Train Crash Destroys Windsor Station Waiting Room
A Boston Express locomotive plowed into Montreal Windsor Street station triggering a deadly crash. Four people, including a mother and two children, were killed in the women’s waiting room and about thirty others injured as the washout pipe failure caused the run into the station. Fireman Craig escaped largely unharmed and aided the engineer, while the crew discovered the danger only near the station.
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Boston
Windsor Street
Montreal
Canadian Pacy Railway
Craig
Tax to aid old maids looms in Maine legislature
Lawmaker Campbell proposes taxing all bachelors aged 30 or over at ten dollars a year to fund pensions for unmarried women past 40. The bill, justified as support for spinsters, includes relief for bachelors who can prove they attempted marriage three times to three women or once to one woman.
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Maine
Representative Campbell
Kingman
Campbell
Wireless Tower Planned for Washington and Annapolis
An official announcement details a 606 foot wireless station tower proposed for wireless telegraph use, potentially at Annapolis Maryland or in the District of Columbia. If built in Washington it would not mar the monument view, transmit messages up to 3000 miles and receive from 1000, with an 80 foot deep foundation and base diameter around 50 feet tapering to 8 feet. Construction would use concrete and start mid next month.
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District of Columbia
Annapolis
Washington
Washington Monument
Ls Foundation
Fire kills twenty horses at Sunderland Bros stables
A Wednesday night blaze at the Sunderland Bros company in Omaha Nebraska destroyed stables and coal sheds. Twenty horses perished in the fire with losses estimated around 46 000 to 40 000 dollars and only partially insured.
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Sunderland Bros. Company
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City Livestock Market Quotations
Sioux City live stock market quotations for Wednesday show top heeves at 6.25 dollars and top hogs at 6.7 dollars, reflecting market prices for cattle and swine at the Sioux City market.
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Sioux City
United States Steel reports big earnings slump
The annual report shows United States Steel’s year ending December 81 gross receipts of 452 million and a profit of 91.8 million, down 9.1 million from the previous year. After all charges and payments the year ends with a surplus of 10.8 million.
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United States Steel Corporation
New York
Royalty Perfumery Habits Across European Courts
A fragmented report notes Queen Wilhelmina of Holland bathes with eau de cologne, Queen Victoria of Spain carries iris on handkerchiefs, and Helena of Italy favors iris with heliotrape. The Empress of Wua sin spends at least 20000 yearly on Parla perfumes. Violets are gathered at sunset and checked on arrival in St. Petersburg for safety.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Queen Victoria
Spain
Helena
Italy
Amelia
Portugal
Mmpreas
Wuasin
Parla
St. Petersburg
Doan's Kidney Pills Helped a Belle Plaine Woman
Mrs. Edgar Smith of Belle Plaine Iowa reports eleven months of rheumatism typhoid kidney problems and a failing back ending in bed. After starting Doan's Kidney Pills she improved and now says the remedy saved her. Also mentions other health ads and humorous clippings in the issue.
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Edgar Smith
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Queleton
Doan
Toster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Courtship Plea Across Generations Described
A fragment recalls a young man seeking approval from an elder for his marriage to the daughter, noting the elder’s prior opposition yet acknowledging the elder’s aid in persuading her. Names appear as The Old Man and The Young Man in a dialogic exchange.
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Thes
Less Meat Advice From Family Physician Chronology
A letter from a New York family physician notes a shift away from meat to lighter meals for digestion and nerves. It cites Grape-Nuts cereal as a key substitute in two years of use, claiming improved health and reduced medicine costs, and mentions Postum and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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L Thich
Wy Veal
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellvile
Maybray Wearing Begins Three Mikes Testify Before Grand Jury
Three men testified before a federal grand jury at Cornell Bluffs about Maybray the swindler involved in false foot races wrestling matches and prize fights. Documentary diary notes show about 400000 dollars gained from victims from 1907 to 1908 and list 29 victims with losses from 1250 to 13700 plus larger sums.
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Federal Grand Jury
Postoffice
Swenston
Cornel Bluffs
J. ©. Maybray
Swenson
Maybray
C. C. Vanderbeck
St. Louis
Porto Rican Budget Bid Fails in Extra Session
The extraordinary session of the Porto Rican legislature ended without passing the budget after Gov Post had called it to fulfill prior assurances. Unionist leaders did not deliver. conflict arose between the House of Delegates and the Executive Council over a party law, with the budget used as leverage. Gov Post will now discuss the situation with Washington.
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Gov. Post
Gov, Post
Washington
House of Delegates
Executive Council
Judge's Unique Ruling Sets Georgia Peace Rule
Georgia appellate court rules that calling a man a mana or mar in Georgia breaches the peace and can provoke a fight. The ruling overturns a lower court decision that denied damages to W. M. Rumsey after he sued W. A. Bullard for calling him a war. The opinion, by Fudge Powell, notes exceptions are rare and largely unwelcome in Georgia.
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Georgia
State Court of Appeals
W. M. Rumsey
W. A. Bullard
Fudge Powell
Zeppelin Airship Makes Successful Lake Constance Landing
Count von Zeppelin and four crew members completed a second field descent near Frederickshafen Germany on Lake Constance. The makers previously claimed ground landings required a special platform, but this test proved otherwise as the airship safely touched down, rose again, and returned to its shed by the lake.
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Aeronaut
von Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Frederick’s Haven
Germany
Hegeman Must Stand Trial On Perjury Charge
The New York court of appeals ruled that J. R. Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Life Insurance, must stand trial for perjury tied to alleged misstatements in the 1905 annual report filed with the state superintendent of insurance.
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Hegeman
Court of Appeals
Albany
N. Y
J. R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life
State Superintendent of Insurance
Duels End in Death Near Eisenach Germany
Schutzen Milg a civilian, fought two duels near Eisenach Germany on Tuesday with an army lieutenant and a surgeon and killed both opponents. Pistols were used. Milg is a wealthy landowner and his wife is said to be American. The duels reportedly arose from jealousy.
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Ught
Schutzen Milg
Eisenach
Germmany
Milg
Plan to Start Revolt in Vueltas Cuba by Rural Guard
A sergeant and seven privates of the rural guard at Vueltas in Santa Clara province Cuba mutinied and fled to the woods with horses and arms. They appear bent on initiating an uprising in the region and threaten disruption.
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Vueltas
Santa Clara
Cuba
Appointment of Consul at Stockholm Nominated
The president on Tuesday nominated Aldwerd D. Whittow of Hinda as consul general at Stockholm. The confirmation moves forward in the usual diplomatic channels.
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Stockholn
Aldwerd D. Whittow
Hinda
Clark Plan Burt Adopts Rules Amendments After Stormy Session
In a stormy session the House adopted by 211 to 172 a rule amendment substituting Mr Fitzgerald of New York for Mr Clark of Missouri. The changes create a calendar for unanimous consent, shift motion power to the minority, require two thirds to set aside the calendar, and aim to curb favoritism by the committee on rules. The insurgents secured a preliminary victory by defeating Mr Dalzell’s measure to apply last session’s rules to the current Congress.
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Tiven
Fitzgerald
New York
Clark
Missouri
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Committee On Rules
Outbreak in Paris Telegraphers Post Office Sparks Strikes
A telegraphers dispute over a partial merit system provokes clashes and arrests as government labor tensions rise in France. Rail clerks and 6,000 linemen threaten a nationwide walkout amid broader telecom and railway agitation. meanwhile, J R Smith in Harrisburg Illinois survives a mule kick after an electric line contact.
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Telegraphers Post Office Department
Frannce
General Confederation of Labor
Occupy Belgrade Report Rumor Sparks International Tension
The Paria La Libera cites a reliable source claiming Austria plans to occupy Belgrade to force a diplomatic solution. In local tragedy news, Mrs Earl Gore perished trying to save her 2 year old during a stove fire at Glencoe Illinois. A ranchman named Posey Ryan killed his wife and daughter in a Fort Laramie restaurant while they ate, following a divorce suit by Mrs Ryan filed in Cheyenne last week.
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Belgrade
Paria la Libera
Servia
Earl Gore
Glencoe
Shays
Posey Ryan
Fort Laramie
Wya
Disturbances in Bogota Raise Martial Law Status
Unrest in Bogota Colombia leads to three days of rioting with domestic political tensions cited as the cause. The capital is under martial law as authorities attempt to restore order.
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Colomiis
Bogota
United States
Colombia
Bryan Lecture In Ann Arbor Ends With Woman’s Death
During Wm. J. Bryan’s sermon on The Prince of Peace at University hall Ann Arbor Mrs. C L Grimes 65 seated in the balcony collapsed and died of heart disease Sunday night. Federal Attorney Hesigns Judge George M Dulles of the United States circuit court at Philadelphia also mentioned in the report.
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Bryan
Wm. J. Bryan
the Prince of Peace
University Hall
Ann Arabi
Mich
C. L. Grimes
Hesigns
George M. Dulles
United States Circuit Court At
Philadelphia
Death Rate Higher as Pneumonia Tops chief causes in 1907
The Eighth annual mortality report from the census bureau covers 1907 within the registration area, noting pneumonia as a leading cause and tuberculosis deaths steady with population. It details the area’s 41,758,037 people, 687,034 deaths, and a per thousand rate of 16.5, with 1906 at 16.1.
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Bureau of the Census
United States
Afteen
District of Columbia
Washington
Wisconsin
California
Eeeneee Teanee
Colorado
Connecticut
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Bright
Meningitia
Sloan's Liniment Endorsed by Farmers and Veterinarians
Letters from G T Roberts of Resaca Georgia and H M Gibbs of Lawrence Kansas praise Sloan's Liniment for curing a weanling spavin, a large back abscess, and general use on galls and swellings. Dr Earl S Sloan offers a free Treatise on horses by mail from Boston Station A.
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Sloan
Thenadids
G. T
Roberts
Resaca
Five Variants of Grip Mentioned in Cryptic Dialogue
A clipped antique exchange features a sandy speaker warning a kind lady about sleet and a mysterious five varieties of grip, insisting only one type of fear matters and hinting at a menacing bulldog grip. The fragment preserves quirky regional diction and character names Sandy Pikes and Bandy with a cryptic undertone.
Catarrh Cure Claim From Cheney and Co
Nonsense about local applications failing to cure catarrh, internal remedies cure the disease. Nall's Catarrh Cure supposedly acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure presented as a regular prescription from a renowned physician. Two-ingredient formula claimed to produce curing results. Testimonials offered free by Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also advertisement for Mall's Family Villa for constipation.
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Nall
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mall
Prose Snippet From Chicago Tribune Dialogue
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune features Myrtle and Percy in a tense exchange about marriage. Myrtle notes her mother opposed the prospect but now withdraws objections after she was told there was little chance of a proposal.
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Myrtle
Percy
Chicago ‘Tribune
Unequal Matrivation Banquet Talk Sparks Outcry
The head waiter at a banquet, angry over pay, complained they were paid only $6.95 for half an hour’s talk, largely in nickels, after being promised more. The incident highlights labor inequities and financial frustration among staff.
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Dandhaet Oi
Lowery Cage
Whiskey for lame back touted as infallible cure
An old medical note claims whiskey mixed with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparina Compound cures rheumatism. It recommends one half pint whiskey with one ounce of each compound, taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night. Toris Compound is from Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago, available from druggists.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Wonders of Science Armadillo Lecture at Dime Museum
A dealer in curiosities titled Wonders of Science describes the armadillo noting its horn like shell and defense turning it into a sphere when chased. He claims prehistoric man used this shape in baseball before moving to the next exhibit featuring the ornithorhyschus as a linking creature between bird and beast.
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Dime Museum
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