Scarcity of Men Delays New Mounted Battery at Fort Sheridan
At Fort Sheridan Chicago a severe shortage of manpower blocks the formation of a new mounted battery and weakens the Third battalion of the Twenty seventh Infantry. Enlistments have fallen, with 125 more needed and prospects poor as many men remain in private sector jobs. Recruitment officers report low morale and long post service ahead, while barracks work proceeds to ready space for multiple companies by October.
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Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Mountain Battery
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Ife
Cuba
Philippines
West Point
Bulmer
Toon Ay
Kangaroo Rumor Scares Pennaburg Locals
Reports of a gray kangaroo roaming wooded hills near Pleasant Run a few miles west of Pennaburg have sparked fear and chatter. Witnesses Erwin Styer and Martin Stengel describe a swift, large-bodied animal with a sheeplike head that dodges approach and forces off attacking dogs with its powerful hind legs and tail.
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Pennaburg
Pleasant Run
Erwin Styer
Martin Stengel
Montgomery County
Black Eye for Bride in Irwin Mine Riot
In Irwin Pennsylvania seven men were jailed after a riot at a wedding among Russian miners east of town. Michael Portery and Annie Bartek wed at his boarding house. a dispute over a wedding custom led to a brawl. Portesy was battered, the bride suffered a black eye, and guests' finery was damaged.
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Irwin, Pa
Michael Portery
Portesy
Annie Bartek
Portexy
John Masey
Masey
Union Without Ooor New Evolutions in Plant Life
David Jaggers, known as Luther Burbank of Collinsville, conducts a ten acre experimental garden near Collinsville. He claims 57 years among Cherokees, funded by them for decades, and describes crosses among vegetables with pride in horticulture training of Indians. He hints at turnip cabbage cross and potato hybrids, praising Cherokee collaborators and noting modest fame alongside Luther Burbank.
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David Jaggers
Luther Burbank
Collingville
Collinsville
David Jaggera
Luther Burbanks
Uon
London
England
Oklahoma
Jaggers
Imine
Burbank
Cherokee Nation
DUCK TIES UP PHONE SYSTEM IN WATERTOWN
A spoonbill duck caused a multi hour suspension of the Jang distance telephone service near Al tramont on the Northwestern railroad. The duck swooped into two wires forming a vice like grip and twisting them into a cable. The bird was found suspended with a broken neck by a telegraph crew.
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Watertown
Jang
Altramont
Northwestern
Duck
Philanthropist Quips On Wealth and Immigration
A dialogue notes wealthy individuals taking summer trips to Europe while debating immigration policy. Dustin Stax comments on discouraging immigration and moving money abroad. The exchange presents a stance on wealth movement versus forcing migration and hints at philanthropic language.
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Europe
Dustin Stax
Woman in Cuba Sends $30,000 for Powell Baby
Mrs J R McKay of Cuba Florida sent a $30 000 certificate of deposit to Mr and Mrs Homer Powell of Cordele Georgia to aid their newborn son James Edward Powell The donor who met the family after missing a Florida train arranged that the sum and interest be paid annually until the child is 21 years old The Powell family father is a carpenter and bricklayer
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Cordele
J. R. McKay
Cuba
Homer Powell
Nes. McKay
Florida
Powells
James Edward Powell
Tim
Iowa Farmer Claims 32inch Bean Challenge to State
Des Moines farmer Ian Nate Thompson, living near Eartham, challenges Iowans to beat his 32 inch pod of bungstalk fame. He asserts growth of two and a half inches daily and vows to contest any rival bean that surpasses his record in the state.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ian Nate Thompson
Eartham
Haw
Jack
Kilier
Thompson
Beauty Brown Wins Out in Wealth Twist from Philadelphia
Samuel A. Brown known as Beauty Brown of Sioux City gains a large inheritance from a Philadelphia uncle and buys an eight room country home twelve miles from Philadelphia with his wife, formerly Mrs Lovie Miller. His marriage history includes a sensational equestrian wedding at Sioux City and a prior divorce amid a bank failure impact. The couple previously lived in Baltimore after Brown secured a store job.
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Sioux City
Samuel A. Brown
Vanderbilt
Brown
Union Savings Bank of
Philadelphia
Samuel Brown
Louise Miller
Russian Lands in Barrel En Route to New York
A Russian exile Hyslan Masowvitch, after losing an eye in a prior accident, was landed in America inside a tightly headed barrel. Friends funded a purse to pay a petty officer to arrange the ruse as the steamship neared New York. The barrel was landed at Hoboken, carried ashore, and Masowvitch later appeared in Waterbury, leaving his whereabouts in question.
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New York
Hyslan Masowvitch
America
Masowvitch
Hoboken
Waterbury
White crow sightings in Oxford county Maine story
A奇 white crow is reported in Oxford town near the Town House hill in Oxford county Maine. The bird appears the same size as crows, with black head and breast and white back and wings, leading a flock of glossy black corn pulpers while acting as a councillor among them. No calls or notes heard yet.
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Rumford Falls
Oxford
Town House Hill
Atruta
Old Deserter Granted Civil War Pension in York
William Clopper of York Pennsylvania has been granted a 12 per month pension as a Civil War veteran. Clopper enlisted in 1861 with the flat defenders, deserted in 1862, later reenlisted in the navy under Admiral Dahlgren, and was honorably discharged at war's end after bravery in engagements.
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York
William Clopper
United States Army
Clopper
Navy
Dahlgren
Newspaper Statistics From Washington 1905 Output
Census bureau reports 1905 newspaper production valued at 35.09 million dollars. From 1900 to 1905 the sector rose 19 percent. Total paper and wood pulp output exceeded 188 million dollars with book, wrapping and other papers valued at 27, 20, and 22 million. New York tops the industry, followed by Massachusetts Maine Wisconsin Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
Wisconsi
Pennsylvanis
Ola
Prizes for Children in Ashfield Labor Day Awards
Ashfield Massachusetts holds its ninth annual children prize day on Labor Day. Prizes totaling about $100 reward industry, ingenuity, and special intelligence of under 18s, funded by local and summer residents. Exhibits include school garden projects, wildflower and mineral collections, birds with dates, drawings, models, and various crafts. Prizes span needlework, embroidery, knitting, washing, bouquets, pressed plant and insect collections, forest tree lists, wild animal displays, tame animals, tool work, and other ingenious efforts.
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Boston
Ashville
Mass
Ashfield
Neasion
Great Grandfather 57 in Reading States Youthful Record
Reading resident Peter F. Nagle claims to be the state’s youngest great grandfather at 57, with son William A. Nagle of Philadelphia asserting that few grandfathers reach 88. The family includes several great grandmothers alive, with relatives in Alba and Wilkesport, and Earl Nagle of Philadelphia, 21, who has a son Carroll born two years ago. A reunion group photo featured Peter F. Nagle, William A. Nagle, Earl, and Carroll.
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Reading
Peter F. Nagle
William A. Nagle
Berks Street
Philadelphia
Baby Carroll
Thomas F. Beckley
William Nagle
Leonard Lewis
Alba
Anna Greenlaw
Wilcameport
Earl Nagle
Carroll Nagle
Willian A
Earl
Carroll
Forgetful husband mails costly letter from sea
Atlantic City report tells how Charles Patton, a western mining man, paid $212 in cable tolls to send a letter to his wife in Vienna after forgetting to mail it on the last steamer. Operators gasped at the chain handwritten missive, but he calmly received his mail on arrival.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Allure
Vienna
Charles Patton
Western
Deep Sea
Hoshand
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