Leavenworth Fourth of July Program and Dowie New Colony Plan
The Glorious Fourth committee outlines a morning parade and a full athletic program with races, ball game, and prizes at Leavenworth grounds. Separate coverage describes Apostle Dowie’s Mexico colony project with 2,000,000 acres, seven cities, irrigation via rock tunnels, and a planned Eden as a model city with extensive water power schemes.
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Leavenworth
Opera House
Columbia
Bixby
Mesdames McCoy
Coleman, Crawford
Mr. Walker
Apostle Dowie
Joan Alexander Dowie
Mexico
Diaz
Dowie
Zion
Eden
Jules Verne
Newborn Boy Born at Van De Grift Home
Dr Hoxsey reports a bran new nine pound boy welcomed at the residence of P W Van De Grift in a local birth notice.
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Dr. Hoxsey
P. W. van de Grift
Alberta and Northwest Territories Population Shift Report
The piece notes many Americans who moved north to Alberta and the Northwest Territories have sold out and returned to the United States or plan to. It warns a severe dry season could trigger a larger exodus from farms. Agricultural land between Calgary and Edmonton reportedly collapsed after a boom, with depopulated towns. Despite fertile soil, harsh winters and summer droughts deter settlers.
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Alberta
Northwest Territory
Uncle Sam's Domain
Calgary
Edminston
Tom Watson's Magazine launches with 128 pages
Hon. Thos. E. Watson of Georgia starts a new magazine highlighted by his Democratic and People’s Party prominence. The 128 page publication is advertised at 10 cents in stands or 1.00 per year by mail, with subscription address in New York City.
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Thos. E. Watson
Georgia
Mr. Watson
France
Napoleon
Thomas Jefferson
People’s Party
America
Tom Watson's Magazine
West 42d St
New York City
N. Y
The Hottest Coon in Dixie at the Opera House
A high class colored organization presents The Hottest Coon in Dixie next Saturday evening July 1 at the Opera House. The two act production features singers and dancers of acknowledged ability with unique costumes and a dream chorus, from leading vaudeville theatres and concert companies.
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Dixie
Opera House
United States
Jamie Blanton
Arnold and
Sare
Maryland Cabinet Record Highlights Diverse Marylanders
The article traces Maryland's representation in the U S cabinet from early figures like Benjamin Stoddert to more recent names such as Roger B Taney Reverdy Johnson J A J Creswell and James Mc Henry Among others it notes the naval portfolio held by Bonaparte Kennedy and Gary and recalls earlier Maryland administrators in war and attorney general roles It also mentions General Cronje defending his show business turn and a Canadian migration trend alongside a test for the Norwegian hay box fireless stove used in central Europe
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Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
John Adams
Robert Smith
Jefferson
Roger B. Taney
James McHenry
Stoddert
William Pinckney
John Nelson
Albert M. Lea
Philip F. Thomas
United States
Europe
Flying Machines and the Warsaw Jewish Question
General Baden-Powell argues that future flight hinges on a true flying machine, tracing airship history from Giffard to 1902 and noting slow progress since 1884. In Warsaw, Jews, 300000 of 800000 residents, form a distinct class amid reform currents, with mixed Polish and Jewish identities and limited anti Semitic sentiment driven by economics and clerical politics.
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Baden-Powell
Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
Santos-Dumont
Baden-J’owell
M. Giffard
Paris
Giffard
Warsaw
Manchurias War Spending Assessed by Chinese
The Chinese estimate Japan spent 50 million dollars in Manchuria for war in one year and employs 100000 Chinese laborers with 10000 carts at a daily 90000 dollars. For the next year spending could reach 75000000 dollars as war continues. Russia is said to match or exceed Japan in Manchuria with broad communications and greater needs.
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Manchuria
Japan
Russia
Norway's Odd Secession Sparks Turbulent Debate
The Norwegian parliament enacts a revolution by resolution amid provincial discontent. Observers deem the grievance sentimental rather than substantial while oratory fuels popular passion. Despite a shared Scandinavian opposition to Russia, secession risks uniting diverse regions.
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Norway
Russia
Canadian Apple Combine Targets English Markets
Canadian apple shippers form a combine to control English markets by selling directly to small fruit merchants and bypassing wholesale commission firms. American shippers currently dominate major English cities and are expected to resist the Canadian challenge through concerted effort.
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England
Wholesale Commission
Light on the People of Tibet from Wad dell book review
A British invasion exposes Tibetans as a fighting yet simple people. Colonel Wad dell documents Lassa and its Mysteries and notes monks and lamas maintain isolation. Invading hosts reveal friendly crowds and a sport loving people while clerical rulers share widespread illiteracy.
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Tibet
Ibet
L. Austine Waddell
Waddell
Admirl Rojestvensky Earns Respect Despite Defeat
The passage praises Admiral Rojestvensky alongside Kuropatkin for facing near impossible tasks and earning global respect. It notes his Baltic fleet completed much of a global voyage, drilled raw recruits, and showed courage and perseverance. Critics say the Korea straits dash was controversial, but the fleet lacked coal and still held a noble standing.
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Kuropatkin
Rojestvensky
Straits
Korea
Rural transit to redefine country life and mass movement
The piece argues rapid transit and electric railways will shrink distances between rural communities and city centers, noting extensive local trolley networks that serve nearby towns, while steam lines remain faster over longer routes. It highlights social shifts as transport collapses old isolation.
Delcasse Seen as Future French President and European Figure
The article portrays Theophile Delcasse as a diligent French foreign minister under five prime ministers, likening him to Gambetta and noting his potential to become president. It also reports on German bribery in retail commerce, the Spanish king assassination attempt, rising forest fire losses, and Japan’s mainland military reach.
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Delcasse
Kaiser
France
Iran
Germany
Gambetta
Theophile Delcasse
French Republic
80 Acres Land for Sale Near Leavenworth
Four adjoining lots in township 24 range 18 totaling 80 acres lie about one and a half miles from Leavenworth between Mrs Posys places and the river. A running creek flows through the land with a large timbered area. A snap for a buyer. Inquire Echo office for details.
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Leavenworth
The Pacific Monthly Announces 1903 Special Editions Series
The June issue marks the start of a Pacific Monthly year long edition program. It will include city numbers for Portland Seattle Southern California San Francisco and a Lewis and Clark Exposition souvenir. Dr Wolf von Schierbrand contributes six articles on The Coming Supremacy of the Pacific. Subscriptions offered with The Echo at $1.59 per year.
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Echo
Pacific Monthly
Portland
Seattle
Southern California
San Francisco
Wolf von Schierbrand
Pacific
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Geo. Siverly
R. T. King
Cashmere
P. M. Long
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Tom Watson
General Cronje
St. Helena
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William Olson
Wenatchee
OPERA
Base
Stokes
Terial
Chas. A. Stevens Bros
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Hoch
Brigham Young
Venezuela
High Court of Venezuela
American Asphalt Company
St. Petersburg
Ceatre
TE Baily
Tary P.strutellgercer
Althes
Fashion
Women’s News
Seattle Post-Intelligen of
Pacific Coast
Seatiler, Wash
S. P Weston
Spain
J. W. Elliott
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