Harvard Hotel Fire Kills Seven Lodgers in Minneapolis
A blaze at the Harvard hotel on Washington Avenue South trapped lodgers as they slept around 2 AM. Seven men died from suffocation, with nineteen escaping through thick smoke. The fire started in a rear store area with kerosene nearby, making the incident one of Minneapolis's worst fires.
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Alexandria
Minn
Erickson
Jacobson
City Hospital
Charles Hangon
George’ O’connor
Hanson
O'Conner
Minneapolis
Fia
Harvard
Cabinet proposes special coin for Philippines dollar
Washington January 7. Secretary Gage ordered to draft a congressional bill to coin a Filipino dollar with about 45 cents worth of silver. The cabinet favored keeping silver basis based on Mexican silver, with the issue consuming two to three million dollars of silver monthly. Senator Towne would reserve judgment until a Senate presentation.
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Washington
Janu
Gage
Congress
Basig
Towhe
Philippine Islands
Senate
John O Sims Pennsylvania Railway Secretary Dies
John O Sims secretary of the Pennsylvania Railway died at 1 30 pm at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital after an appendicitis operation on December 11. He contracted a heart failure and died following complications. His family was at his bedside.
P D Armour Dies at 68 in Chicago Millionaire
Philip D Armour founder of a vast meat and chemical empire died at his Prairie avenue home after two years of ill health. He built the Armour Institute with 7500000 and left a fortune estimated between 25000000 and 500900000. His son J Ogden Armour survives. grandson and family at bedside.
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Omnicano
Prairie ‘Avenue
Califophia
Home Insurance Building
Philip D. Armour
Stockbridge
California
Milwaukee
Chicago
New York
Malvina Bell Ogden
P. Dpd, Armour, Jr
J. Ogdén Armour
Armour
Cape Town calls for reinforcements from England in crisis
Cape Town urges 40,000 troops as invaders threaten the colony. Martial law is proclaimed at Malmesbury and British residents flee Dutch villages. Reports say Kitchener’s forces are tied to communications while colonial recruits spread to Namaqua land with £50 offers.
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Lord Kitchener
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Clan William
Malmesbury
Cape ‘Town
Vrews
Fresa
Aftikander
Colonijsta
Solonal Cgli
Leyds
Hague
Daily Mail
Holland
Belgium
France
Germany
Namaqualand
Supreme Court rules Minneapolis Produce Exchange a restraint on trade
In a January 7 decision Justice Lovely holds the Minneapolis Produce Exchange a combination in restraint of trade under chapter 859 General Laws of 1899. Conrad J. Ertz sued though not a member. court finds the group regulates member credit, discriminates in prices, controls delivery, and enforces fines for defaulting members, thereby limiting trade and market prices and interfering with free buying and selling of commodities.
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St. Pau
Supreme Court
Lovely
Minneapolis
Conrad J. Ertz
Severe Cold in Europe Hits Rome and France
Severe cold blankets France and Italy with widespread snow. Marseilles reports a foot of snow while Paris records 18 degrees of frost and several street deaths occur. Long distance trains are delayed as Rome and surrounding areas lie snow clad for the first time in years.
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Rome
Paris
France
Italy
Marseilles
Mercury
Peace at Pretoria Fades for British Faithful
London reports no optimism on Pretoria peace overtures as long as Boers hold captives and cartridges are scarce. General Kitchener will not command in India as forceful South Africa work continues for months. Sir Arthur Palmer may be confirmed as commander in chief in India. Boers release Liverpool regiment members captured at Belgia on December 28.
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London
Pretoria
War Office
Kitchener
India
South Africa
Arthur Palmer
Lord Roberts
Liverpool Regiment
Belgetia
Warns Britains to Brace for Unforeseen South Africa Crisis
In a The Times letter Earl of Dunravey warns distrust of experts on the apot and readiness for the unexpected. He criticizes authorities inertia and calls for reinforcements as Boer commandos multiply. Cape Town reports five fixing British troops guard lines while few unmounted pursue the enemy. Boer damage at Kleinfontein estimated at £510,000.
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Danraven
Hrifiah Ty Bg
London
The
Times
Earl of Dunravey
South Africa
Cape Town
Kleinfontein
Death linked to prank ends life of Wisconsin resident
Moses Peterson, a well known Wisconsin resident, died six months after a prank near Marquette Michigan caused him extreme shock. He feared an actual hanging and suffered a ruptured vessel in the head, leading to death. The pranksters were arrested but discharged.
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Wisconsin
Wis
Moses Peterson
Gaid
Marquette
Mich
Petergon
Gtree
Smallpox Rampant Across Missouri Counties
Missouri board of health report warns of over 100 counties with smallpox cases including Kansas City. Dr James and City Physician Goffin fear an epidemic this winter as 100 cases exist with daily new ones. disease not highly virulent, few deaths expected. The note cites vigorous quarantines failing to curb spread.
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Kangis Cty
Board of Health
3. O. James
State Board of Health
Missouri
G. Goffin
Kansas City
To Cure a Cold in One Day Remedy Ad
Old style ad claims a single day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It promises refunds by druggists if the remedy fails and notes Grove's sig dye on the box.
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Julius Ebe
Fifth St
Dairy Man
Wk & Hein
St. Winona, Minn
the Beagle Shoe Co
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Choate Block
Raege
Northwastern Telephone Exchange Company
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Sims
Pennsylvania Railway
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Frank Billings
Phten
J. Ogden Armour
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Europe
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Third Street
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Winona, Minnesota
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East Third Street
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Coe
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Mion
Winona Seminary
Sisters of St. Francis
Fistory
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Stersenz der
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Milwaukee Depot
Mahoney
Fidelity and Guaranty
Binek
Windsor
St. Paul
Minnesota
J. Hag
Hubble Bros
Bauer
New Public Library
the Madison
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Louis Bergemann
Jewel Edel
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