Two Men Die In Desert Ordeal After Burro Split
Mike Widridge recalls a desert trek with Dave Eldridge to find a power site. They quarrel over water after tossing a coin for the burro. Mike wins water and survives thirty? but Dave perishes as the burro fails and heat drains them. The tale ends with a painful trek home across heat and sand.
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Greenwater
Cal
David Eliridge
H. Hidridge
National Sewing Machine Tle Company
Illinois
Per’shea
Deert
Widridge
Mike
Greenwater Montav
Eldridge
Méen
Dave
Gare
PTT
Peary Triumph Highlighted On Hudson Parade Return
Commander Peary received ovations as the Roosevelt led a Hudson River parade. The announcement urged both Peary and Dr. Cook to submit observations to a U.S. scientific commission. Cook declined pending records being sent to Copenhagen. The event marked a triumphant homecoming after his polar expedition.
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Willis. L. Moore
Society
Commander Peary
Dr. Cook
United States
New York
Henry F. Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Archer M. Huntington
American Geographical Society
Mr. Osborn
Peary
Pole
Railroad President Shoots Self at Blythsdale Home
Sidney B. Cushing president of the Mount Tamar Pass Railroad Company shot himself at his Blythsdale summer home. He suffered a stroke last May and had been in poor health since.
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San Francisco
Sidney BE. Coshing
Mount Tamar Pass
Blythsdale
Mr. Cushing
Weill Collect 500000 From Harriman Estate
Salem Oregon reports the state will collect about 500000 as inheritance tax from the late E H Harriman estate once railroad property appraisals are complete.
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Harriman Estate
Salem
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Oregon
E. H. Harriman
Death of Lewis C Grover Former Colt President
Lewis C Grover former president of the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co died in Hartford Connecticut at age 68 his passing recorded in local notices.
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Lewis C. Grover
Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co
Hartford, Conn
El Roghi the Pretender Executed by Lions in Fez
A Fez dispatch reports Morocco’s pretender El Roghi was executed in September by Sultan Mulai Hafid. The ruler and his chamberlain allegedly dragged him into a lion cage, prodded the beasts, then had him burned alive after pouring lamp oil and feeding flames until his body was charred.
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Parig
Mafin
Fez
Roshi
Morocco
Sultan Murat Hafid
el Roghi
Mulai Hafid
Trade Reviews Point to Normal Biz Conditions Restored
Dun and Bradstreet reports indicate a full return to normal commercial conditions in New York as cooler weather and the Hudson-Fulton celebration boost dry goods wholesale and retail. Both reviews note some irregularity but no real weakness, with cooler fall weather expanding trade and a large winter wheat planting outlook improving agricultural expectations.
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New York
N. Y
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Rey
Bradstreet’s
Calms for weary pilgrims find sheltering port in verse
A Victorian era piece reflects on loss and fate with poems by Jamies Montgomery and John Burroughs. It contrasts enduring grief with a belief in a divine, eternal home and the consoler of a quiet, destined life. It also notes West Point hazing debates and Cheyne’s ideas on health and discipline.
The Markets New York Wholesale Prices Summary
Market prices across vegetables fruit grains and livestock including Jersey potatoes Long Island tomatoes beets onions cucumbers celery lettuce and peppers with grain and dairy values. Notable entries include wheat No 2 corn No 4 lard dairy butter and milk exchanges along with live stock and poultry figures for city dressed beef calves sheep lambs and various fowl.
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New York
Jersey
Long Island
E. J
Montgomery Con gress Nominee Shot in Kentucky Tragedy
John W. Montgomery Republican nominee for county representative was shot in Glaston Kentucky by Morris Witcoxen near Hiesville. Montgomery had called at Witcoxen's home to obtain his signature for the Burley tobacco pool and was shot in the back of the head. Witcoxen is jailed locally. The report also notes New York City Democratic Mayor candidate William J. Gaynor.
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Glaston
John W. Slontzomery
Morris Witcoxen
Hiesville
Montgomery
Burley
Wilcoxen
Wieoxen
Spaniards Ambushed in Morocco Rift Forces Kill Officers
A Spanish reconnoitering party from Zeluan toward Gok El Jemis was ambushed by Rift tribesmen near Melilla Morocco. General Biez Vicario and Gen. Crozao led the forces. two captains one lieutenant and fourteen men died along with 182 wounded.
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Melilla
Morocco
Zeluan
Gok el Jemis
God
Joss
Biez Vicario
Crozao
Camden resident James G Hyatt dies in Philadelphia
James G Hyatt longtime Camden resident dies at his son Leander Hyatt’s home in Philadelphia. He was a charter member of Welcome Circle in the Brotherhood of America. The State Medical Society adjourned in Philadelphia after opposing benzoate of soda and other preservatives and endorsing Dr. Harvey W Wiley’s stance.
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James G. Hyatt
Camden
N. J
Leander Hyatt
Sereni Street
Philadelphia
The
Brotherhood of America
Welcome Circle
State Medical
Harvey W. Wiley
Pennsylvania highwayman robs fast express in neat fashion
A rail bandit, reputedly the style of Jesse James, staged a single handed robbery of a fast express train. The New York World notes the attacker performed the hold up with precision and flair, rivaling the best exploits of the profession.
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Pennsylvania
Jesse James
New York World
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