Terrible Mine Disaster in Belgium Kills Dozens
Brussels reports a deadly fire damp explosion at Anderlues colliery near Charleroi. About 800 workers were underground. 25 women among them. Official toll rises to around 100 dead, 150 feared dead, with 80 bodies recovered. Rescue efforts hampered by gas, flooding, and collapsed shaft. Authorities, King Leopold, and the government coordinate aid as families gather near the mine.
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Brussels
Anderlues
Charleroi
Leopold
Alread
Fes
Child Abused Toddler Taken to Home After Burn Injuries
Willie Stillwell a two year old boy was placed in a children's home by the humane officer after severe burns covered his hands head and body. The child was tied in a chair near a stove by his grandmother while the mother worked away, causing daily scalding. Neighbors complained and the Humane Society opened an investigation.
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Porta Morerr
Whillie Stillwell
Childrens Home
Humane
Humane Society
Auditor General McCamant Reports Big State Revenue Rise
Harristown March 12 Auditor General McCamant s annual report shows the state treasury receipts for the past year at over 13 000 000 an increase of 5 250 000 from the prior year He notes that retail liquor license revenues go to local treasuries and suggests giving wholesale liquor revenues now to the state treasury to counties for relief of local taxation.
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Harristown
McCamant
Treasuries
Widow wins insurance judgment against Grand Lodge
In Bioowuvatos on March 12 Magme Belcham, widow of Thomas Belcham, won a 2115 judgment against the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Belcham had held a $2000 life policy. her husband was expelled for drunkenness months before death, which she argues left him insane at the time. The ruling may affect all beneficiary societies and will be appealed to the state supreme court.
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Bioowuvatos
Magme Belcham
Thomas Belcham
Grand Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Belcham
Supreme Court
Ohio coal operators and miners clash over wages and loads
In a March 12 conference in Columbus Ohio operators stated no wage increases while machine mining expands. Miners vetoed wage rises and will consider maintaining last year’s prices. Railroads await coal rate settlement as contracts near closure for shipments.
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CoLusBus
Ohio Coal Operators
Ohio
Ful Uy
Tuc
He Will Not Eat Inmate Ends 37 Day Fast In A Louisville Or Jeffersonville
In Jeffersonville Indiana Clark County Poor asylum reports Theodore Hopewood about 60 has gone without food for 37 days since January 20. The superintendent and staff have tried to reason with him while he remains lucid on other topics. Physicians warn he may die if the fast continues.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Clark County
Theodore Hopewood
Hood's Sarsaparilla Proclaims Protection Strong
A vintage ad markets Hood's Sarsaparilla as protection against impure blood and a cure or preventive for related diseases. The copy touts its famed blood purifier status and numerous remarkable cures to bolster its credibility.
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Hood
Yale Professor Publishes Three Books in a Day
New Haven March 12 Professor Totten of Yale college released three titles The Renewal of History the Knights of the Scarlet Thread The Farts of History the Deluge and the Advent a Scientific Spike Through Noahs Ark or a Biblical Fish Story Critically Examined The Hope of History the Oasis and the Mullen minum Totten nailed a copy to a telegraph pole and challenged disproof of his work Eight counterfeiters and four moonshiners were jailed in Dauphin county prison for preparation to removal to western penitentiaries and county jails Two men Henry May and James McCormick each got five years in the Western penitentiary.
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New Haven
Totten
Yale College
Huxley
Robert Ingersoll
Moss
HaRitisatueu
Dauphin County
Allegheny
Fayette and Ene County
Scranum
Henry May
James McCormick
Western
Constitutional amendment narrows future presidential eligibility
In Wassursoton on March 12 Senator Stewart of Nevada proposed a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to bar anyone who has already served as president from another term within four years after leaving office. The amendment would take effect March 4, 1897, and the measure was referred to the Civil Service Reform and Retrenchment Committee.
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Stevens
Massachus
Ontgomery
Kens
Ray
York
Meredith
Virginia
Wike
Wassursoton
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Mfr
Stewart
Nevada
Um States
Pepart Benot
Committee On
Civil Service Reform
Mrj Daniel
United States
South Carolina
Stanford
Dolph
Polk endorses third party move in national interview
Wasaisatos on March 12 Colonel Polk president of the National Alliance declares unwavering support for the third party movement. He expects to be nominated for vice president at the Omaha convention in July.
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Wasaisatos
National Democrat
Colonel Polk
National Alliance
Prudent
Omaha
Moonshine Raid Casualties Follow Chattanooga Affray
Cwaar Puck, wounded in the Ducktown clash that killed Deputy Marshal Stuart, has died. Three other gang members Jeff Jones Monroe Brown and John Strawson are gravely hurt as authorities vow to pursue the slayers amid growing public calls for justice.
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Chattanooga
Cwaar Puck
Ducktown
Stuart
Jeff Jones
Monroe Brown
John Strawson
Puck
Deloy Stuart
Pennsylvania Railway to purchase Lawrence colliery at Mahony Plane
Pottsville March 12 The Pennsylvania Railway company is negotiating to buy the Lawrence colliery at Mahony Plane now in assignee hands. The mine would be operated as a branch road linking with the Pennsylvania fort line between Pottsville and Shenandoah. The Lawrence colliery was a major shipper in Mahony valley. The Reading company reportedly seeks to block the purchase by the Pennsylvania.
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Lawrence
Mahony Plane
Pennsylvania Fort
Shenandoah
Mahony Valley
Reading Company
Pennsylvania
Cardinal Ireland to Be Made Second U S Cardinal
In Rome it is reported Archbishop Ireland will be created the second American cardinal with the ceremony expected in the latter part of March. The Rev Father Heffernan, in charge of Catholic affairs, confirms Rome’s advices, though no official notice has yet been issued.
Torkabe DO more pathetic tale of innocent In pera on lets come to light
A garbled 1890 reminiscence from Greensporo North Carolina recounts a dyspepsia suffering resident, John M. Poulipa, claiming thirty years of digestive failure and bodily derangement. He credits Syamyp Root cured him, with Dr Kilmer's Bold produced by Zimmerman & Co. long cited by Wooster Ohio and Danbury Connecticut druggists.
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Torkabe
Greensporo
N. C
John M. Poulipa
Kilmer
Zimmerman & Co
Wooster
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as superior to wealth and rank for health. It claims the remedy cures throat lung and chest diseases, purifies blood, and overcomes indigestion while clearing skin blemishes enabling a peaceful mind about health.
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Dr. Pierce
Allen's Discovery for Piles Promises Quick Cure
A patent remedy claims to cure all forms of piles including intense night itching. It promotes relief after years of suffering and offers mail order with a price of 50 cents and a discovery box sent to LeHoy Nebraska.
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Allen
LeHoy
One Thunderstorm Reported in Arizona in Fourteen Years
A historical note claims only a single thunderstorm occurred in Arizona over fourteen years, highlighting unprecedented weather patterns and regional climatic anomalies.
I Am an Old Man Shall Be 70 Next June
An elderly man reports general debility for six years with limited mobility. After taking Sulphur Bitters for a week his strength improves and appetite returns. He later walks thrice around the house without fatigue, a feat not seen in two years. The ad promotes Sulphur Bitters as effective medicine.
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George Brown
Living Questions and Pierce’s Pleasant Pils
Living questions praised as a universal cure for liver stomach and bowel complaints. Pierce’s Pleasant Pills advertised as vegetable harmless remedy for sick headache bilious headache constipation indigestion and bowel issues with a dose of sugar coated pills costing 23 cents per vial. Note mentions about 230 locomotives built in the country this year by private concerns.
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Pierce
Prospects of Another Strike in Indianapolis
The advisory board representing all city trade unions supports reinstating four discharged workers and dismissing thirty seven non union men by the street railway company. They will inform President Frenzel that this is their final appeal and warn that refusal will bring an imminent strike.
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Butler County
S . J Mr
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Senate
Joseph Silberger
Paulding County
Elemy
Chan
Otterbein University of Ohio
Westerville
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House
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Henry County
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Boxwell
Carpenter
Fayette
Franklio County
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Maumee
Toledo
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Street
Frenzel
Tramps Attack man in Pennsylvania Yard. Victim Faces Death
A dozen tramps assaulted William Jackson in a Pennsylvania railroad yard last night crushing his rib with a coning iron and robbing him in a deserted freight car. Jackson is in critical condition and a suspect was captured and jailed.
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Luxstry Pa
William Jackson
Pennsylvania
Jackson
Bown
Simmons Liver Regulator and Indigenous Widow Customs
The advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator for dyspepsia biliousness sick headache and indigestion. It notes a law among some American aborigines requiring a widow to guard her husband’s bones in a casket for four years.
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Simmons
Ex-President Cleveland Ducks At Spectuum Island
Despite bad weather ex-President Cleveland shot twenty ducks at Spectuum Island while on a trip with New York and Brooklyn gentlemen. Captain John R. Keen of the Speratia Gunning club supervised the excursion at Haver De Grace with H. W. Maxwell of Newark observing.
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BadTimMore
Cleveland
Spectuum Island
Haver de Grace
New York
Brooklyn
John R. Keen
Speratia Gunning Club
H. W. Maxwell
Newark
Narrows
Prohibition and People party plan joint state ticket convention
Indianapolis March 12 leaders of the Prohibition and People parties met and decided to call a joint convention to nominate a state ticket It was also agreed to urge other states to issue on state matters but not on national issues
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Indianapolis
Prohibtion
People’s Party
Mrs Blaine Improving Yet Restrained From Visitors
New York report states Mrs Marie Negins Blaine is much better but still not allowed visitors beyond relatives or intimate family friends. Her reply to Secretary Blaine is expected to be published in a few days.
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New York
Marie Negins Blaine
Blaine
Mrs Hall Healer Cures Scrofula with Sulphur Hitters
Mrs Clara Knowlton of Boston testifies she suffered scrofula since childhood until six months ago when she followed Mrs Hall the spirit ualist doctor. After taking the medicine she recovered in under three months and learned it was Sulphur Hitters, a remedy she says never failed. Ceylon to run a teahouse on Midway Plaisance.
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Clara Knowlton
Hanover Street
Boston
Mass
Allen's Discovery Piles Cure Promoted In Ad
A vintage advertisement extols Allen's Discovery as a cure for piles with bleeding itching and soreness. It claims rapid relief and poultice action and notes it is prepared only for piles and private parts. Sold by druggists for 60 cents. The piece also cites social statistics and Lane's Family Medicine claims about bowels.
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Allen
Alleged Triple Husband Shocks Scranton
Adelber Hank, accused of eloping with Mary Penny from Scranton ten days earlier, is said to have three living wives. The second wife attempted suicide after learning the details, first by shooting then by poisoning, but neighbors intervened. She fled toward the river but was stopped and returned home under guard. Penny, Hank's third wife, remains with her mother in Scranton. Hank has not been heard from.
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Scranton
Adelber Hank
Mary Penny
Peer Yeien
Miss Penny
Houk
Atherton Wins Grapple in Williams Gym Bout
In Pa to mark a local wrestling encounter at Williams Gym the match between Gibbs and Boles. Atherton secures the victory, delivering a win over Boles in a tense exchange at the Gentlemen's Athletic venue.
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Gienzonn
G. E. Gibbs
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Williams
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Gentlemen's Athletic Author
Ford
Salvation Oil Becomes Cure for Slender Ankle Trouble
A narrator notes a man complaining of ankle pains who seeks relief with Salvation Oil. A doctor, after examining a patient using Dr. Bull’s Cough To, declares the cough cured, matching the patient’s condition with the remedy.
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Dr. Bull
Mother Grs Sweet Worm Powders Ad
Is your child restless at night tossing muttering and grinding its teeth during sleep These signs point to worms A worm powder named Mother Grs Sweet Worm Powders promises immediate relief and is sold by druggists for 25 cents.
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Tirad
Fatal accident at North Ashland colliery claims miner
Maybury George, a miner, died after a gangway accident at the North Ashland colliery yesterday. The tragedy follows prior line consolidation interests and a broader series of notices and legal actions reported in the region.
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North Ashland
Maybury George
Democratic split risks death by self-damaging push for Cleveland
Henry Watterson argues the Democratic Party would invite its own ruin by nominating ex President Cleveland. He suggests Governor Hill has damaged himself in New York but says any national convention pick could suit. The piece also notes other political chatter and a bank robbery trial in Ashland with a guilty verdict.
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Daniel Dougherty
New York
Cleveland
Bace
Democratic National Committee
Chiagy
Chcano
Henry Watterson
Democratic Party
Clevelan
Governor Hill
Louisville
White House
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Uoiversity of
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Cor Nell
J P Gordy
Athena
Baker
Ashland
Idsker Sait
Pronounced Hopeless Yet Saved From a Letter
Mrs Ada ir Hurd of Groton D writes of a deadly cold turning into consumption. Four doctors gave her up yet she trusted in Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds and used eight bottles to recover. Free trial bottles at Laubach and Boyds Drug Store. Regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Adair
Hurd
Groton
King
Laubach and Boyd's
Good Looks Tied to Vital Organ Health Promoted
Advertises Jocks Electric Bitters as a tonic that acts on vital organs to improve appearance. Claims benefits for pimples, blotches, boils, and complexion. Sells at Laubach Hoyd's Drug store for 50 cents per bottle.
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Laubach
Hoyd's Drug Store
Buckien's Arica Salve Promoted For Various Ailments
The ad touts Buckien's Arica Salve as a universal cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price. Laubach and Boyd druggists sell it. Also notes claims about passenger and freight cars and a claim about postage stamps sold in New York last year.
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Laubach & Boyd
New York City
Mother Grays Sweet Worm Powders Aid Children Ailments
Mother Gray, a nurse at the Children's Home in New York, offers a worm remedy for years of use. The product, named Mother Gray's Sweet Worm Powders, is sold by all druggists for 25 cents per box. It is advertised as removing worms, harmless as milk, and pleasant to take, with claims it helps bowels and headaches even without worms.
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Bick
Rellovgall
Dlaioen
Hero
Garter Medicine CO
New York
Mother Gray
Perry
John Percy
Cleveland
Percy
Jonato
Phileis
London
Eng
Beettr Than Sarsaparilla Purifies Blood and Aids Digestion
Purifies the blood by expelling impurities through proper channels and never causes eruptions on the skin. Regulates the bowels and cures dyspepsia liver and kidney troubles. Tones the system and restores appetite. Sold by Laubach and Boyd in Wooster Ohio.
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Laubach & Boyd
Wooster
Ohio
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