Desperate Bridge Crush Kills Many at New York Anchorage
The New York anchorage disaster on the bridge caused a devastating crush. A crowd pressed forward for fifteen minutes as police and militiamen fought to extract bodies and rescue those alive, with 4271 wounded or crushed and many dead among torn clothing and shattered crowds.
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Dispatch
Brooklyn
New Neri
New York
New York Anchorage
Frederick Richards
Richards
Lieut
Hart
Couldock
Costenio
Othes
Elmira Family Drapes Door as Daughter, 23, Marries then Runs
In Elmira New York a wealthy Jewish family mourns as Celia Schwartz, 23, a bride, elopes with Mart B Sullivan to Denver after marrying him with Rev Dr J H McCarty presiding. The escape triggered by family opposition involved watchful relatives, a back yard exit, and a Denver-bound train with Bacon as a local witness tied to D B Hill politics.
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Elmira
New York
Denver
Fabian Schwartz
Jacob Schwartz
Celia
Mart. B. Sullivan
Free Academy
Sullivan
Schwartz
Stanchfield
Miss Schwartz
J. H. McCarty
First Methodist Church
West
Bacon
Telegraph prank at breakfast on bridal tour
A Lowell Courier tale recounts a well to do newlywed couple breakfasting at a station eating house. Two telegraph operators seated opposite them imitate telegraphic chatter with knives, provoking the groom who finally demands they stop. The message at the end requests the superintendent to resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger
Czar Alexander III Crowned in Moscow Coronation Rite
Crowds cheered as Alexander III received the imperial mantle and throne in the Kremlin ceremony. The Empress wore diamonds, clergy blessed the procession, and a lengthy manifesto followed with the coronation cost pegged at 2 million pounds funded by treasury bills.
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Associated Press
Kremlin
Empire
Imperial Guards
Moscow
Novgorod
Nieff
Alexander
Vladmir
Russia
Russias
Kieff
Vladimir
Novogorod
Czar
Kazan
Astrakhan
Poland
Siberia
Kherson-Taurida
Grousi
Gosondar
Pskoff
Smolensk
Lithuania
Podolia
Finland
Esthenia
Livonia
Courland
Semigalia
Samoyedes
Bielostok
Corelia
Foer
Ingor
Perm
Viatka
Bulgaria
Armenia
Tcherkask
Turkestan
Norway
Sleswick-Holstein
Stormarne
Dithmarse
Oldenburg
Ermine
Alexander III
Bae Peror
Fragmented Humorous Items Across Newspapers
A collage of snappy quips and short items from various papers mocks politics, manners, and events. It cites colorful lines about Dinah Myte, taxiing humor, and cyclone jokes, noting editor revisions and editorials on voting versus prayer while weaving several regional jokes and brief cartoons.
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Sugar B. Anthony
Europe
of Soudan
Philadelphia
Kansas City Times
Wells' Health Renewer advertised in Whitehall paper
An advertised health tonic titled Wells' Health Renewer claims to restore health and vigor, cure dyspepsia and sexual debility. The brief notice notes a price of $1 and references oblivion covering millions and minor improvements.
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Eugene L. Harris
Raleigh
N.C
Wake Forest Student
Wake Forest College
N. C
Southern College Journal
Rock Lime
Wilmington
GENT
MATIX
John Dyer & Son
Fashionable Tailors and Haberdashers
Quate & Boyd
Third Street
ST. Claire Hotel
Ninth and
Grace Streets
Richmond
Capitol Park
Stephen Hunter
Oliver Funsten
N21tr
S N. C
Smith & Brown, Winston
Robert D. Johnston
Merchant Tailor
Winston, N. C
DR. V. 0. Thompson
North Side Court House Square
Wias
Ciga
Gaunt Instruments
Mitchell
Sewing Machine CO
Union: Square
Chicago, Ill
Ill
Orange , Viass
Atlanta, GA
Gho. Ve. Rouse
Scilly Winssion
W. S. Rempson & Co
4Th Street
Wesstrox, N. C
Wteleskwellies
Quakam
Blackwell
Durham, N. Cc
Wien
Welles, Richardson &Co
Burlington Vt
Lewine Macnurixe Co
W. P. Ormsby
Main Street
Winston, N.C
Foutz
David E. Foutz
Ebaltimcfe
Garr
Yeuarantee Shriners
Baltimore
Moore
Business University
Atlanta
Alyon&healy State
Monroe Sts
Chicago
Lowell Courier
Dinah Myte
Georgia Major
Roy Eevigh
Whitehall Times
St. Louis
Beer Gardens
United States Navy
Navy Department
Wiggins
Chaff
Norvristown Herald
Newman
Georgia
David Davis
David
Springfield News
Hlaren
Arkansaw
Yonkers
Austin
Whitehall
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