Steamer Kansas City Returns to New York Fire Ashore
The Savannah line steamer Kansas City arrived in New York with hundreds of bales of cotton smouldering in the forward hold and decks hot enough to steam water when hosed. Tugboats and fireboats aided the crew, with sixty passengers among a large aboard, after flames were spotted off Sandy Hook.
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New York
Savannah Line
Kansas City
Read Ness
Kansas Citpers
Sandy Hook
Son sacrifices self to save father on runaway mower
Edwardsville June 19. Frank Wasman twenty two at harvest sighted his father on a careening mowing machine. He sprang before the blades to halt the runaway team and save his father but was cut to pieces in the attempt.
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Edwardsville
Frank Wasman
Rail service cut after severe washouts hit Midwest lines
Heavy rains caused record washouts across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Fifty miles of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul track from La Crosse to Minnesota City are out of service. Milwaukee Road operates only on the east bank north of La Crosse. Northwestern reports river-relayed delays near Winona.
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la Crosse
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Winona
Japan
Europe
Far East
Johnsons Narrow Escape In Chicago Street Car Scene
Mayor Tom Ta Johnson of Cleveland narrowly escaped a collision when his automobile struck street car tracks at Clark and Randolph streets. He controlled the vehicle to back away and avoid serious harm, suffering only a damaged front wheel. A. P. Dubont of Cleveland rode with him during the incident.
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Chicago
Tom Ta Johnson
Cleveland
A. P. Dubont
Clark
Randolph
Johnson
Conflicting Reports From Capetown On Insa Ne Colony Action
Dispatches from Capetown describe operations near the Insa Ne Colony with natives capturing Warmbad in the German Southwest African Cape Colony. A force under Abraham Mor allegedly attacked Kalk Fontein on June 2 and seized horses cattle and provisions before retreating, while details about subsequent evacuations and munition losses are unclear.
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Capetown
Warmbad
Cape Colony
Kalk Fontein
Blace
Abraham
Texas Land for Settlers Six Million Acres Put On Market
Six million acres of Texas public lands will be offered to settlers on September 1 in lots of one to eight sections. Price set at one dollar per acre, payable in forty annual installments with three percent interest. Purchasers must live on their home section for three years to obtain title. Land previously leased to cattle men, located in the western part of the state.
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Austin
Tex
Cattle Runien
Arep
Minga
Price of Crude on Cut Independence Kan June 198
The Price of Western oil was set at 3 cents a barrel during the day. The Standard Oil company is paying 50 cents a barrel for high grade Kansas and Indian Territory oil and 6 cents less a barrel for each half degree gravity under 32 down to 30 cents a barrel.
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Independence
Kan
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Drowned Boys Reported After Michigan Boat Sinking
In Menominee Michigan on June 15 George Devoe aged 13 and Anderson aged 16 from Green Bay were among two boys who drowned when a boat sank. A third boy, about 12, was missing with fears of death from exposure.
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Menominee
Mich
George Devoe
Thirtee Anderson
Green Bay
Twa Posure
Frank
Agricultural musings and farming tips from an old journal
The piece touches on farm practices from crop rotation to clover use, silage methods, and the value of cleanliness in buttermaking. It notes the benefits of lime and tile drainage, the shift in grain suitability, and cautions against relying on dry seasons. It also references Japanese arable limits and encourages progressive farming.
English With a French Polish on Wealth and Food
A fragmentary paragraph discusses the quirks of translating menus and meals with a French polish. A London correspondent notes the chef is asked to prepare dishes in his own language while a puzzled housekeeper observes the unusual situation.
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London
Alwys
Tim
M. Uphouse
Vtv
Toothache Remedy Through Strange Fire Ritual Described
A distorted account explains a cure for toothache using a ho e placed on bricks with a fire underneath and a red fruited plant called eggplant. The patient chants while spitting into water and using a cocogeur shell and bamboo tube, claiming the side water reveals a “toothache worm.” The piece mentions a modern Chinese recipe to cook rat bones and apply the powder for painless extinction.
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Tapar
Nanla
Sumatra
Foreclosure tale hints at private estate retreat
A fragmentary dialogue from a New York Herald item describes a man boasting of owning an estate free from taxes and jury service amid foreclosure of two mortgages. The exchange covers secrecy privacy and a neighborly inquiry, ending with a note on injustice and inheritance.
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Ogee
New York
Hera
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