Fatal wreck and other early 20th century calamities
News in brief reports a derailed accommodation train near Fairville New Jersey killing eight and injuring twenty eight, a river steamer boiler explosion killing ten and wounding twenty five, Marshall Field exposing alleged customs frauds, Ottoman tensions with France, Neely post funds trial in Havana, a $90,000 bequest upheld, a mine explosion with one dead and seven injured, a river steamer sinking near Grand Tower, a lake George steamer destroyed by fire, and a dynamite scare at Alexandria Indiana with a boy wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Central Railroad
Tea
Fairville
Newark
N. J
William Meagher
Sodus Point
Howard Tubbs
Lak Shore
Libbie Ford
Philadelphia
Quaker City
This City
Torresdale
Labor Troubles and Prices Hold Steady Across Industries
In the four quarter survey, iron and steel face labor troubles yet overall trade remains strong. Amalgamated unions tightened output by about 40,000 tons weekly, grains ease modestly, weather favors late planted corn, and weekly U.S. failures reach 205 with Canada at 30. Lightning robbery tales emerge as five masked men bind and gag a Desulec household, taking $60 in bills after a break in, as the family survives with injuries and ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Steel
Yan of Iron, Steel and Tin Prite
R. G. Dan & Co
United States
Canada
Womans Will to Terroos and Sea Rescue Detailed
A 19th century tale recounts a captain Dodd and his wife aboard the schooner Seriler. After the vessel wrecked, Dodd ordered his crew to abandon ship, leaving his wife to the boat with a sheath knife as night fell. She waited in darkness beside the hull, fearing rescue or further peril as she clung to survival through the long night.
Victims Father Defies Mob to Save Negro in Fort Smith
A mob threatened Louis Smith in Fort Smith Ack and aimed to lynch him. The father of a assaulted child urged law and order, leading to postponement of mob action. Smith was moved to Little Rock as officers pursued legal means.
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Fort Sealth
Louis Smith
Fort Smith
Smith
Watson
Little Rock
U.S. and regional grain and livestock price report
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century market summary lists cattle hogs corn oats wheat rye butter and eggs across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee and Buffalo with bid ranges and quality notes such as No 2 No 2 white No 2 mixed and creamery butter prices. It shows varying prices by city and product with values like hogs 3.00 to 4.00 and wheat around 0.50 to 0.60 per bushel and butter at 19 to 20 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Sheen
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Harley
Train Wreck Near Heich Bien Hy Wear Fare Retantomy
A derailed Missouri Pacific train after a switch was tampered with near Heich Bien hy Wear. The mishap toppled freight cars, damaged engines, and injured a fireman and a brakeman. A passenger train followed and also crashed into the wreckage. both crews acted to battle fires and assess injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Ming Lsi
Hiech Bien
Tragic double murder suicide in Chicago home
Nicholas Rieblinger killed his wife after years of separation and then cut his own throat with the same razor. The wife died en route to a hospital while two grandchildren witnessed the attack. The couple had lived apart for years and the husband had little work in recent times. The crime occurred at the residence of the wife’s son from a prior marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Rieblinger
Woud
Hervera
Vie
Chicago
Mieblinger
Nizar
Lund
Train wreck kills two knights templar riders in Ohio crash
Reports from Ohio describe a Baltimore and Ohio special train derailing near Barnesville en route to Louisville. Knights Templar passengers from Pittsburgh escaped, while engineer Milo Prins and firefighter Rassannon were reported dead. The scene occurred in dense woods four miles below Marpesville as the train traveled at speed and derailed after no warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Knights Templars
Louisville
Barnesville
Ohio
Pittsburg
Marpesville
Knights in Conclave Open Seventy-Fifth Triennial Parade
A grand parade in Louisville marking the twenty-eighth triennial conclave of the Knights Templar drew an estimated 340000 armored knights and 100000 visitors. The parade route ran from Seventh and Main to Central Park with crowds along the streets and windows. Grand Master Lloyd opened the business session at Girls High School with about 120 knights present. The reports highlighted continued growth and a morale boost from recent events, noting a six month-old policy shift boosted member loyalty and the order’s spreading influence.
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Knights Templar
Louisville
Seventh
Main Streets
Malin
Brook Etreet
Market Street
Sixth Street
Jefferson Street
Fourth Street
Court of Honor
Chestnut Street
Floyd Street
Broadway
Grand Arch
Kentucky Street
Third Street
Hill Street
Fifth Street
St. James Court
Central Park
Girls’ High School
Lloyd
Mechias
Knights’ Order
Reuben
H. Lloyd
Elx
United States
Spain
Housa
Knights Templar parade and conclave at Louisville
A grand Knights Templar parade drew 1,260 delegates each from the Ulinvis, Pennsylvania and Indiana divisions, escorted through Louisville. Judges and ex-Congressman Breckinridge welcomed them as bands played and crowds lined Main Street. The event featured a competitive drill by multiple commanderies and a patriotic reception as the procession moved past Churchill Downs. The report notes large past membership gains and lists commanderies across the U.S. plus looming scale of the organization’s reach.
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Ulinvis
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Barker
Louisville
Beckum
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Knights Templar
Churchill Downs
Columbia
Washington
Main Street
Dixie
Commandery
Denver
Lites
Grand Sorer A
Wales
Grand Recorder
William H. Mayo
Californa
Connecticut
Mlinor
Town
Kansaa
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Ithade Island
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Texas
Navy to detail line officers to engineer duty on ships
Rear Admiral Crowninshield plans a general order to repair ship engineering gaps by detailing two line officers to each commissioned vessel for service in the engine room and fire room. The policy aims to improve engineers aboard ships, with alternated detachments and possible bureau assignments to gain relevant experience. Consul General Mason notes Germany’s tariff moves and shifts in postals, while other items report caterpillars in Washington grounds and various local incidents.
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Crowninshield
Bureau of Navigation
Nso
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Con‘88
Engineer Corps
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Marshall Field
Wakeman
Customs Service
New York
Bleld
America
Haen
Constantinople
Izzet Bey
Sultan Abdul Hamid
France
Turkey
Neely
Fosnes
Department of Posts
Cuba
War Department
Chas. Neely
Havana
Post Office
Denarment
Christian Science
First Church of Christ, Science
Helen C. Brush
Fitzgerald
Miss Brush
Scott Shaft
Shamokin
John Shenaski
Sinke
City of
Clifton
The
St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
Grand Tower
Glenn
N. Y
Ticonderoga
Hoey
Tucson
Ariz
United States Collector of Customs
Hoay
Alexandria
Ind
Ray Nelson
James Nelson
City Hall
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ness Well
Johnsott
Birkesley
Phillip Styles
Desulec
Nestr
Styles
el Hoanid
Rebbers
Bahiiers
Alabama
Jyoebing
Elmore County
Eason
Ensen
Belt
Pirstaban Artillery
Folward VII
Wil Helmshoe
Germany
William
Olean Emerson
Dick Barrell
Brownstown
Emerson
Burrell
Federal Party
Manila
Jose Albert
Ihnew Hoard
New York Park
Erie
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Colon
Ranger
Acapulco
Colombia
Father Sayls Negro
Himaelf West
Lomford
Bia
Columbus
Pold
Great Wester
Chicago Great Western Force
Green Bay
Rand
Bay
Wis
Chicago Great Western
Winona
Min
G. Evan
Robert G. Was
United Staes
Ian K. Davis
St. Lawrence
Dominion Department of the Interior
Kingston
Brockville
New Jersey
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Seare
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Eastern Oklahoma
Templars
Itt Morganta Control
Che Oritehent Stel Company
Heather Cornet
Dakar
J. Bierpont
Burslara
Betersburg
Chis
Tbank Unil
Ete
Warnth
Alito Kiyeorin
CHT
White
Reorge Oct
Ashley
Ewen
Sandy Valley Banking Company
Malvern
PLS
Miller
Cleveland
Shade
Li. J. Wilson
Minch
Newkirk
Mesico
Childre
Mary Baker
Fabius J. Mead
I. Mead
Mead
Gena Grant
Logan
Armone & Co
Dorsey Gily
Siton
Crb No. 2
Clevelan
Nellie Paor
Chicaxe
Corning
N. C
Henry Pilkington
Parsons
Kaw
Willie Bockower
Buffalo Exposition
Q. D. Minor
Mexican Central
Albert Wetzel
Undercliff
Natches
Miss
Vidalia
Staef
Suoge Warren Evans
Thatrman
Mason
State Department
United Miies
Tukwu
Albert Daggett
Isds UK
Sternberg
Philip Reade
St. Paul
Hearny
L. C. Howard
Department of Agriculture
Texcile
White House
Harve Moore
Afvocetend
Finn Tolliver
Samuel Levy
San Francisco
D. King
Benjamin Wilrray
Joplin
Frank Shustue
Mobile
Ala
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