Ancient Cananea Mine Strike Ends in Sonora
Ancient record notes revival of work at Cananea after a two day strike against Greene Consolidated Copper Company. Mines and smelter run at full blast on June 7 with production rising, while rumors of Oro Maximo and Picacho strikes are denied. A “Mina Marquez” link is found at the Noche Buena shaft, boosting owners’ claims to the historic mine. The America mine near Cananca continues development as 300 men toil at Sierra.
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la Cananea
Sonora
Mex
Greene Consolidated Company
Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Oro Maximo and
Picacho Corps
Clancy Bros
Detroit
Manzanal Mountains
Manzanal
Mina Marquez
Sonora Missions
Noche Buena
Mina Marquez Manzanal
Misa Marquez Manzanas Mining Company
Cananca
America
Sierra
Nevada Mining Boom Seed Time Harvest Theme
Nevada mining drives big bets by Schwab Gates Guggenheim and others as investors sow dollars in camps like Bullfrog Good Springs Ely Tonopah and Goldfield. Insurance fight in San Francisco prompts California and Nevada commissioners to curb hostile tactics and bar firms from cross‑state business.
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Nevada
New York
Charles Schwab
Monte Shoshone
Steel and Iron
Good Springs
Lincoln County
Nev
Daniel Guggenheim
Nevada Consolidated
Ely
Philadelphia
Tonopah
Jim Butler
Carson
Davis
San Francisco
Wolf
California
Unigam
Navy orders Marblehead to pursue filibustering ship
Washington reports the Marblehead cruiser carries orders to pursue revolutionists near Nicaragua. The heavily armed filibuster ship is feared to resist capture, with officials predicting a hot time as it fights to the last ditch rather than surrender.
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Navy Department
Marblehead
Washington
Nicaragua
Export Duty on Mexican Zinc Sparks Debate
A new feature in the zinc question arises from the prospect of the Mexican government imposing an export duty on zinc ores to foster domestic zinc smelters. No definite steps have been reported on enacting such a law.
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Mexico
Gunboat Alert Becomes Training Ship for California Militia
The Navy gunboat Alert was turned over to the California naval militia and will serve as a training ship for the organization, replacing the Marion which had long filled that role. She will be stationed at San Francisco and serve locally as a training vessel.
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San Francisco
United States Navy
Alert
Naval Militia of California
Marion
How the Garden Pays It Is Certainly True
The piece extols gardens as a source of outdoor exercise and healthful produce. It argues gardening beautifies homes and enhances life by supplying nutritious vegetables and contributing to overall well being.
Mexico Plans Two New Ports and Tehuantepec Railroad
The Mexican government awarded a new contract to Pearson and Son for expanding port works at Coatizacoatcos on the Atlantic and Saline Ayoz on the Pacific, as termini of the National Tehuantepec railroad. The plan commits 15 million dollars in 1905 and 12 million in 1907, part of over 65 million in federal port improvements. The contractors, lessees of the line, are also nearing completion of rebuilding and propose a parallel railroad track.
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Mexico City
Tehuantepec
SS. Pearson & Th
Coatait Teateos
Atinte
Saline Ayoz
Pacific
Coatizacoatcos
Line Cruz
Pearson & Son
National Tehuantepec Railroad
Mining Progress in Mexico
The mining world notes fifty years of American engineers pursuing Mexico’s rich mineral districts. It cites vast potential for royal metals copper lead and zinc, sees advantages over early operators, and forecasts rapid development aided by growing transportation. It predicts the next decade will rival twenty-five years of Western U S mining progress.
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Mexico
United States
Guatemala Revolt Wins Guns in Southern Guatemala
Private advices from the Republic of El Salvador report General Toledo, leader of southern Guatemalan revolutionists, advancing after six hours of shelling on June 8 and seizing all government artillery. Northern Guatemala notes General Barillas organized forces capturing I Qcos and Ayutla. The dowager Duch 92 and her 150 descendants are mentioned.
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City of
Mexico
Republic of Salvador
Toledo
Revoluionists
Guatemala
Barillas
I Qcos
Ayutla
Dun and Company May Review Finds Southern California Still Strong
Dun and Company reports for May show Southern California in good condition despite rains. Hay damage is about 25 percent, grain beaten yet salvageable with careful harvesting, and some beans replanted. Beets and beans rise. no orchard injury. Ventura beans cover 15,000 acres. Oxnard beets 16,000. China 10,250. Deciduous fruit season lags. prices rise. Apricots at 30 per ton for canning, last year 20. Canned goods shortage due to San Francisco losses. new pack not ready until September. Wine prices rise. oil demand up as Japan seeks 100-barrel contract. Overall trade remains healthy. money easy for viable enterprises.
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Los Angeles
R. G. Dun & Co
California
Ventura
Oxnard
China
San Francisco
Japan
Associated
Union
Coalinga
Standard
Great Crops of Berf Ries Reach Local Market
Nearly seven thousand crates of berries arrived Saturday morning at the Los Angeles focal market, marking the season’s largest consignment. Raspberries, strawberries, currants, blueberries, and gooseberries moved briskly as long lines of wagons waited before sunrise. Apricots and peaches arrived in abundance though fruit will be scarcer soon. Growers fear losses from heat as crews handle the rapid ripening stock.
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Los Angeles
Astiv
Will Unveil Big Statue at Williamsburg Bridge
New York announces the unveiling of an equestrian George Washington statue to be set at the Brooklyn terminal of the Williamsburg bridge next Saturday. James F. Howe will formally present it to Brooklyn with city officials military groups and Washington officials in attendance. The figure shows Washington in Continental uniform at Valley Forge, cast in eight pieces for about $50,000, standing 15 feet high on an 18 foot granite pedestal weighing seven and a half tons.
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New York
George Washington
Brookyn
New Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn
James F. Howe
Washington
Valley Forge
State Resolves To Take Goat Island For Rail Terminal
A concurrent resolution introduced in the Senate by Shortridge and in the Assembly by Atkinson asks the U S government to cede Goat Island in San Francisco Bay to California. The island would be used as a terminal for railroad companies operating in the state.
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Sacramento
Senate
Shortridge
Assembly
Atkinson
United States
of California
San Francisco Bay
Goat Island
Yerba Buena
Mt Railroad
New Orleans Plans Summer Mosquito War Campaign
New Orleans launches a sanitary campaign to combat yellow fever transmitting mosquitoes. The city proposes a daily expenditure of about $900 during the summer months to wage the battle.
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New Orleans
May execute Rojestvensky Vice Admiral to be tried
The naval court of inquiry has indicted Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, commander of the Russian fleet at the battle of the Sea of Japan, and officers of the torpedo boat destroyer Bedovi, sunk by a Japanese torpedo boat. Trial set for July 4, with death as penalty. The Red reports Gen Rennen kampf has charged Lieut Gen Linovitch, former commander in Manchuria, for aiding the revolutionary railroad men during the Siberian strike. It calls for court martial of Col Reiman for summary executions during and after the Moscow uprising, citing twelve similar cases.
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St. Petersburg
Naval Court of Inquiry
Rojestvensky
Sea of Japan
Bedovi
The
Red
Rennenkampf
Japan
Linovitch
Manchuria
Revolutionary Committee
Siberian
Army
Col
Reiman
Seminovsky Regiment
Guards
Moscow
Orde
California Farm News Caps Walnut, Orchard Weather
The California Cultivator reports widespread crop notes from across the state. Grain harvest and fruit yields fluctuate with heavy rains and pest concerns. The piece covers shipments, blight actions, and irrigation plans while noting large trade with Japan and field practices for seed selection and soil readiness.
United States Exports Growth to Japan Cited
A Commerce and Labor bulletin notes that U S exports to Japan rose from about five million in 1895 to over fifty five million in the fiscal year 1905, with total U S trade to Japan and China a notable decade rise, while Egypt combats locusts as eggs are destroyed.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Department of Commerce and Labor
China
The
Bulletin
Field of Husbandry and the Senate Agriculture Debate
A Los Angeles Times piece argues the Senate is likelier than the House to advance agriculture through the Department of Agriculture. It criticizes committee power, notes Secretary Wilson's tense two years, and warns against petty jealousy hindering farm policy and soil interests.
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Washington City
Senate
Department of Agriculture
House of Representatives
Wilson
Soil
Los Angeles Times
School Gardens and the Spirit of Work Among Children
The article argues that school gardens and related garden activities instill a lively spirit in children, with families joining in and overcoming obstacles. It contrasts the value of well kept stock with poorer cattle, citing a stock sale where better-bred animals yielded higher returns, and links this to broader farm and poultry lessons. It ends with notes on poultry care and garden efficiency, referencing Mr. W. Preston of Hollywood and his White Wyandottes, plus a remark on onion cultivation in dry seasons.
Bees Kill Farmer and Son in Beehive Accident
Abraham Whistler, a wealthy Hopewell township farmer, and his 14 year old son Eber were riding home when a wagon jolt overturned a bee hive. The insects swarmed the pair. Eber fled, later returning to find his father dead in the road, stung to death.
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Carlisle
Abraham Whistler
Hopewell Township
Eber
Cinders for Paths Use of coal cinders on walks proven economical
Soft coal cinders make excellent walk material. Use about five inches with rough on bottom and fine on top, screened and rolled by hand. Repairs are easy with resurfacing. Not suitable for grades over four percent as they wash out.
Rise of the American hen and farm nutrition notes
A May surge in New York egg handling shows over 10 000 cases daily with 15 125 000 eggs valued at 250 000 dollars. The American hen is praised for wealth generation with eggs worth more than major crops and nearly matching dairy output. Fresh legumes are discussed for protein and energy, while guidance on a horse bucking sack exercise is offered as training.
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New York
of Agriculture
United States
Dairy cow production and growth in the United States
In 1850 the average milk and butter production per cow was 1,436 pounds of milk and 61 pounds of butter. From 1850 to 1860 the gains were 69 pounds milk and 3 pounds butter. From 1890 to 1900 the annual yield per cow rose to 3,646 pounds of milk and 155 pounds of butter, a gain of 917 pounds milk and 40 pounds butter per cow. Saxony has seven special industrial schools to train locksmiths and blacksmiths.
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Flere
United States
California
Saxony
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