Walter Baker and Co Cocoa and Chocolate Makers
A historic notice extols Walter Baker and Co makers of cocoa and chocolate from Dorchester Dorchester Mass on the Neponset River. It praises quality and low price while denouncing counterfeit products and urges housekeepers to check packets for the La Belle Chocolatiere mark and Dorchester manufacturing place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baker & Co
Neponset
Dorchester
Boston
Walter Baker Company
la Belle Chocol Tiere
Mass
Navy orders gunboat Concord to Alaska station
The navy department has ordered the gunboat Concord currently with the Asiatic squadron to proceed to this country for duty in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Concord
Asiatic Squadron
Alaska
Assiniboia Letters Advocate Western Canada Settlement
A Yorkton Alberta writer urges readers to move to Assiniboia Western Canada describing low prices and new Saskatchewan districts. He touts available wheat, flour mills, and easy credit and predicts strong opportunities for new settlers who come in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkton
St. Paul
Minnesota
Western Canada
Assiniboia
John
Tick
Thomas Fitspatrick
Assinboia
Tragedy in Chicago Park Ends With Suicide
In Washington Park Chicago Portu guese artist Lorie Maudoso shot nurse Alice Cusac a fifteen year old girl then killed himself. The act occurred amid a crowded scene after Maudoso had become disruptive. Cusac was wounded in the neck and likely to recover the assailant had been involved in a prior railroad accident and was said to be not entirely sane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lorie Maudoso
Alice Cusac
Washington Park
Maudoso
J. M. Lambert
Mandoso
Prison Sentences for Mail Box Robbery Dual Convictions
Prentice Tiller and Edward Mc Dowell alias Grant pleaded guilty to robbing mail boxes in Cincinnati and were sentenced by Judge Thompson to five and three years at hard labor in the penitentiary. They reportedly rifled mail boxes across several cities, were arrested in Omaha, and McDowell escaped custody in Chicago before being recaptured in Buffalo. Witnesses attended from Omaha Hastings Dayton and Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice Tiller
Edward McDowell
Grant
Cincinnati
Thompson
Omaha
McDowell
Chicago
Buffalo
Hastings
Neb
Dayton
Toledo
McComb City Man Kills Woman Then Dies in Texas Duel
T. Z. Elisey of McComb City Mississippi shot a woman companion near West Point Texas after learning a Louisiana warrant was out. Two officers pursued them with a warrant. Elisey shot the woman and died in a pistol duel as the smoke cleared near Elmo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Z. Elisey
McComb City
Miss
Elisey
West Point
Texas
Louisiana
Elmo
Ellsey
Chimney Collapse at New Brunswick Sawmill Kills Three
Three men died and others were injured when the 107 foot chimney at Jewitt's sawmill in St Johns New Brunswick collapsed during repairs. Price the contractor and McCauskey were positioned 100 feet up inside the structure while others worked below. The failure started at the bottom and brought the chimney down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewitt
St. Johns
N. B
William J. Ce
John McCauskey
Charles Withon
Price
McCauskey
Beautiful Home Burned by Lightning in Meadowbrook
The country home of Thomas B. Wanamaker at Meadowbrook Montgomery County Pa was struck by lightning and destroyed. The family was away in Philadelphia. paintings and bric a brac inside the house were also destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Meadowbrook
Montgomery County
Mr. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Osceola Man Breaks Into Wife Room and Slashes Throat
Monday Elmer Lane forced entry into his wife’s Osceola room and cut her throat then attempted suicide. Mrs Lane is in critical condition though Lane may recover. The couple had domestic troubles and she had applied for a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lane
Osceola, Ta
Peruna praised by readers across towns
Miss Rose Cullen of Butte Montana and Mrs G W Heard of Hempstead Texas endorse Peruna. They report renewed energy and health after taking Peruna for nervous exhaustion and stomach troubles. They claim their families avoided sickness and that the remedy helps both children and adults. They invite others to write to Dr Hartman for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Cullen
Young Woman's Club
Ot Butte
Mont
Galema Street
Peruna
Butte
Mins
Rose Callen
M*s
Hempstead
Texas
Husband
Perens
Ruby
G. W. Heard
Grove
Pao McIarrote Roe
W. A. Mitchell
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
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Chicago Park
Tiller
Companion
T. B. Wanamaker
Butte, Mont
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