The Bald Eagles Club at Carthage and Oddities of Dumas
The Kansas City Journal notes a new fraternal group called The Bald Eagles whose sole requirement is a shaved head. The item recalls Dumas anecdotes amid his centenary celebrations and mentions bailiff stories. Travel ads praise the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line and train comfort. Onions are claimed as a malarial preventive.
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Kansas City Journal
Carthage
Dumas
Funda
Paris Daily Messenger
Knights Pythias
San Francisco
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Los Angeles
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Revolutionary Forces Clash Near Agua Dulce in Panama War
News from Panama reports heavy fighting between revolutionary forces under General Herrera and government troops near Agua Dulce. Rebels reportedly suffered heavier losses, government lines held with light casualties. Armistice allowed burial of dead before fresh combat resumed as supplies and reinforcements moved to support General Berti.
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Herrera
Panama
Columbia
Cana
Agua Dulce
Associated Press
Agua Dulen
Moreno
Salazar
Moarles Berti
Berti
Desirable Burial Planned in Omaha for Chicago Widow
Mrs Julia C Howell formerly of Chicago killed herself with laudanum in Denver after arriving two weeks ago. Landlady discovered the death today as the widow, daughter of J Howell, wore mourning and prepared an elegant burial gown. She left money for burial in Prospect Hill cemetery Omaha and a note citing sickness. Coroner ordered the body sent east.
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Denver
Julia C. Flowell
Chicago
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Omaha
Miss Hay Weds in September
Washington news reports the marriage of Miss Alice Hay to James W. Wadsworth Jr to take place in September at the Tells Newbury New Hampshire home of the secretary of state and Mrs Hay with only close relatives and a few friends invited. After a brief wedding journey the couple will go to Geneseo for the rest of autumn.
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Washington, D. C
Alice Hay
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Newbury
N. H
Circulation Figures From Comptroller Report
The August 2 circulation statement shows national bank notes totaling $258,984,184 at July 21, 1902, up $2,312,003 for the month and $2,831,281 for the year. Circulation backed by U.S. bonds reached $36,014,767, up $2,875,956 for the month but down $10,424,606 for the year.
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Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank
United States
Baldwin Returns From Arctic Ex Adventure
Evelyn Baldwin, the arctic explorer, arrived in HONNINGSVAAG Norway on August 2. He reported all his men in good health and said, We have been baffled, but not beaten.
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Baldwin
Arctics
Honningsvaag
Norway
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Bryan arrives in New York with Ruth then leaves for Burlington
William J. Bryan and his daughter Ruth arrived in New York from New Haven and departed for Burlington, New Jersey, with Bryan continuing travels.
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Bryan
New Jersey
New York
William J. Bryan
Ruth
New Haven
Burlington
N. Dd
Launch Cruiser Des Moines Ships Line Des Moines Sponsor Named
Launch cruiser Des Moines set for September 20 at Fore River yard Quincy Massachusetts with Miss Helen West of Des Moines as sponsor. Distinguished guests and naval officials expected for the ceremony marking a key milestone.
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Des Moines
Washington
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Helen West
Freak Electrical Storm Creates Cross Shaped Ground Fissure
In Troy Ul on August 2 a severe storm produced a cross shaped fissure near a school. One arm measures forty feet by six inches, another twenty feet by six inches, with a central two foot diameter hole. A 150 foot lead weighted line remained above the bottom as locals debate lightning entry. Elias Burke, nearby carriage maker, reported the phenomenon.
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Troy
Elias Burke
News in Brief from Across the World
Chicago police crack down on baby beggars and arrests rise. physicians Sofeld and Gibson face medical registration charges. Fort Leavenworth to receive new military instruction guidelines. Rare books auction in London yields high prices including a Caxton royal book. Robbery on a Rio Grande Western train near Ogden results in multiple injuries. Western New York farmers adopt peat and petroleum fuel amid coal strike. British schooner Prince Alexander sinks in Malacca Straits with forty deaths. Mary Runyon Haskins seeks divorce from Harry Caryl Haskins. Holbein to attempt Channel swim again. Rose Coghlan seeks US citizenship. Carnegie donates Ilion library to John Morley. Bus crash near Binghampton injures players. two killed. Cairo cholera cases soar. Moucha reports cases and deaths. Army chaplains to report births, marriages, baptisms, deaths. Navy tests fuel oil and spray methods. July 1902 coinage totals released. Pendleton faces possible dismissal at West Point for hazing. Mexico offers prize for artesian well in Oaxaca region. London Times notes oil cartel plans in Russia. National Tithers conference planned at Lake Geneva. Richard Croker reportedly seeking a London home. Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard dies in New York. Secretary Shaw returns to Washington. Colonel Arthur Lynch remanded for trial.
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New York
Malacca Straits Settlement
Prince Alexander
Banhin-Guan
Mary Runyon Haskins
Theodore Runyon
Germany
Harry Caryl Haskins
Holbein
Dover
Calais
Rose Coghlan
John T. Sullivan
District Court of
Lewis and Clark County
United States
Binghampton
Ilion
Cairo
Egypt
Moucha
Zizeh
Miles
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Washington Navy Yard
Mint
Alexander G. Pendleton
Arizona
West Point
Sanger
Mexico
Oaxaca
Xochilmilco
San Felipe del Agua
Maranda da Aguilera
London Times
Baku
Russia
England
Viyona Lake
Richard Croker
Carlton House Terrace
London
Elizabeth
General Jacob Smith Returns to San Francisco
General Jacob Smith arrived from Manila on the transport Thomas and refused to speak to reporters. Through his aide Lieutenant M H Shields he said he would not be interviewed to avoid further criticism. Major Davos delivered his retirement order aboard ship. On landing he went to the Occidental hotel and denied all visitors.
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San Francisco
Jacob Smith
Manila
Thomas
Smith
M. H. Shields
Davos
Transport Service
Setting a Good Example by Union Pacific
Brooklyn Hagle urges railroads to emulate Union Pacific by straightening routes and simplifying grades to reduce jostling and motion sickness. He argues that straight roads cut costs, boost comfort, and attract patrons, proposing expansion then cautious reduction of unnecessary mileage to improve safety and reliability.
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Union Pacific
Trafic
Brooklyn Hagle
Plans for New Gunboats by Navy Board
The Board of Construction of the Navy Department met to adopt general plans for two new gunboats. They will resemble the Marietta type with 1,050 ton displacement and about twelve and a half knots speed. Armament will match the Marietta and Wheeling with six four inch guns, four six pounders, and two one pounders.
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Board of Construction of
Navy Department
Washington
Board of Construction of the
Marietta
Wheeling
Court Martial for Penrose Charged With Embezzlement
Washington Aug 2 A navy department order orders the court martial trial of Passed Assistant Paymaster Charles W Penrose attached to the Michigan The officer is charged with false returns embezzlement absence from duty negligence in obeying orders The shortage in balances is about 300 The court meets on the 7th at Eyre Pa Commander Perry Garst presides
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Penrose
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Charles W. Penrose
Michigan
Eyre
Perry Garst
Miners Ordered Released After Habeas Corpus Ruling
Judge Nathan Goff of the U S circuit court ordered the release of Thomas Haggarty and other strike leaders jailed at Parkersburg for contempt of an injunction. The marshal was directed to bring Haggarty and the others here for appearance next Tuesday at 10 oclock.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Nathan Goff
United States Circuit Court
Thomas Haggarty
Parkersburg
Jackson
Goff
Thomas Haggerty
Forty Four Sugar Vessels Reach Atlantic Ports
Philadelphia reports a fleet of forty four steamships bound for the Delaware breakwater or loading in Java. In the coming weeks they will deliver not less than 259000 tons of raw sugar to Atlantic coast refineries. Each ship averages about 5500 tons.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Java
Atlantic Coast
Sa Sa
Omaha Auditorium Company
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha
Orrer
Grand Kimball
New York State
Omaha Auditorium CO
New York Life Building
Atlanta
Defiance Cold Water Starch Wins on Quality and Quantity
An advertising pitch urges housewives to try Defiance Cold Water Starch, claiming superior quality and larger size. The copy contrasts 16 oz packages with 12 oz rivals, arguing that both quality and quantity ensure Defiance will become the preferred starch.
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Indy
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