Roosevelt Visits Rockford Dedication of Memorial Building
Four thousand school children greet President Roosevelt during the dedication of a $60,000 soldiers and sailors memorial in Winnebago county. Mayor Jackson leads a six member greeting committee as crowds of about 50,000 gather for the royal visit and parade through Rockford streets.
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Roosevelt
Rockford
Winnebago County
Charles E. Jackson
Memorial Hall
Memorial Building
Hitt
Arequippa Steamer Likely Lost After Valparaiso Gale
London reports via Valparaiso and Santiago that the Pacific Steam Navigation steamer Arequippa with eighty passengers may be lost after attempting to ride out a gale off Valparaiso. Some crew bodies are said to have been brought ashore.
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Lloyds
Valparaiso
Chile
Associated Press
Santiago Chile
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Arequippa
Capitol Edifice Dedication At Cost Of Million
A new capitol building costing 1,000,000 was dedicated with solemn ceremonies. Notable attendees included citizens and visitors while Chief Justice A H Whitfield and Bishop Jtharies B Galloway delivered the orations.
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Capitol
A. H. Whitfield
Jtharies B. Galloway
Booth kinship claim ties remains to John Wilkes Booth
Memphis businessman K L Bates identifies a dead man as John Wilkes Booth alleging the actor hid after Lincoln's assassination. Bates says the remains were found in January and later confirmed by Joseph Jefferson and others. Booth allegedly lived as John St Helen in Texas after Garrett's plantation.
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Tre Eaid
Okla
Junio Prats Booth
Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
David E. George
George
Booth
K. L. Bates
Memphis
Tenn
Bates
Atoll
John Wilkes Booth
Aml
Joseph Jefferson
Clara Morris
Mr. Bates
Garrett Plantation
Virginia
Buddy
Garrett's
Kentucky
Glenrose Mills
Tex
John St Helen
Port Leavenworth Dispatch Sends Rations Westward
Adjutant General Corbin received Colonel Miner’s report from Port Leavenworth Kansas detailing 10 000 rations issued to Kansas City with urgent need and plans to ship more to meet destitution looming west of the area Two engineer units and pontoon train stand ready to assist at Lawrence Kansas
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Washington
Corbin
Miner
Port Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas City
Lawrence
Mississippi Flood Crest Noted as Height Reaches New Point
In St Louis on June 3 the Mississippi rose past thirty feet as the flood progresses toward a predicted crest higher than thirty four feet. Forecaster Bowie anticipated the could reach by late week. The Kansas and Missouri rivers flood confluence awaits the crest and authorities fear possible loss of life if augmented by Mississippi waters.
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Mississippi River
Bowie
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Jett and White to be tried in Jackson after withdrawal
The order transferring the Jett and White murder trials to Morgan county was withdrawn and the cases will be heard in Jackson with a jury drawn from an adjoining county. A jail guard was fired upon by several shots at about 10 p.m. Tuesday but the shots were in the air and aimed to annoy soldiers. otherwise the night was quiet.
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Jett
White
Jackson
Morgan County
Railroad merger plans for Gould lines east of Toledo
Joseph Ramsey Jr president of the Wabash railroad says construction plans for the Gould lines east of Toledo will be complete within a year. The roads to be unified include the Western Maryland West Virginia Central Little Kanawha Pittsburg Carnegie and Western and Wheeling and Lake Erie with possible additions of the Ann Arbor and Wabash.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash Railroad
Gould Lines
Toledo
Ramsey
Maryland
West Virginia
Little Kanawaha
Pittsburg
Carnegie and Western
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Ann Arbor
Wabash
Strawberry Shippers Lose Big on Maryland Eastern Shore
Baltimore June 3 Many thousands of dollars were lost by Maryland strawberry shippers as sudden drought and heat quickened ripening. A price slump sent berries to market at whatever they could fetch.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Lawyer Eugene Von Schaick Marries Miss Minnie Haulenbeck
New York dating June 3 reports Eugene Von Schaick lawyer and clubman and nephew of Mrs Stuyvesant Fish married Minnie Delman ter Haulenbeck of New York at Hackensack New Jersey Miss Haulenbeck is a niece of Gen Robert E Lee and the groom is said to be a cousin to Franklin D Roosevelt.
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New York
Eugene von Schaick
Stuyvesant Fish
Minnie Delmanter Haulenbeck
Hackensack, N. J
Haulenbeck
Robert E. Lee
F Oldent Roosevelt
Freight Teamsters Return After Weeks Long Strike
In St Louis on June 3 freight teamsters and freight handlers at wholesale houses have returned to work after a several week strike. Freight handlers and warehousemen at freight houses on both river sides have not yet settled their grievances.
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St. Louis
Americans Go Diamond Mad as May Imports Hit Record
New York reports May imports of diamonds and other precious stones totaling 2,422,000 dollars, the highest for any month. The rise indicates sustained demand, with the custom house noting the record figures.
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New York
Custom House
Mississippi Capitol Dedicated in Jackson
The Mississippi Capitol dedication ceremony in Jackson on June 3 marks a historic milestone for the state. Officials and residents gathered to unveil the completed capitol building, highlighting its architectural significance and role in state government.
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Mississippi Capitol
Jackson
Miss
Troops Sent to Kansas City to Guard Public Property
Two infantry companies were dispatched from Leavenworth to Kansas City Kansas to protect the city from pillage and safeguard government supplies and tents. Mayor Gilbert asked for the troops to preserve order.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Kansas City
Kan
Gilbert
Suit for Much Land Raises Brewster County Claim
Attorney General Bell filed suit in district court for the state to recover 10,880 acres in Brewster county from the heirs of S W Swenson. The land title rested on Gibson certificates tied to the Barnard river and Caney creek. several certificates were invalidated by the Blum decision.
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Austin
Bell
District Court
S. W. Swenson
Brewster County
Gibson
Barnard River
Caney Creek
Supreme Court of
Mexican war veterans meet in Fort Worth
Fort Worth hosts a meeting of Mexican war veterans with Mayor Powell welcoming attendees. President Finlay and ex-Governor Lubbock spoke. the Dames of 1846 were present. Fort Worth’s Moore Murphy was elected national commandant.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Finlay
Powell
Lubbock
Moore Murphy
Bar Ends Worker’s Life in Dallas Street Project
Dallas June 3 J B Burton a 40 year old worker in a gang tearing up street car track at Main and Ervay streets was struck in the forehead by a falling bar of iron and killed immediately He leaves a wife and four children the accident reports say
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Dallas
J. B. Burton
Main
Ervay Streets
Large Iron Order Reaches Jefferson Iron Works
The Jefferson Iron Company received orders from Ohio and Illinois buyers for seventy two carloads of iron to be shipped immediately for car wheel and foundry use. The deal underscores strong demand for iron products in the region.
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Jefferson, Tex
Jefferson Iron Company
Ohio
Illinois
Woman Shot and Killed Near Ennis in Rankinville Attack
A shooting at the home of Sam Westmoland near Rankinville twelve miles southwest of Ennis left Mrs Westmoland dead and her husband with a gunshot wound to one arm.
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Ennis
Tex
Sam Westmoland
Rankinville
Hot Springs to Host New Race Track Venture
Race Track Hot Springs Ark June 3 St Louis Chicago and local capitalists closed a deal with Umbrella Bill McGuigan for 160 acres for a race track. The Hot Springs Jockey Club will incorporate for 300000 dollars. A winter meeting opens about Christmas. Surveyors begin Tuesday morning. Drake Dates and Gus Busch of St Louis are believed backing the project.
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Ark
St. Louis
Chicago
McGuigan
The
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