Mine Explosion Shocks West Virginia Community
Bluefields West Virginia reports a mine blast at Pocahontas Collieries in the St Paul entry. Rescue teams evacuated two workers Colbert and Godsop while others remain entombed with death toll estimates ranging from sixty to one hundred. The mine is on fire and rescue work is slowed by conditions and lack of bricks. News spread through nearby crowds awaiting word on missing miners.
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West Fork
Pocahontaz Colleries Company
O’malley
Hamed
Colbert
Godsop
St. Paul
Fatal Blast Furnace Accidents Hit Baltimore and Pueblo
In Baltimore Sparrow's Point Maryland Steel Co blast furnace accident four men died and eight injured while workers fitted a new air pipe. In Pueblo Colorado a gas fueled blowout at Colorado Fuel and Iron steel works killed two men and injured two others. a fifth man may have died and all five are said to be foreigners.
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Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrow’s Point
Pueblo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Street Car Jumped Track Near Windmere Killing and Injuries
A Cleveland street car en route to Euclid Beach jumped the track at a sharp curve by the Nickel Plate trestle. Three killed and seventeen injured as the high speed car plunged into a bank with about eighty passengers aboard. panic followed. Motorman reportedly lost control and brakes failed.
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Cleveland, CO
Euclid Beach
Nickel Plate Railroad
Windmere
Transport Thomas Ablaze as Hay Bales Threaten Ship
Fire breaks out in the hold of the vessel Thomas near Manila. Six thousand five hundred bales of hay lie in the hold, and authorities fear the fire may force the ship to sink to save what remains.
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Manila
Thomas
Burlington girl arrested for forged check in Galesburg case
Miss Hyrmal Jacobs, using the alias Mary Burns, was arrested in Galesburg for passing a forged check for $1000. A former student at Town Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant Iowa, she previously tried to pass a $5000 check in Monmouth Illinois while posing as a college student.
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Burlington
Hyrmal Jacobs
Galesburg
Mary Burns
Town Wesleyanniversity
Mount Pleasant
Monmouth
Ill
Arrest of Salt Lake City police chief over compounding charge
Chief of Police George Sheets was arrested on a complaint by William McWhirter charging him with compounding a felony. McWhirter, a Scotchman, had 310000 taken by bogus officers during a raid on a fraudulent poker game and recovered 81000 with the chief's involvement.
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Sall Lake
Prison escape tales from Gettysburg to Libby prison
Veterans recount dramatic trials after Gettysburg and Libby prison. Culled anecdotes describe tunnel escapes, hunger, bloodhounds, and captures, with patrols and marches across Georgia to Macon and Columbia. The piece notes initial volunteer units formed in 1861 and their rough, colorful recruitment.
Alright on the Goose in Civil War Camp
In winter 1861 62 a Kentucky Green River brigade crewed by Indiana and Kentucky regiments stole seven geese. Quinn, a keen eyed trooper, supplied a goose to Colonel Cruft’s cook prompting a search. The colonel bought the birds to avoid punishment and the camp men saluted with the cry Alright on fie goose. American Tribune. Outdoor musical performances are not permitted in St. Petersburg.
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Kentucky
Cruft
Green River
South Carrollton
Quinn
Whilistine
Colonel Cruft
Ile
Copcess
American Tribune
St. Petersburg
Ned Barton and Rocket in a Civil War Courage Tale
A Hoodville youth Ned Barton organizes Zouave Cadets, leads as second lieutenant, and saves girls from a runaway horse. In battle with the Army of the Potomac, Barton retrieves the fallen sergeant’s flag, earning cheers from both sides as Rocket carries him to victory. A second vignette recalls a boy at Vicksburg delivering calibre 54 ammunition for General Sherman, enduring wounds but fulfilling duty.
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Hoodville
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Hardee
Ellsworth
Zouave
Barton
Zouage Cadets
Ned Barton
Army of the Potomac
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Neorle
Sergeant Watkins
King
Watkins
Eible
Seregant
Chicago Daily News
Vicksburg
Malimsbury
Sherman
Feneral
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Doy
O. P. How
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
American Tribune
Sher
Thompson Falls Town Uses Ground Cooling System
In Thompson Falls Montana a basic system keeps rooms at 55 degrees in heat. Wells are capped and large pipes draw cold air from underground to feed nearby buildings. A bee travels faster unloaded than loaded with honey, at speeds of forty and twelve miles per hour respectively.
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Thompson Fall
Mont
Mary Ted
Liquor Traffic Laws Tighten in German Workplaces
A New Voice summary notes that the Reichs-Arbeitsblatt and Royal Insurance Office highlight alcohol's link to accidents and harm. Employers push bans on intoxication in factories, with rules expanding since 1900 across trades, including breweries, mines, and powder plants, to protect workers and reduce costs.
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Superial
Reichs-Arbeitsblatt
Arbeitsblatt
Toyal Insurance Office
Royal Insurance Office
National Labor Office
Prosperity in Maine Shows Gains in Capital and Product Values
Readings on Maine economy indicate capital invested in 1904 reached 143 million dollars, up 27 percent since 1900, with total product value at 14.02 million dollars, a 29 percent four-year rise. Wages totaled 32.69 million, up 67 percent from 1900, while wage earners numbered 14958. Local temperance anecdotes reflect societal concerns and reform talk.
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Maine
Esmaine
We must have a saloon to save our town from decay
Fragmented verse urges a saloon as moral salvation and economic boon. It argues saloons will uplift manhood, entice trade for local merchants, and entertain the streets, while appealing to leaders and taxpayers to fund the venture despite moral concerns.
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Vasor
Cure for Drearkenness and the English Prescription
A historic English remedy for drunkenness is linked to Soho Vine Tai, commander of the steamer Great Western, who followed a seven month regimen devised by a physician. The prescribed mixture includes sulphate of magnesia, peppermint water, and spirits of nutmeg, taken twice daily to stimulate and curb alcohol craving. The article extols the pump-like heart action and astonishing bodily outputs, urging abstinence from intoxicants.
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England
Soho Vine Tai
Great List
Wehish? U1 Food For Whisky Woes And Crime
A fragment quotes Judge Hawkins linking crime to whisky use and social misery. It lists vast counts of suffering: murdered, widowed, orphaned, and convicted individuals, and notes a court calendar reflecting concern over alcohol’s impact on crime and public order.
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Hawkins
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