Lost on Lake Erie as barge Charles Porter sinks with crew
Erie Pa Dec 10 in a bitter gale the barge Charles Porter towed by Tran Dike sank ten miles off the shore with seven crew members and one deck hand drowned. Capt John Bruge Mest mate and second mate unnamed, Stobert Wood, William Kelly, cook Mrs May, and two unknown deck hands perished. The Foster from Duluth to Erie survived with Captain Ashley reporting the tug and line parts during the wreck. Cargo 1500 tons ore valued around 31000. Loss adds to a heavy season on the Great Lakes with high fatalities and no recovery of the wreck site.
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Erie
Erie Theron
Charles Porter
Tron
John Bruge
Weland
Raeown
Sramen Stobert Wood
William Kelly
Port Austin
Cook Mra. May
Derroity
Charles Foster
James Corrigan
Cleveland
Dulith
Ashley
Foster
Mery
Anyane
Postal Service report urges reform and rural delivery expansion
Washington notes postmaster generalемy Smith outlines fiscal year priorities including stricter enforcement against fraud, civil service reforms, and expansion of rural free delivery. Details cover revenue, expenditures, and proposed increases, with emphasis on the broader push to extend delivery nationwide at lower costs. Also brief items report a Grand Rapids bank embezzlement, a Georgia lynching, and notable deaths.
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Washington
Charlee Emory Smith
Dev
Publihere
Adlagteph
Caprebe
Kroon
Inet
Liesulfioery
Ethire
Cetentian
Keane Fe
Uentil
New York
THE SANTA FE STRIKE REPORTS MIXED PROGRESS
Telegraphers strike on the Santa Fe shows trains running on time in many areas yet reports of ongoing outages surface from Chicago to California. Officials dispute a union withdrawal claim while stating the strike nears an end in some divisions and shops.
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Deo
Vnione Weer
Elijet
Chicago
Galveston
Tex
Dee
Dolphin
Halfway
Ancowss
Wolf City
Critonia
North Texas Aviations
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
California
Santa Fe
Newman
Orie of Railway Telegraphers
New Mexico
Topeks
Kan
Te Sani
Santa Fe Xhopa
Henveléee
Geneve
Mudge
Carlton Jongdin
Ordes
Hoje Namier
Sinles
Telegraph
Outeldé
Reading
Sholes
Coe
Gas Explosion Kills Four in Aspen Union Pacific Tunnel
Reports from Ogden say an underground gas blast in the Coron Pacitte tunnel near Aspen Wyoming killed four men and injured several others. The tunnel, one of Union Pacific’s largest projects, runs about 6,700 feet and the blast likely occurred near the western end where gas was found last week.
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Aspen
Wio
Ogden
Utah
Wyo
Big Coron Pacitte
Union Pacific
Consolidation of Two Minneapolis Banks Takes Place Soon
In Minneapolis on Dec 11 officials announce that the Nivallet National and the First National will merge effective January 1 to form the First National Bank. Each bank carries about $500000 capital with substantial surpluses. The goal is to centralize capital and streamline operations.
Germany and Kruger and the Berlin War Question
Berlin reports that Chancellor von Mielke said Germany resisted mediation to avoid war and that intervention could have worsened relations with Britain and France. He defended the government’s restraint, noting Kruger’s stance and a careful Reichstag adjournment amid intense debate on arbitration.
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Berlin
Lount von Mielow
Winger
William
Europe
Altoether
Reiger
Kruger
Germany
Great Britain
United States
M. Delencet
France
Kroger
Count von Tuelaw
Reichstag
Hove
Bold stand in Tasutaland border Boer War clash
London dispatch reports Gen De Wet and Knox in a hard fought chase along river lines between the Caledon and Orange rivers. British forces press the pursuit while De Wet’s guerrilla bands, including Rotha Delarey Viljoen and Hermog, operate from Lichtenberg to Standerton.
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Dees
Tasutaland
DeWet
Tenacious Ten
Knox
Weads
Sleeplens
England
Imparleay
DeVer
Keox
Caledon
Orange
Kuo
Orange River
Rotha
Delarey
Viljoen
Hermog Remanin
Lichtenberg
Standerton
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Potchefsioom
Heleberg
Klerksdorp
Botha
de Wet
Lord Roberts
Orange River Colony
de- Wet Amt
Funeral Ship Hancock Brings War Dead To San Francisco
The Hancock arrived from Manila via Nagasaki with about 1,500 sailors and soldiers who perished in the Philippines and other theaters. It is the largest body transport since the Spanish American War. The ship will quarantine for a few days. Mrs. Washington McLean, Admiral Dewey’s wife, has died, leaving an estate near 2,000,000 split among three heirs. The public fears disease spread from the death.
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Dee T
Hancock
Mus Nile
Nagasaki
Philippines
Chins
Guam
Honolute
Manenek
Washington
Washington McLean
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Ludlow
John R. McLnan
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Fight Around a Tree in Civil War Sketch
A veteran recalling a July Atlanta campaign moment describes a close 200 yard Confederate line drill near Jonesboro. He and a Johnny battled behind a fallen tree, both firing and circling the obstacle as bullets whistled, until the union soldier slipped, the Confederate fled, and the foxhole meeting ended with rapid exits and a surprised escape.
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Tleavelita
B. F. Bauman
Thirtieth Town Infantry
Atlanta
Jonesboro
Foraging Pig Pen Prank At Yorktown Camp
A veteran recounts how at Harrison’s Landing the 100 men of Company L devised a clever foraging stunt on the way to Yorktown. They pried stock from a pig pen, staged a mock raid on the colonel’s tent, and roasted two young porkers for the company the next morning with the colonel’s grudging approval.
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Richmond
Harrison’s Landing
James River
Yorktown
York River
National Tribune
Tate
Tony Cord
Hundeeda
Parting of the Ways at Annapolis Civil War Scene
A dramatic scene at the United States Naval Academy as tensions rise between northern and southern cadets on the eve of the Civil War. Commandant Rodgers orders departures. farewell embraces, tears, and a nation divided as cadets from both sides part ways aboard ships and boats heading to their respective destinies.
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Annapolis
Park Denjanin
United States Naval Academy
Pepvice
Win Green
Saps
Formatim
Meg
Mesa Crewe
Rodgers
Coloumbia
Teave
Confederate Constitution Drafts Linked to Georgia Figures
The original draft of the Confederate constitution is associated with Longetrven Huth of Athens Georgia. Mr Hall is a grandson of Phaesnas RW Cobb, who chaired the committee that drew the document. Chicago newsroom telegraph notes this linkage to prominent Georgia figures.
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Longetrven Huth
Athens
Hall
Phaesnas RW. Cobb
Chicago
An Ayyful One Murphy Wort Summary
Chicago Daily News quotes a fragmentary exchange about a man named Murphy. The garbled dialogue references a loomy and a head injury, with lines asking what he said and noting a repeated phrase about keeping or dodging trouble. The text reads as a transcribed speech fragment.
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Murphy
Chicago Daily News
Tribute to Liberty and Plog-God Echoes Chicago Tribune
A fragmented tribute mentions Liberty-God and Plog-God in a cryptic line tied to the Chicago Tribune. The text preserves a ceremonial tone and suggests homage or rallying sentiment without clear events or dates.
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Chicago Tribune
Mrs Pinkham Endorsed For Women Aiding Health
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised for treating female disorders. Mrs Chappell of Grant Part, TX, credits it with curing ovarian and womb inflammation and urges other women to seek her advice. Address in Lynn Mass provided. advice offered free.
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Sician
Mra. Pinkham
United States
Mra. Chappell
Grant Parte
Lydia B. Pineham
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