Special Homeseeker Excursion Rates via the Wabash
Excursion tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays monthly. Rates to Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territories plus about one fare round trip. Gulf points to Texas and intermediate points to Oklahoma £ 25 40 round trip. Colorado and other points on application. Tickets thirty days with stop overs. Information from E W Rickesun Agt.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Texas
Colorado
E. W. Rickesun
Agt
Terrible collision disaster sinks into Cape Cod bay noted
The battleship Georgia suffered a catastrophic powder explosion during target practice off Barnstable Cape Cod bay. Eight officers and crew died and fifteen were severely burned or dying as the turret crew of three officers and eighteen men were engulfed in flame en route to Charlestown navy yard. Dead include Lieutenant Goodrich and William J Thatcher with others listed. injured include Charles L Rich.
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Boston
Georgia
Boston Harbor
Cape Cod Bay
Charlestown Navy Yard
New England
Barnstable
Goodrich
William J. Thatcher
Wilmington
Del
Faulkner Goldthwaite
Kentucky
W. J. Burke
Quincy
Mass
G. G. Hamilton
South Framingham
W. H. Thomas
Newport
R. I
William F. Pair
Brooklyn
George E. Miner
Charles L. Rich
Frankfort
Ind
Bowies Acquitted in Maryland Seduction Case
Maryland jury in La Plata finds Mrs. Mary E Bowie and her son Henry not guilty for aiding their daughter Priscilla Bowie and her child after the seduction by Hubert Posey. The verdict reflects the unwritten law notion held by local people.
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la Plata
Bowie
Maryland
Mary E. Bowie
Henry
Hubert Posey
Priscilla Bowie
Teson Acquitted by Insanity Defense in Grocery Store Killing
Raymond Teson pleaded insanity and the unwritten law as a defense for killing George Mayhan in a grocery store last October. The jury acquitted Teson and found him insane, and he will be committed to the state insane asylum until his reason is restored. It was proven Mayhan was intimate with Mrs. Teson.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Raymond Teson
George Mayhan
Mayhan
Teson
State
San Francisco Brings In New Mayor And Bribery Trials
Edward R Taylor, dean of Hastings Law College and acting president of Cooper Medical College, became mayor after a formal oath before the supervisors clerk. He plans a nonpartisan government but has no detailed plans yet. T. V. Halsey pleads not guilty to three bribery indictments involving Pacific States Telephone. Parkside bribery case postponed. Schmitz trolley and gas franchise indictments postponed to July 29.
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San Francisco
Edward R Taylor
Hasting Law College
Cooper Mediial College
Team of
Supervisors
Harry J. Mulereavy
Teler
Prese
Halsey
T. V. Halsey
Dunne
Pacific States Telephone Company
Parkside
Schmitz
Toledo court fines and sentences in bridge and lumber trusts
In Toledo Circuit Court Judge Morris sentenced Cleve land and Hammond and fourteen lumber trust members to six months in the workhouse. Toledo Brick Supply co pleads guilty to pooling under the Valentine law and faces a $1000 fine each, with suspended sentences for ten days. Prince Wilhelm of Sweden set to arrive at Hampton Roads aboard the Fyigi in August.
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Toledo
Morris
Cleveland
Hammond
Lumber Trust
Toledo Brick Supply Company
Hints for Farmers Secrets of testing and hatching turkey eggs
The article explains testing eggs after nine days using a candle to spot fertility, and advises waiting until day twenty eight or twenty ninth for hatching. It covers how to chip shells safely, how to help live twins hatch, and cautions on straight beak guidance.
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London Mail
Gapes In Fowl and Worm Treatment Tips
A farmer instructs on treating gapes in poultry caused by worms in the windpipe. The method uses a feather tuft, dipped in a purgative, inserted in the windpipe, turned to loosen worms, then coughed up. Turpentine is also suggested, with a ten foot pole for the procedure.
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Dr. Shoop
Small Fruit Cultivation Advice for Sucker Control
Guidance on managing surplus suckers in blackberry and red raspberry patches as weeds. Keep rows compact, avoid hoeing new shoots, and remember next year’s fruit comes from this season’s canes. For strawberries, remove blossoms from newly set beds to direct growth into establishment. Do not let plants fruit in the first season.
World's Largest Diamond Hidden in London Bank Vault
A colossal diamond, claimed to be the biggest in the world, rests in a Holborn Viaduct bank near Hatton Garden. Access is highly restricted, with crystal facsimiles shown to buyers and insurance premiums paid for removal. The gem, valued around five million dollars, was shipped from South Africa in a sealed tin postal packet and insured for about two and a half million.
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Holborn Viaduct
London
Hatton Garden
Europe
South Africa
Premier Diamond Mining Company, Limited
Amateur author’s play cut despite promise in sly tale
A budding writer, elated by a promising audition, is asked to trim his play until almost nothing remains. The manager admits “there’s something in it” yet insists major revisions remove key parts. The passage ends with a pill ad and a Ralph Waldo Emerson quotation.
Itch Cure Promises Fast Relief from Lotion
Woodford's Sanitary Lotion claimed to cure itch in 30 minutes. Sold by Geo. D. Cook, druggist in Covington Indiana.
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Woodford
Geo. D. Cook
Covington, Ind
Farmer Turns $25 Into Independence In Cashmere
W. B. Paton recalls landing in Cashmere Washington with 25 dollars, buying an acre on contract, and working at carpentry while improving land. Last year he earned 2300 dollars net from crops and notes others achieving similar gains. Great Northern Bulletin 88 invites farmers to write for free.
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Cashmere
Washington
W. B. Paton
Great Northern Bulletin
C. W Pitts
Clark
Chicago
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California
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Cincinnati
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Gustave
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Sweden
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Fyigi
Atlanta Constitution
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Te- Witt
Hedges Drug Co
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Mr. Ewing Young
Stonefort
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Zemo
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E. W. Rose Mephiney Co
Stowart
Ira Blackman
Manford VanDorn
Covington
General
Indiana
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Monmouth
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Coleman
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Reeves & Coleman
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