Weather and oddities mix in flood tale from August night
After a long dry spell in northeastern Kansas, a sudden storm caused the town water dam to fail and flooding to force residents to high ground. Birds were swept up in a mass harvest as the waters rose, yielding a count of 1800 birds by neighbors. The piece also notes African maidens learning in a Sandy mission and Luxembourg’s road fruit tree planting since 1870 reaching 12,308 trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Horton
Leverton
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Luxembourg
Miner Workers Adopt Wage Resolution At Scranton Convention
At a two day United Mine Workers convention in Scranton Pennsylvania the body approved a ten percent wage increase offered by mine operators provided pay continues through April and the sliding scale is abolished If terms fail arbitration is favored. The delegates vow to keep the strike until the plan gains operator acceptance and to push for a united return to work if an agreement is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
United Mine Workers
Micers
Anthinetie Conaporators
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Fale
Board of Arbitration
William Jennings Bryan Crowds Pack New York City
William Jennings Bryan received a massive ovation in New York with thousands at Grand Central, Madison Square Garden, Tammany Hall, and Cooper Union. He spoke about frosts, militarism, and imperialism, drawing enthusiastic, uninterrupted crowds and cheers at every stop.
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New York City
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Metropolis
Grand Central Station
Madison Square Garden
Tammany Hat
Cooper Union
Bryan
Grand Central Depot
Inmense
Colonel Bryan
Hoffman
Gallerieg
TS O'vreek
Richard Uioher
Eraer
Edward M. Shepard
Shepard
Mr. Croker
Madison Square
Twenty-Fourth Street
Tammany Hall
Pearson Mayor Falls Short in Suicide Attempt
Mayor Henry Jorbett in Pearson Georgia tried to shoot himself under tense circumstances. He fired twice but missed as his hand swerved. His wife intervened, wrestling the pistol away after a fierce struggle. Mental distress from ill health prompted the rash act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson, Ga
Henry Jorbett
City honors a horde parade for Crescens arrival in Toledo
A vast civic pageant greeted trotting stallion Crescens and owner George H. Ketchum in Toledo. Some 50 000 spectators watched electric displays as brigadier general McMahen led a parade including police, six regiments, two Grand Army posts, and uniformed workers. Crescens rode to a fireworks lit home at Eleventh and Madison amid cheers.
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Toledo
George H. Ketchum
Crescens
Union Depot
McMahen
Sixth Regiment
Grand Army
Toledo Traction Company
Toledo Club
Ketcham
Toledo Driving Club
Eleventh
Madison Streets
Chicago Special Fatal double tragedy Mrs Hardy suicide
Mrs Philip Hardy wife of a former London businessman was found dead in her Chicago apartment with a pistol shot. A bogus telegram man informed her husband had died in New York after a quarrel. Hardy admitted sending the telegram hoping to deter arrest and stop further action by his wife and a nearby woman.
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Chicago
Philip Hardy
London
New York City
Hardy
Captain SmeIes Party Safe After Marinduque Capture
Captain Dever Eaux Shields and fifty-one men of Company T Twenty-ninth United States Volunteer Infantry were captured by insurgents on Marinduque Island. They were recovered by the American rescue force with all members unharmed.
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Manila
Cabre
Devereaux Shields
United States Volunteer Infantry
Marinduque
Political notes and campaign updates in scattered states
Chicago polling places total 3127 with Stevenson addressing large New Jersey crowds. Northwest swing by fusionists and Republicans stirs race for next legislature in Nebraska. Michigan’s Governor Pingree says he will retire. Cleveland cabinet member Olney backs Bryan. Long plans Western speeches and visits his daughter in Colorado. Third Party Biden? Noted: Leonard Woulkey Baron seeks single Presidential sector in Connecticut. Bryan tours Ohio addressing tens of thousands in Youngstown Cleveland and Canton. Tammany Hall aims to sway college student votes. Republican report cites expenditures of 112,880.57 with 200 deducted. Internal Revenue rules exempt stump speeches from certain taxes. Senator-elect Blackburn’s son: death by self-inflicted gunshot in Washington home. daughter present. Dreyfus case to reopen per Bordeaux dean. Georgia lynching of Frank Herdemany for aiding a Baptist preacher’s wife. Gold deposit found in Virginia Iowa County via Wool Profit claim. surface yield PHO per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
New Jersey
Hanna
Northwest
Nebrada
Pingree
Michhgan
Olney
Cleveland
Bryan
Long
Imate
Cotorato
Leonard Woulkey Baron
Norwich
Connecticut
Wiihan J. Bryan
Ohio
Youngstown
Canton
Tammany Wall
New York City
Wisconsin Battleship Cleared Speed Record at Santa Barbara
The Wisconsin under Unk Iron Works San Francisco builders exceeded its contract 16 knot pace, posting 17.25 knots on trial in Santa Barbara Channel. It surpasses the Alabama’s 17.1 knot mark, set in the China Sea, as a typhoon damages Formosa and S China coast, destroying towns and flooding thousands of homes.
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Wisconsin
Unk Iron Works
San Francisco
Cal
Santa Barbara
Alabama
China Sea
Formosa
China
Xalneh
Rush of land seekers opens Colville Reservation to settlers
A vast rush of about 4000 home seekers entered the north half of the Colville Todian reservation in Washington state. Settlers raced to register at Waterville and Spokane after land openings. They hailed from the middle West including Minot Wisconsin Michigan Indiana and Iowa. Lands suit stock raising fruit growing pruning and wheat production.
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Tacoma
Wash
Colville
Todian Reservation
United States Land Office
Waterville
Spokane
Middle West
Minots
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Iowa
Wedded to Win a Fortune Dying Uncle Chooses Bride
In Middlesboro Kentucky a man from Marysville Harry Dobbins marries Lute Potte at her uncle G F Potte's home to win his dying rich uncle's will. The elderly benefactor requires the marriage as the condition for a favorable will. Four men drown near Nantucket when a small dory overturns while a fishing party vacationing on Coatue Island misses rescue. Torpedo boats Dahlgren Craven built in Bath Maine are to be hauled to storage at Portsmouth Navy Yard due to winter heating equipment issues.
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Middlesboro
Harry Dobdtus
Marysville
Lute Potte
G. F. Potte
Torgeda Honta
Koarage
Dahlgren and Craven
Bath Me Tron
France
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Keister Shines for St Louis as Baseball News Roundup
Keister maintains strong form for St Louis while New York suspends pitcher Seymour for the season’s balance. Hamilton of Boston reaches a century mark in June as Pittsburg wins series forward. Nick Young forecasts a return to double umpires next year. Boston's lone win in Brooklyn persists as Cathy Higgs Dotuhne signs with Wittenburg next year. Pitcher McGinnity of Brooklyn pledges sincerity in plans. Reports on quit-betting baseball, Cutlis and partners rumored to hit the headlines. The American League struggles against the National League. Roser Connors’ brother noted among Brooklyn’s best. Perkes and the fast Piashudy players draw attention as the Reds hire abecerles by twelve to eight.
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Pitchet McGinnity
Brooklyn
Cutdis
Ryan
Cunninghaum
Terres Heise
Uscapo
Teathy
Mane Anger
Loftus Harley
Testa
Roser Connors Trother
Brooklyn Cidais
Anderson
Pulte
Weliwiakee
Qiad
Gatins
Chilford
Donovan
Steebman
Piashudy
Coochwiods
Reds
Abecerles
Ashburn student dies at public meeting stage fright
Thomas Barnes, eighteen, a Collegiate Institute student in Ashburn Georgia, was chosen as a speaker at a public meeting and died after stepping onto the stage due to severe stage fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Barnes
Collegiate Institute
Ashburn
Turbulent Kurdish Uprising Claimed Turkish Troops Mobilize
Reports describe growing Kurdish uprisings in Turkey as authorities deploy troops to the Djarhekte district amid raids. Boers clash in Transvaal with Bechune’s mounted infantry, suffering heavy losses. Sultan Beaton’s Exland to Germany noted.
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Turkey
Djarhekte
Sultan Beaton
Exland
Germany
Sultan
Tukey
Dsk
Uroan
Read Sea
Bequest to Loubet Reported in Mme Perret Will
It is learned that the will of Mme Perret wife of a Lyons manufacturer and former Senator John Perret bequeaths to President Loubet of France 150000 francs.
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Loubet
Mme. Perret
Lyons
John Perret
France
Wealthy European Musician Sir Arthur Sullivan Faces Gossip
A garbled ledger of names and places suggests Sir Arthur Sullivan among Europe’s rich musicians. References span to the Mikado’s tour of Europe, imperial visits, and various figures in politics and arts. The text is largely indecipherable, mixing many errors and distorted names.
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Sir Arthur Sullivan
Europe
Mikado
Japan
Francis Joseph of
Audieta
Tweaty James
London
Massachusetts
Pullsbury
Mine Desota
St. Ma
Governor Schroeder Reports From Guam First Time
Commander Seaton Schroeder, newly appointed governor of Guam, reports free hospital care for all island patients and encourages sick to seek treatment. Health conditions among the American garrison show no diphtheria, no diphtheria is noted. one fever case and some intestinal trouble reported.
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Schroeder
Washington, D. C
Seaton Schroeder
Isle of Guam
Navy Department
Islands
Queen of The Waterlandh Comes of Age In 1808 Era
The text notes the crown on coming of age in August 1808 with Dowager Queen Emma as regent since King William II’s death in 1890. It lists possible engagements for the young Queen including the Duke of Abruzzi and various princes. Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is identified as a half brother to the Grand Duke.
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Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Pruaman Life Guards
Raporteo
August
Emma
William II
Duke
Abruzzi
Bernard Henry
Saxe-Weimar
Louis Napoleon
Germany
Frederick of
Wied
William of
Alexander of
Teck
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
Duke Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duke
Mecklenaure-Schwerin
English Will Bars Daughters from Marriage to Heir
The will of J B Cla$ton, son of the late MP of the same name, probate shows a fortune of 720000 to be divided between his two daughters. A curious provision makes the money payable to either daughter only if she reaches age thirty five without marrying a United States citizen or a Jew. The reason for this proviso is not stated.
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London
Cable
J. B. Cla$ton
United States
A Hunter's Fatal Error in Denver Shooting
An errant rabbit hunter mistook a gray hat for a jack rabbit and killed Green instantly on a hillside photo trip with Miss Kite Mockridge. The mishap occurred near Coothflix. authorities report the hunter C. W. Johnson fired, claiming self defense. The Holland submarine has been placed in commission and sent to Annapolis for cadet training. A policeman, Edward O'Neill, shot miner Owen Stowe in Cumberland Md in what he described as self defense during an arrest attempt.
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Denver
Col
Arthur W. Green
C. W. Johnson
Green
Miss Kite Mockridge
Coothflix
Johnson
Annapolia
Holland
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Edward O'Neill
Owen Stowe
Queen City
Cumberland
Wille
Neill
Mosquito Fleet Sets Sail for Cuba Patrols
The mosquito fleet of five small US Navy gunboats left Philadelphia under Felix H. Hucke to patrol Cuban waters. Crews of seven men man each boat as they head to Cuba for patrol duty.
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Cuba
United States Navy
Cramps’ Shipyard
Philadelphia
Felix H. Hucke
Revenue Cutter Service
Three Men Die as Building Wreck in Newark Gale
A northwest gale toppled a brick building at Kearney and Newark, killing three men Joseph Baungartner Robert Ward and Wilam Ruhle and injuring eight others. The 100 by 150 foot Nairn Linoleum Works structure stood fifty feet high with thick brick walls and two internal partitions. Twenty five workers were inside when it collapsed, many burned by lime as debris buried lower levels.
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Newark
N.o
Spector
Kearney
Joseph Baungartner
Robert Ward
Wilam Ruhle
Nairn
Family Blown to Atoms in Arkansas Dynamite Blast
A Hot Springs area tragedy reports a father mother and four children killed when dynamite exploded at a home near Sells in Montgomery County. Victims named Jeff and Maggie Jones and their children aged six years to four months. Authorities suspect no contest over a homestead claim prompted the outrage.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Mater
Chitren
Sells
Montgomery County
Jeff
Maggie Jones
Ther Chidren
Wrecks Off Newfoundland and Alaska Coal Find Reported
A schooner named St Pietro ran ashore in Fortune Bay with twenty crew lost. Amelia Rosebud Angler also wrecked with eighteen men. Tuntress ashore on Labrador coast with five drowned. Coal discovery reported near Cape Sabine Alaska as semi bituminous. Yellow fever outbreak expected to grow in rapid years in a southern city as sewer work begins over three years.
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St. John's
St. Pietro
Plane
Fortune Bay
Amelia
Labrador
Corwin
Port ‘Townsend
Wash
Cape Sabine
Alaska
Unclear historic inventory of events and notices
A garbled OCR passage describes outbreaks, agricultural产 mentions, educational actions, protests, public works, and various names and places with many transcription errors. Core items include public health concerns, university decisions, protests in New South Wales, and road project costs, all but unreadable in places.
Wheat and oat crop estimates from the United States and Iowa
The American Agriculturist reports US and state crop yields with 310,500,000 bushels total winter and spring wheat, 181,000,000 bushels spring wheat, and national oat yield around 29.9 bushels per acre. Iowa projects 41 bushels per acre on 8, l, 600 acres yielding about 358,865,060 bushels of all cereals. The Maine apple crop and Ohio wheat acreage also noted with adjustments. Cotton prices and weather effects are mentioned alongside farm failures and broader agricultural activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wado
Iowa
Enos Col
French Are New Strive to Duplicate Motor Bicycle Success
The French Are New venture extends their motor vehicle trend to bicycles as four and three wheel models lead. Accidents occur daily due to disregard for standard road rules. Some riders including many waten fail to learn passing and overtaking etiquette in the clubt and on the Vet.
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United States Golf Association
Toll
Naples
Ayer
J. C. Ayer Company, Practical Chemisty, Lowel, Man
Ayers
Trrom
Africa
Monroe Drag Co
Uolonville, Mo
Trish
Fiorida
Southern Railway
South
Savannah
Jacksonville
Tampa
Auguain
Asheville
Hattanogin
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Macon
Washington
BC. T
Sanfrancisco
E.W. Gnove
Seele
St. Jacobs Oil
Bate Tnstivona Sand Afhdnye
H.W. Green Koone
Ewell Waeltcoming
Mle
Smeles
Mouzinduque
Ueeset
Corainit
Feo Thaco
Phhadelginit
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Shier
Ole
Thomas FF. Lane
Soninkaw
Blackburn
Kentucky
Lane
Georgie Negro
Frank Herdemany
Wellston
I Pierson
Toree Sawall
Alain
Virginia
Wool Profit
Princess of Wales
Simonstown
Cape Colony
Scharn
Fred Scharn
Kate Scharn
Bureau C.onmigration
Louis Mills
Exsexville
Mich
Millian
Pole
William Ziegler
Avetle
Evelyn R. Baldwin
North Pole
Colville Reservation
Washington State
Nantucket
Frederick ©. Howard
Campello
Conrad F Goss
Brockton
Joseph P. Gardner
Thomas Wall
Mass
Howard
Goss
Coatue Island
Gunalong
Gardner
Wall
Keister
St. Louis
Seymour
Hamiliton
Boston
Pittsburg
Roston
Nick Young
Suely
Cathy “Higgs
Dotuhne Tits
Witteburg
Batt Phiyers
Jam
Kunis
Transvaal
Ambos Ende
Bechune
Fir
Mort Limon
Port Limon
Pert
Juanes A. Smith
U. S
Berlin
Henry M. Minster
Emperor Willan
Alfred Belt
Charlee Beoredwis
Udo
New Yath Aeralas Withediawn Ds
Fonie Weston
Barbadoes
Vougel
Midocean
New Orleans
South Africa
Lewis
East London
Hostilius
Indefatigable
Island OF
Guam
Seaton scHaoeDan
Govarnot
Wilhelmina
Henry of
The
Hague
Wilhelming
Life Guards
Amsterdam
Queen Wilhelmina
the Hague
Byrtda Ies
TNZ Watrerlandh
Mia
Ernest HE Townsend
Saco, Me
Ovd Berniche
Holyoke
Miss
Edward
Ae Ene Penter
Mentowa
Penn Ee
St Charles
Laf*resee
Wis
Bath
Maine
Mororca
Ats
Aferovca
Sran
Mary Hart
Newfoundland
Hiatdta
Cutt
Cape Nome
Coloma
Eostad
Bartlett
Concord
Niagara
State
Lama, Co
Ducka
Pacific Coast
Jersey
CMALN
Duluth
Havana
Sumatra
Corbel
Youtley
Arthur Goebel
Georgetown
Cantril
Henry E. Youtsey
Youtsey
Joll
Mr. Youtsey
Mr. Goebel
Colonel Campbell
Dick Combs
Taylor
Goebel
Gordon
Middle States
Toby Lohias
Armen
New York and Boston Express
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
South Chicago
Suva
Naval Board
Boston Patriotic Society
McKinley
Gost
Gleason Lyme
Hall
J. Coener & Co
Druggista
Adama
Winslow
Vicans
B. H Gaxen
Atlants
Elizabeth
BB. Keine
Ltu
Phila
N. W
Bamvel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Spain
Zululand
Grovae
Ella Rice
Chelsea
Mrs. Extra Rich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Ravwat &Co
Sira
Zovo
Castike
Ben Zaugg
Arke
Pills Price
Nthe Mall
Seadway Catreet
Atrlaio
W. L. Dong- Taz
L. Cougies
Mons
L. Douglas
Romfort
Earl Town
Douglas Shoe Co
Svetana
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