Quebec Worsted Company Factory Wreck Kills Many
A boiler explosion at the Quebec Worsted Company plant on Thursday caused a devastating factory collapse. About 30 bodies recovered by noon as rescue teams moved through debris. Among the dead are Engineer Thomas Sayles and Fireman John. Most workers were French Canadian girls. cause suspected as a frozen feed pipe. The scene described as harrowing with cries for help and priests conducting last rites.
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Quisnec
Can
Quebec
Worsted
Thomas Sayles
John
Minor News Items Week Ending February 14
A compilation of brief items from across the country noting fires in Aurora Illinois and Wichita Falls Texas, a population figure for Michigan, rail accidents and deaths, legal and criminal cases, notable deaths, economic notes on mining and manufacturing, and various local incidents. Includes weather, politics, and industry news such as a new Joliet steel plant and a proposed New York tunnel project.
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Aurora
Michigan
Elmira
Theodore French
Syracuse
Austin
Tex
Sam Alexander
Wichita Falls
Florissant
Col
Indiana
Indianapolis
Baron Wodlauer
Hungary
Canada
Jesse H. Procter
Frederick Young
Dover
Del
St Louis
Daniel Looper
Carrollton
Ill
Cincinnati
Owensboro
Frank Alcorn
State Department
Washington
Sumner
Til
John Graham
Duane Johnson
Russellville
Stephens. Harding
Utah
Lincoln
Milan
Ind
Hale
Swisher
Texas
Passavant Hospital
Milwaukee
Hedwig Wendland
David Fox
Nottingham
Wilkesbarre
Idaho
W. H. Claggett
United States
Dubois
James Storey
Parsons
Kan
Harrison
Bay of New York
Staten Island
Long Island
American Sugar Trust
New York
London
Jack the Ripper
Raum
Joliet
Joliet, Ill
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Wales
Eng
South Joliet
Build A Solid Three Horse Wagon Tongue From Scrap
A farmer describes repairing and lengthening a wagon tongue using a mortice and tenon joint, iron bolts, and cross-pieces to create a sturdy three horse tongue. He details pole length, ring assemblies, hip britching, and hitching method to pull heavy loads with horses weighing 1100 to 1300 pounds.
Practical Farmer Notes on Sheep, Plows, and Bedding
A cornucopia of rural guidance from the time covers wagon rigs, sheep care, clod crushers, and horse bedding. Advice contrasts efficient equipment with careful feeding, water needs, oil meal value, and sand bedding to keep horses comfortable and clean.
Exchement in Rochester Claims Brights Disease Cure
In Rochester a sensational feature in the Democrat and Chronicle sparked widespread comment. Dr J B Henson, famed nationally, describes his rescue from near death due to kidney disease and warns that Brights disease can be cured if treated early with Warner’s Safe Cure. He cites cases, expert analyses, and a call for direct kidney treatment over symptom care, urging timely use of the remedy.
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Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
J. B. Henson
America
Henson
Bright
Warner
N. Et Paul Street
New Orleans Medical College
H. H. Warner
8S. A. Latti
State Board of Health
Fragmentary Humorous Snippets and Peculiar Ads
A collage of quips and miniatures from a 19th or early 20th century page. It mixes jokes about honeymoons and bills, adolescent classroom banter, animal anecdotes, stray lines about ships, weather, and medicine ads, plus a few oddball testimonials and a wagonload of miscellaneous phrases. Numerous proper nouns appear in ad-like blurbs and snippets.
Catarrh Cure Promoted Amidst Claims and Critique
An array of advertisements and testimonials discuss internal remedies for catarrh, claiming cures affect blood and mucous surfaces. Skepticism appears toward quack medicines and exaggerated promises, with references to physicians and journals debating efficacy and honesty in medical marketing.
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Toledo
O. Boid
August Flower Dyspepsia Remedy Endorsed by Patient
A. Geo Gates of Corinth Mississippi writes that August Flower is the best remedy for dyspepsia. He says he was near death from the disease, used several bottles, and now considers himself a well man. He recommends this medicine to sufferers worldwide. G G Green, sole manufacturer, Woodbury New Jersey USA.
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Sue
Cora
Smartweed
Vick
Bobby
Robert
Geo. Gates
Corinth
Miss
G. G. Green
Woodbury
New Jersey
USA
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General Sherman
Barrett
Western Union Telegraph Company
Des Moines
Drs Monges
Bedalia
Sepa
Churchill & Omsley
Windsor
Hugh L. Smith
Thomas Filbery
H. Sturdivant
Walter Beaman
Corumans
National Miners’ Convention
Wasumnatos
Blaine
Argentine Republic
Libera
Austria
Mexico
Belgium
Netherlands
Paraguay
Uruguay
Brazil
Persia
Peru
Guatemala
Portugal
Salvadore
Roumania
Nicaragua
Honduras
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Oil
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China
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Norway
Colombia
Switzerland
Corea
Turkey
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Venezuela
Ecuador
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hawaiian
Italy
Japan
Boston
Stephen M. Allen
Worcester
Big Blaze St Aurors
New Mercantile
Cleveland
E. M. McGillen
H. B. Claflin Company
Claflin Company
Treasury
Rosecrans
Register
J. N. Huston
Great Lakes
Wasurgetor
Census Office
Breanenam
Als
William Youngblood
Republican National Committee For
Alabama
Congress
Wanamaker
Streator
Jour, DL
High Court of the Independent Order of Foresters
Sterling
Dixon
Peoria
Springfield
Curcaco
John Spelman
St. Paul
Zeta Mich
Spaineri Ecp
Daisy Breze
Fifer
Toronto
Ont
Frormsant
D. M. Cornell
Ohio
Orange Judd
Gilmanton
Wis
Amer- Agriculturist
Washington Post
Pryce
Etern
Binghamton
Drake
Piso
Hood
AU Drageiets
C. L. Hood CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
China Sea
Bay of Fundy
Congo
Matadiim
Bordeaux
Ottawa
Teacnen
Tommy
Willie
A. T. Saartensencen & Hochester
Gonds
J. B. Errinsox
Popbine
Texas Siftings
Carter
Elmira Gazette
Indianapolis Journal
Pike
Jon
Boston Courier
Lous
Minnesota
Western Creamery
Tommendale
Brooklyn Eagle
Sie Pollkareas Grenge
Neteh
Dr. Pierce
Scott
Saivati
Lenox
Foces
TeSys
Elihu E. Jackson
Scsos
Tun
Dard Sam
FT Sper
Wes
Kooi
Ie Douglas
Breckton
Gemaeeer
Helle
Everywharf
W. Baker &Co
Dorchester
Masa
Catarr Hj
Hdres
Duitalo
Wee
W. Atlee Burpee
Philadelphia
Aes San Se
Burpee
Tom Scales
Ben
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