Explosion demolishes factory and hotel annex in Erie
A West Eleventh Street manufacturing plant in Erie Pa exploded with force wrecking the three story brick building and the adjacent hotel annex connected by a covered passage. Six women and a porter were injured as flames raged and a general fire ban was lifted. Rescuers pulled victims from wreckage as windows shattered throughout nearby stores.
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Gnadnessay
West Eleventh Street
Erie
Liebel
State ‘Street
Ella Dolan
Francis Lavenbuski
Anna Schimagua
May Bentley
Jack Davidson
Charles Whandon
Insane Man Joe Kramer Brought From Harrison Neb
A man named Joe Kramer, about forty five, was brought to Harrison by I P Leithoff from a ranch near Alliance. Kramer believes detectives pursue him over a German arson from years ago in which his father’s house burned and both he and his brother were accused. An insanity board has his case and will reconvene Friday to gather more background on his past and home.
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Harrison
Neb
Joe Kramer
I’. P. Leithoff
Kramer
Germany
Alliance
Salt Lake City Dispatch Warns of Horse Roundup Across Utah
A Salt Lake City dispatch reports a planned buffalo hunt style horse roundup across Washington and Iron counties and into northern Arizona on Thursday. Local people fear many horses will be shot by mistake as sportsmen pursue accused raiders, recalling a two year ago incident when nearly 500 horses were killed.
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Salt
Lake City
Utah
Washington
Iron Counties
Utah Line
Arizonia
Canaan
Aspen Tunnel Completed on Le Roy Bear Cutoff
The Aspen tunnel on the Le Roy Bear river cuttoff of the Union Pacific railroad was completed after two years of construction. Trains will run over the new route next Sunday, shortening the line and reducing the grade from seventy to forty three feet per mile.
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Great
Aspen
Leroy-Bear River
Union Pacific Railroad
Two Murderers Hanged in Philadelphia for Robbery Murder
Charles Berry and Henry Ivory were hanged at the county prison in Philadelphia for the murder of Roy Wilson, a University of Pennsylvania law professor. Ivory died quickly, Berry lingered as the knot slipped, marking the city’s first double execution in twelve years. Amos Sterling was convicted of the murder and awaiting sentence after a separate trial.
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Philadelphia
Charles Berry
Henry Ivory
Ray
Wilson
Perry
Ivory
Roy Wilson
Thet University of Pennsylvania
Amos Sterling
Sterling
Trenton
Large gold find reported north of Tucson Arizona
Charles R and Porter W Fleming of Tucson report a rich gold discovery seventy miles north of Tucson. The vein is 200 feet wide and 6000 feet long with a 200 foot canyon exposing ore each side. Estimated gold in sight about 7 million dollars, per Tucson Star verification.
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Charles R
Porter W. Fleming
Tuscon
Ariz
Gallure Mountains
Tucson
Iy i
Tucson Star
Fleming Brothers
Stone Abductors Cornered on Turkish Bulgarian Frontier Peak
Constantinople reports Miss Stone’s abductors, eighteen men, are mounted on Gultepe summit near the Dubonitza frontier. Turkish and Bulgarian troops prepare to encircle the mountain as the kidnapers extend the deadline. Washington dispatches say Miss Stone is alive and unharmed.
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Constantinople
Miss Stone
Gultepe
Dubonitza
Washington
Johnson admits guilt in bank case at federal court
Charles A. Johnson of Niles Michigan, former cashier of the defunct National Bank, pleaded guilty in federal district court to violating U S bank laws and was sentenced to ten years in the Detroit house of correction. He said his actions aimed to save the bank, not seek personal gain.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles A. Johnson
Gashier
Niles
National Bank
Federal District Court
United States Bank
Detroit House of Correction
Jealousy Triggered Fatal Shooting in Savannah Theater
Savannah police report a musician in a theater orchestra, Vale Hemingway, was shot by a woman identified as Clara Stuart, later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. Authorities say jealousy likely caused the tragedy. the suspect’s real name is Nanon Cozier from Oswego, New York.
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Savannah
F Vale Hemingway
Clara Stuart
Nanon Cozier
Oswego N. Y
Lodging house guests report malicious substance on clothing
Several guests at Lincoln hotels say a burning substance was thrown on their clothing, damaging trousers and vests. One man, B. G. Hoover of Council Bluffs, suffered burns to the hands from contact, and investigators called the act pure meanness with no motive evident.
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Lincoln Ho‘tels
B. G. “Hoover
Council Bluffs
Burglars Hit Hoppe Hardware. Valuables Stolen at Night
Burglars broke into Hoppe Hardware at 134 South Ninth Street Monday night, taking eight five pocket knives two razors two shotguns two revolvers and cartridges. The revolvers were described as the best in the store with losses estimated above one hundred dollars.
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Hoppe Hardware
South -Ninth“street
Gophers Defeat Nebraska in Stifling Minneapolis Showdown
At Northrop Field in Minneapolis nearly ten thousand witnessed Minnesota overwhelm Nebraska 19 to 0. Giants on the Gopher line dominated the clash, Nebraska defense stoic but overwhelmed by weight and power. Knowlton added two field goals and a safety marked by a fumble near Nebraska’s goal.
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Mineapolis
Minn
Northrop
Gopher
Nebraska
Cridiron
Lincoln
Minnesota
Boy Killed as Ranchman Fires on Four in Colorado
In Lendville Colorado Jessie Sherman a leading ranchman near Leadville fired on four youths at his rabbit preserve. Kn Dorrington sixteen was killed instantly Earl King seventeen fatally wounded by a shot through the right lung and James Considine fourteen shot through the back and hips. Sherman surrendered claiming accidental discharge.
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Lendville
Colo
Jessie Sherman
Leadville
Sherman
Hi no is Central Railroad Raises Wages for 5000 Workers
Five thousand employees of the Hi no is Central Railroad including conductors brakemen switchmen and yardmen except those in the far south will get a wage increase within a month. The raise was agreed upon by railroad officers and representatives of the orders of conductors and trainmen. Expenditure rises by 400 000 to 500 000 dollars annually the largest wage increase by any western road in ten years.
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Hinois Central R Railroad
Far South
Road
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Man Found Dead in Barn in Apparent Suicide
D. C. Sands of University Place Nebraska was found dead in his barn by his wife. He apparently hanged himself with a rope in a hay loft, with one foot on a small box. Authorities believe a mental collapse from financial worries caused the act.
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D. C. Sands
University Place
Wellington Council to Call Special Election on Electric Bonds
A petition presented to the Wellington Kansas Council asks for a special election to vote electric light bonds. The council decided to proceed with notice of the election to be published thirty days before the election, which cannot be held before November 7. The bonds total 15000 dollars, run five years, at 5 percent interest.
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Ava’ S
Council of
Wellington
Kan
Store Fire Safety Hero Saves Goods and Self
Gasoline lamp overflowed and caused a blaze in a dry goods store owned by Cy Li Meissner in York Nebraska. Clerk Oscar Hickman rushed in to carry out the lamp and rescue items, suffering serious burns to his hands and arms in the effort.
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Mauds
Cy Li
Meissner
York
Neb
Oscar Hickman
Hickman
Census Bulletin Details Population by Sex and Nativity 1900
The final census bulletin reports 39,059,242 males making 51.6 percent and 37,244,? females at 48.8 percent of the total 1900 population. Total population rose 21 percent since 1890 to 65,843,302 native born and 10,460,085 foreign born persons. Foreign born gained 1,151,994 in the decade while native born increased by 12,081,637.
Seven Suspects Arrested in Winfield Murder Case
Santa Fe detectives John Law and Stubbs seized seven suspicious men from the south in Winfield Kansas. The group, heavily handcuffed, was driven to the jail after alleged freight car burglary in Wichita. Officials deny a break in. mob pressure surrounds the murder of Detective Montgomery. Cowley County offers 200 reward for another arrest as Santa Fe ties mount to a spate of killings.
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Santa
John Law
Stubbs
Winfield
Kan
Law
Tbis
Cowley
Indians Close The Season With Strong Year
The Nebraska Indians baseball team disbanded for October 12 after a slate including Jamaica, Iowa. They played 164 games across Nebraska Kansas Missouri Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois, winning 137 and losing 26 with 1 tie. This season is their best in five years of the organization.
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Nebraska
Gates Offered Presidency of Washburn College
Washburn College at Topeka Kansas offered the presidency to Rev George A Gates formerly of Grinnell Iowa He has not yet accepted but is expected to do so He currently pastors the First Congregational Church in Cheyenne Wyoming and left Iowa College after his wife’s health problems Asthma is cited as the key factor in the decision about moving to Kansas
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Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
George A. Gates
Iowa College
Grinnell
Gates
First Congregational, Church of
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lowa College
Washburn
Kansas
Farmer Injured After Wagon Runaway Near Columbus
Ed McDonald, a Butler County farmer nine miles southwest of Columbus, was thrown from a wagon and dragged by his team. He suffered head injuries including scalp loss and wounds behind the right ear, with nose and mouth bleeding. Doctors deem injuries potentially serious due to brain proximity.
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Ed McDonald
Butler County
Columbus
Pearl of the Marias des Cygnes Returns to Kansas City
Findsan 86 Pearl was sent from Powell at Ottawa to Chicago for quality inspection and value estimate by an expert after being recovered from the Marias des Cygnes by a fisherman boy. It has returned home with a favorable report and Billy wears the pearl as a shirt stud.
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Powell
Ottawa
Marias Des Cygnes
Chicago
Billy
Free Sheet Music Offer From Ross P Curtice Co
Readers in Lincoln Nebraska are invited to receive a free copy of a popular waltz by mail. To claim the offer send the name and address of piano buyers in the area to Ross P Curtice Co 209 South Eleventh Street Lincoln Neb.
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Namice
Ross P.curtice ‘Co
South Eleventh Street
Lincoln
Neb
Asia as cradle of humanity and wealth of land
The article reflects on Asia as the cradle of humanity and birthplace of religions, urging Western nations to honor a debt to Asia. It notes the Great Catalogue in the British Museum and the massive scope of the index, with completion projected to take many years.
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Asia
National
Georgraphic “Magazine
British Museum
Binsigertyt
Remarkable Kidney Cure Reported in Polk City
Mrs Elizabeth P Madison of Polk City Illinois suffered kidney trouble with bowel and liver derangements Rheumatism and dropsy complications. After trying many treatments Dodd's Kidney Pills produced rapid improvement and a full cure. The notice claims Dodd's Kidney Pills uniquely cure Bright's Disease Diabetes and Dropsy. TP Owens a York jeweler claims a straw binding harvester near completion.
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Polk City
H.izabeth P
Madison
Nhumber
Dodd
Bright
Ironing a Shirt Waist Tactics for Home Wash
A guide from the Philadelphia Inquirer on home ironing of summer shirt waists. It advises Defiance starch for even stiffness, smoothing with a damp cloth, and rolling tight in a damp cloth for two to three hours. Begin with the back, then front, sides, sleeves, neckband, and cuffs, ironing top to bottom.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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