Vast Reader Facts Span Roads to Riches and Records
The item surveys wide topics from railroads employing 750000 voters to a Toronto inventor claiming an ocean crossing in four days. It notes a 3125 mile train to haul Kansas corn, a slot machine for instant photographs, 3000 year old Egyptian watermelon seeds, and a peanut roaster powered by electricity. It cites population, pensions, production, and yields across nations and states with figures for Montana gold and silver, dividends, and overall metal output.
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Toronto
Iowa
United States
Canada
Watertown
N. Y
Montana
Be Generous Yet Keenly Prudential in Wealth
Be generous but not unjust. Time and fortune shift. plan wisely to avoid bitter need. See what you’re about and consider loved ones, then work steadily. If you command great wealth, let selfishness not intervene.
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John R. Goodwin
Troy
N.Y
Jamerica
Stinson &Co
Furtland
Maine
Romana
Indiana Falls Victim to Widespread Local News
Indiana State items report Medora man John Mills death while chopping wood, Noblesville aim toward a canned factory fund, a hospital aide Woods’ trial costs Wayne County, and a series of local incidents from a Jeffersonville philanthropic crank to a Floyd County jail escape. The piece also notes Pigeon Roost massacre memory near Vienna, the New Dennison hotel sale in Indianapolis, and various crimes, civic ventures, and swindles across the state.
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D. P. Erwin
L. I. Fores
New Albany
Rochester
Willis Norris
Floyd County
Terre Haute
Michigan City
Pettit
Henry Gasper
Jacob Wohlford
Roanoke
Tipton County
John Lee
Crawfordsville
Peffer
Kansas
Ladoga
Charles T. Doxey
Alexandria Land and Gas Company
Alexandria
Jeffersonville
Jack Baker
Muddy Sud
Davy Squire
Elizabeth Tillotson
Illinois
Vincennes
Floyd
Bud Ashby
Marshal Medlock
Salem
Walker
Indiana
T.M. Fisher
Mecca Mills
SL Kiier
Indianapolis
C. Mead
Elkhart
T. Nesom
al. Ogle
Muncie
J. B. Okey
T. A. Perry
R. E. Poindexter
C. S. Tingle
Hortonville
J. J. Wright
Bremen
Alice Follick
Montgomery County
James Beam
Miss Follick
Haynes
Dearbon County
Lawrenceburg
Levi
Perry Guffin
Kentucky
Dearborn
Vienna
Pigston Roost
Henry Collins
Grim starved man in Newbern nears death by own action
George Harris of Newbern twelve miles from Alton Illinois lies on a sickshed after his December 28 vow to starve himself. He has refused food and water, save tiny amounts, and remains in a trance like stupor as his strength drains. Neighbors and relatives gather as the doomed man’s stubborn act advances toward death.
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Newbern
Alton
Ill
George Harris
Harris
Airs
Dow
Indiana Legislature weighs World's Fair funds and force bill
The Indiana Senate debated the force bill and the World’s Fair appropriation on consecutive days. Resolutions urged delaying the World’s Fair funding until the force bill is resolved, while the House and Senate discussed highway, gas use, and court bills amid party votes and reapportionment talks for districts and Congress.
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House
Beasley
General Assembly
Chicago
United States
Union
Indiana
House of Representatives
Claypool
Boyd
Byrd
Explosions Shock Bluefield Town Officials
Bluefield West Virginia residents endure a week of dynamite blasts damaging four homes and injuring several people. Police report three arrests as the investigation continues amid fear and unrest in the community.
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Bluefield
W. Ve
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