Long Cruise Begins as Fleet Sails with Scarlet Fever Quarantine
Fifteen battleships of the Atlantic fleet set off from San Francisco for a round world voyage via Honolulu and Hampton Roads. The Nebraska remains in quarantine for scarlet fever after crew illness. she will rejoin the fleet after fumigation. Admiral Sperry leads the departure as officials bid farewell and Roosevelt sends best wishes.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Nebraska
Connecticut
Sperry
Golden Gate
Kentucky
Garfield
Admiral Sperry
Benjamin F. Hutchinson
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Phelps
Mare Island
Koltze, Jr
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Visits Peary Aboard Arc tic Steamer Roosevelt
President Roosevelt visits the Arctic steamer Roosevelt at Oyster Bay with Commander Robert Peary. They inspect the ship as crowds fill the harbor and guests are hosted aboard, including the president’s family. The party views a piano phonograph and books meant to entertain explorers and entertain natives on their Far North trip.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay Harbor
Robert E. Peary
Peary
W. E. Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt
Williams
Commander Peary
Captain Bartlett
Herbert L. Bridgeman
Peary Arctic Club
Kermit
Archie
Bartlett
Roosevelt bids farewell as Peary departs aboard ship
Roosevelt proceeds to the launch after greeting each officer individually. Commander Peary says farewell at the rail and wishes him luck in hunting the pole. The Roosevelts' party sails to Sagamore Hill pier while Peary, Mrs. Peary, and Bridgeman take a separate launch to the town and board a train to New York. The Roosevelt then weighs anchor and heads to New Bedford then Sydney where Peary will rejoin the ship.
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Roosevelt
Commander Peary
Sagamore Hill
Mrs. Peary
Herbert L. Bridgeman
New
Relief Follows Heat Wave In New York
A mild summer storm cooled New York after days of deadly heat. The blistering spell has caused about 31 heat related deaths in the last 36 hours and left many hospitalized or prostrated. A southwest breeze brought some relief as temperatures neared 92 degrees at noon.
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New York
Custody Plea For Children In Paris Divorce Case
Paris July Count Boni de Castellane and his counsel visited Judge Henriette, head of the Seine tribunal, to seek restoration of his children after his wife wed Prince Helie de Sagan in London on Tuesday.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Henritte
Tribunal of the First Instance
Seine
Helie de Sagan
London
Shamrock Wins Lipton Cup in 325 Mile New York Race
New York schooner Shamrock skippered by Charles Barr wins the $1,006 Lipton cup for the 325 mile New York to Cape May and return race. Shamrock beats Mimosa III by over two hours with several smaller boats about twenty hours behind.
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New York
Frederick W. Thompson
Shamrock
Cape May
Charles Barr
Brooklyn Yacht Club
Indians Defy Laws at Old Hickory Grounds
In Muskogee Oklahoma on July there, sheriffs from McIntosh and Okmulgee counties went to the Old Hickory grounds near Henrietta to investigate a Snake Indian uprising. They were driven away by thirty armed Indians and negroes. Crazy Snake delivered a defiant message challenging state and federal laws.
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Muskogee
Okla
McIntosh
Okmulgee Counties
Old Hickory Grounds
Henrietta
Crazy Snake
United States
The Barnacle’s Eye Gone As Life Rides Seafaring
A peculiar barnacle story contrasts youth and age showing how a barnacle starts with keen eyesight to roam for food but, in later life, settles on ships attaching itself to keels. Its eyes become useless and disappear as it becomes a fixture on vessels and faces no need to seek food or evade foes.
Frederick the Great’s retreat at Molwitz remembered
A vivid account of Frederick the Great fleeing the Molwitz battle landing him in an old mill at night. He believed his army overrun and faced capture, only to learn his forces had won. The episode faded as he returned to command and proved once more a brave leader.
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Frederick the Great
Molwitz
Frederick
On the Verge of Prostration
A waiter offers hot biscuits to Cholly who, languid and hungry, asks for a hot biscuit stew as a tempting meal while perusing a restaurant menu. The exchange, reported in the Chicago Tribune, captures a moment of comic appetite and casual dining banter.
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Cholly
Chicago Tribune
Rebuttal Testimony from Mrs Bimm Observed Nervous Child
The witness Dr Bimm questions a nervous little boy who admits discomfort when guests stay long, expressing wriggle and chair kicking as visible signs amid the exchange. The exchange underscores tension over visitor duration in the home.
King greets Laniseer the painter with a beast joke
In Grant-Duaff's Notes From a Diary Laniseer, renowned animal painter, is presented to the King of Portugal. The monarch greets him with a playful line, expressing that he always likes beasts. The anecdote highlights royal humor about art and animals.
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Grant-Duaff
Laniseer
Portugal
Compromise in a bookseller scene at fifty cents
A customer in a bookstore pleads for a copy of Antony and Cleopatra. The clerk offers the book for a dollar, the customer responds with only fifty cents, and the exchange pivots on a playful misreading of the title as Antony. Harper's Week.
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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony
Harper’s
Roost With the Chickens Mystery Ends in Flight
Edith, a child staying with farmers, misinterprets a saying about roosting with the chickens. She waits by the coop to see how Mrs. says she will roost, then explains she is watching the chickens come in for the night as a parlor tale of rural speech misunderstandings.
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Edith
Only a Cook Who Likes Our Dishes Will Do
A Philadelphia employment agency encounter reveals a woman seeking a cook who shares her family’s tastes. Ten unemployed cooks are interviewed but none satisfy her preferences, prompting her to offer to cook herself until she finds a match, stressing that shared tastes equal better results. The tale is framed as a humorous anecdote from a ledger of quirky stories.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Train Brakeman Refuses to Eject Schoolmates
A conductor tries to eject two tramps from a box car bound for Atchison but balks at kicking out old schoolmates. The brakeman similarly backs off after noting the men are his friends. The conductor finally refuses, cursing, and keeps the men aboard.
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Atchison
Caboose
Wellington
Kan
Comedy of a Smelling Foot in a Train Compartment
A tax attorney recalls a British traveler in a crowded train carriage who applies iodoform to a wounded foot. An American passenger, reading aloud, endures the odor until he opens a window and lights a cigar, while the Englishman protests the smoking. The anecdote ends with contrasting manners aboard the journey.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco Chronicle
A Woman's Country Charm of French Women
The writing praises French women for charm rather than classical form. It asserts France is the most woman ridden country yet peaceful prosperous and contented, with women ruling by charm as described by Stormy Petre.
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England
France
The Old Master Mistress Teaches Servant Dining Room Etiquette
In London Tatler the mistress instructs a new servant to clean the dining room properly. She warns against using wet rags on the Old Master and prescribes a dry soft cloth only. The exchange ends with a plea for mercy from the servant.
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Marm
London Tatler
Guffey Bryan Dispute Drives Anti Bryan Rally at Convention
In Denver delegates allied against Bryan seize on the Guffey fight as a rallying issue. They expect the credentials committee to back Philadelphia delegates, which would spur efforts to derail Bryan’s nomination. Bryan supporters counter that Guffey’s defeat is already secured and warn against a railroaded challenge.
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Denver
Pennsylvania
Committee On Credentials
Bryan
Philadelphia
James M. Guffey
Committee On
Nebraska
Bell
Guffey
Credentials Committee
Mr. Bryan
Colonel Guffey
Resolutions Committee Delays Platform Report at Denver
The Democratic national convention resolutions committee will not report until Thursday. A subcommittee drafting the platform adjourned briefly on Senator Stone’s suggestion, with full committee slated to meet at 5 p m. Bryan supporters backed Governor Charles N. Haskell as permanent chairman while a seventeen member subcommittee was to handle platform details.
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Denver
Senator Stone
Missouri
Matform
Bryan
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Hitchcock and M Kinley Face Brief National Committee Start
Hot Springs Va July ex ecutive committee of the Republican national committee will meet for a brief session. Frank Hitchcock is to be elected chairman and Representative McKinley of Illinois to be treasurer of the national committee. Senators Hemenway and Representative Watson of Indiana favor the Hitchcock choice and McKinley as treasurer, saying they have no objections. McKinley is already treasurer of the congressional committee, and the plan aims to have him serve as treasurer of both committees to unite the party finances.
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Hot Springs
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
McKinley
Ilinois
Hemenway
Watson
Indiana
Fairbanks
Illnois
Burke
Pennsylvania
Knox
Hitchcock
Congressional Committee
Banker Sentenced to Prison in Minnesota Case
Minneapolis July 8 Joseph J Parnes former president of the Minnesota Title and Trust company prominent in religious and social circles was sentenced by Judge Andrew Holt to two years at hard labor in the state prison at Stillwater. He was convicted on a grand larceny indictment alleging the embezzlement of 10600 from the company. He was released on bail pending appeal from an order denying him a new trial.
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Minneapolis
Joseph J. Parnes
Minnesota Title and Trust Company
Andrew Holt
Hennepin
Land and Loan Co Offers Prairie Lands and Loans
E H Smith Land and Loan Co markets large and small tracts in Carlton Minnesota and North Dakota via the Great Northern and Arrow Line. Lands priced 4 to 12.50 per acre with timber value, small down payment and many balance terms. Also offers mortgages, fire and casualty insurance, bonds, and surety services with safe investment appeal.
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Carlton Co
Mion
Duluth
Great Northern
Arrow Line
Northwest
Dickinson
N. D
Austin City
Mower
Austin
Napoleon
Logan Co
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Hayes Bros., Jewelers
Austin, Minn
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Jack Rabbits
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