Circling the Globe and Other Notable Events
A rapid roundup of varied news items includes John Nicholas Brown the 4 year old heir challenging Newport property valuations valued at 12 000 000 Dr Frederick W Speirs editor of Booklovers Magazine dies at his Lansdowne PA home aged 87 Archibald McLellan 71 dies by self inflicted injury at Chicago Masons Temple Peter Matheson Chicago claims custody dispute led to a fatal shooting in Natchez Mississippi George H Wood of New York pleads guilty to second degree murder in Watchung NJ Feb 2 sentencing 30 years Whipping law for wife beaters goes into effect in Oregon imposing up to twenty lashes within jail walls Baseball standings show New York and Cincinnati leading with records followed by Pittsburg Brooklyn Chicago St Louis Philadelphia Boston.
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Frederick W. Speirs
Booklovers
Lansdowne
Philadelphia
Dr. Speirs
Booklovers Library
Archibalda McLellan
G. A R
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Peter Matheson
Natchez
Misa
Hiram Bidwell
Stephen Bidwell
Mary Fruett
Matheson
George H Wood
New York
George Williams
Watchung
Wood
Oregon
Ww. L
Ocincinnati
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Roosevelt to receive LL D from Clark June 21
Briefs report President Roosevelt will be awarded the LL D degree by Clark University on June 21. Other items note a Czar birthday manifesto, secret-service arrests in Philadelphia for counterfeiting, Hoch bigamy conviction in Chicago, and various political and crime updates from across the country.
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Roosevelt
Clark University
Council of the People
Secret Service
Chary
Philadelphia
Land and Sea in the Russo Japanese War
A French Saigon report notes Nebogatoff’s squadron joins Rozhestvensky near Indo China. Russian fleets plan three squadrons with Voelkersam, Enquist, and Nebogatof in command as Vladivostok approaches. Battles may hinge in the Straits of Korea or the open sea while Manchuria shows rapid military activity and Oyama readies a eastern turning movement.
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Saigon
Nebogatoff
Rojestvensky
Rojestvensky Myst
Indo-China
St. Petersburg
Voelkersam
Enquist
Nebogatof
Rosestvensky
Togo
Vladivostok
Formosa
Straits of Korea
Japan
Vladivo Stock
Tsugari Straits
Pacific
Manchuria
Oyama
Kirlv
Mukden
Tieling
Oxama
Korea
Liaoyang
Skouropatkin
Bearcity Strawberry Run Hits Northern Markets Prices Rise
Northern markets saw higher prices for Strawberries as a Bearcity event boosted demand. In Chadbourne NC over $20000 worth rotted due to shipping shortages. Northern commission men offered three dollars per crate if transport could be arranged, but cleanup and river handoffs delayed efforts as teams worked to move fruit to the river for disposal.
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Chadbourne
Northern Commission
All Records Broken at New York Immigration Port
Tuesday in New York immigration records fell as nearly 15000 aliens were in the port. About 7000 passed through Ellis Island inspection gates while the remainder stayed aboard ships overnight. The island facilities were swamped and 22 inspectors worked to handle the crowd.
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New York
Ells Island
Oklahoma Tornado Destruction at Snyder, 1896
A detailed account describes a devastating May tornado at Snyder Oklahoma, likening it to the 1896 St. Louis storm. It wrecked nearly every building, killed around 100, and injured hundreds. It recounts freak wind events, a fatality from a wheat straw injury, and extraordinary wind effects on objects and people.
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Snyder
Oklahoma
St. Louis
J. B. Ralston
Aroma
C. P. Hibbert
THREE CANAL PLANS FOR JATHMIAN WATERWAY
Three canal proposals are under review. Parsons and Burr favor a sea level approach, Wal lace partly concurs. Varilla backs the French plan to a summit of 62.5 to 105 feet, arguing it could finish in five years, with dredging to deepen later. Engineers differ on practicality.
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Ario
Parsons
Burr
Wallace
Comite
Buneau- Varilla
Panama
Washington
France
Bunny-Varilla
Mackintosh Industry Crashes Amid Rainproof Cloth Rise
Two mackintosh fabric factories at Canning Town and Silvertown, England, have closed due to lack of orders. The waterproof material's production has been overturned in three years by the advent of rainproof cloth.
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Canning Town
Silvertown
Eng
Various Notables Age and Titles Spark Skyward Talk
A column notes Bishop Potter writing on temperance, Gos Hanly claiming never to have seen a saloon, John Philip Sousa condemning British piracy of his music, Cortelyou as a top amateur pianist, Judge Pepper praised as Missouri’s best whittler, and Judge McFarland calling the California Supreme Court the court of ultimate conjecture. It also reports Rear Admiral Yates Stirling’s retirement at 62, Captain Brownson becoming a rear admiral, Grover Cleveland aged 68, Gov Jal ks resuming duties after illness, Admiral Dewey on gout blamed on ancestors’ excess, and Alfred Girard retiring Swiss-born brigadier general of the Army medical department.
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Bishop Potter
Gos. Hanly
Indiana
John Philip Sousa
Cortelyou
United States
Judge Pepper
Joplin
Whittler
Missouri
Mcfarland
California Supreme Court
Yates Stirling
W. H. Brownson
Grover Cleveland
W D Jelks
Alabama
Dewey
Vermont
Jee Caten
Alfred
Girard
Medical Department of
the Army
Albatross Courtship Dances Fascinate Hawaiian Islands Visitors
Sailors visiting the Hawaiian island group observe Laysan albatrosses performing a curious courtship. Birds pair off and bow, cross bills, snap and groan, lift their chests, then separate and rejoin. Sometimes two or three engage in the display, which amuses the visitors with its playful ritual.
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Tay* Gan
Back at Work Again After Kidney Pills Recovery
Buffalo May 22 A crippled man with kidney disease regained strength and returned to his trade after six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He credits the medicine for recovery and urges others with kidney trouble to try it. Also mentions Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable remedy for fever and pain in sick children.
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Buffalo
N. Y
East Ferry St
Dodd
McLienn
Bright
Dr. Caldwell
Not the Kind
A Boston man shares a quip about an uncle who kept a tin snuff to throw in a mad dog's eyes but never used it. In a field a bull tossed him, and he realized too late he needed cinnamon rather than snuff to deter the animal.
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Vermont
Boston
Jerry
Prayer Asking Weather Change For Grandmother
A little girl in a bedtime prayer asks God to make the weather warmer so Grandma's rheumatism would get better. She ends with a plea that God grant warmth for Grandma, as noted by the Kansas City Journal.
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Kansas City Journal
Great Change From Change in Food
A Buffalo housewife explains nervous stomach trouble improving after switching to Grape-Nuts. The ad asserts brain health relies on diet and promotes Grape-Nuts as easily digestible, high phosphate food rebuilt to strengthen nerve centers.
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Buffalo
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Industrial resilience amid strikes and weather woes
Adverse weather and labor troubles disrupted activity yet production and distributions show resilience. Factory work proceeds, building steady, and farm work advances with strong agricultural reports and good demand for supplies. Bank clearings and wholesale trade improve, while iron and railway outputs rise modestly and failures compare favorably to prior years.
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Rohihdéa
Pen
Batt Quest
York
Marehi
Canada
Bradstreets’ Commercial Report
Commodity price roundup from major markets across the Midwest
The report lists cattle hog and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and Buffalo with ranges for wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy items. Notable figures include Chicago cattle 4.00 86.05 hogs 4.00 5.87 sheep 38.00 5.10 wheat 87c 1.00 corn 48c 60c oats 29c to 8c hay prices butter 20c 22c eggs 18c 15c potatoes 18c 24c.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
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Cleveland
Detrot
Bt. Louis
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American Association
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Louisville
Bu Paul
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Denver
Omaha Des Moines
St. Joseph
Colo. Springs
Johann Hoch
Mra Welcker-Hoch
Morton
Europe
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Cole
Stella Brice
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Joseph Jeffersons
Sisth and
Sprince Streets
Grand Jury
Arkansas
Towell Ind
Fhanters
Trotel
St Louis
T To Landrum
Henry Weavers
Charles Abram
Tos
Studs
Aale
Nathan Qloeser
Chadwick
W. W. Boyn
Fen Aace Company
Elsria
Cape of Good Hope
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Gulf States
North Carolina
Mississippi
Ohio
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