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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
2
The item surveys global trade, cuisine, science, and society. It notes Calico’s name origin in Calicut India, France and German naval budgets, rising Sicilian springs, Anglo Irish and American civic data, and cultural events from Adelina Patti to the Drexel fans. It also reports traffic deaths in New York, and royal sportsmen King Alfonso and rail efficiency gains.
Chicago reports the Iroquois Theatre fire on December 31 killing about 550 to 562 people in ten minutes as gas explosions and a failing asbestos curtain worsened the panic. Fire officials describe mass casualties at balcony doors and in aisles while ambulances and nurses rush to aid the wounded. On January 4 5 funerals fill Chicago as officials brace for investigations and a citywide halt of public halls.
Moses T. Clough aged 89, veteran Rensselaer county lawyer and Dartmouth class of 1334 senior, William Shaw head of Shaw Bailey Murphy firm, and Benjamin W. Kinney manager for Fulles Warren Co of Boston died in a fire that partially destroyed the Troy club. Rescue attempts failed due to dense smoke as flames spread rapidly. total loss estimated at 55000 dollars.
Chicago shuts down all theatres by order of Mayor Harrison causing widespread idle workers three thousand actors stage hands and others relying on theatre income face likely two weeks without work. Restaurants hotels and streetcar traffic suffer while electric signs darken, dulling the city’s glow.
A blaze at the Louvre hotel on Lake avenue caused the deaths of Mrs. Florence Chapin, Bissell Chapin, and Patrick F. Ryan. Ryan was found on the second floor, Chapin on the first, and Mrs. Chapin in a room at 3623 Lake avenue. About 100 guests lived there. property loss is $12,000. A second blaze at Western News barns on East Huron street killed a man believed to be James Davis and left another person missing.
Dr John Alexander Dowie departed Zion City on a six month world tour. He will rest in the south before meeting in San Francisco January 19 and 20, then sail to Australia January 21 via Honolulu. He will visit India and Africa, convene a European conference in Zurich, then reach New York by June 20 for meetings at Madison Square Garden before returning to Zion City June 30.
Young Corbett defeated Eddie Hanlon in the sixteenth round at Mechanics Pavilion securing the featherweight title. Referee Graney stopped the match amid brutal punishment as Hanlon endured a brutal beating. two prior rounds saw pleas to retire, but the seconds refused until safety prompted halting the fight.
In Genoa on January 2 United States Consul William H Bishop and Dr. Alexander Graham Bell witnessed the exhumation of James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian. The casket was in pieces but bones intact. Bell will ship the remains to the United States on the steamship Princess Irene sailing January 5.
Dr Charles O Rice, acquitted of murder, was rearrested in Pueblo on an insanity charge and confined in a sanitarium. An inquest into his mental condition will be held. Rice killed Policeman Martz while intoxicated on October 7, as he and his wife prepared to leave the city.
Pittsburg January 2 3000 employees of Edgar Thomas steel works and 11 Carnegie Steel braddock blast furnaces accept the wage reduction offered to them.
Letters from Mrs. Frank Bryer of Meriden and Mrs. Maz P. Quarry of Milwaukee applaud Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing stomach sickness, enabling full-term pregnancies, and restoring health. The ad notes rare infertility and invites women to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A man repeatedly buys cheaper watches then upgrades, paying gradually for better pieces. He asks for increasingly expensive models, finally suggests a first class watch with a solid case for 50 dollars, reveals he could have had the initial one for less but avoided paying upfront. The passage ends with a quip on capitalization.
Mrs. P Brunzel of Everett Washington reports fifteen years of back pain and sleepless nights. After one box of Dolan’s Kidney Pills her condition improved, and she completed five boxes total. Pills claimed to relieve aching pains and related troubles. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertised. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents per box.
OCR fragment notes human fallibility and forgiveness with a biting remark about cannibalism and a quoted rebuke Dont let it happen again. The text resembles a casual editorial aside from a 20th century Chicago newspaper.
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