New Orleans Seen Through a Crumbling Creole Lens
A New Orleans letter portrays the city as sui generis with Creole and Italian neighborhoods, shuttered doors, and strong Catholic rites. It notes emerging modern drainage and health projects, shifts in power from Creoles to Italians, and persistent poverty among African Americans in Coontown, concluding with a fading medieval flavor.
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New Orleans
New England
Canal Street
Louisiana
United States
The Good Doctor Quibbles and Evolution Commentary
The Chicago Tribune vignette features Rev. Dr. Fourthly debating Mr. Bingo’s son. The exchange centers on evaluating a boy described as mean and worthless while contemplating his role in evolution.
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Bingo
Regarding His Condition, Her Father
Ethel asks if the young man has gone in a head of the stairs scene. She answers in an ecstatic stage whisper Awfully papa signaling relief or excitement in the dialogue from the N Y World.
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Ethel
N. Y. World
Cyclone Toll in Nebraska and Midwest Storms
A severe storm season brings multiple tornado like winds and hail across Nebraska Iowa and Michigan. In Chamberlain South Dakota a cyclone kills a father Charles Peterson and six children and injures others near Bijou Hills. Destruction spreads to Ara Coden Crieger premises and extensive property losses reported across Hamilton County Cedar Rapids Tama and Beatrice. Several towns report damaged homes churches schools bridges and crops with injuries and deaths from hail and lightning.
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Omaha
Neb
Bee
Chamberlain
S. D
Bijou Hills
Charles Peterson
Ara Coden
Peterson Place
Crieger
Missouri River
River City girl 14 charged with patricide in Pennington case
Lena Bouts aged 14 and her younger brother are arrested in Rapid City Rapid City & Co case. The girl is charged with murdering her father Frank Bouts a Burlington tie contractor of Pennington county. She shot him through the head while asleep. The family had suffered under his cruelty and near starvation.
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Rapid City, & C
Lena Bouts
Frank Bouts
Burlington Tie
Pennington Camunty
Census official names Flower as assistant statistician
Washington May 29 Frank A Flower of West Superior Wisconsin former state statistician has been appointed assistant to the chief statistician of agriculture of the census.
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Washington
K Frank A. Flower
West Superior
Wis
Agriculture
Detroit
Edwin C. Madden
Mr. Merritt
Irish Emigration Surge Reaches New York Barges
Immigrants from Ireland heavy influx this season with the Majestic landing over 750 youths at the barge office on Friday. Ages ranged from 15 to 25 years, the majority being young girls and boys.
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New York
Ireland
Majestic
Double Execution in Winnipeg Executes Two Galicians
Wasyl Guszcsak and Simon Czuey, Galician immigrants, were hanged on the same scaffold in Winnipeg at eight this morning for the murder of Wasyl Bojecacka and his four children in Stuartburn last October.
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Winnipeg
Man
Wasyl Guszcsak
Simon Czuey
Wasyl Bojecacka
Stuartourn
Rout the Rebels at Santa Anita in Philippine Action
Manila reports a heavy battle near Santa Anita one mile north of San Fernando. American losses include one killed and twelve wounded. Filipino casualties total about thirty killed and over sixty wounded. Renowned units under Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Funston aided by Montana Kansas and Utah troops drove insurgents from trenches, with 90 captured and 100 arms dropped. Gen. Lawton’s Malolos move followed 120 miles in 20 days with eight towns seized and rice destroyed. estimates claim 400 insurgents killed and twice as many wounded.
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Manila
Santa Anita
San Fernando
MacArthur
Montana Regiment
Funston
Kansas Regiment
Utah
Kansas
Montana
Montana Volunteers
Lawton
Malolos
Fire in St Johns Wrecks 15 Blocks. 150 Buildings Lost
Fire near P Nase & Sons warehouse in St Johns New Brunswick causes massive damage. Loss estimated at 500000 with 300 insurance. About 1000 people rendered homeless. two deaths reported Mrs Arnold Mowery and Miss Ormard. The blaze destroyed or damaged 150 structures across 15 blocks.
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St. Johns
N. B
P. Nase & Sons
Main Street
North End
Rebels Attack San Fernando Manila May 27
Insurgents launched a daring three o clock Friday morning assault on San Fernando a bold attack in the Philippine insurrection. They outnumbered American troops briefly edging into trenches before retreating under heavy fire as Gen MacArthur’s Montana regiment moved to form a skirmish line along the railroad.
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San Fernando
Manila
MacArthur
Funston
Aguineldo
Montana Regiment
Prohibition Nominees Named at Des Moines Convention
M W Atwood of Estherville was nominated for governor at the prohibition state convention in Des Moines on May 25. Other nominations included George Prigsley for lieutenant governor D S Dunnevy for superintendent of public instruction and A B Wray for railroad commissioner. Resolutions called for ending liquorTraffic woman suffrage ballot elections for senators and other reform measures.
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Des Leines
M. W. Atwood
Estherville
George Prigsley
Harrison County
D. S. Dunnevy
Jasper
A. B. Wray
Creston
Secretary Long
Czar
Russia
Three Texas Men Lynched Near Aley Village
Three white men, James Humphreys and his two sons, were lynched Wednesday night near Aley in Henderson county Texas. They were farmers believed to have harbored a murderer and aided his escape in an isolated area about 75 miles southwest of Dallas.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
James Humphreys
Aley
Henderson County
Dallas
Tumphreys
Increased Insurgent Activity Near Manila Amid Wet Season
Reports from Manila describe intensified guerrilla actions by Gen Luna and Gen Mascardo's bands around San Fernando and San Pedro Macati as the wet season nears. Insurgents believe Americans will pause fighting, while plans to arm the Macabebes and reenlist volunteers loom as the U.S. weighs expanding the army.
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Manila
Malolos
United’ States
Luna
Mascardo
Tarlac
MacArthur
Lawton
San Fernando
San Pedro Macat
Philippines
Tagals
United States
Aguinaldo
Escalante
Negros
Recorder
Cebu
Signal Corps
Tilly
Iloilo
Boardman Heirs Sued by County for Back Taxes
Marshall County board of supervisors files suit against heirs of H. E. Boardman millionaire lawyer to recover 145000 dollars in taxes on property withheld from the assessor for five years. Estate in personal property valued at 800000 dollars, with only 13000 dollars reported for taxation.
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Marshalltown
Board of Supervisors of
Marshall County
H. BE. J. Boardman
Aldrich returns from world tour via Star Lucania
Thomas Bailey Aldrich the Boston poet and critic lands in New York aboard the Star Lucania from Liverpool after a voyage around the world. He spent two months in Japan and visited distant parts of India during the trip.
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New York
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Boston
Vancouver
B. C
Star Lucania
Liverpool
Aldrich
Japan
India
Preacher Is Shot Dead by City Resident at Huntsville
A negro Baptist preacher was shot and killed Saturday night in Huntsville by Tom Pitcock a leading local figure. Pitcock was arrested after the shooting following threats of violence from the preacher.
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Hiuntsville
Ala
Tom Pitcock
Pitcock
Young man leaps from trolley to brooklyn bridge and survives
Howard Kretz an art student from New York leaped from a Brooklyn trolley near the bridge arch and, after a dramatic midair arc, struck the East river feet first and surfaced unharmed. A Vulcan freighter crewman spotted the stunt and rescued him, noting the 5 foot 8 inch, 140 pound youth and his claim that willpower proves danger is avoidable.
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New York
Howard, Kretz
Academy of Design
Brooklyn
Kretz
Vulcan
Norwalk
East River
Few Call For Cash From Cuban Troops In Pay Day
In Havana on May 29 American officers paid 75 to seven insurgents who appeared with no arms. Most applicants were not combatants, with 39 000 in gold and silver guarded for the paymaster. US authorities deem rolls unreliable and suspect many names are fictitious or omitted. Of those paid, 25 turned in rifles and carbines, while five produced alcalde receipts.
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Havana
United States
Alcalde
Fatal Burlington train wreck near Waterloo Iowa
A Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern passenger train derailed near Waterloo due to a washout from a cloudburst on May 29. Seven or more killed, many injured, with relief teams and hospitals at Cedar Rapids aiding the victims including a notable death of R H Sheppe who died while en route to Minneapolis to marry.
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Waterloo
Blackhawk County
Burlington, Cedar Rapids’ & Northern Railroad
Orange Township
Link Creek
Cedar Rapids
H. L. Arnold
Minneapolis
William A. McLaughlin
H. R. Sheppe
Alton
David Hello
George Wainwright
Burlington
Carpenter
St. Louis
William Schollin
H.basher
W. F. Burke
Cedar Falls
A. L. Fox
D. W. Fleming
Albert Lea
Minn
C. W. Whitney
William Hayden
Chicago
A. D. Morris
J. H. Bates
Toledo
W. J. Stevenson
St. Paul
DPD
Drummond
Finchford
Jerry Murphy
Castledewn
Ireland
John Miller
Hunter
N. D
M. I. Myers
Prentice
Wis
J. M. Gibney
Amond Nordby
Norwood
J. Morganstern
Charles Srazier
Morning Center
BE. L. Hosford
J. H. Jackson
West Liberty
C. W. Matthews
Grand Rapids
W. H. Myers
Barrington
Emil Joanson
Ostrander Nordbil
William Durlin
H. C. Tunnell
Frank Gray
Allison
S. Sullivan
Terre Haute
Ind
Claud Williams
Peoria
Ill
R. L. Calvin
William H. Heale
Anna Urban
Tower
Beck, Naumann & Watts
Fire Claims Jacob Solomons Family in South Carolina
Reports from Hardeeville South Carolina state Jacob Solomons his wife and seven children died in a house fire on the Cestricher farm near Hardeeville. The coroner jury found negligence for failing to build a chimney. Memorial Day observed across Texas with ex Confederates participating in services.
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Savannah
Hardeeville
8. C
Jacob Solomons
Cestricher Farm
Solomons
Houston
Tex
Texas
Alvin
Odd Scraps Show Varied Local Tidbits
The item collection notes Paris has an automobile club with 1300 members and palm data show up to 4000 dates gathered from a single palm. It also mentions Utah lacking Irish Mormon residents and an 800 acre Glenwood orchard with 133000 bearing trees. A 53 pound Wye River salmon is reported.
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Paris
Utah
Glenwood
Columbia River
Shelley
Rome
Goddard E. D. Diamond
San Francisco
New York
Ile
Wye
Kerne Bridge
Moffatt
Goodrich Court
Dreyfus to be retried by court martial in France
Paris reports government official confirmation that former Captain Dreyfus now prisoner on Devil's Island will face a court martial. Sittings will occur in a garrison town outside Paris, with Ballot Beaupre's report to be read during the hearing which opens today and likely lasts two days. Final judgment expected June 3.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Devil's Island
France
Manau
Ballot Beaupre
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