House votes to continue free distribution of garden seeds
Washington May 2 The house approved 153 to 58 to continue free distribution of garden and flower seeds as parts of the agricultural bill were trimmed. Debate focused on seed provisions and a skirmish over the Indian appropriation bill with conferees to be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Bureau of Chemistry
Senate
Vwilliams
Sherman
Indian Affairs Committee
Williams
Arizona
Gaines
Tennessee
Dalzell
Bedlam
Shepard
Texas
Congress
Real Estate Firm Boasts Sales Leap in Bryan Area
Monroe Edge announces sale of 2000 acres of farm lands in recent days as proof of selling ability. They note heavy investor demand, print numerous circulars on Bryan and Brazos County, and seek more properties to meet interest with several homes priced from 500 to 1000 dollars. They invite buyers to visit.
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Bryan
Brazos County
Riots and arrests mark May Day unrest in France
Paris saw heavy disorder with about 1000 arrests including the Paris Printers' union secretary. Cavalry with drawn swords clashed, injuring many as horses trampled crowds. Marseille, Bordeaux and Lyons reported clashes with troops, shattered windows, and wounded rioters. Police found bombs in Paris and an attempt to wreck a Rouen train.
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Paris
Printers' Union of
Marseille
Bordeaux
Lyons
Rouen
Temple Edges Greenville In Ten In Texas League
In a ten inning game Temple topped Greenville 2 to 1. Cleburne defeated Waco 7 to 1 in Corsicana.
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Temple
Greenville
Cleburne
Waco
Corsicana
Investigators to Probe Mercury Allegations in Lou Dillon Race
The National Trotting association board orders an immediate inquiry into alleged mercury administration to Lou Dillon after Major Delmar beat her for the 1904 Memphis Trotting gold cup. The Memphis association made the charges based on a trainer's confessed statements.
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Mercury
New York
Lou Dillon
Major Delmar
Memphis Trotting Association
Board of Review
National Trotting Association
Marketing of Product Moves in Cotton Conference
Washington May 2 The international conference of cotton growers and manufacturers discussed marketing warehousing price stability and grower manufacturer relations. Speakers condemned cotton speculation and urged reducing middlemen with direct grower to warehouse deals while praising warehousing in hubs rather than field storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manufacturers
A. E. Calvin
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union
W. T. Davis
Texas
W. H. Miller
E. B. Smith
Arkansas
Ordan
Methodists Arriving for Southern General Conference
Delegates from across the South converge on Birmingham to attend the Methodist Episcopal Church South general conference at First Methodist church. Bishop Tilson of Baltimore will call the session to order. six bishops and many clergy and lay leaders are present. The Epworth League Board met earlier as auxiliary groups begin the four week session with Fairbanks slated as a fraternal delegate from the northern church.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
First Methodist Church
Tilson
Baltimore
Epworth League Board
Fairbanks
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Carmel miners clash with constabulary amid strike
In Mount Carmel Pennsylvania on May 2 union miners vented fierce anger toward the constabulary after rioting on Monday. Some shot during the trouble were alive though expected to die. Captain Pages troops briefly appeared in the town mounted with carbines slung, then moved to Locust. Fourteen carloads of strike breakers from the soft coal region were driven to a storage yard near Manhony City guarded by the constabulary.
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Mount Carmel
Captain Page
Clearfield
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mahoney City
Baseball Scores and Ejections Mark Day in League Play
South Texas League results show Houston 11 over Beaumont 3 and Southern League notes Shreveport 6 over New Orleans 2. Atlanta defeated Birmingham 7 to 0 and Montgomery beat Nashville 2 to 1. Chicago routed St. Louis 5 to 1 while Cincinnati won 8 to 3 over Pittsburg and Philadelphia topped Brooklyn 6 to 0 with New York 7, Boston 5. Manager McGraw McGann and Busnahan were expelled from the field by umpire Conway.
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Houston
Beaumont
Shreveport
New Orleans
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Nashville
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
McGraw, McGann
Busnahan
Conway
Scores in American League Games
Box scores list results across the circuit: Philadelphia 16 over Washington 2. St Louis 3 over Cleveland 1. New York 8 over Boston 0. Major league action shows dominant hitting and pitching performances across several matchups.
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American League
Hiladelphia
Washington
St. Louis
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Dahlman Wins Omaha Mayoral Election in Victory Vote
James C. Dahlman, Democrat, is elected mayor of Omaha by a 2792 vote plurality. He becomes the first Democrat mayor in sixteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
James C. Dahlman
Dahlman
Street clashes erupt in Archangel amid protests and police action
In Archangel Russia on May 2 street fighting broke out as demonstrators clashed with police. The event featured elevated tensions and loud declarations from protest leaders as authorities attempted to restore order.
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Archangel
Russia
Manifestantes
Il Life
Rebuilding Plans Unveiled for San Francisco Recovery
At General Greely’s headquarters a May conference discussed city rebuilding with government aid. Secretary Metcalf may carry a comprehensive needs plan to Washington, with a possible $20 million bond to back rebuilding. Chinatown property owners insist on right to rebuild, while downtown clearance and retail revival proceed.
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Metcalf
Cor Alle
General Greely
Ames D. Phelan
J. B. Devine
Schmitz
Comerce
Labor
Washington
San Francisco
Chinatown
George Willman
Potero
Texas to involve state in Standard Oil investigations
Austin May 2 The Texas attorney general will participate with the U S attorney general in pursuing inquiries into the Standard Oil company and its Waters Pierce Oil operations in Texas The move follows a Washington assignment by Attorney General Davidson and includes restraint on related affairs. Forty city and county health officers met to plan sanitary precautions against yellow fever and other contagious diseases with Truehart of Galveston noting mosquito extermination and quarantine effects. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled telephone service illegal for subpoenas and ordered Burt Terrell discharged after contempt for noncompliance in a McLennan county case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Davidson
Washington
United States
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Truehart
Galveston
Court of Criminal Appeals
Burt Terrell
McLennan County
Terrell
Resignation Accepted in Russia Cabinet Shuffle
St. Petersburg May 2 reports the resignation of Count Witte as premier has been accepted. He will be succeeded by M. Ceremykin, former minister of the interior. Official cabinet changes will be announced.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
M. Ceremykin
Interior
Structural Iron Workers Strike Ties Up Chicago Construction
Chicago may day work halted as structural iron workers walked out on May 2. They demand five dollars a day and rejected a four month four sixty and remainder four eighty compromise. The strike disrupted building operations, especially in a central section.
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Chicago
Cattle Suffocate in Steamer Aurora Hold at Galveston
Sixty head of cattle died in the hold of the steamer Aurora while loading at Galveston on May 9. The incident highlights dangers in shipboard livestock transport and may prompt inquiries into loading conditions and safety practices aboard the vessel.
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Galveston
Aurora
Flooding Overflows Mater Courses and Submerges Barns
iTson reports May 2 that heavy rains caused overflow of mater courses, resulting in submerged barns and washed away bridges across the area.
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iTson
Wanted A Competent And Well Mannered Nurse
A brief classified note seeking a qualified nurse. The ad highlights need for competency and good manners targeting employment opportunities. It reflects a patient care job listing with a domestic or hospital setting context.
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Baby
Mr. Jenkins
Woman's Work and Husband's Button Trouble
A brief comic exchange shows a wife noting the endless tasks of domestic work and a husband fumbling with a buttonless shirt collar, expressing his own difficulty and mutual weariness.
Crocodile Bridge Tales At Magar Pir Port Site
A traveler recalls Magar Pir in north western India where a crocodile sanctuary sits by hot springs. The tale of Lieutenant Beresford crossing a crocodile tank for a bet mirrors a feat by Sir Richard Burton muzzling a crocodile with a lasso and riding its back.
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India
Karachi
Magar Pir
Beresford
R. S. Burton
Bur
Richard Burton
Inside Bones and How They Shape Animal Life
The text explains that bones contain nerves and blood vessels, with marrow running through core canals. It describes pain differences in amputations, how bone structure reflects habits, and contrasts solid bones in slow animals like the sloth with lighter hollow bones in fast runners such as deer and antelope.
Finger pillory preserved at St Helen's parish church
The London Academy notes a rare relic in Ashby de la Zouch, a finger pillory used to punish disorderly parishioners during services. Two three foot posts, a beam with holes, and a hinged locking beam form the device kept as a curiosity at St Helen's church.
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St. Helen Ashby-de-la-Zouch
London Academy
Holding the Breath and the Myth of Self-Destruction
The piece argues that no man can kill himself by holding his breath. It notes variability in breath-holding ability, cites diver endurance, and explains that prolonged apnea would lead to a coma before death, after which breathing would resume.
Remarkable youth of Mme Scarron later Mme Maintenon
The text notes Mme Scarron later Mme Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV, as strikingly beautiful in girlhood with dark eyes and wavy hair. In middle age her grave demeanor was extraordinary for an age of gaiety, described as not smiling yearly yet remaining sedate and composed.
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Mme. Scarron
Mme. de Maintenon
Louis XIV
Fragmentary prompt lines hint at instruction text
The readable portion repeats phrases about thinking first and then acting as directed. It presents no clear people places organizations or events, rendering a minimal card focused on fragmentary guidance.
Monster God House Ruins Near Cholula Unearthed
Ruins in Mexico reveal an Aztec teocalli or god house near Cholula shaped as a truncated pyramid. The base measures 1423 feet per side, the height reaches 177 feet, and the base covers about forty four acres, with dimensions twice those of the great pyramid of Egypt.
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Mexico
Cholula
Egypt
Not There Riff on a Magistrate and Soup
A Philadelphia Press humorous fragment features Mrs Starvem urging a magistrate to judge a chicken soup as evidence. The magistrate replies the chicken serves as an alibi, a playful play on courtroom logic.
Cyclone Toll List Includes Bell Mounts and Greers
In Bellevue Texas on April 28 authorities release the corrected list of cyclone victims. The dead include W. W. Bell of Henrietta Mrs M L Russell and five children Fred Mount Uncle Tom Mount John Warren and child Bernice Greer and Jay Greer.
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Pellevue
Tex
W. W. Bell
Henrietta
M. L. Russell
Fred Mount
Tom Mount
John Warren
Bernice Greer
Jay Greer
Train Killing in Canadianetails on Steel Bridge Mission
On a northbound Southern Kansas train near Canadian Texas J W Henderson of Killeen was shot dead and M H A Penny of Philadelphia was seriously wounded. Frank Butler alias A B Mayfield of Foss Oklahoma is jailed in Canadian charged with both shootings. The incident happened in Carson county between Panhandle and White Deer as all involved rode to Canadian to help construct a new bridge over the Canadian river.
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Canadian
Tex
Southern Kansas Railway
J. W. Henderson
Killeen
M. H. A. Penny
Philadelphia
Frank Butler
A. B. Mayfield
Foss
Okla
Carson County
Panhandle
White Deer
Canadian River
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James’ Drug Store
W. H. Lawrence
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
Glay Robinson
Stock Yard
Kansas City, Mo
T.R. Batte
Rohde Building
Monroe Edge
Myers’ Hardware Store
A. L. Spafford
Chester, Mich
Texas League
Carload
South Texas League
Standard Oil
National Capital
Witte
Structural Iron Workers
Noah
Bellevue
Nadinda
National. Toilet CO
Tena
Eagle
Dallas
Denison
G. H
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