Smallpox Quarantine and Utah News Highlights
Utah state news reports twenty one smallpox cases under quarantine in East Lake City. Other items include: a quarry explosion at Peter Brocchinian Station, fire destruction near Ogden, deaths of Peter Schroeder and Walter Lucky, a Salt Lake tax clearance, Odd Fellows meeting in Salt Lake City, and various local civic developments and legal cases across Salt Lake, Ogden, and Mt Pleasant.
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East Lake City
Peter Brocchinian
Webe Canyon
Ogden
Hans Sorensen
Redmond
Flia
Peter Schroeder
Login
Cache County
Ile
Sweden
Salt Lake City
Thetax Association
Christensen
Mayfield
Miliam Vailey
Utah
Salt Lake
Fatestiy Serirce
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Utah
Mt Pleasant
Jerty
Minyhem
Ila
John Cullen
State Teachers’ Association
Andrew W Nelson
Utah National Bank
Census Office Bulletin
Minnie O Parker
Elt
Ptainticf
Fitzgerald
Texas
Truthful belief tests a six year old about Santa Claus
A mother debates how to handle her son's belief in Santa Claus when his friend Jimmie Norton affirms the Christmas myth. Jackie worries that if the joke is not revealed, future children may miss out on gifts and the holiday magic.
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Jackie
Santa Claus
Jimmie Norton
Mia
Jimmie
Emerson Memory Lapses Highlight Ailing Recall
A biographer recalls Emerson's memory troubles in Boston when he could not name common objects or people. He mistook friends' relations and once said he could tell an umbrella's history but not its name, even at Longfellow's funeral.
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Emerson
Boston
Imerson
Longfellows
Ile
Never-failing cold remedy with whiskey and syrups
A historical advertisement touts a cold cure mixing one ounce Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla one ounce Tolu compound and one half pint whiskey. It claims to cure an acute cold in 24 hours with a tablespoonful dose every four hours and notes ingredients are available at any drug store.
Do change
A moral exhortation condemns vulgar quarrelling and endorses self restraint. It argues that insults and provocation harm a woman’s character and beauty, urging education and refinement to keep behavior unstained and temper under control.
Grave of Norwegian Composer Grieg Near His Native Town
The last resting place for Odsard Grieg lies in a natural grotto by a lake near his birthplace Dergen. The grotto rises from the water and houses the composer’s bones. The funeral cortege will travel by water to reach this secluded burial site.
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Odsard Grieg
Dergen
Distinguishing Molasses From Sugar
The article explains that molasses is the saccharine byproduct remaining after sugar crystallization and separation, while syrup results from evaporating juice without removing sugars. It defines the molasses process as the sugar being removed at least partially by crystallization and mechanical separation.
Mine Disaster Kills Over 100 in Marianna Mines
In Pittsburgh, more than 100 miners died in an explosion at the Rachel and Agnes sections of the Marianna mines of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Company. The cause remains undetermined with two leading theories: a gas pocket ignited by a lamp or gas seeping from a nearby well. The blast blew wooden supports, sent debris across Ten Mile Creek, and scattered remains near the shaft house and a nearby field.
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Pittsburgh
Marianna
Pittsburg
Henry Loutitt
Pullen
Ten Mile Creek
Bulgaria Prepares to Resist Turkey Demands
Sofia official states that direct understanding with Turkey remains unlikely but optimism guides Bulgaria. The statement notes financial strength and a capable army to resist Turkish demands and foresees eventual independence recognized soon.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Sofia M Matinoff
Lwurkey
Bulga
Kiamil Pasha
Highlscheme
Bulguia
Latkes
Not guilty verdict in Mitchell rail wreck case
The jury found G A Mitchell not guilty of criminal negligence in the Orve wreck involving passenger train No and freight train 68 on the Northern Pacific. Mitchell, jailed since the crash, faced trial in district court as dispatcher Keeley of Missoula planned to begin trial next week.
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Thompson Mont
G A Mitchell
Orve
Northern Pacific
Mitchell
Hows
Parma
Keeley
Missoula
Salt Lake City Man Convicted in Wife Murder
Thomas Vance was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife in Salt Lake City. The verdict followed claims that he beat her and administered poison during a personal crisis. An appeal has been filed.
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Thomas Vance
Salt Lake City
Vance
Revolutionists Best Government Forces in Haitian Battle
Government troops under General Cytlaque clashed with revolutionists near Ane Seine, five miles from Jeremie. After heavy fighting the government army was driven back to Miragoane about twenty miles away, with General Antoine Simons leading the rebels.
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Toit Au Prince
Cytlaque
Antoine Simon
Canadian Ban on American Cattle to Prevent Disease
Ottawa tightens controls to stop foot and mouth spread from the United States. An embargo on live cattle and hides remains in effect across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Michigan and Delaware with border crossings staffed to enforce the ban. An order in council closes Canadian water routes to American cattle.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Delaware
Colorado Southern plans line expansions toward Cheyenne and beyond
General G M Dodge announced on Saturday that the Colorado Southern would close a 15 to 20 mile gap south of Cheyenne and extend north of Cheyenne to Orange Junction. The route would reach the Yellowstone area and connect with the St Paul and Hill lines, creating a continuous line from Galveston to Edmonton.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
GMI Dodge
Colorado & Southern
Cheyenne
Wye
Orange Junction
Wso
Yellowstone
St Paul
Hill Mnes
Galveston
Texas
Edmonton
Canada
Guthrie Flood Douses West Guthrie Homes 3000 Homeless
A eight hour downpour saturated the Cottonwood river valley in Guthrie Ohio causing widespread flooding. Several hundred homes were partially submerged and about three thousand people spent the night homeless as the river rose record heights. Cattle were drowned and streetcar service halted as the town’s water plant flooded.
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Guthrie
Ohio
West Guthrie
Cottonwood
Cus
Skeleton found near Wolf Creek precipice sighted
Report says a skeleton was found about twenty miles from the location at the foot of a precipice. Repairs from Wolf Creek state the discovery may explain a missing person case, with officials not yet confirming the location or notifying Commissioner Bennett.
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Helena
Wolf Creek
Bennett
Severe Wind Collapses Building in Montana Town
A strong wind Saturday toppled a wall of a building under construction for a fire house for Northern Pacific. Johnson, a Vineapolis resident, and two other workers were injured. Johnson has two daughters. The other workers were treated and listed in stable condition.
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Montana
Tannes
Mont
J FC
Johnson
Johson
Vineipolits
Wiic
Boy Falls From Chimney in Paterson Tragedy
Andrew Schick aged years scaled a tall chimney at an abandoned brewer in Paterson New Jersey. He climbed to the top and plunged to the ground in view of watching children and workers. Bricks reportedly crumbled under his weight as he fell, leaving him mortally injured.
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Paterson NJ
Andrew Schick
Unscrupulous Pitch From Local Pharmacist Record
A fragmented 19th century ad promotes a cure for distemper in horses and promises relief for sick animals. It touts a remedy available from Spohn Medical Co, chemists in Goshen Indiana, with prices listed as 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle.
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Alf
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Is This True I would not do for politics I guess
A quoted exchange notes a "pretty girl" who would vote as Lapa votes and an observer remarks that she would not differ much from most men thus reflecting attitudes about voting and gender roles.
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Lapa
Coffee price and freight offer from roaster
An ad notes coffee selling at 10 cents per pound with 3000 miles of railroad freight from the roaster. A sour grocer refunds money if you don t buy, and a line thanks the grocer, saying gratitude is the memory of the heart.
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Schilling
Sydney
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