Heat Wave Sweeps Nation Causing Deaths and Prostrations
A nationwide heat wave from Sunday produced extreme temperatures with little rainfall. Reports cite numerous fatalities and prostrations across cities including Pittsburg New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago and Des Moines. Officials note record highs and drought effects in the West and South. Local cases include Frank Dunham killed by sunstroke in Burlington and Ambrose Rice's heat-related collapse in Benton Illinois.
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Beporta
Weather Bureau
Wwton
Atlantic City
Marquette
Mich
Cage Fucinnat
Renport
Igs
Omaha
Denver
Wichteburg Des Moines
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Springfield
Inno Ge
Miss
Washington
DE. C
The
Rock
St. Louis
Pittsburg
New York City
Philadelphia
Lawrence
Mass
Manchester
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Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Burlington
Iowa
Frank Dunham
Benton
Ambrose Rice
Hanges
Rail and railroads expand girding the Midwest and beyond
Reports detail El Paso extension of the Hock Island expected by November. Chicago and Alton adopt a new coat of arms. through tourist tickets to Buffalo abolished. large grain shipments to Japan. Wabash enlarges Fort Wayne shops. Burlington car shortages and grain car needs noted. Milwaukee and St Paul earnings rise to 1,092,003. Iowa Central invites editors to ride its line. wages for show workers rise. New York Central awards largest grain elevator contracts for Weehawken. Wells Street station expansion in Chicago. Wells Street area property purchases by Northwestern for improved facilities. Pacific road cuts.
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Twin Cities
el Paso
Hock Island
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Buffalo
Japan
Wabash
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
Michigan
Burlington
Road Bay
Imere
Towa
Milwaukee and St
Taut
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
New York Central
Weehawken
New York
West Shore Road
Wells Street
Northwestern Road
Chicago
Hushité
Pacific Road 3
Cuiton
War Tax Wiped Out July 1 Cuts Fees For Businesses
The wartime revenue tax amendment effective July 1 eliminates taxes on many financial instruments and goods. Items affected include bank checks, export bills, bonds, certificates of deposit, drafts, insurance, leases, telegraph and telephone messages, money orders, warehouse receipts, and more with varied rates. The changes promise substantial annual savings for business interests across the country.
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Casualty
Fidelity
Quaeranty
United States
Labor, Local Politics, and Royalist News Across Regions
The item highlights Geo E McNeill of Boston celebrated labor union activity as the Father of the Eight Hour Day, with career highlights from a woolen mill to mayoral candidacy and streetcar strikes. It also profiles Miss Addie Berry in Carlisle Indiana and Rev Meese in Indiana for matrimonial work, plus Theodore G Search as a potential commerce secretary and Ranavalona of Madagascar amid French politics, noting pensions and exile in Paris.
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New England
Geo. E. McNeill
Boston
McNeill
K. M'Neill
Ture
Boston Street
Amesbury
Mass
Wiliam Bl. Meese
Meese Matrimonial Assorciation
Waterloo
Ind
Meese
Indiana
Squire
Ranavalona
Madagascar
Paris
Quer Jileritos
Saint Castellane
Yulun- Ba
Enlarged Congress and Electoral College Rise in Size
The next House will be 386 members with the electoral college at 476, reflecting new ratios from the 1900 census. The 1902 House size grows from 857 to 886, with states like Arkansas and New Jersey gaining seats while others gain or lose. Senator Kyle dies in Aberdeen SD at 47 after recent heart failures. he served as U.S. Senator from South Dakota after a career as teacher, engineer, pastor, and state legislator.
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House of Representatives
Oklahoma
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Tigeis
New York
Texas
Kyle
South
Nonia
Ohio
University of Miners
TR Dear
Record Heat Wave Sweeps Nation in Early Twentieth Century
The United States Weather Bureau notes no prior hot spell of this breadth since its founding. The prolonged heat wave spans the nation and coincides with a high death rate in New York caused by extreme humidity, marking a historic early summer.
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United States
New York
Plague Strikes Formosa and other distant events
A brief news snippet reports severe plague deaths in Formosa and notes other items including David Nation and Carrie’s husband celebrating seventy‑third birthdays, a post office fire in Duxter MO with $11,000 loss, the Dawes commission completing Cherokee freedmen allotment at Cherokee Chilsea, Indian Territory, and a lightning death of George R. Watson his wife and daughter in Sutton County Texas near a prairie schooner.
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Formosa
David Nation
Carrie
Iberia
Ohio
Duxteter
Dawes Commission
Chilsea
Indian Territory
George R. Watson
Sutton County
Texas
Big Year for the Farmer with Record Yields Expected
Prospects point to bumper crops across major cereals with strong prices. Wheat, corn, oats, barley, and rye yields look high depending on weather through August, while cotton and tobacco fields in the South show bright potential. Farmers anticipate large profits, possibly the best decade in years.
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Great West
West
Europe
United States
Cotfn
New Trade Year Begins With Tax Reductions
Uncle Sam on Monday handed the American people a gift of 40 million dollars opening the new fiscal year. Treasury officials predict a bright year with reduced taxes on bank checks promissory notes telegrams mortgages money orders medicines insurance and cigars. Beer and legacies see changes while overall revenues drop from war costs yet remain substantial. Exports reached about 1.8 billion, setting world records and surpassing the UK’s domestic exports. Patronize those who advertise.
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Sam
Treasury Department
Treasury
Spain
United States
United Kingdom
The Kettle in the Oak at Acworth during Civil War
A fragment from an old Atlanta Journal tale recalls a giant Acworth oak with a rusted plantation kettle wedged in its fork. Union soldiers pursued by Confederate riders hide inside the kettle as the tree is bombarded, and Captain Merritt preserves the vessel as a survivor of the battle. The piece shifts to broader Civil War reflections, recounting the First Tennessee and the fate of Doyle, a grim guard and eventual execution, and ends with a dramatic arrest anecdote involving Mrs. C- and a besieged household.
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Mttle
Acworth
Georgia
Susan
Roy
Sen- Babrugh
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
Col. Merritt
Chile
Marsa Frank
Darky
Sam
Sid
Marie Frynk
Mirse Frank
Su- Gul
Capt
Merritt
Prinelpte
Drain
Nonce
Dixia
Doyle
Corinth
Tupelo
Portland
Oregonhill
Bragg
Gen. Bragg
Col
Steevers
Twentyfirat
Louisiana
Tring
Édo
Economical Sideboard for Old Dining Rooms
A guide to furnishing an old dining room with affordable items. Advises pairing light woodwork with simple yellow oak sideboards, and suggests using cartridge paper for walls. Includes kitchen hacks, mold tips, butter measurements, and a method for onion netted window screens. Recommends crêpe-like puff pastry method and bread rolls for salads. Mentions Borax as a cleaner and tests for purity.
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Highboys
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