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A jumble of brief items touches on topics from astronomy and ethics to rail rates and marriage laws. Notes on Hungary candidates, cold storage, kissing debates, and a social trend in France contrast with Dandelion coffee, pigeon restoration, and Chinese emancipation. A Viper submarine voyage is highlighted as proof of future independent operations. The piece blends curiosities with world happenings and light social commentary.
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North Carolina
Annapolis
Four Governors Survive Wild Kentucky Storm Ride
A party of four governors Gov Sloane Arizona Gov Hadley Missouri Gov Ansel South Carolina and Gov Wilson Kentucky with Mrs Wilson and Mrs Hadley endured a severe electrical storm while traveling from Versailles to Frankfort Kentucky. Lightning struck near their automobile as they crossed a railroad near Frankfort and the group reached the capital after a perilous, rain soaked dash.
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Sloane
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Wilson
Versailles
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Lesington
Payette County
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Jas B. Hagin
Versallies
Hall
Mra Hadley
Mra Wilson
Royal Welcome for Roosevelt Parade Through the City
Theodore Roosevelt returns to New York June 18 and is greeted with a spontaneous, non partisan welcome at Battery Park. Mayor Gaynor delivers a warm address as senators ambassadors and prominent citizens fill the enclosure while a large reception committee salutes the former president amid cheering and music.
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Gaye
Battery Park
Roosevelt
Gaynor
Evern
Bia
Proefient
Taft
Reception of Kalserin Auguste Victoria Parade Across New York
The flotilla met the Kalserin Auguste Victoria at quarantine to a resounding welcome. Crowds filled the harbor and streets as ships horns cried out while the parade was planned to extend from the Battery to the Harlem River, a 24 mile route, but many applications flooded in and the committee had to scale back.
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Muet
Fiotilla
New York
Republican Club of
Hamilton Club of
Chicago
Coast Line
Maine
California
Gulf
Fire At Lakes
Harlem River
Gerrymander Proposed to Restructure State Senate
Jefferson City reports a Republican led plan to amend the state constitution to redraw senatorial districts. The measure, to be put to voters this fall via initiative, requires signatures and would take effect immediately upon adoption, with the first election under the new map in 1911.
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Republican State Committee
Republican Party Organization
Walter 8. Dickey
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Kaiser Works While Ill at Potsdam Palace
Emperor William rests at New Palace with a bad knee yet receives visitors and conducts official business. Inquiries say one of the ten princes is overexerted in the saddle but continuing normal duties. Crown Prince Frederick William and Crown Princess with children begin an automobile trip to Kiel to represent the royal couple at the regatta.
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Flood Disaster in Hungary Tops World Records
Vienna reports nearly a thousand deaths from catastrophic floods in Hungary. Roads railways and telegraphs destroyed. thousands of cattle sheep and horses drowned. village buildings swept away. vast cropland damaged. population in despair.
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Hungary
Ballinger Pinchot Verdict Chances Fade in Congress
Washington reports the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee kept meetings secret with adjournment until next Saturday. In Springfield Illinois Colonel Edward J Lang, chief clerk to Frank Dickson, was confirmed as colonel of the Fourth Infantry Illinois National Guard by the adjutant general and Governor Deneen.
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Couple Die in Chair at Home in Talboton Georgia
Former Congressman Henry Parsons aged 66 died suddenly while seated in a chair at his home. His wife, in the same chair, died in a similar manner shortly after notices indicate a double fatality in Talboton Georgia.
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Talboton
Henry Parsons
German Notables See Audience With Emperor in Tokio
German notables in Tokio led by Duke Johann Albert Mecklenburg Schwerin and the duchess were received in audience by the emperor and later were luncheon guests at the palace.
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Johann Albert Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Brunewick
Voyager Homeward Bound Parade For Roosevelt Returns
Colonel Roosevelt arrives aboard revenue cutter after quarantine formalities. A spectacular water parade forms with gaily decorated boats, bands, and cheering crowds as 500 Rough Riders escort Roosevelt and party through New York Harbor. Parade blocks assigned to visiting clubs and the public as officers lead the procession.
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Mounted Police
New York
Robert Hunter
Oklahoma City
Cartwright to Return to Peoria Park Board Post
Ken F. Cartwright, the missing secretary of the Peoria park board and mayor of Averyville, telegraphed President Parker Carey that he would return to Peoria. The note confirms Cartwright plans to rejoin duties, ending days of absence amid park administration concerns.
Big Pearl Purchase Shocks Town Along Wabash River
Brupeville reports a sale of pearls worth from 36000 to 100000 dollars by Pearl Hustler over the past week along the Wabash river. The buyer, Dr Peppe of Mount Carmel, will ship the haul to New York.
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Windering
Wabash River
New York
Trepidation and ritual in a tense coastal moment
In a fragmentary account resembling a 19th century dispatch, Teo Beeteh, Jame, and Sandy discuss safety at sea amid fear of capture. Jamie urges steering to shore while Sandy laments missed signals and a vow to avoid danger, ending with a note of reverence at a governor related funeral.
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Sandy
Good Scheme Quip Sparks Restaurant Table Debate
A friend of the restaurant proprietor jokes about why a waiter should receive extra pay for serving tender steaks. The exchange suggests tensions over handling customers and table service, with a quirky remark about a "pretty woman" at a patron’s table and a carpeter commenting on payment for careful service.
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