Unclear excerpts on trade, flora, and curiosities
Readable items note Manila to Hong Kong freight rates and a 700 mile distance, plus 48 and 9 000 mile comparisons. Mention massacusetts abandoned farms rising, Brittany fairs selling hair, and parrots? No. Philippines gutta percha belt climate issues. Moroccan emperor uses 80 clarinetists in one key. Naples lab reports inverted aquatic plant experiments altering roots to stems.
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Manila
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Naples
Hans Winkler
Not if I Were as Rich as Croesus Says He Was
An American claimed to be worth 400 million dollars objects to wealth comparisons. The text notes Croesus’s supposed fortune and suggests his bubble reputation may crack as archaeologists reveal Croesus’s actual wealth was about 9 million. It contrasts modern Americans with legendary wealth.
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Croesus
Asia
America
Arrest order shocks Vienna over Polish MP Krempa
Vienna erupts as Franz Krempa a member of the Austrian Parliament is ordered arrested for highway robbery in Zarnow leading a ten man band. He allegedly attacked Russia ow sky a horse dealer stole cash and beat him to the point of insanity. The Polish People's Party member is now missing.
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Vienna
Franz Krempa
Zarnow
Krempa
Rusiaowsky
Inventor in Paris Brightens Sensory Access to Motion
Doctor Dunsaud of Paris has invented a cinematograph aiding blind people to feel moving objects on an illuminated screen. The device uses swiftly passing reliefs like trees or birds graded to translate touch into motion. Doctor Dugland uses the apparatus mainly for education and has devised electric vibrations to convey musical rhythm to the deaf.
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Doctor Dunsaud
Paris
Dugland
Giants kettles found in Minnesota park landscape
In the Interstate Park near Taylor's Park Minnesota a rare group of giants kettles or pot holes covers two to three acres with diameters from under a foot to 25 feet and depths from one to many feet. They’re bored in hard rock and resemble wells. Warren Upham links their origin to torrents through glacial moulins during the last ice age. Rounded boulders appear at the cavity bottoms in some cases.
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Interstate Park
Taylor's Park
Minnesota
Warren Upham
United States
Tce. Ag
Boundary Water Question Diverting Lake Outflow
In northwestern Montana near the British I ne a lake drains into the St Mary river and then Hudson bay. The divide between this lake and the Milk river headwaters is so low engineers say diverting the outlet from Canada to the United States is feasible. Water for irrigation is highly valued on both sides, making the question of U S rights an international and potentially important issue.
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Montana
St. Mary River
Hudson Bay
Milk River
Missouri
United States
Washington Nate and North Dakota official named deputy auditor
ek Oy reports that Harrison Allen of North Dakota is appointed deputy auditor for the postoffice department. War and navy notes cover cables from San Francisco and Manila, Cuban commission talks, and ship repairs costing up to 250000 dollars. Fire and accident briefs include Eddyville store losses, West Baden hotel destruction, and other city fires with totals around 170000 to 260000 dollars.
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Washington
Nate
Harrison Allen
North Dakota
War Department
San Francisco
Shatter
Navy Department
Rogers
New York
Manila
Olongano
P. 1
Philippines
Root
Grego
Orient
Gulf of
Pechili
Philippine Islands
Division of
Insular Affaires
Cherokee Indian Council
Dawes Commission
Fort Meade
Vancouver
International News Briefs and Distant Conflicts
Export duties in Britain may help Americans on coal trade. Belgian priests mass murder reports denied. Alps snow disrupts Bavarian Tyrolean rail lines to Italy. William II orders Prince Henry’s squadron toward Cadiz to meet China returning fleet. Plans for Bravo city on Maui capital site drawn to honor capture general. Cambridge congratulates Yale on bicentennial. astronomy delegation to present address. Diario de la Marina warns Spain must rebuild navy and army to deter Britain Gibraltar pressures. Boxers rise in China. Chi li forces oppose taxes after revolts. Czar marks birth of daughter with ukase on student riots. Captain Rowan investigated for Manila town destruction fueling insurrection. A native assassin killed a corporal. Rowan set fire to another town.
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Mongolia
Tyrolean
Alps
Italy
Wiliam Kaye
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Cadiz
China
Maui
Chan Santa Crow
Mex
Bravo
Cambridge University
Yale
Robert Stawell Ball
Madrid
Gibraltar
Brita
Iln
Spain
Tien Lo Siang
Chili
Andrew S. Rowan
Nineteenth Infantry
Jo Onder
Manila
Bohot
Rowan
Noted crimes and executions across several states
Reports recount a string of executions and arrests including a lynching in Alabama, hangings in Georgia and Iowa, a mob action in Alabama, and fraud arrests in Michigan and Ohio. The Mount Vernon Houck murder verdict is second degree, with George Rouck hiring Sarah Ross. Carew reunion with Campbell adds intrigue in Chicago.
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Sylvania
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Beneen M. Hazard
Dew Moines
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Houck
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Obituary notes and brief society items from era
Joseph M Thompson of Minneapolis dies of acute Brights disease. Gen John H Turchin dies in asylum. J P Barbour of Barbour & Sons thread makers dies in London. Frank H Cooper of Siegel Cooper & Co retires in two years. Dr Thomas F Kennedy named rector of American College in Philadelphia. Col Frederick H Flick of Cleveland dies at 54. Mabel May Morris and Fred A Barron marry in Detroit. John Allen dies at Saybrook aged 86. Mormon missionaries influence New York churches. Denver doctor argues against imbecile child extermination. Crops show improvement nationwide. Magnetic healer sues estate for 350000. Jenkins Lloyd Jones urges religious trust. Senator Allison will not run for president. Northwest grain conditions improve. McKinley declines Harvard commencement trip. US prosperity amazes observers. Reformed Presbyterian church to meet May 1908 in Philadelphia. Great Lakes shipbuilding outpacing sea trade. Richfield Springs homeopathy opening draws 600. Brown University announces 2 million endowment fund. Rev August King dies en route to Lutheran synod. Italian Reppo man marked with T on arm. anarchist suspicion. Jack Chinn linked whisky habit. claims to quit drinking. Flint Glass Manufacturers form new association to curb competition.
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Joseph. M. Thompson
Minneapolis
Bright
John H. Turchin
London
J. P. Barbour
Barbour & Sons
Paterson
N. J
Ireland
Frank H. Cooper
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Chicago
Thomas F. Kennedy
Philadelphia
American College
Mgr. O'Connell
Portland
Frederick H. Flick
Cleveland
Ohio
Col
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Fred A. Barron
John Allen
New York
Iater
Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville Railroad
Ilinois
Saybrook
Conn
Feading
Connecticut Senate
Christian Churches of
Denver
Jenkins Lloyd Jones
Allison
Bhaw
Northwest
McKinley
Harvard
Lin D
General Synod
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Great Lakes
American Institute of Homeopathy
Richfield Springs
Brown University
August King
Hadar
Neb
Norfolk
Winona
Minn
Lutheran Synod
Reppo
American Flint Glass Manufacturers
Fasociation
Sixty Lives Lost In West Virginia Flood Detailing Losses
Roanoke Virginia June 8 a general Norfolk & Western railroad officer said telegraph repair progress shows flood damage was exaggerated with loss of life not exceeding sixty to seventy five and property damage around six hundred thousand dollars. Rail line expected to reopen soon as miles of track washed out and Keystone and Elkhorn Valley towns heavily damaged. Governor Baker and Adjutant General Baker in Charleston consider troop deployment unlikely unless emergency arises as miners strike and looting risk persist.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Associated Press
West Virginia
Blue~field
Ennis
Bluefield
Conal
Keystone
Blufe
Khorn
Elkhorn
Western Union
Bliefield
Charleston
W. Va
Baker
Parkersburg
Gov. White
Stormstricken
State House
Train wreck at Monaca claims multiple lives
Train No. 23 on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie plunged over a twenty five foot embankment near Monaca twenty six miles from Pittsburg last evening. Two people were dead and forty injured or hurt with several fatally or seriously injured. Fireman Cunningham died instantly. Authorities sent relief trains and physicians to the scene.
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Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Monaca
Cunningham
Yohe
Acane
Hay Funeral Body Taken to Cleveland for Interment
Adelbert B Hay who died from a fall at a New Haven residence Sunday morning was sent to Cleveland Ohio for funeral and interment. Attending were Hon John Hay and Mrs Hay his parents Misses Hay sisters and Clarence Hay his brother. Secretary Hay had largely recovered from the previous day’s distress. telegrams of sympathy arrived from King Edward President Loubet Earl Roberts and others.
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Cleveland
New Haven
Conn
Adelbert &. Hay
Ohio
John Hay
Clarence Hay
Hay
King Edward
Loubet
Earl Roberts
Wealth for Mrs McKinley in Nevada gold mine option
Canton, Ohio June 25 There is wealth in sight for Mrs McKinley and her sister Mrs M C Barber of this city Eastern capitalists have a short time option on gold mining claims held by these two women in Nevada The price at which the claims will pass into the hands of the syndicate is near to 450 000 Recent work on the claims has disclosed gold in paying quantities.
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Canton
Ohio
Miners Strike Turmoil as Marshals Flee Coal Fields
United States marshals led by A. C. Bufford were fired on by strikers in Matewan and forced to retreat. Floods and rough terrain hampered the mission to serve an injunction. deputies fled under rifle fire while crowds berated the government. Nearly a thousand strikers crossed into Kentucky, blocking access to coalfields and challenging authorities.
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Siiikern
Pavood
Huntington
W.va
United States
A. C. Bufford
Bluefield
Matewan
Thacker
Yall
Jackson
Bea
Lick Fork Coal and Coke Company
Hatfield
Kentucky
Callieries
Markets and Grain Prices From Across Cities
Grain and livestock quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South St. Paul dated June 26 and June 28 cover Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with bid prices for No.1 Northern No.2 Northern and No.3 yellow across several markets. Cattle hog and sheep prices are listed for Chicago and South St. Paul with ranges for steers cows calves and feeder stock along with hogs and lambs.
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Steet Mniers
St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Sioux City
Iowa
Cattie
Texas
South St. Paul
West Indian medal approved by Navy for Sampson portrait
Secretary of the Navy has approved a design for a West Indian campaign medal. It features a portrait of Admiral Sampson on one side and a representation of the men behind the suns on the other with appropriate inscriptions.
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Secretary of the Navy
Deston
Brudien
Washington
Admiral Sampson
Demoralized Guam Garrison Stole Whisky Barrel
News from Guam reports seventy Marines from the naval station absconded with the last barrel of whisky in the hospital store and fled into the bush for several days. They are now being court martialed for insubordination.
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Manila
Guam
Atoras
One Family of Seven Killed in Tornado Roaring Through Nebraska
Special dispatches report a Nebraska tornado that struck near Napier on Thursday night. A family of seven died, another family of six lost two members, and the remaining members were fatally or seriously injured. The Keyapaha river area was flooded and a bridge destroyed. Streets and houses were wiped out, with debris scattered for miles and communication cut off.
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Tts
Menger
Omaha
the World-Herald
Napers
Neb
Keyapa Oh Wiver
Jacob Berg
Metz
Keyapaha
Greening
Maggie
Jacob Greening
Keyapaka
Andersons
Greenings
Photographer's Narrow Fall From Balloon Ends Safe
Chicago June 23 George R Lawrence photographer working on stock yards aerial view fell 100 feet with his balloon basket. Ropes broke on descent the basket struck telegraph wires over the cattle alley near the exchange building yet Lawrence landed unharmed. Spectators feared for his life but he escaped with no injuries.
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Chicago
George R. Lawrence
Lawrence
Exchange
Civil government established in the Philippines
Secretary Root issues the presidents order creating civil government in the Philippines. Military governors are relieved from civil duties on July 4, with authority remaining where insurrection continues. William H. Taft is named civil governor and will oversee civil affairs formerly held by the military governor.
Battle at Coal Mine as Striking Miners Fire on Guards
Williamson West Virginia June 23. Striking miners opened fire on guards at the barricaded mine entrance. Guards withdrew after a furious exchange. Miners took control of the mine, and bullets flew thick and fast as the clash unfolded.
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Williamson
W. Va
Export Trade Seen To Reach 1.5 Billion For U.S. Year
Washington reports the fiscal year ending this month is expected to total about 1.5 billion in exports. Agricultural products lead with roughly 66.56 percent of the total, while manufactures account for about 27.40 percent.
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United States
Washington
Fourth Atlanta police officer murdered sparks manhunt
Atlanta June 2 The killing of Policeman Degray marks the fourth policeman assassination in the city recently. Despite several arrests in each case, no convictions have been secured. Police raise a fund to hunt down the present murderer.
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Atlanta
Rosnervia
Degray
Old Settler Dies in Northfield
Northfield Minn June 23 M Settles an old resident died suddenly of dropsy at age forty eight He lived in the city and vicinity for years Unmarried.
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Northfield
Minn
Northfiel
Wae
Explosion near Kalama injures seven. two dead
An explosion occurred Saturday a half mile south of Ivalama on the new Washington and Oregon railroad near Kalama Washington. Two men were killed and seven injured in the blast. Authorities investigate cause and exact site details amid rail service disruption.
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My Kalama
Wash
At & Regis
Ivalama
Washington & Oregon
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Belgin
Massachusetta
Brittany
Lower Pyrenees
Cochin
Morocco
Russia
England
Rays & Wise
Ek Oy
Eddyville
Mineral Springs
West Baden
Ind
Kungay Ice and Cold Storage Company
Salina
Kon
Bunter Broad
Aida
Winchester
Tenn
Frank Bolton
Newark
Buffalo
Squaw Island
Niagara River
Ferry Street
Anna Chapman
Eugenie Blair Dramatic Company
Lyceum Theater
Sinn and Siancers
W. G. Campbell
Raymond R. Carew
George Harris
Limestone County
Alabama
Harris
Dell- Aire
Ruahing
Mrs. McKinley
Thre Markets
Rarontri
Midmtlabica
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