Destruction After Turtle Mountain Slides at Frank
A massive rock slide from Turtle Mountain at Frank in May destroyed a coal plant and ten square miles of Crow's Nest pass. Fifty six people perished, many bodies remain unrecovered, and the valley was buried under rock and debris up to sixty feet high.
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Frank
Crow's Nest Pass
Turtle Mountain
Universal
Ceat Co
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Old Man
Alheria
American Explorer Paul du Chaillu Dies in St Petersburg
Paul du Chaillu American author and explorer died at midnight in St Petersburg after partial paralysis affliction. A brother of Russian painter Verestchagin will arrange burial at Literaturea cemetery, marking the end of a storied scientific and travel career.
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St. Petersburg
Paul du Chaillu
Verestchagin
Litteraturea
Colonial eight room house with ornate features
Description of a colonial style residence by GA. W. Kintz priced at £2,400 with eight rooms including parlor library dining room kitchen and multiple chambers. Details cover dimensions from parlor 12 by 12 feet to veranda 5 by 25 feet, rubble stone foundation, pine studs 2 by 4, red cedar shingles, yellow brick chimneys, olive green roofs, and gas piping.
Rioting in Illinois House over Mueller bill and bribery charge
Springfield dispatch reports riotous sessions in the Illinois House over traction measures and the Mueller bill. Speaker Miller charged attempts to bribe him to aid passage and a committee investigated the bribery claim. Subpoenas issued for Col Ferr Bliss and several lawmakers as tensions escalated during debates on taxes and state funding. The two year state budget totals about 14.5 million dollars, up 0.5 million from two years ago.
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Springfield
Chicago Traction
Mueller
Miler
Hlinois
Linday
Miller
George W. Hinman
Inter Ocean
Senate
State Board of Equalization
House Appropriations Committee
Curtis
Rayleigh notes possible polarization of Roentgen rays
Lord Rayleigh reports French experiments by M Blondelot that Roentgen rays may be polarizable and traceable in the spectrum if confirmed. If transversal, they would resemble ordinary light with ultra short wavelengths. He also questions lighthouse candle power and favors moderate, frequent flash signals over extreme high power lights.
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Lord Rayleigh
Royal Institution
London
Blondelot
M. Blondelot
American Diamond Fields Carried by Ancient Glaciers
Seven diamonds weighing 2 to 21 karats were found in Wisconsin and nearby states. Prof. William H. Hobbs links North American diamond fields to Canadian wilderness volcanic regions south of Hudson Bay. The diamonds likely originate from blue ground around extinct volcano necks and were moved by glaciers to their final locations.
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Wisconsin
William H. Hobbs
North America
Canadian
Hudson Bay
N. Y. Sun
Obliging exchange prompts costly burial plan
Ferdy confesses to telling old Jones he cannot live without his daughter. Algy recalls that Jones reacted by providing the card of a co op burial association, as reported by Judge Verd y.
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Ferdy
Old Jones
Algy
Verdy
Cooperative Burial Association
Funny self-made men and their daughters in dresses
A quirky thought from the Philadelphia Press notes that self-made men often have daughters who care for self-made dresses, pairing a witty exchange with a domestic image.
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Philadelphia Press
Woman credits kidney pills after eight years
Mrs J J Monson of Poweraville Kentucky reports a long illness of eight years with acute kidney trouble. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring her health after four months bedridden. She praises the medicine and recommends its use.
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Poweraville
J.J. Monson
Dodd
Doans Kidney Pills Prove a Back Ailment Cure
J W Walls of Lebanon Kentucky testifies that nightly kidney irregularities caused severe back pain and discomfort. After trying doctors with no relief he used Doans Kidney Pills from Hugh Murrey Drug Co and found quick lasting relief. A free trial offer is available by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, price 50 cents per box.
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Bright
J. W. Walls
Lebanon
Kentucky
East Main Street
Dean
Hugh Murrey Drug Co
Mr. Walls
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Drutg
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Lazar
Hamber
Pareber
Deen
Allen
Charles A. Allen
Hoopeston
Mother Gray
New York
Olmsted
LeRoy
Chicago Daily News
Puck
H. W. Beecher
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago & North-Western
Shelley
St. Jacobs Oil
Price
Latown
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Ilinois
Peary Ry Seay
LAN
Crawford
Ninth St
Kansas City
C. J. Broughton
Quincy Bldg
Stover
WERCO
Boston
A. J.tower Sanadian Co., Limited
Paxtine
Nenea
BR. Paxton CO
Besten
Mass
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