Government Foreign Claim Drops in Mexico Case
The state department declines to prosecute the American Allen against Mexico over work on a broken water pipe in Ensenada without municipal permit. Also notes Pruden resigns as paymaster and is reassigned to assistant secretary to the president. War Department orders oil or alternative to destroy mosquitos. Meade transport sails with crew from Manila. Cromwell to command European station. Clerks depart Washington for Oklahoma to manage Kipawa Comanche Apache lands opening.
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State Department
Anarles
Allen
Mexico
Ensenda
O. L. Pruden
War Department
Chaffee
Meade
Manila
Navy Department
J. B. Cromwell
General Office
Washington
Oklahoma
Reading Railroad strike ends with workers to return May fifth
In a Reading Railroad meeting on the second, over 2,100 hands ratified a new agreement with Chairman Bosch er and President Baer, plans to return to work on the fifth. Reports also note the arrest of Thomas F Ward in Jersey City on bank fund misuse charges and other unrelated 2d events in New York Chicago and Harrisburg.
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Reading Railroad
Boscher
Baer
Wilkie
Secret Service
Thomas F. Ward
Jersey City
N. J
Peeke
Ward
Lemirs
National Bank
Chicago
Briges House
C. W W. Williamson
Philadelphia
New York
Jacob
Harrisburg
Watten State Insane Hospital
National Fire Proofing Co
Samuel Moffatt
David Moffatt
Denver
Col
Goshen
Bank of
Nebraska
Missouri River
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Baltimore & Ohio
Connellsville
Mount Pleasant
Edward Park Deacon
Boston
Paris
Mass
Old Dominion
Parsonage Point
Rue Beach
N. Y
Rye Beach
Tonawanda
William St Richardy
Deaths and Injuries From Severe Weather Across Regions
A lightning strike on Bois Blanc Island Michigan killed William Sullivan and left three others unconscious. A Grand Island Nebraska tent collapse during a Gentry show injured many, with one boy fatally hurt. In Muskegon, Frans Pazelow of Grand Rapids was killed while parachuting from a balloon at 1,000 feet viewed by thousands.
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William Sullivan
Bois Blanc Island
Mich
Gentry Dog and Pony Show
Grand Island
Neb
Frans Pazelow
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Tragedy and disasters at a glance headline roundup
At Des Moines Iowa Brackett a retired farmer killed his wife and shot himself at their daughter's home Mrs Otis E Powell. He was 68 years old. Mental aberration from heat is cited. J J Kinyoun will inspect Marine Hospital service work in Japan and China for contagious diseases notably plague. The Dolphin brought 8000000 in gold to Seattle with 500000 to Canadian Bank of Commerce and 300000 shared among 200 Klondikers. One million dollars of gold left Dawson by St Michaels. Mayor Phelan receives Carnegie offer of 700000 for a city library if a site is provided and 75000 yearly maintenance. A strike of 7250 machinists at Joliet Illinois ends with concessions. James Eyatt a prominent St Louis philanthropist dies aged 84 from uraemia after surgery. In Elsinore California Peter Tidman and wife found dead with wife throat slit skull crushed body dragged to ditch and house set on fire. Professor Leconte of UC dies in Yosemite Valley. renowned for philosophy history and science teaching.
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Des Moines
St. P
A. Brackett
Atlantic
Otis
E. Powell
Detroit
Ther Marine’ Hospital Service
Japan
China
Marine Hospital Service
Dolphin
Seattle
Wash
Skagway
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Dawson
St. Michaels
Phelan
San Francisco
Andrew Carnegie
Bates
Joliet
Ill
James Eyatt
St. Louis
Leconte
Kurdish Villages Plundered and Armenians Killed in Kurdistan
Reports from Mush in Kurdistan state Kurds plunder villages and killed 14 Armenians after a Kurdish notable, sheriff of Agham, was murdered. Other items note a Leipzig merchant drowned at Swickau following bank failures, Peter Guthrie Tait’s death in Edinburgh, a siege decree in Argentina, and a sorrowful pope remarks after a royal oath change. Alfred Gunn of Cleveland dies in Nauheim.
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Mush
Kurdistan
Agham
Ilerr Schwedler
Leipzig
Swickau
Leibziger Bank
Peter Guthrie Tait
Edinburg University
Edinburg
South Africa
Western Union Telegraph Co
Bueno Ayres
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Daily Mail
Edward
Alfred Gunn
Cleveland
W. C. Whitney
New York
Nauheim
Germany
Heat deaths rise in New York five boroughs
Vital statistics report 989 deaths from heat in New York during the week ending July 6. Manhattan and Bronx 699, Richmond 12, Queens 24, Brooklyn 264. Period covers June 29 to July 6, the peak heat days.
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Richmond
Queens
Brooklyn
Waterbury
Conn
Kansas City
Kansas Hay Press
Heistand
San Francisco
War Department
Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Manila
Suh
Herman Saddlery Co
Springfield Co
Tracewell
Porto Riey
Foraker
Colebrook
Connecticut River
North Stratford
N. H
Bank Robbers Halt Train In Bold Westward Heist
Gunmen held up Great Northern trans continental express near Wagner Montana 196 miles east of Great Falls Seizing $70000 to $83000 in specie drafts and valuables They dynamited the express car door and escaped into a ravine pursued by a 20 man posse It was a daylight raid with casualties including a passenger wounded in the arm.
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Ren
St. Paul
Minn
Great Falls
Mont
Pioneer Press
sWagnet
Great-Falls
Drry
Hinsdale
Warner
Douglas
Wagner
Griffith
Buck” Allen
Old Fort Belknap Reservation
Poutchett River
Beaver Creek
Dry l Park
Havre
Douglass
Clancy
Montana
Whiteside
Gertrude M. Smith
Tomah
Wis
Seattle
Chicago
Death of Prof John Fiske in Gloucester at 59
Prof John Fiske of Cambridge famed historian and lecturer dies at Hawthorne Inn East Gloucester after illness from excessive heat. He arrived Wednesday, had complained of heat for two days, and was 59. Former Harvard professor and longtime lecturer and researcher, he served on Harvard’s board of overseers.
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Gloucester
Mass
John Fiske
Cambridge
Hawthorne Inn
East Gloucester
Fiske
Harvard College
Independence Day Banquet Draws 500 at Hotel Cecil
Five hundred persons attended the American Society banquet in London at the Hotel Cecil honoring the 125th birthday of the United States. The event united U S embassy members parliament figures and royal colony representatives in festive celebration.
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London
American Society
Hotel Cecil
United States
Great Britain
Lightning Strikes Monongahela River Outing
George McWilliams and his family sheltered under a large oak near Monessen when a lightning bolt struck the tree. Two girls Esther and Elizabeth aged 6 and 8 died. Infant May died after, and Mr McWilliams was paralyzed while his wife was gravely injured.
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Pittsburg
George McWillams
Monessen
Monongahela
Esther
Elizaeth
Avere
May
Mer. McWilliams
Violence and Robbery Shock Vermillion Farm Farmland
Late Tuesday night masked men violently attacked wealthy farmer Herman Winkler and his wife Mrs. Winkler two miles east of Vermillion. They bound Winkler and tortured him for money while Mrs. Winkler fled to neighbors for help. The burglars fled as armed neighbors converged. Winkler suffers severe facial injuries and his recovery is in doubt. Earlier July Fourth incidents include Lora Gibson losing part of a hand in a shotgun explosion and Lester Klee sustaining severe injuries at a bottling works.
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Vermillion
Herman Winkler
Herman Wolfe
Winkler
Delaware
Lora Gibson
Gibson
Kree, Bottling Works
Lester Klee
Drowning Tragedy at Walbridge Park Riverfront
Three people died in a river incident at Walbridge Park yesterday in Toledo Ohio when a rowboat with George F. Hirth his sister Helen Hirth and Aggie Felker capsized amid a near collision with a sailboat. The remaining three occupants were rescued unharmed.
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Toledo
Walbridge~ Park
George F. Hirth
Helen Hirth
Aggie Felker
Stabbing and Riot After Park Incident in Ironton
In Ironton at Fleetwood park on Thursday night John Slaughter and Albert Slaughter were probably fatally stabbed by Luther Page and Abner Owens, both described as colored. Charles Martin and Riley Slaughter were beaten with clubs during the disturbance. The unrest followed an incident involving a small white boy attacked by a colored man. The colored men were separated and placed in the county jail.
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Ironton
Fleetwood Park
John
Albert Slaughter
Luther Page
Abner Owens
Charles Martin
Riley Slaughter
Farmer Kills Wife Then Tries to Kill Self Near Newton Falls
Rollin Mawkins, a farmer near Newton Falls, shot and killed his wife Mrs Hawkins after a quarrel on Monday. He then attempted to shoot himself but was not seriously harmed. Hawkins is in jail.
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Newton Falls
Rollin Mawkins
Here
Bank Closes Its Doors in Mansfield
Mansfield July 4. Sturges' bank, a private institution, closed its doors after a deed of assignment was filed by Vsanker Sturges to Attorney JI B. Diriam. Sturges owned lumber works, real estate and a controlling share in Mansfield Machine Works capitalized at 300000 dollars.
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Bank
Mansfield
Storm Lashes Delaware County Floods Farms and Homes
Delaware County endured a severe storm last night with the river rising four feet in 12 hours. Many fields flooded and crops face heavy damage while numerous houses and barns were struck by lightning.
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Henry
Delaware
Delaware County
Dayton NCR vice president Frank J Patterson dies at home
Frank J Patterson, vice president and major stockholder of the National Cash Register Co, collapsed and died late Thursday afternoon at his Dayton home while leaving the bathroom. He was a leading figure in the company and a prominent local worker.
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Dayton
Frank J. Patterson
The
National Cash Register Co
Death of 80 year old farmer found in buggy
John Temple an 80 year old farmer was found in his buggy Tuesday night. He had been en route home from Larue when the heat overcame him. The body was discovered sitting upright with hands on the lines.
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Marion
John Temple
Larue
Gas Explosion Fatalities Hit Torrence Road Water Works
Four men were killed and three seriously injured by a gas explosion in pit No 1 of the Torrence road water works shaft complex late Friday afternoon. Data from Cincinnati reports notes the incident occurred during construction at the site and lists the affected workers.
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Cincinnati
Torrence Road
Grain Elevator Fire Destroys Toledo Company Structure
A grain elevator owned by the Raymond P. Lipe Co of Toledo burned to the ground in Bryan on Tuesday night. The loss is estimated at 15000 dollars with 8000 dollars insured. The building had been erected within the past year.
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Bryan
Raymond P. Lipe Co
Toledo
Train kills Charles I. Clay in Kent on July 4
Charles I. Clay a 27 year old Black veteran of Company G Twenty fourth U S S was killed by an electric train in Kent on Wednesday. He served at Sant Juan Hill and his head was crushed.
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Kent
Charles I. Clay
Sant Juan Hill
Infant feeding note and humorous clipping contrasts
A fragment from a Detroit Journal letter recalls feeding a baby with modified cow milk and a dog biscuit trade, then shifts to satirical banter about a prune claim and a grousing editor. The piece ends with a chaotic exchange involving a Chicago Daily News reference and a manager’s quip.
A Matter of Expense
A dialogue in the Kago Tribune shows a patient seeking medical advice about rest and treatment. One doctor prescribes three months of rest, another suggests an operation for appendicitis with an estimated cost of 1008 dollars.
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Kago Tribune
Beiting Him Rodrick Involved In Shell Game Allegation
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News hints at a shell game deception attributed to a grafter. The text alleges the ear was discarded and a bean substituted, involving a Bostonian and Van Albert.
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Rodrick
van Albert
Chicago Daily News
Delicate Dresser Advice Cautions on Laundering Fashions
An aid column notes that delicate fabrics require careful washing with Ivory Soap and drying in shade with little starch. It warns against debt and advises bed before persistent hunger, reflecting historical clerical sentiment.
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xEnza R.pageer
Rat, S
Market reports from New York and other cities on July 9
Market notes show price ranges for wheat corn and oats in New York and Cleveland with various grades. Wheat No 2 red 66 1/4 to 66 1/2 cents, corn No 2 yellow around 48 cents, oats No 2 white about 34 cents. Butter creamery 20 to 21 1/4 cents per pound. Hog prices in several cities range from 6.10 to 6.55 dollars per hundredweight.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
Blair
Gee
York
Toledo
Palmer's Lotion and Allen's Foot-Ease Adverts
A mixed set of medical remedy notices and testimonials from Palmers Lotion claiming cures by doctors and patients. The text promotes Palmer's Lotion with a New York address for samples and highlights Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for foot ailments. It references various names and places in a fragmented promotional style.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Metropolis talk and old jokes from city life
A fragmented page notes puzzled questions about metropolises and streetcar fares, then shifts to an ad satirizing health tonics and a gardening quip about weeding flower beds. It includes brief scraps from Chicago papers and stray references to casual everyday concerns.
Cough Cure Claims Speedy Relief Amid Quack Claims
A fragmented clipping references Hoxsie's Croup Cure and Piso's Cure for Consumption amid public skepticism. It notes an exchange about medical remedies and a remark on economy by a Philadelphia Press reader, with scattered phrases about February and age.
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Chidigo
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Ewe
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