
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
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November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.