Kansas Granted Filing in Supreme Court on Arkansas River Irrigation
Chief Justice Fuller says Kansas may file to enjoin Colorado from diverting Arkansas River water for irrigation, Colorado opposing due to valley interests. On June 21 the Post Office directs China staff to depart. H C Corbin to sail to the Philippines June 25 for inspection. If Congress backs Bowles report, the U S may build a 16000 ton battleship with strong armament, surpassing current rivals.
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Washington
Fuller
Kansas
United States Supreme Court
Colorado
Arkansas
H.C. Corbin
Army
Philippines
Hancock
San Francisco
Congress
Bowles
Naval Construction Board
United States
disputed Woods burg college funds and New York deals
The article notes Samuel Wood left 1 million for a music college and says relatives have consumed most of it through fees. It also covers Justice Gaynor criticizing a city underground railway franchise worth billions, plus a federal case to move defendants to Savannah for trial on conspiracy. It ends with a wave of strikes affecting Goodyear Boston, Neville, Reading Ironworks, Lehigh Valley Railroad and related wage demands.
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Samuel Wood
Woodsburg
L. I
Gaynor
New York Supreme Court
New York
Addison Brown
United States District Court
New York City
B. D. Greene
John F
Edward H
William T. Gaynor
Savannah
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Army
Fbor
South
United States
Canada
Ohio
Cynthia Bales
Goodyear
Derby
Conn
Driggs-Seabury
Birmingham Iron Foundry
Merimean Steel and Wire Co
Neville [Shane
Pittsburg
Williem Woodhull
Laurel
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
Easton
Buffalo
Wilkesbarre
Investiture of The Onion Lead and Co. Plans Wide Linseed Move
The Onion Lead and OF Co plans to acquire the American Linseed Co and, it is reported, a large number of linoleum and oil cloth firms alongside this deal.
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The
Onion Lead and of] Co
American Linseed Co
Tippecanoe Monument Fundlaunched by Indiana children
Indiana school children start a drive to raise funds for a monument on the Tippecanoe battle site near Lafayette. Included are other notes: a WV mountaineer family crushed by a bear death of three children. Texas oil company charters. miners in Ohio brace against coal land control. a dam break near Fort Collins causing thousands in agricultural damage. US Steel buys a Michigan ore mine for 2.5 million. a derelict ship adrift off South America. flood losses in Asheville district estimated at 500000. famine among Alaskan natives with 300 deaths and 500 population in Kusholam valley.
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Indiana
Tippecanoe
Lafayette
FE. P. Porterfield
Job
W. Va
Texas
Beaumont
Ohio
Chambers’ Lake
Fort Collins
Col
Cache la Poudre
Aragon
Norway
Mich
United States Steel Corporation
South America
Valparaiso
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
Kusholam River
Rioters clash with police at Obuchoff iron works
In Alexandrovsk Russia on the 21st about 3500 strikers opposed authorities injuring 12 police. soldiers fired three volleys killing two and wounding seven. 120 detained. Also noted are the death of Martinus Wessels Pretorius in Potchefstroom and Quebec Plains of Abraham dispute resolved with an 80000 dollar government purchase for a public park.
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Obuchoff Iron Works
Alexandrovsky
Russia
Martinus Wessels Pretorius
Dutch African Republic
South African Republic
Potchefstroom
Transvaal
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Dominion
Bank Robbery Hit Mineral Point for $20000
The First National Bank of Mineral Point Wisconsin was robbed early on the 25th with losses of over 20000 mostly currency. Entrance was made through the roof and insurance covers the full amount. A late dispatch notes the miner losses and labor unrest dominate the era with strikes and new labor group formations across states.
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First National Bank of
Mineral Point
Wis
Werbert W. Bowen
New York
Persia
Bowen
Tebheran
Milwaukee
Waldenburg
Prussia
Herman
Elkton
R. A Morrow
Jennie Craig
National Steel Works
National Steel Co
Sharon
Indiana
Ohio
Hanow
RooCnalffrey
Pate
Alaska Packers’ Association
Alaska
California
Grand League of American Organization
Minnesota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Winona
Cof
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Commissary Frauds Report on Army Scandal Unveiled
Gen MacArthur's official report details irregularities in Manila commissary operations. Col Woodruff and Maj West uncover lax record keeping, theft by officers and civilians, improper sales of flour bacon and supplies, rebates to a cigar dealer, and schemes to cover losses via surveys.
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MacArthur
Mamatin
Washington
Manila
War Department
Col. Woodruff
Maj. West
Sergeannts
Reed
Boards of Survey
Labor Troubles Weigh on Trade Yet Prices Stay Steady
R G Dun weekly review notes labor concerns clouding business but not hindering manufacturing. Prices hold firm. iron and steel show confidence while distant delivery orders fall back. Textile activity weak. Fall River cotton mills face cuts. Woolen mills busier. winter wheat outlook improves with expected plentiful harvests. Failures: 180 in US, 22 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Fall River
United States
Canada
Love-Crazed Youth Tries Murder, Then Kills Self in Hotel
In Philadelphia on May 25 John A. Jenkins of Brooklyn attempted to kill Mae Barber of Philadelphia in a hotel and then shot himself while in police custody. A bystander officer and hotel staff rescued Barber who fainted after being saved.
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Philadelphia
John A. Jenkins
Brooklyn
Mae Barber
Glucose Co to Absorb Pope Co and National Starch
The Chicago Chronicle reports the end of the fight between the Glucose Co and the independent Pope Co with absorption plans under way. The combined group will also include National Starch Co, controlling U S starch products. Aggregate capital of the three firms will total $55,223,000.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Glucose Co
Charles Pope Glucose Co
Pope Co
National Starch Co
United States
Strike expands as machinists push for nine hour day
The nationwide machinists strike impacts about 5000 workers across rail yards and private shops from Buffalo to Philadelphia. Navy and War departments worry over government work while gains in New England Ohio and Pennsylvania signal settlements up to 1500 workers returning to nine hour days with maintained pay.
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Washington
O’connell
National Association of Machinists
Central Vermont
St. Albans
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Buffalo
Sayre
Wilkesharre
Elmira
Delaware, Smckawanna & Western
Scranton
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Navy
War Departments
Navy Department
Pacific Coast
The
Machinists’ Association
New England
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Seaboard Air Line
Americus
Carnegie Gift Creates Free Education for Scottish Universities
Andrew Carnegie donates 2,000,000 to establish perpetual free education for Scottish students at Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen and St Andrews limited to Scottish fellows. Funds go to universities, not individual fees, prompting debate over funding needs and potential system disruption. Local papers praise the magnanimity while warning of possible fiscal strain and increased demand.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
St. Andrews
Carnegie
The
Edinburgh Scotchman
Daily Chronicle
Daily Telegraph
John Knox
Archbishop Feehan Leads West Side Religious Demonstration
Arch bishop Feehan resumed his episcopal duties after illness as 8,000 people with banners and music escorted him to the West Side Jesuit church. He officiated at the confirmation of 600 children marking his return to active ministry.
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Chicago
Feehan
Catholic Church
West Side
West Side Jesuit Church
Irony Flows as Waiter Seeks Sleep and Soup
A Boston Transcript quip has a hotel waiter lamenting hunger after sampling many soups. The piece pairs playful banter about faces and manners with a light note on marriage chats and everyday foibles from the Atchison daily record.
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Boston Transcript
Palmer's Lotion Proves Permanent Cure for Tetter
A Cincinnati man writes that Palmer's Lotion cured twelve years of tetter and urges keeping the preparation at home. He notes permanent relief and recommends samples from Solon Palmer at 374 Earl Street New York.
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T. B. Cutler
Cincinnati
Ohio
Palmer
Solon Palmer
Earl Street
New York
Lights That Shine
A worried man asks if the present generation can match great men of the past. Farmer Corn tessel notes fewer youths studying by pine knots and taller dips while cigarettes and fireworks seem more in demand now.
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Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Words and habits the soldiers found in Philippine speech
The account notes regional Filipino words for water such as aqua within one province and tubig in another while denum appears in a third. A borrowed American term chow chow for food is mentioned along with a humorous claim that the phrase up she comes from chuck a luck games sounds like an English gambling name.
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Philippines
Examining the Decks Cited Cashier’s Disappearance Rumor
A Philadelphia Press item notes a cashier missing for days, with two men debating whether he left for a test or to dodge it, capturing a moment of local intrigue and unclear motive.
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Philadelphia Presa
Allen's Foot-Ease Sample Offer Headed to New York
Old advertisement text promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder with a free sample offer to residents of Olmsted Leroy New York. It claims to cure chilblains sweating damp swollen aching feet and to ease new or tight shoes. It also advertises relief for corns bunions and is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
An Admission From The Detroit Free Press Fragment
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press features a character sketch where a daughter urges caution about proximity as her mother enters suddenly. The dialogue reveals social mortification and strained family dynamics in a concise, period voice.
Railway booklet on Aberdeen to Missouri River route
Describes the new Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway line reaching the Aberdeen to Missouri River country a section previously without rail facilities. The brochure offers location change guidance and copies are available via F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Aberdeen
Missouri River
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Private Mailing Card with Scenic Views on Railed Route
Private Mailing Card features colored scenery of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway. Sent on ten cent stamp return to F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago Ill. Includes quips about love marriage cures and a dated note Moe Jan 6 1900.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago, Ill
Weathered Wit and Oddities From a Reader’s Page
A fragmentary note cites a “black greasy rain” in South Dakota and links Mars activity to oil well drilling. A stray adges toward Beeman’s Pepsin Gum and a quirky library request about “dantel bone or ceetle Lord founder void,” reflecting a humorous, mixed-era jumble.
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South Dakota
Mars
Rochester Union
Dantel Bone
Ceetle Lord
Library Journal
To Prevent Diphtheria Use Hoxsie's Croup Cure
An advertisement urges diphtheria prevention with Hoxsie's Croup Cure priced at 50 cents. The pitch claims no nausea and mocks notoriety as a cautionary aside.
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Hoxsie
Shad Roe Croquet Recipe Shared Across Papers
A Detroit Free Press recipe describes preparing two large shad roes by boiling in salted water with vinegar, mashing, mixing with bread crumbs egg and butter, forming walnut sized balls, breading and frying. A humorous exchange about food and costs follows from Philadelphia papers.
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Detroit Free Press
Mrs Pinkham’s Advice Promises Help for Women
A promotional piece extols Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound. It claims women gain relief from ovarian and womb inflammation, cites Mrs Chappell of Grant Park Illinois as a client, and states Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Sician
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Itt Pre Carey
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Ble
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Bobby
Willie
Oston
Atchison
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Farma
Brigham
Burnham
Puck
J. V Brien
Ave
We Minneapolie
Moe
Beeman
Atchison Obe
Philadelphia Times
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Land of Plenty
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Ottawa
M.V. Bicinnics
Morrill Blk
Detroit, Mich
BE. T. Hooumes
Big Four Bidg
Indianapolis
Ind
K. E
Clevelans
Good Chemical CO
Akakesis
el Vecae
U.S
Chandlee & Chandlee, Patest
Ashington
AN. Rc
Dpiease
W.l.douglas
W. L. Doucins
W. J. Douglas
W. L. Douging
W. L. Douglas
Hruckton
Maas
Interstate Physicians League
Procordate
Examining Board of Engineers
Rge A. Zeller
South Fourth Bt
St. Kade Nes
Matis van Buren
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