Rixey surveys world hospital service during voyage
Navy Surgeon General Rixey tours San Francisco Yokohama Nagasaki Shanghai Manila and other ports observing naval hospital conditions. He supports new enlisted men housing near San Francisco and a Norfolk style hospital in the United States while noting Yokohama and Manila facilities as largely satisfactory with other stations needing improvement.ente
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U. S
General Rixey
United States
San Francisco
Newport
Honolulu
Yokohama
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Rixey
Philippines
Manila
Naval
Cona- G0
Cavite
Olongopo
Paris
London
Naval Hosital
Norfolk
Norfolk Hospital
Avalanche of mud buries town near Tiflis in Caucasus
A massive mudslide overwhelmed Reuraian town near Tiflis, burying hundreds including villagers and cattle. The five kilometer valley area suffered severe losses with streets flooded and crops destroyed. Remaining text notes frequent regional landslides and a historic pattern of such disasters in Transcaucasus.
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Reuraian
Inell
Tiflis
Kwareli
Tslaw
Caucasus
Transcaucasus
Aviabar
PACKERS' BUSINESS INCREASE Despite Grilling on Packaged Goods
The Department of Commerce and Labor reports Chicago stock yards packing firms show strong domestic output for the first seven months, despite aggressive scrutiny by federal state and city officials and widespread press coverage. July and seven months totals list massive shipments of packing house products, with dressed beef, cured meats, and lard as top items.
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Chicago
Commerce
Washington
Education Reform Across Regions and Historical Salary Shifts
The article surveys varied education measures including Simplified IneHine adoption in schools, New Britain raising minimum salaries to 400, teachers and indigo counts in Canada, Milwaukee graduates earning more, Berlin establishing forest sanatoria for children, New York City adopting 300 word simplifications, Kansas City spelling improvements, Russia investing in education, and comments on compulsory systems and county reporting on school plantings.
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New Britain
Conn
Canada
Millwaukee College
Forest
Berlin
New York City
Springfield
Mass
Russia
Carolina
Ang Dewa
Hag Lis
Spelling reform support and immigration controls outlined
President Roose Wall defends simplified spelling changes as gradual, not revolutionary, citing educators and scholars while warning 300 words may be dropped if unpopular. Immigration chief Sargent criticizes Greek boy imports as underage, while Alaska cattle experiments and Liberty statues renewal plans are noted alongside postal, labor and public works items with various international briefings.
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Stillings
Executive Department
Roose Wall
Tle
Loundsberry
Skeurnile
Shakspeare
Milton
Autumn Arrival, Oceanic Disasters Amid Pacific Turmoil
Report of tidal shifts and a Great quake in mid Pacific links to Valparaiso bed changes. Pacific Mail liner Mancharia and transport Sheridan stranded. Mongolia reefing near Midway Islands worsen Honolulu passenger congestion and mail interruptions. In New York, James C Colgate leads Mutual Life policy holders in forming a protective association with $3 million in insured value to defend administration, while conspiracies swirl about the international committee and Colgate’s prominence. Six life attempts on Gen Trapps noted in summary.
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Ted
Thomas
Sheridan
Tokyo Dispatch
Lobe Observatory
mid-Pacific
Valparaiso
Pacific Mail
Mancharia
Orient
Mongolia
Midway Island
Honolulu
James C. Colgate
New York
Mutual Life
Colzate
Policyholders’ Protective Association
The
Wm. FL tVarrity
Philadelphia
International Committee
Worse Than Homeless Chicago Youth Crime Wave Report
A Chicago charity worker estimates over 10 000 boys in the city are worse than homeless, poised to become criminals or public charges. They roam at night seeking valuables, evading police and forming small bands to strike in isolated districts, often aided by easy access to weapons.
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Chicago
Edemn
Indians and irrigation on government projects noted
The report states Arizona Apache Indians are employed in road building and related works for irrigation schemes, enabling self support as settlers take up lands. In Montana Milk River projectus, Klamath prospects in Oregon may earn from 1 to 2 dollars daily, with better pay possible for skilled workers.
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Arizona
Montana
Milk River
Klamath Basin
Klamath
Massive Typhoon Devastates Island Shipping and Island Hongkong
Cable reports from Hongkong describe a typhoon causing about a thousand deaths, sinking vessels along the coast, and extensive property damage. Hongkong harbor ships foundered with heavy loss of life, many crews unable to escape. The note adds background on Hongkong as a British colony with strong trade and military roles, plus velocity shifts in Pacific currents linked to recent shipwrecks.
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Lfe
Wangkong
Hongkong
China Sea
China
Great Britain
Victoria
Elongkong
Trepoff Dies Quietly as Russia's Reactionary Leader
Gen Trepoff, long linked with autocratic rule in Russia, died suddenly at Petezhof with reports blaming angina deetoris though poison rumors persist. He rose to power after Nicholas II, guiding Moscow as governor general and shaping counterrevolutionary policy from the winter palace.
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Gen.Trepoff
Russia
Petezhof
Angina Deetoris
Gen
Trepof
Belniuses
Nicholas II
Prepolf
Servius
Moscow
Trepos
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Teme
Tut
Trepo
Inventor Adopts Petrol Motor for Water Suspension
The Prentree inventor who astonished Tatis with motor boats now uses petrol power to suspend the body in water. Aimed to keep the body afloat by air and water jets, the device attaches engine and fuel to the back with rods and a propeller. The inventor steers by hand position in the water.
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Tatis
Harman
Political notes mix with commerce and figures in shattered memo
Consul Milner cites Calais exports to the United States valued at 6 004 000 dollars while speakers including Cannon Root and Hearst engage in the trans Missippi commercial congress set for Kansas City on November 1. Hearst teases a run for New York governor with Independence League backing and hints at Democratic support. Discussion mentions top House wealth and a Bunker Hill replica gift to a Kansas senator, amid fragmented references to congress and prohibition era debates.
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Milner
Calais
France
United States
Cannon
Ehhu Root
Grover Cleveland
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Kansas City
Hearst
New York
Independence League
Buffalo
House of Representatives
John E. Andrus
Wlliam B. MecWisley
Venois
William Tt. Hearst
George FL Fntana
Edward Dey. Merrell
Pennsylvania
Notable Civil War Vet, Editor, and Bold London Writer
Hobert B. Brown of Zanesville Ohio, a former commander in chief of the Grand Army, served in the 15th Ohio Infantry and 14th Army Corps in the Army of the Cumberland until 1864 and reenlisted to war’s end. He later edited the Zanesville Observer and planned to publish a memoir honoring his father. Meanwhile Mrs Pearl Mary Teresa Craigle, a Boston born novelist and journalist, died in London at 39 from heart disease.
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Robert B. Brown
Zanesville
Minneapolis
15Th Ohio Infantry
14Th Army Corps
Army of the Cumberland
Ele
Grand Army
Zanesville Orler
Ha Wes
Marshal Bazaine
France
Pearl Mary ‘Teresa Craigle
John Oliver Hobbes
London
Craigle
Boston
John Morgan Richeras
England
Miss Richards
Reginald Walpole Craigie
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Journeymen Barbers’ Union
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International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
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New York Labor Bulletin
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
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Atson
SIS
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Chicago Record-Herald
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Hawaiian Islands
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J. S. Sargent
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Charles Hercules Read
British Museum
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