Teething, hydrophobia, and a teacup tale in Boston
The Philadelphia North American notes a mix of observations from science to travel. It discusses teething dangers, the idea of guiding Native Americans by names, an English woman offering court introductions for Americans, a planned demolition in Boston, and a century old air navigation critique. It also covers Iowa farmers forming a co op with multi year sales totaling millions, railway safety comparisons between the U S and Britain, and a remark on women's highest work by Dr Lyman Abbott advocating motherhood over suffrage opposition.
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Iowa
Sr Womuaa
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
Edison Patents Ranked by Patent Office Count
Washington clerks in the Patent Office have tabulated Edison patents from the start of his career. Pending claims likely to be allowed this month would raise his total to 791 patents. Since 1895 he has varied yearly, with six patents so far this year, and cumulative spending on patents exceeds 51 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Thomas A. Edison
Iir. Edison
Edison
Sully argues cotton prices unlikely to reach prohibitive levels
Special from Providence, R I reports Dan J Sully saying rising raw cotton prices will not push cloth beyond reach. He notes demand for cotton cloth remains, predicts higher prices but not prohibitive, cites deteriorated seed, need for quality improvements, and growing European competition affecting supply.
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Providence
R. C
Dan J. Sully
New England
Europe
Fight Near Monastir Dispatch From Constantinople May 23
A May 23 dispatch from Constantinople says fighting continued all day May 21 near the Bulgarian village of Mogil six miles north of Monastir. The report notes sustained clashes between opposing forces with no initial casualty figures released.
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Vienna
Merdesh
Presba
Neute Freie Presse
Salonica
Constantinople
Mogil
Monastir
Negro Stabs Soldier at Fort Brady in Sault Ste Marie
George Ergles a private in Company A First United States infantry at Fort Brady lies seriously injured from multiple stab wounds. Landry Oliver, a local colored man, says soldiers followed him after remarks about his wife. Oliver claims three soldiers jumped him. he says Engie drew a revolver and he stabbed the soldier several times.
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Sault Ste Marie
Mich
George Ergles
First
United States Infantry
Fort Brady
Landry Oliver
Oliver
Engie
Frisco Grant Upheld by State Supreme Court
New Orleans The state supreme court affirmed the lower court ruling that upheld the city ordinance granting extensive terminal rights to the Frisco railway.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
Frisco Railway
Japan Prepares for War in Orient Reports
Tokyo dispatches indicate continued war posture as large forces move toward New Chwang via the Trans-Siberian route. Japanese correspondents from Pekin describe intensified war talk and ongoing mobilization efforts.
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Victoria
B. C
Inravile
Orient
Pekin
Chwang
Japan
Assistant Secretary Appointment at Treasury Named
The appointment of Charles Hallam Keep as assistant secretary of the treasury to succeed Milton E. Ailes who recently resigned to become vice president of Higgs National Bank was announced. He is 40 and a Harvard graduate who has practiced law in Buffalo.
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Washington
Charles Hallam Keep
the Treasury
Milton E. Ailes
Higgs National Bank
Treasury Department
Harvard
Keep
Buffalo
Mississippi Corner Stone Laying Draws Big Crowd
Late news from Jackson notes June 3 ceremony will attract wide statewide participation with railroads offering low rates and extra trains. Officials prepare parade, marshal-led procession, and crowd management as the statehouse nears completion to showcase the building to visitors.
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Jackson
Statehouse Commission
Statehouse
New Railroad Project Aims Mississippi Aid and Routes
A projected railroad would run from Linden Alabama along the Tombigbee via Columbus Aberdeen Water Valley to Helena Arkansas. The company filed for a charter and seeks 250000 from Mississippi with an Aberdeen route offer requiring 30000 from that city. Aberdeen lies about eight miles off the direct line.
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Mississippi
Linden
Ala
Louisville
Tombigbee
Columbus
Aberdeen
Water Valley
Helena
Ark
McHenry Grants 25 Year Franchise For Electric Lights
At a special meeting the McHenry mayor and board of aldermen granted Bauer Lumber Company a 25 year franchise to erect and maintain eight arc lights free of charge. Also S O Harris received permission to dig an artesian well near the city jail. Both projects must begin at once. The Mobile Jackson and Kansas City road extension proceeds northward and Yazoo and Belzoni line construction is expected to be finished by early fall as water recedes and steel arrives for tracklaying.
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McHenry
Bauer Lumber Company
S. O. Harris
Sity
Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City Road
Yazoo and
Belzoni
Train wreck near Lula leaves cars in ditch. no injuries
A Yazoo and Mississippi Valley passenger train near Lula derailed after striking a switch or obstruction at high speed. Cars and coaches ran into the ditch, but all passengers escaped unharmed. Trainmen say they have not heard of a similar incident occurring before.
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Yazoo
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Lula
Durant Firebugs Sought After Town Hall Set Fire
Authorities pursue suspects for burning Durant town hall amid prior incendiary fires. Insurance pays 250 dollars, city adds 50 dollars reward. Also report of a man in Hattiesburg crushed under a wheel, foot amputated at hospital after accident in Gulland Ship Island yards.
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Durant
Gulland Ship Island
Hattiesburg
Gulf and Ship Island Hospital
Yazoo City Affair Recovering Thad Kelley Returning Home
Thad Kelley is rapidly recovering from wounds suffered in the Yazoo City street incident and remains at the courthouse before being moved to his Anding home in a few days. Dorsey and Birdsall have engaged attorney R. N. Miller of Hazlehurst to defend them.
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Yazoo City
Thad Kelley
Court House
Anding
Messrs. Dorsey and
Birdsall
R. N. Miller
Hazlehurst
Ito Urges Entente Support at Oppositions Meeting
Marquis Ito addressed the opposition on the naval question urging a national entente with the ministry. He backed raising navy funds by loan rather than land tax and warned against foreign policy as a pretext. The meeting adopted the entente.
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Yokonama
Marquis Ito
Far East
Italian Ambassador as Possible Vienna Choice
Washington reports that Signor Mayer des Planches, Italy's ambassador at Washington, may be chosen to succeed Count Digra, the Italian ambassador at Vienna, with officials here confirming the Rome dispatch indicating the contemplated transfer.
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Washington
Signor Mayer Des Planches
Count Digra
Vienna
Rome
Dropped Dead at Church in Pulaski Tennessee
Peter Harwood, a well known Black resident of Dry Creek, collapsed and died at church Sunday morning in Pulaski. In Washington, Consul General Bigham warns Cape Town on unqualified migrants under South Africa’s strict new immigration laws. Russian Jews noted among the unqualified class.
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Pulaski
Tenn
Peter Harwood
Dry Creek
Washington
United States
Bigham
Cape Town
State Department
South Africa
Coal firms begin enforcing new age limit law in mines
Hazleton and Pan-American coal companies in the Lehigh region have started enforcing the new age limit law restricting boy employment in mines. About 500 boys are estimated to be made ineligible, with many families facing hardship due to reliance on minors for support.
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Hazleton
Pan
Lehigh Region
Prince Henry of Prussia Arrives at Spanish Court
To the Spanish Court in Madrid Prince Henry of Prussia arrives for a visit at the Kaiser's wish to present compliments to King Alfonso. He will occupy a suite in the palace while Admiral De La Camara serves on his personal staff during the stay.
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Madrid
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Alfonso
Prince Henry
Admiral de la Camara
Railroads Stand Firm in Freight Rate Impasse
At a meeting of general managers from several railroads, amid a demand from freight handlers for an average 25 percent raise, the managers decided to refuse any increase or compromise.
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Chicago
Two Hundred Thousand Idle in New York Strikes
It is estimated that close to 200000 men are idle across Greater New York due to strikes ordered by unions and lockouts by material men and contractors in their dispute with unions.
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New York
Russians Reported with 200 Troops at Yongampho Korea
Reports confirm 200 Russian soldiers are at Yongampho on the Korean side of the Yalu river as the Korean government protests the occupation. The dispatch notes the joint location near the frontier and mentions Yokohama correspondence.
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Yokohama
Yongampho
Yalu
Roosevelt Tired After Seattle Stop Return to East
President Roosevelt and his party departed Seattle early Monday, traveling by the Northern Pacific on the return journey. Stops are planned at various points in Washington as the president heads back toward the East.
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Seattle
Wash
Northern Pacific
Washington
Soda Fount Drum Explosion Kills Plumber
C G K Russell a Walkalli South Carolina plumber was instantly killed when a soda fountain drum exploded while being recharged causing fatal injuries at the site.
Max O'Rell Dies After Cancer Fight in Paris
Private Paris dispatch reports Paul Blouet Max O'Rell died from a cancerous formation after an appendicitis operation. He had been advised no hope, yet he continued his struggle with characteristic bravery. He was at work on a life story and an English account of France.
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New York
Paris
Paul Blouet
Max O’rell
France
Inconspicuous Greatness sermon by Dr Parkhurst NYC
Dr Charles H Parkhurst preached on Inconspicuous Greatness at Madison Square Presbyterian Church in New York City. He urged that Jesus valued ordinary people and encouraged honoring those whose quiet virtue may not draw attention, citing the widow with two mites and the unassuming disciples.
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New York City
Charles H. Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Parkhurst
Christ
Lord
Sea of Galilee
Peter
James
John
Apostle Peter
St. John
Bethesda
Wales
Aguier
Macaulay
Reflections on Worth and Hidden Virtue in Classical Sermon
A lengthy sermon-like meditation argues that true value lies beyond outward shine. It uses Lincoln Cathedral glass, the feeding of the 5000, Moses, and a widow’s two mites to show inner worth surpasses visible aura. It notes how perception is shaped by surroundings, not the core virtue.
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Lincoln Cathedral
Christ
Moses
Jehovah
Bethesda
Jesus
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