Battle near Toski routs dervish forces in Egypt war
The battle at Toski between General Grenfell and Wad-el-Jami’s dervish force led to heavy casualties and a large capture of prisoners. British and Egyptian troops repelled desperate charges, with 17 killed and 131 wounded among Beligh and Egyptian forces. dervish fighters estimated between 3,000 and 4,000. The British will return to Cairo as front threat subsides.
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Wad-e-Jumi
Grenfell
Toki
Wad-el-Jami
Toski
Twentieth Hussars
Heyptien
Cairo
Great Britain
Paetigaon
Gor- Khartoumi
Wad-el-N'jumi
Invad Lea
Eno
Smt Chet Sis
Monuments to Pilgrim Fathers Dedicated at Plymouth Rock
A grand monument to the Pilgrim Fathers was dedicated at Plymouth Rock on Thursday with Congressman Breckinridge of Kentucky delivering the oration. The granite structure cost about 200000 dollars and features an octagonal pedestal rising 45 feet with a 36 foot statue of Faith, one foot on Plymouth Rock, Bible in hand and pointing heavenward. Architect Hamnoatt Billings designed it. after his 1553 start and 1974 death, his brother Jack continued the work. The shaft bears the inscription honoring a grateful people for civil and religious liberty.
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Plymouth Rock
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Plymouth
Ward
Hamnoatt Billings
Boston
Jack
British Pacific Fleet Withdraws Nine Ships Northward
The British fleet in the Pacific Ocean sails from Esquimalt for the northern sea with seven warships and two torpedo boats, five more warships expected to reinforce. Admiral's orders unclear as telegraphic talks continue with Canadian and Imperial governments. Wharton says no comment on the seizure of the Black Diamond. the Treasury handles the matter.
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Pacific Ocean
Esquimalt
Wharton
State Department
Victoria
Sitka
Treasury Department
Collision at Washout Delays New York and New England Train
A New York and New England passenger train en route to New Britain, Connecticut, was delayed three hours after a washout near Newtown. Near Seq Britain yard a westbound freight collided with the passenger train causing two locomotives to wreck, though no passengers were seriously harmed. Engineers and crew sustained injuries. a messenger for Adams Express was also hurt internally after stones and debris struck him.
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New York & New England
New Britain
Conn
Newbury
Mewtown
Seq Britain Yard
Pasengers
Fred Alier
Vast ancient road network linked Palenque to Guatemala and Chiapas
Explorers report vast arcoreological finds in Chiapas and Palenque including multi story pyramid houses with stone beams and life sized carvings. They claim a paved road from Palenque through Yucatan to Cozumel and estimate a 30 million population along vanished cities. A government expedition is urged to map the region.
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Chiapas
Tonala
Guatemala
Mexico
Palenque
Yucatan
Cozumel
India
Large North Carolina migration plans move 78000
A Raleigh based committee for the colored migration convention reports about 78,000 North Carolina residents enrolled to move to the West and Southwest. If favorable, at least 50000 will relocate next year with Southwestern states preparing to accept and entice arrivals. Louisiana Tennessee Kansas Arkansas Texas and California also seek to grow their Black populations.
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Raleigh
N. C
Carolinia
Southwest
North Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
California
Deaths in the River at Pittsburgh Foot of Thirteenth Street
A 23 year old teamster Harry Simmons and two boys Leslie Benbow aged 9 and Eddie Debor aged 11 drowned in the Monongahela after a wagon toppled into the river. Simmons died rescuing the boys. A 13 year old Thomas Keating drowned in the Allegheny at Thirtieth street. A 12 year old daughter of J Baker of McKeesport drowned on rafts near Pittsburgh.
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Harry Simmons
Leslie Benbow
Eddie Debor
Monongahela
South Thirteenth Street
Pittsburgh
Simmons
Schuchman
Johnstown Relief Fund Receives Over One Million Dollars
A detailed statement shows Governor Beaver received 1,083,066 in Johnstown relief funds from 37 states eight territories and DC. Virginia sent its contributions to separate relief committees. International gifts from Ireland Canada England and several European nations raise total cash to 3,300,000. The piece notes the unprecedented scope of the relief effort.
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Johnstown
Beaver
Territories
District of Columbia
American Union
Virginia
Ireland
Mexico
Canada
England
Germany
Turkey
Italy
Austria
Ohio oil field July activity shows declines in runs and shipments
The Buckeye Pipe Line Company reports for July 81,574,302 barrels of oil produced and 8,789,163 barrels shipped. June figures were 86,473,691 barrels produced and 9,677,063 shipped, indicating declines of 4,849,389 barrels in runs and 6,835 in shipments.
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Ohio
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Four miners killed in West Virginia coal mine blast
At Farland Coal Works near Clarksburg Edgar Matheny and his brother W Matheny died as a blast went off while tamping powder. Thomas Dodd and Wor Metheny were badly wounded, with several others injured. Reports note misery and starvation amid strikes, with Miner unions urging action.
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Farland Coal Works
Clarksburg
W. Va
Edgar Matheny
W. Matheny
Thomas Dodd
Wor. Metheny
WIPED OUT Spokane Falls Burned City of 12000
A Sunday night fire roared through Spokane Falls Washington destroying the lodging house on Railroad avenue and sweeping the business district. By Monday morning the Northern Pacific depot and several blocks of shops were gone and the blaze raged through the night. Initial loss pegged at 30 million dollars. the city, with 12000 residents, was effectively destroyed with major public buildings and hotels burned.
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Spokane Falls
Washington
Railroad Avenue
Northern Pacific
Pacific
Northern Pacific Depot
Cour d'Alene
Spokane County
Spokane River
Crescent
the Review
Northern Pacific Railway
Lincoln
Washington Streets
Internal Revenue
New York City
Texas Train Robbers Strike Between Cheyenne and Ft Worth
Six masked men stopped the southbound Ft Worth and Denver mail and express between the Cheyenne water tank and Tas cosa. They forced the locomotive crew to depart the engine and opened the express car after Marsh opened the door under threat. Three packages were stolen from the Pacific Express and a single mail package from Route Agent Walcott, with total loot under $2,000. Passengers were frightened but unharmed as authorities pursue the robbers near Cheyenne, 375 miles north west of Fort Worth.
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Ft. Worth
Denver
Cheyenne
Express
Marsh
Pacific Express Company
Walcott
Worth
Port au Prince Horror Report in Haitian War
A July 28 despatch from Port au Prince describes brutal killings as Legitime’s forces execute prisoners in the market. Hippolyte’s advance grows, with fear spreading among Legitime’s troops. Reports say surrender offers are no longer made, and Ottoman-like reprisals fill the streets as 18 captives were killed in recent violence.
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Haiti
Port Au Prince
Legitime
Hippolyte
Conspiracy Found Amid Dervish Battle Aftermath
Reports from Toski describe documents found on the Wad-el-Jumi camp and on fallen sheikhs proving a broad conspiracy led by high Egyptian officials and Cairo figures. The invasion by Wad-el-Sumi appears as a trigger, with deserters and tribal allies planned to join. General Grenfell returns to Cairo as Egyptian forces pursue remaining rebels.
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Toski
Wad-el-Jumi
Cairo
Wad-el-Sumi
The
Nile
Egypt
Grenfell
Sarras
Ong Enir
Ballana
Grave Ready as Girl Returns to Life
After days of sickness the Elkhart Indiana girl of Mr. and Mrs. F M Boshiker was pronounced dead and a grave dug 35 miles away in La Grange. He returned home to learn the child revived in her shroud and shows rapid improvement, puzzle and joy fill the community.
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F.M. Boshiker
Elkhart
Ind
la Grange
DABENG TRAIN ROBBERY ON WABASH TRAIN
A bold Missouri train robbery aboard a Wabash train from Kansas City to Harlem unfolds at 8:20 p.m. Two masked men seize valuables totaling $175 and two gold watches from passengers. Conductor Roach fights back with a lantern blow. a shot misses. The robbers escape on a dirt road toward Kansas City as the train nears Illinois Central.
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Missouri
Union Depot
Kansas City
St. Louis
Illinois Central
St. Paul
Harlem
Dlinois Central
Roach
Arize
Lottery Fraud Confession and Emigration Report Abroad
A young woman arrested under Austrian government orders admits guilt in a $200,000 lottery swindle. Her so called son, a 12 year old girl, drew winning numbers. Emigration to Argentina noted with Bayliss Hanna reporting a million dollars in March aid. Argentina’s corn exports, ships, and US navigation policy discussed. Also various local frauds, storms, and a Paris meter prize. Algeria combats locust plague with soldiers in multiple towns. London Bridge shows and passenger figures from a recent investigation.
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Sovta Aurica
Buenos Ayres For
Unite States
Bayliss W. Hanna
State Department
Europe
Min’ster
Hanna
United States
South American
General Jottings of a Busy Era in 19th Century News
Reports on a New York bee nuisance case with a permanent injunction, Ohio treasurer a $40,000 short, Green ville to Cleveland railroad prospect, fatal train incidents in Dayton and Greensburg, a $1,000 burglary at Stringtown, and Maryland’s liquor laws. Also noted are Japan railway completion celebrations, 1000 miles of rails, several drownings, Spokane Falls fire, and diverse crime and weather events across the U.S.
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New York
Coleman
Warren County
Ohio
Greenville
Cleveland
Joseph Filburn
Dayton
Kelly & Janes
Greensburg
John Pfile
Stringtown
W. Va
Baltimore
Maryland
C. M. Hull
Bolivar County Democrat
L. A. Weissinger
Bolivar County Review
Rosedale
Miss
Hull
T. H. Davis
Clarksville
Patience
Lou Choy
China
Japan
Amagi
Hita
Imperial University of Japan
Stimulus of Good Crops Lifts Markets and Railroads
The report notes agrarian gains with early wheat arrivals in Chicago and rising iron orders, while railroad talks move toward peace amid favorable crop conditions. Stock markets rise modestly, but Treasury cash grows little as volume and securites await buyers. July prices trend up about 1 percent with 210 business failures.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Treasury
New York
Cannibalism scare in Shanghai region shocks officials
The City of Pekin reports an attempted cannibalism at Puyo Shan Hien near Shanghai. A bath proprietor believed eating a child would cure his illness and had a child killed by a coolie. the body was found in a large cooking jar. Arrests were made and a viceroy issued a strict prohibition against drowning female children with a heavy penalty of sixty bamboo blows and one year’s banishment.
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Pekin
Puyo Shan Hien
Shanghai
Fuchen
Chekiang
Desperate duel near Cotton Port ends in fatal wound
A bloody duel at the bayou near Cotton Port Svoyles parish Pa pitted Harry Ducate against his son in law Charlie Armour. About forty men watched as they fired, both wounded Ducate with seven buckshot to the stomach and Armour with a shattered knee from rifle fire. The clash stemmed from a quarrel at a ball the previous night.
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Cotton Port
Svoyles Parish
Harry Ducate
Charlie Armour
Ducate
Armour
Market Report Sheep and Hogs Prices
Market was fairly active with prime to extra and fair to good quality sheep. Supply matched demand though a touch slow, with lambs at about 4.70 to 4.10 each for prime to fair, and 3.30 to 3.45 for common. Hogs were slow with prices unchanged, workers at 4.80 to 4.85, Philadelphia heavy hogs at 4.40.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Ohio
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Butler—Creamery
N. Y
York
Fein AG
Traveling hair cutters lure peasants with hair trade tale
A Paris letter to the New Orleans Picayune describes traveling hair cutters who buy and transport human hair from Brittany and Auvergne peasants. They trade locks for goods, with longer hair fetching higher prices, and imagine future harvests as the hair is processed into wigs and plaits for Paris salons.
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Gare de l'Ouest
Brest
Paria
New Orleans Picayune
Brittany
France
Peidmont
Auvergnat
Syrian Villages and Daily Life Describe Harsh Plains
The narrator surveys Syrian villages built of sun baked brick with flat roofs and little art. Homes lack gardens and order while dung plaster covers walls. Women carry water in large jars on their heads to distant fountains as men neglect water tasks. Black goat skins with legs sewn up are worn by women in southern regions.
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Syria
Cme
Gideon
Housing Ciak Collision Near Newton DC
An early Sunday morning incident near Newton District of Washington DC involved a housing cart or wagon crash. The event produced injuries to a Brooklys resident and prompted local responders to investigate the scene.
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Brooklys
Newton, D.C
Sparrows Executed by Cord Near Chestnut Street Home
Report from Chestnunt Street near J H Keyes home describes a sparrow found dead with a cord around its neck, sparking belief of human execution by inanimate means. The tale follows a later court case over a lost Newfoundland dog named Major and a Maltese cat, with witnesses debating ownership and animal actions in a jocular, quasi legal setting.
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J. H. Keyes
Chestnunt Street
Inamato
Major
Crocodile Behavior Described by Early Netusalists
An odd fragment describes crocodiles capturing leeches and opening mouths to bait prey. It mentions experts like Mir. Fwoell observing tied specimens and a colony of crocodiles using basking and water entry as feeding tactics, with unclear references to specific places or dates.
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Mir
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Achmet Ali Bey
Noeth Carolina
Johnstown Relief Fund
Ohio Oil Field
Mo. Bride
Miners’ National Progressive Union
Brazil
Mc Gride
Egecud
Dabeng
EWO
Meraop
Derracpine
Manor Station
Wade & Butcher
Sevenan Liven
Newburg
Indiana
J. Folse
C. F. Hopkins
Booneville
Paris
Algeria
Letif
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London Bridge
Home and Foreign
Henrietta Snell
Tascott
Carthage
Fort Wayne
Henry Beight
Frank Russell
Bowery
Liverpool
Chris Sylvester
Archie
Joseph Cockburn
San Francisco
Mitchell
Black Creek
Athens
Fred Ewing
Jerome Crawford
Glenville
Crawford
Ewing
Wm. Johnson
Sadie Athey
Madison
Miss Athey
Johnson
James Totten
South Fork
Lewisburg
Ben Clark
McCansisnd
Waynesburg
Lake Shore Road
Youngstown
West Middlesex Pa
Ike Beeler
Shelbina
Arnold's Creek Christian Church
Doddridge County
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Commercial
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Pusa
Wee
Helene
Anne
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