Earthquakes, politics, and grafts in national news from the era
A fragmented editorial discusses Secretary Shaw's jokes, a Pole reaching the Arctic, and national issues. It criticizes the Tillimsi-Bsatlay explosion context and notes the President navigating a Congress. It condemns rail and mine operator gratuities exposed by Interstate Commerce Commission hearings and urges discharges of grafters to restore public morals.
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Senate
Asyvar Bs
Interstate Gammerca Commission
Contemporay Comments on Heat and Civility in Baltimore Papers
A derisive take on summer heat from Baltimore papers praises calm dress and conduct to beat high temperatures. It mocks sensorial complaints, notes no burns from heat, and urges readers to keep cool through sensible behavior rather than fret over weather. The comment references Standard Oil and local outlets.
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Baltimore Newe
Careless promises blamed in Tensytown Record note
A terse warning emphasizes the dangers of hasty promises and neglected duties. It cautions that careless or forgetful behavior leads to trouble when many tasks demand quick, accurate decisions, labeling such neglect almost a crime.
Quips and Quirks: Light Anecdotes in 1900s Press
A collage of humorous lines from early newspapers with sharp wits on marriage, aging, fashion, and Arctic explorers. Jests hinge on misunderstood romance, aging poets, and social antics, illustrating a playful, era-specific gossip tone.
Legal Ethics Across the Bar In Pennsylvanias Courts
The Philadelphia Ledger reports on the Church Congress discussion of legal ethics, insisting a single moral standard governs lawyers and laymen alike. Prominent voices like Chief Justice Gibson and Justice Williams argue lawyers must not aid unjust judgments and must remain faithful to conscience, regardless of client demands.
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Philadelphia
Eeeston
Pheas
Gibson
Reory W. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Williams
Bis
Moments With The MBSE Bustch Honey Bee
A verse piece laments mis tribute to flowers and freedom, contrasting with a rural scene of April woodland blossoms and a child’s memory. The text blends dialect poetry with reflective lines on youth, nature, and time.
Bride Wedded In Hospital After Accidental Revolver Shot
In Philadelphia a bride and groom were wed at Presbyterian Hospital after a revolver accidentally fired by the groom wounded Miss Betsie Regan in the back. The pair had planned a home wedding at 415 Budd Street when the incident occurred. Coldren was jailed, later married Regan in a hospital ceremony as she lay injured.
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Philadelphia
Betsie Regan
Viez Baring Street
David Coldren
S85
June Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Coldren
Miss Regan
Budd Street
Coliren
Regan
Coltren
Jobo
Miss Reean
Markhige
Nolice
Frantie
Gilv
MacGinley
St. Alathea’s
Five Killed as Cars Plunge From W. Maryland Rail Line
Five men died and fifteen injured in a derailment near the Eptigo tunnel on the Cherry Run extension of the Western Maryland rail line, about 43 miles west of Hancock. The crew, track workers, were in two closed cars pushed ahead of an engine when a rock on the track caused a collision with a Chesapeake and Ohio siderail, sending the cars into the adjacent canal area. The dead include W. Henry and Charles Henry, brothers, Charles Crengerman, Revert Barten, and Charles Swope. Most victims were headed home when the wreck occurred.
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Petalise
Fingerston
Eptigo Tunnnel
Ths Place
Cherry Run
Western Maryland
Hancock and
Pearre
Recut
Chesapeake & Ohio Cimai
Fatebe's Bloody Crime Ends in Ax and Gun
In Hia Wife and Daughter murder case John Cole fatally injured his wife and killed his daughter with an axe before shooting himself. The tragedy stems from alleged love for his daughter’s partner and jealousy reported by local authorities in New Jersey.
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N. J
John Cole
Bomb thrown at officer wounds colonel in review
Special Dispatch to The News reports Count Keller, colonel of dragoons, severely wounded by a bomb thrown at him during a morning review. The officer’s horse was killed, and the assassin escaped.
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Kautsz
Count Keller
Dragoons
CONSUL ASSASSINATED IN ECOSIA MAY 31
Special dispatch reports that William B. Etuart the American consul at this place has been assassinated in an attempted attack. The incident is described as a dangerous act with uncertain motives and political context. Local authorities investigate.
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Tur News
Barrmn
Ecssia
William B. Etuart
Deaths and blaze sweep rural town area
The death of Robert B Mullineaux on Friday May 18 near Ridgeville followed a brief illness leaving a widow and eight children. Funeral services were held at Montgomery chapel with Rev John A Wright directing. Fire at Crisfield Maryland May 21 destroyed many buildings including two churches and several homes, with Frederick County origins traced to a heater or stove. A separate report notes the drowning of Clark in Saltville with searchers recovering the body.
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Tle
Mullineaux
Montgomery Chapel
John A. Wright
Kemptown
Charlen Nichols
Hollin Pear
Frank Burdette
Washington Pordum
Sylvester Watkins
Elmore Watkins
L. T. Lewis
DE W. C. Fields
W. C. Bields
Pikesville
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Caroline County
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Thin City
Seasister
Crisfeld
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Frederick Feinsomami
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Stand Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Iestrered
Tewshi
Clark
Wohilecaike
Firesdore P. Wat
Saltville
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