Burns Kill VWfoman Babe in Towanda Incident
In Towanda Pennsylvania a 30 year old woman and a babe named Whitmiller died in a fire started after an oil lamp exploded while alcohol was reportedly flowing. Several others were injured in the blaze that followed. Senator Clark’s son underwent a mastoid surgery in New York, performed by Dr. McKernon, with a favorable outcome.
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VWfoman
Babe
Towanda
Whitmiller
Senator Clarks
New York
A Clark, Jr
United States
W. A. Clark
Montana
McKernon
Senator Clark
Constant Wearing of Two Hats Spreads Dandruff Germs
A period piece warning claims hat-wearing people transfer dandruff germs from scalp to hats, causing hair loss. It promotes Herpicide as a cure and growth stimulator, claiming the product prevents dandruff and offers pleasant dressing. Sampling requests are directed to The Herpicide Co., Detroit.
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Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Farm Prosperity Report Highlights Record Farm Values
The first annual report of Secretary Wilson in his third term cites total farm wealth at 6.133 billion and a corn harvest of 703,100,000 bushels. Poultry and dairy gains push farm products past half a billion, with cattle, hogs, and horses valued in the hundreds of millions, and exports totaling 527 million. A Washington woman, Mrs Grissom, fatally wounded herself in Farragut Park amid estrangement, while a mammoth breaker plant near Mahanoy City begins operation, boosting local employment.
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Nev
United 45
Wilson
Washington
G. Grissom
Denver
Coro
Leaksville woolen mills
Spray
N.C
Farragut Park
Greensboro
SN. C
Dr. Grissom
North Carolina insane asylum
Disastrous Bakers Bridge Wreck Kills and Burns Many
Lincoln Massachusetts November 27 A night express rear ended a Marlboro branch local at Bakers Bridge on the Fitchburg division. Thirteen to fourteen killed or burned and over thirty injured as flames engulfed wreckage. Thick weather is blamed for obscuring signals. Fire departments were unavailable and villagers aided in rescues before doctors arrived from nearby towns. The Montreal train escaped serious injury to its crew, while the forward engine crew were killed.
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Lincoln
Mass
Bakers Bridge
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine railroad
Montreal
Hoston
Marlboro
Bakers Hridse
Boston
Boston & Maine
Waltham
Mutinous Black Sea Sailors Threaten Sebastopol
Nov 27 Sebastopol reports a long mutiny among Black Sea Fleet sailors threatening Russian hold on the port. Mutineers control shore crews, have captured officers, halted trains, and caused panic as royal sailors camp and negotiations with Admiral Choukain unfold.
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Black Sea
Sebastopol
Russia
Brest
Choukain
Simfercoal
Allied Fleet Reaches Seind of Mytilene in Nov News
In Constantinople dated November, allied fleets arrived at the seafront near Mytilene. Reports state the Porte proposes modifications after a discussion with British and Austro-Hungarian ambassadors led by Sir Nicholas O’Conner and Baron Van Callee. The exchange centers on proposed financial measures and supervisory councils.
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Seind
Mytilene
Constantinople
Porte
Tewik Pasha
Nicholas FR. O'Conner
Baron Van Callee
Alaredonia
Parte
de Otieman
Miners Solve Grievance That Aids Families of Killed
In Scranton Pennsylvania on March 27 a Throop mine workers federation approved a plan to relieve operators from work stoppages on deaths and funerals. Instead, miners would stay at work and donate 25 percent of earnings to a fund for the bereaved families. The Throop colliery average daily wage is about 100 dollars.
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Scranton
Throop
Tur Burton Convicted on Six Counts in Post Office Case
United States Senator J Ralph Gurter of Kansas was found guilty on all six counts in a St Louis federal circuit court and jurors deliberated two hours. It marks a second trial for Burton with charges of practicing before the post office department in St Louis to influence an order against Rialto Grand Ad Securities. The prior verdict was reversed by the supreme court due to jurisdiction limits.
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St.Ea
United States
J. Ralph Gurter
Kansas
United States sircuit court
post-office department
Benngton
United States Senatol
Rialto Grand Ad Securities company
St. Louis
Turter
orkase
supreme court
Burton
Washington
Peddlers Held Up and Robbed Near Safe Harbor
Four peddlers Isaac J. Francis Joseph Mauriee Abbis Shibent and Moses Albert of Coatesville Philadelphia traveled from Creswell to Safe Harbor when eight Italians halted them on a labor camp route in Lancaster County. Revolvers were used to steal $666. Francis and Maurice were wounded with bullets in the head and taken to Columbia Hospital in serious condition. A posse searches the vicinity for the highwaymen.
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Lancaster
Isaac J. Francis
Coatesville
Joseph Mauriee
Abbis Shibent
Moses Albert
Philadelphia
Creswell
Safe Harbor
Francis
Maurice
Shibent
Albert
Columbia
Will Try To Stop Shanghaing By Probing Oystermen
United States District Attorney John C Rose announced plans to seek federal action to curb shanghaiing in Baltimore area waters He plans to apply laws forbidding advancing money to sailors before they ship hoping to end the practice and protect mariners The move could disrupt the local oyster shipping trade and provoke resistance from shipowners and crews.
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United States
Baltimore
John C. Rose
Labor union meeting in Minneapolis referenced. deaths abroad and accidents noted
The report notes the American Federation of Labor WHI holding a meeting in Minneapolis. It mentions Thomas L. Patterson described as the oldest active civil in the United States dying in Ozland Maryland at age 80. Wallace Phillips, a lumber dealer, killed by a press train at Brazil Indiana after saving two girls. Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison dies in a Long Island City automobile accident. A gathering of 109 women in Chicago demands Sunday saloon closures, stressing it isn’t up to them to enforce.
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American Federation of Labor
Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas L. Patterson
Ozland
Wallace Phillips
Brazil
Ind
Francis Burton Harrison
Harrison
New York
Longs Island City
S. 3
M Tniine
Chicago
University of Pennsylvania Proposes Uniform Football Rules
In line with President Roosevelt's call for fair eligibility and reduced brutality, the University of Pennsylvania circulated proposed reform rules to all colleges. The plan targets unnecessary roughness and professional conduct, including penalties for slugging and kneeing, with disqualification and ineligibility for repeat offenses.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
United States
massa
Tragedy in Grid Iron: Young Player Dies After Collision
A series of football accidents reported across states ends in death for William Moore of Union College, age 13, from cerebral hemorrhage after a head injury in a New York University game. Other incidents include a Bellmore high school fatality from a rib driven through the heart and a Sedalia boy paralyzed and speechless after a tackle.
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New York
William Moore
Union
New York University
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Moore
New York centre
Rockville
Carl Osborne
Marshall
Bellmore
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