Rail Schedule Fragments Show North and South Route Details
The clipping lists trains from Huron and connecting points with daily and Sunday exceptions. It notes No. 1 and No. 2 routes, departures for Crains and Brons, a 245 p m time, and a mail and express service daily except Sunday. It mentions connections at Sioux Valley and Redfield for points east and west routes.
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No. 1
Broens
Crains
Huron
Mail
Sioux Valley
Redfield
Tourist Tickets to Colorado On Sale This Winter
Round trip tickets are on sale daily during winter to Denver and Pueblo at low prices. Travelers can plan weekend getaways and short trips benefiting from affordable transport options between major Colorado destinations.
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Denver
Pueblo
Investigation of Rural Letter Carriers Association Demands
The president orders an inquiry into charges that Rural Letter Carriers Association used pressure to force congressional candidates to concede to pay increases and other demands. Early findings suggest the accusations may be substantiated, signaling a possible overhaul of the rural free delivery service.
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Washington
Congress
Indiana
Post Office and Postroads Committee
House
Cunningham
Association
Venezuela delays in asphalt case draw Washington ire
Washington reports Venezuela will be pressed again over the supreme court’s slow ruling in an American asphalt dispute. Britain, France and Italy face similar tensions as they weigh claims and commerce, while the State Department pursues a cautious approach and seeks a probable decision date from Caracas.
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Washington
Venezuela
Supreme Court of Venezuela
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
State Department
Caracas
One Dead Four Injured In Missouri Baptist Sanitarium Fire
A fire at the Missouri Baptist sanitarium in St. Louis killed Frank Roberts a fireman and severely burned four young women as they jumped from windows during escape. Fifteen nurses and the matron slept in the nurses' home when the blaze began, caused by the furnace and sweeping flames. Roberts entered to wake inmates and was overcome by smoke and flames.
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St. Louis
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
Frank Roberts
Roberts
Wages Re arranged at Illinois Steel Plant Chicago
The Illinois Steel plate mill in South Chicago will reopen with a new wage plan. Highly paid workers face reductions while unskilled workers gain, aiming to equalize pay across the plant. After last year’s broad cuts, most workers’ daily wages ranged from $1.40 to $2, with top earners above $4 per day.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
Rural delivery expansion cuts 1125 post offices
Washington reports rural free delivery growth led to 1125 post offices being discontinued in the year ending June 30 1904. J L Bristow recommends a 3 cent per pound rate for packages up to five pounds mailed at rural routes and the department seeks 3 million dollars to establish new routes for 1906.
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Washington
J. L. Bristow
Department
Explosion涙 damages Columbus house injures several
An explosion of natural gas in the house of Charles Pearce on the east and south sides wrecked the dwelling and shattered windows blocks away. Mrs Pearce was severely burned. Mr Pearce was badly bruised. neighbor Mrs Mary Trainer is in serious condition after the blast.
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Columbus, O
Charles Pearce
Tennessee Armored Cruiser Launched At Philadelphia Yard
Under dreary weather the armored cruiser Tennessee was launched at William Cramp Ship and Engine Building Co. Officials from Washington and New York attended, joined by Tennessee guests led by Governor J R Frazier. A luncheon followed the ceremony.
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Philadelphia
Tennessee
William Cramp Ship and Engine Building Company
Navy
Army
Washington
New York
J. R. Frazier
Government cotton crop estimate shocks New York market
New York December reports a government estimate of 12,162,000 bales for the cotton crop. Prices plunged further as the market failed to reflect the larger yield, with declines extending a month of downward movement from about 11 cents to around 8 1 2 cents.
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New York
Exchange Ave
Union Stock
Palace of Agriculture
Bt Louis
Chatham
Collision Kills Four In Pennsy Train Collision
A Pennsylvania Railroad northbound passenger train struck a construction train two miles north of Columbus Indiana at speed. Three men died instantly and another died later from injuries. Several passengers were slightly hurt while the passenger coaches stayed on the rails.
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Columbus
Ind
Pennsylvania Road
Fireman Killed In Oregon Short Line Engine Blast
In Farming ton near here a blast through the arch flue of an Oregon Short Line engine killed Fireman Bartlett of Beloit Wisconsin. Engineer Burke, within two feet of the blast, escaped with slight injuries.
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Utah
Oregon
Farmington
Bartlett
Beloit
Wis
Burke
Veterans dying at record rate in pension bureau history
Washington report states old soldiers are dying at 150 per day, per Pension Commissioner Ware. The rate is higher than any previous period in the bureau's history.
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Pension Bureau
Washington
Ware
Child with Two Heads Attracts Medical Interest In Somerville
A Somerville child born twelve months ago reportedly has two heads on a single body. Doctors describe two necks and heads, one facing forward and the other rearward with irregular features and no visible eyes. The baby is said to be healthy, and the mother is twenty. Birth weight was fourteen pounds.
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Somerville
Boston
Des Moines Cashier Colton Indicted for Embezzlement
N Hy Colton former cashier of the Wapello State Savings bank was indicted for larceny of 25300. He pleaded guilty and received a two year six month sentence in Fort Madison penitentiary. Colton did not disclose how the embezzlement occurred.
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Des Moines
N. Hy Colton
Wapello State Savings Bank
Colton
Fort Madison
Postal Clerk Confesses in Mail Robbery Case
Iowa man D M Lighter, a Burlington postal clerk, confessed to robbing mails for two years. Swimmer of Quincy sent a telegram announcing Lighter’s arrest on the Carthage branch of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. The confession comes as part of a federal investigation by U S marshals.
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Iowa
Springfield
Ill
United States Marshal’s Office
United States
Swimmer
Quincy
D. M. Lighter
Burlington
Carthage
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Lighter
Panic on Hoboken Ferry After Collision Injures Several
Eight hundred passengers on the Hoboken ferry line Pumped were thrown into a panic in midstream when struck by a Hudson river steamer. The other vessel's name had not yet been learned.
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New York
Hoboken
Russia seeks steamers for Vladivostok provisions
Antwerp dec 5 Russia is reported again to be seeking steamers to dispatch provisions and ammunition to Vladivostok. Shipping circles say offers have been made as high as 22.50 dollars a ton, including a risk of capture.
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Antwerp
Russia
Vladivostok
Newton Chadwick suit continued in Cleveland court
Thecase of Herbert D Newton of Brookline against Mrs Cassie L Chadwick was postponed for one week by Judge Babcock. Attorneys for both sides asked for a delay and Newton's representative the firm Carr Stearns Chamberlain indicated a likely out of court settlement.
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Cleveland
Herbert D. Newton
Brookline
Mass
Cassie L. Chadwick
Babcock
Newton
Chadwick
A. F. Stearns
Carr, Stearns & Chamberlain
Lima embezzler sentenced to five years
P. C. Woods secretary of the Lima Home and Savings association was found guilty of embezzling over 25000 dollars and sentenced to five years in prison after denying requests for a new trial.
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Lima, O
P. C. Woods
Lima Home and Savings Association
Hyannis Fire Wipes Out Business Section
Dec. 5 Hyannis Massachusetts a fire destroyed the business section twenty four miles from here population 1360 including the post office and telephone exchange and nearly a dozen other buildings with losses expected to exceed 100000.
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Buzzards Pay
Mass
Hyannis
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