Robbers Hold Up Overland Limited Train
Four masked bandits robbed Union Pacific Overland Limited near Omaha, seizing seven mail pouches of registered mail. The robbers fled south, leaving empty pouches found later. police, sheriff, and post office officials scour the area, with descriptions of three men from Fremont.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Overland Limited
Here
Whitmore
Chicago
New York
Kansas City
Bauman
Fremont
Of the Same Kind. Old man and alarmist exchange remarks
An exchange in a Chicago Tribune slice shows a chronic calamity howler warning of danger while another man rejects alarm, followed by a brisk morning departure. Miss Tartan praises Turkish baths and quips about Turkish candy vendors at expositions.
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Chicago Tribune
Miss Tartan
Japanese immigration statistics show California holds majority
Tokyo reports 59,100 Japanese in the United States with 53 percent in California and neighboring states. In California cities half the total are employed in rail, road, and mines, 24 percent in farming. About 14,000 Japanese farmers own 12,000 acres mainly fruit and vegetables. They are well integrated and send significant remittances to Japan, totaling 3.75 million in 1904, about 5 million in 1905, and 5.633 million in 1906.
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Tokio
United States
California
Japan
Kill 3000 Sheep in Contested Colorado Range
In Grand Junction Colorado on May 25 3000 sheep owned by Taylor Brothers of Montrose were killed in a feud with cowboys near Atchee Garfield County authorities were notified two sheep men were injured and the hatchet job included cutting telephone lines before assailants fled the scene
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Grand Junction
Colo
Atchee
Taylor Brothers
Montrose
Carbinero
Garfield County
Indians Plan Pow Wow For Tribesman Who Killed Wife
Reno Nev May 26 Washoe Indians gather in Carson City to hold a pow wow over the remains of Charles Kaiser hanged for murdering his wife Kaiser son of Washoe chief Kaiser was the third Indian executed in Nevada and the tribesmen protest state actions after they bury the body inside the prison walls to prevent trouble
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Reno
Nev
Carson City
Charles Kaiser
R Ules
Kaiser
Black Horse
Washoe
Out of the Dim Past and Erostratus in Ephesus
The piece recalls Erostratus burning the Ephesian dome and his boast that his name will endure in history while noting that common fame for Wilfttt is uncertain, as quoted by the Chicago Tribune.
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Erostratus
Wilfttt
Chicago Tribune
Why Columbus Did Not Settle Here
A professor responds to a student asking why Christopher Columbus did not settle in the new country. He notes the Spanish form Christoval Colon and clarifies that a colon is not a full stop. The class resumes the lesson.
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Christopher Columbus
Christoval Colon
Chicago Tribune
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