War talk and political squabbles cross edited notes
The piece cites world tensions and domestic politics, noting Chinese self reliance in war, pension certificate renewals, party platforms courting trusts and suffrage, and Republican entanglements with power. It mentions U.S. troops under British command in China, Goebel laws in Kentucky, and a Treasury Bureau report on northern China's city of Tien Tein as key to trade.
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Tims Tarx
Pekin
Ching
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Tio Tein
China
Gulf of
Pechili
Fearful Holocaust on Hoboken Docks Fires Sink Three Steamers
A massive blaze at the North German Lloyd docks in Hoboken razed the Main Saale and Bremen and devastated piers. Fireboats helped, but the inferno killed many aboard and among visitors, with losses estimated around 200 lives and property damages near 10 million dollars.
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New York
Lloyd
Hoboken
Main
Bremen
Saale
Thingvalla Line
Saal
Kaiser Wilhelm
Port Hole
North German Lloyd Company
Hoboke
Neat
Boston
Southampton
England
Prohibition National Convention Nominees Named
The Prohibition National Convention adjourned sine die after nominating John G. Woolley for President and Silas C. Swallow for Vice President on the first ballot. Chicago delegates narrowed the presidential race to Woolley and Swallow amid multiple nominations and a party platform denouncing trusts and McKinley era expansion.
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Cureaio
John G. Woolley
Illinois
Tents J. Metcalf
Rhode Island
Chicago
Silas C. Swallow
Harrisburg
Hale Johnston
Newton
A. G. Walfenbarger
Nebraska
Dickie
Oliver W. Stewart
National Committee
George W. Gere
Champaign
Prohibition
Oliver Stewart
Homer Castle
Swallow
Twles
Woolley
Pennsylvania
John Tipp
Colorado
RE. F E. Carr
Minois
Tropics
First
Philippine Commission
William McKinley
Alaska
Arrived in France and preacher invited for four weeks
A cablegram from Boulogne dated July 3 notes Mr Ken non and J Foster from Columbia Penn arrived in France aboard Aspens and received by Miss Hooper. Lewiscvnn on June 27 reports Rev J Leslie Alsworth, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, has been invited by Rev A F Carr of the Central eterian Church of St Lewis to preach for four weeks starting the second Sunday in July.
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Aspens
Hooper
France
St. Louis
Lewiscvnn
J. Leslie Alsworth
Presbyterian Church
Neo
A. F. Carr
Central
Eterterian Church of
New Hotel Planned for Lewisburg Project Hears Of
A fragmentary notice indicates A B Stillwell announces a new hotel at Lewisburg Lewienuna with dates and details unclear. The text is largely garbled but shows intent to establish hospitality property in the area and mentions a June 23 timeframe and local interest.
Royal Baking Powder touted for purity and healthfulness
The powder is praised for its superior fitness and inert leavening power, producing wholesome hot breads and muffins without altering the flour. It warns against alum baking powders as dangerous and corrosive, noting Royal Baking Powder Company at 100 William Street, New York.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William
New York
Oregon Grounding Near Che Foo Timed in Dense Fog
Washington dispatches report the Oregon grounded near Che Foo on June 29 in dense fog three miles south of Tow Ke light. Water in forward compartments, rock pierced hull, plans to lighten ship with lightened assistance from the Eris WIM and a chartered steamer. Pinnacle rock rises about 85 feet, current and tides complicate navigation amid fog and surf.
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Che-Foo
Eris Wim Aas
Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
Secretary of Navy
Tow Ke Light
Gulf of Te Chi Li
Pinnacle Rock
Che Iyo
Amist
Rogers
Remey
Mow Ki
Sao la Shan
Hydrographic Bureau
Naval Hydrographerd Office
Wilde
Landslide Buries L N Track Near Decatur Alabama
Heavy rains trigger a landslide on the Louisville and Nashville line near Decatur. Over 309 feet of track buried and traffic delayed for hours. Reports say two men buried, later confirming fatalities at Hartsell Hill area near Decatur with at least three dead including one Black man and two white men.
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Decatur
Louisville & Nashville
Sand Mountain
Ala
Hartsell
Ship at risk as storms threaten rescue efforts in Chinese waters
Piiies sustained by the Oregon are scarcely sufficient to endible the naval j constructors here to form a definite opinion as to the prospects of saving the famous ship. They say, however, the ship probably can be saved if the weather does not become rough, but, unfortunately, this is the season of storms in Chinese waters.
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Oregon
Naval
Daring Jump From Bridge Over Duck River Nets Prize
A man named George Brown leaped from a high bridge into the Duck River. The river was full and rapid, he rode the current some distance before escaping safely. For the stunt he received a purse of 2 dollars.
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George Brown
Duck River
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Taylor
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Baron von Ketteler
Yang Lu
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Platt
Roosevelt
Russia
Persia
Beckham
Kentucky
Goebel
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co
McKinley
Jersey Flats
Christian Endeavor Society
London
Piera
Domae
Orele
Amoke
Ames
Henley
Ellie Teland
Union
LF. Chapman
Atevedore
Woolley and Metcalf
Effie Anderson
Boulogne
MrKennon, J. & Foster
Columbia, Penn
New Hotel
Lewisburg
Royal Baking Powder
Pride OF the Navy
Taku
Demun
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