St Louis Set to Dedicate Fair Amid Parade and Pageantry
St Louis prepares for three day Louisiana Purchase celebration with presidential and diplomatic presence. Roosevelts and Cleveland arrive. New York regiments, Missouri and Ohio units, and foreign dignitaries join parade, dedication ceremonies, and a large fireworks program amidst crowded hotels and transit gaps.
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Smetal
New York Times
ST. Louis
Newark
United States
Gov
Odell
New York
Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Francis
Forsythe Junction
Cleveland
Naval Militia
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Gomez
Cuba
van Sant
Minnesota
Cummins
Mickey
Nebraska
Poland Springs advertisement and New York Central rail line boast
The page lists a Poland Springs Me advertisement and notes that the New York Central’s The 26th Century Limited offers a 20 hour trip between New York and Chicago, claiming to save a day.
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New York Central
New York
Chicago
Adv
Insurance Swindler Caught In Dallas Case
A man using the name William A. Hunt took out $15,000 in life policies in Dallas on Oct 21, 1806. He allegedly died in Pecos River quicksands, prompting a lawsuit settled by U S Supreme Court that awarded $24,000 to the insurer. Capt. A J Brown travels from Dallas to Birmingham to confirm the prisoner identified there is Hunt.
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Newe York Times
Dallas
Texas
William A. Hunt
A. J. Brown
Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company of
New York
Hunt
Pecos River
Loving County
Brown
Birmingham
M. E. Locke
Forfeit Gulf West Texas and Pacific Charter Over Route Additions
L J Storey of the Texas Railroad Commission said a public hearing would likely be held on a petition to direct the Attorney General to sue to revoke the Gulf West Texas and Pacific Railroad charter. The case cites failure to complete mandated mileage to reach San Antonio Austin and other targets and alleges competition with the New York Texas and Mexican line plus common controlling stock in both by Southern Pacific.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
L. J. Storey
State Railroad Commission
Gulf, West Texas and Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
New York, Texas and Mexican Railroad
Southern Pacific Company
Prince Henry Beauty Weds Milwaukee Bride in Chicago
Miss Geneva Dolan, praised as America s most beautiful by Prince Henry, wed Anthony J Romadka at St John s Cathedral Milwaukee with Rev Keogh officiating. Maid of honor was Ella W Krist and Francis J Romadka served as best man. A reception followed at the Deutscher Club. The couple will reside at Thirty fifth Place and Grand Boulevard Chicago after a wedding trip.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Wis
Geneva Dolan
Prince Henry
America
St. John’s “Cathedral
Anthony J. Romadka
Father Keogh
Ella W. Krist
Francis J. Romadka
Deutscher Club
Mrs. Ramadka
Thirty-fifth Place
Grand Boulevard
Chicago
Weed Divorce Trial in Stamford Over Dakota Decree Validity
In Stamford Superior Court Judge William S. Case hears the divorce suit of Samuel A. Weed against Daisy G. Weed Bates. The case challenges a Dakota divorce and Bates remarried Charles Francis Bates. Weed testifies about marriage date and marital strife. Daisy left in 1894 and sent letters denying cohabitation.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Superior Court
William S
Samuel A. Weed
Daisy G. Weed Bates
Dakota
Mr. Weed
Charles Francis Bates
Morristown
N. J
Ir. Weed
Four-Tracked PRR Line to Pittsburg Safeguarded by Signals
The Pennsylvania Railroad extends its four tracked line to Pittsburg and the West with up to date pattern automatic signal and switch devices providing ample protection.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
West
Forest fires sweep New York and Adirondack estates
Fires rage across Sullivan County devastating the Chester W Chapin and Rockefeller properties along with the McKenzie estate and Loon Lake Hotel area. Crews battle flames from Glenspey to Big Bay Pond as drought yields early fires across Adirondacks and Pike County with farm and village buckets and rewards offered.
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New York Times
Port Jervis
N. Y
Sullivan County
Chester
W. Chapin
New York City
Shawangunk
Pike County
Penn
Parker's Glen
Here
Erie
Adirondack Fire Burns Between White Lake and Saranac Inn
In Nassau County region news the Forest Fish and Game Commissary reports a forest blaze along an sixty five mile stretch between White Lake and Saranac Inn on the Adirondack Railroad line. Some 175 men work with fire wardens to keep the flames in check as Chief Warden Emmons reports control near Fulton Chain and heads to Tupper Lake.
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Bany
N. Y
Forest, Fish and Game Commissary
White Lake
Saranac Inn
Adirondack
Adirondack Woods
Emmons
Fulton Chain
Tupper Lake
Forest fires threaten ONAWAY Michigan city
Onawa Michigan April 29 forests blaze in all directions endangering Lobdell Bailey Manufacturing Company yard and lumber camps. Hundreds fight flames as smoke thickens sun dimmed by dense haze with wind driving fire. Trains shuttle rescue lines. residents seek safety. rain needed to avert disaster.
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Onaway
Mich
Lobdell & Bailey Manufacturing Company
Great Forest Fire Rages in Maine Region
Special to The News York Times Bangor Maine April 29 A vast smoke cloud drifts over the Upper Kennebec Valley and southward as a major forest fire roars between Moose River and Dead River likely in Mohleb Township The blaze is visible from Mount Bigelow and chokes towns like Eustis New Portland Anson and Lexington with burning pine scent and dry woods hinder communications prevent precise location coverage extends over about forty miles square with little rain this spring.
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New York Times
Utica
N. Y
Adirondacks
Loon Lake Hotel
Rockefeller Estate
Rockefeller
Big Bay Pond
Bangor
Kennebec
Bingham
Skowhegan
Oose River
Dead River
Jloleb Township
Mount Bigelow
Eustis
New Portland
Anson
Lexington
Maine
Blizzard Strikes Northwest With Heavy Snowfall
April 29 reports from Duluth West Superior Huron and Topeka describe a major spring blizzard. Duluth sees several inches of snow drifting amid renewed cold rain turn to snow. West Superior reports the year’s worst blizzard with a 7 degree below freezing start and strong winds. Huron notes frost damage to buds and grains. Topeka notes ongoing snow per Weather Bureau reports.
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Duluth
Minn
West Superior
Wis
Huron
S. D
Extract of Vanilla and Usher's Scotch Advertisements
Public notices and advertisements describe Burnet's Extract of Vanilla prepared from selected beans and warranted quality, plus Usher's Scotch bond products with four million gallons insured for uniform quality. Also mentions offices and stenography services, stock reports, and comfortable apartments.
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Burnet’s
Pen Vania Hmited
Ady
Blizzard Disrupts Western Nebraska and Wyoming Rail Lines
A western Nebraska blizzard extended across the region with temperatures dropping below freezing and a 23 degree fall in one hour. Snow depths reach two inches west and north of Broken Bow while Cheyenne reports near zero temperatures and heavy sheep losses as shearing ends. Trains on the Burlington in the northwest face delays amid the storm and predictions call for rain snow and colder weather tonight.
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Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Broken Bow
Cheyenne
Wyo
Unseasonable Snow Hits Panhandle Texas Crops
Snow and cold weather sweep Northwest Texas with more snow forecast. Farmers fear serious crop damage unless warm weather returns. A windstorm in Clarendon damaged stores and homes but caused no fatalities. Rain around Dallas produced little benefit for crops.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Panhandle
San Antonio
Clarendon
Rose Coghlan Seeks Divorce in Helena Court
Rosa mond Marie Sullivan known as Rose Coghlan will file for divorce in Helena district court tomorrow. Her attorney is F. W. Metler. She has not lived with her husband for five years and established a residence in Helena a year ago. She will not remarry and plans to resume her maiden name.
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New York Times
Helena
Mon
Rosamond Marie Sullivan
Rose Coghlan
F. W. Metler
Millions to Fight Trust in Beef Pack Trade
Denver April 29 John W Springer president of the National Live Stock Association says leading stock men have pledged 25 million dollars to a cooperative company to build independent packing plants if a 500 million dollar beef trust forms They will have two billion dollars working capital four times the packers value and will erect plants at Omaha Kansas City St Joseph Denver Salt Lake City and possibly Chicago.
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New York Times
Denver
John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Springer
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Enver
Saltlake City
Chicago
Harvard Students Protest Mass Meeting At Sanders Theatre
About 200 Harvard students gathered in Sanders Theatre in Cambridge to protest the college authorities action seizing wall signs. Leaders called Bursar’s conduct thigh handed outrageous and radical paternalism. A five member committee was appointed to study the issue and report at a future mass meeting.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Sanders
Objection to Ayer Monument in Salem Sparks Debate
In Salem Massachusetts opposition rises over Frederick Payer of New York proposing a $50,000 monument to honor banished Quaker ancestors. The sculpture shows a man fighting a tiger attacking a woman symbolizing superstition. Mayor Peterson supports accepting the work and says 80 percent of residents favor it.
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Salem
Mass
Frederick Pp. Ayer
New York
Ayer
Peterson
Giant coelostat to crown St Louis exhibit
Prof John A Brashear of Allegheny announced a Smithsonian coelostat instrument will be shipped in weeks to St Louis for mounting at the big fair. The solar instrument, built on a new basis, is the largest of its kind and will study sun storms solar spectrum work and related phenomena.
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Pittsburg
Penn
John A. Brashear
Allegheny
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
United States
Fire Chief Croker Case Argued Before Court of Appeals
Ex Fire Department Chief Edward F. Croker of New York City, ousted last August by Fire Commissioner Sturgis, argued before the Court of Appeals seeking reinstatement after Appellate Division reversed Special Term. His counsel contends he was effectively suspended without a hearing.
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Albany
Fire Department
Edward F. Croker
New York City
Sturgis
Court of Appeals
Croker
John J. Delany
All the Great Sound Stea
Scan of a local ad showing N H Ale and tobacco agents listed with address 82 Cortlandt St and nearby avenues. The fragmentary notice hints at a regional advertising page with trademarks and agent listings.
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N. H
Cortlandt
Removal of Perez M Stewart as Manhattan Buildings Chief
Perez M Stewart, superintendent of buildings for Manhattan, was peremptorily removed by Borough President Cantor amid claims of political motivation. Henry S Thompson was named successor, with debates over Thompson's eligibility due to claimed lack of required building experience.
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Perez M. Stewart
Borough of
Manhattan
Cantor
Stewart
Greater New York
Tammany Hall
George Blake
Beines
Wifth Avenue
Henry 5. Thompson
On Parnett Construction Company
Thompson
Thompson & Adams
Adams
Thompson- Starrett Company
Blake
Borough
Greater
Sheehan
New York
Thomas O. McGill
McGill
Building Department
Alton B. Parker
Charles F. Murphy
Randolph Guggenheimer
Nevada
Seventieth Streeet
Broadway
Bureau of Buildings
John C. Sheehan
Western Health Resorts linked by Rock Island System
All Western Health Resorts are served by the Rock Island System with routes to Colorado California Hot Springs Ark. Tickets and berths available at uptown office at 5th Street and Fifth Avenue and at 401 Broadway.
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Rock Island
Colorado
California
Hot Springs
Ark
Uptown
Fifth Av
Broadway
Four new detention stations to curb Chinese influx at border
Washington reports creation of four detention stations at Malone New York Burlington Vermont Portal North Carolina and Sumas Washington to tighten Chinese immigration control. Canadian Pacific Railway will deliver detainees to immigration officials at set rates and deportees will be sent back to China. Canada imposes a head tax with transit period and officials seek to shift burden of proof to Chinese applicants while expanding use of Bertillon measurements at all entry ports.
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New York Times
Washington
Malone
N. Y
Burlington
N. C
Sumas
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
China
Montreal
Candin
Immigration Service
United States
Congress
MOUNTAIN EXPLOSION KILLS NEARLY 95 AT FRANK Alberta
A massive blast on Turtle Mountain near Frank Alberta destroys mines and houses. Rescue efforts continue amid fear of flooding from a rock dam. Many residents killed or missing. two Leitch children survive, others perished. Municipal rail and electric facilities damaged. Security and casualty details evolve as teams search debris.
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Canadian Pacific
Blairmore
Sam Innis
A. Legtch
Westinghouse Workers Prepare for Pittsburg Strike
About 6 000 machinists at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing East Pittsburg may strike after union charges discrimination. Officials deny it. A strike could shut the plant, delay contracts including electrical work for the St. Louis Exposition. The meeting to decide action is set for tomorrow night.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
East Pittsburg
Westinghouse Company
Electric Appiacatus
St. Louis Exposition
No Better Way to Buffalo than the Lackawanna Railroad
Elegant new Pullman cars and dining car service advertised for travel to Buffalo on the Lackawanna Railroad. Tickets 429 and L183 Broadway.
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Buffalo
Lackawanna R Ralilroad
Broadway
Disaster Threatens Frank Alberta Town From Rock Dam Flood
The mining town of Frank in southwestern Alberta faces ruin after rock slides dam Old Man's Creek to about 100 feet. The valley above is flooded, threatening total destruction if the dam gives way. A large rescue effort works through the night to create a new channel to release the waters.
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Vancouver
B. C
Turtle Mountain
Frank
Alberta
Old Man's Creek
Canadian Pacific Railway
Crow's Nest Pass
French Canadian Coal Company
Associated Press
B.z
Old Man’s Creek
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Henry Corbin
Lindell Boulevard
Liberal Arts Building
David R. Francis
The
World's Fair Company
Cardinal Gibbons
Thomas H. Carter
Natonal Commission
Grover Cleveland
FE. BR. Hendrix
Henry C. Potter
Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Poland
Poland Springs
Supreme Court
Texas Commission
Prince
Connecticut
Catskills
Chester W. Chapin
the Rock
Efeller Estate
Loon Lake
Plattsburg
New York Central Railroad
Michigan
News York Times
Topeka
Kan
Government Weather Bureau
District Court of
Helena, Mont
Smithsonian
Henry S. Thompson
Woodbury
de Forest
Tenement House Commission
John B. McDonald
Subway Company
Oswald G. Villard
Robert E. Dowling
Tilden Club
Dowling
Thompson-Starrett Company
Marie Antoinette
Sixty-sixth Street
Moses Taylor Pyne
National City Bank
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
John EK. Borne
Colonial Trust Company
Gold Democracy
Palmer and
Buckner
Bryan
Assembly
Robert Mazet
S. ©. Weill
Tammany
Mazet
Canadian
Westinghouse Works
Pall Mall
London Cigarettes
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