Fire Destroys Grand Rapids Orphan Asylum Heroic Nun Saves Children
A blaze swept the four story St John s Orphan Asylum in Grand Rapids, trapping a dormer room on the fourth floor. Sister Maracolena, in charge, braved flames and smoke to guide and rescue a postulant and six year old Marguerite Ryberg before ensuring all children escaped uninjured. All were accounted for despite intense fire and freezing cold.
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Jouih
St John's Orphan Angium
Grand Rapids
Maracolena
Marguerite Ryberg
Maracciona
Cause of High Freight Rates Sparks Major IC C Hearing
Attorney Louis D. Brandeis assailed railroads before the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging collusion with steel and coal interests. He blamed directors and corporate allies for public losses and argued that modern methods could cut railroad expenses by about one million dollars daily.
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Merelle
Louis D. Brandela
Interstate Commerce Commission
Te Merance
Brandeis
Steel Trust
State Briefs pull hay shipment totals and hotel plans
County officials report Chippewa county shipped over 300000 dollars worth of hay last year. Governor Osborn and brother Charles R Osborn plan to build a hotel in Jackson. James Burke, linked to a Jackson prison plot, spoke with Gov Osborn in Lansing. Police seek relatives of Charlie May near Bingham Canyon Utah. Richmond electric plant wrecked by a broken fly wheel, ignition suspected but unclear. The Kalamazoo plant fire caused extensive damage with several injuries. Water service disrupted briefly by a meter issue.
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Chippewa County
State Medical Society
Gov. Chase
Osborn
Charles R. Osborn
Jackson
James Burke
Jackson Prison
Lansing
Charlies May
Bingham Canon
Utah
Polce
Salt Lake City
May
Richmond
Theerner
Kalamazoo
Michael Brophy
Vassar
Siac BE. Randall
Bay City
Attenchers’ Reading Circle Board
Alfred Wee
Grand Rapide & Indiana
John West
Metcalf Hall
Adkin College
St Vincent's Hospital
Toledo
Keyes
American Cancer Research Society
E. Mather
Detroit
Alice Catherine Gallagher
Grand Trunk
Pere Marquette
Ionia
Gene K. Fruenuft
Washtenaw County
Joseph P. Tracy
Saginaw
Union Terminal
Tracion
Battle Creek
Ellis
Jerle Creek
Flint
Labeara Saginaw
Buckeye’ Township
Gladwin County
Carrollton Township
Saginaw County
Shiawassee County
Anyr
Union Telephone Co
James T. Bennett
Chippewa
Bennett
Victor Emmanuel
New York City
Port Sal
Honiuras
Manuel Bonilla
Owen
Washinton
Hardy Whitlock
Aldrich
New York Contra
Albert Seagrove
Grand Central
New York
Washington
Clemente
Interstate Commerce Commission
Binghamton
N. Y
Supreme Court
Tokyo
Champ Clark
Joseph A. Bailey
Texas
Baltimore
Clark
Bailey
Hay
Ben
Kier
Spokane Council
United States
Italy
Justice Crain
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
Raymond L. Ditmars
Bronx
Hudson River
General Assembly
Lorimer
Burrows
Senate
Lortter
Middle West
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
The
Playground Association of America
Notable weekly notes mix of deaths and dispatches
A roundup of diverse items reports Paul Morton’s sudden death at the Hotel Seymour New York from apoplexy. Aviator Eugen Bly achieves a daring deck landing on a warship in San Francisco Bay. Other items cover politics business and legal matters including Beveridge’s New York dinner address and Fidel Castillo’s reforms.
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Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Navy
Hotel Seymour
New York
Eity
Eugen Bly
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Chari Chirk
Missouri
Temneratio
Wpenker
Howe
Charlies M. Schwab
Willikin
United States Steel Corporation
Jamon A. Partell
John A. Dixin
New York State Agricultural Society
New York State
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Washington
Acquittals and speed for reform era headlines
Attorney Charles Erbstein is acquitted in Chicago of bribery charges tied to Lee Browne’s case on William Lorimer’s senate election. Canadian American express rate cuts loom. AFL grants charter to Western Federation of Miners. Carnegie endowment reaches 25 million. Panama expo site selected for 1916. Wade sought for defrauding 50,000. Haiti Santo Domingo tensions rise. Negro Republicans seek House doors. Cardinal Gibbons honor movement begins. 160000 Spaniards emigrate in 1910. An iceboat hits 70 mph on New York river.
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Charles &. Erbstein
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Americans Express
New York
United States
Canada
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Western Federation of Miners
United Mine Workers of America
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Carnegie Institute of Research of Washington
Carnegie
New Orleans
Exposition Committee
Panama Canal
Adiel W. Wade
National Capital
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Grand Goater
Saltrow
Democratic Party
Capitol
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Gibbons
Catholic University At
Graateburg
N.Y
Mi-O-Na and MELON remedy claims for vitality and digestion
An OCR fragment promotes Mi-O-Na as a tonic to boost vigor and energy, claim relief for indigestion and stomach trouble, and improve sleep and mood. It advertises Melon stomach tablets as a remedy, with directions and supplier details, urging readers to request a trial from Bonth's Mista in New York.
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Aecause Mlon Agi
Kewlets
Melon
N.Y
Worrar's Love of Dress and the Modern Man
A garbled passage reflects a 19th or early 20th century critique on fashion and romance. It hints at society's fixation on dress as identity, contrasting love with appearances and the era's social norms. The fragment mentions Armee and daily reports, suggesting a periodical discussion of manners.
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Worrar
Dol
Little Real Difference in Sim Career Plots
Cleveland Leader commentary notes little change in simulated outcomes as the sport turns into a display of clever amateurs. The piece highlights uneven talent and tongue in cheek reflections on a quirky scenario.
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Sim
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