California novelist Uses Literature Ads For Popular Fiction
The Express notes a California novelist opens advertising avenues for popular fiction, challenging theatrical methods. It also reports the wedding of Dr Daniel Freeman and Dr Elizabeth Janet Child, with 101 year old Sarah Chapman bridesmaid, and Lisbon Portugal's latest earthquake shock recalling 1755 disaster.
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California
Daniel Freeman
Chicago
Elizabeth Janet Child
Bethel
Sarah Chapman
Chicago judge ruling on unmarked umbrella as common property
The decision holds an umbrella left without distinguishing marks as common property and its appropriation as not larceny. It is thought to reassure people with tender consciences and allow them to feel vindicated about lifting their heads again.
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Chicago
Great White Bear Joins Navy as Musician on Receiving Ship
Great White Bear the Crow chief and Tail Tree’s great grandson leaves Carlisle Indian School after five years to enlist in the navy. He will blow a bugle for Uncle Sam aboard the receiving ship Minneapolis as a musician.
Horseless engines proposed as future fire apparatus
The article muses that automobile progress could lead to horseless engines for fire service. It recalls early steam engines and how operators of hand and horse-drawn units deemed steam power impractical at first, suggesting a similar shift may occur with engines.
Long Island Man Celebrates 104th Birthday Outlook on Longevity
A Long Island man recently celebrated his 104th birthday and credits his longevity to minding his own business. He believes there may be more years ahead, noting Pop War habits and mortality as factors to consider in his theory.
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Long Island
Moore
Pope and King Touted as Natural Peacemakers
The new pope is hailed as a natural peacemaker and King Edward of Great Britain is given a similar title. Observers say spiritual and political monarchs on thrones of such importance could steer Europe toward goodwill and tranquility. If these sovereigns exert influence in the Balkan region, prospects for good order would brighten.
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Edward
Great Britain
Europe
Balkan
Call for National Society to Suppress Lynching
The piece argues lynching is a national scandal and urges forming a nationwide group with funds to hire detectives or pressure local authorities to act, aiming to bring lynchers to justice and force accountability.
Oklahoma Board of Education backs statehood teaching plan
The Oklahoma board of education approved teaching statehood in public schools with a new book advocating Oklahoma’s admission. A copy will be provided to every pupil to promote statehood as a home feature.
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Oklahoma Board of Education
Oklahoma
Hunter with gun kills Dr. Cooper in Oregon
A man mistaken for a deer fires at a moving object in southern Oregon. Dr. Cooper of Curry County dies. The writer blames buck fever and argues the shooter cannot be fully held responsible under the law.
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Oregon
Dr. Cooper
Curry County
Remarkable Webster County Families Split by Party
In Webster County West Virginia two large families stand out. The Gregorys led by 72 year old Cur rence Gregory have 13 tall sons all over 180 pounds who vote Democratic. His wife 65 manages the house. Nearby Benjamin Hamrick heads a family with nine sons all over six feet tall weighing 155 to 296 pounds who vote Republican.
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Webster County
West Virginia
Currence Gregory
Hach Thoy
Gregory
Benjamin Hamrick
Gregorys
Investigation finds large scale undesirable immigration
Commissioner Sargent reports New York City and state hold over 600 inmates in penal and charitable institutions while about 8,000 paupers were turned back last year. He notes similar patterns may appear in Chicago and Philadelphia and blames steam ship agents for the situation.
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Sargent
United States
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Lincoln car sold to private parties for St. Louis exhibit
The famous Lincoln car once in Union Pacific possession for 87 years has been sold to private parties and will be exhibited at the St. Louis exposition. It stood on Omaha yards siding and was part of the Chicago world fair display. The ironclad car carried Lincoln's remains to Springfield before returning to Union Pacific.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Omaha
Amner
Springfield
Union Pacifi Road
A Week's History in All Parts of the Union
Summary of recent U.S. happenings with indications that G. W. Beavers faces fugitive status over postal frauds while Henry Ives Cobb is removed from the Chicago federal building. A possible October special session and July rural mail routes expansion are noted amid Supreme Court views on lynching and delayed justice.
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G. W. Beavers
Shaw
Henry Ives Cobb
Chicago
Congress
Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Oyster Bay session discussed and fleet reviewed
The president conferred with callers on extraordinary session topics including Oyster Bay finance and legislation. Judge Ray upheld the Foraker act tax on Puerto Rico imports after it ceased to be a territory. Roosevelt addressed 6000 Catholics and reviewed the North Atlantic fleet at Oyster Bay. Joseph Pulitzer donated 2 million dollars to establish a Columbia journalism school.
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Oyster Bay
John L. Wayne
Albany
N.Y
United States Circuit Court
New York
Ray
United States
Porto Rico
Charles M. Schwab
Tailors’ Trust
Dun
John Woodward
Chautauqua
N. Y
Holy Name Society of
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Panama Canal Treaty Still Not Finalized Says Minister Beaupre
Reports from Bo gota quote Minister Beaupre saying no final action has yet been reached on the Panama canal treaty. News items note a fatal train wreck near Melrose North Carolina killing three, and a string of disasters including a fire in Blue Grass Iowa destroying the town hall opera house residences and barns.
Death of Ohio Bank Official Dan P. Eells in Cleveland
Dan P. Eells aged 78 longtime bank official and oldest in point of service in Ohio died at his Cleveland home. He served with notable tenure and was remembered for his contributions to local finance.
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Dan P. Eells
Ohio
Cleveland
Boundary commission to meet in British Foreign Office
Ambassador Choate reports the first meeting of the Alaska boundary commission will be at 11 o clock on September 3 in the British foreign office. Philippine veterans celebrate occupation day with a Manila parade. The czar plans a 300000 man army in the far east to counter Japan. Parliament closes until November 2 with the kings speech. The Irish land bill passes amid Chamberlains tariff debate. Halim condemned to death at Monastir for Rost kovski murder. sentence carried out. Rev J J Harty ordained archbishop of Manila. Russia orders warships to Turkish waters to back demands over the Monastir consul. Alps death toll rises with 300 accidents and 150 deaths. Bulgaria submits memorandum detailing Turkish abuses in Macedonia.
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Choate
State Department
Alaskan Boundary Commission
British Foreign Office
Manila
Army of the Philippines
Far East
Japan
Parliament
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Halim
Monastir
Rostkovski
Rome
J. J. Harty
St. Louis
Russia
Alps
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Kidnapping and Escape Mark Early News Roundup
Mrs John Hilstow widow of a wealthy Iowa farmer was abducted and held for ransom in a vacant house cellar eight miles from home but escaped. Young author Noah Brooks dies in Pasadena aged 70. Textile workers in Philadelphia end a ten week strike with no concessions. Upper deck collapse sinks 40 aboard a vessel off Helsingfors. Colombian senate rejects Panama canal treaty while Dr Herran doubts finality. Laning Co plant in Norwalk burned, losses about 100000. Carrie Nation jailed in Bayonne for confiscating cigars and pipes. Four killed nine wounded in Randolph county Alabama amid watermelon dispute. Pope Pius donates 20000 for Rome poor. Macedonian river found filled with mutilated bodies of women and children. Dr Matthews claims lockjaw cure proven on a boy. Milledgeville convict camp torture death of W J Blake’s son. Minister Conger in Pekin secures Ching pledge to sign Oct 8 treaty opening Mukden and Tatung Tao ports. Frank Shirtleff murders wife then himself in New Britain. Turkey orders 52000 more troops to quell Macedonia unrest. Judge Rogers allows firing for union membership and blacklist use in St Louis.
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John Hilstow
Bennett
Noah Brooks
Pasadena
Cal
Philadelphia
Helsingfors
Finland
Herran
Washington
Laning Company
Norwalk
Carrie Nation
Bayonne
N. J
Randolph County
Ala
Sledge
Pope Pius
Rome
Monastir
Macedonia
S. A. Matthews
University of Chicago
Conger
Pekin
Prince Ching
United States
Mukden
Tatung Tao
New Britain
Conn
Frank Shirtleff
George Schofield
Turkey
Rogers
St. Louis
Minor News Items Highlight Notable Names And Events
Gen Miles accepts presidency of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial association. Wall Street ranks Rockefeller above Morgan as leading financier. A two ton monster cheese will be made in New York for the St Louis exposition. MacMonnies chosen to sculpt Gen McClellan statue in Washington. Peary expedition survivor Jacob Johnson noted. Grand View park bought for a free sanitarium in the St Lawrence island. Dave Tohee elected head of the Iowa tribe in Oklahoma. King Edward and Queen Alexandra bring 200 tons of trunks to Ireland. Capt Henry Hash the last surviving officer of the Aroostook war militia. Composer L O Emerson turns 83 in Boston. North Carolina supreme court upholds 450 award for egg attack in 1900 campaign. Davis Elkins college cornerstone laid at Elkins West Virginia. Mary B Bixby finds first lighthouse keeper commission. George Washington signs Portland Head appointment. German engineers urged to visit US for factory progress.
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Gen. Miles
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
Wall Street
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York State
St. Louis Exposition
Gen. McClellan
Washington
Frederic MacMonnies
New York
Jacob §. Johnson
Fair Haven
Mass
Peary
Japan
Charles G. Emery
Grand View Park
St. Lawrence River
Dave Tohee
Oklahoma
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Ireland
Henry Hash
Boston
Henry F. Seawell
Davis-Elkins Presbyterian College
United States
Elkins
Davis
W. Va
Mary B. Bixby
Pasadena
Cal
George Washington
Joseph Greenleaf
Portland Head
Luig
Jett and White Found Guilty in Marcum Assassination
In Jackson and Cynthiana Kentucky Curtis Jett and Thomas White were found guilty of the assassination of James B. Marcum. Each received life imprisonment with a stay of execution for 60 days while the defense appeals. Stay and motion for new trial were noted by defense counsel.
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Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
James B. Marcum
Jackson
Webster
Jett
White
Golden
Court of Appeals
Osborne
J. B. Marcum
Breathitt County
Warships for Turkey Move Amid M Merger of Demands
A Russian Black Sea fleet squadron is ordered to sail for Turkish waters to pressure Turkey into complying with demands over the murder of the Russian consul at Monastir. Two assailants have been hanged, and more implicated punished as the Monastir case proceeds.
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St. Petersburg
Sebastopol
Constantinople
Russia
Monastir
M. Rostkowski
Turkey
Macedonia
Adrianople
Salonica
Krueger
Hurricane's Work Ravages Jamaica Port Antonio Ruined
Kingston reports show Jamaica battered by a hurricane with Port Antonio obliterated. Six houses survive, United Fruit operations destroyed, coast littered with wreckage and many vessels. Fatalities exceed thirty, eastern districts wiped out, villages erased, and banana plantations ruined ending fruit trade for a year.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Port Antonio
United Fruit Company
Jeffries defeats Corbett after grueling nine rounds
In San Francisco on a Friday night James J. Jeffries overwhelmed Jim Corbett with a powerful left to the stomach before the referee stopped the bout early in the tenth round to save Corbett from further punishment. The decisive moment echoed past famous boxing defeats.
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San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Jim Corbett
Corbett
Graney
Jeffries
John L. Sullivan
Carson City
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim
Tommy Ryan
Pulitzer Funds Columbia Journalism School and Building
Joseph Pulitzer endowed two million dollars to establish a school of journalism at Columbia University in New York. A new building on Morningside Heights will cost five hundred thousand dollars and will align the school with other professional divisions, aiming for national scope. Murder suicide case shocks Kansas City as George B. Evans kills wife and later shoots himself at Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery.
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School of Journalism
New York
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia University
Morningside Heights
Law School
School of Medicine
School of Mines
Kansas City
George B. Evans
American Transfer Company
Lillie Maude Evans
Mount St. Mary’s
Four Women Struck by Car at Oak Point Trestle
Four women were struck by a Lake Shore electric car while crossing a trestle at Oak Point pleasure resort near Cleveland Ohio on Sunday. One woman died soon after the crash and two others are severely injured with potential fatalities.
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Cleveland
Oak Point
Lake Shore
Fatal Train Wreck Near Effingham and Alpine Death Toll
A west bound Vandalia freight collided with its ahead section 18 miles east of Effingham at 1 am. The second section engineer and fireman and a third man were killed. Separate items note Alps tolls with 300 accidents and 150 deaths. plus vacancies, obituaries, and a curfew for Peoria youths.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Effingham
Peruna advertised by Nellie Curtain and Dr Hartman
An advertisement from a St Paul store saleswoman Miss Nellie Curtain endorses Peruna for female catarrhal ailments and daily mucus loss, claiming relief after use. It also features endorsements from Congressman Mark H Dunnell and an invitation to write for free medical advice from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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Nellie Curtain
Pearl Street
St. Paul, Minn
Mark H. Dunnell
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Eskimos Angry Over Explorer Petting Dogs
A relief expedition member recalls anger of Eskimos at an arctic explorer who petted their dogs. The dogs’ tails froze stiff and broke off when they tried to wag them, a detail noted in Stray Stories.
Americans Do Everything Rashly Says Italian Purist
An educated young Italian, a language purist, described American life as strenuous and rushed, stating slowly with care that Americans do everything rashly. The remark appeared in the New York Times.
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N. Y
Profitable Investments and Publicities Amid Market Tidings
New and varied publications advertise profitable investments in railway lines and stock ventures. Messages urge sending a two cent stamp to SKATY Suite B St Louis MO for prepaying postage and information.
Delicate Daughter Sparks a Philadelphia Malaprop Moment
A Philadelphia socialite staying with her daughter at an Atlantic City hotel overhears two youths discussing the daughter’s delicacy. The mother, famed for misusing language, rebukes them declaring her daughter anything but delicate. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Merit Cascarets Claim World Leading Laxative Sales
An advertisement extols Cascarets as the finest medicine, claiming over ten million boxes sold annually in the United States. It warns readers about imitators and fake products, advising shoppers to buy only from fair dealers who supply Cascarets as requested. The page also includes a joke about wearing watches with formal attire and a note about the Chicago & North-Western railway.
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