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Heat deaths in Chicago spark concern while Cape Colony sinks artesian wells and seismologists measure earthquake speeds. Luxembourg's Grand Duke William ill, with his daughter as heir. A family drowns fishing near Wellington Colorado. London thief seizes jewels worth 500000 dollars. Fears over US fleet, Taft plan to enlarge White House, and Zeppelins aiming for the pole. Cholera in St Petersburg. deficit projected at 90 million.
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Harriman Placed Under Strict Medical Edict in Vienna
Vienna July 6 American railroad magnate Edwhard H Harriman is ordered by Dr Adolf Struempell to cease strenuous work and limit activity. He remains confined to his room for meals and daily mild exercise as part of a treatment for incipient paralysia. The plan aims to ease symptoms and slow progression while Mrs Harriman assists at his side.
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Austria
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Adolf Struempell
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German Invents Safer Diabolo Style Game
A German inventor named Seeger has created a new diabolo like game called la funda. It uses a sling on a wooden swivel and a tennis ball that is caught in the air with a racket like frame and strong rubber cords. The device is claimed to be safer yet as healthy as diabolo and is to be shown in America after American patents were taken out.
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Paris
America
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Seeger
Wind Storm Hits Salt Lake Pounding Saltair Pavilion
A brief violent wind storm swept Great Salt Lake striking the Saltair pavilion and buffeting two small pleasure boats off shore. One boat smashed against a pier but no injuries were reported though rumors of a sinking with many passengers caused anxiety until the situation clarified.
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Salt Lake
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Saltair
Fruit by Auto Now Experiment Watched by London Dealers
An experiment to ship fruit by motor, seen with interest by Covent Garden wholesale dealers, aims to shorten distances for produce. A motor van yesterday carried almost a record quantity of fruit and vegetables for delivery and testing.
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London
Covent Garden
Worker buried in asphalt barrel near Los Angeles
Salvador Talamantes, a laborer, was found early this morning buried up to his nose in a barrel of liquid asphalt. He was suffocating and rescue crews required four men to free him.
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Los Angeles
Salvador Talamantes
Aredesia to Be Rough
Fragmentary OCR reads Aredesia to be rough with a phrase suggesting uncertain content and no clear event or participants available in the readable text.
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Aredesia
Congr Cashman Critical After Operation and Pneumonia
Congressman Francis W. Cashman of Washington slipped into critical condition in Roosevelt Hospital after an operation for a neck abscess. Pneumonia developed post surgery and doctors said recovery was doubtful as he neared the end of a ten day illness.
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Francis W. Cashman
Roosevelt Hospital
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Cashman
Francis W. Cushman
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Pleasant View Academy
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Nebraska
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Tacoma
Earthquake Shocks Rattle Downieville California
Bret Harte reports nightly earthquake shocks in Downieville over a week with frequent tremors since the June quake. Residents in Poker Flat and Mount Diablo country note several shocks that awaken sleepers, though Sierra County seldom experiences quakes.
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Bret Harte
Downieville
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Defenseless on the verge of a national contest battle
A fragmented line hints at a woman defending her stance as she nears a national contest. The text implies pressure and a public challenge but provides limited concrete details or names.
Rescued After Ten Days in Swiss Village
A young woman from St Gall, Switzerland, was rescued after ten days of exposure. She reportedly survived by clinging to a curtain life and enduring agony before rescuers found her.
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Switerland
Battle erupts in street as Guayequil celebrates
A pitched battle broke out yesterday during a celebration in Guayequil involving police and troops. Reports describe fighting near St Peter as soldiers clashed while crowds observed.
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Guayequil
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Beef Trust Raises Prices on Prime Roasts and Steaks
New York reports the beef trust hikes retail prices with pot roast up 14 cents per pound, porterhouse and sirloin at 28 cents, and higher cuts to 30 cents soon. Officials cite corn costs and cattle scarcity while retailers blame reduced demand from wage earners and corn-fed stock profitability.
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Patten
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Swift
Death toll rises as Messina ruins delay burials
In Messina, thousands of quake victims remain buried in ruins with burial delays blamed on authorities. Citizens accuse officials of slow work and demand action as rescue efforts continue amid mounting frustration.
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Rome
Messina
Victor
Srenahees
Gold Ore as Ballast Discovered Near Gran Quivers
Santa Fe officials suspect accidental gold and copper finds in ballast on the Belen cut-off may trigger a new mining district in the Mansano mountains Torrance county New Mexico Adjacent to the former Spanish city Gran Quivers legends say the region yielded riches and now many claimants flock to the mountains following Carnivals boro and then went east Pearson Manitete
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Santa Fe Road
Belen
Mansano
Torrance County
New Mexico
Gran Quivers
Big Strike Begins Across Four States Affects 7000 Workers
Fifteen United States Steel mill plants crippled or shut by a strike order at midnight. About 7,000 men idle as Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tinplate Workers enforces the action in West View, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The stoppage targets the American Sheet & Tinplate mills, threatening influence over United States Steel operations.
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United States Steel Corporation
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American Shoot & Tinplate
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Illinois passes 220 new laws take effect this month
In Chicago on July 1 a flood of new Illinois laws took effect totaling 220. Highlights include the hazardous machinery act, reforms on landlord and rental practices, a ban on barring children from facilities, creation of forest preserves, and pawnbrokers must hold items for a year with interest capped at 3 percent per month. The measure also includes a $16 million bonded indebtedness and expansion of testimony rules for “white slaves” in certain husbands' cases.
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Illinois
Navy plan to double Britain's sea power urged
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford argued for a naval expansion to double Britain's fleet, saying the crisis is more serious than known. He supported a plan already submitted to the admiralty and estimated the cost around 200 million dollars with ships to be built by March 31, 1914.
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Admiralty
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Charles Beresford
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