Wreck Kills One and Injures Fifty on Alpena Excursion Train
An excursion train carrying over 500 people for Saginaw derailed at Black River after the tender left the track. August Gorsinski died in the wreck. about 50 injured, three possibly fatally, were treated with surgeons brought from Alpena.
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Alpena
Mich
Detroit & Mackinaw Railroad
Saginaw
Black River
German Aid Society of
Jack River
Hopper
August Grosinski
Grosinski
Battle between citizens and Italian laborers in St Paul injures four
In St Paul a pistol and shotgun battle at a Concord street car line camp leaves four men wounded, one critically. Victims include A. Roberge shot in abdomen and face, and N. Marcotte with hands and chest wounds. Italian workers face arrests after the clash sparked by alleged insults to two women.
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St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western Road
Concord
A. Roberge
Marcotte
Minneapolis
Fred Wayman
Joseph St. Dore
Wayman
Roberge
Storm Kills Two in Columbus Georgia
A Sunday afternoon wind and thunder storm in Columbus Georgia caused two deaths and injured a third. Willis was killed by lightning near an oak tree while talking with Cochran who was struck as well. Louis McClain, across the river, was struck by a live clothes wire he held. Cochran is listed as seriously injured. Several homes in the residential area were unroofed.
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Columbus
Willis
Cochran
Louis McClain
Cashier Acosta Suspended Over Customs Bank Irregularities
Havana June 9. Pending an inquiry into the customs books, Cashier Acosta is suspended. Officials will not confirm fraud, but press reports indicate irregularities found during the American administration of the island.
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Havana
Custom House
Acosta Haseen
Customs Department
Tragedy Near Marion After Resort Quarrel Ends in Shootout
In Marion Indiana on Sunday James A. Lacy was shot and killed and Charles Gottshall wounded in the arm when three men pursued them after a quarrel began at a South Marion resort. A lap robe whip and horse cover disappeared from another buggy before the gunfire.
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Marion
Ind
James A. Lacy
Charles Gottshall
Roseburg
Here
South Marion
Lacy
Gottshall
Picnic party struck by trolley in Nashville injuring four
A picnic party returning to Nashville in a tally ho was hit by a trolley car causing four serious injuries. The crash occurred last night and involved members of the group traveling through the city. Police investigated the incident and awaited further word on the victims' conditions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Burton Rejects Run If Abel Leads Cuya hoga County GOP
Cleveland June 9 Hon T E Burton congressman from the Twenty first Ohio district says he will refuse to run again if W P Abel is to be chairman of the Republican central committee of Cuyahoga county Burton has already been nominated.
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Cleveland
T. E. Burton
Ohio
W. P. Abel
Republican Central Committee
Cuyahoga County
Burton
Wrestler Romulus Tops Wild Bull in Mexican Fight
Laredo Texas dispatch says a bull fight in Neuva Mexico featured Romulus the famed Mexican wrestler who successfully threw a wild bull, creating a standout moment of the event.
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Laredo
Tex
Neuva
Mexico
Romulus
Life in Danger Claimed in Gardner Bribe Trial
County Attorney says his life was threatened for testifying in the Irwin A. Gardner case. The affidavit names Mayor Ames as pressuring to stop the case and notes repeated approaches to the attorney. Gardner faced allegations of accepting a bribe as a special officer to shield shark gambling. Mayor Ames and Chief of Police Ames stand under indictment.
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Minneapolis
Irwin A. Gardner
Harrison
Smith
Ames
Gardner
Edwards
Crossman
Police
Three Squadrons Prepare West Indian Fleet Maneuvers
The Navy announces a winter assembly of North Atlantic South Atlantic and European stations for the most extensive fleet drill in the West Indies. Beginning November 15 ships gather, and by January 1 1903 vessels converge at Culebra Porto Rico or Guantanamo Cuba for two months of fleet exercises with dozens of ships including Kearsarge Iowa Massachusetts Brooklyn Illinois Alabama Indiana Maine Olympia Baltimore Cincinnati Raleigh Albany Chicago San Francisco Newark Atlanta Detroit Montgomery Nashville and other torpedo boats and colliers.
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Brill
Washington
Navy Department
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
West Indies
Department
Culebra
Porto Rico
Guantanamo
Cuba
Kearsarge
Iowa
Massachusetts
Brooklyn
Illinois
Alabama
Indiana
Maine
Olympia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Albany
Chicago
San Francisco
Newark
Atlanta
Detroit
Montgomery
Nashville
Marietta
Machias
Attorney reports Jackson turmoil over murder case
Lexington attorney John H Johns returned from Jackson Kentucky where he defended Thomas Cockrell accused of killing Ben Hargis. He says court and bar face threats from Cockrell and Hargis factions and Judge Redwine refused a venue change fearing for life. Two special judges declined amid fears. Gov Beckham has been asked to intervene as the county nears revolution.
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Lexington
John
Johns
Jackson
Thomas Cockrell
Ben Hargis
Cockrell
Hargis
Redwine
End of Chicago Packing Teamsters Strike Reached
Chicago reports the packing teamsters strike ending after two weeks of unrest. A conference between packers and teamsters produced a partial victory for the union as the packers agree not to discriminate against union members. The new scale is two cents lower than the men had demanded.
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Chicago
The Price of Victory
The War Office reports total British force reductions in South Africa up to May 30 1902 reached 97 477. Of these, many have recovered and returned to duty, leaving 28 434 dead or permanently incapacitated. 7 792 killed in action or died of wounds and 13 250 died of disease.
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London
War Office
South Africa
Bandit Leader Para Iso Targeted by American Forces in Negros
American soldiers and local constabulary hunt bandit leader Para Iso in the mountains near Lanas Negros. In recent clashes five bandits were killed four captured and many wounded as the pursuit continues.
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Manila
Para Iso
Negros
Lanas
Fatal shooting and suicide in Germantown family quarrel
Oscar Webb a colored man killed his wife and her mother during a family quarrel in Germantown Philadelphia. He then shot himself with the same revolver, causing his own death.
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Philadelphia
Oscar Webb
Germantown
Prof Lew J Weichman Dies in Anderson at 60
Anderson Indiana June 6 Prof Lew J Weichman died here last night at age 60 He ran a business college for many years He was the last witness in the John Wilkes Booth trial aside from John Surratt now in Baltimore Weichman believed his testimony helped cause Surratt’s conviction and sentence to the gallows and he mourned the role he played
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Anderson
Ind
Lewis J. Weichman
John Surratt
Baltimore
Weichman
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
Surratt
General Gomez Refuses Pension in Open Letter
Havana June 6 Gen Maximo Gomez publishes an open letter refusing the annual 6000 pension provided for him by a resolution before the Cuban house of representatives He asks friends to defeat it saying it would be unfair while other Cuban soldiers have not been provided for He says he has a bill against the government for war services but is willing to wait.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
House of Representatives
Gen. Gomez
Gomez
Terrell Leading Democratic Primary For Georgia Governor
Incomplete returns from Georgia democratic primaries show J. M. Terrell nominated for governor. With no opposing party tickets in the field, the primary is effectively the election, with the general vote to be held in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J. M. Terrell
Desperate prisoners overpower Jailer in Iowa escape
In Council Bluffs on June 6 seven inmates overpowered Jailer George W. Martin and his wife, locking them in a cell before escaping, authorities reported.
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Council Bluffs
George W. Martin
Labor Turmoil at National Steel Co. Furnace
In Niles on June 4 labor disputes surged as about 150 men walked out in solidarity with Mahoning Valley strikers. Two outsiders were attacked by strikers, sparking a near riot. The plant then brought in 200 workers from Youngstown, met by local strikers, with most outsiders opting not to work.
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Niles
National Steel Co
Mahoning Valley
Youngstown
Niles Furnace
Governors Call Cincinnati and Cleveland Lawyers on Tax Law
Gov Nash summoned John Warrington of Cincinnati and Andrew Squire of Cleveland to aid Attorney General Sheets in defending the Willis capital stock tax law. Warrington and Squire met with Sheets Nash Guilbert and Laylin as the supreme court considers the law before June adjournment for summer vacation.
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Columbus
Nash
John W. Warrington
Cincinnati
Andrew Squire
Cleveland
Sheets
Warrington
Squire
Gov
Guilbert
Laylin
Supreme Court
Iron workers killed in Erie train accident
John A. Lackey aged 25 and his brother H. A. Lackey structural iron workers from Cleveland arrived on an Erie fast freight train. A sudden stop hurled them from the bumpers. John was mangled to death while H. A. survived with injuries. Both men belonged to Structural Iron Workers union No. 17. They were traveling to join a brother who had secured work for them.
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Youngstown
John A. Lackey
H. A. Lackey
Structural Iron Workers
Cleveland
Erie
Structural Iron Workers’ Union No. 17
Strike Settled for Blast Furnace Workers in Youngstown
The blast furnace workers strike ends with a ten percent raise for independent furnaces for a 12 hour shift. Republic Iron and Steel Co basis differs, granting ten percent for all but laborers, who keep current wages and move to a nine hour day at $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Ohio Sunday School Association Elects Officers
Findlay reports the Ohio State Sunday School association closed its forty third annual convention with officers elected for the coming year. President W A Eudaly of Cincinnati, vice president J G Slayter of Akron, secretary Rev Jos Clark of Columbus, and treasurer E L Barrett of Springfield were chosen. The next convention will meet in Portsmouth in June 1903.
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Findlay
Ohio State Sunday School Association
W. A. Eudaly
Cincinnati
J. G. Slayter
Akron
Jos.Clark
Columbus
E. L. Barrett
Springfield
Portsmouth
Ohio crop report shows grain conditions improve in June
Columbus reports the state board of agriculture finds wheat at 75 percent of average prospects up from May. Hay crops are 73 percent of average. Oats stand at 81 percent.
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Columbus
State Board of Agriculture
Gavers Farm Hands Organize for Mutual Benefit
East Liverpool June 4 Gavers village in this county is among the first in the United States where farm hands unite for mutual benefit and protection They have not set a wage scale yet but have declared ten hours to be a day’s work and demand extra pay for overtime.
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East Liverpool
Mrs Georgia Roberts Dies After Illness In Unionville
Mrs Georgia Roberts 33 wife of Sidney Roberts of Unionville died Tuesday after suffering heat exposure and a prior mental illness. She had been at the Newburg asylum eight months and returned home three weeks ago in modest improvement.
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Madison
Georgia Roberts
Sidney Roberts
Unionville
Newburg Asylum
Big Four Train Wreck Kills Brake Man in Ohio
A special train of horses on the Big Four railroad derailed west of Bellefontaine due to a defective rail. Brake man Jim Borden was killed the engineer Daniel Kunkel and fireman George Boyen were severely injured. A large number of horses perished.
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Bellefontaine
Big Four
Here
Jim Borden
Daniel Kunkel
George Boyen
Oldest Blacksmith Cooper Chides ter Dies at 90
Massillon obituary. Cooper Chides ter, aged 90, the oldest blacksmith in the state, dies at his home. Funeral today plans to place the family anvil in a prominent position during the services.
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Massillon
Cooper Chidester
Plumber John F. Leach Dies After Carbolic Acid Incident
Cleveland report states John F. Leach a plumber drank half a pint of carbolic acid on Woodland Avenue Thursday afternoon and died en route to St. Alexis Hospital after an ambulance trip.
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Cleveland
John F. Leach
Woodland Avenue
St. Alexis Hospital
Cleveland Health Chief seeks 20000 for smallpox fight
Health Officer Friedrich announced that on Monday night he would request the council approve a $20,000 appropriation to combat the smallpox outbreak in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Friedrich
Council
Taylor kidnapping reunion in Cincinnati after four years
Margaret Taylor arrived in Cincinnati with her parents and brother Edward after being kidnaped from the city over four years ago. Neighbors greeted the family with an ovation in Cumminsville as interest grows in extraditing aunt Clara Taylor from Italy and seeking pardons for grandmother Frances Taylor and another aunt in Columbus.
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Cincinnati
Margaret Taylor
Edward
New York
Cumminsville
Clara Taylor
Italy
Columbus
Frances Taylor
Soldier kills woman and attacks hostess in boarding house
Columbus report says Richard J. Sands 60, an old soldier, killed Mrs. Anna McClintock by cutting her throat at a boarding house on Wednesday night and tried to kill proprietor Mrs. Victoria Richardson who witnessed the murder. Drink and jealousy named as causes.
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Columbus
Richard J. Sands
Anna McClintock
Victoria Richardson
Former Toledo railman arrested in Rosebud for forgery
Frank E. Smith, once with the Lake Shore Railway Co. in Toledo, was arrested at Rosebud, Montana, on a forgery warrant. He was previously linked to Toledo operations and is sought on forgery charges.
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Montana
Toledo
Frank E. Smith
Lake Shore Railway Co
Rosebud
Mont
Ohio Gas Co Qualifies to Do Business in Ohio
The Ohio and Indiana Natural and Illuminating Gas Co a New Jersey corporation with ten million dollars capital stock has qualified to do business in Ohio. Headquarters for the state will be in Lima. The Ohio property represents three million four hundred eighty thousand five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Coumbus
Ohio and Indiana Natural and Illuminating Gas Co
New Jersey
Lima
Railroad Conductor Drowns While Fishing in Mahoning River
Abram Morth aged 60 longtime conductor on the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad fell into the Mahoning river while fishing and drowned. He is survived by a widow.
Morgan Supports Republican Philippine Policy Across Party Lines
The article lauds Senator Morgan for uniting progressive Democrats and Republicans behind the Philippine policy. It cites southern newspapers backing the stance and argues the GOP will retain the Philippines, with Democratic support wavering but significant in 1902 and 1904 campaigns.
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Morgan
Congress
Philippines
Alabama
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Democratic Party
Nashville American
Florida Times-Union
Mobile Register
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Atlanta Constitution
Louisville Courier- Journal
South
Texas
Cuba
Boone
Robertson
Sevier
Cleveland
Halwaii
Asia
A Policy That Is Right on Philippine Independence
Reported in the Chicago Tribune quoting President Roosevelt on Philippine independence. Progress toward self government would determine timing, with U S rule continuing until Filipinos show capacity for real freedom, and future sovereignty to be decided by their own growth.
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Roosevelt
United States
Chicago Tribune
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Congress
Dolliver Fires Back at Critics Over Philippine Policy
Senator Dolliver denounces democratic charges of conspiracy and mismanagement in the Philippine question. He defends McKinley era policy as humane and patriotic, rebukes abuse of American officers, notes armed insurrection has largely ceased, and accuses Malay sympathizers of aiding criticism by firing in the rear.
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United States
Dolliver
Town
Philippines
Troy Times
McKinley
Philippine Islands
Pacific Ocean
Inexpensive coops inspire easy cleaning and repair
The article describes old triangular coops hard to clean and suggests a five cent box design using salvaged slats for the roof. It notes a central edge strip, tarred paper roof covering, and simple hinges and a wooden button for the door, plus a larger front opening coop with yard option.
Do It Yourself Coop Design for Moving Chick Pens
A step by step description from Orange Judd Farmer explains lightweight portable coops using two inch side strips, cross supports, and a muslin roof cover. The design allows easy relocation, simple assembly, and practical feeding with wheat, corn, scraps, grit, and a water fountain made from a tin can and flower pot saucer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
Protection debate in England mirrors American trade gains
The piece argues that restoring corn duties signals a shift toward protectionism in England, citing U S industry growth under protection. It quotes the Pottery Gazette and the American Economist to show British industry leaders envy U S prosperity and question free trade, warning protection could spread to pottery and other sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Thomas
Troy Times
Pottery Gazette
London
Great Britain
Political Commentaries on Cuba and 1904 Nomination
Angled remarks from various papers discuss Roosevelt renomination fears, Senator Hoar’s Cuba memory dispute, Hanna speculation for 1904, and a proposed Cuban inquiry by the Democratic committee. The tone is partisan and reflective, with consensus that Cuba gains were notable despite political noise.
Buffalo Grass as Nourishing Ration for Beef Animals
Buffalo grass, common on western ranges, is a low growing plant with curly gray foliage adapted to dry regions. It forms a soft sod and provides nourishment to grazing beef animals as it spreads by runners contacting the ground and rooting at intervals.
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Western Ranges
Among the Poultry: Caring for Chicks and Winter Layers
A Farmers' Voice column stresses proper coop conditions to raise healthy chicks. It advises dry, damp-free housing and feeding early broods to ensure fall laying and reliable winter layers, noting details drive poultry profitability.
Drinking Vessels for Fowls
A poultryman favors using two sets of drinking vessels, alternating days to sun and air them. He believes this reduces disease germs and slime, noting single-set dishes often become filthy and could spread disease if present in the flock. The Farmers' Review endorses cautious sanitation.
Real Estate Firm Opposes Inflated Trader Prices, Extra Commissions
A real estate firm condemns inflated trader prices and extraordinary commissions added to property costs. It advocates fair dealing with owner and purchaser, seeking transparent pricing and ethical practices in transactions.
Varied Michigan Ohio farms with exchanges offered
Listings describe 711-116 acres near city with river bottom and timber, a 430 acre near city farm with two dwellings, 160 acre Crawford county farms with lake and timber, 120 acre to 160 acre properties, and numerous 20 to 140 acre parcels with improvements, dairying potential, and exchange options in Michigan and Ohio.
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City
Claire County
Michigan
Hutton
Crawford County
Defiance City
Henry County
Ter Cly
Sehious
Rom
Paulding County
Pike Road
A. B
M. E
M. E. Church
Evangelical
U. B
Defiance County
U. S
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Lambeth
Kentucky
Teamsters
Prof. Weichman
Liberty
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Ohio Field
Indianapolis Journal
David B. Hill
Wolfort
Albany Journal
Bryan
Chicago Record-Herald
Senator Hoar
Spain
Hoar
Hanna
Iowa State Register
Democratic Congressional Committee
D.be, Dozer & Co
Defiance, Ohio
Ney
Adams
Hicksville Township
Church
Pike
Ostoma
School
City Property
Colege
Bill Heads
Pink Wasgen
Mortau
Iona Bree
S. Clinton St
E. N. Lewis
Defiance
Defiance Express
DR. G. D. Edgar
Crosby House
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