Heat Wave Grips U S Cities From New York To Chicago
July 1 heat wave plagues eastern states and major cities. New York and Brooklyn report multiple heat related deaths and prostrations. Mills in Pittsburgh suspend operations. 400 workers idle. Cincinnati, St Louis, Buffalo also record deaths and prostrations as conditions worsen.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Washington
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Atlantic Coast
Pittsburg
Oliver's
A. M. Byers’ Mill
Pennsylvania Car Wheel Works
Allegheny
Germany Not Advised On Shanghai Developments Involving China
Berlin reports indicate Kai Feng Fa may become the Chinese capital and Prince Chuan plans to visit Europe and Washington. Diplomatic talks over indemnities bonds and sea tolls continue, with Britain's and Russia's positions diverging while Germany backs open door principles and broader treaty terms with Pekin.
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Berlin
Shanghai
Kai Feng Fa
Ho Nan
Pekin
Prince Chuan
Baron von Ketteler
Washington
Association Press
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
China
Wireless Telegraphy Will Be Adopted For U S Navy
Rear Admiral Bradford outlines the need to equip American warships with wireless telegraphy and, after funding, to select a system for the naval service. He suggests sending a wireless expert to London for Lloyds agency trials and notes plans for coal depots at San Diego and Pearl Harbor. A Guam harbor survey report is due in mid July to aid a 10,000 ton coal depot plan.
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Washington
Bradford
Bureau of Equipment
Naval Service
Richardson Clover
London
Long
England
Lloyds Agency
New England
Navy Department
Pacific
San Diego
Cal
Merry
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Agana
Illinois Central pension roll reaches two hundred workers
About 200 Illinois Central railroad employees were pensioned under the system approved by President Fish and General Manager Harahan. Pensions are based on the average monthly pay over the last decade of service with annual percentages for years of service. The company has funded $250,000 for the program, with a yearly cap of $100,000 for pension allowances.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Fish
Harahan
Americans Capture After Chinese Town Incident
Five American men captured by Chinese troops near Pekin were handed to Major Robertson of the U S legation. They had demanded 3000 taels from a pawnshop keeper, got 500, filled five carts with loot, and fired as town soldiers checked them. Pekin police duties shift to Chinese authorities. Also, a major fire in Chickasha Oklahoma destroyed fifteen frame buildings in the business district, with losses pegged at 30000 dollars and insured for 5000.
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Pekin
E. Robertson
United States Legation
Chickasha
I. T
August Flower touted as cure for indigestion in old ads
An antique advertisement extols August Flower as the largest medicine sale in the world for indigestion and biliousness. It claims doctors were scarce and lists ailments it purportedly treats, urging readers to obtain Green's Prize Almanac from Wilson-Jac kins Drug Co.
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Green
Wilson-Jackins Drug Co
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