Jamaica Annexation Pressures Stir U S West Indies Talk
A Washington dispatch says Jamaica seeks political union with the United States as a remedy for discontent with Britain's policy and pending reciprocity talks. Jamaican leaders fear Canada ties and urged U S aid, while Chamberlain's plan faced resistance amid tariff protests and effigy burnings.
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New York
the Tribune
Washington
Jamaica
British West Indies
British Foreign Office
Sir Cavendish
Barbadoes
Mr. Chamberlain
West Indies
United States
Canada
Dominion
Montreal
Islands
England
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Chamberlain
New England
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Sir Henry Blake
London Chamber of Commerce
Foreign Office
Augustus Hemming
Joseph Chamberlain
Reciprocity Political Focus Shifts to London Over Washington
The sentence notes reciprocity as a political issue rather than a commercial one and says it matters more in London than in Washington. It frames reciprocity as a policy concern tied to governance and international relations beyond trade.
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London
Washington
Derailment of Kansas City Line Wreck injures many near Granview
Train No. 4 southbound on the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf railroad derailed two miles south of Granview Missouri in a heavy rain. About 40 passengers were injured with several seriously hurt and a few fatally. The wreck left Kansas City at 8 PM and occurred in a wooded area with no nearby houses.
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Kansas City
Pittsburg & Gulf
Granview
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savoy Hotel
Mra
Mra. ©. B. Chandler, Jaudon, Mo.; A. J. Gorgenson
Crawford
Drexel
Missouri
Public war on tuberculosis by Chicago veterinarians and physicians
The Chicago veterinary society declared a public war on tuberculosis and planned a June 21 joint meeting with physicians to craft milk sale regulations. They urged city cow inspections, quarterly testing, numbered milk shipper licenses, and creation of milk depots to inspect shipments entering Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago Veterinary Society
Harrison
Tanner
Chicago Medic Society
E. L. Quitman
Laurel Club Hotel for Women Opens in Chicago
A new all women hotel called the Laurel club hotel is planned on Michigan avenue in Chicago. A 10 year lease for the 100 room Richelieu annex is underway with women directing management and employed as clerks while men serve as porters and workers. The hotel will serve Chicago business women and travelers with chaperones and bi monthly social entertainments.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue Penown
Richelieu
Ge Cago
Laurel Club
California fish officials press on with seal herd reduction
Despite federal objections, California fish commissioners decide to continue reducing seal herds at rookeries outside federal control. In Pittsburg a glass tableware manufacturers meeting discusses a proposed price combination.
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San Francisco
United States
California Fish Commissioners
Pittsburg
F & Combination
Jeffries Fitzsimmons Title Bout Nears With Betting Surge
New York June 9 betting on the Jeffries vs Fitzsimmons heavyweight championship heats up as police interference fears ease. Jeffries, training near Asbury Park, weighs 208 pounds and is seen as improving. Fitzsimmons emphasizes speed and experience. Crowds from across the U.S. gather in Brooklyn with odds shifting from 2 to 1 in Fitzsimmons' favor toward equalization before the bout.
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New York
Brooklyn
Fea
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
United States
Pitt
Fitz
Asbury Park
Lilly Delaney
Tommy Ryan
Jack Jeffries
Jim Daly
Bath Beach
Coney Island
Army Reorganization Plans for Manila Volunteers
The cabinet discussed enlisting volunteer skeleton regiments in Manila from volunteers willing to remain in service. General Otis would select officers from volunteer officers to be mustered out. The plan aims to create a nucleus of veterans familiar with duties and climate, though it remains only exploratory and not actioned. The attorney general noted the 65,000 maximum strength could allow a hospital corps expansion to about 2,600 men.
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Washington
Manila
Otis
Army Organization
Minister Appointed as Customs Inspector
Rev. J. N. L. Voss of San Francisco has been named a customs inspector by Collector Jackson. An Episcopal minister from Ouray, California, he will leave the pulpit to enter government service.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Frances Broome
Broome
Htigh
San Diego
Union
Ensanada
Sterna
Pintada Placers
San Die
San Francisco
Voss
Jackson
Ouray
Telegraphic Briefs from Paria to Alexandria
Paria reports Lieutenant Colonel Piequart provisionally released. New York notes Lazard Freres to ship 2,000,000 in gold on Baturdas’s steamer to Europe, bringing total to 5,000,000 for the voyage. Alexandria records 21 plague cases and seven deaths.
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Paria
Piequart
New York
Shoshone Reservation Near Opening to Homeseekers
The Shoshone lands in Fremont County Wyoming, 70 square miles along the Big Wind Popo Agie and tributaries, allotments nearly complete for 1,700 Indians at 80 acres each, 2,000,000 acres remaining for settlement. The legislature seeks federal action to buy lands. the tribes have improved under US army oversight and are becoming self supporting and industrious with schooling for children.
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New York Post
Big Wil
Big Horn
Fremont
Wyoming
Congress
Schator
United States Army
Sugar Consumption in the United States Soars
Americans consume about 2,000,000 tons of sugar annually, reflecting widespread intake across households and industries. The figure underscores sugar’s prominence in American diets and food production.
Linen handkerchiefs sale with embroidered linen sets
Lot 6 nine dozen Paney White embroidered pure linen handkerchiefs hemstitched and soft finished. Sale price 15 cents from regular 26 cents. Lot 7 fifty dozen Pure Irish Linen handkerchiefs with embroidery hemstitch and lace edges. Lot 9 twenty six dozen Pace Linen handkerchiefs Value to ten cents sale price free. Lot 10 twenty seven dozen Fancy Flem stitched Japanese silk handkerchiefs values to two dollars fifty each. Lost ten dozen Fancy embroidered hemstitched silk handkerchiefs sale price twenty five cents.
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Westminster Gazette
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Isthmus of
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U. A
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Jada Dent Grant
Miss Grant
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