Heroic Fireman Sacrifices to Save Fellows at Absecon Station
Medara, a New Jersey fireman, crawled through scalding steam to aid Adams and Connelly after boilers exploded at Atlantic City waterworks Absecon. He led others to safety, but perished on the return to the Engineer’s home, while Ireland rushed to the scene and his body was taken to Atlantic City hospital. Meanwhile President Roosevelt awards Edward Murray the Medal of Honor for saving two children on an engine in Philburg, Pa.
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Atlantic City
Absecon
N. J
Joseph Medura
Hezekilh Adams
Archibald Connelly
Medara
Medora
Tring
Jand
Ireland
Adams
Archie
Freman
Conneily
Treland Tom
Atlantic City Hospital
Gara
Traintran
Washington
Roosevelt
Edward Murray
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert
Margaret Lewis
Philburg
Murray
Carnegie
Acade
New York
Edward F Brooks
Dorothy L. M. Bender
Manchester
N. H
Jerome
Criminal Courts
Brooks
Miss Bender
Baltimore
Miss May Tunison Stage Beauty in Comic Opera
Miss May Tunison, a noted concert singer turned comic opera performer, is praised for natural beauty and a cultivated voice. Her dreamy beauty and wardrobe are highlighted alongside her growing reputation in stage circles and the arts.
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Miss May Tunison
Miss Tunison
Priest Defends Home Fights Off Tramp in Indianapolis
The Rev. Francis Henry Gavish, a popular Indiana priest, fought a tramp who demanded money at his Indianapolis home. After a brief struggle he recovered the dime given earlier, tossed the assailant into the street, and kept him from returning.
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Francis Henry Gavish
Indiana
Indianapolis
Father Gavish
Love Sick Girl Accident Turns On Gas Fatal To Two
In Chicago Annie Hirber and Rosa Stupka of the German hospital were fatally harmed by gas allegedly turned on by Aloisia Moyer after a love disappointment. A fourth room occupant was unconscious but to recover. Miss Mayci’s letter to John Chamazoo reveals intent to self harm. In Binghamton a wedding crowd at the First Presbyterian church saw Mrs Francis T. Newell fall dead on steps.
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Chicago
Annie Hirber
Rosa Stupka
Aloisia Moycr
Miss Mayci
Sas
John Chamazoo
Miss Moses
Chamazoo
Binghamton
First Presbyterian Church
Gordon Smith
Deposit
Assis
Mary Stuart Weed
Francis T. Newell
Newell
Fraris T. Newell
First National Bank of
Alwars Pars
Girl Stays Angry Twenty Five Years In Bakerville
Caro lue Osborn known as Callie, vowed twenty five years ago to never see or speak to a man after her father Albert banned her marriage to Walter Lumpkins. The reclusive beauty, now aged, remains in the same home with her father in Bakerville near Waterbury Connecticut, veiled and unseen, never acknowledging men.
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Carolue Osborn
Bakerville
Litchfield Hills
Waterbury
Conn
Callie Osborn
Walter Lumpkins
Albert Osborn
Warships in a Tub Exhibition From Navy Department
An amateur replica twenty feet long and ten feet wide filled with sea water will showcase thirty eight warships in line of review at the Jamestown exposition next year. The model reproduces vessels from the oyster bay naval review and will be examined by the president.
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Navy Department
Pavy Department
Washington Post
Oyster Bay
Vo T
Dutch Theme Society to Host City Meetings and Feasts
A New York Times correspondent notes a group organized by Washington aims to stage meetings with Dutch decorative rooms in city venues. Leadership includes Jean Schroeder and a Mass member, with daily sessions and weekly chafing dish feasts. Members may bring male guests and share expenses.
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Waclington
New York
Th . Gaushter
Comprar
Mass Jean Schroeder
Schroeder
Guan
Netherlands
Pistol Duel Ends in Death in Mississippi
A pistol duel in Mississippi between J. B. Money, brother of U S Senator Money, and L. J. Henderson left Henderson dead and Money slightly wounded. The duel followed Henderson’s purchase of a Money estate plantation three years earlier.
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St Loms
Izen
Money
J. B. Money
United States
L. J. Henderson
Henderson
Hero of Indian fight the Cheyennes last charge
A historical account recalls Colonel Forsyth and Lieutenant Beecher leading fifty scouts against a Cheyenne Sioux force at Dry Fork in September 1868. Despite heavy losses, Forsyth’s group held a siege for days, repelling attacks and pleading to reinforce from Fort Wallace.
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James W. Porsyit
Kansas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas Pacific
Forsyth
Fort Wallace
F. H. Beecher
Republican River
Dry Fork
Cherennes
Roman Nose
Wilds
Beecher
Moore
Sceut
Aevst
Fort Wace
Essential Features For Reorganization Of Government Agreed Upon
Dublin reports a conference with James Bryce John Redmond John Dillon and Sir Anthony Macdonnell drafting a plan for Irish government. A central castle board an educational department an agriculture department and an Irish council are outlined with mixed franchise representation and clerical eligibility. Police remain under imperial control and the cabinet supports the measures despite opposition to police and judiciary clauses. The plan is not final but core features are agreed.
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Dublin
The
Evening Herald
James Bryce
Ireland
John Redmond
House of Commons
John Dillon
Hast Mayo
Anthony Macdonnell
Earl of Aberdeen
Anthony
Government of Ireland
Department of Agriculture
Redmond
Dion
Five Persons Perish in Madison Street Tenement Fire
A Madison Street East Side five-story tenement fire killed a woman and four children from the Ginsberg family. Firefighters rescued more than 50 women from smoke filled stairs and halls as bodies were found on the third floor stairs and in a flat.
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New York
Madison Street
Ginsberg
Appeal to Stop Betting by Princeton Students
Dr Paul Vandyke urged Princeton University students to prevent betting on the Yale Princeton game. He warned of lifelong gambling risks and argued the moral duty to resist bets, appealing to students to consider mercy, restraint, and the efforts of their parents.
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Princeton
Princeton, N. 3
Paul Vandyke
Princeton University
Sauren
Fromi
Dynamite Explosion Kills Two in Carrick Borough
Western news reports from Pittsburg say ten sticks of dynamite exploded among sewer laborers around a fire. Two men were fatally injured, several others seriously hurt, and one man reportedly blown to atoms. Hospitals and ambulances responded quickly as gruesome injuries were treated.
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Pittsburg
Carrick
Italians protest Italian armor contract with foreign firm
In Rome on November 9 a large anti government protest grows over a $1,000,000 armor plate order for an Italian warship to the Midvale Steel company of Pennsylvania. In Terni 15,000 residents, led by the mayor, oppose foreign contracts on the strong local steel industry.
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Rome
Italy
Midvale Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Terni
Hoch Wins Re election in Kansas Governor Race
Early returns show Governor Hoch likely elected with a 3500 to 4000 plurality over Harris though five counties remain to report. The Democratic committee has not conceded and will wait for the official canvass to determine the final result.
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Kansas
Hoch
Topeka
Hoch, R
Harris
Democratic Committee
Boys Executed For Robbery In Russia Martially
Riga correspondent of the Bourse Gazette reports three boys executed by firing squad for robbery after a court martial. Four others were shot at the same time as the condemned displayed fear, and the firing party allegedly missed initial shots before finishing the executions. A separate item notes a 70 year old Elmira woman, Marr McKuner, burned to death trying to save a child when a fire started in her home.
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St Petersburg
Nov
Riga
Bourse Gazette
Marr McKuner
Elmira
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Henry Williams
Wiliams
Peter Pindar
Turnpike Guide
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Suichtel
Moses
Opera House
Roch
Infante
H. R. Flautt
A. R. Yeakie
OXY Hall Broe
Penna Fis
Cooncilman
J. Bolgiano
Pratt and Light Streets
Baltimore, MD
Belant & Knot
City Hotel
Central Hardware
South Market Street
James E. Doll
Enoeersor
J. W. Moarris
James E. Dol
Jewsler and Optician
Wiest
RANE
Frederick, MD
Frederick Co
Goo. H Wiener
Dan
C. F. Feigley
North Market Street
Geo. H. Wiener
Itvan
Wwe
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