Wharf Rats Fight Plague Spread As Ports Enforce Precautions
Washington July 7 orders via telegraph to Portland Boston Providence New York Perth Amboy Baltimore Norfolk Wilmington Charleston Savannah New Orleans Pensacola and Galveston to tighten quarantine measures against bubonic plague. Rat destruction and waterfront inspections planned after Havana and Porto Rico outbreak linked concerns. No ships from Havana, no shore leave, passengers and crew to be certified free of residence in infected districts for seven days.
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Boston
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Wilmington
Charleston
Savannah
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Galveston
Havana
Porto Rico
Sirgeon
Roe von Prdorf
Mobile
Vasana
Faciterax
Marine Hospital
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Poaneugera
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Thia
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Olf
Hivana Kar Wiest
New Orleans
American gentleman aids French student in language quest
An American agrees to correct a Frenchman's English exercises. After a long wait a letter arrives in odd English promising rapid learning from the textbook and dictionary, and a joke about coming to America to lecture from the scaffold.
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Ace
America
Sifting Ashes and a Newborn Hope in Atamil
In Sormai and Maks National Youth of Atamil a northern village tale centers on a family with many children and the eldest, a boy, who longs for a brother. A nurse arrives to calm the child as the father is absent and the ashes of a funeral ritual linger, hinting at a future sibling.
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How It Happened on the Montana Ranch Incident
Fragmented OCR details describe a deadly event at a ranch with mentions of a shooting and a handover. A moving picture company offered Lewis Watler $10,000 for rights to reproduce in film. Population notes reference Leland in April with a count around 4,387 and a decrease reported.
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Mert
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Lewis Watler
Lady Mary Leveson-Gower amid Royal Ascot gossip and travels
London gossip sketches Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower as a lively society figure whose slippers ruin art at home and whose fashion choices draw critiquing eyes at Ascot. The report also details marriage rumors involving Major Sir George Holford and Countess Zia Torby, along with a caravan tour by Lord and Lady Westminster’s kin and Romany life anecdotes.
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Adolf Friedrich
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Rusaid
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Nicholas II
Brand Duke
Mary
Teck
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Zoom
Mons
Georgia visitors flood Wrightsville Beach resort
Wrightsville Beach on July 7 saw a surge of visitors from Atlanta and across Georgia fleeing cool June weather. A Seaboard pullman carried many guests including Roy Dorsey and families, with patrons staying at Oceanics and Seashore hotels. Local names include the Johnsons, Barnwell, Dent, and Moore parties among others from Atlanta and Griffin, Rome, and Birmingham.
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Georgia
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L Aeck
Hannah Kaufman
H A_ Smith
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Elizabeth Dent
M Beasley
Howard Arnold
M Zettler
C Easier
Jo E Johnson
Louise Johnson
John W Maughan
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Holthead
Hudson Moore
Catastrophe In Rhode Island Hospital Leads To Odd Misstep
A Rhode Island hospital patient undergoing an appendectomy becomes startled when a doctor, attempting ether, asks if she has anything in her mouth. She responds humorously and insists she is not being cut there. The account ties in with other fragments about geese fattening in dark rooms, iron mines in Pennsylvania, and a light joke about a cardinal discussing Gilmore and Mozart.
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Europe
Cornwall
Pennsylvania
Heat wave grips regions with sparse weekly rainfall
Washington reports continued hot weather across the east of the Rockies and interior western districts. Temperatures expected to peak in central valleys and eastern Rocky slopes with no major storms. local thunderstorms or heat showers likely. A traveler in Southern Westarigioia observed razorback hogs attracted by a woodpecker, amusingly driven by a liar who fed them poorly and used a barked stick to call them.
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Weather Bureau
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Norman E Mack
National Monthly
Weatargioia
Answering the Signal and World Notes in Brief
Reported plans place W Morgan Shuster on a South American tour with a Manila visit to establish a National City Bank branch. Prague hosts a large Bohemian athletic meet drawing thousands, while London motors firm reports nine months of orders. Omori’s seismograph arrives in Dairen for earthquake data, and a Detroit Free Press poem titled It Couldn't Be Done inspires readers to tackle ambitious tasks.
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Atrike
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Eagar
Detroit Free Preas
Wilson to Confer With Underwood in New Jersey Visit
Governor Wilson spent a busy day at his summer home in Spring Lake greeting hundreds of visitors including advisers William G. McAdoo and William F. McCombs. Key discussions covered campaign plans and state factors as Wilson prepares for travels to Trenton Atlantic City and Seagirt with dates and duties outlined. Support from Indiana Senator Kern indicated preference for a campaign chairman trusted by Wilson.
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Wiliam F. McCombs
Trenton
Atlantic City
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National Convention of Building and Loan Associations
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Kern
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Royalist movement checked by Portugal near Montalegre
Lisbon July 7 official reports say the long expected royalist uprising began yesterday but was confined to small northern districts. Captain Courtere appears encamped near Montalegre with armed forces, while government troops guard the frontier ready to act. An official dispatch from Tuy reports 150 royalists attacked Valencia de Minho, were repulsed with three killed and several wounded, the rest surrendering to Spanish authorities.
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Valencia de Minho
Fire destroys Belleville plant causing $200000 loss
A spectacular blaze at the L Some born Sons plant in Belleville New York consumed nearly a million gallons of lubricating oil. The factory was destroyed with losses estimated over $200000. Local fire crews fought the flames but the building could not be saved. The cause was not disclosed and no injuries were reported.
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L. Someborn Sons
Belleville
Cruiser Strikes a Reef in Subig Bay
United States protected cruiser Cincinnati struck a reef in Subig bay and was towed off and docked due to fog. Two ladies, returning from an opera, debated the evenings amusements as the conductor apologized for the interruption.
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United States
Cincinnati
Subig Bay
Carmen
Lin
An Omission From Lippincott’s Knicker-Did You Father
A collage of comic snippets touches on tax jokes and social mores. Dialogue threads reference an income tax burden, family promises, and a New York stage note, with misc. captions about a trolley ride, a play, and humorous misreadings. The piece weaves humor from everyday life and theatrical comesos.
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Lippincott
Booker
Atlanta Rate Case Continues in Duluth
The Atlanta freight bureau rate case against several railroads serving Atlanta will be continued in Duluth on Tuesday July 9 before Commissioner B H Meyer. Atlanta seeks to reduce rates on eastern points and Ohio river crossing points. Roads represented include Louisville and Nashville, Southern, Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis and the Seaboard Air Line.
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Duluth
All the Camorrists Will Be Convicted in Italy Trial
Viterbo July 7 The Lamorrists charged with the murder of Gannaro Cuccedobida faced days of testimony as heat and fatigue toppled the presiding judge mid summing up. The court adjourned with a Tuesday resumption and a general belief of conviction for the criminal association. Hope remains for Mabel Hites recovery from her critical illness.
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Tina
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