Rhode Island Day marked as independence tribute in Providence
Rhode Island observed the anniversary of its 1776 declaration with a 100 gun salute in Providence. The celebration highlighted rebellion against Britain and noted prior acts of defiance with naval incidents and the 1775 crisis led by Col. Jonathan Arnold.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
Citizens’ Historica Association
Great Britain
General Assembly
House of Deputies
Liberty
Newport
Connecticut
Chile
Zews
Lexington
Rhode
Vermont
Governors Council
Banpower
James
Slater
North Sisithifield
Tian
Schools in the Canal Zone Show Multi National Classrooms
The Canal Zone maintains a school in every town with 722 white students and 161 foreign pupils across 21 nationalities. Most pupils are transient due to shifting populations and changing workers, complicating uniform grading across 16 teacher origins and varied state curricula.
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Colon
Canal Zone
Canal
Corse
West
May Succeed Chief Wilkie Named for U S Secret Service
Fragmented text reports General Theodore A. Bingham, police chief in New York, as possible successor to John B. Wilkie as chief of the United States Secret Service. The article notes Bingham’s military career, West Point origin, and various posts, with a garbled section about Jersey politics and a proposed measure involving a whiteboard system.
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Gen. Bingham
New York
Secret Service
Theodore A. Bingham
John B. Wilkie
Chier
United States Secret Services
T Tu
Engineer Corps
Det
West Point
Gen
Bingham
Alay
Andover
Holland County
Conn
West Point Military Academy
A. M. Wan
Yale University
St. Louis
Bmo
Mira Luciette Retherfor
United States
Berlin
Rome
Washington
Lake Onterig
Lake Erie
The Song of the Dollar Sign
Poem-like piece laments greed and Mammon’s reach across society. It claims money brands all places and people, from mountainsides to children’s eyes, with the symbol of love or hate and a blighting influence on dreams and landscapes.
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Mutual Hailstorm Insurance Ass'n
Lowa
C. Vu. Stanley
Sec
Des Moines
Man Keeps Horse Over Family To Shown Ride
A traveler meets a farmer leading a horse to a bright, comfortable stable. The farmer explains he must care for the horse to go to town, saying the car and daughters ride it, and without the horse he would have to walk.
One Blessing. Ailing man finds cruel twist of fate
A doctor informs a man he has an incurable disease. The patient barely hides relief, noting the signal benefit of delaying an insurance man on his trail. The physician offers a final word as the scene ends.
Three Kinds of Men in a Mixed Reflective Essay
An unclear musing discusses types of men and social roles. It references business, belief, and fate with scattered phrases and nonstandard language, leaving named people and places mostly unreadable. The fragment hints at moral choices and religious or secular tensions but lacks coherent details.
Terrific Tornado Strikes Zephyr Texas Killing 30
Advices report a violent tornado near Zephyr in Brown county at 1 am Sunday. Thirty dead, with about ten seriously injured. hundreds left homeless as homes and a school were destroyed. Relief trains and nurses rushed to the scene from Brownwood, Dallas, and Temple as survivors sought shelter in cellars and damaged structures.
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Crownwood
Texas
Zephyr
Brown County
Santa Fe Railroad
Thad Cabler
Bie
Brownwood
Temple
Dallas
Tex
Stabbing at Roundhouse Ends in Death
In Des Moines June Leach an engine Viper at the Minneapolis and St. Louis roundhouse was stabbed in a fight with fellow engine Viper Ereo Arabia an Italian. Leach died half an hour later. Arabia escaped but was later captured and confessed. A third workman witnessed the murder and the motive was an old quarrel.
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Des Moines
Iowa
June Leach
Minneapolis & St. Louis Roundhouse
Ereo! Arabia
Arabia
Ywarry
Charles
Airship Wreck Report Near Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin's airship wrecked after a lengthy voyage from Mitterfeld to Friedrichshafen. After about one mile traveled in thirty seven hours the craft touched down in an open field near its landing site and sustained damage, officials report a dangerous position upon impact.
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Goepplagen
Zeppelin
Mitterfeld
Friedrichshafen
Mareuseying
Olen
Tts
Ver Dancereus
Unclear Race Question Stirs Allaniz Georgia
Fragmentary report mentions Georgi taverns and unknown groups, with references to aswan and firemen. details are garbled. No clear event, date, or named individuals can be confirmed from the readable text.
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Allaniz
Georgi
Aswan
Kroes
Basi Bern
Snowfall Sets Leadville Record This Morning
Snow blanketed Leadville in a historic morning total nearly surpassing prior records as officials reported the latest snowfall in living memory. Weather crews noted unusually heavy accumulation across the town with impacts on traffic and daily routines.
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Leadville
Cal
Chis
Emergency cheese shipment story and gibe laden snippets
The excerpt describes a forced Limburger cheese shipment during an emergency and a comical scene with a manufacturer using a train baggage car to transport a box of cheese while a reporter notes the man’s quip about his “dead” relative. The passage includes short items and advertisements typical of a late 19th or early 20th century paper.
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San Francisco
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Jersey
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Henl
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D.neseir
Toll
Tam
Universalist
Des Moines Directory
Thresherman's
Globe Machinery & Supply A
W. Court Ave
Sheat Music
Des Moines Photo Materiale Co
Wackine
Sean Helting
Shafring
American Iron Works
First St
Dew Hotnoe
Blue Shield” Roofing
Carr & Adams CO
Carters
Correspos
Canada
Railway
Ottawa
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Su
W.V. Bennett
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Wabash Manufactuum
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Italies
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W. N.U
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