Proclamation by President Roosevelt on John Hay Death
President Roosevelt announces the death of John Hay Secretary of State and directs national mourning. Flags at half mast and public buildings to display the banner as a mark of national sorrow. The proclamation notes Hay’s service from Lincoln era to Secretary of State. Rockefeller anecdotes omitted for length.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Roosevelt
John Hay
United States
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
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United States of America
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert D. Pierce
Mr. Hay
Hay
Cleveland
Walter Douglas Returns from Dawson Coal Mines Visit
Walter Douglas general manager returned from the Dawson coal mines acquired by Phelps-Dodge with the E P and N E railroad. He said no mine force increase until coke ovens are built at the mines and ready. Ovens will enable supplying coke to Arizona and New Mexico reduction plants.
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Walter Douglas
Dawson
Douglas
Japan
Phelps-Dodge
Bisbee
el Paso
Phelps- Dodge
Arizona
New Mexico
Douglas American
Torrance County Stays in Sixth Judicial District
In a Santa Fe supreme court ruling Torrance County remains in the Sixth district under Judge Ed. A. Mann. The legislature had moved Torrance to the Second district, but the court had redistricted it to the Sixth, a move upheld by the majority of judges who found the territorial statute invalid.
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Supreme Court
Santa Fe
Torrance County
Sixth Judicial District
Ed. A. Mann
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Ira A. Abbott
Charles A. Spiess
Las Vegas
Neill B. Field
W. B. Childers
Prichard
Judge Abbott Rules County Pays No Percent On Licenses
Judge Abbott decided the Bernalillo county treasurer and ex-Officio Collector Frank A Hubbell may not keep four percent of gaming and liquor licenses. The ruling orders about $38,000 returned to the county fund and aligns with Judge Manns prior decision in related suits. The case may go to the Supreme Court.
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Abbott
Bernalillo County
Frank A. Hubbell
General County Fund
Supreme Court
Judge Abbott
Judge Mann
Board of County Commissioners
I. N. Jackson
T. F. Fleming
Mann
Jackson and Fleming
Nailing a Lie on Joint Statehood Debacle
Mohave County Mohave County Miner reports that claims of wide support for joint statehood in Mohave County are false. The paper notes no evidence of three advocates and argues opposition remains strong despite Albuquerque Citizen’s assertion about Kingman orders.
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Albuquerque
Joint Statehood League
Kingman
Mohave County
Ariz
Bonaparte Sworn In as Secretary of the Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte of Maryland takes the oath as Secretary of the Navy shortly after 10 o clock in Washington. The ceremony marks his official start in the post amid ongoing naval matters and national governance.
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Washington
Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
The Story Behind the Steel Pen Origin
An inventor recounts how English jeweler Gillott, living in Birmingham, split a steel tool and used the end to write. This accident led to the creation of the steel pen, which eventually superseded the quill worldwide.
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Gillott
Joseph Gillott
Birminham
Sweden Mobilizes Army to Pressure Settlement Talks
Preparing for War in Stockholm reports an order for mobilization of the Swedish army. A proclamation is expected within a week to bolster any settlement proposed by the Rigsdag commission to the Norwegian Storthing.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Rigsdag
Storthing
Navy mutiny blamed on rotten system and incompetence
In St Petersburg July 5, papers quote the Odessa tragedy coverage and publish censored editorials criticizing naval leadership. Captain Clade argues food was only a pretext, claiming a gulf between men and officers and noting many officers are incompetently chosen and lived ashore.
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St. Petersburg
Odessa
Black Sea
Clade
Slovo
Beazley Becomes Husband of Emma Bascue
Beazley E Beazley general E P N E storekeeper and Miss Emma Bascue wed July 3 at 9 p m in First M E Church with Rev H M Templin officiating. They plan to visit Douglas and return to Alamo Gordo amid greetings from friends.
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E. Beazley
E. P
N. E
Emma Bascue
M. E.church
H. M. Templin
Douglas
Fuqua and Patterson Married in St Joseph Ceremony
R L Fuqua of the E P N E auditing department and Miss Floye Patterson of St Joseph Mo were married on June 28 at Christ Episcopal church in St Joseph. They arrived here July 1 and will make Alamogordo their future home. Congratulations are extended to the couple.
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R. L. Fuqua
E. P. & N. E. Auditing Department
Floye Patterson
St. Joseph
Christ Episcopal Church of St. Joseph
Mrs Wise of Bacnotan Visits Iowa City Before Philippine Trip
Mrs Henry Wise wife of Prof Wise of Bacnotan Illinois visited Mr and Mrs Elelphrey this week and heads to Iowa City to relatives. Prof Wise travels to New York and Washington to promote his typewriter invention and sails for the Philippines soon. Mrs Wise won’t return before September 1. The town laments Crippen’s release as parkkeeper after years tending Alamogordo’s mile long park and local ducks flowers and grounds.
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Henry Wise
Wise
Bacnotan
P. IL
Elelphrey
Iowa City
Crippen
Alamogordo
Mile Long
Vegetable Rock Builders Secrete Flint From Sea Water
Minute vegetable forms, visible only under a microscope, secrete silica from their aquatic environment. They form zigzag box like structures, reproduce by subdivision, and leave tiny skeletons that build rocks. Berlins foundations rest on their remains, and they influence rivers, Arctic waters, desert dust, and large stone masses.
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Berlin
Arctic Ocean
Soroban Abacus Use Shapes Japanese Arithmetic Practice
The passage explains that Japanese shopkeepers widely use the soroban abacus for mental calculation. It describes the bead system with five beads in the lower division and one bead in the upper division per column, each column representing ten units, and notes that sums and even square roots can be computed on the soroban.
Old Fellow Seeks Work On Riley Farm Tale
A humorous memory from a poet's boyhood recalls an elderly man who asked for work hoeing potatoes at the Riley farm. Though not industrious, he justified moderation from the Bible. At dinner he ate heavily, and a worn Bible revealed the line about doing as one’s hand finds to do with all thy might.
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Datues Whitecoml Riley
Riley
Bow and Arrow Drill In China
In eighteen percent a year after war with Japan a high Chinese official who had never fired a shot wrote a memorial to the throne arguing China’s defeats came from clinging to ancient warfare while adopting European ideas and weapons. He cites seeing Chinese recruits practicing with bows and arrows outside Peking as supporting evidence.
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China
Japan
Peking
Valentine Chirol
National Review
Dead Sea Facts On Salinity And Depth
The Dead Sea contains no life and about 26 percent solids. Main solids are sodium, magnesium, and calcium chlorides. Its bed lies 2,600 feet below the Mediterranean while the depth reaches 1,310 feet. A unique cloud system forms above the lake, often 660 to 700 feet below ocean level.
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Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Ocean
Desperate doubt and nightly debts stain a visit
A brief dialogue from Town and Country shows a man evading home by claiming no one worries, while he keeps the landlady anxious from owing a month’s board. A visiting lady questions Mrs. Gable as the hostess cites her usual ups and downs, including running up bills and spiteful neighborly behavior.
Forgetful man carries two umbrellas in comic misstep
A cheerful man, strolling with a smile, is stopped by a friend who asks why he carries two umbrellas. He recalls his wife’s request to mend her umbrella and jokes about bringing wine to keep a pleasant day, only to realize he forgot one umbrella.
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