Taku forts open fire as international fleet advances
Reports from Hong Kong and Berlin detail the Taku forts firing on allied ships yesterday morning, the fleet返 returning fire and seizing the forts. Casualties include one British and one French killed, plus multiple wounded across several nations. Reinforcements and fleet movements unfold as depots report.
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Hong Kong
Taku
Dephna
North African
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Blaze Rages Through Bloomington Threatening City Core
A great fire in Bloomington Illinois June 19 devastates Green's wholesale hardware and Model laundry while Brandt's furniture store is lost. The blaze sweeps west along Main Street threatening the post office with a 500000 loss and a strong gale driving flames toward remaining businesses. Fire department powerless as help is sought from Peoria and Springfield.
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Lily Ma Sua Teeegene
Bloomington
Green
Model Laundry
Brandt
Main Street
Durley
B.S. Green Company
Brand Company
Thompson's Company
A. Yantent & Koen
Pixley & Co
Mier & Sons
Gunley Hall
Princess Raziwill Robbed of Jewelry in London Wardrobe
London report states Princess Raziwill of Russia was robbed of her jewelry from a wardrobe on June 19. The loss included a 150 pearl rope, each 22 grains, and an emerald bracelet gifted by the ameer of Afghanistan.
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Princess Raziwill
London
Russia
Ameer
Afghanistan
Master Car Builders Begin 34th Annual Convention
Saratoga New York June 19 The thirty fourth annual convention of the Master Car Builders Association of the United States opened with a large attendance. President A Schreyer of Chicago called the meeting to order. Secretary Joseph W Taylor of Gabeago and Treasurer C W Demarest of Baltimore submitted reports. Discussion of topics of interest to master car builders followed.
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Saratoga
Master Car Builders’ Association of the
United States
A. Schreyer
Chicago
Joseph W. Taylor
Gabeago
C .W. Demarest
Baltimore
No Peace for Botha Surrender Talk and War Moves
London reports indicate Sir Roberts proposed a five day armistice to Commandant Louis Botha on June 18, seeking disarmament without dishonor. Botha declined, Britain pressed renewed hostilities as Boers retreat through Madodorp, destroy bridges, and strip provisions while mining bars and gold are listed at stake.
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Secorna Roberts
London
Llord Roberts
Mschadodorp
Louis Botha
Botha
Lord Roberts
Mitdiburg
Madodorp
Lydenburg
Ce Rontrary
Locurenzo Marquez
Kruger
Steyn
Free State
Cuban Election Parades in Santiago de Cuba
Enthusiasm runs high in Santiago de Cuba as Fedro Griainas is elected mayor after a torchlight parade through the city. The local paper notes the republic’s birthday, with light voting overall and Democratic support in the city. General Wood reports peaceful elections across the island with near full registration and no disturbances.
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Santiago Orec
Sueveas
Santiago DE Cuba
Fedro Griainas
Washington
War Department
Wood
Havanas
Island
Kentucky inmate receives mystery letter from Texas
William Culton in jail for aiding the Goebel murder reports an anonymous Fort Worth letter claiming to have killed Goebel. The writer describes fleeing through Kentucky and Texas, evading detection, and says ranch life now hides his identity. Culton submits the letter to his counsel for evaluation.
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Frankyuht
Willam Culton
Wiliam Goebel
Fort Worth
Tex
Goebel
State House Yard
Forthill
Georgetown
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Texas
Culton
Kruger Shifts HQ to Atkmaar Near Nelspruit
London reports Kruger has moved his headquarters to Atkmaar near Nelspruit. Trustworthy sources say Boers may not retreat to Lydenburg hills, likely to stay on the main railway line or fall back to the Dekaap valley. Native tribes in Lydenburg are unsettled, complicating a possible withdrawal.
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Kruger
Atkmaar
London
Lourenzo Marquez
the Times
Nelspruit
Machadodorp
Lydenburg
Dekaap
Transvaal
Pressmen Convention Opens in Milwaukee for 12th Year
The twelfth annual convention of the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union of North America began in Milwaukee on June 19 and will run through the week. President James H. Bowman of Chicago presented his annual report as routine business filled the day.
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Milwaukes
International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants
Union of North America
James H. Bowman
Chicago
Fire destroys Miner apartment building in New York
A six story Miner apartment house at Madison Avenue and Sixty third street burned this morning in New York, causing an estimated property loss of 250000 dollars. In Berlin, June 18, celebrations mark Gutenberg’s 500th birth with printer gatherings and civil military ceremonies, a Berlin parade, and funding pledges in Frankfort and Leipsic.
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York
Miner
Madison Avenue
Sixty-third Street
Gutenburg
Berlin
John Gutenberg
Cheng Schumann
Frankfort
Leipsic
Gutenberg 'Fund
Troops for China Are Ordered from Manila and Washington
Manila dispatches say the Ninth Regiment is ordered to Manila for transfer to China. Adjutant General Corbin withheld confirmation, while transports are prepared. A possible light-draft gunboat Concord may join Admiral Kempff’s fleet at Taku, aiding river access toward Tianjin amid unsettled news from Pekin. Officials await further word as embassies and the public remain anxious.
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Washington
Corbin
Manila
China
Concord
Kemipfft
Taku
Pei-Ho
Tien Tsin
Remey
Chia
Associated Press
Paris
Pekin
British to Dispatch Natal Troops for China Crisis
London reports a division and three batteries with siege trains will be detached from Natal for immediate deployment to China. Transports are ready at Durban, while Pie termaritzburg houses the bulk of the force. The action reflects grave concern over China's future and Britain builds force in the far east.
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London
Natal
China
Roberts
Botha
Traberis
Haller
War Office
Durban
Pietermaritzburg
England
Far East
Efforts Reported to Arrest Faylom on Travel Plans
Strive to arrest Faylom is discussed as officials and prosecutors stay mum on whether requisitions have been issued for governors of Ghia West Virginia and Pennsylvania in anticipation of his Philadelphia visit. Rumors say arrest may occur after arrival. Republicans in Pittsburgh reportedly assure that a requisition would not be honored.
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Cer Prankfort
Ghia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
W. 8
Taylor
Mount
Pittsburg
Ashanti Rebels Threaten Kumassi Line Fight Report
Dispatch from Prah Su cites 6000 enemy troops facing Kumassi relief forces with Ashante queen Orotus as a rebel leader. Separately in Kansas City a large Union grain elevator near the river depot burned, over 100000 damage, insured, with adjacent cement warehouses and several freight cars also damaged.
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London
Daily Express
Prah Su
Kumassi
Ashanteh
Kansas City
Union
West River
Union Depot
J. K. Davidson
A. C. Brockett Cement Company
Strikers Plan Broad Boycott in St Louis Transit Fight
June 12 St Louis action widens clash between capital and labor as Gompers pressures arbitration stalemate. He urges strikers to stay law abiding while making car operation costly by boycotting the transit line and all supporters including businesses and associations.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
St. Louis
Longest Underground Railway to Open in London
Beginning in July London will operate the longest electrical underground railway in the world from Shepherdsbush to the Mansion House, a six mile line. Fares will be four cents with a sixteen minute trip, compared to thirty minutes by older transit. 80 feet below surface, passengers are raised by lifts carrying 100 people. Five years were spent constructing it and the line will be opened by the Prince of Wales on June 27. All rolling stock and engines were made in America.
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London
Shepherdsbuss
Mansion House
Prince of Wales
America
Work on St Louis Fair Recanvassing to Start Soon
In St Louis on June 18 a meeting of executive and finance chairmen decided to restart city recanvassing for extra subscriptions from firms and corporations to the local World's Fair fund as conditions permit. Prolonged street car strikes hindered progress. once resolved, management will push ahead with renewed effort. Citizens keep increasing holdings and letters of congratulation arrive for the committee chairmen.
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ST. Louis
Battle Near Panama Report From Kingston Jamaica
Royal Mail steamer Don arrives from Colon with news of a Friday battle about ten miles from Panama. insurgents won, about 200 government troops killed, suggesting rebels may control Panama. Rebels entrenched at San Joaquin near Santa Marta. government troops from Baranquilla sent to Santa Marta.
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Panama
Kingston
Jamaica
Royal Mail
Don
Davis
Colon
San Joaquin
Santa Marta
Baranquilla
Trains Collide Near West Falls. Two Engineers Die
In a head on collision near West Falls tonight between Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg trains No 5 and No 8, engineer William Eaton of Buffalo was killed and engineer Frank Matron of Bradford fatally injured. No passengers were killed.
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Springville
Buffalo
Rochester & Pittsburg
West Falls
William Eaton
Frank Matron
Bradford
Griscom Pressing the Term in Constantinople Note
The United States legation has not yet received a reply to the May 21 note on indemnity. Charged affairs Griscom is pressuring the Porte through verbal representations to secure a prompt resolution.
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Griscom
Constantinople
United States Legation
Porte
Lloyd C. Griscom
United States
Uprising hits Gambia colony leaves officials dead
A native rising in the Gambia colony near Bathurst results in the deaths of two British commissioners and six police members at Sannkandi on the south bank of the Gambia river, killed by Mandingoes.
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Gambiia
Bathurst
Gambia Colony
West Africa
Sannkandi
Gambia River
Sixty personal crisis reports in two weeks
London reports an epidemic of personal crisis cases totaling sixty in thirteen days. Doctors attribute causes to influenza, wartime rejoicing, Derby losses, and weather temperature changes.
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London
Derby
Wreck and Murder Around Pekin Violence Amid Foreign Columns
Boxers wreck and murder around Pekin on Monday June 13. Foreign buildings in Pekin destroyed. Hundreds of natives killed. Boxers cut the railway behind the column of British and American marines sent by Admiral Seymour to the relief of Pekin, cutting off supplies.
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Pekin
Hong Kong
Admiral Seymour
Sultan’s OM Musician Doad Guatelli Pasha Dies in Constan tInople
Doad Guatelli Pasha, over fifty years director of military music to the Sublime Porte, died in Constantinople at 67. A Parma native, his predecessor was Giuseppe Donizetti, brother of the famed composer.
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Doad Guatelli Pasha
Sublime
Constantinople
Parma
Giuseppe Donizettii
Butterfield Recovery Hints at September Grand Army Encampment
General Daniel Butterfield, long invalided, is improving slowly and hopes to attend the Grand Army encampment in September.
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Butterfield
Daniel Butterfield
Grand Army
No Remedy Equals Peruna for Women in Ads
Letters from Miss Susan Wymar and Mrs. Margaretha Danben praise Pe-ru-na as a life changing aid for female complaints. The writers claim relief from pelvic issues and menopause, urging others to obtain Dr. Hartman’s free women’s book in Columbus, Ohio.
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Susan Wymar
Richmond
Chicago
Hartman
Pernina
Margaretha Danben
North Superior St
Racine City
Wis
Columbus
Vanilla flavor boosts rich chocolate recipe note
A vintage recipe note suggests adding vanilla to a pot of chocolate to enhance flavor. It references a booklet by Whiter Baker & Co Ltd Dorchester and mentions a teething syrup called Winslow's Soothing Syrup. The text also includes moral musings about a girl avoiding callers and a subtle remark about Eve and Adam.
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Whiter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Menglou
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