Narrow Escape on a Runaway Freight Train And Heroic Rescue
A Pennsylvania spring tale recalls a freight train out of control on a steep grade near East Concord. Engineer Wind masterfully slows and then deliberately accelerates to clear a viaduct, saving two men in the cab as the locomotive careens toward a deadly embankment, with one man’s brush with death leaving him scarred but alive.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Hinloess
East Concord
Wibod
Paca
Tome
Anid
Phare
Wren
Wind
Hly Mreman
Ming Pin
Caboosa
Sreman
Mike
Jim
Ike
Uume
Anarchist Editor Condemned and Allied News Abroad
A Dijon anarchist editor Minunie sentenced to two years and 3000 francs for publishing an article insulting the army. Anarchist financier Ganeb worth 6,000,000 francs, bequeathing 100,000 francs to comrades. In Ontario a Queen’s birthday celebration includes flag displays and a U S consulate flag issue under investigation by the Dominion government. Strikes and labor actions continue in Kansas and Yakima with possible general strike.
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Ausrohiete
Pak
Minunie A Dijon
Uerly
Teln
Gaudh
Ganeb Ie
St. Tuomas
Ont
Toronto
W. Wilde
United States
Cousul
Conan Willis
State Department
Washington
Honesul
Riley
Conn
Novice in crime Alfred W Seymour defrauds banks
Alfred W Seymour, dubbed a novice in this crime, is accused of defrauding banks in the northwest of about sixty thousand dollars over several months. He operated by purchasing drafts, forging perforations, and presenting them for payment, evading detection until bank correspondence exposed the fraud. He has a history in Buena Vista county Iowa and Minneapol is, with prior forgery convictions and alias use.
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Sidus Cary
Towa
Alfred W
Seymour
Bank
Awmirer
Northwest
Jn Mance
Des Moines
Atlay Tle
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Blutts
Mitchell
Alta
Buena Vinta County
Iowa
Agamona
Minneapolis
Osborne & Clark
Atlantic
Joe Hayward
New York
Li, Goodwin
G. D. Hamilton
G. D. Haley
Bia
Curious, Pious, and Peculiar Inferred Beads of 19th Century Epigrams
A mosaic of aphorisms and curiosities spans perjury as court deceit, the telecommunication role in schools, and moral musings on prisons nations and animals. It cites Rhode Island penalties, Samson’s hair, and the frailties of law, then shifts to statistics on patents and wealth, and ends with bicycle tax notes.
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Rhode Island
New England
Loud speaking telephone invented by British electrician
Mr. Graham, a noted British electrician, claims to have invented a loud speaking telephone that gathers and materializes wave sounds so they can be heard across a large room and after long wire runs. The device allegedly transmits sound over hundreds of miles with remarkable clarity. карт
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Mr. Graham
Fire captain killed as aerial ladder fails during drill
Swanage May 2 George J Chapman captain of Fire company No. 4 died after the aerial ladder broke during a practice drill. The 75 foot ladder at 45 degrees snapped twelve feet from base smashing to ground Chapman, 27, left a wife and a one year old daughter. City council adopted condolence resolutions as service houses were draped in mourning.
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Swanage
George J. Chapman
Malhavenne
Pivision Street
Chapman
Cholera outbreak in Lisbon traced to Asiatic epidemic
Special sanitary inspector reports Lisbon epidemic is true Asiatic cholera imported from the Cape Verde Islands. The inquiry notes a long investigation and identifies the source, while other quoted items include unrelated figures on tunnels and telegraph service expenditures.
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Lisbon
Cape de Verde Islands
Half a tour of reminiscence and political plots in motion
A music writer and a composer collaborate quickly to turn a casual remark into a hymn while a Boise political group plots behind the scenes. The Boise Democrats convene secretly to oppose fusion with the populists and oppose Frank Heane’s appointment as U S marshal.
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Ty Fhiekt
Boise
Beane
Jon
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Laavenworrt
Kan
Missouri
Sherif
Searme
Yakima
Alfred W. Seymour
Hite
White Hane
Germany
Rhote Island
Samson
Monte Carlo
Empire of
Morocco
Tets
Mount Mena
Chestertown
France
Conaryyuuy
Cosy rnnYs
Knights Kile
Federation of Labor
Dik Moines
Knights of Istiligols
Obid
West
Giuia
Alabama
State Federation of Labor
Burlington
Knights of Labor
J. van der Muelle
Hes Moinen
van der Muelten
É Ation
Dinas
Texas
J. A. Armstrong
Jacob Rogers
G. T. Chapman
Spokane Piromen
Angie Hteing
J. W. Boult
Stevens
Spokane, Wast
DRS. Stockton & Reddy Specialists
Pastoffice
Spokane
Low
Stoocceer
Nee
Hon WI
Ghetlaln
Cureana
Prendergast
Brentano
A.S. Trude
Chetlain
Trude
Chetiain
Supreme Court
Jato Prendergast
Viial
Benitano
Ian
Aasuinp
Trudie
Stivferine Meg, CO
Waah
Cokan Stamp Works
WTC 59
Ziegler Bik
Spokane, Wash
Majestic Light Roadeter
Union Warehouse & Machine Co
George Waldron
Phiadelphia
Postolice
Bennett
Webster
Warrison
Benett
Niedesi
Patton
Catalogu Frag Shoe
K. Canain
John W. Graham
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Post & Riverside
Jones
Dillingham
Pms
Canton
Binghampton
Union Warehouse and Machine Co
Cor. Post
N. P
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The
Northwest Mining Review
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Deatonse
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Laney
Korot
Passale City
Lowell
Abe
Gunn
Hondachey Wrights
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