France in ferment seeks Duc d Orleans as leader
A special letter argues Louis Philippe Robert Duc d Orleans could unite France after the July 1830 principles. It traces royalist factions, Comte de Paris, and parliamentary shifts, noting political missteps, Boulangism, and shifting loyalties. The piece links Dreyfus era tensions to royalist politics and public moral tales from Paris.
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France
Louis ‘Philippe Jtobert
Duc d
Orleans
Gourdon
Comte de Paris
Comte de Chambord
Herfii V
Comte’ de Paris
Duca
Comte
Paris
General Boulanger
Duc d'Orleans
Dead Town in New Jersey as Edison Works Close
Holison New Jersey once a bustling manufacturing village with a thousand residents now has six families and will soon have four as Edison works cease since 1900. The plant left behind about 100 cottages valued at not less than $1,000 each, but few have ever been lived in. Roads laid two years ago are now dry grass and weeds.
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New Jersey
Holison
N. J
Edison ‘Works
Mr. Edison
Emperor William Maintains Vast Palace Service Network
Historical report notes the German Emperor employs about 3,500 servants across twenty plus palaces with roughly 2,000 women among them. It highlights the immense costs of upkeep, estimating the emperor’s daily expenditure at around $25,000 to sustain such an expansive imperial household.
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William
Trains Crash Kills Four Injures Many in 1900s Accident
At Malta Illinois the east-bound Atlantic Express collided with a freight train after a misplaced switch. Twenty six injured, four dead, many burned by escaping steam. Names of deceased and injured listed. relief trains carried victims to Chicago hospitals.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Malta
de Kalb
E .B. Duncan
Tolerson
D.'.o. Nichols
Council Bluffs
George W. Rudio
Omaha
St. Luke’s Hospital
Train Crash in James River River near Lynchburg Va
A Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train west of Lynchburg Va collided on December 31 as flood waters and a rockslide sent engine and baggage car into the James River. Initial reports listed twenty five dead but later investigations reduced the toll. Engineer Fisher was crushed beneath his engine while Conductor Whitaker led rescue efforts.
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Lynchburg
Chesapeake «&Ohio
Whitaker
James River
Fisher
River Tragedy Claims Whitaker and Two Messengers
A disaster left Whitaker washed into the river and drowned, with baggage master Thompson and Express Messenger Shannon also drowned. A passenger coach was forced aside to avert injury, and no passengers were hurt.
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Whitaker
Thompson
Shannon
Towerman Ditches a Train At Springfield Crossing
Springfield December 31 Thomas Fagin towerman at the Illinois Central and Wabash crossing east of Springfield grew sleepy and set switches to clear the Illinois Central. The Diamond Special 50 mph reached the interlocker at 4 am and began across as a Wabash train whistled seven minutes for the signals. Fagin awakened and, without looking, yielded the right of way to the Wabash, sending the Diamond Special into the ditch. Engine McCormick and wireman Wainwright were slightly injured. passengers escaped with a severe shaking.
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Towerman
Springfield
Thomas Fagin
Illinois Central
Fagin
McCormick
Wireman
Wainwright
Wrecks Halt Rails After Heavy Rains Near Opelika
Two freight wrecks on the Western Railway of Alabama within thirty miles of each other followed heavy rains that flooded tracks and caused two embankments to fail. One man died, three injured, and property loss is heavy. The dead is engineer Thomas Russell. the injured include Cy Lee and B. W. Jackson. two other injuries named as a negro fireman and another unknown fireman.
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Opelika
Ala
Western Railway of
Alabama
Thomas Russell
Cy Lee
B. W. Jackson
Twenty Japanese Dead Missing After Steveston Boarding House
Twenty Japanese are missing from Steveston near Vancouver in the wake of Thursday morning’s destruction. The boarding house, perched on piles two miles from Steveston, was swept away by the storm and no trace of the structure remains. Rescue reach was impossible amid heavy seas.
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Vancouver
B. C
Steveston
Point Roberts
Train Collision Kills Engineer and Fireman in Nashua
A Cannon Ball express on the Boston and Maine railway collided with a freight train in Nashua New Hampshire in the north yards. Engineer Quimby and Fireman J M Marshall were instantly killed. Several other crew members and a number of passengers were injured.
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Nashua
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Yards
Quimby
J. 3. Marshall
Trapped by Flames at Alexandra Apartments Fire
Chicago December 31 more than twenty families were trapped on fire escapes at the Alexandra apartment building Bowen and Cottage Grove avenues as flames and smoke rose from windows. Rescuers including firemen police and civilians saved those clinging to ice coated ladders before the building toppled. The blaze destroyed the structure and contents with an estimated loss of 250000.
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Chicago
Alexandra
Bowen
Cottage Grove Avenues
May Get a Cabinet Position in a Cheyenne Rumor
A Cheyenne report says ex-Senator J M Carey may be offered the Interior Department if Secretary Hitchcock retires. Inquiries from the East seek Carey’s whereabouts in New York to contact him. Friends show keen interest as Cary’s record and Interior knowledge make him a strong candidate.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
J. M. Carey
Interior Department
Hitchcock
Mr. Carey
New York
Carey
Palmer Dies in Springfield After Pneumonia
Louis J. Palmer youngest son of the late Gen. John M. Palmer died at his home in Springfield on Saturday from pneumonia. He caught a cold the previous Sunday and did not reach his bed before Christmas night. He was associated with the front rank of young attorneys in central Illinois. He leaves a widow, a brother, and four sisters.
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Louis J. Palmer
Springfield
Ill
M. Palmer
Wireless Teleg raphy Link Planned Between Newhaven and Dieppe
A Marconi company initiative aims to install wireless telegraphy between Newhaven and Dieppe. The project involves the London and Brighton railway and the French railway company to establish the new line.
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Wirele
London
Entere Marconi
Brighton
Newhaven
Dieppe
Notable Trotting Driver John Splane Hospitalized
Ter re Hat re Ind Dec 81 report states John Splane, renowned trotting horse driver, is laid up with pneumonia at the SE hospital. Anthony hospital here reports Elis condition is not serious.
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Spion UL Wien
Phedgnohla
Terre Hatre Ind
John Splane
Elis
The Ascension and Witnessing in Luke and Acts
A Sunday School lesson outlines Luke’s account of the ascension as the hinge between earthly life and heavenly rule, and explains the Great Commission. It notes the status of Theo philus, the role of witnesses in Acts, and the angels at the ascension, with details on location and the returning disciples awaiting the Spirit.
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Jesus
Kingdom of
Heaven
Theophilus
Professor Knowling
Pelix
Festus
Patrician Order of Knights
Teday
Jesus Christ
God
Tiisah
Hhariot
John
Hobart
St. Luke
Knowling
Jerusalem
Bethany
Birthday Privilege Chorus Many Happy Returns Harlem Life
A fragment notes a birthday scene in Harlem with children, a chorus, and a family exchange. Grandpa and mamma say if you give us 60 cents, we mustn’t lose it. The item reads like a short social snippet from a local newspaper page.
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Harlem
Funnygraphs on drawing convey ances and manners
Cartoonish dialogue jokes about lawyers and donkeys with playful miscommunications. A grandfatherly grandma and a child named Tommy navigate misunderstandings about glasses, kissing, and cake. London Tit- Bits.
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Jack
Tommy
London
Beet Sugar Industry Backed by Oxnard and Cutting Views
The New York Evening Post editorial from December 12, 1901, lauds beet sugar as a self-sustaining American industry. Oxnard and Cutting argue beet sugar can be cheaper to produce domestically than in Europe, with profits shown under free trade, and warn against tariff opponents who claim harm from Cuban sugar.
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India
F . Megers
Oxnard
Cutting
Editoria Age
New York Evening
Evening Post
Rocky Mountains
Congress
United States
Nebraska
Wurops
Europe
Unite States
Washington
Onnai
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