Death on the Block: Thirty-five Die in Rail Wreck Near Washington
A Baltimore and Ohio local rear-ended by a dead head train near Terra Cotta Station three miles from Washington on December 31. Thirty-five killed, ten injured as three cars demolished in dense fog. Frederick train engineer detained. transportation chief G W Galloway vows inquiry. District Attorney Baker carried news 1.25 miles to Brookland.
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Washington
Baltimore
D. W., Haker
Brookland
Lists of dead and injured in city disaster report
Names and ages of dead and injured from a major incident are listed, including Mary Leffold and George Higbie, plus multiple unidentified victims. The tally includes Brockland residents, Washington figures, and out-of-state individuals with injuries ranging from broken limbs to internal wounds and fatalities.
Family Tragedy In Anderson Leads Coroner to Self-Destruction Verdict
The Anderson coroner’s inquest into Mrs. Cynthia Shaw’s death at Alexandria concluded she took her own life after a violent quarrel during a Christmas dinner. Bertha Powell, her daughter and a held suspect, has been released. The Shaw family’s history includes multiple prior deaths linked to relatives.
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George Burke
Yorktown
Henry Burke
Seneca Charmathers
Muskrats Banquet Draws Huge Crowd at Monroe Armory
Monroe Michigan hosts the fourth annual muskrat banquet of the Monroe Yacht club with 1,500 yachtsmen in attendance and 8,000 steaming rats eaten. Rats were boiled stewed and fried with pickles. Fifty waiters served the crowd in the armory drill room. A Chicago Detroit influence led the festival with Commodore Price and others prominent in attendance.
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Monroe
Mich
Monroe Yrcht Club
Armory-House
Cleveland
Price
Chicago
Dexter
Detroit
Commodore Price
Lome
Distressing fatality and varied 1900 era notices
Distressing fatality in Illinois reports a child death after a 17 month old’s clothing caught fire and an older brother attempted rescue. Separate items note Cook County tax appraisements, rail taxes, and Siberia colonization plans with government funding. A three year old dies from accidental pills. Also notices seek more stenographers in the Philippine service and a civil service exam slated soon.
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Bewaxee
Albert Suder- Twi
Domestic Trouble Ends in Fatal Shot in Indianapolis
Ephraim Cheesmuan, 52, an herb doctor and Indianapolis resident, was fatally shot by Frank Leng amid domestic trouble. Leng was arrested as the incident shocks the city and authorities investigate the killing.
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Indianapolis
Ephraim Cheesmuan
Frank Leng
Leng
Better Pay For Post Office Clerks And Carriers
Washington reports the Hitchcock plan to raise post office salaries to curb mass resignations. Proposals include six grades from 600 to 1200 dollars, annual steps to reach 1000 for clerks in three years and carriers at 30, plus thirty days annual leave and eight-hour workdays. Overtime currently averages 43.19 minutes daily.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Congress
Firat
Hitchcockta
Hitchcodie
Assassination Threats Reported in Berkeley Pamphlet
A damaged clipping notes a pamphlet titled Kuluemel or the Revolution issued by a Japanese nationalist group. It alleges workers’ overthrow of the Mikado and President Roosevelt’s school policy stance. Marked copies were sent to educators and later turned over to federal authorities.
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Berkeley
Bra
Branciscos
Dees SL
Tne Waeret Service
Sapanese Fovinist
Presden
Roosevelt
Queston
Elisé
Iing
Bourd of Education
Simplified spelling debate and a string of Chicago crimes
In New Haven discussions over simplified spelling cause a reconsideration motion at the Modern Language Association. In Chicago, jewelry thieves are captured, a detective is wounded chasing a bandit, a train fatality occurs, a Madison forgery case ends with a two year sentence, and a Montana blackmailer figure links to Morse’s pardon bid.
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Nicholson
Hinedale
Ill
Fitzgerald
Cheergo
Wranz Niedzielakt
Madeline Kreger
Charles ¥. Stein
Chicago
Stein
Madison
Wis
J. Ogden Morse
Waupun
Morse
Mailerana
Montana
Three Crushed to Death as Engine Hits Caboose
Detroit December 31 three men sleeping in a caboose were crushed to death when a stock train collided with the caboose after a hot box forced the engine to stop. Victims named John Freese Livingston Mont Robert T Griffith Montana and A B Russell Harlott Mont. Four men injured include George K Brackett Lat Mont John Brackett Lat Mont Austin Pierce Trofholt Mont and John R Stout Princeton N J. The wreck caused the car to burn as the wheel area was consumed by fire.
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Detroit
Winnipes Junction
John Freese
Livingston
Mont
Robert T. Griffith
Montana
A. BR. Russell
Harlowtot
George K. Brackett
Lat
Hack
John Brackett
Austin Pierce Troflot
John R. Stout
Princeton
Two Children Die After Pistols Accident in Norfolk
In Norfolk on December 31 an eleven year old boy, William Jenkins, son of attorney John B. Jenkins, died within an hour after a pistol in their possession exploded while they attempted to open it. The younger sibling had wielded the gun when it discharged.
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Norfolk
William Jenkins
John B. Jenkins
Partner of "Old Hutch" Dies Poor in Washington
G. G. Leonard, longtime partner of the Chicago wheat pit known as the "Old Hutch," died at the county poor farm in Spangle Washington. He was once a millionaire wheat speculator but left no known kin or friends to mourn him.
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Old Hutch
Spokane
Wash
Dee
Mllonaire
Chicago
G. G. Leonard
Spangle
Bryan interview hints at presidential bid timing
The report cites William J. Bryan in Topeka saying the time to declare a candidacy is not yet here. Other notes mention Pennsylvanian railway leadership shifts, a fatal New York Central train crash in Albany, and misreadings of spelling reform with Roosevelt’s word list. Also reported are King Edward approving James Bryce as ambassador, heavy winds at St Louis pool champ Thomas Hougton, and a drowning at Cutoff Lake. Shipping on the Elbe halted by ice, and New York dock stock turnover exceeds 1905.
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Kan
William J. Bryan
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railway
NeRae
Charles W. Carstenson
Manning
New York Central Railroad
Albany
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Congress
Gritgh Foreign Office
King Edward
James Bryce
United States
Tinly
sThomas Hougton
St Louis
Jerome Keogh
Buffalo
J. 2
Tinkler
NFP
Harriman
Union Pacific Chops
Joel B. Lo
Treasury secretary rebuts stock gambler relief claim
In a Dec 31 letter to a Nashville correspondent, Secretary Shiw says the treasury never relieves stock gamblers. He explains speculation spans commodities, stock and other markets, noting 2% to 5% of New York trading is speculative and that relief funds do not target gamblers, asserting money flows rise with harvests and factory output.
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Tenn
Shiw
United States Treasury
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Treasury Department
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Treasury
New Free Press
Henry N. Cary
The
Morning Telegraph
Detroit
Money Scarcity Mortgage and Women Led Firm News
The piece notes scarce money with over 1,000 US banks striving for dividends and treasury actions releasing funds for business. It highlights Women Organize Company in Minneapolis with a 1 million capital to mine garnets. Wabash Railroad files a 200 million mortgage to back 4 percent bonds for system expansion. Wisconsin rate hearing aims to grant streetcar and inter urban fare authority to regulate Milwaukee.
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Net Mining and Manufacturing Company
Minneapolis
Wabash
St. Louis
Wabash Railroad Company
the Recorder of Deeds
Madison
Wis
State Railroad Rate Commission
Milwaukee
Noted Enolighwoman Dead Baroness Burdett Coutts Dies at 99
The death of Baroness Burdett Coutts at age 99 marks the loss of one of Britain’s most famed philanthropists. She inherited immense wealth and supported numerous causes, living through the reigns of five rulers and remaining a distinctive social figure in London society.
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Moneta Burdett Coutts
London
Baroness Burdett
Christmus
Burdett-Coutts
Coutts
Aiitk
Napoleon
Another Strike Coming Over Harbor Boatmen Pay Boost
New York dispatch reports 2800 harbor boatmen in the Harbor Boatmen's union threatening a strike if a $10 monthly wage increase is not granted. The union, linked to the International Seamen's Union of America, formed Sept 1 after earlier ferry deckhand protests, warns of a standstill on the North and East rivers if action is needed.
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New York
Harbor Boatmen's Union
Chais McBride
Taft Ambition Not Politics Says President Nomination Not Expected
Washington on December 31 quotes C G W F Taft stating ambition is not politics and he does not expect the Republican nomination yet admits it would be false to claim he would not run if the opportunity arose. The report outlines Taft's position amid the nomination discussions.
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Taft
Washington
Chicago Express and Freight Train Schedule Fragments
A fragmented timetable lists trains serving routes between Chicago Waterloo Dubuque Fort Dodge Omaha and Albert Lea with numbers 401 403 424 and others. It notes north bound services between Waterloo and Dubuque and Albert Lea connections, including sleepers and express trains with arrival times around 6:10 to 7:20 p.m.
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Fort Dodge Press
Sioux City
Dubuque
Fort Doug
Waterloo
Dubug
North Bound
St. Paul
Chicago
Albert Lea
Way
Fragmentary Tale From Peoria Paper
Fragmented OCR snippet references a person Paul in Peoria and a varied setting. Readable content is too incomplete to identify a clear event, date, or full names. Summary highlights limited mentions without extrapolating beyond the fragment.
Murder and trials in Midwestern notices and rail reports
Minatare editor Samuel D. Gox was fatally shot on a street over a personal dispute, with two men involved and one firing three shots. Texas voters endorse Senator Bailey in Comanche County while a New York publisher resigns and heads to Detroit for a new role. Other items include a wedding in Providence, a parricide arrest in Union City, and two men killed on a Milwaukee line velocipede. Rail timetable notes from Denver, Cedar Falls, and Waterloo round out the clippings.
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Samuel D. Gox
Minatare Benninel
Kennison
A Loteman
Cox
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Call
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