Storm Over Country Rages Across Wide Region
A severe late December storm swept from the Rockies to the Great Lakes, disrupting railroads and telegraphs. It caused injuries in Indiana, damaged derricks in oil fields near Mungeba, and brought heavy rains and tornado-like winds from Nashville to Ohio Valley. Chicago reported hurricane-force winds, Tennessee to Missouri saw snow and rain, while New York and New England faced ice and travel delays amid ongoing post-storm cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Cotati
Hoces Mounties
New York
New Orleania
Grethies
Alexandra Steiner
Bilinanacane
Thom
Wallil
FUANK
Munele
Ind
Kansas City
Woonclack
Coveland
Maissour
Indian Territory
Missouri
Omiht
Des Moines
Mis Bourt
St. Paul
Weward
Or Pius
Nashville
Louisville
New Orleans
Montgomery
Memphis
Ohio River
Ohio
Mercury
Wisconsin
Madison
Indiana
Mungleba
Portland
Indianapolis
Hi- Kinaville
Barna
Atack
Vincennan
Blackford Glass
New York State
New England
Philadelphia
Buness
Camden
Diouth
Boston
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Connecticut Valley
New Milford
Lousyville
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Georgia
Kentucky
Notice of Marriage and Crath Notices in Daily Papers
Insertions announce marriage and crath notices across multiple newspapers including Washington Post New York Herald Philadelphia Ledger and Chicago Tribune. Notices appear simultaneously without extra charge and are sent for publication in listed papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
NEW VO
BALA
Spreald Bosios
Einces Sail Enquirer
Chavis K Ord Herald Fuilaulelphia Plusic Ledger
BITE
DC Journal
Sir Herald
EJ Oloti
Tandard
Paul Pioneer Priss
Minn
Alous Thibune
Clinlland Plaln
Obituary notices and funeral notices from December 27 1904
A collection of brief obituaries and funeral notices dated December 27 1904. Mentions include Mrs Ace Virginia Allen widow of James W Allen, service at the residence of Mrs Drothir M E B Fowler, 14 Postrest, Dec 27. Edmund Brun, husband of Mary Brun, died December 24 in his ninety‑ninth year. Carr‑O. undertaker, Woodlawn Providence Hospital. Also notices for Clarke, Entwisle, Parish, Shafer, Hink, Hawk, and others with funeral arrangements, interment, and residence details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Allen
James W Allen
Fowler
Edmund
Mary
Bo Brun
Luril
Speare’s
Mill
Ris DL Street
Tom c Soimin
Gienwood Cemetery
Masi
Sorvices Ries
Bop
Ae Wilkim AO
Henry T
Fifth Street
Norihwe
Denver
Cole Benjamin FE Shafer
Brasd
G. M. Shafer
Ives Ehapal
Penonsylvania Avere N Wiiwest
Blizzard Drives Central West Temperatures Below Zero
Weather reports show Missouri Iowa and Illinois plunging below zero with a blizzard continuing through the Mississippi Valley. Chicago gale hit 72 mph at 3 am and Milwaukee barometer sank to a record low as dense fog shrouded the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Iowa
Iinois
Geruy
Nebraska
Illinois
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Milwaukee
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
New England
Florida
Henry
Washington
London
Southern Railway
GZAR S UKASE BROAD A WARNING TO ZEMSTVOISTS
The imperial ukase denounces agitation and outlines reforms while warning zemstvoists and liberals against anti government actions. It elevates M Witte to a central role in a ministerial committee that may operate as a real cabinet, signaling cautious liberalization and firm control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nichole
Russia
Doumas
Zemstvos
Zemstvo
Zemstvoists
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Russ
Witte
Sviatopolk-Mirsky
M. Pobiedonostself
General Holy Synod
M Witte
Belif
Feud at church drags on as Irvine case resurfaces
The long running Talbot Irvine dispute resurfaces with new ecclesiastical and civil actions. Detectives probe a separate branch while Dr Irvine questions canon law and excommunication. The San Francisco General Convention and Upjohn letter figures into revived proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine
Huntingdon
Talbot
Pennsylvania
St. Paul's Parish
Alexander Elliott
Elliott
Coolidge
Philadelphia
Hilcott
Bishop Talbot
Dr. Irvine
Mra
Oncy
Mrs. Eliott
Eliott
Irvins
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
House of Bishops
Episcopal Churches
San Francisco
New York
Herbert Noble
Henry Budd
W.B Bodine
Church of the Saviour
Reading
Dix
Boston
Ethelbert Talbot
I. N. W. Irvine
Episcopal General Convention
Talbot-Irvine
Thomas N. Dudley
Kentucky
Demand for Cartridges Sparks China Russia Dispute
Russia claims 3,500,000 rounds seized by Chinese were for the Russian Legation guard. The cartridges were hidden in 2.4 bales of wool near Fengtal and Kalgar. China questions why smuggling was needed if the aim was guard protection. The Japanese monitor the case and press China to uphold neutrality duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Legation Guard
London Times
Washington Post
Peking
Fengtal
Port Arthur
Kalgar
Legation
China
Time for Plain Speaking. St. Petersburg Paper Defends Navy Criticism
St. Petersburg date line reports a bold outburst defending open critique of the Russian Navy. The Russ argues the era of concealing faults is over after heavy naval losses and criticizes ships at Cronstadt and Livbau. It demands transparent repairs and cautions against sending faulty torpedo boats to reinforce Vice Admiral Rojestvensky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Biriloff
Russ Today
Cronstadt
Livbau
Russian
Far East
Rojestvensky
Holland Neutral Policy Stated In Dutch Indies
Official circles deny reports of Sabang being placed under Russian protection or neutrality breach. Holland affirms strict neutrality, with no Dutch Indies points placed at belligerent disposal. Separate items note a Lake submarine boat shipment to Russia and Admiral von Spaun joining a North Sea inquiry commission. Movements of ocean steamers list Majestic and Zeeland arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Holland
Sabang
Straits Settlements
Malacca
Tokyo
London Times
Dutch Indies
Washington
Newport News
Lake
Inventor Lake
Russia
Admiral von Spaun
Paris
Jaron von Spaun
International Commission
North Sea
Prof Roentgen’s Modesty in Medical Record
The Medical Record notes Prof Roentgen as a modest figure in science. He has avoided interviews and banquets, reportedly refusing large sums offered by American publishers for a book on his new kind of ray. At sixty he appears hale, fitting the image of a lifelong outdoor-minded investigator rather than a laboratory recluse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roentgen
Yooke
Illinois Tunnel Directors Named for Chicago Subway Company
Chicago announces that the Illinois Tunnel Company board will include J Harling of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway RE Ripley of the Santa Fe Railway George B Harris of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy J M Welton of the Chicago and Aston Railway J Kruuschnitt of Southern Pacific and Action Pacific railways B L Winchel of Rock Island Railway A C Bird of Gould Hines D Underwood of Erie Railway Benjamin Thomas of Chicago and Western Indiana P A Valentine of Armour Albert G Wheeler of the Illinois Tunnel Company The article notes further representatives from Vanderbilt lines Pennsylvania Railway and Chicago Northwestern will join soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harling
Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt Paul Railway
RE. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
George B. Harris
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
M Welton
Chicago and Aston Railway
J. Kruuschnitt
Southern Pacific and
Action Pacific Railways
B. L. Wluochel
Rock Island Railway
A. C Bird
Gould Hnes
D Underwood
Erie Railway
Benjamin Thomas
Chicago and Western Indiana Railway
P. A. Valentine
Armour & Co
Albert G Wheeler
Imois Tunnel Company
Tunnel Company
Vanderbilt Lines
Pennsylvania Railway
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Von Kerber May Resign As Austrian Premier
Special London Times cablegram reports Austrian premier Dr. von Ferber likely to resign tomorrow. His cabinet formed to restore normal parliamentary conditions failed to achieve its aim, and a Reichsrath budget defeat shows diminished influence over major parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Timea
Washington Post
Vienna
von Ferber
Budget Commission
Reichsrath
Tip on Scotch and peace in the family draws from editorials
A humorous column from Baltimore Sun and Chicago News offers a tale of two city officials in a cafe. One warns that Scotch helps keep peace at home while the other notes a winter golf joke. The piece ends with playful quips about remedies and grooming products like Parker's Ginger Tonic and Hair Balsam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Wach
John
Missouri
Deaths of Civil War Surgeon Dr G H West and others
Palestine Texas December 27 Dr G H West 81 a Confederate veteran and former brigade surgeon died at his home from heart failure after leading hospitals in Atlanta. Warren Pa December 27 Jingh Jamieson prominent oil refiner and investor in lumber and Pacific Coast interests died at home. Calumet Mich December 27 Captain Thomas Wilts 75 pioneer miner in Lake Superior copper district native of Cornwall England. Poughkeepsie NY December 27 Sister Farreria Annie F Boosa 34 of Nativity Church died of apoplexy while returning from evening prayer. leaves sister and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Tex
West
Sixteenth
Alabama Infantry
Atlanta
Warren
Jingh A. Jamieson
Pennsylvania
Jamlegon
United States
Minnesota
Pacific Coast
Calumet, Mich
Des
Thomas Wilts
Lake Superior
Cornwall
England
Poughkeepsie, N
Farreria
Church of the Nativity
Annie F. Boosa
Pittston
LICENSED TO MARRY LIST OF VIRGINIA AND OTHER PAIRS
A long list of intended marriages is shown with names from Roanoke Charlottesville Clifton Forge Alexandria Chesterfield Amherst Green Leonardtown Md Fauquier Har risonburg and other counties. Includes pairs like James J Fosythe and Beuhler Lorge and Irene Rogers and Lawrence Whitesell with multiple county and state origins noted. Also contains a humorous quoted item from the Chicago papers about Mrs De Olde and a Chicago Tribune exchange on Utah women's suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Fosythe
Beuhler Lorge
Jones A. G Wilson
Edna Wilson
H. A. McCain
Roanoke
Irene Rogers
Charlottesville
Larry Lea Whitesell
Glenner Graham
Clifton Forge
W. T. Day
Ellen W. Delaney
Alexandria
C. Goodall
Fannie C. Graves
Graves Mui
Madison County
Alfred Poindexter
Lizzie L. Sale
Dedford
Noble A Martin
Essie E. Spencer
John Twyman
Priscilla Grimes
J. William Childs
Martha Riley
Wiliam H. Jackson
Bertie
Lawrence L Crew
Richmond
Laura L. Stanley
Manchester
Max Davidson
New York
Annie Hoddes
Julius Abramson
Leah Garner Davids
Kerr
Marian Irene Day
Joseph Glarding
Adelina Lupo
F. E Phillips
Kansas City
Emma John
Minden
Iowa
Edgar Penn
Bristol
Beatrice Johnson
Greenville, Tenn
Albert Towles
Maria Turner
Bernard G. Deck
Purcellville
Loudoun County
Rosa Estelle Gaynor
Round Hill
Benjamin Munroe
Lillian Ti
N. Y
Nellie W. Divine
William Byrd
Alberta Myers
Health Office Record Deaths for 72 Hours Ended Dec 27
Deaths reported include Fred H Red 607 Est ow 86 and John Scott Washington Asylum Hospital 69, Mary A Norris 21 years, Sally Hibbs Ash 79, Francis Adren Kendrick 8 months, Nepolian B Clarboe 60, Percy Hanks 17, William F Butterhaugn 15, Mary Sartori infant, Ella May Wallace 48, Nora M Brown 38, Harriett Coffey 62, Ellen Flynn 64, Eliza McQuines 1 year, Elizabeth Mertick 68, Henry D Mills 62, Rebecca Tolson 70, Henry Jourdan 60, plus numerous others in DC area facilities and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H Red
Tocola Cristt
del Avena
Allee M Goodwin
Mary A Norris
Mass Ave
John Scott
Washington Asylum Hospital
Sally Hibbs Ash
Henry
Jourdan
10Th St. Aw
Mary Hyde
11Th St
Francis Adren Kendrick
L St. Se
Albert Penn
St Se
Nepolian
Clarboe
Faw
Bet
Percy Hanks
St Aw
Wiliam F Butterhaugn
Courtney Landron
Fenton
Fenton Stne, 51 Yeare Richard Slaughter, Va Ave. Cor Ist & E
Thomas E Powell
Q St Aw
Harvey W. Dent
North End Long Bridge
Emily Toppin
Gov Hospital For Insane
McCoy Mitchell
Ist
Mary Sartori
Ella May Wallace
Theresa Dicks
Geo Wash Univ. Hospital
Nora M Brown
6Th St. Sw
John 8 Chesk
Hoberta Clark
4Th St. Ne
Harriett Coffey
Georgetown Univ
Ellen Flynn
Garfield Hospital
Yaare Elihus Getchell
Maes
Margaret Green
Columbia Rd
Frederick Heidemann
Gov Heap
John Johnson
Michael G Lauxmann
8Th
St Ne
Philip Lee
Elizabeth Mertick
13Th St. Se
Henry D Mills
Eliza McQuines
Bowenrd
Mary A Noone
St Nw
Rebecca Tolson
Also Mentioned on This Page
South
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Iwawk Tn
Samuel T Hink
Aauhter and Son
Alvprda G Hawk
Emerson WO Hawke
Oregon
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Andazar
J. William Lee
Apa
Joseph Gawler
Pa Ave
R.F Harvey
Fourteenth Street NW
John R&r. Wricht
Tenth Street Nw
North 47
George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol
Newspaper
Haghie
Central West
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Bellarden
Antwerp
GZAR
Empire
Ukage
Novos Vremya
Ukase
Novoe Vremya
Novost
Rusa
Alexander I
Nicholas I
Zemsatvois
Moscow
Moscow Zemstvo
Peter Sviatonosk-Mirsky
Semstva
Moscow University
Razom
Chenstohovo
Alexander II
Worcester
Mass
Robert R. Shaw
Brockton Free
Tampa
Fla
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Shafter
Cuba
Pittsburg
John Guy
Edgar Thomson
Carnegie Steel Company
Braddock
Michael Pasnick
New Ulm
George Ft. Koch
Webber
Louis A. Gebhardt
Gebhardt
Baltic
Queenstown
Majestic
Liverpool
Zeeland
Dover
Royal
United States Agricultural Department
Illinois Tunnel Directors
Great Railroad
Chicago Subway Company
Illinois Tunnel Company
Chicago News
Parker
A. Collins, Ware
Royal Baking Fowder CO
DR. G
Popular
Chicago Tribune
Utah
Health Office Record
A. G. Field
J. BR. Wheeler
Reisterstown
George EB. Cooley
North
Dallas Street
Baltimore
Mary Bates Webb
Mary H. Welborn
High Point
N. C
James Wilkes
Dillon
S. C
Bobbitt Chemical CO
Lombard St
Baltimore, Md
Affieck
Progressive Drug Store
Sprail
Ee Rapheanle
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