Launching of the Ori Draws Big Crowds in San Francisco
Amid a crowded harbor scene in San Francisco, crowds gathered at Union Iron Works to witness the launch of the Ohio class battleship Ori. The article details the crowd, press, and surrounding activity, with technical notes on armor, armament, and machinery, and notes about the keel laying and initial construction milestones.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Ohio
San Vrunei
Union Iron Works
Oba Trains Baitl Teneg by Union Iron Works Cove
The Young Oba trains the Baitl teneg for nearly half an hour. Ohio lies peacefully afloat in the tittle cove before the Union iron works, describing the river vessel.
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Oba
Ohio
Union Iron Works
Great Battleship Hull Described with Armor and Dimensions
A detailed description of a newly built hull by Cramp & Sons for Newport News Ship and Dry Dock Co. outlines its steel, unsheathed, waterline length, 72 inch breadth and 23 feet 5 inch draught. It notes a belt armor from 4 feet 6 inches to 4 feet below waterline and a 6 inch casemate armor with ten 6 inch guns inside.
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Mary
Cramp & Sans S Co
Ami
Abe ¥Ard
Newport, News Ship and Dry Dock Co
Dispute Over a Corpse in Lincoln Cemetery
In Lincoln Nebraska spurned exhumation of Edward Cagney's remains ten years buried. His mother Mrs McEntee of Plattsmouth sought to move the body beside her other son but Bishop Donacum refused citing ecclesiastical law and the dying wish. He warns of criminal proceedings if the body is disturbed.
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Lincoln
Cagney
Fitzgerald
Lincoln Catholic
Donacum
Shah of Persia listed as dying from kidney disease
A dispatch from Tiflis reported by the Daily Ex says the shah of Persia is in a terminal state due to kidney disease, noting official relief and possible succession concerns amid the crisis.
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London
Shah of
Pera
Coal Deal Under Way Among Indiana Ohio Illinois Operators
Indiana Ohio and Illinois coal operators unite to curb competition and back a trust aimed at controlling the western market and opposing the United Mine Workers. Evansville mine owner Capt John Ingle values state mines at about 10 million dollars. A second note covers church youth societies in Wabash county planning a union and conventions starting June 4 at Rich Valley, with over 1000 members in sight.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
John Ingle
Evansville
Ingle
United Mine Workers
Wabash, Ind
Wabash County
Evangelivral
Rich Valley
Pan American Exposition Dedicated In Formal Ceremony
In Buffalo on May 21 the Pan American Exposition was formally dedicated before a vast audience. The parade featured international participants, followed by ceremonies with prayer for light music and poetry. The city showcased flags and bunting as attendance met enthusiastic expectations.
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Buffalo
Pan American celebration with music and fireworks finale
The ceremony featured readings and a prologue from Tagliacci, welcomes for dignitaries, a poem by Frederic Almy, and remarks by Lieut Gov Woodruff. The Temple of Music hosted a choral performance, a benediction by Bishop Walther, and a grand fireworks display including aerial guns and gas balloons depicting Pan-American nations.
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de Ogorza
Tagliacci
Ledge
Frederic Almy
Timothy Woodruff
United “America
William D. Walther
Seventy-first Regiment
Temple of Music
Esplanade
Union
Multiple Indiana officials report crimes and deaths across dates
In Frankfort Charles Miller a business associate with heavy bond is sought in Texas. William Burden released from prison and rearrested for parole violation. Frederick Miller, a dairyman, dies fishing at Silver Creek aged 42. Smallpox suspends nail service in Spencer Warrick counties with guards on bridges. Monon railroad reports three weeks of attempts to wreck trains by arson.
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Frankfort
Ind
Charles FB. Midler
Texas
Corns
Pexas
Miller
New Albany
Indi
Frederick Miller
Silver Creek
Bloomington
Monon Railroad
Milroy Farmer Joan Smiser Drops Dead in Field
A well known farmer, Joan Smiser, collapsed and died while working in his field at Milroy Indiana on May 20. In Kokomo Indiana on May 20 Capt Milton Garrigus received a reception on his election as department commander of the G A R. Citizens express general approval in his hometown.
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Milroy
Ind
Joan Smiser
Kokomo
Milton Garrigus
Four Year Old Denkirk Boy Found Dead in Bed
Russell Gunekle, four, son of Grant Gunekle, Denkirk Indiana, played in the evening and seemed well but awoke with illness. He was found dead in his bed the following morning after a brief complaint of feeling unwell.
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Indianapedis
Tad
Maan
Charles Vickers
Vrankfort
Charles Coleman
Companiion
Wachstetters
Vickers
Paddy Hurt
Marge
Denkirk
Ind
Russell
Grant Gunekle
Cycling World Sees Record 90 000 Members At Touring Club
The Touring Club of France promotes cycling with a membership record of 90,000 riders. Tom Cooper vows to race as long as he can guide a wheel amid persistent rumors and challenges on the road.
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Touring Club of
France
Tom Cooper
Machinists Strike Spreads Across Cities Nationwide
About fifty thousand machinists struck for a nine hour day and wage equivalence to the ten hour day. Some allied trades limited actions, Scranton and Ta areas affected. Government work largely exempt, with eight hour scales on such projects. Central Vermont at St Albans and Lehigh Valley shops at Buffalo Sayre Wilkes Barre Elmira report strikes.
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Washington
Counrt
O’connell
National Association of Machinists
Scranton
Central
Buffalo
Sayre
Wilkesbarre
Elmira
Spectacle at Exposition Ends Day with Parade and Dedication
Thousands lined the route as a Military Parade formed at the city hall and moved to the exposition grounds led by Vice-President Roosevelt and President Milburne. The crowd witnessed aerial bombs, fireworks, loaded floats, pigeons released, and a grand dedication ceremony with Pan American flags and a 500 rocket salute. The midway featured music, concessions, and an electrical show crowning the night with a dazzling tower of light.
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City Hall
Exposition Grounds
Roosevelt
Midway
Tropics
Orient
Mediterranean
Esplanade
Milburne
Temple of Music
R Ebertus
Three More Die In Ohio Steel Plant Blast
Three more victims of the National Steel Co accident at Youngstown died overnight. The dead are Thomas Maxwell, John Soulterer, and Paul Washaw. Three other injured workers are expected to recover. Cause of the explosion remains undetermined with theories including a dropped converter bottom or water in the wind box.
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Youngstown
Ohio
National Steel Co
Thomas Maxwell
John Soulterer
Paul Washaw
Rebel attack near Paracole reported in Camarines province
Manila dispatch says rebels attacked a detachment believed to be the Twenty-seventh regiment near Paracole in South Camerines, killing two soldiers and one native scout and taking a prisoner. Insurgents hold Paracole. troops are 30 miles away at Indan. Also noted Weston Howland died at 86 in Fair Haven, Massachusetts, after pioneering a petroleum refining method.
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Manila
Angeles
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Pasaco
South Camerines
Paracole
North Camerines
Indan
Fair Haven
Mass
Robbed at a Dinner Party in Chicago Garden Scene
In Chicago on May 21 a group of friends attended an exclusive dinner party in the pein garden of the Auditorium An Seetey. Mrs Lingle, wife of H. Lingle, reportedly involved in the incident.
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Chicago
Pein Garden
Auditorium An- Seetey
Lingle
Machinists Strike Affects Major U S Cities
President O Connellbin announces nine hour day demand with wage offsets and union representation. Strike impact listed: Hartford 1000 Ansonia 500 Hamilton 1060 Buffalo 1200 Scranton 2500 Cincinnati 3000 Connorsville 200 Palestine 200 York 300 East Orange 900 Oswego 300 Norfolk 500 all shops out.
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Delaware
Lackawanna’ & Western
Buffalo
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Presiant Oconnelbin
Hartford
Conn
Ansonia
Derby
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Connorsville
Ind
Palestine
Tex
York
East Orange
N. J
Oswego
N. Y
Norfolk
Hazardous mine accident leaves three missing near Hazleton
In Silber Brook colliery seven miles from Hazleton Pennsylvania a water surge tapped a coal seam. Samuel Klingerman and two others named Gallagher and O'Donnell are missing. Workers dig toward the accident site as to whether they are dead or alive.
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Hazleton
Silber Brook
Samuael Klingerman
Gallagher
O’donnell
Ayres Murder Confessed by Missouri Woman
Mrs. J. J. Bonine of Missouri confessed to the Killing of Joseph Ayres in his Kenmore hotel room. She described a struggle after Ayres produced a revolver and made improper advances, claiming she acted in self defense during the confrontation in Washington.
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Washington
J. J. Bonine
Joseph Ayres
Ayres
Kenmore Hotel
Miss Minas
Brunswick
Florida
House of Detention
Memphis Set for ELEVENTH Confederate Veterans Reunion
The eleventh annual Confederate Veterans reunion comes to Memphis Tennessee May 28 29 and 30 led by P P Van Vleet president of the Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co. His $750 subscription backed Memphis bid while his career shows a self made rise from Kalamazoo to leading southern business life.
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United Confederate Veterans
Memphis
Tenn
Association
P. P. van Vieet
van Vieet-Mansfield Drug Co
van Vleet
Katamac Zoo
Mich
Amsterdam
Holland
Manhattan Island
New Amsterdam
Kalamazoo College
Young van Vliet
G W. Jones & Co
Jones Drug House
van Vieet & Co
Mansfield Drug Co
South
United States
Mr. van Vleet
Chetelah
Voplar Boulevard
Iis
Maj. A. N. McKay
Jury Finds Doctor Died By Poison Inmate Accessory Charge
Springfield reports a coroner's jury in Monticello indicts Dr. Joseph L. Barnes death as caused by strychnine given by William Webb Ferguson alias William Winn and accuses Mrs. Marie Barnes of being an accessory before the fact. Ferguson identified as the man who visited Barnes at the Jacksonville hospital. The panel urges custody for both.
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Springfield
Joseph L. Barnes
Monticello
Central Hospital For the
Jacksonville
Barnes
William Webb Ferguson
William Winn
Marie Barnes
Quiney
Ferguson
Central Hospital For
Infant of Felis Norman Found Dead in Bed
The six weeks old child of Mr. and Mrs. Felis Norman was found dead in the bed when the parents awoke yesterday morning in Centralia Ht. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Centralia
Felis Norman
Diphtheria Sickness Attacks Esther Cleveland
Esther Cleveland daughter of the former president is ill with diphtheria in Princeton New Jersey on May 21. The attending physician expects no serious development in the case.
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Princeton
N. J
Esther Cleveland
Supreme Court Denies Action in Unspecified Case
Washington report notes the United States Supreme Court denied a certain request yesterday, leaving the case without relief. No further details provided in the fragment.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Advertising Rates and Local Notices from the Column
The clipping lists advertising rates for small formats: wee column one year two dollars, column one year two dollars, and professional cards. local notices priced at five cents per item.
Notices of Religious Meetings and Births and Deaths
Notices publish free for religious meetings births and deaths. Obituaries exceeding lines incur charges. News items gathered from all parts of the county.
First Paper Machine Built in America at Saugerties
The Paper Trade Journal celebrates Saugerties as the birthplace of the first American paper machine. It notes the 1827 arrival of the Fourdrinier machine in Saugerties and debates over the cylinder machine invention. It cites US builders refining the high speed machine to 580 feet per minute with expectations of further increases.
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Saugerties
America
United States
N. Y
White Muskrat Captured In New York Marshes
George Archer Brown of Fayette in Seneca County, New York, captured a full grown white muskrat during the high water on the submerged Montezuma marshes. The rare animal, valued highly, was saved alive after being driven from its usual haunts by floodwaters. It resembles a common muskrat but with almost pure white fur.
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George Archer Brown
Canoga
Fayette
Seneca County
N. Y
New York
Mr. Brown
Montezuma
Little Girl Swallows Two Fifty Dollar Bills in Emporia
The granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Brown of Emporia Kansas swallowed a $50 bill after finding two such notes in a letter left on a table. The child chewed one bill and swallowed the rest, prompting concern for her safety and a medical check.
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Gioer
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Fate Tom
Bliss
California
The
Helen Deshler
Hersack
Shah of Persia
Plan Big Union
South Bend
Tra Washington
Ethel Costello Washington
Honduras
Heme
Ron Causen
Pudi
David Goff
Mary Ans
Grand Temple of Music
Luia Ban
Cong
Farmer
Petersire
John Adouis
Nean Aletits
Richmond
William Burden
Michigan City
Drew Leis
Cicera
Greorge
Charles Dale
Thel
Roth
Tall
Eureka
Spencer and Warrick Counies
the Cycling World
Youngstown (D
South Camarines
Wenton Howland
Wichita Falls
Holiday Creek
Judge Gibbons
Denver
Col
Maysteinerzens Giytens
Missouri
Jospeh Ayres
P. P. van Vleet
Boy
Shattuc, Jr
Brockman
Hoffman
Baby
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