Wisconsin tornado kills farmhand as damage soars across counties
A Wisconsin tornado path eight miles long and one to two miles wide killed a German farmhand at Charles Collins farm and left more than $150,000 in crop and building losses. Widespread devastation hit Blue Mounds and Dane and Iowa counties with downed lines, ruined barns, and livestock losses across multiple farms including Himelstein and Collins properties. Rescue teams aided by locals worked through the night amid debris and shattered windmills.
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Blue Mounds
Wis
Charles Collins
Dane
Iowa
Barneveld
Blue Mounds Village
William Dagenhart
Dr. Bancroft
Fred Afden
Mr. Bussey
Highland
Dodgeville
Mount Horeb
John Malone
Morris Minix
John F. Himelstein
John Himelstein
William Himelstein
Melville Frey
John Pryor
Arthur Willson
Pope Calls Catholics to Public Life
Rome reports the pope issues an encyclical urging Catholics to engage in public affairs while seeking ecclesiastical counsel. It advises clergy to avoid party strife and aims to mobilize Catholics as a bulwark against socialism by encouraging participation in temporal matters.
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Rome
No arrests at Delmar track under anti-betting law
St. Louis, June 20. Despite Governor Folk's order to arrest violators of the new anti-betting law, the St. Louis county sheriff did not make any arrests Monday at Delmar race track. Six bookmakers reportedly did a fair business.
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St. Louis
Folk
St. Louis County
Delmar Race Track
Attempted murder at circus grounds in Fargo
Max Miller, a Fargo Hvergv employee, and a coworker went to the circus grounds to meet a girl. Miller was followed by a man after returning home and struck on the forehead, crushing his skull. He is not expected to live and the assailant remains at large with only a vague description.
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Fargo
N. D
Max Miller
Hvergv
Investigation into Boluble Life Assurance Society Begun
June 26 note re a major inquiry into the affairs of the Life Assurance Society. Paul Morton, newly elected chairman, orders Price Waterhouse Hastings & Sells to audit the society and review all accounts and investments.
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Mew Lok
Paul Morton
Niny
Loard Wo
Price, Waterbone 2 Jr
Hastings & Sells
Baseball Scores From Around The Leagues
National League games in Chicago Philadelphia 2 to 3 Cincinnati 17 New York 7 Pittsburg 7 Brooklyn 2 St. Louis 10 Boston 6 American League New York 6 Chicago 9 Washington 3 Cleveland 12 Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 4 American Association Toledo 6 Milwaukee 13 Indianapolis 7 Minneapolis 13 Columbus 7 St. Paul 4 Louisville 1 Kansas City 2
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
American Association
Toledo
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Louisville
Kansas City
Mysterious Bonds Between Animals and Humans
Prince Kropotkin notes that primitive peoples treat animals as kin within a vast network. Hunters respect life, perform rites after hunts, and animals may warn or even aid humans who treat them justly. Even in Siberia, life is valued. only tools and needs justify killing.
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Siberia
Prince Kropotkin
Standard Oil to Resume Kansas Oil Purchases
General Manager ONeill of Prairie Oil and Gas said Standard Oil will resume work in the Kansas oil field, lay the pipeline to the heavy oil district, and pay 26 cents a barrel for oil grading 22 to 29 degrees. The move restores pre legislative-curtailment conditions for Wayside, Dewitt Creek, Coffeyville, Cherryvale and Chanute.
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Independence
Kan
O'Neill
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Standard Oil Company
Kansas Oil Field
Standard
Kansas
Wayside
Deumm Creek
Coffeyville
Cherryvale
Chanute
Conference on Morocco affairs gains practical footing in Paris
Premier Rouvier and German ambassador Radolin approach an international conference to define its scope. Plans emerge in four to five days as officials hope for an amicable settlement, focusing on sovereignty, status quo, and equal commercial rights rather than political changes.
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Morocco
Rouvier
Radolin
Foreign Office
M. Rouvier
Germany
France
Tunis
Metz
Roosevelt Chauffeur Reprimanded for Speed Near Great Falls
In Washington on Sunday President Roosevelt and his son Theodore rode with two friends when the chauffeur was stopped for speeding along the conduit road to Great Falls. Two police officers halted the car but withdrew after learning the occupants and the president cautioned the driver to slow down.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Theodore
Great Falls
Death toll in Baltimore headon wreck climbs to twenty six
The list of fatalities from the Western Maryland Railway collision near Patapsco station grew to twenty six with the death of James Benner a railroad laborer from Catoctlu Md at the city hospital in Baltimore on Saturday night.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway
Patapsco
James Benner
Catoctlu
Pacific National League Disbands and Heat Claims Few
The Pacific National Baseball league has disbanded. In Panama Governor Magoon reports two yellow fever deaths and three new cases. Dennis Reen, 65, killed by a Milwaukee train in St. Paul Monday. Seven heat prostrations in Washington DC. Oscar Gardner KOed by Billy Stitt in Ogden Monday. Interstate National Guard Association session in St. Paul with General Oliver attending.
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Magoon
Panama
Dennis Reen
St. Paul
Washington
D. C
Ogden
Utah
George Gardner
Billy Stitt
Interstate National Guard Association
Kr. S. Oliver
Wheat prices in Minneapolis futures on June 19
Minneapolis June 19 wheat futures quoted on track No 1 hard at 1.12 dollars per bushel No 1 Northern 1.10 No 2 Northern 1.07 July at 1.08 and September 87 cents per bushel.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Wheat and flax price listings from Duluth market report
Wheat quotations on arrival and on track for No 1 Northern at 1.11 and 1.114 percent, July at 1.11, September new 55, old 88. Flax prices listed for arrival and on track 1.48, July 1.45, September 1.29.
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Duluth
Northern
Livestock Prices Reported for St Paul Market
St Paul market prices on June 19 show cattle steady with steers from 5.50 to 6.00, cows and heifers 3.75 to 4.75, hogs 5.05 to 5.35, yearlings 34.50 to 6.50, and native lambs 35.00 to 5.85. Trade ranges across grades include good to fair quality and common listings.
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St. Paul
Livestock Prices Chicago June 19 Market Summary
Cattle Good to prime steers 5.40 to 6.25. poor to medium 4.00 to 5.25. stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.75. cows and heifers 2.50 to 5.00. calves 3.00 to 6.50. Hogs Mixed and butcher 5.20 to 5.40. good to choice heavy 5.35 to 5.50. light 5.25 to 5.40. Sheep Good to choice wethers 4.50 to 5.00. Western sheep 4.00 to 5.00. native lambs 4.50 to 7.00. Western 5.00 to 6.55.
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Chicago
Market report gains and futures for grains and livestock
Chicago price spreads show Wheat July 8 7 8 ½ cents, Sept 8 3? cents, Dec 88 ¾ cents. Corn July 53 1/2 cents, Sept 52 1/2, Dec 48 1/2, May 48 1/2. Oats June 31 1/4, July 31, Sept 29, Dec 29, May 31 1/2. Pork July 12.67 ½, Sept 12.97, Oct 13.05. Butter Creameries 16 20, dairies 15 17 1/2. Eggs 12 1/2 18 3/4 cents. Poultry Turkeys 14 15, chickens 11 4 1/2, springs $2.00–5.50 per dozen.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
London Playhouses Exude Comfort and Quiet Luxury
The London playhouses feature small auditoriums with spacious seats and aisles, drawing room like furnishings, and decorations. Evening clothes for men are compulsory, heightening the refined atmosphere reported by the San Francisco Argonaut.
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London
San Francisco
Legendary beasts and myths of medieval natural history
The article surveys early modern beliefs in mythical creatures such as the phoenix, unicorn, cockatrice, wyvern, griffin, and dragon. It cites sources like Pliny and Bartholomew, noting how travelers’ tales fueled garbled accounts and how unicorns may derive from horned antelopes. The piece recounts the phoenix legend, the phoenix’s cycle of birth from ashes, and mentions the basilisk as a cockatrice, blamed on dragons, with a nod to Westminster Gazette.
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Wester
Bartholomew
Pliny
Howbett
Westminster Gazette
Curious Irish burial custom in Labruck cemetery
In Labruck cemetery Connemara Ireland mourners receive pipes with tobacco after the coffin is lowered. The pipes are smoked in silence then broken or left behind as stones are placed on the mound. Empty black bottles are scattered about the site and the origin is thought to symbolize ashes to ashes dust to dust.
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Labruck
Connemara
Ireland
Young Sherman Demonstrates Frugal Taste on Lancaster Visit
The late Secretary John Sherman displayed thrift as a youth on a Lancaster Ohio shooting trip. With two brothers he paid for a week of board, but the farmer refused, saying the Sherman family would always be welcome guests. John then returned the wagon and stayed another week. Lip Pincott's.
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Danny John Sherman
John Sherman
Lancaster
John
Judge Sherman
Lippincott's
Rewards For Churchgoing At Holsworthy
In Holsworthy Devon England the vicar Rev Thomas Meyrick left money in his will to be invested. The annual income is given to the prettiest young woman who attended church regularly during that year.
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Holsworthy
Devonshire
England
Thomas Meyrick
Women who charm men with health and love power
Ad copy claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures ill health and uterine troubles. A testimonial from Mrs. Chas. F. Brown of Hot Springs Arkansas describes renewed love and vigor after use, urging women to take the remedy for irregular menstruation backache and related ailments.
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Pinkham
Chas. F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pincham
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