Survivors Tell Tale of Wrecked Vessels and Death
Survivors recount a deadly shipwreck on an icy coast with four crew lost. Two perished from exposure, two died at the moment of the strike, leaving nine seamen alive after the first night and the rest struggling to reach safety. A battered bark named Prustix was destroyed by a storm off Terra del Fuego, prompting a rescue by survivors. Weather and sea conditions hampered efforts as boats and crewmates battled exposure and cold.
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Terra del Fuego
Rescue Party Words Misread in Troop Report
Unclear wartime dispatch recounts rescue team actions with garbled names and places. The fragment hints at a parade or procession near Tate and Slaten with references to volunteers and a potential bond or arson incident.
Man Killed As Train Strikes Pedestrian in Hackensack
Lees of Hackensack says a man was walking along a West Shore freeway when struck by a passing train near nightfall. The victim died at the scene and police are investigating to determine the sequence of events surrounding the fatal incident.
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Pos van Mows
Cron
Oxford Ton
Fes
Tnt
Roosevelt
OHO
Oia Seer
Pest
Riot in Latrobe area leaves many stabbed
A riot near Bradenville during a Catholic church dedication injured about a score with one man seriously injured from a head wound. Hundreds gathered from nearby towns, tensions between Creek and playish factions sparked the clash. Several victims were taken to area hospitals in serious condition.
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Latrobe Pa
Bradenville
Playish
Watch
Rescue continues for Microbe sloop in Batardey storm
Special to The Wasalogon Hour reports a fierce Long Island Sound gale with no abatement as rescue parties hunt for the sloop Microbe carrying Guido Deangelis and 15 year old Beatrice Punton near New Rochelle. A New Rochelle party, aided by police and a launch from New York, pursued amid towering waves and lightning while the boat’s sails and lines tangled. Two youths were rescued by a steamer bound for a distant port, with a grand jury pending on the fate of the missing pair.
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New Rochelle
Long Island Sound
Toony
Guido Deangelis
Beatrice Punton
Batardey
Bight
Ste
New Rochelle Palsc
Webber
New York
Kleberry
Trunk death ties Covington family to Seattle case
A 17 year old Virginia girl Mrs Agnes Combs Covington reportedly strangled, found in a trunk washed ashore near Seattle. Her uncle George Robinson and lover Frank Covington, a liquor company worker, are probed as police seek answers. The trunk matches a prior Fifth Avenue home, with family ties and letters complicating the mystery.
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Seattle
Theathey
Seattle Wash
South Alk
Agnes Brueman
Combs Congton
Virginia
Frank Covington
Dirhetner Liquor Company
First Avenue
Congton
Ireman McCombs
Ives
Briigh Columb
Elizabeth Hob
Maa
Jenne Robingon
Hee UN le Gorgu Ropngon
Alstor Way
Gmenamother
Covington
Hela
Louleame Ky
Soithalia
Au Uortica
Covngtons
Fifth Avenue
Thmond
Rutherglen Ly
Opposed marriage to Sloan in Milwaukee telegraphed bid
The Wis Milwaukee dispatch reports Sulla Sanderson refused to wed Ted Sloan after her father Albert Sackett learned of the engagement. Sackett telegrammed his daughter Friday night to stop the marriage, admitting he had little hope of success. Sloan is said to have accumulated about 1000 in stocks and at the race track and reportedly holds a 4000 offer contingent on marriage and settling down.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Wis
Sulla Sanderson
Ted Sloan
Albert Sackett
Milwaukes
Hla
Sloan
Rubber magnate seriously ill in New Hampshire
New York financier Samuel Pom eroy Colt, president of the United States Rubber Company, is critically ill with prostration at Maplewood, New Hampshire. Colt has been named to leadership roles at the Industrial Trust Company and the National Rubber Company.
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New York
Col Samual Pomeroy Colt
United States Rubber Company
Maplewood
Col. Colt
Industrial Trust Company
National Rubber Company
United Eaten Rubber Company
Browne suspends garrison over Galbraith clash in Washington
National Commander Browne orders suspension of Theodore Roosevelt Garrison No 74 after clashing with RC Galbraith appointed department commander for the District of Columbia. Browne and Galbraith appear at a tense meeting at Grand Army Hall as a frame holding the charter is destroyed and books seized. Members vow action and possible legal steps while others protest the appointment.
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Army and Navy Union
Garrison
J Edwon Browne
Baltimore
RC Galbraith
Washaston Garricone
Grand Army Hall
Theodore Roosevelt
Browne
Ata Oden H Lake
J J Barner
Slam
Frowne
Army
Navy
Union
Galbraith
Hall Browne
Theodora Roosevelt
Viitora
Nyrd oMleer
Wall
Gul Veaith
Zahn
Gar Rim
Peenent
Star Lake
RC. Galbraith Ag
Columbia
Fresient Yen
Theodor Roosevelt Garrison
Marty Porter
Henry
R Hall
Hill
Willemst
Contiment
G@ A. R Hall
Former Princess Flees Countess Montignoso Married in London
Dispatches in The Washington Post report the Countess Montignoso former Crown Princess of Saxony vanished from court circles in Vienna with strong speculation she secretly wed Italian tutor Tonnelli in London. The Countess and child movements suggest a possible concealment amid court concerns and no contact with the Grand Duke and Duchess of Tuscany.
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Montignoso
London
Washington Post
Vienna
Court
Countess Montignioso
Saxony
Countese Villa
Toonder
Sazon
Tuscany
Woman Jumps Overboard in Delaware River Tragedy
Mrs Annie Caming of Camden on the Western Land leapt from the American Line steamer as it neared Philadelphia. She sought her baby in Ireland and, heartbroken after a long separation, vanished overboard while her husband was below for medicine. A lifeboat recovered her body. resuscitation attempts failed.
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Phiadelphia
Annie Caming
Camden i
Western Land
Liverpool
Delaware River
Ireland
Cusaidy
Ars Carter
Carter
Catakil
Mrs Carter
Bva
Jacon
Fights For His Bride as Veteran Seeks Quick Marriage
New York New York September 23 A former soldier Walter L Messer pressed to wed Miss Elizabeth Haney at 216 Sixteenth Street Lavern De Angel a lawyer opposed the match claiming interference and drug influence The Jefferson Market Court heard Messer insists he should marry immediately amid conflicting testimonies from De Angel and Haney Judge Kernochan ordered the case for immediate decision and Messer declared he would marry today if allowed despite the lawyer’s opposition
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Washington
New York
Walter L Messer
Ewen Me
Eilabeth Haney
Weat
Sixteenth Street
Laverin de Angel
Miss Henry
Kernochan
Jefferson Market Court
Bud Hag
Henry
Angelia
Maser
Calvary Episcopal Church
Miea Henry
la Ro
Alt
Abe
Amd
Kornockan
Mies Henry
Magistene Kernochan
Hearst Favored by Independence League For 1908 Nomination
Washington dispatch says Independence Leaguers from various states plan a Friday meeting in New York to discuss strategies for promoting William Randolph Hearst as the Democratic presidential nominee in 1908. The talks allegedly aim to push a national convention and empower it to name candidates, with Hearst at the top of the ticket.
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Independence
Washington
New York
William FR. Hearst
Independence League National Movement
Cane
Mr Heart
Eand
United States
Hearst
Protestant Protest at Sheffield Meeting Over Reading The Cloister and the Hearth
The Washington Post London dispatch reports a strong Roman Catholic protest at a Sheffield education committee meeting today against including Charles Reade s The Cloister and the Hearth in evening school Merary classes led by Dean Dolan. Rev Holmes sided with the Protestants fearing attack on faith. The committee nonetheless ruled that the work s literary and historical merits should remain on the reading list.
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Behhad Cebb
Washington Post
London
Sheffield Education Committee
Charles Reades
Dean Dolan
Bert
T W Holmes O
Telegraph Companies Hear No Word On Roosevelt Strike Settlement
Telegraph workers report no confirmation from President Roosevelt or Secretary Loeb regarding a proposed settlement after a conference with Daniel L Rus sell and Percy Thomba. The telegraphers’ bulletin notes the visit discussed in Oyster Bay and the lack of official word as of today.
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Washington
New York
Daniel L Russell
Percy Thomba
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Loco Russell
Thomas
Seciat
Roosevett
Loeb
Western Union
Peetal
Bulletin Board of
Fair Play
Telegraphers
Mechans Beef and
Park Row
Pottern Field
Big City
Eight Plunge Down Shaft At Mine Tragedy
Eight Hungarian miners were lowered into the Wharton Tron Mine shaft at Upper Hibernie New Jersey. A car struck bottom at full speed after the shaft engine operator Daniel Ryan fainted. Two men died waiting for medical attention while others were badly injured. Doctors summoned from Rockaway attended at the shaft entrance after an hour delay.
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Washington
Morelatown
Wharton Tron
Upper Hibernie Ware
Daniel Ryan
Rockaway
Ryan
Wife slain husband held in Merill murder case
Peter Clark, seventy, was brought to the county jail by Under Sheriff J Cunningham and charged with the murder of his wife at their home about nine o clock Sunday night. Authorities found the head battered and a bloody club with hair, and Clark had told a neighbor the wife had fallen and killed herself.
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Bagings
Peter Clark
Sherif J Cunningham
Mermill
Clark
Itte
Clack
Mra Marguerite Carter Death Mystery Tales Revealed
The Washington Post reports that Marguerite Carter's mysterious death includes a halt on cremation ordered by Lincoln Trust Company which holds her will and papers. A close friend says she claimed French countess lineage and a life of travel and romance before a troubled marriage to Leigh Carter. The piece outlines alleged family feuds, multiple suicide attempts, and Carter's final letters seeking funds and contact with her husband.
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Pane
Philadelphi
Englahman
Washington Post
New York
Marguerite Carter
John Jay White, Jr
Fifty Seventh Street
Lincoln Trust
Stephen Merritt
Eighth Avenue
Trust Company
Merritt Rooms
Viunera
Mer [Rite Company
Cater
Carters
Marguerite Louive Marie de Maubeen
Paris
Birh
de Manbona
Philadelphia
Mra Carter
Hiladelphis
Mrs Leiter Coming Home From Paris to Chicago
In Chicago Joseph Leiter plans to sail October 1 to Paris to bring home his mother Mrs Mary Salter who is staying at the Hotel Ritz. He says she is not in danger and will come to Chicago for the winter with two sisters due to arrive. he expects to return mid October with his mother. Mrs Levi Leiter, also in Paris, arrived from London, caught a cold but is improving.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Eall
Paris
Mary Salter
Ritz
Lester
Parise
Europe
Paria
Washington
Farlk
Mra Levi
Leiter
Rite Hotel
London
Ledoor
Moors Accept Terms in Morocco Peace Agreement
Delegates of three tribes accept France’s peace terms to end hostilities in Morocco. Tribes pledge to disarm, surrender authors of outrages, and allow French authorities to supervise pacification with military reprisals if needed. Hostages from each tribe named to ensure enforcement and envoy arms handed to sheriffian authorities.
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Morocco
Hostil Tes
Chia
Philibert
Moroccan
Bape Dendy
France
Drude
Tenalles
Casablanca
Additon
Chagua
Aac
Oulscevan Zenata
Zynida Telbe
Drudes
Quake Break Halts Pacific Cable Repair Plans
A Pacific undersea cable break between Midway Island and Guam has not yet been repaired. Officials cite subterranean earthquake as the likely cause, delaying communications between San Francisco and Yokohama via Midway and Guam. The rupture is one of two links connecting America with the Orient, with word from Guam still pending.
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Pacific Ocean
Apcoint
Wallington Font
New York
Midway Island
Guam
Hrrak
Atlantic
San Francisco
Yokohama
Philippines
America
Orient
NO NEW OIL TRUST AT MERCY OF THE COMBINE
New York reports a Standard Oil denial amid rumors of a Tidewater Oil reorganization to align with Rockefeller interests. The article outlines alleged contracts, ownership stakes, and intended earnings disclosures as Standard Oil seeks to limit government action while maintaining dominance in refining and exporting oil.
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New York
John D Arch Beld
Standard GI Company
Standard Ol
Steafforte
HM Rogers
Fairhaven
Ince Hig
Rogera
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Interems
Toompany
Tuan Eny Howe
Standard OU Company
Maneta Sey
Combine
Una
Tidewater
Standart Ol
Ohio
New Jerey
Tidewater Compunter
Standard Trust of
Rockefeller
Standard ON Trust
Oho
Lmited
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Warren
Brooklyn
Bredford Offielda
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Wwe
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Ehot
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Bady
Orlando Toland
Prendeal
Morgue
Score
Latrobe, Pa
Fleseing
Frank Libbey & Co
Pho Tos
St Paul
Covingions
Slater Edith Covington
Wom
Palmer
Unthavenuy
Paarl
Im Yam Tred
ABR
Barry
Eakl
Tella
Misa Henry
Messer
de Angella
Aches! Books
Hamd Owdermilk & Co
Reade
Sheffield Catholice
Plana
Mire Carter
Woma
Para
Philadelpha
Marguerite
Atc
Fan Hy
Leigh Carter
Atp Carter
Marguerite de Marbeau
Niagara Falls
Ith Avenue Hotel
J Carter
England
Hia
Pride
Husband
Mrs Leiter
Joseph
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Eccomee
Archbold
Mercy OF
the Combine
of Tidewater Company
Hf Trust
Rockefeller Concern
Standard and Tidewater
Tidewater Onl
Standard OM Company
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Tdewater
Robert D Benson
Ferris
Staten
St Louis
Fenson
Standard Company
Pones
Standard
Canro
Tidewater Oil Company
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