Fox terrier raises ducklings into rat killers in yard feud
A Lexington Argonaut tale follows a fox terrier named Fanny who incubates six Poland ducklings after a duck named Poland dies. The ducks mature beside the terrier and become adept ratkillers, culminating in a challenge to race a rat-killing contest with wagers from $100 to $1000 per side.
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Governor Scofield's Left Handed Shake Gains Wisconsin Governorship
A Washington correspondent notes Governor Scofield of Wisconsin, wounded in the war with a nearly useless right arm, uses a famed left handed shake to win voter favor and rise to the governorship. He endured Confederate prison camps and later rebuilt his career in state politics.
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Surname Changes and Anglicized Pronunciations Across Regions
A reflective note on how immigrant and English surnames transform in pronunciation and spelling. Examples include John Francisco to John F Ciaco, and Anglicized forms of Cholmondeley Brougham Haworth Auchinleck Mohun Cockburn. Observes Chow, Seven?s Cake, and Groundell origins.
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Mediation Sought to End Greek Turkish War
The Powers offer mediation for an armistice between Greece and Turkey if Crete is recalled from Crete and autonomy granted. Greece accepts with conditions, hoping to avert further bloodshed as casualties and costs mount. Four thousand Thessalian and Crete refugees are fed daily. total wounded nears 2,500. total war cost to Greece about 100 million dollars.
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Two Shots at the Hover by a Nicaraguan Gunboat
The steamer Rover traveling from New Orleans to Port Cortez was fired on twice by the Nicaraguan gunboat Lucy B on May 6 four miles from Port Cortez. The Rover, flying the American flag, was boarded by General J P Reyes and his party who searched the ship after taking papers. Captain Reed protested as Reyes boasted of rebellion led by the American Consul Algor.
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Salvation Army given land in Jersey City and Hoboken
Seventeen acres in Hoboken and acres in Jersey City are released free of rent to the Salvation Army to pilot the potato patch plan modeled after Governor Pingtoo in Detroit. Army officials expect clean cultivation by residents, yielding valuable produce for the community.
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Senate debates Cuban resolution and policy basis
The Cuban resolution was debated in the Senate as Senator Foraker says policy will rest on Commissioner Calhoun's report. Lodge hints at new information in the State Department that could pave the way for decisive action.
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Peace Again in Honduras Report Reaches Washington
A dispatch from Consul Littio at Tegucigalpa says the revolution has ended in Honduras. Earlier reports indicated rebels controlled Puerto Cortez and the government, forced to close that port, was deploying troops there.
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German Emperor funds aid for France fire relief
Emperor William directs the German ambassador Count von Munster-Sedanburg to remit 82000 to the Committee of the Charity Bazaar. The organization’ s work was crippled by a recent terrible fire causing great loss of life.
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Wreck of the Williams Brown firm and other 1900s notices
A flood of items recounts failures, crimes and accidents from across the U S. Williams Brown & Co faked a 600 000 trade loss in canned goods and Australia. Runford Falls Mo will host a huge paper machine project. A professor falls to his death in Rochester. A farm hand kills a man in Frederick Md. Twenty Grove City students are expelled. Bank cashier Ames short 25 000. Tea prices and tariffs rise in New York. A verdict finds banker Rockafellow guilty. A Charleston fire devastates Clio. Nashville expo draws 73 600 visitors. A millionaire shooter in Chicago. A ship fires near New York and crews rescued. A tug collision sinks a boat. several drown. A toll keeper is assaulted in Sharpsburg. Howland found dead near New Bedford docks. A boy sues a street railroad for a leg injury. Europa-bound fleet departure noted.
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Leona Ii Fires After Collision at Sea Causes Fatalities
The Mallory steamer Leona II sailed from New York Saturday and returned Sunday with thirteen charred bodies found in the forward hold after a fierce blaze. Eleven passengers and two stewards survived, aided by the City of Augusta which rescued the rest. Captain Wilder was arrested by the coroner.
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Movement to ship livestock from Melbourne to England
A foot movement in Melbourne Victoria aims to send 20 000 sheep and 500 bullocks to England for a royal dinner tied to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. A man from Mead Creek Conn found a 960 bold coin in a 3 1/4 pound base caught in a gall net. the coin dated 1878 is noted.
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Eastern Kentucky mountain fighter Assaninated Captain Strong dies
Captain William Strong, renowned as a mountain fighter in eastern Kentucky, was killed near his home after dodging rifle fire for twenty five years. He was found with seven bullet wounds as neighbors heard shooting from a nearby position above the road. An investigation revealed a hideout above the roadway with bread and other signs, suggesting several assailants hid there.
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Hermit Walled Up Seventeen for Martyr Crown
A grim crime in Tirespol Khervon Thussia leaves a hermitage complex sealed. Hermit Kowallnd confessed to entombing seventeen captives alive after alleged pleas for the martyr crown. Authorities confirmed the scene and Kowallnd’s statement.
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Alma Promotes Social Relations at Terre Haute Church
The Rev Dr Percival newly in charge at First Congregational Terre Haute plans a summer social relations program. He led a winter church entertainment outreach and aims to grow participation from thirty to one hundred as the hosting season continues.
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High School student found dead near railroad tracks
A North Brook high school pupil Whitin Wimsell Chartes B Agny nineteen was found beside a railroad line. The report notes a death linked to a strike and references a separate U S Supreme Court patent ruling involving Bell Telephone Company.
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