Condition of Crops Winter Wheat Outlook Improves
Government crop report notes above normal temperatures east of the Rockies since March but overall backward conditions in the Ohio Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys. Rain is needed in multiple regions while winter wheat shows general improvement with some declines in Illinois and northern Missouri. Frosts in the south caused no major damage and oats planting advances are reported in several states.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Weather Bureau
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New York
Atlantic Coast
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Lake Region
Florida
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Colorado
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Iowa
Illinois
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Bitas
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South Central District
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Lowa
Habit of Saving urge to cultivate thrift
The July national bank deposits reached 3 228 000 000 and savings banks 2 597 000 000 while world totals stood at 8 908 340 000 with 63 070 000 depositors. The piece argues prosperity tests character and urges self denial and disciplined saving as a practical lifelong habit.
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United States
Dickens
Indianapolis News
180 Miles in 180 Minutes by Limited Train on Wabash
The Continental Limited on the Wabash Railroad set a record by covering 180 miles from Tilton to Granite City Illinois in 180 minutes with five stops including engine change and coal. The Danville to Decatur segment was 71.6 miles in 70 minutes including Tolono and Bement stops. Separately Burlington records 14.8 miles Eckley to Ouray Colorado at 98.6 mph on March 24 beating prior marks. Paris newspapers report the engagement of the Duke of Chaulnes et de Picquigny to a New York socialite William Gebhard's daughter living in Paris.
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Tilton
Granite City
Danville
Decatur
Tolono
Bement
Burlington Road
Eckley
Ouray
Colo
Paris
France
Chaulnes-et-de-Picquigny
Uzos
William Gebhard
New York
Solitaire Habit Warns of Domestic Strain and Loss of Will
A married man warns a friend against solitaire, citing how the habit saps willpower, isolates the player, dulls reading and conversation, and may end in social withdrawal. The note draws on a Philadelphia Record piece and a Jerry the mule engine described by Capt Thomas Bixby for Mark Twain.
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Philadelphia Record
Mark Twain
Thomas Bixby
Samuel L. Clemens
Swallow
New Orleans
St Louis
Calico
Jerry
Samuel Clemens
Samuel
Practical church congregation surprises pastor with plated teeth
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recalls a rural church gift after five years service. The congregation held a donation party at the pastor's home and presented him with a piece of plate featuring a set of teeth attached, described in a humorous reminiscence.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Size of Yellowstone Park Territory Compared to Delaware Rhode Island
The passage asserts Yellowstone Park’s area equals the combined area of Delaware and Rhode Island. It emphasizes a preference for concise news over long novels and frames the telegraph as the source of the desired love stories rather than traditional novels.
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Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone T Park
Delaware
Rhode Island
High Meat Prices and Pack- ing Trust Allegations Stir Nation
The article reports nationwide protests over soaring meat prices, with packers accused of manipulating supplies to raise costs. It notes government probes led by the Justice Department into alleged packer control, while packers and railroads deny collusion. Details claim a large share of western cattle is owned or controlled by packing firms and withheld from market to justify price hikes.
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Chicago
Tiggs
Wiven Tard
New York
San Francisco
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Kansas City
United States
Knox
Wisconsin
Ilindy
Towa
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Rapid City
West heat wave reports sweep Midwest and Kansas
Omaha records a 95 degree April day the hottest in fifteen years with heat related illnesses. Nebraskan and Kansas reports show lack of moisture and damage to winter wheat as dry winds persist. A Chicago robbery at Michael Adonowicz’s saloon ends with Bensley as suspect. John S. Sargent’s son named as a page for Queen Alexandra’s coronation.
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Omaha
Ally City
Saga
Mercury
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas City
Southwest
St. Joseph
Michael Adonowicz
Chicago
Michael Bensley
Adonowicz
Sensuleas
Bensley
Johns
Sargent
Queen Alexandra
Chicago Electrician’s Carbon Point Threatens Bank Safes
Julius Haschke, a Chicago electrician, claims to have devised an electric carbon point device that can burn or melt iron and steel, enabling safe openings. The simple tool uses a carbon electrode at a wood handle with wires. a guard of public treasure fears its potential, though Haschke denies aiding crime.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Julius KE. Haschke
Haschke
Dark Lantern Fraternity
Man Cuts Boiler Basin Amid Intense Glare
Mr Haschke cut a large boiler basin in a Milwaukee building using a carbon arc point. He wore two pairs of colored spectacles with cloth between for eye protection as spectators watched from a distance. The glare was extreme and almost blinded onlookers while the boiler plate split into two parts.
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Haschke
Milwaukee
New Pension Commissioner Eugene F Ware of Kansas
Eugene F Ware of Topeka Kansas appointed by the President to succeed F Clay Evans as Commissioner of Pensions. Known as Iron Quill the Kansas poet, Ware is 61, a Civil War veteran, former state senator and prominent Kansas litigator.
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Kansas
Henry Clay Evans
Eugene F Ware
Topeka
Kan
Mr. Ware
Connecticut
Iowa
State Senate
Manila
Cuban Trade Report Shows Export Rise and Import Dip
Col Edwards reports Cuba's 1901 imports at 68 million dollars and exports at 63 million, with exports up 29 percent. U.S. goods valued at 28.1 million imported, exports to the U.S. at 48.1 million, and Cuban sugar exports to the U.S. soar from 16.8 million in 1900 to 80.8 million in 1901. Twelve Indian sepoys head to Kansas City to oversee shipping 700 mules to the British army in India.
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Division of Insular Affairs
Cuba
United States
India
Kansas City
Cuban Bill Passes in Dramatic House Action
The House, in a dramatic session Friday, swung control to Democrats with 34 Republicans joining to overrule Speaker Henderson. The Mor ris amendment reducing sugar duties passed 199 to 105, and the Cuban 20 percent reciprocity bill cleared 247 to 52. The measures set 20 percent duty reductions on Cuban imports until 1903 with a 1.825 cent per pound sugar duty during the agreement.
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Henderson
New York Sugar Trust
House of Representatives
Congress
Democratic Ultra Protection Alliance
Sugar Trust
Cuba
United States
Emblem of Authority The Goose Mace in the House of Representatives
A Washington correspondent describes the Mace, known as The Goose, as a four foot silver eagle atop a globe and thirteen arrows. It rests on a marble pedestal when in session and is brought forth to restore order after the Speaker or sergeant at arms commands.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Jones
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Jerry
Paupers Enter United States via Canada Tradeways
Immigration officials report unscrupulous European agents sending paupers to Canada with false promises of border crossing into the United States. The Greek consul in Antwerp sent 150 Greek paupers to America, with ships avoiding New York transport and likely entry through Canada. Authorities fear thousands have used frontier routes to enter the United States.
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United States
Canada
Antwerp
America
New York
Erection of Methodist Temple Proposed in Ottawa Kansas
Local plans call for an $80,000 Methodist temple in Ottawa Kansas. The report notes wind damage to corn crops across several Texas counties. A seven foot wingspan bald eagle was shot near Ottawa Kansas. Five Kansas City policemen sue the city for pay for unexpired terms after discharge without trials. Missouri Supreme Court rules against entitlement.
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Ottawa
Kan
Texas
Kansas City
Missouri Supreme Court
Illinois Towns Vote In Saloon Referenda Across State
Illinois villages and towns held elections Tuesday where the license versus anti license issue dominated. Republicans and Democrats realigned in some areas, but overall the state moved toward changing civic conditions while many small towns kept or adjusted saloon laws.
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Linsts
Whieels
Barse
Tolstoi Manuscripts Abandoned Then Found Near Moscow
W Ritings show Count Tolstoi spent five years compiling War and Peace. Preliminary drafts, stored in the Bumfaest Mess area of Moscow, were moved after difficulty by a countess who sheltered them in a disused car. The manuscripts were later discovered after weeks.
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Bumfaest
Moscow
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