La Porte progress and promotion plans in 1900
Reports on La Porte Texas as a growing deep water shipping point with wharves tracks and sewerage work advancing under the La Porte Improvement Company. General manager I R Holmes oversees improvements from Sylvan Hotel. upcoming February 1900 sale invites visitors to learn conditions surrounding the enterprises.
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la Porte
Texas
Galveston Bay
Gulf of Mexico
I.r.,holmes
Holmes
Sylvan Hotel
United States
Mississippi River
American Land Company
Madison
Chicago
California Earthquake Strikes San Jacinto and Hemet
A 4 25 am quake lasting about twelve seconds rocked southern California. San Jacinto center suffered major damage to two story blocks and chimneys. Hemet hotel and San Jacinto hospital damaged. Estimated total damage 50000 dollars. No confirmed fatalities except six reported at Saboba Indian reservation, which proved untrue. San Bernardino Riverside Santa Ana Anaheim reports of heavy shaking with no major damage locally.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dispatch
California
San Jacinto
Riverside County
Hemit
Johnson Block
Saboba
Santa ‘Ana
Anaheim
San Bernardino
Explosion Traps Dozens In Brazwell Coal Mine
An underground blast at the Brazwell coal mine four miles from Brownsville Pa entombs up to forty workers who had just entered the mine. The cage car rigged with fourteen men rose and blew apart, wrecking the shaft and blocking access as timbers and brickwork were hurled into the air. Rescue efforts hindered by extensive damage.
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Brazwell
Brownsville
Thomas
Miners in St Etienne Vote for General Strike Across Loire
At a 2500 miner meeting in St Etienne Paris a resolution backed a general strike in the Loire coal basin. A sympathy movement could involve 50000 men. Miners demand higher wages shorter hours and recognition of their federation. The federation offered 5 percent but was refused. Cries of vive la greve were heard amid anticipated disorders.
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St. Etienne
Paris
Loire
Mswers
Miners’ Federation
Whaleback Barge No 1115 Crew Safe After Storm News
Pickands Mather Co of Cleveland owners report telegram from the barge captain that he and eight crewmen are safe. The vessel went ashore near Little Pic River on Lake Superior after a great storm earlier last week.
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Pickands, Mather & Co
Cleveland
Middleton
Ont
Little Pic River
Lake Superior
Death Sweeps Two Partners After Akron Tragedy
Samuel Wall aged 57 died of consumption in Akron Ohio shortly after midnight Sunday. His partner Albert Barnes aged 55 was so shocked by the news that he suffered paralysis and died a few hours later.
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Akron
Samuel Wall
Albert Barnes
Barnes
Wall
Burial Schedule for Maine's Dead at Arlington
The Navy Department announces ceremonies at Arlington for the Maine’s dead on the 28th at 11:00 a.m. The events commemorate the burial and honoring of the fallen sailors in Texas.
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Navy Department
Arlington
Maine
Texas
Rock Slide Destroys Amalfi Hotel Monastery
A massive rock collapse near Amalfi on the Gulf of Salerno swept the Cappuccini hotel and Capuchin monastery into the sea, burying villas and several vessels. Troops arrived to aid rescue as the death toll and missing monks remain uncertain. Amalfi, a town of 7300, lies at the mouth of a deep ravine surrounded by dramatic cliffs.
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Rome
Amalfi
Gulf of Salerno
Oelock
Cappuccini
Santa Caterina
Pietro Capuano
Married in the Klondike cago Dr Luella Day Returns
Dr Luella Day who left Chicago for the Klondike two years ago and was reported dead in a snowslide has arrived in Chicago and registered as Mrs Edward McConnell a Klondiker. She says she and her husband will travel for a couple of years then return to Chicago to build a home and hospital for crippled children.
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Luella Day
Chicago
Klondike
Edward McConnell
Klondiker
Death of Daniel Ford founder of Youth's Companion
Daniel Ford, aged 77, owner and editor of the Youth's Companion, died in Boston. The firm name Perry, Mason and Company was entirely fictitious, with Ford handling both editorial and business duties.
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Daniel Ford
Daniel
Ford
Gold shipped to Europe and assorted brief notes
A total of 2,275,000 in gold was shipped to Europe on Saturday. Other items include the Weeping Water Advocate seeking county printer election with the coroner, a murder acquittal in Burlington Iowa, and various society and political notes.
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Europe
Weeping Water Advocate
Durth
Burlington
Frischette
Boutelle
Maine
Bangor
Peruna praised by Mrs Gridley in testimonial
Mrs Gridley, mother of Captain Gridley of Dewey’s flagship, extols Peruna as a grand tonic. She claims it makes her feel like a new person after a short period and urges its use in every household. The notice links catarrh cures to Peruna with a request to contact Dr Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for a free booklet.
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Gridley
Dewey
Manila
Peruna
Fermi
Ann L. Gridley
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
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Ayer
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Admir Hichborn
al” Smith
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France
Whaleback Safe
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New York
Sol. Smith Russell
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Dunfermline
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Chileat
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Franklin
Marshall, Mich
Captain Gridley
Olympia
Uy Kaire
Keon Kutter
Mio Oe
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Keen Kutter
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