Electrical armor plate promises stronger battleship hulls
The Navy reports a new armor plate by Lieut Cleveland Davis, bonded onto a hot plate by intense electric current, yielding a face as hard as glass with a tough backing. The process hardens through controlled time, claiming full electrical treatment in about five hours, offsetting advances in explosives and armor piercing.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Army
Cleveland Davis
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Proving Grounds
Bethlehem
Naval
King Edward Steps Up Walks for Coronation Readiness
London reports King Edward grows stronger daily with walking exercises no longer restrained by doctors. A special movable chair is being prepared should contingencies arise, as the king is expected to be ready for the coronation ceremonies on August 9.
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London
Edward
Grave diggers strike at Concordia Cemetery Chicago
Grave diggers at Concordia Cemetery in Chicago strike for higher wages and block replacements. A posted notice warns no further burials until further notice. Three funeral processions arriving Monday were turned away as similar action threatens future events.
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Chicago
Concordia Cemetery
Royal Yacht Main to Sail from Cowes by Friday
The main on board the royal yacht at Cowes aims to depart at the latest possible moment on Friday the 8th if feasible.
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Royal Yacht
Cowes
Saw miller killed in Wolf Creek boiler explosion
Joseph Hardesly, a notable Lawrence county Ohio saw mill man, died in a boiler explosion at his Wolf Creek mill. Four sons injured, with two feared to die. The incident occurred in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Huntington
W. Va
Joseph Hardesly
Lawrence County
Ohio
Wolf Creek
Cotton Weakens on Good Crop Reports and Damages
New York reports subdued trade with emphasis on crops and industry. Weather has been favorable, but earlier delays linger. Cotton prices drift downward despite some eastern market gains and rain and flood damage in Texas helping steady values. Spring wool gains and steady high grades contrast with tight leather and high hide costs.
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New York
Bradatreet's
Texas
Boston
Sandor
Anthracite strikes claim mine operators violate law
The strikes assert operators break the law and threaten criminal prosecutions. A referee rules Henry M. Flagler has no interest in the estate of his first wife. The government rejects arbitration on the Canadian boundary dispute. Hyphen wins easily in the Brighton Derby.
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Henry M. Flagler
Brighton
Chicago woman charged over infant starvation deaths
Police arrested Mrs. Neil Campbell of 655 Grand Avenue on a charge of permitting an infant to die from starvation. Viola Campbell, 14, alleges eight other infants died at the house in the last three years. Dr Wellfeld refused to issue a death certificate, and bodies may be exhumed to confirm the count at Calvary Cemetery.
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Chicago
Neil Campbell
Grand Avenue
Wellfeld
Campbell
Viola Campbell
Calvary Cemetery
Three Cornered Tragedy at Salt Palace
Salt Lake City witnesses a fatal shooting at the Salt Palace grounds as mining man J. McCastine shoots Lottie Russell in the back during a bicycle event. Peters is wounded in the chest while McCastine then kills himself by shooting his head, dying within an hour.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Palace Grounds
McCastine
Lottie Russll
Max Stabe Sd
M.castine
Miss Russell
Peters
Mob surrounds jail in Cripple Creek threatens lynching
A mob of men circles Cripple Creek jail seeking to lynch John Randolph known as Black Stratton after he stabbed and killed William Wilkin, a War Wiss Commission Company clerk. Randolph fled to the hills, was captured three miles southwest, and jailed as police urged calm. Wilkinson had come from Arkansas City three years ago.
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Cripple Creek
Col
John Randolph
Stratton
William Wilkinson
War Wiss Commission Company
Randolph
Burton
Wilkinson
Arkansas City
Kan
Tragedy at Birmingham Tea Store Ends in Fatal Stabbing
Walter Cotton, assistant manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, was killed by a coworker in a store on Nineteenth Street Birmingham. The assailant, unnamed and also an employee, claims Cotton struck him and fell onto his drawn knife. About 500 people gathered, but authorities report no riot and the suspect remains jailed.
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War Department
Rome
Manila
Root
Vatican
Gov
Taft
Birmingham
Ala
Walter Cotton
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Nineteenth Street
First
Second Avenues
Fire in ship's hold aboard Selma de Larrira ga
A cargo fire broke out in the hold of the British steamer Selma de Larrira ga, Captain Stephens, after arrival at Havre from Galveston on July 31. Efforts to extinguish the blaze are underway as discharge continues.
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London
Selma de Larriraga
Stephens
Havre
Galveston
Duel Ends in Death near Independence in Texas
In Brenham Texas two men John Arnold and Wesley Davis fought a fatal duel near Independence after a weeks long dispute. Each carried a six inch jack knife and both suffered severe wounds. Davis fled to Brenham and surrendered himself. he is expected to die from his injuries.
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Brenham
Texas
Reminiscences of Webster Death Words and Civil War Echoes
The writer recalls Daniel Webster’s deathbed remark I still live and reflects on mortality. He recounts the 1861 Manassas battle, Civil War devastations, and Sherman’s march to Etowah ruins, noting war’s brutality and enduring memories as years pass. An older Englishman, now eighty eight, is recalled in a vignette from the same era.
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Daniel Webster
Seneca
Plato
Calvin
Luther
Battle of
Manassas
McDowell
Sherman
Confederacy
Joe Brown
Sre
Eeng
Pike weapons and race remarks from Bill Arp
Bill Arp hawks pikes history and West Point bias while mocking place of weapons in battle and the era's racial views. He recalls pikes, bayonets, and theatrics of old drills, notes West Point caution, then shifts to a personal meal scene and his garden harvest as he ends with humorous, critiqued reflections.
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Lewis
Georgia
Big Shanty
West Point
Boston
Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Washing Day Customs Described Across Nations
A historical piece outlines varied laundry practices across Korea, Japan, China, Egypt, and France. Korean women wash many garments in cold streams, while Japanese methods involve flat boards and outdoor drying. Egyptian washers pound dirt from fabrics by the Nile, and Mayotian and French women pound and slap clothes on stones to clean and soften fabrics.
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Covent
Egypt
Nile
Smugglers Hoard Found Off Porto Rico Island
Philo Reade and Aba Fogel of Herrick Illinois announce discovery of a $7,000,000 treasure hidden by smugglers during the Civil War on a small island about two hundred miles south of Porto Rico. A wreck at sea left two survivors who later revealed the hoard to trusted partners forming the Porto Rican Prospecting Company with Shelbyville citizens investing. The Porto Rican message “Amount all OK Reade” is taken as confirmation of possession and recovery.
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Porto Rico
Philo Reade
Aba Fogel
Herrick
Illinois
United States
New Orleans
Kinsa Reade
Ol Fe
Fogle
Shelbyville
O. K
Reade
Law requires bread sold by weight in Montreal bakers
Montreal adopts a new law mandating bread be sold by weight after a specified date while preserving an exception for fancy bread. The measure, backed by the council, aims to protect the poor against fraud amid a protracted dispute between English and French bakers over its enactment.
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Montreal
Quebec
Phas Back Council
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Treasury Department
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Michigan
Reid's Switch
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Miss
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Sueza
Warren County
Villanova
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Caracas
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Secretary of War
Southern Lumber
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Minn
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