Coffee as a Disinfectant and Royal Navy News
The Express notes coffee can deodorize a room by sprinkling on hot embers to destroy strong odors from decomposing matter. It also reports Prince Alfonso of Bavaria has received his discharge from the Bavarian navy after criticisms of his cavalry command in last fall's maneuvers. he is 38, a former major general, and well regarded as a sportsman.
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Alfonso
Bavaria
Ldouglas Ha
Z Union
W. L. Douglas
Li. Dougien
W.L. Douglas
Vas Aeiageceogsat
Reading tastes of Nicholas II and the Czarina
The czar and czarina enjoy extensive reading and discuss new works together. Unlike Alexander III, the current ruler has wide literary tastes and knows authors from many countries, including Jules Verne, Scott, Kipling, and Stevenson.
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Nicholas II
Alexander III
Jules Verne
Scott
Kipling
Stevenson
France awards medal to convicts who leave prison
A new decoration in France honors criminals who depart the state prison. Crafted by a renowned modern medallist, the medal signals earned money from work and good behavior to help reintegration, though its display may be controversial.
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France
Surgeon Kinyoun to inspect Far East plague work
Surgeon Kinyoun, formerly of San Francisco and now heading the Detroit marine hospital, is to visit Japan and China to review the marine hospital service work with focus on plague. He faced abuse from locals in San Francisco for noting plague in China town.
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Kinyoun
San Francisco
Marine Hospital
Detroit
Japan
China
Marine Hospital Service
Chinatown
Plague Experts Predict Bubonic Sweeps Across America
Dr. Walker Kempster and Dr. Y O B Wingate back Dr. John N Hertz in his startling claim that bubonic plague will sweep the American continent. Kempster studied origins abroad while Wingate leads Indiana health efforts. The trio sustains the warning amid global health concerns.
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Walker Kempster
Harrison Administration
Y. 0. B. Wingate
State Board of Health
John N. Hertz
Indiana State Board of Health
American
Swedish millboard promises stronger fortification wall
Bullet proof millboard from Sweden resists a carbine shot that pierces five inches of wood. A machine gun projectile penetrates it, but the inventor aims to strengthen the substance to withstand a volley of shots, potentially forming a protective wall for fortifications.
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Sweden
Post horses ease long journeys in Norway with frequent stations
The system of post horses in Norway facilitates travelers by allowing rapid pace and frequent stops. Stations are typically fifteen miles apart or less, often seven to eight miles, reducing delays and enhancing comfort to reach destinations swiftly.
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Norway
Vast Red Oak Targeted for Removal to Forest Park
A Louisiana purchase exposition plan calls for removing a colossal red oak 160 feet tall and 12 feet thick from near Black River. The project involves a 1000 mile water transport and a double tramway with tracks 30 feet apart from the tree to the river for floating to St. Louis.
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Arkansas
Forest Park
Black River
St. Louis
The French Sahara Desert Dwellings
The French Sahara spans 123 500 square miles with about 50 000 Arabs. In oases they build two story houses under palm shade using sun dried mud bricks and palm timber. Light enters from central courtyards as homes arranged around them.
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French Sahara
Germany Tests Auto Armored Car Crews For War Use
The German War Ministry has ordered a series of motor vehicles each carrying two Maxim guns protected by nickel steel plates. The vehicles will have folding tables for officers to lay out maps and papers en route, aiding planners during movement.
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Germany
Rural free delivery funding faces congression ally backed push
Congress is expected to appropriate at least 7 million dollars for rural free delivery in the next session. Lawmakers are pressing for service in specific districts and counties. Department officials fear they cannot grant many more extensions due to rising state demands.
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Congress
Department
City of Mexico Spends Large Sum on Street Lights
The city uses 601 arc lights of 2000 candle power and 383 of 1200 candle power plus smaller incandescent lamps. In March large arc lights ran an average of 10 hours 16 minutes daily at 41.17 cents per hour, while the 1200 candle power lights averaged 7.45 cents per hour. Costs are in Mexican silver.
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City
Mexico
Maryland Attorney General Engaged in Schley Hearing
Isidore Raynor the Maryland attorney general has been retained as one of the attorneys for Rear Admiral Schley in his upcoming court of inquiry. The piece notes that many retired army officers draw double pay and that several work in the pension department. It also reports an attorney general opinion holding the government responsible for mail matter lost through postal employee negligence or dishonesty.
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Isidore Raynor
Maryland
Schley
Pension Department
Steel workers strike nears 69000 amid Shaffer order
An estimate places 69000 steel workers on strike with 14000 quitting after President Shaffer's latest order. East St Louis workers abstain. Brooklyn navy yard upgrades costing about 2 million to begin soon. Stage holdup in Adirondacks after killing two horses. seven passengers aboard. Brighton Beach crowd watches Cresceus set mile record in heat. Fall River mills face 15 percent wage cut linked to a strike. Pennsylvania Democratic convention adopts state issue platform. Harmon Yerkes nominated for supreme court. Bryan and free silver omitted.
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Shaffer
East St. Louis
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Yards and Dock Department
North Creek
Blue Mountain
Adirondacks
Brighton Beach Race Track
Cresceus
Abbot
Fall River Mills
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Free Silver
Harmon Yerkes
Supreme Court
Invader Wins Third Race Securing Canada Cup
The Invader clinched the Canada cup by winning the third Chicago race in the series, ensuring the trophy returns to Canada this year. Elsewhere a Chipley Florida rail station fire destroyed much of the town, with $100000 in losses. A major Mississippi delta flood followed a coastal storm inundating rice fields and orange groves.
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Canada
Chicago
Chipley
Fla
Mississippi River
Christian Mack
Ann Arbor
Mich
Detroit
Catholic Order of Foresters
Thomas H. Cannon
Harvey Scott
Faribault
Minn
Virginia
Bryan
George H. Phillips Company
Phillips
Gulf
New Orleans
Mobile
Mississippi
Amalgamated Association
Joliet
Ill
Illinois Steel Company
Bay View
Milwaukee
South Chicago
J. R. B. van Cleave
Illinois
Hay
Canton
Colombia
Venezuela
Isabel
Irene Grubb
Minois and Michigan Canal
la Salle
Kansas
Wyandotte
Cherokee County
Cuban candidate name withheld as Gomez backs Palma
General Gomez again refuses to have his name used for Cuba's presidency and urges Palma to take first place. In France wheat shortages may boost American exports and raise grain prices.
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Gomez
Palma
France
Remains Interred Beside Dowager Empress in Friedenskerche Mausoleum
Reports note the interment beside Emperor William and King Edward of Dowager Empress Frederick in Friedenskerche. Baron Nordenskjold, Arctic explorer and naturalist, died in Stockholm aged 81. The Philippine commission plans an armed force of 10 000. France’s population is 38 641 333 per the new census.
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William
Edward
Frederick
Friedenskerche
Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskjold
Stockholm
Philippine Commission
France
Uribe-Uribe
San Cristobal
Venezuela
Colombia
Wallace Berthol
United States Navy
Okhotsk
Russia
Alaska
Egypt
Coventry
England
Lieut. Grant
Sixth Cavalry
Col. Cabrera
Batanzas
Kingston
Colon
Castro
Panama
United States
Edward P. Thompson
Havana
Tamarack mine shaft disaster and regional crises
Reports say a rock fall in shaft No 2 at the Tamarack mine in Calumet Michigan killed three men and injured two others not expected to survive. Other items note a large fire at Sault Ste Marie cutting 120 jobs, British plans in Zululand, and a Panamanian crisis with ships dispatched.
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Tamarack
Calumet
Mich
Bradley Watkins
Sault Ste. Marie
Lord Kitchener
Hondweni
Zululand
Botha
Sandy Hook
Luecania
Lucania
Bay View
Wis
Tighe
Germany
Milwaukee
Chicago
Panama
Iowa
Ranger
United States
Caracas
Smithfield
London
Mobile
New Orleans
Mississippi
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Edwin N. Conger
China
Peking
Claus Fisher
Annie Heinrichs
Wahpeton
N. C
Francis M. Binion
Pana
Fotr
Youngstown
Baltimore
Marton
Islander
Canadian Pacific
Alaska
Douglass Island
Monessen
Venezuela
Charles P. Stokes
Riley Brown
James McCully
Excello
Kruger
Dublin
Brighton Beach
N. Y
Anaconda
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Steamer Islander Sinks After Collision Off Victoria
A Canadian Pacific steamer Islander collided with an iceberg near Victoria on Aug 19. The ship sank with 70 aboard, many killed by a sudden flood and explosion as lifeboats were lowered. Survivors walked 25 miles to Treadwell Alaska. two searchers later found bodies and gold aboard the vessel.
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Victoria
B. C
Islander
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Foote
Steward Simpson
Treadwell
Alaska
Collision at Sea Sinks Pilot Boat Four Die
The steamship Alene of the Hamburg American line collided with the pilot boat Bennett near the Scotland lightship off Sandy Hook. Four of the Bennett's six crew members, all pilots and a cook, drowned after the boat sank while the Alene's engines were reversed and the liner aided in rescues. The New York pilot boat saved two survivors.
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Alene
New York
James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Scotland
Sandy Hook
Flood Disaster Toll in Yangtse Kiang Valley Details
Oriental advices report catastrophic floods in the Yangtse Kiang basin during July. An estimated 20,000 lives lost across Kiangsi Hupeh Hunan and Anhui with tens of thousands homeless. Kiangsi alone sees about 15,000 fatalities after 46 days of rain.
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Yang-Tse-I Kiang Valley
Tacoma
Wash
Yangtse-Kiang Valley
Kiangsi
Hupeh
Hunan
Anhui
Trolley Car Runs Away at Chicago Crossing
Four killed and thirteen injured when a westbound trolley smashed into the Pittsburg flyer at Forty seventh street crossing. The car breached gate and struck between the first two coaches as the train, traveling 25 mph, pushed the car off the rails.
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Chicago
Forty
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad
Pittsburg
Warships to Guard Isthmus in Pacific and Atlantic Sectors
Secretary Hay says Berlin reports of German warships near the isthmus do not alarm the United States. The Iowa will sail to Panama with 13 days to arrive around August 31, joined by Ranger and Philadelphia, securing Pacific forces while Machias heads to Colon.
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Washington
Hay
Berlin
Germany
Atlantic
Geier
Panama
China
United States
Iowa
San Francisco
Navy Department
Ranger
San Diego
Philadelphia
Pacific
Machias
Colon
Department
Quito
Colombia
Pasto
Silva
Department of State
Maracaibo
Rangel Garbias
Venezuela
Cucuta
Encontrados
Methodists to Attend World Ecumenical Conference in London
Representative Methodists from the north south and Canada sail this week to London for the ecumenical conference at City Road chapel to open September 4. Delegates include Homer Eaton Herber Haven Leonard King Mills and bishops Galloway and Hurst. Sessions run through September 17 with topics on vital Methodist and Christian issues.
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New York
North
South
Canada
Methodist Ecumenical Conference
City Road Chapel
London
Homer Eaton
The
Book Concern
S. J.herber
Christian Advocate
W. I. Haven
American Bible _ society
A. B. Leonard
Armenian Kurdish raids destroy villages and kidnap
A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch from Constantinople reports 400 Kurdish raiders striking the Damitra district in Armenia, burning 12 villages, slaughtering males, and abducting young girls to harems. Only the girls are spared.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Constantinople
Damitra
Armenia
Love and Logic Break in Divorce Court
A man seeks a divorce and bursts into tears while his lawyer asks about grounds. The lawyer’s remark about loving his wife prompts a reaction that ends the case as the man walks out offended.
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Danny
Mr. E
Grand Trunk Honored by Minnesota Party at Dedication
Governor Van Sant and party rode a Grand Trunk special train from Chicago to Buffalo to Toronto and back for the Minnesota State Building dedication. A letter cites a unanimously adopted resolution praising the railway for its splendid treatment by Grand Trunk officials and staff.
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Minnesota
Grand Trunk Railway System
Minnesota Press Ass
Chicago
Buffalo
Toronto
van Sant
Suite
Minnesota State Building
Grand Trunk Railway
Clapp
Col. Monfort
Pudding Phrase Sparks Light Banter in Baltimore Note
A newspaper note from Baltimore reflects a witty exchange about a pudding metaphor. The quoted line hints at a playful dinner setting and social banter surrounding a soubrette.
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad for Foot Comfort and Sale
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease is a powder that relieves tight new shoes and cures corns itching and sweaty feet. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen’s
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Temperance songs questioned after disrupts at event
The San Francisco Bulletin questions whether De Squealer aids the temperance cause with his songs. It notes four men previously abstinent from drink splurged after his performance last night. A Mrs. Thos Robbins of Maple Street Norwich M W forwards a testimonial claiming Piso's Cure for Consumption saved her life three years ago, dated February 17, 1900.
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de Squealer
San Francisco Bulletin
Uncle Eben's Truism Sparks No Action
A Washington Star quote features Uncle Eben comparing talk to firecrackers, saying some talk makes a loud splash but yields nothing substantial. The remark frames chatter as empty noise with little result.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Hoxsie's Croup Cure Claims Quick Cold Relief
An ad announces Hoxsie's Croup Cure promising to check a cold in one hour for 50 cents with a simple remedy. The claim targets caregivers seeking rapid relief for children.
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Hoxsie
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