Government tests to reduce coal mine disasters in 1908
The United States Geological Survey station in Pittsburgh conducts experiments on mine explosions and coal dust as deadly hazards. Tests use a 100 foot cylinder, gas and coal dust mixtures, and a firing cannon to study safety explosives and rescue training. The effort aims to standardize explosives and cut mine deaths from 1907 levels.
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T. Chamber
Res
NITS
United States
United States Geological Survey
Pittsburg
Monongah
West Virginia
Hanna
Wyoming
Marianna
Pennsylvania
Experiment Station
Europe
Des Moines Confession Ties Junken to Ottumwa Killings
Des Moines reports note John Junken a jailed Ottumwa suspect who confessed to murdering Clara Rosen in Ottumwa after his February release. A Missouri cellmate Albert Evans corroborates the claim, alleging Junken planned the crime in Fort Madison and promised to “do the trick” again.
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Des Moines
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Pttumwa
Albia
Ottumwa
Junken
Madison
Albert Evans
Missouri
Fort Madison
Evans
Miss Rosen
Joe Brown
Chuck
Weaver
Slashed Widow in Pittsburgh by Fireman Captain
Pittsburgh reports William Gearhart, captain of Engine Company No. 27, former chief, slashed widow Anna Baxter after courting her for years. She and her son dragged her to safety as Gearhart cut his own throat. both victims hospitalized with doubtful recoveries. No motive given.
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Pittsburg
Anna Baxter
William Gearhart
Engine Company No. 27
Gearhart
Oldest Man in America Praises Peruna Remedy
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas proclaims Dr Hartman s Peruna the best or only reliable remedy for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhea. He credits long life and good health to the remedy and says it serves him well especially as he ages confirming Peruna as his stand by for many years.
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Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Tex
Peruna
Hartman
Wise Man Dodges Trouble In Floods and Quake Tale
A folksy legend from the Atlanta Constitution recounts a man who climbs a tree to escape a mad bull, is toppled by a hurricane, hides in a ground hole, and is swallowed by an earthquake. The tale concludes that wisdom lies in dodging trouble.
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F. L
Atlanta Constitution
Personally Conducted Excursions to the Pacific Coast
Colonists can buy one way tickets from Chicago to the Pacific coast via the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line for 33 dollars during March and April. A tourist sleeping car berth is 7 dollars through to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. No extra charge for guided tours. Write for itinerary to 8S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Department 212 Clark Street Chicago NL.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
Northwestern
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
A. Hutchison
Clark Street
In a Safe Place Weighs Bigamy Prison Tale
A keeper claims one inmate never attempted escape while a visitor asks what is his crime. The head keeper Bohemian explains the man is jailed for bigamy.
Fragmentedadvert pitch and fiction dialogue fragment
An OCR fragment shows a marketing claim offering a hundred dollar reward for a cure, with names Walpine Kivnay Marvin and Toledo druggists. It then shifts to a dialogue about salary and a Universalist Leader, indicating mixed ad and literary snippets.
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WaLpine, Kivnay & Marvin
Toledo
Hall
Whense
Various Health Claims and Advertisements in 19th Century Paper
A collage of advertisements and quotes on remedies, cosmetics, baking powder, eye salves, and moral maxims. Mentions Castoria for children, Mother Gray Australian Leaf, Pettit's Eye Salve, Brown's Troches, Souders Cream of Tartar, and generic health and life aphorisms. Includes lines attributed to Ruskin and Johnson.
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Mine
Mise Rosen
Atlantic
New York
Lucania
Caledonia
Clarksdale
Miss
J. C. Taylor
H. L. Talbert
Lee Banks
Taylor
Talbert
St. Louis
Elizabeth Lowery
Paris
France
America
Universalist
Leonidas
Thermopylae
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N. Y
Pettit
Ruskin
Brown
Ohn I
Brown & Son
Boston
Masa
Johnson
Kavanagh
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