Indiana Prices and World News: Diamonds and Vaccination
Property on a principal Atlanta street sold for 2620 per front foot, while ancient vaccination by nose is noted as historic. Reports cover German seed growth lifting tonnage, Pretoria diamond field yields, Holme ship church, strawberry tonics, a Siberian coal shaft 6571 feet deep and a kidnap plot against Prince George of Greece. Navy paymaster Kenny tightens office rules, spurring panic among clerks.
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A.M. Kenny
The
Navy
Washington
Icelandic Policeman Etiquette and Capital Security
Iceland preserves a single policeman for dignity and order, reflecting Viking heritage and urban tradition. In a separate case, the Golden Cross mining settlement in the United States circuit court awarded total fees of $344,000 to 24 attorneys, with Los Angeles lawyers receiving $188,000 and San Francisco lawyers $156,000, while Gibson & Titus of San Diego earned over $66,000.
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Golden Cross
United States Circuit Court
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Gibson & Titus
Hawaii Consul General Job Keeps Duties After Annexation
Frederick W. Job continues consul general duties for Hawaii though it is now part of the United States. He certifies invoices to Hawaii and handles work tied to the former consul role amid no new legislation from Congress. In San Francisco a Honolulu heiress spends a solitary honeymoon after marrying in Honolulu and awaiting return to Hawaii.
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Hawaii
Frederick W. Job
United States
Job
San Francisco
Helen K. Wilder
Honolulu
H. J. Craft
Convict John Howard Finishes Organs at Sing Sing
Gov Roosevelt shortens John Howard’s sentence after he builds two pipe organs for the Sing Sing chapel, two years on the job saving about 5000 dollars. The organs look impressive but fail to sound. Howard departs the prison without leaving his future address.
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Gov. Roosevelt
John Howard
Sing Sing
Howard
Kentucky Republicans Name Taylor Ticket At Lexington Convention
The Kentucky Republican state convention in Lexington named John Marshall Taylor as governor with John Marshall of Louisville as lieutenant governor and Caleb Powers of Knox County as secretary of state on the first ballot. Clifton J. Prater, John B. Sweeney, Walter K. Day, John Burke, John W. Throckmorton, and other nominees followed as the slate solidified amid lengthy platform debates and a stormy adjournment.
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Caleb Powers
Knox County
McKinley
Cuba
Po Philippines
United States
Goebel
McChod
Gov
Bradley
S H
Stone
Taylor
Amittee
Gen. Taylor
Deboe
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Sammith
Aay
Smith
John Marshall
Louisville
D. J. Burchett
Lawrénes County
Marshall
Thomas J. Young
Bath
Jy Bennett
Greenup
Harlan T. Beatty
Lee
Caleb Popwers
Knox
Clifton J. Pratt
Hopkins
William R. Ramsey
Laurel
O. R C. Burns
Loyd
O. S. Deming
Robertson
W. E. Catenings
Sweeney
Hardin
Catchings
John Burke
Campbell County
John W. Throckmorton
Fayette
Walter R. Day
Breath
State Central Committee
Barnett
Walter Day
Breathitt
Powers
Day
Judge Pratt
Smelting Works Burned In El Paso Fire
Early Friday morning the Consolidated Kansas City Smelting & Refining Co plant in El Paso Texas was destroyed by fire. Firemen rushed to the scene and by 3 40 a m the smelting buildings were out of danger though total loss could not be estimated. The blaze prompted a swift city response as the department headed toward the plant.
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Great
Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co
el Paso
Tex
Consolidated Kansas City Smelting & Refining Co
Riots, Fires, and Conspiracies Across Asia and Foo Chow
The Olympia's arrival notes riots near Kiao Chou on June 26 with nine killed as German forces push to restore order. British and American residents of Kinning district told to leave Foo Chow. Fire at Onomoache wrecked 1724 houses and 50 injured. Ironclad orders to Germany for armor clads and cruisers, plus six field gun orders. Rumors of plots against the Korean emperor and arrests.
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Tacoma
Wash
Olympia
China
Japan
Kiao Chou
Kirin
Kobe Perfecture
Yellow Sea
Italy
Onomoache
Echizen
Go Downs
Kinning
Foo Chow
Nagasaki
Shinkei-Yei
Takawa Gori
Seoul-Wonsai
Seoul
Sin Kwijer
Pak Chong Yang
Berlin
Vulcan
Stettin
Germany
Chemulpo
Cashier Valentein Surrenders Over Bank Shortage
New York reports cashier George M Valentine of Middlesex County Bank Perth Amboy New Jersey has surrendered and is jailed for a bank shortage feared to reach 165000 dollars. The run on the Middlesex bank and its linked Perth Amboy Savings Bank caused panic as officers say 300000 dollars deposited there is safe. An investigation suggests counterfeit handling of checks and stubs, with losses tied to New York Park National Bank. Valentine’s bonds and family wealth may cover the shortage. Park National Bank obtained attachments totaling over 30000 dollars against Middlesex for overdrafts and collections.
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New York
George M. Valentine
Middlesex County Bank of
Perth Amboy
N. J
Middlesex Bank
Eternal Hills
Perth Amboy Savings Institution
Savings Bank
A. B. Watson
Savings Institution
Watson
Robert N. Valentine
Park National Bank
Burke
Valentine
New York City
Woodbridge
Edward Savage
Middlesex County Bank
Park National Bank of New York
Supreme Court
Justice Stover
McGuire
York National Bank
Fatal Family Quarrel Ends in Tragedy Near Libertyville
Libertyville July 17 A domestic feud culminated in a double murder suicide at the Treider home near Long Grove. Mrs. George Treider killed her mother Mrs. Christian Foss and herself after wounding her husband, who was also shot three times but expected to recover.
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Libertyville
Ill
George Treider
Christian Foss
Treiders
Long Grove
Treider
Steamer Perthshire Sinks After 50 Days at Sea
Victoria B C July 17 The steam er Perthshire arrives at Port Jackson in tow after 50 days adrift between Australia and New Zealand. The navy assisted in the search before rescue. The liner Oahu foundered with four crew lost due to overloading the vessel.
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Victoria
B. C
Port Jackson
Australia
New Zealand
Oahu
Greynorth
Dunedin
Two Lynchings Reported in Texas Friday
Specials to the Post describe two lynchings in Texas on Friday. Abe Brown, a Black man who killed and outraged a Bohemian woman on Monday, was shot to death near Gilead. An unidentified Black man was lynched near Iola in Grimes county for murdering a white boy, Lemuel Sharp.
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Houstox
Tex
Post
Texas
Abe Brown
Gilead
Iola
Grimes County
Lemuel Sharp
Death of Lieut. Col. Smith at St Louis home
Lieut. Col. Smith who led the U S quartermaster department in St Louis died at his residence Thursday night while his wife was away in Arizona visiting a married daughter. A Ware county Georgia curiosity notes a giant mulberry tree whose rotted heart yields a cherry and a peach tree still bearing fruit, while ancient Egyptian boats buried near the Nile demonstrate wood longevity.
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St. Louis
Red Bluf Primitive Baptist Church
Ware County
One on the Merchant
A Hebrew storekeeper argues with a city assessor over stock valuation. The assessor set a $5,000 personal property figure based on the merchant s inflated claim. The shocked owner protests and admits only stock worth about $800, blaming a mistaken assessor.
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Dhe
Bradstreet
Man chased as victim balks at installment book offer
A man fleeing an office building is pursued by a police officer after the victim shouts that a stranger is trying to sell him a book on 28 weekly installments of 2.33 dollars each. The officer urges a quick escape.
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Chicago Post
Miss Antique Aged 23 Among 38 Reduced
A humorous line from a 19th century style dialogue notes a woman’s age being reduced. The joke centers on a character named Miss Antique, said to be 23 after a reduction from 38. The exchange contrasts perception of women’s feelings with a playful arithmetic.
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Miss Antique
Puck
Peruna Endorsed by Treasury Official in 1899 Letter
Register Judson W. Lyons of the United States Treasury writes from Washington praising Peruna as a superb remedy for catarrhal summer ailments. The letter, dated April 23 1899, extols Peruna for cholera, diarrhoeal complaints, and heat induced blues, citing Dr Hartman and offering a free copy of Summer Catarrh.
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Judson W. Lyons
Register of the United States Treasury
Washington, D. C
M’f’g Co
Columbus
Hartman
Columbus, O
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J. D. Dennis
Indiana
Atlanta
Erstburg
Pretoria
England
Holme
Petersborough
Vienna
George
Greece
Candia
Asia
Iceland
Grass State
WM. S. Taylor
Ohn Marshall
Clifton J. Prater
John
Walter K. Day
Agriculur
Lexington
Committee On
W. L
E. G. Sebree
W. H. Jones
George W. Long
R. B. Gelatt
T. B. Matthews
Samuel R. Smith
Chautauqua
Blue Grass District
J. M Lewis
Episcopal Church
Hampton
Vincent Boreing
Boreing
D. G. Colston
J. W. Yerkes
Republican Party of
Republican Party
Republican Congress
Trust
Gorman
Macxon
Mass
Arthur P. Gorman
Kinging District
NX. J
Nile
Register OF Treasury
John W. Lyons
Hon. Lyons
Augusta
National Republican Committee
Register of the Treasury
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