Tragic false alarm stampede at Calumet Christmas event
At Italian hall in Calumet on December 26 a false cry of fire triggered a deadly crush. Seven dozen people died, mostly children of striking copper miners, as 700 attendees surged for exits and many were crushed at the stairs and at the front door while a few escaped by windows. The incident disrupted a Christmas celebration organized by the Western Federation of Miners Woman's Auxiliary.
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Calumet
Mich
Bente Claus
Perapas
Western Federation of Miners
Gstaira
Persoge
Fifty-Two Dead in Elbe Storm Report
Severe Elbe storm waves have damaged shipping at Hamburg and surrounding ports over two weeks. Latest advices report fifty two lives lost, underscoring escalating maritime peril and port disruption during the period.
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Elbe
Hamburg
Mrs Adlai Stevenson Dies in Bloomington
Mrs Adlai E Stevenson wife of former Vice President Stevenson is dead after months of illness. She was seventy and survived by her husband and three children Lewis C Stevenson president of the Illinois state board of pardons Mrs Martin N Hardin of Chicago and Letitia Stevenson at home. She was elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution four times.
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Bloomington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Rebels wreck troop train near San Luis Potosi
A large force of revolutionists on the National railway sixty miles north of San Luis Potosi destroyed a federal convoy train on Thursday, killing thirty four federals. Traffic north of San Luis Potosí is suspended and Tampico's situation remains unchanged.
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National Railway
Washington
State Department
National
San Tuis Potost
Trafic
San Luis Potoul
Tampico
Canadian to Deploy Mounted Quarantine Patrol at Border
Winnipeg story reports the Canadian government plans a mounted quarantine patrol along the Manitoba border to spot smallpox cases and travelers from affected districts in North Dakota and Minnesota crossing into Canada. The move aims to guard against spread and enforce border health measures.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
North Dakota
Minnesota
Une
Mover Wounded by Deputies at Calumet Hotel
Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, recounts a deadly assault at the Scott hotel in Hancock Michigan. He says about twenty five men beat him with revolver butt and shot him in the back, then dragged him toward a train and warned him to leave the country forever. Deputies and a Calumet mine manager allegedly chased him, with threats to hang him, while en route to Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Scott Hotel
Hancock
Mich
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Chicago
Calcase
Charles H. Tanner
California
Western’ Fédération of Miners
Houghton
James McNaughton
Calumet and
Hecla Mines
Tanner
Wisconsin
Moyers Wound Leaves Western Federation Leader in Hospital
Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, is hospitalized in Chicago after being shot in Hancock Michigan. Doctors say his back wound may be fatal but a recovery is possible within ten days. If safe, he plans to return to copper country leadership of the strike.
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Chicago
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
Thin City
Hancock, Mich
Stefansson Party Is Safe At Winter Quarters
Dr R M Anderson chief anthropologist reports all scientists and crew of the Alaska and Mary Sachs are safe in winter quarters at Collinson Point fifty miles from Flaxman relar in the Arctic circle.
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Ottawa
R. M. Anderson
Stefansson
George J. Destarats
Naval Affairs
Mary Sachs
Collinson Point
Flaxman Relar
Arctic Circle
Marriage at Latherac Church seals Wachier and Dubwe
Yesterday at three o'clock Mira Lydia and Gustav Wachier married at Latherac Church with Rev. Albrecht officiating. Alma Dabms Auguste Bobs and Eile Roseese attended as Mirees and Joseph Wether Alfred Wisdlund Arthur Dahms served as ushers. The bride, daughter of Gottlieb and Mrs Dubwe, is a D. I. College graduate. A reception followed at the Dahms home with many relatives and friends from Norfolk, Chicago, Mitchell, and nearby towns joining the celebration.
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Mira Lydia Sod
Gustav Wachier
Latherac
Albrecht Officisling
Alma Dabms
Auguste Bobs
Morgan
Eile Roseese
Qecar ‘Wether
Norfolk
Nebr
Alfred ‘Wisdland
Arthur Dahms
Ureum
D. 1 College
Dnd
Atoe
Aaisbel
Bees
Ter Mich
President Wilson In Pass Christian Mississippi
President Wilson spent Christmas day in Pass Christian Mississippi aboard his special train arriving before sunrise. He and his family planned a three week stay in a new cottage facing the Gulf of Mexico with the mayor welcoming him and pledging quiet isolation during the vacation.
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Wilson
Gulf of Mexico
Emily
Saucier
Wilson Approves Federal Reserve Act Signing
President Wilson signed the Glass-Owen currency bill in the presence of cabinet members and key lawmakers. The act reorganizes the nation's banking and currency system, creating machinery for free elastic credits for merchants and manufacturers, described as the constitution of peace guiding business and government collaboration.
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Washington
Wilson
Congressional
Mrs Ella Flagg Young Accepts Chicago School Post
Mrs Ella Flagg Young, reelected superintendent of Chicago schools, returns from Troy, N Y and announces she will assume duties immediately as head of the city school system.
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Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Tryoa
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh
Mercury containing remedies warn may harm senses and health. Public notices advise avoiding these preparations sold by F Cheney & Co Toledo and warn about internal use dangers. Consumers urged to seek safe alternatives and beware false claims in drug advertisements.
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F. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney & Co
Snakes Haunt St Peter As Boy Encounters A Big Rattler
In St Peter a redoub, Tuesday afternoon Fred Dean narrowly escaped a large rattlesnake while lifting a coal shed scuttle at his father J M Deans dry cleaning shop. The snake struck then disappeared, leaving the brothers unable to locate it. The incident follows other odd wildlife mentions including a Minnesota river alligator tale drifting from Tampa origin and a local musings on pet reptiles. Also an ad for Foley Sidney Pills notes relief for bladder weakness and kidney trouble.
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Fred Dean
J.M. Dean
Dean
Jim
Minnesota River
John Cook
Mason's
Sam Gaffer
Mankato
Tampa
Florida
Sam
St. "Peter Herald
10 Cents Cascarets for Liver and Bowels Headline
Cure sick headache constipation billousness sour stomach and sluggish bowels with Cascarets. They cleanse and regulate the liver bowels and stomach, work while you sleep, and a 10 cent bar from your druggist keeps the system clean and the head clear for months.
Obituary for Friedrich William Prabl and Keton Ellison Hatcher
Obituary notices summarize Friedrich William Prabl a 70 year old German born immigrant who lived around New Ulm and Mulligan township, died after a stroke following illness. The second obituary covers Keton Ellison Hatcher a territorial Minnesota pioneer born in 1841 West Virginia who served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers and died at age 72. Funeral services were held in St Peter and New Ulm areas with details of marriage and surviving relatives.
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Friedrich William Prabl
Bresubed
North German
Mos
Midale
Dentech-Rudee
Bromberg
Pariss
Germany
America
New Ulm
Ons
Mulligaxon
Aloes
New Cim
Loralee Gearletts Roepke
Mets
Ferdinand Daluag
Elx
Turner Hall
Cig
E. J. Rucker
Keten E Hatcher
Minnesota
St Peter
Keton Ellison Hatcher
Louis Hatcher
Mercy County
West Virginia
Hatcher
St. Peter
Judge Chas
E. Flandrau
Mankato
Minnesota Mounted Rangers
Horace Austin
Sibley
Dakota Territory
Bronx
Decamsed
Babeers Dellaughter
Ottawa
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