US Officials Weighing Intervention Over Mexico Crisis
Representative Sulser of New York, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Taft and the state and war departments were collaborating on Mexico policy. He warned intervention could be necessary to protect American lives, predicting a long, bloody war if U.S. troops were sent. El Paso reports say Diaz replied to Jadero and Diaz may have signed a resignation, but this is not public.
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Washington
Representave Sulser
New York
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Taft
Menta
Mexico
United States
Ameri
el Paso
Diaz
Jadero
Itineraries of Battle Ships Announced
Washington May 6 Itineraries for two divisions of the battle ship fleet were announced for a May June cruise One division will visit Europe while the other will cruise the Gulf of Mexico with a Mississippi River stop The Atlantic fleet will visit Copenhagen Stockholm Revel Kiel and return to the United States June 30 The Minnesota Vermont and Mississippi left Philadelphia May 1 heading to Pensacola Mobile and Galveston with summer maneuvers at Provincetown The Idaho sails May from Philadelphia spends a week at New Orleans then proceeds up the river with possible stop at Vicksburg May 28
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Washington
Battleship
Europe
Gulf of Mex
Mississippi River
Gulf
Louisiana
Kansas
Hampshire
South Carolina
Copenhagen
Denmark
Stockholm
Sweden
Revel
Russia
Kiel
Germany
United States
Minnesota
Vermont
Milafesippi
Philadelphia
Pensacola
Mobile
Galveston
Provincetown
Idaho
New Orleans
Donaldsonville
Medal For The Donor Of Medal
Andrew Carnegie received the first honor by a group of nations in Washington on May 6. The Pan American conference at Buenos Aires awarded him a gold medal inscribed Benefactor to Humanity. John Barrett presented the medal as South and Central American representatives spoke.
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Washington, D. C
Andrew Carnnegie
United States
Buenos Airoa
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Repubica
American Republica
Andrew Carnegie
Interurban Car Kills Worker Then Attacks Follow
An interurban car near Minneapolis killed one track laborer and fatally injured another between Minneapolis and St Paul in the morning. A crowd later tried to lynch Motorman Juline Rierapp and attacked the hospital.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Here
St. Paul
Juline Rierapp
This Date in History May 65 Highlights
The record lists events on May 65 including the Second Congress in Philadelphia in 1776 and the opening of the States General in France in 1789. It notes Dr John Whitlam Drape, born near Liverpool in 1811, died in New York in 1882, and Napoleon’s death in 1821. The Wilderness battle began in 1864 and the US Senate rejected a treaty of arbitration with Great Britain in 1897. The Cuban Republic held its first congress in Havana in 1902.
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Philadelphia
France
Verenilies
John Whitlam Drape
Liverpool
England
New York City
Napoleon Bonaparte
St. Helena
Corsica
United States Senate
Havana
Turkish Perjury Syndicate Exposed in Constantinople
In Constantinople on May 6 authorities probe a regular perjury ring linked to pensioned court officials. Investigators face widespread evidence and witness cooperation. Divorce testimony reportedly priced at $1.60 per witness as profits split after a quarrel among members.
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Constantinople
Pest
Great New York Suffrage Parade Plans Tomorrow
Plans for a huge Fifth Avenue suffrage parade are complete with a main banner by three women representing the Woman Suffrage Party the Woman's Political Union and the Collegiate Suffrage League A fife drum corps and Scottish pipers will precede floats and groups of women in varied professions including industrial workers farmers actors lawmakers and a balloon maker led by college women in caps and gowns Carriage will carry suffrage pioneers including Mrs Willis Mrs Greenleaf Rhoda Palmer and Mrs Antoinette Brown Blackwell
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Tomorow
Woman Suffrage Party
Woman's Political Union
Collegiate Suffrage League
Fife and Drum Corps
Men's Equal Suffrage League
Seneca Falla
N. Y
Mra. Willis
Rochester
Mra
Greenleaf
Rhoda Palmer
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Collision near Detroit river claims three lives
Detroit May 5 Three men and two others died when the steamer Stephen Clement and the fisher vessel collided in the Detroit river. The steamer sank within minutes after the crash. One engineer and his wife were among the deceased.
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Detroit
Stephen Clement
Fisher
Detroit River
Jack Dalton Plays For Newark Team With Green Gloves
Former Brooklyn gardener Jack Dalton suits up for Joe Mc Ginnity's Newark squad using yellow gloves and a bamboo stick as support for class.
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Jack Dalton
Brooklyn
Joe McGinnity
Newark
Resignation of Diaz Expected Across Mexico
Reports from Mexico City on May 6 indicate Diaz is seen as certain to resign amid growing public pressure. Cabinet members remain silent while acknowledging the seriousness of the crisis, with foreigners fearing war and Mexicans split on whether he will resign or stay and fight. Concurrent dispatches describe rebel advances, US federal troop considerations, and Americans preparing to leave as instability rises.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Mexico
Manual Bonilla
Honduras
Man Killed in Rapid City Logging Camp
W. S. Ayris a 26 year old man died after being crushed between two logs at the Lanphere Hinriche logging camp near Rapid City yesterday afternoon. He had come from Detroit three weeks earlier and died en route to the hospital. His body will be sent to Detroit for burial.
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W. S. Ayris
Lanphere-Hinriche
Ayris
Detroit
Rapid City Journal
Boxers Jeannette to trains Morris Langford sail May 10
Joe Jeannette to train Carl Morris and Sam Langford with manager Joe Woodman planning to sail for England on May 10. Frank Kraus bought a gas survey and goggles but will skip speed records, claiming chicken events should rule. Indictments face McNamara and McMonigal over Times building dynamiting, with defense seeking witnesses to show no link to the blast.
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Joe Jeannette
Carl Morris
Sam Langford
Porky’ Filyou
Joe Woodman
England
Frank Kraus
Frank
Work of Alfred B. Kittredge Ends in South Dakota
The long career of Alfred B. Kittredge ends as a former senator from South Dakota is reported to have died. Local records note his tenure in the state legislature and public service, with tributes reflecting his contribution to state affairs.
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NEATH
South Dakota
End Came Peacefully for Alfred Beard Kittredge
Alfred Beard Kittredge longtime South Dakota senator died at Hot Springs Arkansas after a month long illness kidney and liver trouble. Born 1861 in Cheshire NH he served in the U S Senate from 1901 succeeding Senator Kyle and chaired the Panama Canal committee. He practiced law in Sioux Falls and represented Milwaukee and Great Northern interests.
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Alfred Beard Kittredge
South Dakota
Hot Springs
Ark
Senate
Kittredge
Cheshire County
New Hampshire
Yale
School of Law
Judge Veasy
Ruthland Ct
Batchelder & Falkner
Kenne, N. H
Sioux Falls
Milwaukee and
Great Northern
United States Senate
Minnehaha
Kyle
Herried
United States
Panama
Mazatlan Falls as Peace Hopes Dim in Mexico
Desperate foreigners in Mazatlan organize armed protection as anti American sentiment grows across Mexico. Ambassador Wilson fears renewed demonstrations if peace talks fail. Meanwhile in El Paso Diaz’s resignation is pressed at the conference with Madero demanding De la Barra’s provisional presidency.
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Mexico City
Irea
Mazatlan
Mexico
Capitol
el Paso
Diaz
Madero
Corral
de la Barra
Revelations in a Morning Tobacconist Tale
A brisk morning trade at a corner tobacconist draws a hulking regular who asserts his identity with a quizzical exchange. The customer insists he is simply the man who comes in daily for his pipe, while the shopkeeper demands to know who he is.
CoronersVerdict Finds Death Self Inflicted By Despondent Youth
The coroner's jury ruled Edward Toomey of Spearfish died by his own action from a left temple wound after shooting himself at his father's fuel and feed store. He was despondent, married with a daughter, and no known home troubles or financial issues were cited. Funeral plans await word from relatives in Madison Wisconsin and Kansas City.
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Deadwood
Edward Toomey
Spearflish
Young Toomey
Toomey
Mias Neema Driskill
Ife
Ralph
Alfie
Madison
Wis
Kansas City
Doctor’s Advice Sparks Quip About Fees
A Chicago Tribune joke has Milsap recalling a doctor who charged $10 for a five minute consultation. He quips that doctors should not bill at plumbers’ rates, since the advised remedy was to give up his pipe.
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Milsap
Chicago Tribune
Brother Dickey's Philosophy on Heat at Church
The preacher notes vacation time for ministers as congregants endure heat. A thermometer in the meeting house exposes the rising temperature, making the saints uncomfortable in the hot weather. The world won’t waste time worrying about you.
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Dickey
Livingstone's Teacher Alive In Active Service
An 88 year old Rev. F. B. Coldwell of the Lancashire and Chelsea presbytery in England remains on active duty. As a young teacher near Blantyre Lanarkshire he tutored David Livingstone who walked 11 miles daily to attend.
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Livingstone
David Livingstone
F. B. Coldwell
Lancashire and Chelsea
England
Blantyre
Lanarkshire
Estimate of Chemistry by Berzelius in Kitchen Experiments
Swedish chemist Berzelius carried out many experiments in the kitchen with his cook as assistant. A neighbor asks what he does. the cook explains a process of pouring from a big bottle to a smaller one and then to a tiny bottle, before discarding the final contents.
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Berzelius
Ad Wolgast Proves Championship Form in Recent Bouts
Ad Wolgast displays top form in his latest boxing matches, showing the real championship quality and earning attention for future title contention. The bouts reinforce Wolgast as a leading figure in the lightweight division.
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Ad Wolgast
Much Kissed Book at Inquest in High Wycombe
Coroner Mr. Chaveley of South Bucks recalls a New Testament print from 1798 used by his family. The slim volume, still in good condition, reportedly cost 18 cents originally and has received a vast number of formal kisses.
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High Wycombe
Chaveley
South Buck's
Bogland
Wise Doctor Advises Travel Safe By Removing Appendix
A humorous exchange about travel risk features a physician urging removal of the appendix before a journey to distant lands. The friend argues against it, noting scarce doctors elsewhere. The doctor quips illness cannot occur where doctors are not up to date.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Tin
America
England
Delivery Man Delivers Letter Confusion At Drug Store
A gray coated postal worker stopped in a Chicago drug store to handle a Kentucky postmarked letter addressed to a Dearborn Street resident. He asked the druggist for thoughts on the note, which bore a scrawled remark in the corner reading If not there try court jail.
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Uncle Sam
South Side
Kentucky
Dearborn Street
Washington Nor
Johnson
Chicago Record-Herald
The Unexpected Sequel in Whitechapel Tavern
An excited Londoner declares he will confront insults by kicking men out of a tavern. A fight erupts as a man bursts into the doorway, and a bystander in the gutter counts the blows amid the commotion.
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Whitechapel
Stock tip confusion at chance meeting
A nervy young man sought advice from Greatman on a stock. His friend asks what was said and debates whether the reply was "Good boy" or "Good by."
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Greatman
Log Cabin Philosophy on Solomon and Travel
A humorous quip from the Atlanta Constitution notes Solomon’s vanity and the need to share summer hats with his many wives. It quips misery and travel, claiming hardship makes even the humble see more stars than astronomers in a mile.
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Solomon
Atlanta Constitution
The Way He Painted
Mrs Subbubs demands the shed be painted immediately while Mr Subbubs laments the painter’s unavailability for weeks. He offers to do it himself to fix the urgent need.
A Little Black Mam Making Good Use of It
A passage shows a mistress scolding Eliza over a torn skirt while a Washington Bobbs is accused of dancing at an emancipation ball. The dialogue reflects racial tensions and speculative blame in a social scene.
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Eliza
Tomkins
Washington
Not Yet to the Limit
A brief, dialect marked verse fragment evokes southern landscape imagery and a warning to persevere. The speaker urges belief and spiritual glory as the weather and land are described in vivid rural terms. No identifiable people or organizations are named.
Debates On Free List Bill Delay Vote To Next Week
Washington May 6 The free list bill sparks a heated House debate led by Rep Hill. He argues the measure is crude and could cut national revenue by up to sixty million annually, benefiting trusts while consumers gain little. A vote is not expected until early next week.
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Washington
Farmer's Free List
Hill
Conecticut
Ways and Means Committee
House
Europe
Truste
After Midnight Reverie Sparks Husband and Wife Tiff
A brief cartoon style squabble shows a newlywed couple arguing after a late night. The bride chides Clarence for his late return, while he retorts that her behavior before marriage differed, reflecting domestic discord.
Need of a Foil Sparks Wardrobe Woes
In a playful exchange Grayce laments growing ugliness as Miss Prettygirl pressures her to walk with her daily. Gladya questions the concern, prompting a humorous moment about appearance and social expectations.
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Grayce
Miss Prettygirl
Not Her Fault in Lullaby Dispute
A brief Philadelphia Presa item quotes a poet scolding his wife for not quieting a child. She calmly explains she is singing one of his lullabies to the baby, highlighting a domestic moment of domestic harmony.
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Julia
Philadelphia
Long Hair as Sign of Strength in Men
Quotes from Poets for Instance debate long hair on men. The Philadelphia Ledger notes that long hair signals strength in some cases and that in others it implies a man is too strong to work.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Misfit Shoes Story Echoes Family Pressure
A Detroit Free Press excerpt uses a fable like line about a youth waiting to step into his uncle’s shoes. The dialogue suggests doubt about fitting expectations and family burden as a metaphor for growing up.
Roosevelt trip warned by Prof Starr on jungle dangers
Prof Frederick Starr in Chicago warned Mr Roosevelt would face great dangers in the jungle not from beasts but fevers. He described Roosevelt as heady and rushing but ill suited to resist jungle fever, noting the temperament risks amid the expedition.
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Frederick Starr
Chicago
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Piccadilly
Prof. Starr
Claridge's
Washington Star
Preference Sparks Snow Shoveling Duty Debate
A reader opts to shovel snow over mowing the lawn as the family chores shift due to cold weather. The comment notes the wife staying on the porch and directing the work, illustrating domestic bargaining in a winter routine.
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