War correspondent Easton rescued near Santa Catalina Island
Edward E. Easton renowned war correspondent, his wife, and three children plus a nurse were rescued after their disabled pleasure boat drifted in the San Clemente Channel far from Los Angeles. Two lives were lost when a crewman fell overboard during the Buffalo rescue. Easton had reported from the Boer War and previously worked in Kansas City.
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Easton
C. F. Hooline
Harper’s Weekly
South Africa
Kansas City
Big Ticket Theft Nets Thousands In Nigeria? (Note: Unable to determine accurate title due to OCR text quality. please provide a clearer source.)
Gaver of South Bend Ind confessed to theft of railroad tickets at multiple points, with losses in the thousands. tickets from Dunkirk Ohio could fetch 350,000 if sold. He carried negotiable stamps and said Harry Young started him in the business. Admiral Crowninshield, retired, died in Philadelphia hospital after nose operation. cause listed as hardening of body tissues. Texas Trinity River floods cost over 1 million, drowned nearly 20 and left 4,000 homeless. deaths likely to rise. Clinton Ill jury voided Col Thomas Snell will, deeming him unsound minded when written.
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Indiana
R. A. Gaver
South Bend
Ind
Dunkirk
Ohio
Gaver
Harry Young
Young
Railway Ticket Protective League
Gover
A. 8. Crowninshield
Episcopal Hospital
Philadelphia
Gunness Farm Find Hints of Buried Bodies Near Laporte
A bone of a human arm surfaced from hogs at the Gunness farm pond near Laporte Indiana. Sheriff Smutzer believes other bodies lie under the pond mud, suggesting deeper graves on the waterlogged site.
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Gunness Farm
Laporte
Ind
Heroine to Be Rewarded by Jefferson Bank Directors
Eva Paynowitzka foiled highwaymen attempting a $43,000 bank theft and will receive a life annuity. A fishing party in Hillsborough bay near Palmetto Beach, Tampa, Fla., shot a thirty five foot whale, first seen there in years, and towed it ashore.
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Jefferson Bank
New York
Eva Paynowitzka
Hillsborough Bay
Palmetto Beach
Tampa
Fla
Great Dry Wave Sweeps Land and Prohibition Gains
A long temperance report from the Presbyterian Church in Kansas City notes eight million six hundred thousand people freed from the saloon last year and cites prohibitory gains in cities like Kansas City Atlanta Birmingham and Worcester. It lists eight new Methodist bishops chosen in Baltimore and reports on a charges case against Chancellor J R Day.
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Prohibition States
Prohibition
United States
Twnty
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Kan
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Worcester
Mass
Temperance Committee
M. E
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Baltimore
W.F. Anderson
W.S. Lewis
J. L. Nelson
E. H. Hughes
W. A. Quayle
R. McIntyre
C. W. Smith
F. M. Bristol
George A. Cooke
David H. Moore
Mr. Cooke
J. R. Day
Syracuse University
Judiciary Committee
General Conference
Day
New York
Roosevelt
Typhoon disaster figures and shipping wrecks reported
The Shinono Maru arrived in Victoria with news of a Hankow typhoon that followed a freshet killing over a thousand people and wrecking 1000 junks. Hundreds died along the Kan river as boats broke free and steamers fled. A coal mine disaster in Kwang Sa cost 1000 lives. A NY Homeopathic College dean quoted Osler calling homeopaths quacks.
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Victoria
B. C
Hankow
Shanghai
Kan River
Kwang Sa
Mitchell Warns Operators Over Wage Cuts
Former UMW president Mitchell denounces reports that anthracite operators plan wage reductions to cover damages under liability and safety laws. He says miners will not tolerate the injustice, adding that retail takeover would effectively lower wages since prices would not fluctuate to share under the sliding scale.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Platt Divorce Suit Dismissed as Perjury Found
Mae C WoodPlatt’s divorce action against Senator Thomas C Platt was dismissed by Justice OGorman who then jailed her on $5000 bail for perjury. The court rejected her claims of a secret marriage amid detailed evidence undermining certificates and a forged confession. The sensational case linked a longtime NY political boss to a controversial marital dispute.
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Mae C. Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Justice O'Gorman
New York Supreme Court
Mrs. Wood
JJ O'Gorman
New York City
United States
United States Express Company
Wood-Platt
Thomas Collier Platt
New York
Commonwealth
Congress
Wood
Homes for Poor Men Under the Carey Act Plan
The Carey act opens 1,000,000 acres of arid land for sale at up to 50 cents an acre to be irrigated by private firms. Settlers pay small annual installments to gain water rights and eventual ownership. In Wyoming, Big Horn Basin Development offers 245,000 acres with only a 30 day residence required.
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Wyoming
Big Horn
Trade and Industry Notes and Labor Tensions
The Continental Express Company files articles of incorporation as it plans its own express business under the Chicago St Paul and Milwaukee line. A dynamite blast targets Charles Kirchner home in Chicago after he leaves a union, damaging the cottage and stairs but injuring no one. Corn Products Company plans a $4 million non union labor plant near Summit with a ten foot fence and a labor colony to shield operations from walking delegates.
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Continental Express Company
Chicago, St. Paul and
Milwaukee Road
Charles Girchner
Chicago
Kirchner
Corn Products Company
Summit
Fire Damage at Read & Sone chemical Works
A fire at Read & Sone chemical works in Holliday New York caused approximately 50000 dollars in damage. The blaze disrupted operations and prompted initial investigations by local authorities. No injuries were reported.
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Holliday
Read & Sone’ Chemical Works
New York
Work of Congress Dragged Through Sleepy Session
The Senate lingered in session with dilatory tactics as conferees on currency bills met and minor actions passed. Bills amended navigation laws and a resolution sought names of former postmasters from 1864 to 1874 for extra compensation. House leaders sparred over conditions, while reports on military academy funding and other measures advanced.
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Senate
Military Academy
Standing Rock
Committee On Appropriations
Rock Creek Park
District of Columbia
Washington
Messrs. McGavin
Sabath
Illinois
House
Aldrich
Committee
John Witherspoon
Cordova Bay
Alaska
Alaska Terminal and Navigation Company
Washington and Western Maryland
Wyoming
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philippine Islands
Culberson
Texas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Colorado
Owen
Oklahoma
Newlands
Nevada
Puget Sound
Wash
Hawaii
United States
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
Maryland
Salt Lake City
Utah
St. Andrew
Congressional
Congress
Knife of science and a teen in Utah linked to a death
An operation on Jacob Ritz in New York removed four ounces of brain yet left him with full faculties. Sm Alvin F Heaton Jr a Kanab Utah schoolboy is said to confess murdering Mary Stevens 19 years old to whom he was attentive. U S citizens in Mexico City are stirring a ballot on serving intoxicants at the Fourth of July celebration.
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Jacob Ritz
New York
Alvin F. Heaton, Jr
Kanab
Utah
Mary Stevens
United States
Mexico
Disraeli and the cab riddle in Jebb life tales
Anecdotes on great statesmen reveal insight into minds. In Life and Letters of Sir Richard Jebb a Disraeli story stands out. After a top speech he and Montagu Corry left the House and debated how a great orator greets a cab. The tale notes a Vienna scene with Gortschakoff and an Englishman.
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Richard C. Jebb
Disraeli
Corry
Mr. Disraeli
Vienna
Prince Gortschakoff
Gortschakoff
One for Them All
A wry line features a professor joking about his glasses. He explains using three pairs: one for reading, one for distance, and a third to monitor the other two.
First Taste. Learned to Drink Coffee As a Baby
A reader recalls starting coffee as a child and suffering nervousness and insomnia until switching to Postum. The letter touts Postum as a healthier alternative and credits improved sleep and well being after adoption. Includes promotional lines from Postum Co. and a call to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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