Mail wreck near Kirkwood claims fireman death
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy fast mail train No 15 derailed two miles west of Kirkwood Illinois early today. Fireman Shannon was killed and Engineer Sam Dove badly hurt as the engine jumped the track and two mail cars burned. Clerks escaped injury and delays affected mainline trains. In Ohio four masked men robbed a bank in Canal Dover taking about 4000 dollars.
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Evening Journal
Burlington
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Fast Mail
Chicago
Kirkwood
Illinois
Shannon
Sam Dove
Oquawka
Keithsbury
Canal Dover
Ohio
Joseph, Deen & Schuck
Train Wreck Near Helena Kills Three, Injures Dozens
Special to Evening Journal Helena Montana December 13 three people are dead and many injured after a passenger train wreck on the Great Northern railroad near Helena this morning. Strong details on causes or identities are not provided in the readable text.
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Evening Journal
Helena, Mont
Great Northern Railroad
Here
Bruiser and Bruisee Exchange in Street Corner Grudge
A man of the house taunts a seedy vagrant about his bruised face, calling him a bruiser while the vagrant defiantly declares, The other feller wuz the bruiser, I'm the bruisee, in a sharp exchange reported by the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Independent Western poet defies critics in preface
The Atlanta Constitution cites a western poet who vows to stay despite harsh reviews. He quips that if critics dislike the book they should “pick up the pieces and embark in the plastering business,” asserting he is here to stay and has made up his mind.
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Atlanta Constitution
A Civil War Veteran Recalls a Cotton Capture Story
Professor Alfred B. Adams recalls a Red River campaign episode with Major General Nathaniel Banks in which a southern garrison was surprised and many prisoners taken. Cotton bales marked U S A were seized for Banks flotilla, prompting a joking remark from a southern officer about reading Confedera te versus United States of America Cotton Stealing Association.
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Alfred B. Adams
New York
Red River
Nathaniel T. Banks
Europe
Yank
United States of America
Confederate States of America
Cotton Stealing Association
Don’t Hesitate to Try Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
A reader testifies to rapid and lasting relief from stomach and digestion problems using Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. The letter cites long illness, failed medical help, and marked improvement after starting the remedies, noting better health all summer and a return to normal function.
Bemis Sets Record With Boston to New York Rail Run
A. M. Bemis, a Boston broker tied to Standard Oil, rode a special New York New Haven and Hartford train from Boston at 6 am to reach New York by 10:25 am. The four hour twenty five minute trip broke the prior Boston to New York record by thirty five minutes. He paid $6,000 for the ticket and tipped $75 to the crew, calling the journey worth far more.
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New Slaven, Conn
Bemis
Boston
Standard Oil Company
New York
Metropolis
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Ile
Hlis
New England
Stmantic
Air Line
New Haven
Comis
Bay State Limited
New Haven Road
Ife
Men move to Chicago over Michigan tax burden
Wealthy Michiganders Robert R. Blacker and Charles J. Canfield announce they will relocate to Chicago to escape high state taxes. They inherit part of the Canfield estate valued in the multi millions and say saving 35000 dollars annually justifies the move amid a tax commission reassessment.
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Manistee
Robert R. Blacker
Charles J. Canfield
Chicago
John Canfield
Michigan
State Tax Commission
Canfield
Windsor
Can
Detroit
Merigan wins back pay in mine riot suit. 86 cases stir county
The appellate court upholds the circuit court ruling granting Lawrence Merigan pay for straight time and maintenance in the 1898 mine riot case. About 86 similar suits against the county remain, totaling around 8000 dollars, with Merigan seeking 350 dollars. Also: Ban Johnson to head new baseball league with Detroit Grand Rapids Toledo Louisville Minneapolis St Paul Kansas City and Indianapolis or Buffalo circle. A 10 year old boy, Frank Weiters, dies after being accidentally shot while squirrel hunting near Galena Illinois.
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Pana
Circuit Court
Lawrence Merigan
Gcoburn
Merigan
Detroit
Ban B. Johnson
The
Evening News
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Louisville
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Random 1900s News Snippets From Trimble to Montana
Miners in Trimble Ohio thawing dynamite leave two blinded. Young Jim Blaine plans marriage to Margaret, daughter of Rear Admiral Hiechborn. Railway brotherhoods deny aiding telegraphers strike beyond sympathy for Santa Fe. Vernon County Wisconsin offers 30 cent bounty per rattlesnake. Actor Roland Reed improves after third operation in a year. Czar’s health reported normal. Jessie Morrison case in Eldorado murder procee ds. Montana official vote totals Bryan 37146 Melville 25875 Debs 705. Vanderbilt orders 100000 tons steel rails at 26 a ton. British fleet officers played football and lawn tennis in Lisbon. the king attended. Harvard defeats Yale in Inter collegiate debate at Cambridge. Dan Long lynched near Ivanhoe by mob of 100 for criminal assault on Mrs Fisher.
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Trimble
Jim’ Blaine
Hiehborn
Margaret
Vernon County
Wis
Roland Reed
Jessie Morrison
Castle
Eldorado
Montana
Bryan
Meliiley
Debs
Tos
Vanderbilt
Lisbon
Portugal
Harvard
Yale
Cambridge
Dan Long
Ivanhoe
Yen
Mra. Fisher
Brilliant in colors Pan American Exposition to glow
The Pan American Exposition promises artistic triumph with 350 acres of grounds and 33 acres of courts. The Electrical Tower, 850 feet high, will center illumination with 200000 lamps. Artists from 30 nations contribute to fountains, canals, gardens, and decorative sculpture under Kart Bitter.
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Esplanade
Court of Mountains
Kart Bitter
Fiere Heme
Mark Denarre
Bay State at Buffalo Pan American Exhibit Push
Massachusetts plans a notable display at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo. The effort blends the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution and the Society of the War of 1812 among others with Walter Gil an Page steering the Pan American commission. A Massachusetts exhibit house may be Providence House, a historic Boston building, to showcase state material.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Buffalo
Sons of the Revolution
Daughters of the Revolution
Sons of the Amerian Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
Society of the War of Isi2
Massachusetts Pan- American Commission
Walter Gilan Page
Massacchusetts
Providence House
Buldings
Boston
Massachusetts
Propyloga Building and Bay State Party to Pan American
The Propyloga in Buffalo, a Boston style edifice with historic ties, stood near Providence court and Clark's Tavern. A Massachusetts arts exhibit member secured about 450 valuable works for transfer to Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition. Ex Mayor Frederick Fosdick and Springfield City Treasurer B T Tifft praised Buffalo prospects and urged strong Massachusetts representation.
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Buffalo
Boston
Washington Street
Providence Court
Clark's Tavern
Frederick Fosdick
Ktehburg
B. T Tifft
Springfield
Pan American Exposition buildings near completion at Buffalo
Progress on Pan American Exposition structures in Buffalo accelerates as exhibit halls and pavilions rise on the northern grounds near Delaware Park. Favorable conditions push construction toward a record pace ahead of the public opening.
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Buffalo
Remains of Col Liscum Arrive in Washington
The body of Colonel Emerson H. Liscum, hero of the Tien-Tsin fight in July, has reached Washington. Other brief items note Dorothy Drew planning a $50,000 suit against Jeffries, police chief Ripley's resignation rumor, and Mayor Harrison denying it.
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Emerson H. Liscum
Tien-Tsin
Washington
Jeffries
Dorothy Drew
Chicago
Ripley
Harrison
Morris Aaronburg
Boston
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Uwnols Central
Ling
J. W. Seale
Battle Creek
Mich
Marriage A Laine Of Siècle In Indiana Stirs Town
In Terre Haute Indiana Mrs Kittle Gamache of St Louis arrives to marry Patrolman Sanford Pierce after a romantic ad led to a swift ceremony. A crowd of 500 greets the couple as they kiss on arrival and wed at a parsonage, one hour after train arrival. Both had prior marriages, ages given, no children.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Kittle Gamache
St. Louis
Sanford Pierce
Pierce
Gamache
Gamanche
Imeree
Looking for Her Husband in Green Bay
Mrs. Jacques travels from Milwaukee with her child in search of John Jacques. She has passed through Sturgeon Bay and along Green Bay shores without finding him. The wife, now in Green Bay, remains hopeful he has not deserted them and asks for aid.
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Green Bay
Wis
John Jacques
Milwaukee
Sturfeon Bay
Sturgeon Bay
Jacques
Mayor Revokes Saloon Licenses in Chicago Reform Drive
Mayor Trarrigan orders the revocation of liquor licenses for fourteen saloons in the city business district as part of a crackdown on vice. The establishments remain open serving only nonalcoholic beverages while broader license removals are rumored. Delavan, Dec. 8.
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Chicago
Dec. S
Trarrigan
Ett Zens
Arrest news shocks sweetheart in Racine
Joseph Alles fallas Fisher was taken to Pon tine Illinois to stand trial for murder of Earl Hanna. He asked the sheriff not to inform his sweetheart Miss Tena Remler who learned of the arrest and became hysterical. Her parents live in the northern part of the state.
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Racine
Wis
Joseph Alles Fallas Fisher
Pontine
His
Earl Hanna
Tena Remiler
Merchants’ Hotel
New Public School Study Aims in Minneapolis
Minneapolis plans to introduce Angriculture in the public schools under supervision of teachers skilled in soil tilling. Bryan denies knowledge of a new political party movement led by Charles T. Walters and says he knows nothing of a meeting in Indianapolis.
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Minneapolis
Board of Education
Bryan
Lincoln
Ned
Dee
W. J. Bryan
Charles TH. Walters
Indianapolis
Pension rolls rise by twenty thousand as Portugal shifts ties
Portugal and the Netherlands drift from the union with Great Britain while pensioners on the rolls total 901,520 an increase of 2 0N0 in the year. After a brief shakeup Charles W Fullerton, an longtime Chicago resident, is sounded.
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Portugal
Netherlands
Great Britain
Charles W. Fullerton
Chicago
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