Age Defies Time In Pamphlet On Womanhood And Her 35th Birthday
A Philadelphia Young Woman's Christian Association board declares a woman remains a girl until 35 unless she alters her looks or mind. The piece mocks age as a matter of spirit, claiming immortality of heart and affection despite wrinkles, urging that goodness and tenderness stay ever young.
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Philadelphia Young Woman's Christian Association
The
Chicago Journal
Jove
Hfe
Immigration Returns Show New York as Gateway for Most Arrivals
Official figures indicate 935 915 of more than a million arrivals in the last fiscal year entered through New York. The island remains the primary immigrant gateway with 697 000 from New York being mates. Italy led with 254 200, Russia 163 316, Hungary 128 247, Austria 96 625, Britain and Ireland 71 000, Germany 30 808, and Scandinavia 33 000. Most settled in New York and Pennsylvania. a small share went to southern states and West Virginia for mining jobs.
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New York
Ths Island
United States
Italy
Russia
Hungary
Austria
Great Britain
Ireland
Germany
Scandinavia
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
West Virginia
South
Navy secretary links black progress to American destiny
In Washington Bonaparte argues the Negro population has endured beside whites while other races vanished. He says blacks must work for a livelihood in a country that offers no room for dependence. The Troy Times calls the view sound and patriotic and notes it applies to whites as well. In Laporte Indiana a woman believed to be the oldest in the U S died at age 112, born in Poland and recalling Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.
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Negro Young People’s Christian and
Congress
Washington
Navy
Bonaparte
America
Troy Times
United States
Laporte
Ind
Ferdinand Reese
Poland
Russia
Guines
Thut
San Juan de Martinez
Russian Subjects Express Desire to Convert to Islam
The record notes about a million Russian subjects expressing a wish to become Mohammedans. It comments that Christians worldwide may doubt the claim and suggests it aligns with perceived Russian peasantry ignorance.
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Jess
Cucumber cultivation spans three millennia says Farmers' Bulletin
The Farmers' Bulletin notes the cucumber has been cultivated for 3,000 years and adds a light remark about digesting such an age of produce, implying a weighty task for modern digestion.
Cuban Leaders at Odds Over Political Affairs
Cuban leaders clash as President Palma faces pressure from Vice President Mendez Capote tied to Liberal party talks. Insurgents grow in Havana and Santa Clara as rebel bands seize funds and horses, with Mendieta captured in Santa Clara. Government fights in Pinar del Rio and San Juan de Martinez amid stalled peace hopes.
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Palma
Capote
Haryana
Mendez Capote
Alfredo Zayas
Liberal Party
Maj. Gomez
Cascabal
Mavana
Santa Clara
Las Lajas
Trinidad
Las Cruces
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Pino Guerre
Carlos Mendieta
Aranda
Mendieta
Governor Reinstated After Bergipe Uprising
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazilian congress authorized the federal government to reinstall the Bergipe province governor who had been ousted following the recent insurrectionary demonstration in the province.
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Rio de Janeiro
Congress
Federal
Bergipe
Miner Dies as Gas Explosion Rocks Lehigh Coal Yard
An explosion of gas in No 9 colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkesharre Coal Company at Sugar Notch killed miner W A Vinc ent and fatally injured his son William.
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Wilkesharre
Lehigh & Wilkesharre Coal Company
Sugar Notch
W. A. Vincent
William
Mexican officials close Ramoviz firm over false wheat entries
Nogales Ariz The firm of C Ram oviz, a leading Sonora customs broker, was shut by Mexican authorities on charges of making false entries for wheat shipments from the United States.
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Nogales, Ariz
C. Ramoviz
Sonora
Mexico
United States
Steamship may carry Cuban artillery to Havana
Report states the steamer Esperanza sailing for Cuba from this port carried in its hold a complete field battery of artillery consigned to the Cuban government at Havana.
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New York
Cuba
Havana
Sons of Veterans Elect Dayton as Next Meeting City
The national convention of Sons of Veterans closed its sessions selecting Dayton Ohio as the next meeting place Edward M Amies of Altoona Pennsylvania was chosen commander in chief.
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Peoria
National Convention of Sons of Veterans
Dayton
Edward M. Amies
Altoona
Mother Kills Daughter in Misidentification Shooting
In Taylorville Illinois Maud Kyler fourteen died from a revolver wound caused by her mother who mistook her for a man disturbing the family. The shooting occurred at two o clock in the morning.
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Taylorville, Iii
Maud Kyler
Bank Sues Brokers Over Lost Funds in Alabama Suit
The First National Bank sues P. G. Smith and Odell Stock & Grain Co in Birmingham to recover 48203 dollars believed missing by the bank teller. The case seeks restitution of funds allegedly lost from bank accounts.
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Birmingham
Ala
First National Bank
P. G. Smith
Odell Stock & Grain Company
Death in Forest Fires Near Toulon
A large forest fire rages around Toulon France as troops and sailors fight the blaze. Three soldiers were overcome by flames and burned to death in the fast moving fire front.
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Toulon
France
President backs Carnegie spelling reform for government docs
President Roosevelt endorses the Carnegie spelling reform movement. He orders Public Printer Stillings to print all white house documents and president's correspondence in the reform style. The Brander Matthews committee lists 300 reform words and will add new ones as issued.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Carnegie
White House
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
Loeb
Washington
Taft Declines Supreme Court Ambition For Presidency
Washington. William Howard Taft, secretary of war, will inform the president he does not seek a Supreme Court appointment. He plans to do so before the fall term opens in October. Taft's renomination prospects are strong with Ohio Republicans backing his candidacy and pressuring him for a public stance.
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Washington
William 14. Taft
Supreme Court Bench
Supreme Court
Taft
Ohio
Death of Morse, Hanna relative, prominent iron magnate
Cleveland mourns Jay C. Morse once president of Illinois Steel and brother in law to Senator M A Hanna. Morse died Wednesday from a complication of diseases after a career in iron ore and coal with Col C M Pickands, amassing a large fortune.
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Hanna
Cleveland
Jay C. Morse
Illinois Steel Company
M. A. Hanna
Mr. Morse
Col. C. M. Pickands
Molders' Strike Averted in Manchester Area
Iron molders in Manchester and southeast Lancashire accept a 25 cent wage advance, averting a threatened strike within the engineering trade.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire
World Cotton Supply Figures Released by Secretary Hester
Secretary Hester reports the world cotton supply at 1,875,757 bales, down from 4,976,713 last week. American cotton totals are 943,757 bales, compared with 997,713 a week earlier.
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New Orleans
Hester
Will Build Railroad in Mexico
J. J. Hardwick of Phoenix and Los Angeles has secured a Mexican government concession to construct a 500 mile railroad in Sonora Mexico. The plan implies a major rail link across Sonora with potential regional impact.
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Mexico
Phoenix, Ariz.i
J. J. Hardwick
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Sonora
Train Collides With Stage Coach Near Angeles
A Santa Fe limited passenger train struck a mountain resort stage near Angeles killing one person and injuring four others. The crash occurred at a resort area in California as rescue workers responded to the derailment and investigation began.
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Angeles
Cal
Aausa
Grand jury returns two indictments in oil rebates case
Federal grand jury in Jamestown New York returns indictments against Standard Oil and New York Central Railroad with charges of unlawful freight rate discrimination and failure to file rate schedules with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Pennsylvania Railroad cited in related counts. Indictments tie to earlier similar charges involving shipments from Olean to Burlington via regional lines.
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Jamestown
WN. Y
Federal Grand
Elkins
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York Central Railroad Company
New York Central
The
Central
Pennsylvania Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grand
Pennsylvania
Vermont Central
Storm damages graveyard in Kansas City area
A heavy rainstorm drenched Kansas City and surrounding areas with 5.93 inches, flooding basements and submerging Elmwood Cemetery five miles east of downtown. Dozens of graves were washed out with at least 200 bodies exposed and monuments damaged. Rescue crews aided residents in Little Italy and other flooded districts.
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Kansas City
Little Italy
Elmwood Cemetery
Lynchings Lead Suspect Galbraith Dropped by Jury in Missouri
Springfield, Missouri. The jury trying Doss Galbraith, accused as the leader of the mob that lynched and burned three black men in April, failed to reach a verdict on second degree murder. The panel split ten to two for acquittal after twenty ballots, and discharge ended the case with no expected retrial by the state.
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Springfield
Doss Galbraith
Death of C. C. Ramsey district superintendent in Tomahawk
C. C. Ramsey district superintendent for United States Leather company died after a stroke of apoplexy. He was stricken blind Tuesday while seated at his office desk and passed away Thursday.
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Tomahawk, Wis
C. C. Ramsey
United States Leather Company
Banker in Bankruptcy in Boston News
Sylvester B. Hinckley of Newton and president of the First National Bank of Chelsea faced involuntary bankruptcy petitions filed Friday by Fall River Five Centsavings Bank after Chelsea Bank's closure.
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Boston
Sylvester B. Hinckley
Newton
First National Bank of
Chelsea
Fall River Five Centsavings Bank
Tramp steamer Twickenham ashore near Roche Harbor
Victoria B C The tramp steamer Twickenham from Soerabaya Java carrying 6500 tons of sugar for the British Columbia Sugar Refinery company is ashore on San Juan island about two miles from Roche harbor.
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Victoria
B. C
Twickenham
Soerabaya
Java
British Columbia Sugar Refinery Company
San Juan Island
Roche Harbor
Russian Land Distribution Moves Ahead Despite Parliament
St. Petersburg reports the Russian government will press ahead with the land distribution plan regardless of parliamentary approval and will appeal to the country in the upcoming elections to seek support for the policy.
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St. Petersburg
Rain Saves Corn Crop in Missouri
Rain in St. Joseph Missouri broke a drought harming corn and late fruit. Heavy showers washed out railroads and bridges and damaged buildings under construction.
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St. Joseph
Bomb attacks in Russia kill many as Stolypin and relatives hurt
Reported bombings in St. Petersburg leave Premier Stolypin’s daughter injured and his son recovering. total deaths reach 32 with 26 instant. A subsequent shooting kills Gen. Min on a Peterhof platform, by a young woman who surrendered. A plot against Count Vorontzoff-Dashkoff is noted with multiple arrests.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Central Committee of the
Social Revolutionists
Min
Seminovsky Guard
Moscow
Tiflis
Count von Vorontzoff-Dashkoff
Caucasus
Deportation Order for 40 Russian Jewish Orphans
The board of special inquiry at Ellis Island ordered the exclusion of 40 Russian Hebrew children who arrived on the steamship America. Deportation was ordered but the case has appeal to Washington. The orphans were made homeless by recent massacres in Russia.
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New York
Amerika
Board of Special Inquiry
Ellis Island
Washington
Russia
Kermit Roosevelt In Wreck Near St Paul
Kermit Roosevelt and companion John Heard were unharmed after the collision of the North Coast Limited near St Paul. Roosevelt sent a telegram to the president at Oyster Bay stating he was all right despite being shaken.
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St. Paul
Minn
North Coast Limited
Medora
N. D
Kermit Roosevelt
John Heard
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Foreign commerce July totals show higher imports and exports
The July 1906 monthly foreign commerce report from the Department of Commerce and Labor notes imports of 102 586 797 dollars, up from 84 512 606 in July 1905, while July exports reached 111 551 415 dollars versus 674 454 040 in 1905. For the seven months ending July 1906 exports totaled 969 394 143 dollars, up from 848 899 444 in the same period of 1905.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Valparaiso Plans Uniform Street Levels for Flood Prevention
Government presents reconstruction project for Valparaiso to prevent street flooding. Streets will have uniform level and a minimum width of 15 metres excluding sidewalks.
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Valparaiso
National Negro Business League Meets in Atlanta
The seventh annual session of the National Negro Business League will be held in Atlanta starting next Wednesday for three days. Booker T. Washington serves as president of the league.
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Atlanta
National Negro Business League
Booker T. Washington
Deutscher Krieg erbund opens twenty first convention in Dubuque
The Deutscher Krieg erbund of North America held its twenty first annual convention in Dubuque Iowa with a parade of visiting delegates and local groups followed by a reception and band concert on Sunday.
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Dubuque
Deutscher Kriegerbund
North America
Root Sailing to Valparaiso on Pacific Ocean Mission
Secretary Root sails for Valparaiso Chile aboard a ship crossing the Pacific. A dispatch from Puerto Arinas in the Straits of Magellan confirms his current voyage and the route toward his destination.
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Valparaiso
Washington
Root
Pacific Ocean
Chile
State Department
Puerto Arinas
Straits of Magellan
North Pole Trial Trip Planned by Wellman Party
A Spitzbergen steamer reports the Wellman north pole expedition completed its shed and balloon last week and plans a trial trip soon led by Mr Wellman and his team.
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North Pole
Christiania
Spitzbergen
The White River Country and Its Contented Landowners
A writer extols the Upper White River region from Newport, Arkansas to Carthage, Missouri, praising self reliant small landowners who enjoy fertile soil forests minerals and pure waters. He laments a forthcoming railroad and influx of outsiders that may erode the region, predicting a future migration of workers who will unlock its potential.
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United States
Upper
White River Country
Newport
Ark
Carthage
Jess
White River
Theft of Bank Note Plates Shocks Servian Finance Ministry
In Servia the ministry of finance reports the engraved plates used to print bank notes have been stolen from a strong room safe. The plates were engraved in Paris and valued at £1699. The plates disappeared without any detectable tampering to the safe, and the loss has caused great dismay within the ministry.
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Ministry of Finance
Paris
Immense Palm Leaves Stretch Across Species
The palm family features extraordinary foliage with Inaga palms on the Amazon boasting leaves 35 to 50 feet long and 10 to 12 feet wide. Talepot palms from Ceylon reach about 20 by 18 feet, usable as shelters. Canni bal leaves resemble broad planks at 15 by 20 inches and 10 feet thick at the base, while umbrella trees in Ceylon spread enormous canopies. The canopy size of a single leaf can cover 15 to 20 men, and a specimen tent shipped to England measured 380 feet in circumference.
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Amazon
Ceylon
Australia
England
Grape-Nuts Said To Improve Sleep And Digestion
A reader testifies that switching to Grape-Nuts after years of indigestion and sleep troubles ended vomiting and bloating. She notes her mother’s digestion improved and credits better sleep and clearer nerves to a supper of Grape-Nuts. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek endorses the claim saying there is a reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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