Government rejects Panama bid with conditional offer
The Pan ama canal bid by Oliver and Bangs is rejected by the government. Oliver may obtain the contract if he partners with another satisfactory contractor. Attorney General Young launches quo warranto against the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad to forfeit its charter, linking the Manitoba company to the Great Northern.
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Oliver
Reichstas
Prince von Bueclow
Iuit
Augustus V. N. Brokaw
St. Louis
Tragic double suicide on Camden Gloucester trestle
An unknown young couple embraced on a traction trestle between Camden and Gloucester City and were struck by a late Atlantic City bound train. The man died in the river, the woman died on the trestle. she wore diamonds and a gold watch with initials J C. Coroner notes a skull fracture, identity unrecovered.
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Philadelphia
Camden
Gloucester City
Atlantic City
John Braden
Pennsylvania Street
James Curtis
Steven Street
Newton Creek
Burden
Fithian
J. C
Remarkable Illinois Man Dies From Swallowing His Brains
Coroner's jury in Decatur reports death of George E. Thomas, an Illinois Central brake man injured by falling into pumping station machinery near Hana. The case notes the sphenoid skull fracture and brain loss after repeated unconsciousness and recovery through swallowing, a peculiarly described sequence.
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Decatur
Ill
George Er. Thomas
Illinois Central
Hana
Thomas
Prominent Wilkinsburg Resident Dies in Telephone Booth
Brice O. Welsh, of Wilkinsburg, collapses and dies in a telephone booth at BE L Sutter drug store on Perrysville Avenue. He had planned to call a relative about his uncle’s death the previous Saturday in Baden. He reportedly told the clerk he felt fine before collapsing.
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Pittsburg
Married couple Die by Poison in Detroit Room
Detroit January report says Thomas Thompson and his wife were found dead in their Champlain Street room in each other’s arms from strychnine. Landlady discovered them. unemployment and eviction fears believed to have driven the couple to suicide. Washington dispatch notes a road house shooting near Fort Washington, Private William Wirebarger of the 104th Coast Artillery killed Private Frederick Gowney of the 17th Coast Artillery after a dispute over a woman.
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Davis
Gov. Swettenham
Jamaica
Navy Department
Metcalf
Kingston
Esme Howard
Swettenham- Davis
Boston
Panama
Orrett
Swettenham
London
Vannes
France
Marquise de Caverville
Fred Marriott
Ormond-Daylora Beach
Fla
John P. Quirk
W. A. Dowell
Minneapolis
John L. Hart
Stowe
Andrew G. Blair
Canada
Fredericton
N. Bb
United States
Russell A. Alger
Washington
Wabesh
Merom
Ind
Missouri
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand River
William Whiteley
Franklin Cattle Company
Range Cattle Company
West
Lochren
Minnesota
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
W. W. Davis
Bloomfield
Detroit
Thomas Thompson
Champlain Street
Thompson
Washington, Jan
Fort Washington
William 8. Wirebarger
104Th Co,Coast Artillery
Frederick Gowney
17Th Co. Coast Artillery
Tragic double events reported in two cities
In Millville New Jersey Charlen B Mason shot himself after directing Morton Van Gilder to Leesburg to assume a railroad office post. In Butler Pennsylvania Judd Steale died and Richard Campbell was fatally injured in an oil pumping house boiler explosion caused by a defective regulator near Chicora.
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Academy of Muale
Washington
Department of Communications
Tokyo
Japan
Ayama-Yama
Honda
Jeffersonville
Ind
H. W. Haslett
Grand View
Ford
Terre Haute
Millville
N. J
Morton van Gilder
Maurice River
Leesburg
Charlen B. Mason
Butler
Judd Steale
Richard Campbell
Chicora
Willie’s Rosé Rite and Mule’s Melodic Ride
A satirical poem recounts a preacher who slapped a mule amid a church scene. The congregation, amused, laughs as the animal drowns out the organ. Willie returns yearly to lay a rose on the preacher’s bier, honoring a local moral tale.
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Willie
Secrets and Gossip in a Small Town
A reader recalls cases of marital strain and deception after a wife learns a misread will. A gossiping wash‑lady spreads rumors of fortunes and betrayals, while a theater sighting exposes social misunderstandings. The note ends with a wary, tongue‑in‑cheek warning about exposing others.
Humorous Innuendo and a Dark Twist in a Short Story
A satirical piece mocks vain singers and literary cynicism. A reader recounts a story where a heroine's walk through a garden ends in a fatal crash, amnesia, and a clinging romance, ending with crime lingering in the reader’s mind.
Buchan’s Toilet Soaps Guarantee Purity Stated
Buchan's Soap Corporation in New York guarantees the purity of three brands Antiseptic Tar and Sulphur Soaps amid concerns of impure adulterated soaps. If a dealer lacks them, send 18 cents with the dealer's name and address to receive a full size cake by mail.
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Edi
Buchan
U.S
Buchan’s Soap Corporation
New York
Disease and Injustice in Platos Writings and Grafts
A fragmented passage links dishonesty to disease and injustice across society, citing Plato and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup. It mentions teething syrup with 2ca bottle, gum softening, wind colic relief, and warns that large fortunes arise from small grafts.
Mayor of Sunbury praises Peruna as a great medicine
Hon. C. C. Brooks, mayor of Sunbury Ohio and attorney for local banks, endorses Peruna. He cites personal use and observations of friends’ benefits, blaming weather for minor ailments and touts Peruna as a home standby for cold, cough, catarrh, and digestive complaints. An 1907 almanac advertises the remedy.
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C. C. Brooks
Sunbury
Ohio
Farmers’ Bank and
Sunbury Building and Loan Co
Iere
Peruna
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Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
House Committee On Agriculture
Indiana
Prospect
Exis
Robert Strong
Mason
New Orleans
Pallimore & Ohio Railroad
Valparaiso
Woodville
John F. ¥. Make
England
Marshall Field
Uilah Culbert
Michigan
Michigan City
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Lyman Beecher
Henry Ward Leecher
Harriet Deecher Stowe
Hartford
Conn
War Department
Isthmian Canal Commission
Stevens
Lucad Raney
C. T.mitler
The
Mutual Heating Company
Mattie Merritt
Vergie Taylor
Ethel King
Indianapolis
Texas
Gulf Coast
H. E. Ager
Wabash
Polotsk
Vibsk
Gov. Vardaman
Ohio Division
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wetart
W. Va
Alabama
Roosevelt
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County Bank
Red Cross
Rogers
Shanghai
Narcissa Nance Kendrick
James K. Polk
Uniontown
Spain
Plains
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Joseph R. Burton
Porter County
Grand Jury
State Railroad Commission
Fowler
Sandford
Richmond
Richmond Blues
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Holyoke
Masa
Shelby M. Cullom
Joseph W. Dalley
Thomas Peabody
Sheridan
Hawaii
Aix
Guiseppe Sarnacco
Italy
Vistagne
Blues Armory
Chamber of Commerce
Alameda
San Francisco
Flonolulu
North
Milantico
Porto
Ialand
Sale
James J1. McCartney
Wilsdale (Ui) Post
A. Walker
Peter Sehler
Montana Senate
F. A. Sterling
Nesishint Forester
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Matias Duque
Platt
Admiral Beranger
Antwerp
Maniyanga
Kongo Free State
Vietoriater
Russell Thers
Tacoma
Wash
Colorado Senate
Morgan
Arkansas House of Representates
Indorne
Eoccavetts
Brownaville
John
Little
Arkanaan
Terre @iane
Taylorville
Apolis
Convention
Anu
Goople
Ote
Smith
Chicago
Hon, GC
Brooks
Carters
ITES
Ely
RLY Brothers
Warren Street
Drussteres
Cleveland
Virginia Farms and Homes Iee
BB. Chaffin &O
Lee
Richmond, VA
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