Fire destroys Missouri State building at World’s Fair
Missouri State building in St. Louis was wiped out by a fire caused by a basement hot water heater explosion. Firemen were attacked by collapsing walls as crews rescued unconscious occupants, with one driver killed and several injured. Rescue attempts saved women and workers amid burning debris and falling structures.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Supreme Court
St. Lows
United States Government
Liberal Arts Palace
Jefferson Guards
Louisiana State Pavilion
Belle Hall Small
Sedalia
J. P. Nixon
Lebanon
Wisconsin
Howard Oneill
George Gardenbach
Jeremiah Fagin
Talosh Randolph
Frank O'Conner
Randolph
Slashed Woman With Knife In Salt Lake City Attack
Roy Scott a young college student accused of attempting murder on Elsie Gallacher in broad daylight. A mob nearly lynched him before police rescued him. Gallacher escaped serious injury though slashed on the throat. Scott confessed a prior similar assault on Mary Burton five weeks earlier. Also report on Hohenlohe princes visit to the World's Fair in St Louis and travel deals to Philadelphia via B and O railroad with November 25 28 dates.
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Salt Lake City
Roy Scott
Scott
Elsie Gallacher
Mary Burton
Denver Woman Ended Her Life At Hotel Vendome
Miss B Gesterling of Denver killed herself by poison in her Hotel Vendome apartment. C A Parker of Cincinnati, a friend, was buried in St Louis. coroner found his death natural after he died at his desk in Cincinnati days later. Gesterling, prostrated by the news, had often visited Parker during his Chicago stay. The family, German-born and wealthy, had moved to Denver years ago. Parker previously served as vice president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
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Chicago
B. Gestertling
Denver
Colo
Vendome
C. A. Parker
Cincinnati
Gesterling
St. Louis
Miss Gesterling
Parker
Parker, Miss Gesterling
The
Germany
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Taft Arrives in New Orleans Amid reception and events
Secretary of War Taft and party reached New Orleans where a committee of officials and guards met them at the hotel. Gov Blanchard and staff called in uniform, a public reception featured business leaders, harbor tours, and Taft spoke at a banquet. Congressman Lovering praised Taft as presidential material. Walter Cohn and J. H. Lewis attended the reception as Black and Tan leaders.
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Washington
New Orleans
Taft
State Guard
Blanchard
Archbishop Chappelle
Congressman Lovering
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Walter Cohn
J. H. Lewis
Louisiana Republicans
Editor Defeats Wife in Foot Race After Horsewhip Attempt
Mrs Delia Meffert divorced wife of William Meffert of Emporia Kansas horsewhipped Emporia Gazette editor William Alien White as he left his office on Thursday night. White fled half a hundred yards to the back door and avoided most blows, while a short account was later printed in the paper. The episode follows Meffert’s license revocation and a Kansas Supreme Court ruling sustaining a prior decision.
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Emporia Gazette
Washington Post
Topeka
Kans
Delia Meffert
William Meffert
Emporia
William Alien White
J. White
White
The
Gazette
Detta Meffert
Open bigamy claim shocks Peoria widow in Farmington
Mrs. Matilda Conklin, first wife of Dr. Conklin, alleges he lived in open bigamy for sixteen years with families in Farmington and Peoria aware of the other. She says their marriage was forty years ago and that he married Miss Herron in Farmington sixteen years ago while continuing support of his Peoria family. She vows to fight the $10,000 estate. Army and Navy football game specials offered by Pennsylvania Railroad include direct trains to Franklin Field on November 26, with round trip $4 and Pullman space.
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Philadelphia
Army and Navy
Washington
Peoria
Matilda Conklin
Miss Herron
Farmington
Conklin
Farminge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Franklin Field
Pullman
West Point-Annapolis
Statue Unveiling at War College Attended by President and Dignitaries
A grand ceremony at the War College marked the bronze statue unveiling of Frederick the Great presented by the German Emperor. The President, Cabinet members, Admiral of the Navy, German Ambassador Baron von Sternburg, and Gen. von Loewenfeld led a packed crowd including the diplomatic corps and officers from Army and Navy. The program featured speeches by Maj. Gen. Gillespie, a royal salute, and a formal transfer of the flag, with barons and generals among the honored attendees.
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Baroness von Sternburg
Frederick the Great
Army
Navy
Washington
United States Army
Naval Service
Diplomatic Corps
United States
von Loewenfeld
Baron von Sternburg
Seventh Cavalry
Gen. Loewenfeld
Hussars
War College Terrace
Gillespie
Ambassador von Sternburg
White House
Satterlee
United States of America
William the Second
Leuthen
German Statue Dedication at Army War College Ceremony
A formal dedication of Frederick the Great statue at the Army War College grounds features Baroness von Sternburg, Maj. Gen. Gillespie, and Lieut. Gen. von Loewenfeld. The event blends American and German symbols with military music as flags unfurl and the statue is committed to German Emperor authority amid interwoven diplomatic gestures. Nearby, railroad tickets advertise special rates for trips to Philadelphia and the St Louis World’s Fair excursion.
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Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Marine
Fifteenth Cavalry Band
Army War College
American War College
Congress of the United States
Frederick the Great
Baroness von Sternburg
Germany
United States of America
Gillespie
von Loewenfeld
Denver Election Frauds in Roosevelt Victory Probe
In Denver on November 19 the Supreme Court found Thomas Shepardson Peter Miller and Michael Bond guilty of substituting ballots and blocking a clerk at the recent election. Shepardson and Miller fined 310 each and jailed one year Dowd fined 250 and jailed sixty days. The lights went out at the polling place during the period ballots were allegedly altered. The defendants faced contempt charges for ignoring court instructions. Appeals to the federal level were denied. Twenty seven others were summoned in the election probe.
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Denver
Thomas Shepardson
Peter Miller
Michael Bond
Supreme Court
Shepardson
Miller
Dowd
United States Supreme Court
Spreme Court
President Roosevelts Texas visit to feature four speeches
Fort Worth dispatch reports Roosevelt plans a spring tour of Texas with four speeches in Fort Worth Dallas Houston and either Austin or San Antonio. The notice cites positive information from Committeeman Lyon about the president’s itinerary.
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Fort Worth
Rex
Lyon
Roosevelt
Texas
Nort Worth
Dallas
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
New York
Boston
Stead
Tragedy at Hiera Lake Cabin Ends in Blood
The bodies of John Henry and his wife are found in a Tennessee cabin near Hiera Lake Pass with gunshot wounds and two bloody axes nearby. A baby is discovered alive under bedclothes. The cabin was ransacked for valuables Henry supposedly kept. Also noting service changes on the Chicago Express and related rail routes with schedules and fares.
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Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
John Henry
Hiera Lake Pass
Henry
World’s Fair Building Burned and Various Headlines
Summary of today’s issue lists sections on a burned fair building and other events. It mentions a woman horsewhipping an editor, a statue unveiling, a disappearance mystery, a dead body in an auto, political and labor items, zoo arrivals, naval orders, a circus robbery, and state news.
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Frederick
Virginia
Civic Federation
Manchuria
Zemstvos
Army
Navy
Girls' Reform School
Parker
Sttreet
Indiana
Nvelves
Japan
Wall Street
Dooley
Washington Society
Richmond i
Washington Real Estate
Washington
Yale
Harvard
Georgetown
Baey Victor
Benning
Africa
Hiram Hobdnail
Sir Charles Wyndham
Queens
Kidnapped Millionaire Held for Ransom Suspected by Relatives
St Louis reports Mrs Langhorne Putney believes her missing brother in law Stephen Putney Jr. has been spirited away by a mysterious, well dressed woman after a street encounter. A stranger later sought the Putneys, hinting at the disappearance. Richmond notes ransom talks and a large reward planned by the family. James R Sovereign recovers in Idaho. Thanksgiving money-lending notices follow.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Langhorne Putney
Stephen Putney, Jr
Virginia
Putneys
Putney
Richmond
Fair Grounds
Aloss
Stephen Putney Company
South
Murder Clears the Fog On William Bate Case
Chicago dispatch reports a chauffeur William Bate shot dead on a lonely road. A woman purportedly involved raised her voice amid a quarrel as two unknown men hired the car to the Auditorium area. While bankers' robbers are suspected, farmers' accounts describe a tense late night pursuit and a heated exchange before a fatal shot.
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Chicago
kEmployers
Tank Tuikers
William Bate
Ghanffeur
Bate
Mr. Love
Dobbs
Auditorium Hotel
Euward Stvin
Daniel Canary
Anuditorium
Thes
Canary Company
Murder in Hospital Sparks Panic at Columbus Hospital
In York on November 19 Guiseppe Alizea a 52 year old patient stabbed fellow patient Alfio Salvatore near the ears during vesper service at Columbus Hospital Salvatore was rushed to the operating room but feared beyond recovery Alizea subdued after holding doctors and nurses at bay He faces felonious assault charges amid police speculation the incident involved an alleged ruse to settle a dispute between the men
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York
Columbus
Guiseppe Alizea
Alfio Salvatore
Salvatore Ws
Aligea
Alizea
Police quell Panama Army disturbance amid resignations
In Panama on Friday night about sixty soldiers left the barracks but a strong police force prevented trouble. By morning most battalion members had resigned and the government, aiming to avoid forced reenlistment, agreed to pay them off. About twenty five soldiers remained. Fifty armed police guard ammunition as plans for a first class police force with potential American expert aid unfold. Colon reports policemen sent in and town guarded to maintain calm. Also an auction notice advertises Sloan's selling thousands of dollars worth furniture from a merchant reducing stock tomorrow and Tuesday.
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Panama
Colon
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Frederick Carl Zu Hohenlohe
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War College
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Akers and
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Ambassador Tower
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Chicago Express
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Wallace
Idaho
Knights of Labor
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Bates
Nou Regerfird
Bertha
Ose Fey
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Wil Tova
Rose
John Seiler
Tam
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Seley
Voieces
Weer
Seer
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Peter Freehbauf
John M. Bate
Mitchell Motor War Company
Racine
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Young Bate
Geissepi Alizea
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