Pets of Little Royalties In European Nurseries
A London Daily Mail piece surveys royal children and their pets from Germany to Britain. It notes princes and princesses keeping dogs, ponies, donkeys, and toys, with Edward VIII style play and imperial sons trained as sailors. A humorous line claims the Emperor is emperor of the nursery.
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Caiin
Tell. Iie
Victoria Q Louise
Rince Joachim
Heish
Kaiser
Potsdam
England
Palace of
Peterhof
Prince Edward of
York
Prince Wales
Prince Edward
Smidget
Rover
Fot
Sandringham
Tie
Dewet
Lord Witchener
London Daily Mail
Germany
AnOoe
The Chestnut Going in Ashtabula County
The Jefferson Sentinel notes wild pigeons in Ashtabula County are scarce, and chestnuts, once abundant, may become a cultivated nut. Harriman Tennessee plans to grind chestnut timber into pulp for tanning at a rate of one hundred cords daily, amid borer damage. Early settlers recalled Indians roasting chestnuts and selling them for six and a quarter cents per bushel.
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Ashtabula County
Ohio
Jefferson Sentinel
Harriman
Tenn
Tennessee
Woe of a Sorrowing Widow in Indianapolis Press
A widow laments the loss of her husband cut apart by wheels in a tragic accident. She recalls the brand new watch in his vest pocket ruined by the wheels, expressing profound grief in a reported Indianapolis Press item.
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Indianapolis Press
Well Educated News Editor Joke
A Somerville Journal humor item questions a new reporter’s college education. The exchange cites that the editor never finds foreign phrases or big words in his writing, implying credential doubts.
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Somerville Journal
The Power of Plattery in Patent Medicine Ads
An advertising expert in the Somerville Journal argues that patent medicine proprietors should use elaborate flattery and claim indispensability to brain workers to boost sales of the Reg ulator. The piece outlines tactics for broad advertising appeal to readers seeking mental performance improvements.
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Somerville Journal
Sunset Limited Disaster Near Tucson Claims Death Toll
The Sunset Limited disaster near Tucson resulted in a rising death list with twenty bodies recovered and more believed buried after orders were not delivered. Investigators search for remaining victims and assess wreckage and safety failures.
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Tucson
Night orders caused Tucson wreck killing many
Night Operator George Clough failed to deliver vital orders at Vails station, triggering a head end collision between Sunset Limited No 9 and Crescent City Express No 8 fourteen miles east of Tucson. Eleven cars burned, twenty bodies recovered, dozens injured, relief crews and hospital care organized.
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Tuscon, Ariz
George Clough
Vails
Tuscon
Wilmot
Watts Station
Crescent City
Edmont
Tucson
Clough
Kenner
Enineeer Bruce
Fiis
Joe McGrath
Wilkie
No. 8
Stoufe
Volcanic Activity Rises At Isalo In Salvador
Reports from San Francisco dispatches note Isalo volcano in El Salvador showing increased activity with smoke and rumblings. The City of Panama steamer officers report intermittent smoke and fire from the crater about every fifteen minutes, raising fear of eruption.
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San Francisco
Isalo
Central American
Republic of
Salvador
Panama
Demand for Return of Ames Is Issued by Court
Minneapolis judge directs county attorney to file suit to collect forfeited bonds of former Mayor Ames and to secure arrest and return of the indicted official. Bondsmen listed are Thomas Lowry Fred Schick W T Boutell and W K Johnson liable for 10000 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Harrison
Boardman
Ames
Thomas Lowry
Fred Schick
W. K. Johnson
Woman Defends Home Against Serial Incendiaries in Deadwood
Mrs. P. N. Carr fought off an assailant at her Deadwood residence on Charles Street after eight arson attempts near the home. She fired at the fleeing man as an accomplice struck her, another guard had been hired, and a scent could not be pursued by bloodhounds due to timing.
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Deadwood
Feo
P. N. Carr
Charles ‘Street
Carr
Moses
Belle Fourche
Deidwood
Kicking and stabbing death shocks Wilkesbarre miners
A Russian miner A Sebrilefsko was kicked and stabbed to death near the Boston mine breaker at Larksville after a dance. About twenty-one county men, all miners or laborers, were involved in the attack as they returned from a Saturday night gathering in Plymouth and Larksville, three miles from the city.
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Wilkesbarre
A. Sebrilefsko
Plymouth
Larksville
Boston
Victim of Old Accident Dead on Grund Island Neb
A Nebraska report notes the deaths and relapses linked to an 1901 Gentry show disaster. Charles Stivens suffered severe skull injuries, later worsening, while George Shoemaker's head injuries required operations to relieve brain pressure. Shoemaker remained hospitalized in Aurora with uncertain recovery.
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Grund Island
Charles Stivens
George Shoemaker
Hamilton County
Stevens
Shoemaker
Apo
Shoenaker
Plague Probe Links Curzo Steamer to Mazatlan
Mexico City reports the government is probing how bubonic plague reached Mazatlan and regards the Curzo steamer from San Francisco as highly probable. Possible U S representations are under consideration over the loss to a leading west coast port. Rumor mentions Cuba sugar imports to counter a regional sugar combine.
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Mexico City
Maztlan
San Francisco
Foreign Relations Department
United States
Jeading
Cuba
Mexico
Strike Begins at Deadwood Smelter Complex
Three hundred workers at the Golden Reward smelter strike amid layoffs as the firm plans to close two mines. About 700 additional jobs will be lost. The cyanide plant and smelter process roughly 1000 tons of ore daily. wage disputes are not cited as the cause.
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Deadwood
Golden Reward
Dowie Plans Mission to New York with 3000 Followers
John Alexander Dowie, founder of Zion City, announced to 7000 followers in Kenosha that his restoration host of 3000 will move to New York next month. He has engagement at Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden for three months and 1800 street meetings daily, with over 5000 volunteers ready to go.
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Milwaukee
Wis
the Sentinel
Kenosha Bays
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
New York
Carnegie Hall
Madison Square Garden
Waterlog bank robbery drains $3500 on Tuesday
Robbers struck Citizens' State Bank of Waterlog on Tuesday stealing an estimated $3,500 before escaping. Local authorities launched a manhunt as witnesses described two masked suspects entering the bank and demanding cash.
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Citizens’ State Bank OF
Robbery In Town Sparks Gunfire Between Suspects
Noise aroused the town as robbers exchanged shots with Hatth and Timmerman. Authorities searched the area for the suspects and secured the scene. No injuries reported, investigation ongoing.
Bank Building Wrecked in Waterloo Dynamite Job
The Citizens Bank of Waterloo was dynamited between 1 and 2 am Tuesday, with about 3500 dollars taken. The building was left in ruins and robbers fled after masking their identities, leaving little evidence. Neighbors Harth and Timmerman warded off the danger with shots but the culprits escaped. Lincoln police and bloodhounds were notified. bank insured against burglary.
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J. H. Harth
Bank
Harth
A. BE. Timmerman
Lincoln
Fifty-two Burned to Death in London Asylum Fire
A fire at the Conley asylum annex in London destroyed five wooden buildings in the Jewish wing. About fifty bodies recovered among nearly six hundred female inmates as panic and chaos hampered rescue efforts. Relatives gathered outside the besieged institution as nurses struggled to guide patients to safety.
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London
Conley Asylum
A Good Chance For Engineers
Senator Dietrich seeks Nebraska civil engineers to enter the navy corps of civil engineers. Appointees begin as junior lieutenants with annual pay of 22,700. At five years pay rises to 3,000 and at ten years to 3,500.
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Washington
Dietrich
Nebraska
Navy Corps of Civil Engineers
Iil
Beatrice Mare Theft Cries for Suspects in Nebraska
In Beatrice Nebraska on January 28 two mares described as a black and a light gray were stolen from the barn of B M Heffelfinger. The pair weighed about nine hundred pounds each and were in good condition. Two double cinch heavy saddles were also taken. One mare wore a heavy curb bridle, the other a blind bridle. Local parties suspect horse thieves.
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Beatrice
Neb
B. M. Heffelfinger
Hanged man found in Nebraska near Norfolk
An unspecified man about fifty with gray hair was found hanged by a wire to a tree limb at Spring Branch two miles north of Norfolk. He wore a blue overcoat and had about thirty dollars in his pocket. The body was taken to Sessions & Bell for identification. investigators suppose self-inflicted death.
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Norfolk
Neb
Spring Branch
Sessions & Bell
A. Hill
Mr. Hill
King
Poket
Tie Nan
Paul Johnson
Dfarvard
S. B. Flunt
M. J. Hunt
Bushnell
M.J Hunt
W. R. Artman
West Point
Mrs L W Young Dies in Suicide in Wilsonville Neb
Mrs L W Young wife of ex Senator Young committed suicide in Wilsonville Nebraska taking carbolic acid Monday while family was away. She was found unconscious at noon and died at 3 pm after the poison was taken in the forenoon. An earlier unsuccessful attempt to take rat poison occurred about two years ago.
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Wilsonville
Neb
L. W. Young
Young
Jail Break Delivers Noted Cattle Rustler From Mitchell
Two inmates Jack Sully and Fred Baer escaped Mitchell South Dakota jail Monday night with outside help after helpers sawed a door and iron bars. Sully, a famed cattle rustler on the Sioux Reservation, had been jailed for safekeeping, and sheriff Brooks’s death days earlier is noted as a possible aiding factor.
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Mitchell
S D
Jack Sully
Fred Baer
Sully
Verdirghe
Neb
Omaha
Lyman County
Brooks
Alli
Stratford Mob Raids Coal Train For Shortage Relief
Stratford Iowa residents seize coal from a Northwestern freight train amid a fuel famine. A sheriff's party arrests 30 to 40 suspects as a 560 strong mob swarms the tracks. Bail granted. trial scheduled at next district court term.
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Des Moines
Stratford
Here
Northwestern
Webster City
Bank robbers Anderson and Lewis still at large in Missouri
St Louis January 27 detectives and authorities seek Bill Anderson of Rudolph and Frank Lewis of Supposed Union for murder of Detective Charles A Schumacher. A reward of 1800 dollars is offered. Sheriff Bruch of Franklin County reports two men matching the fugitives seen at Beaufort, one wounded.
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St. Louis
Bill Anderson
Rudolph
Frank Lewis
Charles A. Schumacher
Bruch
Franklin County
Beaufort
Ryan Challenged for 25 Thousand Prize Fight
Hot Springs Ark January 27. Tom Ryan, the champion middleweight, received a telegram from Jack Herman manager of the Fort Erie athletic club asking him to fight Fitzsimmons for a purse of twenty five thousand dollars. Ryan replied he would if Fitzsimmons would train down to the middleweight limit.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Tommy Ryan
Escampioon
Jack Herman
Fort Erie Athleck
Buffalo
Simmons
Ryan
Fitzsiamons
Money to Combat Plague Reaches Mazatlan Fund Total
The Mazatlan charity commission reports 130000 dollars received to fight the plague as Mexico City notes ongoing donations from across the country. Official bulletins show four deaths and four new cases for Wednesday and five deaths with two new cases for Thursday, bringing hospital patients to 44 with five serogs.
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Mexico City
Charity Commission
Mazatlan
Nebraska Notes Highlights From Fremont To Norfolk
Fremont man Milan G Cook is fined 25 for wife beating. McCook man J B Roshong suffers severe injuries after being run over by cars. Mrs L J Young dies by suicide at Wilsonville. Tecumseh cattle ship to Lincoln for judging. Zeller Stock Food formed in Hooper with 40000 capital.
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JL. W. Young
Senator Young
Wilsonville
J. B. Roshong
McCook
Ernest
Tecumseh
Lincoln
Zeller Stock Food Company
Hooper
M. T. Zellers
Calves Survive 24 Days Buried in Straw Stack
Two calves named Dot and Smudge, aged six and seven months, were buried in a straw stack on Frank Stander’s Louisville farm for twenty four days. They survived without water with straw as their sole food, and were found alive after the wind shifted the stack enough for air.
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Louisville
Neb
Frank Stander
Stander
Strider
Mr. Stander
McKinley Birthday Banquet Held by Nebraska Club
The McKinley club of Nebraska marked William McKinley’s sixtieth birth anniversary with a banquet in Omaha. About four hundred guests attended including Governor Mickey of Nebraska, Governor Cummins of Iowa, and W. J. Bainbridge. The program featured a large portrait of McKinley and remarks on his character and tariff policy, with a Roosevelt telegram of regret read aloud.
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Omaha
Neb
William McKinley
McKinley Club
Nebraska
Mickey
Cummins
Iowa
W. J. Bainbridge
American Legation
Pecin
McKinley
W. KE. Batnbridge
Council Bluffs
McKinsley
Orient
Roosevelt
Representative Bristow Seeks $100000 President Salary
In Washington on January 31 Representative Bristow of New York introduced a bill to raise the president's salary to 100000 dollars annually. The measure aims to adjust compensation for the chief executive amid ongoing discussions about government pay scales.
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Washington
Bristow
New York
The
United States
Death on Tracks Baffles Dearborn Police
A middle aged German man, unnamed, was slain by an unknown assailant and his body placed on electric road tracks near Dearborn. A Detroit bound car ran over the corpse last night, and morgue exam revealed two deep stab wounds in the breast, suggesting a dagger attack.
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Dearborn
Mich
Jan. Jr
Assaiant
Detroit
Yaquis Attack San Marcial Kills Eight Americans
Yanquis killed eight Americans during a Yaqui assault on San Marcial the mining center of the state at Cancanea Mex January 31. Defenders included more than twenty Americans with eight killed among them Mr McAllister former superintendent Frank Pendleton former foreman Edward Schutt and George Carroll.
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Cancanea
Mex
San Marcial
Mr. McAllister
Pureto Cites
Frank Pendleton
Edward Schutt
George Carroll
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Forgotten
Dowie
Hatth
Timmerman
Waterloo, Neb
Bank of Waterloo
Asksows Mas
Milan G. Cook
Fremont
Citizens’ National Bank of Tecumseh
Old Settlers’ Association
Otoe County
Nebraska City
J. B. Rosbong
McDonnell
Second Nebraska Infantry
Robert A. Clapp
Fairbury
Clifford
W.j.walden
Addison E. Kik Roocker
A. B. Cobell
Alliance
Chelf
Womaun
Wapella
Ill
Illinois
Grand Island
D. J. Sinclair
Kaseer
Gosper
Kaser
Denver
Sinclair
Arapahoe
Chadron
Minnetonka Oil Mining Company
Hud Mead
Nelson Upton
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