Night of Horror in Denver Dome Prisons Two Women Bitten
Mrs J P Barton and her six year old daughter Leura of Independence were trapped for eight hours inside Denver's state capitol dome after a door locked by accident. Swarms of red ants bit the prisoners and the child bears marks on her body. Guards responded after a nightlong alarm and the pair were rescued and later taken to their hotel, both now ill.
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J. P. Barton
Leura
Independence
State Capitol
Denver
Col
Mia
Barton
Capitol Dome
Laura
Mrs. Darton
Mrs. Barton
Barney Neville
Neville
Capitol
May Cut Off His Daughter In Taxing Stage Life
Mrs Brown known as Jane Peyton, wife of a Milwaukee physician, left on stage with Salisbury stock company and heads to New York for Otis Skinner’s Prince Otto. Her father George Van Norman, now in Chicago, opposes the stage and is said to intend disinheritance, though she awaits reconciliation and has heard little from him.
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Robert Curtis Brown
Jane Peyton
Mrs Brown
Milwaukee
Salisbury Stock Company
New York
Otis Skinner
Prince Otto
Chicago
Mrs. Brown
George van Norman
Brown
Hinesste
Queen Honors A Hero For Victoria Cross Valor
Queen Victoria presents the Victoria Cross to Capt. Towse who, blinded in both eyes, carried to safety Col. Downman under heavy fire. Towse stayed by the wounded officer through the night. Downman died later. The scene at Windsor showed the monarch moved as Towse knelt before her.
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South Africa
Towee
Col
Downman
Tie
Tay
Capt
Towse
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Largest Gold Nugget Melted in New York Assay Office
The so called king nugget, the largest lump of gold ever received in the United States assay office in New York City, was melted in a nine o'clock operation led by Malter Tabeau. Officials expect to fill 26 ton receptacles before sending the metal to refinery for final valuation. The nugget, received at a local Montreal branch, was valued at 135000 dollars as rumors of further deals circulated.
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United States Asany
New York
United States
New York City
Malter Tabeau
The
Tank of
Montreal
Boy Reunited With His Mother After Long Wanderings
John Bennett, three, vanished from Plainfield N J twenty three years ago when taken by his father William Bennett. A waif from the McGrath household learned his true name. Clarence T Sadler investigated, locating the boy in Goshen N Y and arranging a reunion with his mother Mrs Mary Weinhardt at 208 Second Street Hoboken.
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John Bennett
Bennett
Plainfield
Elizabeth
McGrath
Goshen
N. Y
Vanderbilt's White Ghost Sets Mile a Minute Pace
William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his French automobile, dubbed the white ghost, tour Boston and return to Newport Rhode Island, averaging faster than trains. The 313-10 mph leg to Boston and a 144 mile return trip culminate with luncheon at his Newport villa, leaving onlookers astonished by the cloud of dust and rapid progress.
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William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Boston
Newport
R. I
Vanderbilt
Estate Split Between Widow and Young Husband in Richmond
Mrs Cornelius B Marco 78, worth 3 million, married Richmond actor Willard Hutchinson 24. They place estate in trust to share income. He says he fixed arrangements so wife retains half the income from assets in New York Montreal Boston and elsewhere. She had prior marriages and divorces.
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Cornelius B. Marco
Richmond
Willard Bh. Hutchinson
Mra. Hutchinson
New York
Montreal
Boston
Wales bows to Cupid and marriage of Lady Randolph Churchill
A London World dispatch reports the Prince of Wales formally endorses the marriage of Lady Randolph Churchill to Lieut. Cornwallis-West after initial opposition. The duchess of Devonshire brokered the union by arranging a weekend gathering. The couple is set to wed in early August. St John the Baptist church in Bristol features a street passing through the churchyard, with the spire towering above surrounding houses.
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New York World
London
Prince of Wales
Randolph Churchill
Cornwallis-West
Duchess of Devonshire
Scots Guards
Lady Randolph Churchill
St. John the Baptists
Bristol
England
Avon
Geographical Change Shrinks Map in South Africa Note
The St. Louis Republic comments on rapid map changes as South Africa appears much smaller under current press framing. The piece highlights how news pressures reframe regional scales and audiences.
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St. Louis Republic
South Africa
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