Explosion at Edison cement plant leaves six missing
A gas ignition caused a blast at the Edison cement plant in New Village New Jersey. About 30 injured, six men missing, many severely burned. Firemen aided, special trains moved casualties to hospitals as fires burned the wrecked coal bin and adjoining buildings.
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Easton
Edison Cement
New Village
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Stewartsville
Washington, N. J
Ohio Governor Nash Faces Probate Petition Over Estate
Petition filed in Columbus alleges Gov George K Nash as executor of David W Brooks will failed to establish a $10 000 trust for minors and mingled $2500 of trust funds with the general estate for twelve years. Plaintiffs claim $16500 is owed and seek a formal accounting. Nash defends his administration as regular and ready for issue.
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Columbus, O
David W. Brooks
Brooks, Butler & Co
George K. Nash
Thomas S
David W
Faith
Herbert Brooks
Faith Brooks
Nash
Perilous ice floe drift traps Mich. fishermen at Death's Door
About 20 fishermen are stranded on a large ice floe that broke loose Sunday between Bailey's Harbor and Chambers Island. A strong west wind pushes the floe toward Lake Michigan and Death's Door. Three men escaped at Fish Creek and three more were rescued down the bay. several others reportedly saved as the ice threatened the exit.
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Menominee
Mich
Bailey’s Harbor
Chambers Island
Lake Michigan
Death’s Door
Fish Creek
Death
President calls Senate to extraordinary session
The president proclaims that public interests require the senate to convene in extraordinary session at the Capitol in Washington on March fifth at noon. All those entitled to act as members are required to take notice.
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Senate
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
United States of America
Senate of the
United States
Ithaca Votes for City Ownership of Waterworks
In Ithaca New York the municipal takeover of the waterworks won decisively with 1335 votes for and 30 against. The city reports typhoid fever deaths and seven new cases in 24 hours. Twenty survivors among Cornell students noted as ill since the fever began. The health board launches district nursing for the sick.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Philadelphia strike wave hits garment and related trades
Philadelphia on March 3 saw two major strikes by about 3,000 workers in four United Garment Workers of America branches including coat operators tailors pressers and buttonhole workers demanding better conditions shorter hours and union recognition. Carriage and wagon workers and painters walked out over a proposed minimum wage of 2.50 for nine hours and a 10 percent piece work pay increase leaving over 1,000 idle.
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Philadelphia
United Garment Workers of America
Indianola Postmaster Case Shows Weeks Push for Job
Washington reports reveal A B Weeks, brother-in-law of Indianola mayor, lobbied since 1902 for the postmaster post at Indianola Mississippi. He pressed to reestablish the office after Mrs Minnie Cox’s forced resignation, claiming white Republican support and noting Colored citizens’ petition.
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Washington
Payne
Indianola
Miss
Minnie V. Cox
A. B. Weeks
Davis
Department
Post Office
Biloxi
Cox
Bristow
Deadlock broken as Delaware elects two senators
In Dover on March 3 the Delaware legislature elected J Frank Allee to the long term and L Heisler Ball to the short term, ending four years of deadlock. Washington pressure and intra party deals shaped the outcome amid Republican factions. In Harrisburg, a Utah Senate seating protest faced a committee referral after a 98 to 46 vote.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
United States
Senate
J. Frank Allee
Union Republican
L. Heisler Ball
Washington
J. Edward Addicks
Ohio
Hotel
Richardson
Addicks
Saulsbury
United States Senate
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
House
Flynn
Elk
Reed Smoot
Utah
Moore
Philadelphia
Committee On
Federal Relations
Knapp Confession Tales Stir Hamilton Murder Case
Hamilton Ohio February 28 Knapp's confession details draw back to back killings as search for Hannah Goddard Knapp's body falters with rising Miami river. Cincinnati indictments loom and Knapp may face electric chair if body not found. Millspaugh identifies Knapp at jail confirming the murder details.
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Hamilton, O
Hannah Knapp
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Bosch
Hannah) Knapp
Cincinnati
Gard
Knapp
Miami
Hannah Goddard
Hamilton
Mary Ekhart
Emma Littlemann
Jennie Connor
Ida Gebhardt
Indianapolis
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Alfred Knapp
Hanna Goddard Knapp
Charles Millspaugh
Miami River
Plenty on Hand
A calm man tells his irascible friend to keep their temper and notes he keeps more temper in a day than the other has in a year, in a quoted exchange from Youth's Companion.
Dodd’s Kidney Pills Cure a New Bedford Man
Ulric Levasseur of 688 First St New Bedford Mass describes a long illness with general weakness and back pain that left him unable to walk. After two months on Dodd’s Kidney Pills he reveals a complete recovery and praises the remedy as a God sending cure.
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New Bedford
Mass
Mar
First St
Ulric Levasseur
Dodd
Technicality Explained in Chicago Record Herald Phrase
A reader questions the meaning of the phrase all in and its humorous implication about a man’s caboose while noting the paper’s tongue in cheek style in Chicago Record Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Pamphlet Series Promotes Southern Upland Lands and Resources
Move south yields benefits for farmers miners and manufacturers in Tennessee and surrounding states along the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway. Free copies describe agricultural products live stock grazing lands tobacco water power timber minerals lands for sale and a soil geological map. Traffic Manager H F Smith Nashville Tenn offers copies gratis.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Georgia
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
H. F. Smith
Nashville
Tenn
Notable Quotes and Ads From an Early 20th Century Page
A collage of short ad blurbs and mock dialogue notes. It includes a jokey exchange about an op ry glass, a Mother Gray powder cure notice, cold remedy claims for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, various proverbs and taunts, and railway and dye brand references. The items showcase period commercial copy and light humorous asides.
Syrup of Figs Praised as Best Family Laxative
The article extols Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a superior family laxative. It emphasizes quality, uniform manufacture, and broad physician and pharmacist support, urging buyers to choose the genuine product sold in original packaging with full company name.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Peruna Ad prompts praise from Ottawa reader
A Ottawa reader Miss Florence E Kenah reports severe lung illness from a cold that defied medicine until Peruna was tried. Within three weeks she was restored and urges Peruna for catarrh and winter illnesses. A Crown Point Indiana society woman Miss Rose Gerbing confirms rapid relief after two bottles. Dr Hartman offers free advice.
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Florence E. Kenah
Maria Street
Ottawa
Ont
Rose Gerbing
Crown Point
Ind
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Remedial Patter and Civic Wit From Old Papers
A collage of quotes and quips from Chicago Daily News and Philadelphia Record. Jests touch on a rumored handsome girl, a financier father, a genius who persuades, and a politician who moved from poverty to power. Chesterfield wisdom closes the piece.
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Gov. Nash
Quakertown
Weeks
Allee
Ball
New York
Dubuque, la
Henderson, Linehan, Hurd & Kiesal
Speaker Henderson
Henderson
Reed
Fitchburg
Rodney Wallace
Worcester County
Albert Knapp
Jimmy
Tommy
Mother Gray
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Chicago Dailyens
Ram’s
Chicago & North-Western
Chicago
Missouri River
Hale
Pike
Overland Limited
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Franklin
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville, Ky
New York, N. Y
Peruna
F. E. Kenah
Florence Kenah
Miles
Sillicus
Cynicus
Philadelphia Record
Chicago Daily News
Chesterfield
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