Prince Boris of Russia Heads to United States
Prince Boris of Russia aged 25 and unmarried departs for the United States, likely seeking gold mining. Midsummer floods and spring droughts reveal failures of the old patent medicine almanac in weather forecasting. The Philadelphia Times laments the daguerreotype's passing and suggests a skilled daguerreotypist could revive it. The American Humane Society begins a global animal protection push with hundreds of consuls questioned.
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Prince Boris
Russia
United States
The
Philadelphia Times
Earthquake Reveals 18 Foot Wide Water Stream Near Santa Barbara
Report claims an earthquake opened a stream 18 feet wide and two feet deep near Santa Barbara. The phenomenon, described as the most water in southern California since 1849, heightens local hopes for further quakes at any time.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
California
Washington officials credit info for Italian arrest of Paterson anarchist
The arrest in Italy of a Paterson anarchist tasked with killing King Victor Emmanuel is attributed to tips from Washington officials. The report notes that government vigilance remains active when anarchists operate, and authorities emphasize their alert posture.
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Washington
Italy
Paterson
Victor Emmanuel
Kansas Governor Tests Parole System
Governor Stanley of Kansas reports on a parole trial with 100 men released and only four violating terms. He argues the parole idea, properly applied, could do more for reform than sentimental societies.
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Gov. Stanley
Kansas
New York Acquires 500 Acres for Tuberculosis Sanatorium
New York state takes a major step by acquiring over 500 acres near Saranac Lake to establish a state sanatorium for treating pulmonary tuberculosis, aligning with medical experts' recommended methods to combat the deadly disease.
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Saranac Lake
New York State
Scientists weigh birds as natural foes to New Jersey mosquitoes
Men of science in New Jersey debate which birds prey on mosquitoes, aiming to breed them for control. The note warns that any bird capable of handling Jersey mosquitoes could be seen as a threat if released in other states.
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New Jersey
Jersey
Louisville Directory Entries Highlight John W. Mackay Life
The Courier-Journal reprints three city directories showing John W. Mackay as a riverfront coffee house keeper from 1836 to 1839 and a laborer in 1844. Observers praise his noble character despite harsh conditions, noting wealth as largely a matter of luck.
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Louisville Courier - Journal
John W. Mackay
River Front
Royal guardianship rule limits royal marriages in history
The text explains that upon ascending the throne the king becomes guardian of the monarch's grandchildren, superseding parental rights. This arrangement, founded by law nearly two centuries ago, was often exercised by the Georges who disputed with their sons. It notes that no royal may marry without the king's consent, or the marriage is void.
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Edward
National Conference of Employers and Employees in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis September 22 to 26 a national conference of employers and employes will be held under the Eight Hour league auspices. Labor problems and hearings will be discussed by experts with President Roosevelt slated to speak and other speakers including Carroll D. Wright Frank P. Sargent and John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers.
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Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Carrol D. Wright
Frank P. Sargent
John Mitchell
The
United Mine Workers
Wheat states seek prison plant binder twine solution
Some states plan to curb convict labor by creating binder twine plants in prisons. Binder twine, essential to farmers, totals about 200 million pounds annually in the U.S. The field is dominated by a trust, with three prison plants in Minnesota North Dakota and Kansas producing competing material to challenge the trust.
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United States
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kansas
Denby urges selective Chinese immigration policy
Former minister to China Mr. Denby calls for excluding Chinese laborers while preserving trade. He favors inviting a respectable Chinese merchant to the United States to buy supplies and believes big Chinese trade can grow without changing immigration rules.
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Denby
China
United States
Inventor Claims New Cooling Machine Purifies Air
A Washington patented cooling machine is described as capable of chilling air and purifying it without using an ammonia ingredient. The inventor promises the device will be affordable and safe with skillful use. He asserts it may become a major public benefit if verified.
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Washington
Anmnonia
A Week's History From Washington and Regions
A roundup reports a June war tax repeal deficit of 7.5 million. Immigrant arrivals for the year total 648 743 versus 437 018 prior year. Rear Admiral Taylor seeks a navy of 40 000, beyond the 25 000 current cap. Workers uncover portions of a human skeleton under the White House basement during heating work.
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United States
Taylor
White House
Washington
Mitchell defies court order and blasts critics in mining row
UMW president John Mitchell vows to ignore Judge Keller's prohibition on officers interfering with mine work while rebuking Wilkesbarre Citizens' alliance critics as unsympathetic to the poor. Secretary Shaw to open Vermont gubernatorial campaign. Baseball and rail clash details follow.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Judge Keller
Wilkesbarre Citizens’ Alliance
Treasury Shaw
Vermont
Dittsburg
Brooklyn
Chicago
Doston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Baltimore
National Guardsmen
Shenandoah
Horton’s
N. Y
Western and Southern Crime and Disasters News Flash
A broad roundup reports a Kenton man and a Tiffin man killed by a train near Columbus, a Kansas City teamster killing his wife and himself, and a mob hanging a Black man in Arkansas for an assault attempt. A sawmill boiler explosion kills a man and injures sons in Ohio, with Texas river fears fading. Other items note Harry Tracy appearing in Washington, a Boston lawyer confessing embezzlement, a large boiler makers strike, record corn prospects across the plains, extensive rains, cropland damage, post office safe theft in Ohio, a Cal. gunfight injuring two, a Mississippi hanging, Los Alamos earthquake claims, graveyard workers seeking higher wages, and multiple train wrecks injuring riders.
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J. M. Anderson
Kenton, C
Obe Jones
Tiffin
Columbus
Kansas City
Fred Falkinberg
Lee Newton
Cornie Bottoms
Ark
Hardesty
Wolfe Creek
Lawrence County
Texas
Harry Tracy
Wenatchee
Wash
Willard C. van Derlip
Boston
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Niles
Salinas
Cal
Warren Johnson
Joseph Bordges
Will Bentler
Mattiesburg
Miss
Ed Gardner
Los Alamos
Gen. Smith
Samar Island
William J. Brean
Mountain Lake
Salt Lake City
J. C. McCastin
Lottie Russell
Max W Peters
G. O. Bray
Earl Dobson
Granger
Tex
Terre Haute
Ind
Cadilac
Mich
Pitzer Kills Father In Law And Daughter Near Brinkley
Pleas Pitzer, a negro, shot and killed Robert Brooks his father in law and his wife’s sister in the Brinkley area. He fatally wounded another wife’s sister. In El Reno, O T Joseph Podawski, despondent by illness, stabbed his wife and 12 year old daughter and killed himself.
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Pleas Pitzer
Robert Brooks
Brinkley
Ark
Joseph Podawski
el Reno
O. T
Foreign Intelligence and World Events Summary
The wireless system for Gotland is planned by Sweden. 67 bodies were recovered from Mount Kimbla colliery in Wollongong Victoria after an explosion. Arthur Lynch faces trial in London for high treason. Lord Pauncefote’s estate in the United States is valued at £65,700. Explorer Evelyn B Tialdwin reports his expedition’s men are well in Norway. Colombian rebels and government forces clash near Agua Dulce with over 200 rebels killed or wounded. Cuba’s senate plans to distribute $85 million island wide to ease the sugar crisis. In seven months 21,000 Americans invaded Canada buying 5 million acres of farmland. The British coronation review excludes the American navy.
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Gotland
Mount Kimbla
Wollongong
Victoria
Arthur Lynch
London
Lord Pauncefote
United States
Arctie
Evelyn B. Tialdwin
Norway
Agua Dulce
Cuba
Senate
Canada
Cuban bond issue and Platt amendment note loom in late news
The Cuban government plans a 35 million dollar bond issue while President Roosevelt may inform Palma that the Platt amendment is violated. Other items include celebrant Russell Sage turning eighty six in New York, a violent earthquake in Montana, a Chicago mother killed by a runaway horse, a prison escape in Nashville, Penn., and Whitelaw Reid meeting the president at Oyster Bay.
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Roosevelt
Palma
Russell Sage
New York
Shenandoah
People’s Party
Springfield
Anna Merlihan
Chicago
Missatla County
Mont
Clinton
William Thompson
Vilas
Benjamin
Zeb Nicholson
Aaron Halle
Sing Sing
N. Y
Mary McCarthy
Whitelaw Reid
Oyster Bay
England
Marconi
United States
J. Don Cameron
Pennseylvania
Scotland
Nashville
Penn
Tom TL. Tohnsen
Cleveland
W. OE. Hillagross
Mabel Strong
Mattoon
Laddsdale Supply Company
Laddsdale
King Edward
John Shandrow
South Haven
Mich
Minneapolis Orphan Asylum
Minor News Items From A Bygone Era
The silver peso is no longer current in Guatemala. Reports to the comptroller show bank prosperity over ten months. The War Department plans officer transfers in the Philippines. Andrew Carnegie donates a vast private book collection to Mr. Man John Morley. Rose Coghlan seeks U S citizenship in Oregon. Charles Howard is taken to the Baltimore poor house on a charge. Moody orders salaries by work rather than pull. Gideon’s pay cited. Navy costs and armor limits noted. U S Cuba relations deemed clear of friction over naval sites. Valdez fined and banished for Tibeling American members. charge reprinted and arrested. Medals awarded to Porter Funston Mills for deeds in wars. A Chicago rail special will tour the north west for road-building demos. Discovery of likely world’s largest tree on California government land with a 51 foot diameter.
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Republic of Guatemala
War Department
Philippines
Andrew Carnegie
Lord Acton
Man
John Morley
Rose Coghlan
John S. Sullivan
Oregon
United States
Charles Howard
Baltimore
Moody
Navy Department
Gideon
O'Neil Eees
Horace Porter
Chickamauga
Funston
Aguinalao
Ajl. Mills
Cuba
Chicago
Agricultural Department
Northwest
Sierras
California
Cuba Moves to Borrow 35 Million for Circulation
Cuban congress nears approval of a 35 million dollar loan to circulate currency and aid sugar growers. The plan includes issuing 30 year bonds, paying debts from the revolution, and funding agriculture while potentially drawing US intervention under the Platt amendment.
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Palma
Custom House
New York
Congress
Foreign News Briefs Mixed Global Notes
A Danish author Madsen died from a fall and collar constriction in Copenhagen. Massachusetts Governor Crane dislikes public speaking yet remains keen on addressing audiences. A London bicycle thief was identified by a meter showing theft distance. Russia opens Liver Lug dredge passage for 24 foot vessels between Otchukoff and Odessa. Nicolaseff could become a grain port rival to Odessa. Belgium census 1901 places population at 6,790,909 with Antwerp and Brussels as major cities and several smaller towns listed.
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Madsen
Copenhagen
Gov. Crane
Massachusetts
London
Russia
Otchukoff
Black Sea
Odessa
Nicolaseff
Belgium
Antwerp
Brussels
Ghent
Liege
Mechtlin
Bruges
Ostende
Namur
Mons
Disarmament Talk and German American Rivalry Ahead
Berlin reports doubt of Italy’s armament cutback proposal as Emperor William resists disarmament arguing it harms national defense. The same dispatch questions Rear Admiral Taylor’s warning of a looming German American crisis tied to Panama canal, Caribbean influence, and Dutch Caribbean interests.
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Berlin
Italy
Teval
William
Germany
Taylor
United States Navy
United States
Tageblait
Netherlands
Voageblatt
Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Army
Panama Canal
Jamaica
West Indian Islands
Guracao
Caribbean Sea
Archbishops Talk With Roosevelt On Philippine Friars
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia met with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay discussing Indian work and the Philippine friars' issue. The president stated his view that friars lack native confidence and favored withdrawing them from the Philippines and replacing them with capable Americans the natives will heed.
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Roosevelt
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Ryan
Whipple
America
Naval site search on great lakes for new station
Rear Admiral W W C Taylor Commander C M R Winslow and Lieut H H Rousseau lead a navy board to inspect western and eastern shores of Lake Michigan for a naval station and training school. They will cruise to Milwaukee Kenosha and other points seeking a central western location with a good harbor and about 100 acres.
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Chicago
W W. C. Taylor
Naval Bureau of Navigation
C. M. R. Winslow
H. H. Rousseau
Secretary of the Navy
Great Lakes
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Lake Michigan
Taylor
Naval Station
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Diners Attempted Fish Kill via River Dynamite Explosion
In Clinton Iowa Ja Aug Arh McDonald dropped a stick of dynamite from a boat into the Maquoketa river to kill fish. The blast exploded under the boat and McDonald was blown to atoms. John Ralston and Peter McCabe, also in the boat, barely escaped and all three face trial for violating the same laws.
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Clinton
McDonald
Maquoketa River
John Ralston
Peter McCabe
In the Garden Patch Grows Pansies and Golden Elders
The article discusses planting and care for pansies with late season blooms, recommends fertilizing near roots and pruning, and notes wind, air flow, and sun as essential. It highlights English golden elder for permanent color and features on sowing seeds late and boosting nasturtiums for a short autumn crop if fed and treated well.
Vigilance Tightens as Shenandoah Gears for Possible Riots
In Shenandoah Pennsylvanias Aug 5 dispatch troops remain alert after a riot left one dead and a deputy sheriff wounded. A funeral for Joseph Beddall drew security from Gov Gobin and brigade headquarters with a cavalry platoon and infantry ready to move if needed. Coal fields nearby show ongoing activity with several collieries under Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron and Lehigh Valley Coal and Iron. The mine inspector notes all new mines must be inspected before operation and so far no restart signals have been received.
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Shenandoah
Joseph Beddall
Beddall
Thomas Beddall
IR. Beddall
Brigade
Gobin
Twelfth Regiment
Shenandoah District
Philadelphia Reading Coal and Tron Company
Lehigh Valley Coal and Iron Company
Siamese Crown Prince to Tour United States in 1900s
Akharay Var adhara informs the state department that the Siamese crown prince will sail from Cherbourg September 24 with a large party, visiting New York Boston Philadelphia and several sites from West Point to Yellowstone. The itinerary includes Harvard, factories near Boston, and a cross country main tour by special train ending in San Francisco.
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Washington
Akharay Varadhara
State Department
Siam
Cherbourg
United States
Phya Rajavallabb
Luang Saraseddhi
Mom R. Convatra
Prince Chakrahongse
New York
West Point
Newport
Boston
Harvard College
Sth
Philadelphia
William Potter
Prince
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Pittsburg
Indianaapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Yellowstone Park
Vatican Sees Grave France Crisis Over Clergy Schools
Rome reports the Vatican views France’s crackdown on unauthorized Congregationalist schools as grave. Cardinal Rampelli favors temporizing with Paris, while some cardinals push for a total rupture to avoid further anti clerical laws.
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Rome
Vatican
France
Cardinal Rampelli
Republic
Gardening Through Daisies and Patience
Double daisies are valuable in pots for summer and with some protection will endure winter. Patience is essential for success as flowers cannot be hurried. Observing flower habits teaches much. plan arches for space to help climbers. a garden notebook aids color choices and location decisions.
Interchangeable mileage ticket extends across New York Central lines
The ticket covers over 6000 miles east of Buffalo including the New York Central divisions and branches. It is valid for one person or a dozen and never expires, usable on listed lines with two cents per mile. Readers note Albany Argus. Indianapolis News remarks on reciprocal admiration for ancestors.
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New York Central
Buffalo
Hudson River
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Carthage & Adirondack
Mohawk & Malone
St. Lawrence & Adirondack
New York & Putnam
New York & Harlem
Pennsylvania
West Shore Railroad
Chenana and
Wallkill Valley
Oston & Albany
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway
Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Johnstown
Ebensburg & Eastern Railroad
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Atlantic City Railroad
Albany Argus
Courtesy Rewarded: Young Dining Car Superintendent Named
A Mobile & Ohio Railway official promotes H. J. Vitus, a dining car steward on The Alton, to Superintendent Commissary with headquarters in Jackson, Tennessee. Vitus, age twenty four, will be the youngest railway dining car superintendent in the United States, assumed duties August 15.
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Chicago & Alton Railway
H. J. Vitus
Chicago & Altona Railway
Titus
Mobile & Ohio Railway
Jackson
Tenn
United States
Knights Pythias Biennial Meeting Excursion From Chicago
Knights of Pythias will hold a biennial meeting in San Francisco in August with excursion tickets sold from Chicago via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for 50 dollars round trip to San Francisco or Los Angeles. Final return date is September 30. The line is billed as the Short Line between Chicago and Omaha with two through trains daily and superior sleeping and dining car service. Information and timetables available from F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Pythias
San Francisco
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chicago, Milwaukee
F. A. Miller
Just as Good Never Rams Horn
Advertisement extols Cascarets as the best meritorious medicine and warns against inferior substitutes. It notes the genuine tablets are stamped C.C.C. and sold in boxes at 10c 25c and 50c while claiming over ten million boxes sold last year.
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C.C.C
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised remedy for feet
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for swollen sweaty hot aching feet with a trial package offered free and a 25 cent bottle available at Atal druggists. The message includes endorsements and assorted quotes from various sources.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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