Happenings Across Hemispheres Weekly Review
Admiral Dewey is better. A Chicago strike spread is expected. A workmen clash in Perim left one dead and troops restored order. Kentucky distiller Wilmere dies in St Louis. A Kansas tornado damaged homes. Portland cement works roof collapse killed three workers. Mount Vesuvius erupts with massive lava explosions. Olin banker Enyder returned to Iowa after embezzlement arrest. Costable deemed insane after White House incident. Cardinal Satolli named protector of charity sisters in San Antonio. An assignment of A C Wilcox bank reveals chain of small banks. Over 100 graduates fail to earn credits. John Paul Jones body moved from Paris to US. Russian steamer Gorgistan ordered to Libau. Admiral Naziroff shot by orderly. Archibald McKennardy marries Olive Maviery in London.
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Admiral Dewey
Chicago Teamsters
Perim
W. J. Wilmere
Kentucky
St. Louis
McPherson
Kan
Florence
Col
Portland Cement Works
Reuben Bayliss
Grove Miller
George Leonard
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Cedar Rapids
E. E. Enyder
Iowa
Daniel Costable
White House
Rome
Cardinal Satolli
United States
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio
Tex
A.C. Wilcox
General Porter
Hamburg
Gorgistan
England
Libau
Far East
St. Petersburg
Naziroff
Archibald McKennardy
Muscat
Arabia
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Olive Christian Maviery
London
Mme. Calve
President Seeks Details in Mail Tampering Case
U S Inspector Marcus Braun, a special immigrant service official, accuses Austro Hungarian officials of tampering with his mail and alleges steamship firms are paid to bring immigrants and deter naturalization. President Roosevelt has asked for reports and will review them personally.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
Marcus Braun
United States Immigration Service
Braun
Ambassador Storrer
State Department
Salvation Army Commander Eva Booth Collapses in Chicago
Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army collapsed Sunday night in Orchestra Hall Chicago while preparing to speak. Doctors attributed the incident to an ulcerated tooth that has caused her severe pain for several days.
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Chicago
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Orchestra Hall
Mrs Dewey Sends Notice Of Admiral Warmer Health
Mrs Dewey wife of Admiral Dewey sent a note to the Sanders oral Patriot dinner at the Hotel Astor Saturday night stating the admiral was violently ill.
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New York
Pivot of Baltic Fleet United division shifts toward Vladivostok
The week in the Russo Japanese war saw the Baltic squadron divisions under Rojestvensky and Nebogat off finally join and reports claim two swift cruisers from Rojestvensky reached Vladivostock. Togo guards southern waters. European experts foresee a major sea battle soon amid land clashes and deteriorating Japan France neutrality tensions.
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Rojestvensky
Nebogatoff
Pacific
Vladivostock
Togo
Japan
France
Dunne Turns Graft Probe On City Hall Racket
Chicago Mayor Dunne and Public Works Commissioner Patterson announce a new municipal department to identify graft in city hall. Patterson will direct the graft probe as passes from railroads and streetcar firms are withdrawn. The mayor insists on a free hand, ordering all city employees to return passes immediately.
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Chicago
Dunne
Public Works
Patterson
Department of Municipality
Spokane Wholesale Produce and Feed Prices Listed
Spokane market bulletin lists prices for produce and feed including potatoes 1.10 per cwt onions 6.25 per cwt asparagus 6 7e lb rhubarb 24% per lb oranges 3 to 3.50 per case strawberries 1.75 to 4.50 per crate cher ries 2 per box apples 2.25 per box. live stock hogs 5.50 per cwt. eggs 5.75 per 6 case butter fat 1.20? per lb hay timothy 11 to 12 per ton alfalfa 9.50 per ton grain and feed prices vary with items such as bran 13 per ton whole corn 1.30 per cwt.
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Spokane
California
Snake River
Newton
Ben Davis
F. C. B. Spokane
John Paul Jones Remains to be Repatriated on July Fourth
Paris and Washington exchange messages to arrange the removal ceremony of Paul Jones from a temporary resting place to the American warship for transport to the United States. The State Department favors a July Fourth departure while General Porter suggests a July arrival in New York Harbor. Also noted are Russia’s approximately 22 million horses, the most in any country.
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Paris
Washington
Paul Jones
Iit
United States
State Department
France
Porter
New York
May Day Fails to Spark Wide Russia Protests
Reports from St Petersburg to Moscow describe May day demonstrations as a complete fiasco with order prevailing across Russia. Cossacks patrolled streets while only minor unrest appeared in some industrial areas, and workers showed reluctance to join strikes amid cold weather.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
Reval
Kishineff
Trepoff
Peobrajansky
Roosevelt backs Pinchot in Idaho forest reserves plan
President Roosevelt upholds Forester Pinchot over Idaho forestry and plans five new reserves plus two additions. The move covers over 10 million acres of timber land, with opposition from Senator Heyburn Governor Gooding and Representative French. Senator Dubois backs the policy as necessary for timber protection.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Forestry Service
Idaho
Heyburn
Gooding
French
Forester Pinchot
Dubois
Forester
Pinchot
Weyerhaeuser
Death Dealing Tornado Strikes Mount Pleasant Tex
A tornado two and a half miles southeast of Mount Pleasant Texas on Saturday afternoon kills one person and injures many. The funnel path half a mile wide clears three miles of residences, barns, and fences as it moved northeast after struck near the city. General Thomas Churchill Dies in Little Rock after a lingering illness. Quote on progress and land ownership in Japan noted.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Here
Thomas Churchill
Little Rock
Alaska
Why Bankers Do Not Talk in Public
Wilson S Webb, Missouri Savings Bank cashier, explains bankers rarely speak in public due to time constraints and habit. He recounts a customer who miscounted cash, found a missing $20 bill on the desk, and left in silence, illustrating why bankers are reticent and quick to listen.
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Wilson S. Webb
Missouri Savings Bank
Kansas City Journal
Webb
Agai
Shifting Views on Women Roles and Behavior
A series of humorous observations on women and men highlighting gender norms. The text contrasts perceptions of ambition domestic duties and social expectations with jokey reflections on hair color dinner talk and parental judgments. It notes how women feel about fitting ideal roles and men balancing family support with creativity.
Seaport Election Bets Cut List as Two Lead Voters Rise
In a small harbor town a six name slate for a fair vote reduced to two leading candidates. Miss Mattie Hawley met a candidate and devised a plan. She bought fog scented cakes and split the voting coupons to aid both contenders before the final round.
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Mattie Hawley
Miss Mattie
Jones
To Be Correct and the Plum Pudding Spelling
The Philadelphia Press quotes a diner challenging a restaurateur over the spelling of plum pudding on a bill of fare. The cook insists the word lacks a letter B, while Webster’s definition of plumb as a weight is invoked. The note ends with a wry line about excuses often masking lies.
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Philadelphia Press
Books in Brief From the Publishing World
The Price of Youth dramatized by Margery Williams and Pepper Books add Five Little Peppers titles. Burnham's Christian Science novels remain in demand with The Right Princess and Jewel reissued. Harper & Brothers publish Buffalo Bill Cody bio and a satirical His Pseudoic Majesty. Cap'n Eri gains popularity. Great Master Series moving to Doubleday, Page & Co. John Lane reprints Flowers of Parnassus and Burns poems. Poets comment on society and a Macmillan two-volume physical measurements manual is issued. Burgess and Irwin eye a San Francisco novel. Alden suggests John London instead of Jack.
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Margery Williams
Lothrop Publishing Company
Margaret Sidney
Pepper Books
Clara Louise Burnham
Messrs
Harper & Brothers
William F. Cody
Col. Cody
William Augustus Smith
Wall Street
Liberty Publishing Company
Joseph C. Lincoln
A. S. Barnes & Co
New York
Chicago
Doubleday, Page & Co
Bendixon
John Lane
London Dante Society
Macmillan Company
William W. Hastings
Gelett Burgess
Will Irwin
Isyl
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
W. L. Alden
Jack London
Jack
John
Mamie
Birdie
Loneliness of the Prairie and Dull Plains
A Bloomington News excerpt paints the western plains as trackless treeless wasteland near the Kansas Colorado line with scarce water and few habitations. It describes prairie dogs watching from tracks as trains pass and notes loneliness and heat making travel in Pullman cars inadequate.
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Bloomington
Economic ripples of distant war hit London markets
The South African and Far East conflict drives London price hikes across widely varied goods. Apricot jam climbs as rationed food for soldiers. camphor, iodin, antimony, agar-agar falter on supply from Japan. diamonds stay pricier due to Kimberley monopoly. fur trade strained as Siberia supplies furs, and broader costs touch Jewish workers and other consumers.
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London
Pearson's Weekly
Far East
Formosa
Japan
Kimberley
Siberia
Americans and English Ties in Harper's Weekly Theme
The piece discusses Anglo American goodwill in a 19th century voice, noting English enthusiasm for any praise of the United States and the habit of English readers to view Americans as a distinct nation. It highlights mutual respect, shared history, and the idea that English patriotism can include America, with references to Washington Lincoln Grant and the Declaration of Independence.
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United States
Europe
England
America
Washington
Alabama
Reform Club
Pall Mall
Lincoln
Grant
Cecil Rhodes
Harper’s Weekly
Illustration of return good for evil in a classroom
A Sunday teaching moment shows a teacher guiding children on returning good for evil by offering an apple after being struck. A sharp student responds that the striker would want another apple, implying ongoing conflict.
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