Floating hospitals aboard Russian ships in Manila harbor
Three battered Russian cruisers Aurora Jemtchug and Oleg reached Manila lee in Manila bay with hundreds of wounded aboard their holds treated as floating hospitals. Admiral Train escorted them and the navy will decide if they depart or are interned.
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Manila
P. I
Rojestvensky
Japan Sea
Aurora
Jemtchug
Oleg
Ing
Hoquit
Coregidor Island
Train
Lingayen Gulf
Saul
Expert Umbrella Mender Sets Home Visit Next Week
A notice outlines an expert umbrella mender will call at the reader’s home next week and asks to have work ready. The letter to W. dW. Croy in Bluefield West Virginia discusses hiring and efficiency, comparing handcraft to machinery in horseshoes and paint.
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Mender
Cleophas
Miss Alice Roosevelt Visits Cincinnati Social Season
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrives in Cincinnati for about a week stays at Congressman Nicholas Longworth home. She attends the Latonia Derby with a party in her honor and will join multiple events including at the Pillars country club and a Taft home dinner.
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Cincinnati
Janet
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Buckner Wallingford
Miss Roosevelt
Latonia
Charles P. Taft
Duchess Cecilia Reaches Berlin for Royal Marriage Feasts
Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg Schwerin arrives in Berlin with her mother Grand Duchess Anastasia and brother Grand Duke Frederick. She is greeted by Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Crown Prince, and eight Prussian princes, with twelve foreign princes present. The city decor rivals Kaiser's 1881 wedding as she proceeds to Bellevauer Castle.
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Berlin
Cecilia of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Germany
Schwerin
Anastasia
Grand Duke
Frederick
Cecilia
Bellevene
London Expects War to Persist After Roosevelt Cassini Talks
London reports that neither side seems eager for peace after President Roosevelt met Count Cassini. Tokyo reactions show caution as Japan weighs delaying peace talks until its Baltic expedition nears Vladivostok. London expects Russia to press on despite Rosestvensky’s loss. Lansdowne may aid peace efforts.
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London
Roosevelt
Count Cassini
Tokio
Togo
Vladivostok
Russia
French Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
Far East
No Indication of Peace Negotiations
President Roosevelt expressed a wish to end the war in the far east during a conference with Count Cassin but no move toward mediation or peace negotiations was indicated after the cabinet meeting. A high government official said there was absolutely no sign of a definite step toward a peace process.
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Washington
Jone
Roosevelt
Far East
Cassin
List of Casualties Greatly Increased
Durban Natal Africa June 3 The list of casualties in the great hurricane which swept over the section is greatly increased, showing fifty Europeans and five hundred insane killed. The city is now suffering a water famine, the water mains having burst.
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Durban
Natal
Africa
Japan Suffers Severe Interior Earthquake Toll
A strong quake struck Japan's Hiroshima region causing six deaths, seventy nine injuries, and thirty three houses destroyed. Measurements note interior shocks and damaged infrastructure impacting local communities. Emergency crews and officials coordinate response as authorities assess aftershocks and safety needs.
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Tokio
Japan
Hiroshima
Historic baseball scores from early national league games
In the National league first game Boston defeated New York 32 to 0 and the second game saw Boston win 38 to 8 with Brooklyn 0 Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 0 St Louis 1 Chicago 4 and Pittsburg 0. In the American league Boston lost to New York 0 to 3 and Washington beat Philadelphia 8 to 1 while Cleveland topped Chicago 5 to 4 and Detroit edged St Louis 5 to 4.
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Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St Louis
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Men Paid to Dynamite Church at Edwardsville
Authorities report positive evidence that opponents of Rev. T C Edwards paid men 250 dollars to dynamite the Welsh congregation in Edwardsville Wilkes Barre region. Five men reportedly involved two suspects jailed are among them. Others have fled the area. Edwards opposed liquor licenses and blocked many during the period.
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Wilkesbarre
T. C. Edwards
Edwardsville
Edwards
Hanlon Wins After Twenty Fast Rounds in San Francisco
Eddie Hanlon gained the decision over Young Corbett after twenty rounds of furious fighting in San Francisco last night. Hanlon led briefly early, Corbett knocked him down, then Hanlon rallied to outfight his rival. Norman refereed. crowd felt a draw might have pleased.
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San Francisco
Eddie Hanlon
Young Corbett
Hanlon
Corbett
Norman
Bud McCroskey Confesses Murder in West Virginia
Bud McCroskey broke down and confessed to helping murder Henry Blackshire at Brooksville Calhoun May 38. He told Sheriff Gainer while being moved for safety from Granteville to the Ritchie county jail. The statement allegedly implicated Lewis Hendricks and Blackshire’s wife.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Bab
McCroskey
Henry Blackshire
Brooksville
Calhoun Coursey
Gainer
Granteville
Ritchie County
Lewis Hendricks
Becomes Wife as Result of Wager in Okolona
In Okolona Mississippi a wager decided marriage as Beatrice Jamison, daughter of Col Jamison, postmaster at Houston, married Joseph Williams after the Okolona baseball team beat her hometown team.
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Okolona
Jane
Beatrice Jamison
Col
A. J. Jamison
Houston
Joseph
Williams
Montgomery Youth Injured While Climbing Natural Bridge Rock
Ira Simms son of Hon M J Simms of Montgomery returned home from Waynesboro Virginia where he attended a school outing at Natural Bridge. He scaled the rock to place his initials above George Washington’s and a fall caused a sever poison ivy like infection. He has improved and expects to attend commencement.
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Ira Simms
M. J. Simma
Montgomery
Hhe
Waynesboro
Charleston Gazette
Natural Bridge
Simms
George Washington
G. W
Grand Jury Indicts Record Numbers Under New WV Tax Laws
The Marshall County grand jury will return the largest indictments in West Virginia history Monday at Moundaville. Estimates range from 1,000 to 8,000 indictments aimed at brewers and others for violating the new state tax laws. Convictions would enrich the prosecuting attorney, with actions extending to other counties led by the Anti-Saloon League and the state tax commissioner.
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Marshall County
Grand Jury
West Virginia
Moundaville
Anti-Saloon League
State Tax Commissioner
New World Record Set in Discus at Great Western Meet
At the Great Western Collegiate meeting in Chicago Ferrell of Michigan set a new world discus record with a throw of 140 feet 234 inches. The previous mark was 133 feet 64 inches by M J Sheridan of the New York Athletic Club.
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Chicago
Great Western
Ferrell
Michigan
M. J. Sheridan
New York Athletic Club
Aerial Act Goes Wrong In Cortlandt Seats
Miss Mary Rhodes of Maysville Kentucky with John Robinsons circus suffered serious injuries when a broken toe strap sent her head first sixty feet into reserved seats at Cortlandt Ithaca New York on July 5 she was hospitalized.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Jane
Mary Rhodes
Maysville
John Robinson
Cortlandt
Doctor King’s New Life Pills Promise Quick Bowels Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a sure remedy for bowel and stomach disorders including pain, headaches, biliousness, and costiveness. Sold at all drug stores for 25 cents with a guarantee.
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Dr. King
Seaboard Buys Coal Lands and Moves Sea Route Plans
Norfolk reports deny Tidewater and Seaboard purchases of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad but tie Seaboard to coal lands and proposed Cape Henry coal terminal. Government breakwater at Cape would yield deep water coal terminals. Sande Oliver clears rights of way at Suffolk as Tidewater advances. General Manager Depuy ready to advertise bids for another road section.
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Depuy
Norfolk
Norfolk, Va
Tidewater Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Seaboard
Ryan and Coolidge
Seaboard Directorate
Norfolk and Southern
Cape Henry
Cape
Lambert's Point
Southport
Wilmington
N. C
Sande & Oliver
Tidewater
Suffolk
Beign
Dapuy
Suit to Unseat Judge McWhorter Dismissed
In Clarksburg West Virginia on June 8 the contest against Twelfth circuit Judge McWhorter by Republican nominee John B Morrison was dismissed. The court held bribery in elections does not disqualify an office holder without trial and conviction. Judge Jacobs with Judge Daily concurred while Judge Dorr dissented.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
McWhorter
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
John B. Morrison
Sutton
West Virginia
Thomas P. Jacobs
C. W. Daily
Democrat
C. P. Dorr
Two Dozen Gamblers Held Up by a Bandit
Two dozen men in a gambling house surrendered their money and valuables just before daylight to a bandit who escaped on horseback amid a shower of bullets. A posse trailed the outlaw to the Mexican line. The impression is that the outlaw was Bill Stiles, who after escaping Tombstone jail fled to the Yaqui country of North Sonora.
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Douglas
Aziz
Bill Stiles
Tombstone
Sonora
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