Various World Notes and Local Anecdotes From 1900s Newsprint
The article compiles a miscellany of facts and curiosities including railway labor counts in Britain, a Chicago library book wagon, a London hotel item, a German rain gauge, and a death notice for Robert Livingston. It also covers sugar costs in European countries, Yale graduate Yung Wing, Cheybogan Michigan’s vast sawdust pile, comparisons of American and English Rhodes scholars, Denver’s giant flag for the G A R encampment, thefts of government document signatures, and British coal and water supply projections.
Tragic double death near Newsom's Station in Nashville
An incident near Newsom's Station Nashville results in a child thrown from a window and a woman found dying. The woman dies at Nashville City Hospital two hours later while the child dies in mud beside the railroad after a chilling sequence witnessed by E Poster, a lineman from Nashville. The report details the quick deterioration and notes the train's speed at the time.
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Gaterenin Nevivea
Nashville
Hickman
Teai
Newsom
Nashville City Hospital
E. Poster
Chattanooga
Extermina Texas Cattle Tick Bulletin Praised
Washington July 24 South gains praise for Experiment Station work on The Texas Fever Cattle Tick by Prof H A Morgan. Morgan, now Knoxville director, and W R Dodson of Baton Rouge issued the bulletin. The tick spreads Texas fever, crippling beef and dairy in the South. the cure is simple, inexpensive, and farmable nationwide. Farmers urged to use Morgan's method to rid herds of ticks.
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Washington
South
H. A. Morgan
Louisiana Experiment Station
Baton Rouge
Tennessee
Knoxville
Morgan
W. R. Dodson
Ed Hubbard Indicted For Murder Of Pleas Burns in Arkansas
Randolph county grand jury indicts Ed Hubbard on first degree murder charges over a plot with Willie Roberts to kill Pleas Burns a feeble 68 year old farmer on Spring River to obtain Burns property. The case alleges Hubbard forged or influenced the will as Burns overheard the confession before death and tensions rose with the half sister claim. Secretary Wilson collapse noted in Washington amid Department of Agriculture scandal and rest. Mexican bandits seize ship. ransom demanded.
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Pleas Burns
Pocahontas
Ark
Randolph County Grand Jury
Ed Hubbard
Hubbard
Willie Roberts
Spring River
Burns
Ehubbard
van Buren
Missouri
Ieee
Bhim
Wilson
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Thousands Honor Bennington Dead At San Diego Cemetery
In San Diego July 24 hundreds of civilians and military units gathered to honor the Bennington dead. Seventy-two sailors and soldiers laid to rest in a rock trench as maritime and civic figures attended with solemn services. First and last tributes were paid by Capt F J Drake, Capt Lucien Young, Capt E D Scott, and Mayor Schon.
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San Diego
Cal
Bennington
Loma
San Diego Bay
Pacific
Great Bay
Fort Rosecrans
Coast Heavy Artillery
Universal Brotherhood
Point Loma
Bonnington
F. J. Drake
Lucien Young
E. D. Scott
Rose
Schon
San Diggo
Benington
Lieu
Tobin
Begum
Thorsday
Young
Scott
Funeral of Men Blackmar Commander Laid to Rest in City
Funeral for Major General Blackmar, late Grand Army of the Republic commander, drew about ten thousand mourners. The body lay in state at the state house and was draped with national colors, guarded by J. W. Kinsley Post 113. He was interred in Cedar Grove cemetery with services at the Second Unitarian Church and a cavalry escort.
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State House
Commonwealth
J. W. Kinsley
Blackmar
Massachusetts
Grand Army
Department
James H. Wolff
State Cavalry
Second Unitarian Church
Edward A. Horton
Massachusetts Senate
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Neponset River
FOR THE PEACE CONFERENCE Preparations Progressing Rapidly
Preparations for the peace conference are progressing rapidly and satisfactorily at Portsmouth New Hampshire. By August 5 the plenipotentiaries are expected to arrive on the Mayflower and Dolphin. The Washington government and New Hampshire cooperate to prepare suitable surroundings with aid from Portsmouth and nearby Kittery Maine and New Castle New Hampshire.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Oyster Bay
Mayflower
Dolphin
Washington
New Hampshire
Kittery
Navy Yard
Newcastle
N H
Wentworth
Martyr to Manly Duty at Long Island Rail Crossing
William J. McDonald a Long Island railroad flagman died saving an unknown woman and her baby in Long Island City. He had been at the post only a week and was to be relieved in 15 minutes when a woman and infant stepped onto the tracks. He dragged her clear but a second train crushed him. His widow and four children are left destitute as hundreds of factory tollers use the crossings.
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New York
William J. McDonald
Long Island Railroad
Long Island City
McDonald
Bumper Crops Reported Across Manitoba in 1920s Era
Winnipeg reports record crop prospects with wheat acreage above 4 000 000 and an estimated 100 000 000 bushels for the season. Strong growing conditions and expanded acreage drive the anticipated yield well beyond last year’s 55 000 000 bushels.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Northwest
Col Daniel Lamont Dead War Secretary of War Dies at Milbrook
Col Daniel Lamont former War Secretary under President Grover Cleveland died at 9:15 Sunday night at his Milbrook Duchess County New York residence after a brief illness of heart disease. Also reports of violent or accidental deaths and other local incidents appear in the same column.
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New York
Daniel Larmont
Mr. Cleveland
Milbrook
Duchess County
N. Y
Bennington Disaster Strikes San Diego Harbor Crew Losses Rise
San Diego July 22 The Bennington lay beached after a boiler explosion at the Commercial wharf. 39 crewmen dead, 15 missing, over 60 wounded. Hospitals crowded with victims as rescue and salvage work continued and lists of injured expanded with many yet to be identified.
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Bax Diego
Cal
United States
Bennington
San Diego
City Morgues
Trim Litte
Glenn Brownlee
Amel Beneol
John Leo Huras
William Isaac Cherry
Robert Bentley Carr
Himil Dresch
Frederick John Geiss
Cldye Haggbloom
Bart Arthur Hughes
Joseph Hilseher
Wirk Compton
E.A. Brunson
H. Hoffman
D. Sullivan
William Staub
J. E. Zell
A. Borg
Ferguson
W. GC. Wilson
Charles Miller
L. J.gauthier
Pawticket
R. L
Swain
New York
W. Brockman
Des Moines
Preston Carpenter
Pohce
H. C. Dean
Denver
Col
F. R. Connell
Odessa
Wash
K. C. Bardins
Omaha
Neb
A. H. Schorgge
P. A. House
C. Schultz
Cordelia
B. B.robinson
Oakland
W. J. Wessel
F. C. Shively
Meredith Bushnell
Bearbrake
Tex
Seaman
L. K. Strobel
Littleton
H. J. Kniblock
Clark
Bremerton
Ingersoll
Joe Hilthier
Claude Bishi
Ing
D. M. Archer
M Street
Navy Department
Washingdon
Port Harford
Wyoming
Mare Island Navy Yard
Ramone
Bertelsen
Romana
Sam Diego
Tiveried
Meseme
Tg Sanu Fe
Cers
Young
Aterm
Ital
Coronado
Wentworth
Sisider
Benmington
Nelson
Washington
Navy Epartment
Lout. Perry
Maine
Havana
Barbor
Marine Corps
Riliott
Ann Arbor
Mick
Jnidee
Noah W. Cheever
Education notes from a distant era on colleges and scholars
Reports mention Yale conferring a Doctor of Civil Law posthumously, a vast Dante library in Italy, and a proposed Yale College expansion in China. It notes Old World universities, Japan studies for George Ladd, and Schuyler Herron’s move to lead the American School association in Mexico amid a community of English speaking residents educating children.
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Pee
Sa Ete
University of Virginia
Yale
Leonidas Leoneifi
Uding
Italy
Fale
Hunan
China
Yale College
Chengeha
David Murray
New Brunswick
N. J
Jobs Hopking University
Japan
Peking
George T. Ladd
Imperial Educational Sociery
Schuyler F. Herron
Northampton
Mass
American School Association
Mexico
Scraps of History and Antiquated Sayings
A collection of historical notes tracing iron’s discovery in 1716 Virginia, Catherine N’s Moscow orphan asylum funded by card-game taxes, the earliest known auction in Oxford in 1686, and the Amicable Insurance Company of London founded in 1706. It recalls Hartford Bank’s 1792 charter and long operation, plus antiquated terms like gent and other vintage quotes and jokes from period sources.
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Amerca
Virginia
Moscow
Catherine N
Oxford
England
the Amicable
London
Hartford Bank
Gray's Inne
Middle Temple
Evelyn
Victoria
Thackeray
Ucassell
Old Man’s Tribute to Dean’s Kidney Pills
Birney Fastus of Mentor Ohio, a fruit dealer, reports eight to ten years of kidney trouble with severe backache and rheumatic pains. He suffered daily, especially when bending, with painful urination and dark secretions, plus dropsical feet. One box relieved symptoms. two boxes cured him. Available through Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Birney Fastus
Mentor
Ohio
Dean’s
Sidney Sucrus
Milburn Co
Buffalo
Elevator Manners In Crowded Lifts Warned At Theater
A readers note from the era urges polite conduct in elevators and theaters. It cautions against rough pushing and rude remarks, suggests using stairs if you object to being crowded, and jokes about hats and gentlemanly behavior. The column notes the war’s minimal impact on theater attendance in St. This summary preserves dated tone and local detail.
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