Republicans win Maine vote and New York fire report
The Maine election yielded a reduced Republican plurality of about 8,000 and Congressman Littlefield was re elected by a margin near 1,200. A costly fire at the Argo smelter in Denver caused over 300,000 in losses with no insurance. In Caucasus news a landslide caused 225 deaths in Kwareli. Multiple other incidents include accidents in Lynn Mass and earthquakes in Boonville Owensville and nearby Indiana towns. Baseball standings for the four major leagues are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Littlefield
Argo
Denver
Kwareli
Boonville
Princeton
Owensville
Indiana
Owens Ville
Bryan Home Welcome Draws Huge Lincoln Crowd
W. J. Bryan received a nonpartisan homecoming in Lincoln with an estimated fifty to sixty thousand locals and visitors filling streets near the station and capitol grounds. Gov. Mickey and Mayor Crown joined Bryan on stage as applause and handshakes followed a brief welcoming program.
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Westerners Hall
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Gov
Mickey
Mr. Bryan
Lins
Guv. Mickey
Mayor Brown
John E. Miller
Lincoln Commercial Club
Capitol Grounds
State House
George W. Martin
Methodist Church
Normal
Crown
Bryan
United States
Capitol
Birth of New Towns Map Shows 136 in Dakotas Boom
A Chicago Daily News correspondent reports 136 new towns appeared on the map in the last year, mainly in the Dakotas. Railroads are extending lines with 27 along the Minneapolis and St. Paul route and 49 along the Sioux lines, with further town sites planned before 1907 ends.
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The
Dakotas
Northwest
Chicago Daily News
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Great Northern
Milwaukee and
Seones
Northwestern
Burlington
Duluth
Rainy Lake
Winnipeg
Minnesota
International
Rixey Reviews Global Naval Hospitals for U S Service
Surgeon General Rixey undertook a world tour surveying naval hospital services. He found Yokohama strong but urged a detention facility at San Francisco similar to Newport. Manila and Cavite hospitals showed mixed sanitary conditions, and Paris London visits informed Norfolk hospital planning.
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U. S
Rixey
Navy
United States
San Francisco
Newport
Nonolulu
Yokohama
Medileal Corps
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Philippines
Manila
Canada
Cavite
Olongepo
Paris
London
Naval
Lowden
Dbuaiklie
Norfolk
Norfolk Hospital
Avalanche of Mud Destroys Kwaich Townfront, Caucasus
A massive mudslide near Kwaich in the Caucasus buried at least 255 people and flooded streets six feet deep. The disaster devastated crops and livestock while prompting warnings from Greek priests in Tiflis. Residents sought refuge on Avlabar after the landslide.
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Kwaich
Pifis
Kwareli
Tilaw
Caucasus
Pransenteasus
Tiflis
Avlabar
Multilinear Fires and Trials Hit Diverse Regions
A string of disasters and legal actions span Sumter to Glassport and Philadelphia. The Sumter lumber mills of the Lumber Company suffer heavy loss, with over 1.5 million feet of lumber damaged. Nettie and Emily Smith die from a fire in Pennsylvania, while their father Fred Smith is in serious condition. In Glassport a priest A Garstka is arrested for shooting a parishioner after a quarrel. The Bramwell Brush Company mill burns in Ohio. spontaneous combustion cited. Minnesota Supreme Court upholds mineral gas law in a Virginia silver mine case. Three killed and many injured in a grade crossing crash near Philadelphia staging a train collision with a trolley.
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Mter Lumber Company
Sumter
Nettie
Emily Smith
Ranton
Fred Smith
A. Garstka
Fish Catholic
Glassport
Joe Krapaski
eThe Bramwell Brush Company
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Minnesota Supreme Court
Virginia
Minnesota Range
Atlantic Refining Coms
Philadelphia
Oil Rery
Pennsylvania Railroad
Insurance Rates Cut Off Under New Tax Law Ruling
Ex-President rover Cleveland acts as referee on life insurance rebates under English and American policies. English policyholders may deduct premiums due to income tax payments, while American policies face curbs. The ruling ends rebates by American insurers and shifts effect to foreign business.
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Cleveland
Fragmented 1900s News Snippets on Uprisings and Politics
A garbled set of captions mentions Cuba’s uprising, Russian politics, a U.S. presidential hint about “Theodor Ruzvelt,” a Kansas corn forecast, an earthquake rumor, and Secretary Wilson’s push on packinghouse reform. It notes 53 Russian job losses last month and mocks muckraking as cheaper than removing workers.
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Cuba
Russia
Trepoff
Kansas
Theodor Ruzvelt
Washington Star
Josh Billings
Wilson
Chicago Packers
Dead Birds Cause Typhoid Fever in Three Oaks
Board of health official finds thousands of dead sparrows covering Three Oaks water standpipe surface. Nest ledge around the summit allowed birds to fall inside as fledglings. Standpipe cover absent, linking to 21 typhoid cases.
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Three Oaks
Mich
Board of Health
Water Works
Prof Hell's Wireless Airship Tests Near Brantford
In Brantford Canada last Sunday a group of scientists witnessed the first test of Prof Alexander Graham Bell’s wireless airship. The machine uses ground dynamos to send wireless energy to propellers and was navigated by Capt Anglemare of Chicago. It rose to 200 feet, completed a full circle, and returned safely to its starting point.
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Brantford
Canada
Alexander Graham Bell
Anglemare
Chicago
Packers' Business I Increases in Seven Months
The Department of Commerce and Labor reports Chicago packing houses a rise in domestic shipments for the first seven months of the year. July figures show 136,660,716 pounds in 1904 rising to 192,490,724 pounds in 1905, with seven month totals climbing to about 1.675 billion pounds. Major items include dressed beef, cured meats, and lard.
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Chicago
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Schools Endorse Simplified Spelling Across Cities
Reports show Plainfield New Jersey and the New York City board of education adopting simplified spelling in schools. Data indicate rising salaries for teachers in New Britain and Milwaukee college graduates earning more. Ottawa and Berlin push educational aids and sanatoria for children.
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Plainfield
N. J
New Britain
Springfield
Mass
Russia
South Carolina
New Jersey
Iown
Timeline of notable world events from 1290 to 1905
A summary lists milestones including Edward I exiling Jews, Menendez at St Augustine, Drake and Hawkins against the Indies, Hudson’s Delaware discovery, Plymouth Mayflower voyage, treaties with Narragansetts, sieges and battles across Europe and America, city takeovers, and science notes from 1801 to 1905. It includes the Juno discovery, Auburn prison, and a Century magazine article on farm education by Prof. L H Bailey.
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England
Gov. Menendez
St. Augustine
Drake and Hawkins
West Indies
Titudson
Delaware Bay
Plymouth
New England
William
Limerick
Naverhill
Mass
Norkettin
Charleston
S. C
Washington
Rochambeau
Philadelphia
Egypt
Harding
Gothingen
Alexandria
Fort Erie
Algiers
New York State
Auburn
Constantinople
Monterey
Cal
Maria Christinia
Spain
Madrid
Hatteras and
Clark
N. C
Richmond
Sedan
Belmont
Ohio River
Sultan of
Portsmouth
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University College of Agriculture
Bailey
Agricultural College
A New Aid to the Blind Uses Telegaphone Devices
Philadelphia eye specialist Dr. George M. Gould urges using the Rouls on telegaphone to replace embossed books for the blind. Books could be read aloud to the sightless in bed, and lectures or concerts could be enjoyed remotely. Letters spoken on steel sheets could be mailed and reproduce the sender’s voice with consistent inflection and emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Gould
Philadelphia
New York
New Volcanic Island Visited By Revenue Cutters
Officers of the revenue cutter service explored the new volcanic island in the Bogoslof group on July 20. The isle, raised ten days earlier by volcanic action, emitted a large plume of smoke and steam. The northern end rises to 406 feet and the western heights reach 700 feet. Despite heat as explorers reached the summit, the surface remained warm and soft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenue Cutter Service
Bogoslof
Bering Sea
Dr Williams Pink Pills Endure In Independent Testimony
Mrs Rachel Gardner of Wilsey Kansas recounts severe stomach pains heart related agony headaches and sickness from other medicines before using Dr Williams Pink Pills The pills she says improved her condition and she now recommends them The product claims to relieve indigestion biliousness influenza headaches backaches neuralgia nervousness and spinal weakness and is sold 50 cents a box six boxes for 2 00 with guarantees against opiates or harmful drugs.
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Dr. Williams
Rachaeel Gardner
Wilsey, Kans
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectsdy
N.Y
Selden's Long Wait for Wealth
Leroy Scott recalls George B. Selden whose car scheme faced derision from a major manufacturer. Despite early doubts, Selden’s patent licensed many autos, with roughly 70,000 explosion buggies in use and royalties totaling $814,183 over the last three years.
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Selden
Leroy Scott
Mustaine
Gina
George B. Selden
United States
Little Margaret Bathes in River Surprise
A shy girl named Margaret enters the river for her first bath with her mother and sisters. She hesitates until others are safe, then steps in as water rises unexpectedly and wets her new bathing suit, eliciting a startled cry.
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Margaret
Harper’s Weekly
Kentucky woman credits Grape-Nuts with health boost
A Kentucky lady describes how stopping her ordinary breakfast and starting Grape-Nuts with cream relieved indigestion and nervous prostration. She reports renewed strength and mental poise, with only occasional pain after fatty meals, and credits Grape-Nuts for her prime health.
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Kentucky
Testum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Clinton Plaindealer
Vanshn & Vansest, Publishers
Linton
Diana
Wwe
Cincinnati
Grooklyn
Didsburg
St. Louis
St. Phildelphia
Dboston
St. Tonis
SC Tharoi
Phildelphia
Boston
American Association
Columbus
Nonisville
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Eliot
Harvard
John Wanamaker
S. Plant & Co
Matthews
Aften
Smith
Story Dictionary
Funk
Ndard
Webster
Gerairie
John Smith
Farmers’ Bank
Vlatte
S. D
Dallas
Gregory
Public Improvement Fund
SSO
Boards of Trustees
DR. Rixey
Ness
Prof. Hell
Hit
New Volcanic Island
Williams
Inois
Missouri
Nour
Chamlee & Company, Inc
West van Buren Street
Ill
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