Bradstreet and Dun Reports From All Big Cities
Special telegrams show midsummer dullness across the United States and Canada with restricted general business. New York, Chicago, and other centers report mixed activity in goods, with some improvement in Western crops and continued weakness in iron, coal, and dry goods, while Wall Street sees renewed speculative activity and money remains tight.
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Frenchy Found Guilty in Notorious Ripper Case Verdict
Special Telegram from New York reports the jury found Ameer Ben Ali George Frank or Frenchy guilty of murder in the second degree in a sensational trial linked to Jack the Ripper lore. The court commended the jury as Frenchy faced life imprisonment after the two hour jury deliberation.
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London
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Duel With Swords Sparks Arrest In Abita Springs
A editors duel threat ends with police arrest of W Carruthers of the Mascot as L Orieans editor L P Bonby prepares to meet in Abita Springs. The dispute arose after Afescot criticized Creole people and ignited cross publication satire.
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Afescot
L'Orieans
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L. P. Bonby
L’ Orieans
Judgments Against Poeumatic Dynamite Gun Co
Seven judgments totaling 160000 plus dollars were filed against Poeumatic Dynamite Gun Company of Broadway New York. The largest equals 124597 owed to William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company for work and materials between October 1987 and April 20, and 2150 due on work on the dynamite gun cruiser Vesuvius. The company’s annual report dated January 4 said debts did not exceed 70000. Trustees named Mond King, George K Williamson, J B Yale, Deb Wilmot and President D Schuyler.
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New Yeak
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William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Vesuvius
Hendricks & Co Photograph Gallery Opens All Day
Hendricks & Co announces an all day gallery opening at No 68 street Allegheny with a free handsome framed photograph given away with every dozen purchases. Cabinets 1 and Castle Shannon KR Willmen trains run hourly on July 4 to picnic Council 133 Jr O A.M.
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Fourth of July Photograph at Aufrecht & Co Gallery
Aufrecht & Co gallery at 516 Market Street hosts a day long Fourth of July photograph session for business purposes. The event appears to involve photography services and client meetings in a storefront setting.
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Aufrecht & Co
Market Strest
Awoke to Die amid Train Fire and Rescue Efforts
A first person account describes a deadly train crash with a day coach bursting into flames. The narrator rescues a woman from the ladies’ toilet, witnesses a bleeding porter, and escapes with clothes torn as the engine plows through. Dozens of bodies burn and hang from the wreckage, leaving the writer shaken by the horrific scene.
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Paddy
Great Welcome Turnsto Tragedy in Glassworkers Return
Returning Corning glassblowers faced a disaster when a special car carrying about 40 workers and families wrecked at Ravenna Ohio. Sixteen Corning men and boys were killed or burned, while others escaped or were injured. The city mourns as 50 families grieve.
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Corning Glass Company
Findlay
Cornin Lass
Erie Depot
T. N. Hollingsworth
Glassblowers’ Local Union
Thomas McMahon
Erie
Bert Humphrey
John O'Hare
James Durkin
O'Hare
William Kane
Chautauquans In Peril In Erie Wreck At Ravenna
Special Telegram reports a Erie railroad wreck this morning at Ravenna near Lakewood injuring several Chautauquans. A Pullman car caught fire after the crash, a Chautauqua lady escaped by window, six cottage residents at Golden Rod cottage narrowly dodged death, and rescuers ferried a seriously injured passenger to a hotel.
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Chautauqua Salute For a Heroine and Public Lectures
A July Chautauqua scene details Hamiltonian financial measures and the Jefferson Hamilton bargain, noting Prof. Woodburn's lecture on Hamilton and public faith. It reports Mrs. Charles Waldo Richards’s heroic rescue attempt, the chatauqua salute, and upcoming talks on the American Revolution, with events in physical education and boat racing planned for the assembly.
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Woodburn
Indiana State University
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Treasury
Jefferson
Charles Waldo Richards
Buffalo
Williston
Chicago
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Fox
Department of Physical Education
Chautauqua
W. 8. Maltly
A. A. Stagg
W. G. Anderson
Brooklyn
Jake
Ravenna Wreck Described as Worst Rail Disaster
Conductor Parsons calls the Ravenna wreck the worst he has seen in 39 years. Two coaches and a Pullman burned after a collision, with several victims possibly unidentified. Officials seek a flagman who fled into the woods, while passengers from Covington and Cincinnati fear friends may be among the dead.
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Waeck
F. E. Handall
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
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Cincinnati
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Erie
Lake Erie
Tl. M. Worden
Feeling Against McGuire Sparks Pittsburg Carpenters Debate
Philadelphia July 3 General Secretary P J McGuire denied awareness of any charges about funds for the Pittsburg carpenters strike. He said no official notification had been received and that Pittsburg District Council action was not yet proven. He referenced a council meeting and awaiting a telegram about a committee. Recupération notes preview Octave Thanet’s St Andrews-by-the-Sea description for tomorrow's Dispatch.
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P. J. McGuire
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
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Artesian Wells in New Orleans Drying Up
Special telegram from New Orleans reports artesian wells rapidly drying as the Howard well, first built here, halted after six years. Several nearby wells ceased or reduced output, suggesting the city’s water supply from artesian sources may be exhausted. No reason given for the failure.
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Bank Examiner Drew Leaves Keystone Bank Probe
In Washington on July 3 Bank Examiner Drew of Philadelphia met with Secretary Foster and Controller Tracy at the Treasury. He learned his services with the Government were no longer needed in connection with the Keystone National Bank inquiry. An official statement was postponed to Monday and will include related correspondence.
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Drew
Philadelphia
Treasury Department
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Tracy
Keystone National Bank
Tragedy in Superior Bay Two Bodies Identified
Two bodies found floating in Superior Bay near the St. Paul and Pacific docks are identified as a man named Whitehall and his wife. The couple, aged about 50 and younger, were last seen Wednesday. Death unexplained, no foul play suspected, cause unclear after they fell into the water near the wharf timbers. The incident occurred in West Superior, Wisconsin, on July 3.
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General Miles Reported Safe After Erie Express Wreck
News from Ravenna and Buffalo notes General Nelson A. Miles and Captain E. L. Heggins were aboard the Erie Railroad express wreck. A telegram from Mrapvnity Pa dated July 5 states neither General Milney nor any others are related to the incident.
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Glass workers among Ravenna disaster victims in Findlay
Sorrow fills Findlay as several local glass workers are reported killed or wounded in the Ravenna railroad disaster yesterday morning. The Telescoped car left the city, carrying Bag of the employes, with others injured in the wreck.
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Grateful-Comforting Epps Cocoa Ad Claim
An old advertisement extols Grateful-Comforting Epps Cocoa as a healthful beverage. It credits Mr. Epps with knowledge of nutrition and suggests regular use strengthens constitution to resist disease, sold as half-pound tins by James Epps & Co London.
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Youthful Sufferer Healed by Dr Byers Treatment
A ten year old girl Leona Braun of Sharps is described as a frequent choke of mucous and headaches. After Dr Byers treatment her condition improved rapidly with restored appetite and strength. A West Newton Pa young lady also improved by early treatment, with details available on request.
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