Emigration Bureau Opens in Cincinnati Amid Odd Notes
The Rock Island Frico system leads a new emigration bureau in Cincinnati with Brive Car ruthers in charge. Reports mention odd figures about honey theft from clover and a Munich girls school admission denial for a six year old daughter, alongside notes on University of Chicago advertising and Italian iron works expansion in Naples.
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Cincinnati
Brive Carruthers
Atnse
Munich
University of Chicago
Naples
Ferriere Italiane
Mir and Silvestria
United States
Asia
China
Trains Hold After Cage Animals Escape In Tunnel Incident
Four trains halted as a circus cage carrying a jaguar and a polar bear struck tunnel roofs and tore apart. A keeper fired at the jaguar and threw rocks at the bear while trying to restrain the animals. Bennett suffered injuries during the chaos as the train moved and the animals were recaptured in a smaller cage.
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Bennett
Heat Wave Returns Threatening New York Deaths Rise
New York July 17 heat wave returns with the thermometer hitting up to 95 degrees and streets reporting higher in sunlit spots. Two heat deaths and under 50 prostrations citywide as humidity remains low and breezes ease suffering. no relief expected for several days.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Possible New Cotton Acreage Report Ordered
Secretary Wilson did not decide today on ordering another cotton acreage report but is expected to decide soon. He favors issuing a new report and Roosevelt’s interest in leaks investigation supports authorization, though funds are tight and he seeks money without hurting other projects.
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Wilson
Washington
Roosevelt
Venezuelans Dismayed by Roosevelt Commissioner Move
Venezuelans express surprise at President Roosevelt appointing Judge Calhoun as special commissioner to Venezuela to probe American claims. The Constitutional cautions that existing claims would have been heard by competent authorities and notes Washington protocols govern mixed commissions.
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Carcas
Venezuela
Calhoun
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Staves
Death of Gen Blackmarr on interstitial nephritis
Gen Blackmarr died Sunday from interstitial nephritis after arriving July 10 on a Grand Army tour. Born July 25, 1841 in Bristol PA, he served in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry and First West Virginia, promoted to captain at Five Forks, later judge advocate general of Massachusetts, and was elected commander in chief at the last national encampment of the G A R. His wife was with him. the body will be embalmed and taken to his family home.
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Bristol
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Five Forks
Custer
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Talbot
Rice
Mattachiusetts
Blackmar Death Drops Surprising News in Boston
General Blackmar dies shocking Grand Army of the Republic circle in Boston. Robin R. King of Baltimore named senior vice commander to succeed him. Assistant Adjutant-General B. B. Stillings to depart for the west to help arrange the funeral for Mrs. Blackmar.
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B. B. Stillings
Kinsley
West
Mra. Blackmar
Senator Clark's Condition After Brain Surgery
United States Senator William A Clark of Montana continues to rally after the brain abscess operation performed Saturday. Doctors report gradual improvement, with recovery expected to take several days and the family aware of the grave nature of the case. Mrs Clark is in Paris, informed of his status.
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New York
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Wm. A. Clark
Montana
James F. McKernon
Clark
McKernon
Mra. Clark
Paris
Famine Threat Looms in Central Eastern Russia
St Petersburg dispatch warns famine will exceed 1891 and 1897 crises as winter and summer crops collapse. Able-bodied men are conscripted, leaving women and children to endure distress. government relief appears absent amid reports of grain and cattle food failures across central, eastern, and northern Russia.
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London
St Petersburg
Daily Mall
Russa
Russia
Bound for the Far North Peary Ship Begins Voyage
Carl Peary and a party sail from Roosevelt bound for Cape Breton in the North, with several newspaper men aboard. The Roosevelt passes Sandy Hook and the Narrows as launch excursions drift close, nearly colliding with the vessel before it sails at 4 45 p m.
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Peary
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Sandy Hook
Roosevelt
Arrested and Confesses in Mass Murder Case
John Schidlofska, a Polish national wanted in Belmont, Massachusetts for the murder of his wife, was arrested Sunday afternoon in La Junta, Colorado. He confessed to the crime and provided full details, stating willingness to return without requisition. Sheriff Barr captured him while he passed through on the Santa Fe railroad.
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Col
la Junta
John. Schidlofska
Belmont
Mass
Shertie Barr
Massachusetts
Wreck on Norfolk and Western Kills Two, Injures Four
A head-on crash between two Norfolk and Western freight trains one mile north of Midvale Virginia on the Shenandoah division killed brakeman E S Hite of Vesuvius and fireman John Dent of Roanoke and injured four others. The northbound train, ordered to wait at Midvale for a southbound extra, allegedly disregarded its orders. Midvale lies 64 miles north of Roanoke.
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Midvale
Shenandoah
Norfolk & Western Railroad
E. S. Hite
Vesuvius
John Dent
Rooming House Tragedy Ends in Fatal Shot
In St. Louis on July 17 a 15 year old girl Bes sie Barnes was shot and killed at 2702 Lutas Avenue while protecting her sweetheart Morris Roth during a fight with Mary Carder wife of Jesse Carder secretary of Teamsters Union No 706 The incident occurred amid a dispute over a board bill and was witnessed by Barnes mother and her younger sister with the mother fainting at the scene.
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Morris Roth
Lutas Avenue
Bessie Barnes
Mary Carder
Jesse Carder
Teamsters’ Union No. 706
Littl
Barnes
Sluggers Attack Chicago Labor Election In Wild West Assault
In Chicago on Sunday the wrecking crew invaded the Chicago Federation of Labor election blocking anti-machine reforms. They held up judges with revolvers tore up ballots and used brass knuckles and slung shots on Michael Donnelly, a leading conservative labor figure, leaving him dead. The attackers remain unknown.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Michael Donnelly
Accidental collapse kills many at Italian hospital chapel
In Italy, a church chapel at the Women's Hospital collapsed during a nurses ceremony killing 16 women and 50 children and injuring many more. Other items reference drownings in La Grand Fourche and a mob incident in Segre Heaged, plus various unrelated tragic events and notices.
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Italy
Women's Hospital
Ogdetuburg
Thomas Kerouas
St. ‘Herbert
Ashing and mining boom spur new rail line gains
The new Carthage to Branson rail prospect excites visitors with fast daylight runs, scenic river voyages, and booming mining prospects. Northeastern Arkansas could surpass Missouri in minerals like lead and zinc, with Carthage's annual mining value reaching over seven million dollars. The line promises speed, safety, and agricultural expansion, linking southeast and northwest regions as through traffic grows.
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Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Six Months Prison For Street Flirtation Incident
New York July 16 A six months sentence was imposed on Benjamin J. Smith for a street flirtation with a married woman. Smith, from St. Louis, was at the Madison Avenue Forty second Street subway entrance when he spoke to Mrs. Grace Gamble who resented it and slapped him before his arrest by Magistrate Steinert.
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New York
Benjamin J. Smith
St. Louis
Steinert
Grace
Gamble
Brooklyn
Madison Avenue
Forty-second Street
Smith
Kiowa-Comanche Lands Opened Fight Gathers Steam
Oklahoma residents vow strong push in Washington to oppose leasing of a half million acres of reserve Indian lands for five years to agriculture. They claim the land should open to settlement and fear large tenant villages. The movement claims a quarter of a million Southwest Oklahomans back the effort.
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Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Congress
Posse Sent Out for Heath and Adams in Alabama
Montgomery July 16 A special posse led by U S Deputy Marshal L J Bryan departed for Predonia Chambers county with warrants for two white citizens Heath and Adams issued on charges linked to peonage. Warrantes were sent to Deputy Marshal Hiram Gibeon in Roanoke before arrests. Two witnesses claimed they were robbed from Predonia.
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Als
United States
L. J Bryan
Wredosis
Chambers County
Heath
Adams
Chambers
Hiram Gibos
Roanoke
Gibeon
Predonia
Ron
Fretdonia
Addams
Ponty
Worth Pole
New York
Mississippi crops show mixed progress and legal cases pop up
Mississippi reports mixed crop conditions with corn improving in parts while cotton and fruiting suffer due to drought. The Franklin County term saw around 200 people indicted for whitecapping with many released on bond. The Alabama & Vicksburg railroad appeal delays grain rate enforcement and oil prospecting near Wesson signals potential drilling.
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Hiram Aldridge
Hiram
Emmett McManus
Will Kent
A. Adama
H. Hunt
J. Aldridge
Will
Jack Norris
Will Harvard
Franklin County
United States Commis
United States
Alabama & Vicksburg
Vicksburg-Meridian
State Supreme Court
Vicksburg
Meridian
Supreme Court
Greenville
Aberdeen
Foot-Ease Promotes Foot Health and Inventions
An 1890s advertisement praises Olmsted's Foot Briand engine invention and denounces imitators. It extols Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for corns, callouses, and swelling, touts aggressive advertising, and criticizes fashion and vanity in society. It quotes press commentary on ingenuity and commerce.
A Woman's Misery and Kidney Pills Claim Relief
A woman from Paterson Avenue Paterson Nova Scotia describes years of back pain headaches dizziness and nasal bleeding. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief after using the product and recommends them, noting the pills cost 50 cents per box and are sold by all dealers.
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John Ceri
Paterson Avenue
Paterson
N.S
Sayer
Dean
Buffalo, N.Y
Cure For The Blues Medical Advice From Mrs Pinkham
A fragmentary medical note mentions a remedy for blues and dyspepsia. It cites a doctor warning of ongoing illness and invites readers to contact Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts for guidance on female health concerns.
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