Archive phonograph project records world languages and yells
The Imperial Academy of Sciences plans to seal phonographic records of Austria Hungary languages. Similar work spans New Guinea India Australia Greenland and future Greenland expeditions. The Cleveland Plain Dealer suggests American college yells be included for archival interest and notes notable exclamations from Case Western Reserve.
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Imperial Academcy of Sciences
Austria-Hungary
Thessa
Academy
New Guinea
India
Australia
Greenland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
How to Wash Glass
Instructions advise against placing glassware in hot water bottom first to avoid cracking from sudden expansion. It notes that even delicate glass can be safely washed in very hot water if handled carefully.
Supreme Court Affirms Burton Conviction Over Fees Case
The Supreme Court upholds United States Senator Joseph R Burton of Kansas in a case over accepting a $500 monthly fee for Rialto Grain and Securities Company services. The ruling confirms a nine month sentence plus a $2,500 fine and loss of future office rights. The decision grants 66 days for a rehearing.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Joseph R. Burton
Kansas
Burton
United States Circuit Court
District of
Missouri
Tron County
Supreme Court
Senator Burton
Rialto Grain and Securities Company of
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Circuit Court
Washington
Rialto Company
Senate
Justice Harlan
Barton
Brewer, White
Riale Company
Ssoo
Raleigh
Sevator Thorten
Philadelphia man drowns during thunderstorm aboard barge
Boston special reports Robert J. Magill of Philadelphia jumped overboard in a violent thunderstorm aboard the barge George R. Stetson en route to port. Rescue failed as conditions worsened. Oakland special notes Col Edwin Emerson Jr and Miss Edith Griswold married at Mrs Stevenson’s home with telegraphic proposal and acceptance.
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Boston
Mass
George R. Stetson
Philadelphia
Robert J. Magill
Oakland
Cal
Edwin Emerson, Jr
New York
Edith Griswold
Robert Louis Stevenson
Emerson
Telegraph
Griswold
Sunset
Former Governor Montague named delegate to Pan American congress
Richmond special report states former Governor A J Montague has accepted appointment as president delegate to the third international congress of Pan American states to be held in Rio de Janeiro in July. Mrs Montague will likely accompany him on the trip. The appointment showed no honors but a…
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Richmond
A. J. Montague
Rio de Janeiro
Diverse 1900s News Snippets Clock Wide-Ranging Claims
A string of brief items covers engagements, comas, visions, pardons, custody battles, accidents, arson, stabbings, and shipwrecks. Notable names include Miss Grace Parker, Miss Mattie French, John P. Harding, Pearl McDade, Louis Perez, and G. Ackerman. Also noted are railroad probes, court cases, and political remarks from figures linked to the Pennsylvania Railroad and Louisiana.
Mixed World News Items From European Telegrams
Despatches from St Petersburg indicate the Emperor will address amnesty first in reply. Hungary warns of potential crisis over autonomous tariff. Emperor William notes German Naval League hope for peace. Turkish detachments stop a Bulgarian band near Monastir. Jacob Schiff, leaving Yokohama, endorses open door in Korea and Manchuria. Francis in Austria-Hungary receives cordial welcome from Foreign Minister. Berlin metal works to lock out 60 percent of workers on June 25. Thirteen mourners struck by lightning at Teschen graveside. Reports speak of general amnesty demonstrations.
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St. Petersburg
Francis Joseph
William
Naval League
Lisolai
Monastir
Jscoh Schiff
Yokohama
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Francis
Austria-Hungary
Association of Berlin
Teschen
Austrian Silesia
Forest Fire Rips Northern Michigan Five Counties
A massive forest fire in the Northern Michigan peninsula devastates five counties Marquette Menominee Delta Alger and Dickinson destroying towns and homes killing several and leaving hundreds homeless. Refugees flee by train as crews battled the flames amid shifting winds and widespread destruction.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Sentinel
Escanaba
Mich
Michigan
W. E. Wells
Lake Superior
Peter Lafond
Katos
Quinesee
Yale Professor Reports Fragment On Jesus And Pharisee
New Haven special reports that Prof Thomas D Seymour of Yale says Oxyrhynchus excavators recovered a vellum fragment about 300 words describing a conversation between Jesus and a pharisee in the temple. Seymour serves as vice president of the Exploration Society.
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New Haven, Conn
Thos. D. Seymour
Yale
Egypt
Oxyrhynchus
Jesus
Temple
Seymour
The
Exploration Society
Three Syrians Drowned While Canoeing in Merrimack River
In Lawrence Massachusetts George Kehil Salem George and Boris Andoen three Syrian youths capsized their canoe in midstream. Inexperienced in handling the craft they disappeared beneath the water before rescuers could reach them. Two men across the river tried to aid but arrived too late.
Bomb Threat Frustrates Deputation at Russian Parliament
In St Petersburg a note to President Mouromtseff of the lower house said Emperor Nicholas would not receive the deputation. The note stated the address must be presented through the ministry, not by audience with the crown.
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St. Petersburg
Mouromtseff
Peter 'Hof
Nicholas
Th i
Promotions and planks in state rail lines and politics
Prominent railroad posts announced H A Longe as passenger trainmaster and telegraph superintendent J H Tonge as freight trainsmaster and Charles E Kanaga as chief train dispatcher Judge Leonidas D Yarrell withdraws from Virginia Fourth District congressional race leaving RK G Southall Col William Henry Mann and Major Francis R Lassiter as contenders Rev Robert E Elmore to Roanoke Church Avenue Christian Church Danville chosen as next Weenan's Home Mission Society meeting place with total 9552 65 raised New York visitors led by Gen Daniel J Sickles to Fredericksburg May 20 27 primary shifts in Norfolk Board of Control and City Council fatal train yard and sawmill accidents child and man cremated at Rock Creek Rock Creek Pulaski County two cent mileage books go into effect Grace Fagerman declared insane Roanoke boy Robert Cooper dies after gas pipe accident C R Jackson Norfolk Western foreman killed at Blue Stone Junction Officer Metts injured while chasing a suspect mad dog bites Luray residents and others treated by Pasteur Institute dog killings in Page County lightning knocks down two men near Middletown Bain Peanut Company president home burglary in Waverly Miss Mary Fokes Gaines engagement in Roanoke Aldermen grant relief funds for San Francisco Roanoke death of Samuel H Alick aged 37 coal price supports continue
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Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
H. A. Longe
J. H. Tonge
Charles E. Kanaga
Leonidas D. Yarrell
Greensville County
Virginia
RK. G. Southall
Amelia County
William Henry Mann
Francis R. Lassiter
Petersburg
Robert E. Elmore
Portsmouth
Church Avenue
Rappahannock River
Marye’s Heights
National Cemetery
Franklin's Crossing
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spottsylvania Courthouse
Norfolk
Democratic Party
New Board of Control
Board of Aldermen
Rock Creek
Pulaski County
Sherman Montgomery
Lewis Gallimore
Shelton
Montgomery
Grace Fagerman
Roberta Fagerman
Central State Hospital
Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Robert Cooper
Crozier
Roanoke
C.R. Jackson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Coopers
Bluestone Junction
Nate Jones
Metts
Rivermont Bridge
Norfolk and Western
Hudson Williams
Luray
N. E. Williams
Pasteur Institute
Baltimore
Page County
Carrie Hammers
Joseph Hammers
Philip Bain
Waverly
Bain
Bain Peanut Company
J. N. Tevalt
James W. Steele
Middletown
Frederick County
Greenville Gaines
Mary Fokes Gaines
Joseph A. Bell
Charleston
S.C
Trial Evidence Links Terranova to Alleged Parental Degeneracy
Evidence at the Josephine Terranova murder trial portrays her parents and grandparents as drunkards and degenerates while her other relatives are described as epileptics. The report also notes the passing of Charles Wilson, a Baltimore native who led New York City health and exchange institutions.
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Josephine Terranova
Gadang
Concetta Riggio
Charles George Wilson
Baltimore
New York Consolidated Exchange
Board of Health
City
Gosheg, N. Y
Labor unrest and wage actions sweep multiple regions
Strikes extend in Paris with 195000 on strike while Eureka California hosts a new IBW hospital. In Britain the Commons passes an eight hour bill heading gradual mine day reduction. A murder hits Buffalo iron molder Joseph Crosson amid strike support. Germany wide lockout affects 320000. United States unions push for eight hour day and uniform scale as coal operators face an eight percent May rate. Risdon iron works resumes after earthquake and fire damage.
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Confederation of Labor
Paris
International Brotherhood of Woodsmen
Eureka
Cal
Chicago Electrical Workers
Duma
Joseph Crosson
Buffalo
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Germany
United States
New York City
Funeral Owners’ Association
and Risdon Iron Works
Sanco
French Priests Massacred in Ngan-Hwei Province China
Report from Pekin states a massacre of French priests occurred in the Ngan-Hwei province of China. Details on casualties and victims are limited but the incident is confirmed by official sources.
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China
Ngan-Hwei
Pekin
London Conveyances Running Late at 12 30 Am
London traffic eased as buses and cars move through the city around midnight. The article notes parliamentary concerns about earnings and the lack of roughs and similar transport constraints affecting operations at the House of Commons.
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London
Abor Ment House of Commons
Earlings
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Sands Smith
J. P. Nottingham
L. E. Mumford Banking Co
Mathews C. RE
OLD Dominion Line
Norfolk, Gloucester, and
Mathews Counties
Government Wharf
Bay Line
Norfok
North St
A. M
A.M
Berkley
Brandon
Granby Street
Atlantic
M. B. Crowell
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
Augusta
Atlanta
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore Street
Arthur W. Ronson
Light Street
Revken Fosten
E. J. Crem
T. H. McDannel
Apt
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
Mathews C. 1
A. M. Marchant
Journal Building
Leslie C. Garnett
Mathews
Middlesex
Gloucester
F. Theo. Miller
Mathews C. H
National Bank
College
U. S. Supreme Court
Lower Court
Montague
Grace Parker
Europe
Mattie French
John P. Harding
William T. Schnable
University Hospital
Keystone
Lulu Kendall
Pearl McDade
Alabama Board of Pardons
Louis Perez
White Plains
N. Y
E. J. Ernst
San Francisco
Frank Wyrant
Kansas City
Lawrence
Wall Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Commissioner of Corporations
Garfield
Railrroad
Standard Oil Company
John P. Green
Pennnsylvania Raiload
Alexander Berkman
Henry Clay Frick
Pitsburg
J. Oscar Vonte
New York Life Insurance Company
Montclair
N. J
Charles E. Pugh
Michael Trump
Liter Stte Commerce Commission
Manchard
Louisiana
Womesstee
Monument Mead
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Lackawana Coal Company
Scranton
Wilson Mizner
Charles T. Yerkes
Jimny Brit
Coney Island
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Anna Valentina
Manila
Carl Shurz
Tarrytown
N.Y
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R. K. Cassatt
Cassatt
Pennnsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Keystone Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Lundred
Wisconsin
Talbot
Quinnesee
Goo
Saunders
Niagara
Northland
Cornell
Antoine
Spring Valley
Kingsley
Woodlawn
Foster City
Sala
Metropolitan
Escavada
Channing
Sends
Escansha
Czar
C. S. Schermerhorn @ Son
Purina
Cheapside
Pratt Street
Baltimore, Md
Samuel H. Alick
Tidewater
Texas
Onida
Oshima
Charlies P. Frey
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Ena of Battenberg
Scotland
Barnard College
Congregational Church
Hebrew Technical School For Girls
Countess of Clancarty
Society of American Women
Jesuits
Eugenie
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