Panorama of 1900s rail and Navy notes and accidents
Two locomotives sank on the Pine Bush branch of the Erie railway as rescue efforts failed and a new track is built around the morass. Captain Clark retires from the Navy after a storied career including the Oregon in the Spanish American War. Reports of loans to the Moroccan sultan stir controversy amid conference tensions. Nickel Plate train wreck kills a fireman and injures a engineer. The City of Washington steamer is stranded near Fowey Rock. A New Albany woman kills her child and attempts suicide. husband may recover. Former Georgia official W H Cobb shot by wife. Mishawaka superintendent Henry Watt killed by a belt accident. Vincennes policeman dies from a live wire. Texan real estate man James Darraugh dies in a car crash. Saginaw streetcar strike ends with workers rehired on demand.
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Middletown
N.Y
Erie Railront
Weather Bureau Reports Mixed Crop Outlook for Corn and Wheat
The weekly Weather Bureau bulletin outlines crop conditions across states. Warm Texas and Oklahoma contrast cool northern lake region and California coast, with drought stressing Georgia Florida and parts of Mississippi. Corn belt and middle Atlantic show ongoing harvests while spring wheat faces rust and rain delays. oats yields look good and harvests advance in many areas.
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Weather Bureau
The
Tes
Oklahoma
Lake
California
Pertonas
Nebraska
Kansas
Missoni
Florida
Mississippi
Alabaima
Georgia
Carols
Sodo
Ohio Valley
Mieife
Corn Belt
Middle Athletic States
Cor
Coneekout
Sein
Ohie
Wanusas
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakoota
Oregon
Washington
New York
Mississippi Valley
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Fever Spreads Alarmingly in Louisiana with 633 Cases
New Orleans reports sixty new yellow fever cases and additional deaths raising totals to 633 and unknown. Outside parishes see rapid spread with twenty two new cases, Patterson and St. Charles parish affected. State seeks militia aid and strict travel quarantines to curb the outbreak. Proclamation bars refusal of travelers from infected areas with health controls and fumigated freight under new rules.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Patterson
St. Charles Parish
Rhanehord
Tims
Traus
Marine Hospital Service
Cotton crop progress across the belt shows regional variation
The report notes field work nearly complete except in far north districts where progress is slower. Cotton improves in Tennessee North Carolina Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Oklahoma and parts of Louisiana while deteriorating elsewhere. Picking is general in southern Texas and some central counties, with work starting in southern parts of the eastern districts.
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Tennessee
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Louisiana Volcano Emerges In Caido District Near Shreveport
A Louisiana volcano in the Caido district near Shreveport has formed a crater about T0 feet wide and is expanding daily. The eruption began three months ago from a burning oil gusher that started within days of opening. The 10 inch bore widened as derrick and machinery vanished. Nearby buildings, trees, and landscape have been swallowed by a growing cavity while flames, oil, and gas shoot into the air.
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Louisiana
Caido
Shreveport
Quarantine Restrictions Eased in Louisiana
State officials announce liability for individuals who obstruct travel or commerce and indicate Gov Blanchard supports actions by the board of health. A likely modification of strict quarantines is anticipated in Louisiana to lessen the current burdens.
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Board of Health
Blanchard
Louisiana
Egyptian temple find and notable scientific appointments
Prof Flinders, the Egyptologist, reports finding the ancient temple of Seubit el Khadem in the Sinai. Prof Curie is named a member of the Academy of Sciences of France. Dr A V V Raymond, president of Union College, declined $14,000 to lead Buffalo’s First Presbyterian, earning $33,500 as president. Prof N A Cobb of Spencer pushed scientific farming in the Hawaiian Islands for Uncle Sam, after earlier work for Australia in New South Wales.
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Flinders
Sinai Peninsula
Seubit el Khadem
Curie
Academy of Sciences of
France
A. V. V. Raymond
N. A. Cobb
Spencer, Mass
Hawaiian Islands
Uncle Sam
New South Wale
Peace envoys meet on the Mayflower in Oyster Bay ceremony
Komura Takahira and their suites met with Count Witte and Russian officials aboard the Mayflower at Oyster Bay. The President hosted the introductions and a stand-up buffet, signaling a historic shift as Japan and Russia discuss terms on American soil. The envoys then traveled to Portsmouth, marking a landmark moment in U.S. diplomacy and world power status.
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Baron Komura
Takahira
Russia
Japan
United States
Europe
Paris
Berlin
England
London
Spain
Mero
Haron Komura
Count Witte
Josen
Pierce
Galveston
Portsmouth
Chicago
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Regrowing crops and growing trade across the region
Weather favors crop growth with heavy prospects for harvest and rising demand. Western trade expands with increased tonnage in mill and factory outputs, higher receipts of lumber hides and livestock, and stronger grain shipments though some prices and stocks shift.
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Chicago
Curly Sown Co
Fionr
Park
Hank Clearings
Dunn
Market Prices for Cattle and Crops
The clipping lists varied prices for cattle and crops including cattle at 4.00 to 6.25, wheat and No. 2 corn, timothy and rye, with eggs and butter quoted. It shows regional figures such as Detroit and Milwaukee market lines with multiple price ranges and grain codes.
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Detroit
Milwaukee
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West Indies
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Charles FE. Clark
Ufis
Dre
Annals of the Navy
Morocco
Dover Center
Rocky River
Ohio
George Warren
Conneaut
Rk. Ring
Dover
Reefa
Miami
Fla
Ward Line
City of Washington
Fowey Rock Light
Tris
Chester Winstandley
New Albany
W.H. Cobb
Royston
Ife
Kenry Watt
Mishawaka
Ind
H. B. Wells
Vincennes
James L. Darraugh
Harrisburg Road
Houston
Tex
Mr. Darraugh
Saginaw
Saginaw, Mich
Manchuria
Chicago Record-Herald
Anuin
Tsouppb Ag
Gasta
Soh
QTV
North
Akhlok
Dakota
Wisconsin
Fehools Orolleges
Oyster Bay
Komura
Witte
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