Miners Trapped in West Virginia Coal Mine After Explosion
In North Fork West Virginia a gas and powder explosion at the Big Four mine left James Lester engineer John Relcki Hungarian miner and fifteen colored miners trapped beyond the blast. Rescue efforts faltered under deadly gas and smoke while air brattices were built and mules’ bodies were recovered.
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North Fork
W. Va
Algona Coal and Coke Company
James Lester
John Relcki
N. Frankenfield
A. T. Stuart
Cooper
Stuart
Algoma
Negro Shooting On Train Sparks Dover Outrage
Dover September 17. A free-for-all fight erupted on the Queen Anne railroad excursion train from Rebotha to Queenstown with more than thirty black passengers. One colored man died on arrival at Denton Maryland. Conductor Fred Clifton and white passengers faced threats as windows were smashed and injuries mounted. Deputies arrested several suspects after swift moves to Queenstown.
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Dover
Del
Queen Anne
Rebotha
Delton
Queenstown
Denton
Hickman
Fred Clifton
Caroline County
Centerville
Queen Anne Road
Stitchers in a Trust Form for Sewing Machine Firms
Belvidere Illinois September 17 a large corporation of millions capital is organizing to absorb nearly all sewing machine manufacturers in the United States. The capital is expected around thirty million dollars. Barnabas Eldredge of the National Sewing Machine Company is named as president of the trust.
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Monster Combine
Belvidere
Hil
United States
Barnabas Eldredse
National Sewing Machine Company
Navy officer found dead aboard Olympia in Boston
Lieut. John RL Morris of the A S N was found dead in his stateroom on the United States ship Olympia anchored at Boston Navy Yard. He reportedly died by his own hand with a revolver. Morris was the ending officer of the Olympia with duties starting January 25. No cause is known for his act.
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Boston
John RL Morris
United States
Yesee Fe
Benth
de Siympis
Boston Navy Yard
Morris
Olympia
Williston Firm Bruegger Mercantile Co History Voiced
Bruegger Mercantile Co of Williston celebrates sixteen years serving the community with liberal policy and up-to-date goods at low prices. The notice urges public consideration of motives behind labor union actions and hints at ongoing business beyond present disputes.
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Williston
Little Muddy
Union Labor Views and Lobster Definitions
A compact selection argues union leadership benefits and dangers of self serving cranks. The piece cites Cuvier and Webster with a playful misdefinition of lobster and a Century Encyclopedia entry, then asks how Williston would define the term today.
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Webster
Century Encyclopedia
Williston
Forest fires claim fifty lives across Oregon and Washington
Portland dispatch reports twenty deaths and about fifty fatalities feared as fires raze towns in Oregon and Washington. Property losses near 1.5 million dollars include mills, houses, and farms. five hundred people lack food and shelter. Relief efforts mobilize from Portland Tacoma Seattle and Vancouver.
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Portland
Oregon
Washington
Tacoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Fierce Fire at Alma Burns Wisconsin Town
A fierce blaze in Alma Wisconsin threatens the entire town. The rear of John Miller’s livery barn is destroyed with 700 bushels of oats ten tons of hay and seven horses lost. Other barns burned along with homes and a meat market damaged. Total losses estimated near 10000 dollars with little or no insurance.
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Wisconsin
Winona
Minn
Alma
Wis
Here
John Miller and I
J. G. Auer
T. E. Ibach
Gerard Gessell
Mike Rupp
Henry Beecher
Fred Schneider
Butittle
Murderer Goes to Prison Larson Convicted Jacobson Acquitted
In Alexandria Minnesota on Sept 17 the jury found Andrew Jacobson not guilty of first degree murder in the Magnus Johnson case and discharged him. Gustave A Larson who pleaded guilty received a life sentence at Stillwater prison. John Franklin was convicted of adultery with Mrs Alice Atwood and sentenced to two years hard labor at state prison.
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Larson
Jacobson
Alexandria
Minn
Andrew Jacobson
Magnus Johnson
Gustave A. Larson
Stillwater
John Franklin
Alice Atwood
Burial Place of Giants in North Dakota
Forman North Dakota September 17 a valuable archaeological find occurred in the Elysian hills west of Forman as workmen cutting down a hill on the public highway removed about four feet of surface soil and unearthed bones from an ancient mound of an extinct race. The bones indicate a body of about seven and a half feet when alive and suggest a burial place of giants.
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North Dakota
Forman
N. D
Elysian Hills
Winona Man Admits Theft Guilty and Sentenced
In Winona Minnesota a grand jury returned indictments against Martin Simbeck for grand larceny in the third degree and burglary in the second degree. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was ordered to an indefinite sentence at the St Cloud reformatory by Judge Snow.
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Winonan
Winona
Minne
Martin Simbeck
St. Cloud Reformatory
Snow
Young couple killed run down by train at Ralston Iowa
September 17 reports two prominent Gliden, Iowa youths William Howard aged twenty and Maude Bolt aged eighteen were killed instantly when struck by a Northwestern passenger train while crossing the tracks at Ralston. The woman's body was carried into Ralston on the engine. A separate Grand Forks fire destroyed the Acme hotel and tied properties in East Grand Forks due to hose defects hampering firefighting. In Clinton, W B Farrer won the mayoral special election by a large margin over L F Button and W H Posi.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
William Howard
Maude Bolt
Gliden
Northwestern
Ralston
East Grand Forks
Grand Forks
N. D
Acme
Phil Barney
Barney
Clinton
Aterday
W. B. Farrer
Blicam
L. F. Button
W. H. Posi
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Histerom
Bruegger Mercantile Co
Union Labor
Conservative
Cuvier
Wash
Lewis
Corlits
Columbia River
Pebarceds
Aberdeen
Toquiam River
Dale
Bello Mountain
Wen
Shamaka
Last Chance
Latton
Blue Bird
Elma
Barnica
Mont
Anaconda
Kalama
Lewis River
ODD Fellows
Des Moines
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
A. B. Cummins
Brénton
M. Newman
Towa
J. C. Milliman
Woodbine
Ida van Horn
Iowa Rebekah Assembly
M. A. Raney
Patriarchs
A. Cable
Covington
Ohio
Grand Sire
Olson & Cornelius
Eau Claire
Calcutta
Presidency of Bengal
Falconio
Rome
Vatican
Dlomede Falconio
Dominion of
Canada
St. Paul
Charles Petzold
Mississippi River
Petzold
Brainerd, Minn
Dernfield
Hill
Garrison
Die
Warroad
Winn
William Walker
William Smith
Walker
Muscatine
John Kaiser
Lona
Aurance
Lake Superior
Duluth
Pierre
Herreid
Leon St. John
Hyde County
S. A. Knapp
Clark County
la Crosse
Donohugh
Bruok
Palmer
Soc
Hedderich Bros. & CO
Banner Brand
Raletemlowe
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