and urges purchase from all druggists.
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Chamberlain
James Prenderwist
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West India Islands
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