Cremation Gains Support in Geneva for New Crematory
The Grand Council of Geneva allocates funds to back a local cremation project as public interest rises. Notable supporters include botanist Alphonse de Caudolle and naturalist Carl Vogt, with the Zurich-Chicago facility previously serving the region.
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Switzerland
Nke M. Alphonse de Caudolle
Carl Vogt
Cremation Society
Grand Council of
Geneva
Zurich
Chicago
Do Your Eyebrows Meet and What It Says
The piece surveys beliefs about meeting eyebrows across cultures and eras. It cites Kingsley and Tennyson, notes Turkish and Greek admiration, Roman use of paint, and proverbs linking eyebrow connection to luck, asserting many esteemed people valued their brows as they are.
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Charles Kingsley
Tennyson
Turkey
Rome
Waa Jt
Lfe
Atchison Glebe
Hidden Resources in Tasmania Spark Prospect of Untapped Wealth
A writer notes that vast parts of Tasmania remain unexplored and may hold rich deposits of silver, copper, tin and rare earths including zirconia, thorium, yttrium, and lanthanum, awaiting investment to exploit. The piece argues the world’s geographies are not exhausted.
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Tasmania
Foot care powder and assorted patent remedies advertised
An OCR filled page promo notes Allen's foot ease powder and other cures for corns ingrown nails and sweaty feet. It lists makers and prices, plus sample offers and various tonics. Also includes endorsements for Tonics, Jell O dessert ads, a cough remedy, and a few unrelated facts like Russia's shoes and domestic servants.
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Allen
Antex & Olusrep
LeRoy
N. Y
Threat From China Reports Executions and Mass Casualties
Shanghai reports officials claim foreign ministers are held by the Chinese government and warn that envoys could be harmed if Allies advance to Pekin. Li Hung Chang is said to back a limited peace plan, while mass casualty claims target missionaries and native Christians near Pekin.
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Pekin
Shanghai
China
Lin Kun Yi
Nanking
Sheng
Taotai
Washington, D. C
United States
Goodnow
Li Jung Chang
Po- Kin
Li Ping
Hang
Pao-dog-Foo
Isung-li-Yamen
Hau
Russia
Li Hung Chang
Ching
Yung-Lu
Wang Wen Shao
Chaffee
Remey
Tien-Tain
Thinta
Fatal Train Robbery Near Hugo Colorado
The Union Pacific east bound No. 4 from Denver was halted west of Hugo by masked gunmen who robbed passengers in sleeping cars. An oil man named Fay was killed when a shot struck him in the mouth. conductor forced to guide robbers through coaches as they emptied purses and seized watches and jewelry. Miss Shaw of Denver preserved some funds and her watch by clever distraction.
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Salina
Kao
Union Pacific
Denver
Hugo
Col
Foy
California
St. Louis
Fay
Simon
Miss Shaw
Hey Watch
Italian Minister Reports Plot Against European Kings
Baron Fava reports to the State Department that anarchists in Patterson New Jersey allegedly conspire to assassinate all European monarchs. New Jersey authorities and Italian detectives pursue proof, with federal action limited to urging state punishment. New York police cooperate with Consul Branch to gather evidence amid the Humbert assassination bid.
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Howmbert
Europe
New Jersey
Washington, D. C
Baron Fava
Watan
State Department
Paterson
N. J
Humbert
New York City
West Havoken
New York
Allan Consul
Tradlins
Dhemand
Emperor William's Sermon Aboard The Hohenzollern Sparks China Row
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William on the imperial yacht Ho hen zollern delivering a bellicose Exodus themed sermon toward China. He praises a strong arm to punish assassins and defend possessions with a sword in hand. In Shanghai Ti Aung Chang drafts a proclamation offering virtual amnesty to Boxers if disturbances stop.
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Emperor William
Berlin
Hohenzollern
Moses
Israel
Amalek
China
Shanghai
Ti Aung Chang
Explosion Destroys Two Buildings in Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania an explosion caused by suspected illuminating gas collapse destroys two brick structures, one housing Merchants' and Mechanics' Bank and the other a D L Phillips furniture warehouse. At least eighteen injured, bank watchman Frank Woolkers fatally hurt. damages estimated at 4 850 000.
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Scranton
Penn
Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank
D.L Phillips
Dines Blair
Frank Woolkers
adiMeuse
Vescuit
Democratic landslide in North Carolina State elections
Special report from Charlotte shows a Democratic victory by 55 000 to 60 000 and a Democratic legislature with at least 38 of 50 senators and 89 of 120 representatives. Voters cast a heavy ballot as the constitutional amendment debated to disfranchise most Black voters drew the strongest interest.
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Charlotte
N. C
Marilou Butler
Aycock
Young Lovers Drown Escaping Angry Father in River
Martha Kendricks seventeen and Paul Warner an eloping couple drown in the Courrant River while crossing to elude the girl’s father. Their skiff struck a snag and overturned, sweeping them into swift currents and to their deaths.
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Poplar Bluff
Martha Kendricks
Paul Warner
Courrant
Plague at Albert Docks and port health alarm
London reports the Rome quarantined at Albert Docks after 111 passengers aboard. two Lascars died and two more sick with plague at the Denton Hospital bar. Port physician Collingridge warns of spread risk amid local government concerns. Heat waves sour South Dakota. cat worm devastates crops in British Columbia. Big land deal nets River combine $1,000,000 for 50 000 acres in multiple townships. Sumatra rebellion subdued after 27 years.
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Two Ballors Dent
London
Rome
Albert Docks
Ewo Lascars
Denton Hospital
Collingridge
John Kerr
Greensburg
Amwell
South Franklin
Morris
Buffalo
East Finley
West Tinley
Washington and
Green Counties
Tenn
British Defeat the Ashantees at Dotmormasel kine 16
Major Beddoes with 400 West African troops defeated 3000 Ashantees near Dotmormasel kine 16 and sounding 600. Beddoes and about forty British wounded. Reinforcements needed as trouble continues. Convoy, Ohio, nearby destroyed with losses and dispatches indicating freight value between 0,000 and 100,000 dollars.
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Beddoes
Dotmormasel
Great Potato Crop in Kinane Sparks Regional Pride
Farmers in the Kansas Valley near Topeka report a record potato harvest with yields around 20 to 25 bushels per acre amid strong regional expectations. In other news a British official asserts the government opposes the partition of China in the House of Commons debate at Westminster.
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Kinane
Kansas Valley
Topeka
NASA Cay
Bocland
Clin
House of Commons
Tandon
My Brodeuch
China
Four Die in Feud Shooting at Doe Tun Farmington Mo
In Missouri Farmington a feud between the Dooley and Harris families led to a deadly shooting at Doe Tun. Four Dooley men were killed and one fatally wounded Frank Harris. A girl Mary Littrell was hit in the ankle. Three Dooley brothers surrendered to authorities and were jailed.
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Farmington, Mo
Kried
Ina
Dow Tun
Wiliam Dooley
Ttarris Brothers
William Plealey
Wesley Harris
James Harris
Doh Dooley
Prank Harris
Mary Littrell
Harris Loys
Dooleys
Anton Plente
Doe Tun
Dooley
Farmington
Jai
Fire in Ashland Wisconsin destroys property worth millions
A large fire in Ashland Wisconsin caused destruction of property valued at about 1.8 million including 800000 of the Joss being owned by the Vines Lumber Company of Chicago. Firefighters saved the smulry using dynamite. A thirteen year old boy Fred Ines confessed to poisoning his father, while Louisville Kentucky grows to 204731, and rumors swirl about baseball players and league moves as teams adjust.
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Wis
Vines Lumber Company
Chicago
Fred Ines
Fresno
Cal
Fred
Soldiers seize circus followers near Cloquet Minnesota
About a hundred militia men from Duluth traveled to Cloquet to capture circus followers terrorizing Northern Minnesota towns. They surrounded the circus train at dawn, Sheriff officials from Cass and Wabbard counties identified suspects, and the captives were taken to Causta Lake. Most captives were armed but offered no resistance to the militia.
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Duluth
Minn
Cloquet
Milan
Minnesota
Cass
Wabbard
Causa Lake
Battle near Pekin up to seven hours decisive allied victory
Washington reports a seven and one half hour battle near Pei-Tsang as 16 000 allied troops clash with Chinese. About 1200 killed or wounded, mainly Russians and Japanese, Chinese retreat. Reaney and Toussarg dispatch details confirm heavy losses and strategic aim to deter further Chinese hostility.
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Washington, D. C
Pekin
Poi-Teang
Ten-Tain
Diiely
Washington
Tousalg
Yorktown
Renr
Remey
Pei-Tsang
China
Thon Taitame Firmits
Mud Diuta
Prisoners Seize Jailer Then Return Gun And Keys
In Santa Fe New Mexico Jailer Cantrell of Otero County was held by inmates James B. Cole a murder suspect and a convict named Piges who overpowered him in his cell. The pair took the jailer’s gun and keys but after considering the risk they returned the weapon and keys and resumed their tasks.
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Santa Fe
Sneelal
Bhi
Cantrell
Otero
James B. Cole
Piges
Excape
Dangerous Anarchists Arrests Across Europe
A Rome dispatch reports Guissant editor of Combatthiamo arrested in Genoa. Letters from Paterson New Jersey found. Defusco arrested at Caserta arriving from America. he admits Breset plot and revolution hopes after an assassination. he had an American revolver and documents. Paris reports Auguste Valette, a dangerous anarchist, arrested at Abbeville as an instigator of Sassan's attempt on the Shah of Persia.
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Ry Cable
Rome
Guissant
Combatthiamo
Genoa
Severn
Paterson
N. J
Tits oMee
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Caserta
Hee
Breset
Tumbert
Paris
Abbeville
Auguste Valette
Sassan
Persia
Valette
Parte
Five Inches of Space Helps Prisoner Escape Chicago
Virgil Dawson, a sixteen year old inmate, escaped by sliding under a five inch gap near a prison bear and exited via a window and rope. He was recaptured later that afternoon and offered freedom if he revealed the escape method.
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Chicago
Virgil Dawson
Dawson
Excape
Theutenat O'Brien
Vic
Anarchist Riot in Chicago Ends With Arrests
An anarchist riot at Twelfth and Halstead streets drew about forty policemen and left twenty five injured. Five people were arrested including Mrs Jasey Parsons widow of Albert Parsons executed in 1887 for Haymarket involvement. Others faced charges of disorderly conduct distributing incendiary literature and resisting officers. Police seized anti government cards and literature as disturbances quieted.
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Chicago
Specifln
Twelfth
Halstead
Jasey Parsons
Albert 2. Parsons
Haymarket
Ter Dail
Paul Vanatree
Clement Pluitsener
Daorderly
Herman Goodmin
Abraham Edelstadt
Accident at John Ward’s hat factory leaves worker severely scalded
Charles Young, a hatter at John Ward’s factory in Orange Ontario, fell asleep atop a sizing kettle and was plunged into boiling water when it boiled over. He was rescued with severe scalds to the left side after coworkers heard a splash and pulled him from the kettle.
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Charles Young
John Ward
Young
Wolcott Appointed Ambassador to Italy
Former Governor Roger Wolcott of Massachusetts accepts the President’s offer to become Ambassador to Italy succeeding General Willard I Draper. Draper’s resignation not effective for about six weeks, allowing Wolcott to begin duties after that period.
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Italy
General Draper
Quirinal
Washington, D.C
Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts
Willan I. Draper
Draper
Taft Commission to govern Philippines after September 1
The Taft led Civil Commission will become the regulative Philippines body on September 1 with power to levy insular funds and shape judicial and educational systems. It will appoint education and municipal officers, and General MacArthur will head enforcement until a Civic Governor is appointed by the President.
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Manila
Cathe
Taft
Philippines
Macarthur
McKinley
Marriages in Belgrade Celebrated With Pomp and Amnesty
Reported in Belgrade Ming Draga Mar chin wedlock to Ry Ciley King Alexander marked by great pomp. The King granted amnesty and minor pardons to political figures including former Radical Premier Tatischano. An estimated many from provinces and abroad attended the wedding pageant. Four men dead in Hancock County Tennessee fight on election day. Deputy Sheriff John Lawh and others killed in a clash at Howard's Cross Roads. Cycling notes warn about cotterpins and clutch maintenance on coaster-brake wheels during the summer resort season.
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Servin
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Mine Draga Marchin
Tatischanovich Halsestio
Middelboro
Hancock County
Tenn
Howard's Cross Roads
Tennessee
Sheri John Lawh
BM Colles
Phi Collins
Wiley Brewer
Bear chase tale from Montana story chestnut
A commercial traveler recounts a Montana bear tale from two prospectors in the high country. One hunter encounters a grizzly while the other cooks. the bear pursues the man, the cook hesitates to shoot, and the pair yell for help as the chase ends with frantic racing and the bear in pursuit.
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Montana
Big Bear
Mr. Grlazly
Tito
Maeuwn
Rapin
Will of Jerome Bonaparte recorded by Register of Wills
The will of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, a U S citizen residing in France, is recorded by Register of Wills Hackett. It bequeaths major estate to the widow for life with a remainder to his children Jerome Napoleon Charles Bonaparte and Louise Eugenie Bonaparte, with Hesitation over heirs and potential reversion to the brother Charles Joseph Bonaparte if no descendants survive.
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France
United States
Register of
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Louise Eugenie Bonaparte
Jerome Napoleon Charles Bonaparte
Philadelphia Press
Makita Prisoners Work For Their Living
One Adirondack guide Elijah Cowles of Lake Pleasant Hamilton County kept the county jail and fed prisoners by earning venison on moose and bear hunts. Cowles six seven in stockings powerful build and used to lead prisoners on hunting trips to secure their own board. A victim begged to return to jail after ten days on the trail but Cowles required him to continue the hunt until the venison was captured.
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Elijah Cowles
Lake Pleasant
Hamilton County
Cowles
Immigrant Influx Tops Port City Year Reports
Figures show New York City's port of New York and New Jersey welcomed 34171 immigrants in the year ended June 30, the highest since 1850, with a surge in the last three months. Authorities expect daily arrivals to exceed 1000 next year, surpassing 1899-1900 totals.
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New York City
Thin Port
Election Landslide Ties Alabama Result in Democratic Victory
In Biaynsughitn Alabama the general election produced a Democratic landslide with Will iam J Sumford of Lee County poised to be Governor on December 1. The new Legislature has 120 Democrats and 13 Populist Republicans, with Morgan to the U.S. Senate and a projected Democratic plurality near 75,000. Some issues included a constitutional convention.
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Biaynsughitn
G Spectal
General Assembly
Abahani
William J Sumford
Lee County
John S. Morgan
United States
Henegra
Ornate Thimbles Spark Rich Womanly Fashion in Asia and Europe
The Lonslow Express notes heavily jeweled thimbles gain status as costly novelties in China and Europe. Queens own thimbles shaped like lotus, gold settings, and diamond details mark personal symbols. Separately, Austrian and French peasants reportedly use small arsenic doses to endure steep climbs.
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Lonslow Express
Shim
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