Death Struck An Exalted One In The Quarantine Era
New Orleans reports yellow fever cases 679 with 119 deaths to date and 265 under treatment. Archbishop Chapelle dies amid the outbreak. Mississippi quarantine tensions rise as rural areas grow restless and state officials push fever fund support.
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Archbishop Chapelle
New Orleans
Board of Health
Chapells
Cuba
Porto Rico
Chartres Street
Esplanade Avenue
Marine Hospital Service
Gessner
Mississippi
Hunter
Mississippi Board of Health
Blanchard
Confession Sought in Pawnbroker Moyer Murder Case
In Detriot Datrait Harry Johnson, held with Harry Packer for the July 28 pawn broker murder, asked Capt Mc Donnell to grant immunity in return for a full confession. Officials left when Johnson refused to continue his statement, a possible breakthrough noted by police. Postmaster Cortelyou orders new money order form to deter forgers, to be issued after plates are prepared. Alger, Smith & Co buy 190 million feet of pine in Lake County, funding a railroad extension to Cook County line. The Variag cruiser is afloat again, following earlier destruction at Chemulpo harbor in 1904.
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Moyer
Crimea
Datrait
Harry Johnson
Harry Packer
Joseph Moyer
McDonnell
Johnson
Wurzer
Washington
Cortelyou
St. Paul, Minn
Alger, Smith & Co
United States
R. A. Alger
Lake County
Duluth & Northern Minnesota
Cook County
Farm Labor in Sweden Class Affects Land Use
A special class of farm laborers in Sweden receive portions of land for personal use in exchange for a set amount of yearly labor for the farm owner. They function as a fixture of the estate, with no equal arrangement found elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Special Commission to Probe Albany Disaster Blame
Albany August 10 a collapse at John G Myers Co department store killed 12 and injured several more a city special commission of three outsiders a builder and an engineer will investigate the disaster to locate blame mayor Gans ordered the inquiry and the search for bodies has ended with most victims accounted for the wreckage now being demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
John G. Myers Co
Gans
Gaus
Helen Donahue
Willam Borst
Windom
Minn
Cattle Plague Hits Brookfield Mass Farm
Mass cattle bureau reports black leg outbreak at John A Terry's Brookfield farm. Three cows dead, cremation and burial ordered for carcasses. An agent to inoculate cows in the area shifts the response to prevent spread. Bold disease seen as more feared than hoof and mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Mass
John Aa. Terry
Terry
Peters
Massachusetts Catte Bureau
Cattle Bureau
Interest in the Flamingo Reveals Its Striking Plume and Habitat
The article extols the flamingo as the largest and most brilliantly colored bird with unmatched plumage. It notes its open haunts and gregarious nature that showcase its form and color, while acknowledging little is known about its nesting habits and inviting naturalists to glimpse the bird's elusive home. The piece emphasizes the desire to see a flamingo city and to uncover the bird's hidden nesting life.
Reading as remedy in disease and literature
The piece argues disease stems from egotism and overthinking self. It endorses reading Cervantes, Shakespeare and others as a cure, noting a steady mind comes from absorbing fiction and nature. It cites Wallace on Wak Wak islands and birds of paradise as possible real ties behind Arabian Nights tales.
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Cervantes
Moliere
Balzac
Sterne
Dickens
Heston Globe
Wak-Wak
Hassan
Balsora
Alfred Russel Wallace
Arusiands
Hasaan
Islands
Nature
Free Electrical Instruction in Keaningsburg Prussia
Free electrical instruction offered to workers at the electrical works in Keaningsburg Prussia. Classes held two evenings weekly from 7:30 to 3:30 taught by an expert engineer with practical experience. The course lasts about 12 weeks and concludes with examinations and certificates for those who pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keaningsburg
Prussia
Jong
Chicago Tribune
Censorship Debate and Portrayed Figures Across Nations
The piece critiques stern censorship of postcards in Europe and Asia. It cites Russia banning Tolstoy images and Turkey forbidding religious portraits. France bans mocking depictions of Portugal's monarchs. It references earlier literary gossip and a minister and colonel exchange about fame.
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Russia
Tolstoi
Turkey
Allah
Mohammed
Musselman
France
Portugal
Gloomy Prospect Evokes Voter Discontent in Atlanta
The Atlanta Constitution quotes a tense exchange about post election fate. A resident dismisses prospects amid partisan tension while contemplating how the "pub likins" will handle needs, and an undertaker is invoked in a crude attempt at humor.
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Atlanta Constitution
Too Much for Him Highwayman and Proposals
A fragmented dialogue notes a highwayman demanding money and proposing to every girl he meets. The piece contrasts bold refusals with a boastful, rueful tone about the games of flirting and rejection.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Old Roman War Knife Collection Sparks Banter
A playful exchange centers on Mrs Connycuer and Mrs Upstertyee admiring a collection of ancient Roman war knives. Conversation hints at inheritance from a grandfather who was a butcher.
Joe Rankin the Wyoming rider saves the stranded troop
A Wyoming man recalls Joe Rankin guiding Maj. Thornburg’s stranded command after a 170 mile ride to warn of the siege near Milk River Utah. Rankin’s relay through rough terrain and through the night allowed Col. Merritt to move relief by dawn, with Rankin hailed as a hero of endurance.
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Wyoming
Heepee
Las Granch
Oll
Jou Tanhin
Rechonu
Wyong
Joe Hankon
Chey
Joe Rankin
Rawlins
Missouri
Utah
Thornburg
Rankin
United States
Joe
Milk River
Maj
Almghy
Horsos
Raskin
Raw- Uns
Col. Merritt
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Fort Steele
Thornburg Command
Hugle
Blandhard
Strange Holiday Report From Padirac Caves
A holiday feature describes Padirac in the Lot department France where caverns house stalactites a subterranean lake and river. Dangers have been reduced allowing safe guided exploration. An explorer descended 400 feet to discover an underground river and navigated it by a collapsible boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padirac
Department of Lot
France
Greatest fall in value prompts odd express office exchange
Henry Clown the banker remarks on a stock drop saying its fall was great and pathetic. A burly young man arrives with a package and seeks its contents stating they are letters from a young lady he is returning. He estimates their value a week ago as about half a million dollars.
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Henry Clown
Omaha Bee
Sweet girl gardeners in England gain recognition
The article notes women increasingly enter horticulture in England. A Lady Henry Somerset farm colony graduate leads all horticultural work, another acts as a chaperone for garden layouts under the London Public Garden association, and a 1895 Royal Horticultural Society gold medal winner from Kew Gardens now runs her own business with several assistants.
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England
Henry Somerset
Ita
London Public Garden Association
Royal Horticultural Society
Kew Gardens
They Were Congenial
A brief witty remark compares a man and wife sharing thoughts to high congeniality. The aside notes the speaker and his wife often think alike, recalling a humorous exchange about marriage. The Baltimore American is cited as the source.
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Baltimore American
Cruel Horsefly Described As Bloodthirsty June Visitor
The article portrays the horsefly as the cruelest member of its family. It notes the male carries four lancets and can pierce leather, while the female is armed with six lancets and can harm cattle horses and humans. Descriptions emphasize its June appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colman
Bad Farm, at Least, War Correspondent
A wartime dispatch from the Moscow Morning Yellowyitch reports on hostile actions by pagan forces. General Pannik condemns enemy tactics and recalls a forced flank movement during a morning prayer for victory.
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Moscow Morning Yellowyitch
Gen. Pannik
Brooklyn Life
Greatest Meat Eaters and Odd Epigrams Amid Miscellany
A fragmentary newspaper collage reports on meat eating leading the world, noting a shift in Argentina due to immigration to cereals. It also lists humorous snippets about unlikely couples, wordplay exchanges, and rural coal storage in a Welsh churchyard, all presented in a loose humor column style.
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United States
Argentine Republic
Tribune
The Name Tells the Story of Easy Task Soap
An advertisement extols EASY TASK soap as a pure white durable soap that lathers freely in hot or cold water. It claims effortless cleaning for housewives and prices at 5 cents at all rocers, outperforming inferior yellow rosin soaps.
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D. Kauble
Leyeda
H. A. Dykeman
Variag
Tokio
Navy Department
Korletz
Chemulpo
Myers
N.Y
Gave
Chester
Chester Hospital
Bea
MacGregor
Gen. Emmons Clark
New York
Emmons Clark
Clark
Milwaukee
Wiinels Steel Co
Jones Island
Steel Company
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Niagara
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pacific
Japan
Tommis
Yonkers Statesman
Blue Bell
Bodington
Begland
Miss Ascum
Miss Passay
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Chronicle
Fuzzy Fred
Erbout
Weary Walker
Chicago Daily News
Patrice
Bieebeck
Yonkere
Charlie Youngwoodle
Kare
Smith’s Weekly
Bart _ CASTING
Hubert Day
Candies Soft Drinks
Gandy Kitchen
Kaiser Court
John Kaiser & Bro
Ely Power Block
Rawson
DeWitt
DeWwitt
Behn
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