Rose Lincoln at the Beaton Society Party
In a crowded Beaton drawing room Rose Lincoln defies illness to attend Mrs. Russell’s party, while Mary Howard captivates guests with grace. Jenny and Ida Selden observe rivalries, and William Bender confesses love for Jenny, leaving Rose disappointed as the night unfolds amid social intrigue.
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Rose Tancoln
Mount Holyoke
Jenny
Hoxe
Abe
Mra. Russell
Aurprise
Beennase
Howe
Mary
Nevers
Rose
Ida
Ida Selden
Her Slater
Rose Lincoln
Southbridge
Sarah
Nlco
Mrs. Ronsell
Sho
Mary Howard
Rowe
Anhen
Slater
Hone
Henry
Lincoln
New England
Martha
Bertha
Tila
Ila
Miss Selden
Beaton
Miss Howard
Chicopee
Bila
Ida Seldon
William Bender
Henry Lincoln
Bla
Molet
Hila
Mose
Ilia
Rone
Elle
Yale
Sbe
Billie
Ella
William
Mr. Selden
Rove
Storm at Buffalo Delays City Lights and Exposition
A severe electrical storm hit Buffalo on July 8. Lightning damaged Niagara Falls power supply transformers and Buffalo receiving equipment, plunging streets into darkness for over an hour. Flooding swamped cellars and midway shows, while the Machinery and Transportation building engine room flooded and halted machinery.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Martial Law Proclaimed in Buenos Ayres Disturbances
Buenos Ayres declares a state of siege after anarchist groups spark local disturbances. Minister of finance Dr. Enrique Bordo resigns as authorities plan to withdraw the bill unifying foreign debt.
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Buenos Ayres
Iiance
Enrique Borduo
To Con
What a Boy Should Know from the National Educator
A listing of practical literacy and civic skills for youths including writing, spelling, arithmetic, banking, public speaking, and basic health and social conduct. It emphasizes handwriting, letters, ledgers, receipts, advertisements, notices, promissory notes, and simple accounting.
Army tests Japanese bunker coal for transports
The quarter masters' department contracted for large quantities of mike coal at Naki, Japan, for U S army transports. The six month agreement runs to year end and aims to test the bunker coal thoroughly before a further supply is decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Quartermasters’ Department
Naki
Japan
United States Army
Destructive July cloudburst cripples rail lines in Michigan
Western Michigan suffered a severe cloudburst that damaged fruit trees and crops. The Grand River rose three feet six inches in four hours, washing out dams on the Plat and Range rivers. Pere Marquette and Grand Rapids and Indiana railroads are crippled north of Grand Rapids, with many miles along streams idle for days.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Pere Marquette
Indiana
Grand River
Balaena Wrecked Off Behring Sea Near St Lawrence Island
The Balaena of San Francisco bound for the Arctic wrecked on a rock off St Lawrence Island in Behring Sea during a May gale. Captain P F Cotte and 60 crew escaped to shore as the vessel held to the rock, listing badly and liable to slip into the water at any moment.
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Pacific
Gore
Behring Sea
Seattle
Balaena
San Francisco
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
Bt. Lawrence Island
Bouthesst Cape
Behrinsea
P. F. Cotte
Baluena
Arctic
Efer
Cisco API
St. Lawrence Island
Cape
Reservoirs Dry as Huntington Fire Destroys City Hotel
A July 5 blaze in Huntington West Virginia swept through the heart of the city from morning until evening, destroying a hotel packed with guests many of whom fainted. With no water in reservoirs and engines out of repair the fire razed a dozen homes including a livery stable and numerous shops, causing an estimated loss of 200000 dollars.
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Huntington
W. Va
Anti Clerical Demonstration by Mexico City Students
In Mexico City about 300 students held a public meeting amid aroused public opinion and clergy indignation over alleged priestly immorality. Gendarmes kept order as Governor Coral observed. Precautions were taken to avert more trouble, with fears of temple invasions if denounced priests go unpunished.
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Mexico City
Coral
Federal District
Recruiting New Regiment Washington Telegraph Report
Acting Adjutant General Ward announces officers have nearly completed recruiting five infantry and five cavalry regiments under the army reorganization act. Only the Thirteenth cavalry trails by 389 men. Troops are expected to be sent to the Philippines to relieve regulars there for two years or more.
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Washington
Ward
Thirteenth Cavalry
Philippines
Fighting in Manchuria report from Tien Tsin July 5
Fresh dispatches describe fighting in Manchuria and Chi Li frontier. A pitched battle at Shen Yang ended with the natives defeating the MohammeDans. General Tung Funh Siang purportedly attacks the Chinese converts in Shanxi province.
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Manchuria
Tien Tsin
Chi Li
Shen Yang
Tung Funh Siang
Shanxi Province
Tug Foundered Off Eagle River in Ferry Bay Disaster
Eagle River Michigan July 3 The tug Fern of Algonac Michigan foundered off here Saturday morning. She carried a crew of five men all of whom were lost. The wreck of the Marguerite of Hancock was discovered between here and Eagle Harbor. Two men are supposed to have been not on her.
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Eagle River
Mich
Fern
Algonac
Hancock
Here
Eagle Harbor
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Mary J. Holmes
New York
the Alleghany
Arkansas
Gulf States
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Allegany Mountains
Oklahoma
Alleghanies
John W. Carr
Fort Scott
Kan
Garfield
Serious Cendierst
Tuntington, Va
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