Tragic St Francis School Fire Claims Young Lives
A devastating blaze at St Francis Catholic School in Quincy Illinois during a Christmas program killed eleven children and badly burned five others. Father Andrew and several sisters and staff were injured while rescuing students as flames from a gas jet engulfed the auditorium. Dozens of doctors and volunteers treated victims, with many bodies later identified, marking a horrific local tragedy.
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St. Francis Catholic School
Quincy, IL
Father Andrew
Prof
Musholt
Jaccber Kootters
Quincy, IN
St. Francis’s Catholic School
Elenora Wavering
Anton Wavering
Carlotta Middendorf
W. HH
Middendorf
Bernadine Freund
Joseph Treund
Mamie Futterer
Charles Futterer
Mamie Hickey
John Hickey
Mary Althoff
Mena Freiburg
John ‘Freiburg
Margaretha Werner
John Werner
Josephine Bohne
Olivia Tempe
Wilhelmina Kottendorf
Laura Menke
Celia Vonderhaar
Bena Zieger
Eleanora Tempe
Helena Loebbing
Palestaly Borned
Thedana
Ludwigia
Ephren
Nedulpha
St. Francis’ Catholic Church
Koetters
Neigh‘borhood
Theofana
Ludwiga
Redulpha
Ephrea
St. Aloysius
St. Aloysia’s Orphan Asylum
Christ
Remains of Maine Heroes Arrive Aboard Texas
The Texas brought 151 Maine crew members killed in Havana harbor to Newport News. After quarantine, the bodies will be loaded onto a Chesapeake & Ohio train at 12 to be taken to Washington for Arlington interment next Thursday. Chaplain Father Chidwick, Maine chaplain, will accompany the remains. Only a few bodies were identified. ceremonies will occur when the transfer to the train happens.
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Newport News
Texas
Sigsbee
Maine
Havana Harbor
Chesapeake & Ohio
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Cape Hatteras
Lynn Haven Bay
Old Point
Chidwick
Queen Victoria's Christmas at Windsor in sorrowful season
London reports Queen Victoria spent Christmas at Windsor with the royal family including the Duke and Duchess of Cuvrnaught and Prince Henry of Battenberg's children. A grand beef feast and a festive tree pleased the youngsters while the queen focused on empire and her grandchildren, despite personal sadness.
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London
Queen Victorias
Windsor
Duke
Duchess of Cuvrnaught
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Windsor Castle
Castle
Young Named Governor of Northwestern Luzon
Manila reports Gen. Young appointed governor of the northwestern Luzon provinces with headquarters at Vigan. His command includes the Thirty third Infantry under Col. Luther R. Hare and the third cavalry. Station routes planned at San Fernando and Lingayen with outposts as needed. The Sixteenth Infantry moves to Aparri to garrison towns in Cagayan Isabella and Nuevo Viscaya, Col. Hood named military governor. Civil municipal governments to be set up and northern Luzon ports to open for trade around January 1.
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Manila
Young
Luzon
Vigan
Ihis
Luther R. Hare
Third Cavalry
San Eznando
Lwong
Aparri
Cagayan
Isabella
Nuevo Viscaya
Hood
To Kill Every Man in Camp in Hanna Wyoming
A black laborer Tucius Miller at a Union Pacific grading camp on the Hanna Dana cut-off armed with a pitchfork attacked several graders in a murderous rampage. Troy Pendleton, a white contractor, shot Miller in the face as Miller moved toward the supply wagon. Miller died shortly after. authorities ruled self defense.
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Hanna, Wyo
Tucius Miller
Union Pacific
Troy Pendleton
Pendleton
Mailier
Mary Garrett Pardoned in Ohio Prison Case
Mary Garrett, once called one of the most noted women prisoners in the Ohio penitentiary, was pardoned yesterday. She entered the prison on October 5, 1888 under a death sentence for cremating her two imbecile stepchildren at Spencer in Medina County. Governor Foraker commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.
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Mary Garrett
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Dwight L Moody Funeral Held In Northfield Church
Funeral services for Dwight L Moody were conducted at the Congregational church in Northfield Mass with Rev C E Schofield and Rev A Torrey officiating. The body rested in a simple black casket as students from the Northfield institute bore the bier, followed by a procession and a large audience. A 150 strong choir performed and many clergy spoke, ending with burial at Round Top amid a benediction and hymn Jesus Lover of My Soul.
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Northfield
Mass
Dwight L. Moody
Congregational Church
Moody
C. £. Schofield
D.D
A. Torrey
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Dr. Schofield
Forrey
Ira D. Sankey
George C. Stebbins
Brooklyn
R. C. Morse
D. W. McWilliams
New York
W. J. Herdman
George C. Needham
Philadelphia
Schofield
Mr. Torrey
Mr. Moody
God
H. G. Weston
Crozier Theological Seminary
Chester
Moody Memorial Service Honors Moody in New York
Memorial services for Dwight L. Moody were held at Calvary Baptist Church in New York simultaneously with the Northfield Mass funeral. The undenominational service filled a 3,000 seat auditorium as ministers from many denominations attended. Speakers praised Moody as a dedicated student of the English Bible and an unparalleled evangelist whose influence endures.
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New York
Dwight L. Moody
Calvary Baptist Church
Northfield
Mass
Moody
Chopin
E R. Morse
Morse
R. 8. McArthur
Mr. Moody
Calvary Church
America
School of Christ
MacArthur
Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Old Wooden Churches in Norway Endure with Tar
A Chicago Inter Ocean note observes Norwegian wooden churches survive seven centuries in subarctic winters due to repeated tar coatings. Norway pine treated with tar resists decay best, a fact highlighted amid frost and age.
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Norway
Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial and dog incident
An Irish cyclist was bitten on the leg by a savage bull terrier. He criticized the town magistrate for owning an unmuzzled dog that wanders the road yet sits in judgment on others, as printed in the Philadelphia Call. Also includes a testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming blood and mucous surface action.
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Philadelphia Call
Grain-O New Grain Beverage Competed with Coffee
Try Grain O today to replace coffee a safe drink for children and adults alike. It resembles mocha or java in color but is grain based and easy on delicate stomachs. Priced at 15 or 25 cents per package, sold by grocers. A joke about Coit’s last farce notes critics with horseplay.
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Java
Poultry Mixture Ad and Patent Medicine Fragments
A mixed set of old advertisements and quotations including a $20 weekly pay for a poultry mixer, Gnove's Tasteless Cutt Tonic claim, Piso's Cure, Laxative Bromo Quin ine, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Toothache Drops, and various quips about love and work.
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Ocalista
Hale
Pike
Peruna Cure for Catarrh Across the Body
Advertises Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and pelvic organs. Invites readers to write Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio for a free book.
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Peruna
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Inter Ocean
Boston Transcript
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J. Cheney & Co
Cheney
West & Truax
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Wash
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Chicago Daily News
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Manilla
Ann E. Gridley
Winchester-Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Avenue
New Haven
Conn
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B. Stevens
D& v
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Allon Ree
Choloe
Weaters
Canada
Bringa
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Ottawa
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
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