Tornado of Flame Ravages Several Nebraska Counties
Destructive prairie fires sweep Grant Cherry Sheridan and Thomas counties causing immense hay and cattle losses. Many homes burned, unknown ranchmen victims, high winds spread flames along rail lines, drought from earlier months forced cattle movements to safety water courses. Herds perish and property loss rises as communities seek rescue amid smoke and fire.
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Grant
Cherry
Sheridan
Thomas
Hebrasie
Rsachman
Taewen EE
Lachoer
Tfarmers
Custer
Tio Cherry
Anoker
Sand Hill
Burlington Hallrose
Hyangia
Albanes
MISS FAIR AND HER FORTUNE
A 7 year old California heiress, Miss Virginia Fair, heiress to James G. Fair, plans to inherit a large fortune. Daughter of the Nevada rancher and California magnate, she is educated at the Sacred Heart Convent in San Francisco and is noted for music, beauty, and Roman Catholic devotion.
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Galifornia
Misa
Virginia Fatr
California
Moss Fair
Fler Fortuna
Jeff Hor
Misa Vair
James G. Fair
Nevada
Ac Aniece
Convent of the Sacred Heart
San Francisco
Flour Price War Splits Major Milling Combine
A disrupted alliance of Pillsbury Washburn Crosby and Southwestern Milling shakes Chicago wholesale flour trade. The three firms had coordinated consignment sales at set prices, but disintegration follows disputes over cutting rates and the adoption of a new "Big Three" price list. Dealers across hundreds of miles rush to Chicago to buy on the open market as the pact dissolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millora
Sucar
Wholesala Procera
Chicago
Northwest
Pillsbury-Washburn Company
Washburn-Crosby Company
Southwestern Consolidated Milling Company
Kura
Consienmens
Intter
Secrec
Pillsbury
War era business clash harms small firms warned
An unclear passage notes that larger concerns will profit by selling to smaller firms, while both the big players clash with the little firms. It suggests the war economy favors dominant interests, leaving smaller firms disadvantaged in the market.
Booth Plans Vast Salvation Army Campaign in America
Gen William Booth arrives in New York to launch a nationwide Salvation Army drive. He outlines a campaign of 570 meetings across the United States and Canada, aiming to wage spiritual battle beginning mid next March. New national headquarters in New York on Fourteenth Street will cost about 124,000 with an auditorium for 1,000 attendees.
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Balvatios Arty
America
Salvation Army
Wiliam Booth
New York City
Mer
Canada
England
Tay
United States
Speaeue
Geneva Booth
Sue
Ulier Ant Oshorter
Salvationlat
Army
Fourteenth Street
Millonaire Iroan
M. Cornall
New York
Court Iro Speaks on Japan China War and Diet Support
The speech by Japan’s prime minister in the House of Lords outlines the war with China. The Diet shows unanimous support for war measures and expenditures totaling 5,600,000. Reports from Chemulpo and Seoul note Tonghak turmoil, Japanese casualties, and propaganda. Separately, deaths of Olney and Dalton surface in Brooklyn at the Metropolitan Hotel. Democrats tally over 21,000 postmasters under the current administration.
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Japan
Jdana Walopeck
Chad
Moada
House of Lords
Shorhina
China
Fananash
Chi Nera
House
Diet
Chemulpo
Crea
Japaneo
Silvez
Seoul
Ingang
Ding Yang
Ttis
Ninos
Yi Chow
New Soil for Plows on Yankton Reservation in Charles Mix County
An article describes the Yankton Indian Reservation land in Charles Mix County being opened to settlement under a treaty and federal funding. It notes rich soil, favorable climate, county crops, and imminent homesteading at $15 per acre, with rail access planned, plus commentary on education, governance, and native progress. The piece mentions the Kickapoo and Quaker Miss Elizabeth Test, highlighting education gaps and local timber and wildlife resources in the region.
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Vanston& D.indian Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Yankton
Charlies Mix
United States
South Dakota
Charles Mix County
Lyo
Mis. Rourt Enver
Open lands in Kila Po o Indian reservation loom
Oklahoma Territory faces rapid settlement as the Kila Po o Indian reservation near the South Canadian River valley is eyed for public auction. The 200000 acre tract, valued for timber, water, and rich soil, is seen by cattlemen as a route to land access, while critics warn of tribal dissolution eroding citizen homes.
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Kilapoo
Oklahoma Territory
Canadan River
Clinvis Prairie
Merchants Association of Chicago Forms Defense Pact
Twenty five Chicago wholesale clothiers organize the Merchants Association of Chicago to reorganize credit, protect members from bankruptcies, and jointly curb dishonest failures hitting clothiers. They aim to standardize credit reporting, prevent overbuying, and shield firms from losses when customers overextend. The league represents large manufacturers with 16 to 20 million invested, employing 10,000 to 15,000 workers across 31 establishments.
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Wilkens
Hankeuptey
Chicago
Lsbor
Merchanta’ Association of Chicago
Elan O
Merchanta
Caatermere
Acume
Marchants’ Association
Intentia
Noted Queen of Madagascar Leads Island Monarchy
The French efforts to gain control of Madagascar fail to cause major disturbances. Queen Ravlona, born in 1861, rules most of the island as the great granddaughter of Queen Rasava. She is noted for western dress and claims descent from Haiti’s royal line. The dynasty has reigned since 1700s.
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Agi
Madaeascar
Thea
Iisua
Rvalona
Rasava
Hahety
Lorna
Madagascar
Cunen
Ready for inspection at last the Tehuantepec railroad completed
The Tehuantepec Railroad completes after fifteen years of effort. Diaz invited by contractors to inspect for government acceptance. History recalls earlier schemes by Gonzalez and Eads, government takeover, and a planned, shorter Atlantic Pacific route with potential freight advantages.
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Diaz
Pehuantepec
San Francisco
Gonzalez
Mexico
Tehauntepec
Eads
Isthmus
Bad
Atlantic
Pacific
Lortirio Diaz
England
Panama
New York
Sierras
Coatzacualco
Coatzacoalcos
Tehuantepec
Calms
Southern Pacific
California
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Clasaena
Mesien
Oaxaca
Strange Meats and Frogs Legs in Global Diets
The Youth's Companion notes frogs and their legs as a notable delicacy in world cuisines, contrasting it with local tastes. It mentions a French influence on dietary knowledge and records a Nordic lake expedition where frogs became a staple due to scarcity, highlighting cross cultural eating habits and a French missionary in India.
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Dirstclass
Adithe Tower
Anager
India
Boy Killed by Huge Snake In Georgia Field
A seven year old boy named Wesley dies after a large snake coils him while he climbed a muscadine vine near a swamp in Georgia. The father discovered the coil as the snake uncoiled and the child fell nine to ten feet. The poor child died at the clearing.
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Georgia
Wesley
Bab
Toa
Tom
Weasley
Ostracism in Ancient Athens and Aristides Feat
A fragment describes the ancient Athenian practice of ostracism where citizens could banish a person for ten years, later reduced to five, based on a vote. It explains the oyster shell voting method and references Aristides who faced exile but returned when Persians threatened Athens.
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Athens
Chrish
Ariatides the Just
Aristides
Valley at the Nile Valley under study by geologists
A London Geological Society meeting features Captain Lyons of the Royal Engineers arguing the Nile Valley was carved by the river in the Miocene. He notes a fault above Cairo shaped the course, and that Nubian sandstone formed estuarine deposits later invaded by a cretaceous sea. Geologic folds and springs bring groundwater closer to the surface.
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Nile
Nile Valley
Abc
London Cecimzical Society
The Discovery of Glass
The article notes uncertainty about how glass was invented with early specimens from Kevotian times. It suggests glass vessels exist in the British Museum dating back about 1,140 to 1,200 years B.C. and discusses competing claims of invention between Egyptians and Phoenicians. A familiar tale recounts merchants overheatedly reacting to sand and alkali beads in a furnace, leading to glass pendants.
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British Museum
Pratsparent Fiuss
Linis Mabier
Subharia
Sofia
Woman Seeks Truth About Another’s Dinner Choices
A curious feature reports a woman examining another’s meals to learn what she ate and how she lived. The piece weighs probabilities, suggesting certainty is rare and insight comes from careful observation.
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Nebraska
Combine
Booth
Vice
GE William Taot
Court Ito
Tlarre
Olney
Charles Dalton
Intel
Brooklyn
Dalton
Harrison
Elizabeth Test
Kickapoo
Miss Test
Kickacoo
Ichrapioos
RDS
Aana SD
Teluantepec Railroad
Easteen
Walter Guerlach
France
Paris
Hveny
Taritivea
Cenius
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