Snowstorm Delays Seeding in Red River Valley Wheat Area
A heavy snow storm swept northern Minnesota and the Red River Valley on Friday causing garden losses and delayed seeding for days. Reports from Grand Forks and Winnipeg noted widespread snow with two inches in Winnipeg and disruption extending to Fargo and Larimore. Soil saturation will slow planting and likely reduce the valley's wheat area.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
West Superior
Wis
Trafic
Grand Forks
N. D
Red River
Winnepeg
Fargo
Larimore
Minnesota Timbers
Like a Drowning Man Seven Years Ago Dyspepsia Story
Geo S Marsh of Nocona Texas recounts severe dyspepsia five years prior and says he saw swift relief after using Kodol. He claims the preparation reproduces natural digestive juices and can digest all foods, restoring health after many medicines failed. Houseworth Bros advertisers.
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Geo. S. Marsh
Nocona
Tex
Houseworth Bros
Two Firemen Dead in Washington Train Crash
Leverett Wash May 10 Engineer Michael J. Riley and Brakeman A L Little were killed when an engine plunged through a trestle into a gulch twenty five feet below. A second train also crashed through the trestle but its crew escaped by jumping.
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Leverett, Wash
Michael J. Riley
A.L. Little
Two Detroit Banks to Merge into a Million Dollar Institution
Detroit banks close to consolidating the Commercial National and Preston National. Commercial National shows 500000 capital and 100000 surplus. Preston National 700000 capital and 115000 surplus. Upon merger, Commercial National would invest 800000 and Preston 600000, creating a new bank with 1000000 capital and 400000 surplus.
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Detroit
Friday Baseball Results Across Leagues
American League games saw Chicago 12 over Cleveland 8 and Baltimore 138 over Philadelphia 6. National League lines include New York 5 and 0, St. Louis 6 over Philadelphia 5, Pittsburg 12 over Brooklyn 0. Western League reports Omaha 2 over Peoria 1, Three-Eye Rockford 17 over Decatur 7, Bloomington 8 over Davenport 6, Evansville 4 over Cedar Rapids 3, Terre Haute 8 over Rock Island 4.
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Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
National League
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Rockford
Decatur
Bloomington
Davenport
Evansville
Cedar Rapids
Terre Haute
Rock Island
Osmicure Blood Nerve Tonic Offered For Medical Use
A medical tonic named Osmicure Blood Nerve Tonic is advertised for bladder and kidney use. The listing notes prices of 50 cents and 1.00 dollar and credits C. DB. Rushton as the rate contact.
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C. DB. Rushton
Unusually Cold Weather Strikes New York State
Unseasonably cold and windy conditions hit northern and western New York. Wayne county reports $50,000 in fruit tree damage as wind and rain strip blossoms. Ballston reports similar losses. Buffalo records 28 degrees at 8 am with light snowfall. Adirondack region sees a 30 degree fall and 2 to 3 inches of snow at Lyon Mountain and nearby areas.
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New York
Wayne County
Ballston
Buffalo
Mercury
Adirondack
Lyon Mountain
Vermont
DeWitts Little Early Risers Endorsed by Alfred Heinze
Alfred Heinze of Quincy praises DeWitts Little Early Risers for constipation and torpid liver. He notes the pills never gripe or distress and endorses them as a good, safe remedy. Houseworth Bros.
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DeWitt
Alfred Heinze
Quincy
Houseworth Bros
Kitchener to Command Indian Forces This Christmas
The Pioneer reports Lord Kitchener will sail to England in July then return to India after four months to take command of the Indian army about Christmas. The move follows plans for leadership of British forces in India.
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Kitchener
Allahabad
India
The
Pioneer
Lord Kitchener
England
Artists and Authors Fund Inaugural Event Planned
New movement to aid artists and authors will be inaugurated at Carnegie Hall this Sunday evening. The plan aims to establish a fund to assist those who use the pen and brush.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Mansion House proprietor assaults Senator McLaurin at Raleigh Hotel
Arthur A. Gates owner of the Mansion House in Greenville South Carolina rushed at Senator John C McLaurin in the Raleigh Hotel writing room. A struggle ended with Loomis Blaylock and hotel staff separating them. Gates boarded a train home an hour later and McLaurin disappeared after the incident.
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Washington
Arthur A. Gates
Mansion House
Greenville
S. C
John C. McLaurin
Raleigh
Loomis Blaylock
South Carolina
McLaurin
Gates
Senator McLaurin
Allen's Foot-Ease promises instant relief for tight shoes
A compact ad claims Allen's Foot-Ease powders ease tight or new shoes, relieve coins and bunions, prevent swelling and blisters, cure sweating and hot feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25c with a free trial by mail from Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Russia on the brink as revolution grows beyond control
A Russian revolutionary argues that disintegrating forces threaten the despotism more than the government can manage. He notes that enlightenment and sympathy are driven away by brutal bureaucratic duties, leaving only dense officials to serve. The forecast suggests the climax may come years hence.
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St. Petersburg
London
Don’t Start Wrong This Summer With a Cough Cure
Don’t start the summer with lingering cough or cold. One Minute Cough Cure acts at once for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. Safe for children and praised by J H Bowles Groveton NH Houseworth Bros endorses it.
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J. H. Bowles
Groveton
H. H
Houseworth Bros
Mayor demands six rides for twenty five cents
DH reports in Hare Kansas City on May 10 that Mayor Reed has pressed the reorganized street railway Company to grant six rides for a quarter. The utility faces possible loss of its right of way.
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Kredvarion
Hare
Kansas City
Reed
Reorganized Street Railway Company
Osmicure Ointment Promises Heals Skin Ailments
Advertisement notes Osmicure ointment touted to heal eczema scrofula salt rheum and piles. Priced 25c or 50 for sale by C D Rushtex.
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C. D. Rushtex
Rebels kill 400 in Nan-Ning-Fu bombardment
Advices from Wu-Chou report Chinese rebels bombarded Nan-Ning-Fu for three hours on April 27 with modern field guns. Between 300 and 400 inhabitants were killed. The rebels withdrew to the hills after the attack.
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Hongkong
Wu-Chou
Nan-Ning-Fu
Aftermath of Mont Pelee Eruption Strikes 40,000 Likely Dead
Fort de France Martinique May 12 reports say Mont Pelee lava has devastated St Pierre and three nearby towns Le Carbet Le Precheur and La Mara forcing about 5 000 refugees onto hilltops. Rescue efforts continue as 500 or fewer have been saved and many are missing or horribly burned.
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Fort de France
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
le Carbet
le Precheur
la Mara
Suchet
Pouver Guertier
Gold Found on Michigan Farm in Eckford
In Niles Michigan on May 12 residents report Merrill Zimmerman discovered gold on his Eckford farm. A jeweler called the metal iron pyrites but a chemist confirmed paying quartz assays. The four foot deep quartz vein is described as large and further search is planned.
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Niles
Mich
Eckford
Merrill Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Grain Elevator Burns at Fort William
A steel tank elevator D in Fort William Winnipeg caught fire destroying the machinery and tower. The 1,500,000 bushel capacity facility suffered an estimated loss of 80 000 to 100 000 dollars.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fort William
Ames Fire Destroys Much of Kansas Town
Fire devastated the town of Ames in Concordia Kansas destroying the principal portion. Population is about five hundred. Mrs Wood leaped from a second story window and sustained serious injuries.
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Kansas Town
Concordia
Kan
Ames
Wood
Roosevelt gifts complete works to Harvard Union Library
Cambridge May 12 President Theodore Roosevelt Harvard 80 has presented a full set of his writings to the Harvard Union Library in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Roosevelt
Cambridge
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard
The
Harvard Union
Tower Returns to America from Russia via New York
Charlemagne Tower United States ambassador to Russia was a passenger on the steamship St. Paul, which arrived from Southampton and reached New York on May 12.
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America
New York
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Russia
St. Paul
Southampton
Oak Park building funds urged for public project
The proposal urged inserting 35,000 dollars for Oak Park building and 10,000 dollars for a site purchase for a public building at Champaign in the omnibus bill. It also calls increasing the Springfield building extension from 100,000 to 150,000 dollars.
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Oak Park
Champaign
Springfield
Torpedo Boat Preparations Attention U S Navy
Washington May 12 reports plan to gather torpedo boats from various rendezvous into northern waters likely Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay for summer duties. Junior officers to be detailed aboard these vessels to gain experience with boat mechanisms and to test nerve and alertness.
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Washington
Long Island Sound
Narragansett Bay
Senator Proc tor reports agricultural appropriation bill increase
Washington May 12 Senator Proc tor from the committee on agriculture reported the agricultural appropriation bill to the senate. The bill as reported carries 5 249 680 dollars an increase of 125 140 over the house bill. The principal item of the increase is 50 000 to add to the weather bureau observatories site purchases. The committee also added 250 000 to the 50 000 already appropriated for irrigation aid.
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Washington
Proctor
Committee On Agriculture
Senate
House
Weather Bureau
Senate Panel Boosts Fortification Budget to 7.95 Million
The senate appropriations committee finished reviewing the fortifications bill for the coming fiscal year. It raises total funding to 7,946,481 dollars, an increase of 1,384,481 dollars from the House passed version.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
House
President commutes Keane death sentence to life imprisonment
Washington May 12 The president commuted to life the death sentence given by two military courts martial to Joseph F Keane a private in the Twelfth Infantry for killing Sergeant Charles E Fleming of the same regiment in the Philippines in June last.
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Washington
Joseph F. Keane
Twelfth Infantry
Charles E. Fleming
Philippines
Two Generals Retired After Forty Years Service
Washington May 12 Generals Simon Snyder and William Alman recently named brigadiers were placed on the retired list after forty years of service Both officers are now in the Philippines.
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Washington
Simon Snyder
William Alman
Philippines
Postal Receipts Increase at Leading Post Offices
Washington May 12 The gross postal receipts in April at fifty large post offices show a net increase of 11 percent over April 1901 receipts.
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Washington
Ware Confirmed as U S Pension Commissioner
Eugene P. Ware of Kansas has been confirmed as commissioner of pensions, replacing the former appointee and taking charge of the federal pensions system.
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E. P. Ware
Washington
Senate
Eugene P. Ware
Kansas
Coiner Refuses Promotion Idle Coining Dept at Mint
The United States Mint in Philadelphia faces a shutdown after Henry Landis accepts a promotion to superintendent while Albert Norris refuses the role of chief coiner, leaving 250 workers idle at about $3 daily. Landis becomes superintendent May 1. Norris remains in a lower post.
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Philadelphia
United States Mint
Henry €. Boyer
John Handis
Albert A. ‘Norris
Landis
Norris
Sailor Oscar Deignan to Wed Miss Maud Huntoon
After serving in Cuba where he helped sink the Merrimac, Navy man Oscar Deignan was kissed by hundreds of American girls in Omaha. Among them was Maud Huntoon of Stuart Iowa. The romance ends in a wedding at Stuart next Wednesday with Deignan still in U S Navy service.
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Omaha
Neb
Cuba
Oscar Deignan
Maud Huntoon
Stuart
Iowa
Deignan
United States Navy
Freight wreck kills Kaukauna brakeman in Hortonville collision
One freight train backed into another at Hortonville on the Ashland division of the Northwestern railway. Eight cars piled in a ditch. Brakeman Klein of Kaukauna was instantly killed.
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Appleton
Wis
Hortonville
Ashland
Northwestern Railway
Klein
Kaukauna
Brakeman Killed By Shuter Near Merritt
Helena Mont May 12 George Vegelander a Northern Pacific fireman died instantly when a cattle shuter struck him in the head and the cars passed over the body near Merritt in a fatal rail accident.
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Helena
Mont
George Vegelander
Merritt
Prince Henry Inherits Rheinstein Castle in Germany
Henry of Prussia inherits the Rheinstein Castle at Bingen on the Rhine from Prince George of Hohenzollern, who died May 4. The succession ties to Emperor William’s kin as the Prussian royal line extends its holdings in Germany.
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Henry
Castle
Berlin
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Rheinstein
Bingen-on-the- Rhine
George of
Hohenzollern
William
Morgan in Ship Canal Deal with Manchester Ship Canal
Liverpool Journal of Commerce reports J Pierpont Morgan has reached an arrangement with the Manchester Ship Canal company following his arrival in Liverpool on May 12. The potential accord concerns financial or strategic backing for the canal project.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Elkhart Resident
W H Philips of 212 East Jackson street testifies to relief from six months of kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought a box at House Worth Bros. drug store and urges friends to try the remedy, praising its effectiveness. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Elkhart
W. H. Philips
East Jackson Street
Burnisher
Conn
Houseworth Bros
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Doan’s
Troops to Stay in Cuba Due to Transport Shortage
Washington reports that the U S War Department cannot withdraw all 4 000 troops from Cuba by May 21 as planned because transportation facilities are insufficient. About 1 200 have returned and 800 more transports are to be used, leaving about 2 000 troops in Cuba when the republic is established.
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Home du E
Washington
War Department
Cuba
Desortment
Cuban Republic
Republic
Houseworth Bros Rocky Mountain Tea Offer
A brief note from Houseworth Bros promotes giving to the poor while offering Rocky Mountain Tea to balance generosity. The imprint frames philanthropy as a brand gesture.
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Rocky Mountain
Houseworth Bros
Last Rites for Archbishop Corrigan at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
The body of Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan was interred in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral crypt in New York City in a ceremony attended by eight archbishops eighteen bishops over 1 000 priests and large crowds. A death mask was made after the service a wreath from President Roosevelt and another from John W Mackay were presented. A Rome requiem mass for Corrigan is planned at the American College Church with Bishop MacDonnell presiding.
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New York
Michael Augustine Corrigan
D. D
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Hughes
Cardinal McCloskey
McQuaid
Rochester
Roosevelt
John W. Mackay
Rome
Corrigan
Church of the American College
MacDonnell
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