WILL RETURN TO PANAMA Minister Squires to Go Back to His Post
Secretary Root and Minister Squires concluded a long talk and Squires will return to his post in Panama. He provided detailed political insights from the Isthmus while receiving guidance on keeping the American legation neutral between presidential candidates. Panama’s July 11 election worries Washington as factions vow to use force if polls fail and reports say firearms have been widely purchased for the vote.
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Albany Race Track Bills Face Short Time to Pass
Albany reports precarious fate for Hughes proposed abolition of public gambling protection at race tracks as lawmakers rush toward adjournment for the Republican convention in Chicago. Opposition bets on time constraints to “talk the bills to death” before the extraordinary session ends.
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Weather Lifts Floods as Rivers Rise and Bridges Fail
After weeks of rain warming into spring, floodwaters threaten further uprisings and more bridges are washed away. Flora Zabelle testified briefly about a time frame for alleged incidents as her husband recounted meeting two young girls and an automobile ride.
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Poisoning at Paris Auto Club Banquet Claims One Dead
At a Paris banquet of the Automobile club many guests were poisoned by ptomaine from a duck dish. One person died and many others are in serious condition. Separate dispatches report Montana floods with rivers rising after rain and several railroad bridges washed away, disrupting service for weeks. A Greek section hand is drowned at Craig, and two other drownings are noted near Great Falls.
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Wind storm destroys uptown New Orleans block
A June 10 wind storm caused fire that leveled about a city block in New Orleans uptown, destroying several small stores and residences with an estimated loss of 100000 to 160000 dollars. The item includes miscellaneous unrelated humorous usings and foreign clippings.
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Kaw valley flood subsiding. relief seen after peak
Kansas City reports the Kaw and Missouri rivers leveling as weather bureau predicts stationary levels then gradual fall within 24 hours. Topeka’s Kaw river down a foot, North Topeka residents return home. Armouredale and West Bottoms floodwaters threaten yards and rail lines. crops damaged but salvageable. workers mobilized to save property.
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Floods inundate Pisgah and Moorhead as Soldier river rises
The Soldier river swelled three to five miles wide after heavy rains, flooding the Soldier valley and submerging Pisgah and Moorhead. Most stores in Pisgah were abandoned with water up to four feet inside, 300 feet of Monamin branch track washed out, no trains since Saturday, and flooding stretching fifty miles with thousands of acres of crops ruined.
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Wealth paths amid Broadway dreams and a sly joke
A New York Globe excerpt recalls two aspiring Broadway performers debating big money while an older investor warns them to seek wealth through smart investments. The piece contrasts the get-rich-quick mindset with a cautions tale of saving and opportunity. A second vignette features a father and son exchange about a fiddle joke, where the boy quips the father plays second fiddle.
Hitchcock Testifies in Own Defense in Immorality Trial
New York June 10 Ray mond Hitchcock the actor testified in his own defense denying charges of improper conduct with two young girls Helen von Hagen and Elsie Voecks. He said he met Von Hagen in 1904 and that she later asked to ride with him in an automobile after recognizing him at the Garden theater. He claimed he directed them to seek their mothers consent and that he later saw them at his home in Great Neck Long Island where they stayed the night. He said he escorted the girls to West Forty-first Street and claimed mothers knew their whereabouts. He asserted the girls denied making disrespectful remarks about him and that he had heard rumors.
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He Was Not a Dumpling Joke at Cross Examination
A lord chancellor cross examines a rustic witness who is teased about being a Devon shire dumpling. The witness jokes that if he truly were a dump ling, lawyers would have gobbled him up earlier, eliciting audience laughter and a wry reply.
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Mrs Vixenhead The Story Of A Berlin Stone Shrew
A New York Tribune account recounts the legend of a stone bust in Berlin depicting a vixenish woman mocked by a king. Frederick William I ordered the bust placed above a hunchback goldsmith’s workshop to deter envy. The likeness remained for over a century before vanishing then being reinstated in the same niche after restoration.
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Do You Know A Man Does Not Have To Work Now
A Yonkers Statesman reader recalls a past toil comparison and notes a man’s lighter labor today, reflecting on changes over a decade. The exchange, framed as a dialogue between Sam and a speaker, hints at social shifts and sentiment.
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