Explosive deaths in Wisconsin home and well accident
Six killed as dynamite detonates at William Broehm home in Forest Junction Wisconsin. Victims include Broehm wife and three children and H Stevens. Cause unknown. suspected overheated fuse to stove. In Marietta Ohio, a glycerin well blast kills William M. Watson, Frank Speers, Thomas Daniels and others. fifty quarts of nitroglycerin explode during drilling.
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Broehm
Narietta
Kelly Farm
William M. Watson
Marietta
Frank Speers
Thomas Daniels
H. E. Zelton
John Lofland
James Speers
Vost Speer
Aarson Staller
Filiarp Ha Fpen- Ul
bin Stallar
Walter Daniels
Henry Stallar
Abe Grovas
Michael Hannon
Humes Torpedo Company
Drifter
Cerin Company
Foreign troops in Pekin reach capital in force
A detachment of over 300 international blue jackets arrived at Pekin after a special train from Tientsin. The force includes Americans, British, Italians, French, Russians, and Japanese with five quick firing guns. Russians reached Taku forts but retreated after Chinese fire, which appeared to be a salute for a Mandarin aboard a Chinese warship.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Tientsin
Taku
Proposal Rejected in St Louis on Striker Reinstatement
In St Louis on June 3 the citizens committee proposed modifying the union’s plan to include acceptance by the union and partial reinstatement of strikers. The panel delays final presentation to the company while seeking striker concessions. Sheriff’s posse swelled to 465 in two days. full 2,500 quota may take ten days. Ex Governor Stone, attorney for strikers, filed a response denying obstruction charges in the injunction case and asked for discharge of defendants.
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Defaltery Company
St. Louis
Citizens’ Committee
W. J. Stone
St. Louis Transit Company
United States Circuit Court
Frethe
Go West to Marry Mormons
A Denver report notes a carload of gun owners converted to Mormonism passed through en route to Utah to join Joseph Smith and Brigham Young followers. Deacon led the group with his wife. ages ranged 18 to 32. From Missouri and Iowa, they expect to wed Mormon brides, while one Pearl beauty complains of scarce eligible men in the East.
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Gilria
Utah
Denver
Colo
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Missouri
Iowa
Hols
Jennie—Hodges
Cholera Deaths Mount in Bombay Camps
From Bombay, reports reveal an unprecedented cholera outbreak in northern Bombay presidency famine camps with deaths up 40 percent in three days. Kalra district records 1330 deaths in seven days and Palanpur state reports rising deaths. Bombay city notes 67 deaths in seven days as government provides funds to cremate the dead.
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London
Daily Express
Bombay
Bombay Presidency
Kalra
Palanpur
Eulogize American College Admiration of US And Canadian Colleges
London report on Joseph Chamberlain praising Carnegie's Birmingham speech and the Carnegie donation. He cites the U S and Canadian college systems as liberal models and urges Britain to imitate them amid looming commercial competition. A separate Paris note reports the separation of Infanta Eulalle and Don Antoine with custody plans and future schooling.
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Joseph Chamberlain
London
University of Birmingham
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Atlantic
Eolalle
Paris
Infanta
Eulalle
Isabella
Spain
Don Antoine
Orleans
Penne Seven Wounded and Captured at Cuyapo
Spada orth frontline tale reports Captain Roberts of the 25th Infantry and two enlisted men captured. Seven wounded are noted with ongoing action. A number of rifles have been surrendered at Cuyapo and more are expected.
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Spada Orth Penne
Roberts
25Th Infantry
Cuyapo
Peresa Nerve and Catarrh Tonic Mentioned by Senator Sullivan
In a letter from Oxford Mississippi United States Senator W Y Sullivan extols Peruna as a tonic and cure for catarrh noting strong health benefits after trying the remedy He urges readers to obtain the free Peruna book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio The report also includes anecdotes about Mark Twain and General Grant and a Philadelphia clock project as well as assorted notes on Asia and medical cures.
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W .Y. Sullivan
United States
Minerssippi
Hartman
Oxford
Miss
Peru
Varied reasons women give for bringing things of use
A fragmented passage notes diverse explanations women offer for useful items. It touches on tonic claims, humorous or implausible motives, and cites a product Pry Varatan Chill Tonic Improved. The text shifts to railway oil burning locomotives in the Arlberg tunnel, describing two-cylinder compound engines with large diameter wheels and eight coupled wheels.
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Arlberg
Fragmented Odds and Ads Taint Early Mexicao News Page
An old newspaper fragment lists odd topics from Mexicao funerals and a toothpaste soap, then shifts to biblical kisses and a recipe promotion. It closes with census figures on the colored vote by state, noting Georgia and Mississippi among states with large shares of voters over 21.
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Georgia
Mussteaippl
Alabama
South Carolina
Weary Women Weary Patients Advice Message
Weary Women is known coast to coast for its claimed cure of many illnesses in women. The ad advises writing to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free guidance and health restoration. Despotic rule is challenged by freedom.
Roverh and the street car seat and soap ad
A fragmented text snippet includes a Washington Star quote about waiting and a street car seat last August, plus an advertisement for Maple City Soap. Additional lines reference a 1900 letter from N W LaMoore and various remarks about revolution, cures for consumption, and Champ Clark as a figure in Congress.
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Roverh
Washington Star
Froude Piso
N. W. Lamoore
Qovenn
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Miaco
New York
Thomas KE
Saco
New York Hospital
Philadelphia
Chicago
Star
Omaha
Rinkes
Potow la Rewe
Tanen
Valparaison
Ind
Wandard Old Company
Kanis
Epides
American College
Peresa
Mark Twake Emde
Mark ‘Twain
General Grant
Ladies’ Haine Journal
Intigr
Twein
Mark
Agals
Twain
Cremena
St. Rombold’s Cathedral
Mechiin
Belgium
Damice la Chian
Ita Chinaman
Ity
Bolldaya
Cairs
Cairo
Givises
Ourists
Egypt
Core Emi
Priewevnts
Chen
China
Bay of
Bengal
Allen
Anite Omer
Rulwer Lytton
W_Y
Sullivan
Walter Beker & Co. Ltd
Dorebemer
Mass
Ruth i
Prabthean
Afsgn
Ensigns of Freedom
Lanidor
Ron Re
Nature
Sterling Remedy
Tawa
Cefved
Sora Agricaltural
T. M. Roberts’ Supply House
Na Teoy exFiner Avenues
Champ Clark
American Congress
Missouri Statesman
Chine
Baoy
Iil
Nia Ura
Wabash Railroad
Nanakee
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