The National Pike and Presidential Pageants on the Road
Washington dispatch traces the National Pike or Cumberland road from its buffalo-trace origins to a planned ten year highway spanning from tidewater to the Mississippi and beyond. It recalls historic milestones, tavern life, and the grand presidential processions that once rolled along the route before railroads transformed travel.
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Washington
America
Tide Water
Mississippi
Pacific
Denver
Great Western Ocean
Montana
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Boston
Jacksonville
Pearce
Maryland
Cumberland Road
Raleigh
Smith
New World
Bering Straits
Appalachians
Premise
Potomac
Uhlo
Old Cumberland Road
Braddock
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Virginia
Republic
Jackson
van Buren
Monroe
Harrison
Polk
Tyler
Old Road
Frisco Relief Work Surges in Earthquake Aid Effort
A San Francisco correspondent details massive relief as 375000 meals daily, hundreds of carloads of clothing, and substantial cash disbursements flow to quake victims. A central fund, chaired by James D. Phelan, pools $6 million in donations from Red Cross, city leaders, and contributors with plans for meat allocations, hospital care payments, and small loans to restart livelihoods.
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San Francisco
General Relief Committee
Red Cross
Pardee
James D. Phelan
Phelan
Value of Steel Products in United States 19065 Output
A census bulletin reports total value of American steel and rolling mills in 19065 reached 672,905,026 dollars, marking an 18 percent rise since 1900. The notice ends with a business ad urging advertising in the paper.
Teaching Social Amenities at New York Girls High
In a New York City girls technical high school a practical hospitality course was added to housekeeping. Classes have given receptions for wives of city officials. A combined reception dubbed appreciation day honored teachers and principals. A national appeal to fund San Francisco school rebuilding was discussed. William Abbott, a St. Louis poolroom keeper, was arrested for killing an unknown man in a dollar dispute.
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Technical High Cachool
New York
William Abbott
St. Louis
Michael Davitt dies in Dublin after blood poisoning
Irish patriot Michael Davitt dies in Dublin following two jawbone operations for necrosis after influenza. Davitt, born 1846, was a leading Irish politician and founder of the Irish Land League with Charles Stewart Parnell in 1870. He faced multiple imprisonments for treason and sedition, served in Parliament, and resigned variously over disputes and bankruptcies. Also noted are mentions of Frank Miller designing war medals, Senator Burton’s court case, J Willie Pope's Atlanta expo bid, Mary Hunt's temperance work, and remarks on Sir Walter Scott and Herbert Spencer.
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Michael Davitt
Dublin
Mr. Davitt
Fenian Brotherhood
Charles Stewart Parnell
Davitt
Irish Land League
United States
Auxiliary Land League of the
Portland
House of Commons
Transvaal
State of Europe Faces Wide Turmoil Across Nations
A survey notes Russia’s duma friction and czarist tension, Spain’s unrest amid wedding festivities and looming revolution, England’s education bill sparking party rifts, African Natal warfare, Austria Hungary plots, Greek Romanian clashes, Turkic crimes and Armenian killings, Italian emigration woes, and France in a looming religious war. The piece groups global strife as a spectrum of crises across Europe and beyond.
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Europe
Germany
Russia
Duma
Alfonso
Madrid
Ireland
Spain
England
Africa
Natal
South Africa
Bambaata
Austria
Hungary
Joseph
Italy
France
California Revenue Grows as Advertised Letters Soar
San Francisco postal officials report 24000 letters placed on the advertised list last week, a peak since the conflagration. By next week the total may drop to under 18000, with normal ad rates at 3000 to 4000. Over four weeks about 200000 letters were returned to general delivery or sent back to writers, and some after thirty days will go to the dead letter office in Washington. Internal revenue shows California industries prospering despite the earthquake, with receipts June 1 to 15 at 182100 compared to 171056 a year earlier, a gain of 11043.
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San Francisco
Washington
Internal Revenue
California
Philosopher An Yamada Naokuma dies at Aso crater
Noted Japanese philosopher An Yamada Naokuma reportedly took his own life by leaping into the crater of Mount Aso. Local authorities confirmed the incident, and investigators are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Yamada Naokuma
Aso Volcano
Ohio Governor Pattison Dies and Harris Becomes Acting Governor
Ohio Governor Pattison died at his Milford home after a Bright's disease illness. Lieutenant Governor Andrew Harris sworn in as acting governor, shifting Ohio politics to Republican control. Pattison, born 1847, served as soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, and governor. Harris, born 1835, Miami University graduate and Civil War veteran, also served in state government and as probate judge.
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John M. Pattison
Ohio
Milford
Cincinnati
Andrew L. Harris
Pattison
Ernestine
O. C. Williams
Wyoming
United States Army
Ohio Wesleyan Universiy
Committee of Safety
Ohio Senate
Andrew Lintner Harris
Butler County
Miami University
Oxford
Union Army
Preble County
General Assembly
William McKinley
Chicago industry shows strong activity and rising demand
The report notes heavy production across pig iron, steel, and car building with expanding construction and building operations. Trade remains robust with improved bank clearings and rising lumber and grain movements, though livestock receipts lag. Fall orders and retail activity show a favorable season, while commodity prices stay near record levels.
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Chicago
Dun
Ex cursion steamer capsizing at Riga claims lives
Notes of Current Events report sixty five drowned when an overloaded ex excursion steamer capsized near Riga in Russia. Also mentioned are Maxim Gorky’s planned Japan visit, a Ohio judge denying a new trial in Ben Dickerson’s murder case, Hobart Briggs wedding in Maine, French ministerial postings, and delays in the Binger Hermann trial in Washington.
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Riga
Russia
Tokio
Maxim Gorky
Gorky
Japan
Eason
Coshocton
Ohio
Ben Dickerson
Catherine Hughes
Garrett A. Hobart
Caroline Frye Briggs
William H. Frye
Chicago and Midwest Livestock and Grain Prices Summary
Report lists regional farm market figures for Chicago Indiana St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Balto New York and more. Cattle hogs sheep grain prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and butter eggs and clover seed with ranges and typical values.
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Chicago
Indiana
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Mrs. Sorrs of Monrovia Freed in Husband Murder Case
Mrs. Albert Sorrs of Monrovia was acquitted of murdering her husband after a brief trial. The Nebraska State Board announced plans to raise assessed valuations for the Illinois and Harriman systems to 50,000 dollars.
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Albert Sorrs
Monrovia
Cass
Nebraska State Board
Harriman Systems
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Frisco
War Department
Benevolent Express Companies
San An Francisco
Utah Board of Education
National Commissioner of Education
Frank’ D Miller
Joseph Ralph Burton
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
Ing Burton
Burton
Kansas
Supreme Court
J. Willie Pope
Atlanta
Mary H Hunt
Hunt
Woman's Christian Oe ‘Temperance Union
Canaan
Conn
WCTU
Bremen
Army and Navy
Great Britain
English War Department
Leander B. Hunt
Af Hast Douglas, Mays
Sir Walter Scott
British Museum
Scott
Shawspeare
Herbert Spencer
London
the State OF Europe
Vait
Aru Thar
Alnos
Pring MF
Bae VT
Por Uy
Association of Pension Examining Surgeons
P. W. Palfrey
St. Louis Chronicle
Harris
Bright
Aretha
Bradstreet
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