Glever Smugglers and a Parrot in a Shipping Plot
Lawrence Perry in New York Tribune recounts two notorious smugglers, Harry White and Richard Bergen, who used trunks of watches and silverware to evade customs on transatlantic liners. A tense shipboard tale ends with Bergen's dramatic bomb plot thwarted and a parrot's diamonds-for-death threat exposing the scheme.
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United States Treasuryment
Atta Harry White
Richard Bergen
Bergen
White
Treasury Department
England
London
New York
Washington
Sandy Hook
Custom House
Fire Island
Hadeen
Tie
Hner
Secret Service
Revenue
Noth- Mie
Tey
Uak
Havre
Fili
Poll
Lawrence Perry
New York Tribune
Development of a chick from a fresh egg
Dr. Henry Dwight Chapin explains in North American Review that a minute cell near the yolk initiates transformation of the shell contents into chick tissues. The chick develops hour by hour when held to the light and, once hatched, can forage for worms and seeds without its mother.
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Henry Dwight Chapin
North American Review
A Tax Scheme That Failed in Swiss History
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Switzerland’s independence minded fiscal stance and its voluntary tax boxes that yielded only trouser dictionaries before the state shifted to an official declaration of capital and income. The piece highlights Swiss resistance to inquisitorial tax methods and the eventual end of voluntary contributions.
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Switzerland
Pall Mall Gazette
The Umbrella Prank At A Public Lecture
A man in a lecture seat misidentified a fellow attendee and had a stranger poke him with an umbrella to test his reaction. After the mistaken tapping, the umbrella holder confronted the narrator, who admitted his motive was to see if he would comply. The scene ended with awkward apologies and a resolve to focus on the speaker.
Prairie State Drops Governor Fills A Few Posts
Springfield Illinois July 3 The corn crop condition as of June 20 shows 7 285 485 acres planted down 6 percent from last year and 75 percent of a seasonable average. Wheat prospects look promising with 91 percent of average. spring wheat and oats show mixed health with damage from pests and green bug pressure. Meadows suffer from cutworms and army worms in several counties. Governor Deneen appoints J W Denneen as prison commissioner to replace the term expiring. Several ex state officials must refund improper fees. appointees for purity and factory inspection to be filled. a new national industrial labor union plan gains traction. Two carloads of giant powder exploded near Becks Hot Springs, no injuries.
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Hlinels
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Aagriculture
Ilinois
Tfl
Dengen
J. W. Denneen
Albany
Whiteside
Illinois State Penitentiary
Jolet
Benjamin Brown
Berlin
Sangamon
Exstate
Henry J
Hertz
Chicago
Cora Tanner
J. Mack Tanner
Galesburg
Henry C. F
Whittemore
Sycamore
Thomas B. Neely
Deneen
Mrs Logan declines to discuss Tucker charges
Mrs John A Logan visited the Logan home in Murphysboro Illinois on July 3 and refused to discuss charges against her son in law Colonel Tucker. She said it would be improper to comment before the proper time and that LT will tell what must be told at the proper time. She added she has treated Colonel Tucker like her own son and cannot discuss the matter now.
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Murphysboro
John A. Logan
SE. M. Logan
Logan
Tucker
War Department
Washington
Lke
Colonel Tucker
Dr Higley Holds the Wort in Glen Blyn Amid Threats
Chicago July 8. Amid rumors of tar and feathers and vigilantes a ride on a rail Dr Edward S Higley county physician of Dr Page county and a village board member remains in town. He vows any attack will be met with force and lead.
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Chicago
Glen Bliyn
Edward S. Higley
Page County
Death of Wabash attorney Travous at Edwardsville
Charles N. Travous general attorney for the Wabash Railroad of Illinois collapsed from heart disease in his yard at Edwardsville after returning from New York where he handled railroad legal business. He was about 50 years old. Cannon to Speak at Potomac Fourth Festival in Danville TL July 8. Uncle Joe Cannon will address Potomac home folks on July 4. The event promises a traditional youth celebration with potato races baseball and a generous display of fireworks.
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Edwardsville
Charles N.travous
Wabash Railroad Company
Ilinois
New York
Trayous
Cannon
Falka
Danville
Joe Cannon
Falks
Potomac
Moyer and Haywood Backed for Top Federation Posts
Denver July 3 The constitution of the Western Federation of Miners blocks electing a president and secretary without the nominees present at the convention To keep Moyer and Haywood in those posts the federation's national convention approved election by general consent with no formal ballots or objections noted in the report
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Oder
Moyer and Haywood
Rint
Belge
Federation
Congent
Imperial troops capture eighty insurgents in Wayhan
From Hong Kong comes word that imperial troops surprised a band of insurgents and captured eighty. The prefect of Wayhan tortured the prisoners, pouring burning resin on their bodies to extract names of readers of the uprising. In Massachusetts, Philip K. Green and Professor David A. Durward drowned at Mount Hermon School for Boys when their canoe capsized on the Connecticut River.
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China
Hong Kong
Imperial
Wayhan
East Northfield
Mass
Philip K. Green
David A. Durward
Agriculture Department
Mount Hermon School For
Connecticut River
Mob Kills George Herbert in Comer Georgia Incident
In Comer Georgia on July 3 a mob shot and killed George Herbert a Black man after a clash with a white man named Cleoro Woods who was wounded in the altercation.
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Comer
George Herbert
Here
Clcero Woods
Woods
Markets Report Chicago July 2 Quotations and Cash Prices
Chicago Board of Trade quotations cover Wheat Corn Oats pork lard short ribs and cash market notes with figures for July Sept and Dec futures plus cash samples by grade and national market prices for hogs cattle sheep and calves. East Buffalo updates list receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and calves with the usual regional spread.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Northern
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Fast Buffalo
Crew selection incomplete after pull op at Prines ton Tiger
Report notes an incomplete crew lineup with reference to a pull operation at Prines ton Tiger. No further details on participants or outcome are provided.
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Prineston Tiger
Love and time fly with Philadelphia Pegasus rhyme
The quirky fragment evokes a playful verse about love, time, and a Philadelphia Pegasus image. It nods to joyous sentiment and rapid moments shared, pairing whimsical phrasing with urban whimsy.
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Winga of Love
Philadelphia
Pega
Love as balance in equal minds—a quoted reflection
A fragmentary quotation from Austin O Malley on love between equals. It contrasts two sided affection with one sided desire and notes that great love cannot be one sided, while hinting at playful banter and trivial moments in a social exchange.
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Austin O'Malley
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