Global News Notes From 1905 Turbulent World
Wide survey of crises and disasters world wide from 1905. Siege of Shusha by Tartars massacres Armenians. Portland docks burn hotel losses to 350000. Tragic suicide at Rosehill Cemetery. Multiple accidents including Lancaster blast and New York stock seats record. Also battleships launched and political shifts amid cholera plague and riots.
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Shusha
Portland
Ore
Albina
Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago
Harry L. Hoffman
Safe Harbor
Lancaster
Henry F. Garey
Baltimore
Louisville Baseball Club
American Association
Kansas City
Stock Exchange
New York City
Henry R. Wardell
Panama Railroad
Swinburn Island
N. Y
Germany
Vermont
United States
Fore River Shipbuilding Co
Quincy
Mass
Carnegie Steel Co
Donora
Canada
Mme. Narychkine
M. Witte
Brussels
Joseph Frey
Lincoln Park
St. Petersburg
London Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Panama
Ralph Holden
Union City
Mich
Byron W. Brady
Holden
Associated Fraternities of America
National Fraternal Congress
Associated Fraternities
Milwaukee
International Fraternal Congress
New York
Infantry
United States Army
Ohio
Marine Corps
Navy
New Jersey
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hazletor
Frank Smith
Eckley
Hazleton
Tientsin
Japan
Russia
Albert Branal
Thomas Harris
Harris
Brandl
Peace Treaty Signed By Russia And Japan At Portsmouth
The treaty of peace between Russia and Japan was signed at 3 47 p m Tuesday at the navy yard in Portsmouth N H Following the signing a salute was fired and the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries, led by Witte and Komura, delivered brief speeches expressing mutual satisfaction The ceremony closed with a thanksgiving service at Christ Episcopal church attended by both national delegations.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Russia
Japan
Navy Yard
Kittery Point
Witte
Baron de Rosen
Plancon
Baron Komura
Takahira
Dennison
Sato
Admiral Mead
Peirce
Gov. McLane
Mr. Witte
Christ Episcopal Church
Roosevelt demands resignation of Public Printer Palmer
Public Printer F W Palmer is effectively ousted after President Roosevelt demanded his resignation set to take effect in two weeks. Palmer cited grounds against foremen Oscar J Ricketts and L C Hay, while the Keep commission report revealed mismanagement and factional cliques in the government printing office.
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Washington
F. W. Palmer
Roosevelt
Palmer
Oscar J. Ricketts
Ll. C. Hay
Government Printing Office
Ricketts and
Hay
Oyster Bay
John A. Sleicher
New York
Keep Commission
Government
Twenty Lives Lost in a Gale Over Lake Superior
Ashland Wisconsin reports more than twenty dead in a ferocious Lake Superior gale that sank the barge Pretoria with ten aboard and wrecked the steel steamer Sevena. Five crewmen of Pretoria drowned, five survivors rescued by Outer Island lighthouse keeper John Irvine and aide. Additionally, capsized yawls and crews from other vessels suffered losses along the lakefront.
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Ashland
Wis
Lake Superior
Sevena
Sand Island Reef
Pretoria
Bay City
Mich
Portage
F. W. Gilchrist
Soo
Samuel Mather
D. S. McDonald
Serena
Nels Schuman
Buffalo
Sand Island Beach
Outer Island
John Irvine
Henry Schwartz
West Bay City
Axel Lendlis
Marinette
Isaac Myers
Seaman
Milwaukee
Alfred Pebsal
Sweden
Frank Wales
Chicago
Charles Smart
Charles Fairman
William Smart
Oscar Orlen
Ned Blank
Four Die After Fire On Ben Hur Launch At St Clair Flats
Panic broke out when a match ignited gasoline on the Ben Hur late Sunday night. Thirty passengers rode from Joe Bedore's hotel to Algonac hotels. four passengers drowned, including August Mogg of Cleveland H J Wessenger and two Detroit women. A passenger opened a cock allowing gasoline to spill before a cigar sparked the blaze. Rescue crews saved the rest.
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Zanzibar
Warren Fletcher
Littleton
Mass
Louisville
Santa Fe
Boone
Col
Adrianople
New York
Umzumbi
London
Cape Town
Brest
France
Sea Girt
N. J
Hudson River
Hudson
N. Y
Young America
George H. Power
Jose Aymar
New York City
Aymar
Roosevelt
Japan
Far East
H. M. Hanna
Washington Park
Chicago
S. A. Pickering
Pittsburg
Dr. Strong
Forest
Fon du Lac
Wis
Peter J. Wagner
Philadelphia
Lewis J. L. Buck
William G. Turner
Lawrence Farrell
Frank Weakley
Harry Parker
Tom Sherman
Harry Johnson
Independence
Joseph Moyer
Detroit
Mich
Witham
England
Cromer
Great Eastern Railway
L. W. Waldron
Wayne
Peace Palace
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Carnegie Foundation
Libau
Russia
Thebes Farthing
State Bank
Haubstadt
Ind
Barcelona
Marine Park
W.L. West
District of Columbia
Washington
Portsmouth
William Setchell
Botany
University of California
St. Clair Flats
August Mogg
Cleveland
H. J. Wessenger
Becker
Newman
Algonac
Joe Bedore
Fire Ravages Adrianople Leaving City Majorly Damaged
Constantinople dispatch reports a Saturday blaze in Adrianople burning through Sunday due to water shortage. Six quarters were largely destroyed with damage estimated at 5 million dollars.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Foresters' Convention Opens in Scranton
The national biennial convention of the Ancient Order of Foresters began in Scranton Pennsylvania with delegates from 38 states and 38,000 members in attendance.
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Scranton
The
Ancient Order of Foresters
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People Cure Typhoid Aftermath
The article promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a dual remedy rebuilding flesh and strengthening nerves after typhoid fever. It cites Mr Charles Worth of East Vassalboro Maine who recovered after six months of debility and nerv ous symptoms. Pills are sold by druggists or directly from Schenectady New York.
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Williams
Charles Worth
East Vassalboro
Maine
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Inventions from Pittsburg to Denmark Highlight 1900s Innovation
A Pittsburg man creates a pie baking machine at 40 pies per minute. An Italian engineer unveils an elevator using compressed air chambers for lifting sunken vessels. Silicon is made more available by electric furnaces, enhancing steel properties. A new single lens claims stronger photo contrast. Belgian factories turn smoke into usable heat. A Danish laborer impregnates clothing to aid shipwreck survivors, demonstrated successfully.
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Pittsburg
Denmark
At Lunch Tymkyns Refuses Salad Help
Miss Wrangler asks for assistance with the salad during lunch. Tymkyns responds indirectly by offering to help, while Miss Wrangler indicates a lack of concern about moving and a desire for the salad to be brought to her.
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Tymkyns
Miss Wrangler
Stronger Than Meat Grape-Nuts Endorsement by Judge
A Sunflower State judge writes on Grape-Nuts value praising its health benefits and effect on diet. He claims the cereal replaces pastry, prevents disease, clears complexion, and that one dish equals a pound of meat for breakfast. Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich backs the claim with the endorsement.
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Sunflower State
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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William Yordy
George Snyder
Strack’s Dam
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Board of Trade
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Finlay Anderson
Ireland
Baku
Caucasia
Iowa Odd Fellows
Mason City
Texas
Pittsburg Exposition
Jeanette Lawrence
McKeesport
Ward Huse
O. B. Crane
Northern
Billings
Mont
S. T. Robinson
C. M. Robinson
Robinson
Robert Wuerz
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Society of the Depew Improvement Co
Europe
Mexico
D. R. Wilson
Shenandoah, In
Willson
Tangier
Angeras
Raisuli
New Temple of Labor
Eightyfourth Street
Fort Hamilton
New York Harbor
Mitchell
Henry Leveson
Baron Rosen
Saybrook
Conn
Connecticut River Bridge
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Marshall Field
Arthur Caton
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Sevona
Foresters’ Convention
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