Woodville Disaster Tragedy Aboard Emigrant Train
The Woodville incident follows a westbound emigrant train collision near Woodville nine miles west of Westville. A second section of No 47 collided with No 9 at dawn in a snowstorm, leaving over fifty dead and more than two hundred maimed. Coroners, doctors, and rescuers faced a night of chaos as families, shops, and homes were damaged. broader fault lines between rail policy and human cost are questioned. Ed William Hinshaw is returned to prison for murder after parole, casting doubt on innocence and triggering renewed debate over executive clemency and public trust.
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Westville
Ind
Woodville
Thurlog
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Dabcock
No. 47
Hich
No. 17
Lattimore
Othhers
Chicago
David Lindeman
Daniel Cole
Renee
Careen
William Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Gov. Durbin
Suill
Fragmented prose on modern society and sacred boundaries
The text presents a philosophical musing on how modern society narrows moral boundaries and mirrors biblical times. It suggests that people may still please their Maker today as in Abraham's era, while describing a seductive garden and shifting perceptions of virtue and desire.
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God
Adam
Abraham
Offer to the Switchmen in Scranton
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad rejects the switchmen demand for a 10 cent hourly increase as unreasonable. The company offers a ten hour day to those now on twelve hours, keeping wages steady and equalizing hours across the system. Union leaders await Grand Master Hawley's reply and expect a decision by tomorrow. Some locals see the situation reaching a critical point.
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Scranton
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Communmy
Flynn
Frank Hawley
Tuffalo
Tomorreach
Outrage at a Coal Mine in Elm Grove
In Wheeling West Virginia on November 7 an attempt to wreck Elm Grove Coal Works tipple failed to injure anyone. A stick of dynamite in the stove under the tipple exploded causing the house and underpinning to collapse. The assailant fled before the blast.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Elm Grove
Here
Tne Sease
Genio
Debate on church and state in French Chamber of Deputies
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies debated church state separation. War Minister Piequart spoke on the Lagged peple reports as the Extreme Left pressed for a double transfer of church property. The nine to two year term was met with leftist applause. The Extreme Left urged December 11 1906 as the transfer date.
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Hpebate
Paris
Neve T
Wits
Piequart
Tribune
Nm Odurst
Left
TNT
Market reports of cattle and hog receipts and prices
The Chicago market summary lists day receipts near 5000 for cattle and hogs with price ranges for prime to choice categories. It notes estimates and bid levels for steers cows heifers bulls calves and feeders, alongside stocker prices, reflecting typical midweek activity and value shifts.
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Chicago
Localizes Unclear Attention to Pseudo Health Claims
Fragmentary text mentions Dr. King's New Life Pilla and vague health claims about liver bowels dizziness and purification. No verifiable persons or organizations clearly identified.
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Dr. King
New Life Pilla
Name Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble
Kidney trouble preys on the mind and dampens ambition and cheer. The ad claims Swamp Root as a great remedy for kidney and bladder issues in men women and children with a mild immediate effect and available in fifty cent and one dollar sizes.
Pension roll shows 1,033,415 as June 30 1956 total
The annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions details that 33,596 new pensioners and 1,405 restorations were added in the year, raising total pensions to 1,033,415. Deaths reduced rolls by 47,444. the Chicago agency disbursed $10,764,815, while Topeka led with $12,957,752. The report notes steady declines since 1905 and lists large international beneficiaries and war survivor counts.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Warner
Chicago
Topeks
Kan
Columbus
Indianapolis
Indiana
Spain
Aurvivora
Blood and cough endangers life. cure credited to New Discovery
The 1903 account from Alliance Kentucky recalls severe lung bleeding and a deadly cough. F N Tacket credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with saving his life after four bottles, claiming a permanent cure. Available at E T Scott’s store, 50 cents to 1 dollar, trial bottle free.
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F. N. Tacket
Alliance
E.T Scott's
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Andrew J. Shunk
Westville Directory
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England
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Laporte Directory
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