Russian aristocracy linked to Sergius murder and nihilist plots
A report details Grand Duke Sergius’s assassination in Moscow and the spread of nihilist doctrine among Russia’s aristocracy. It notes involvement by palace officials and Obolenski, police raids on Moscow revolutionary hubs, and about 300 arrests with many nobles implicated, while officials withhold names to protect the noble circles.
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Senate Square
Sergius
Elizabeth
Monastry
Tchoudou
Petit Palais
Russia
Grand Duke
Prince Obolenski
Czar
Secret Police
Moscow
Central
London
Central Committee
Bristol
St. Petersburg
Secret Service
Obolenski
New York City Poised as Second Largest World City
The state census is expected to show New York City at about 4,000,000, with Manhattan and Brooklyn around 3,370,000, the Bronx 325,000, Queens 200,000, and Richmond 76,000. Paris and Berlin hover near 3,000,000, while New York’s growth at about three percent annually supports a shift to suburban expansion within greater New York.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
London
Paris
Berlin
Greater
Pastor as a Blacksmith in Lancaster PA
Rev M E Bachman a United Brethren minister from Millersville returns to blacksmithing to support his large family. He dresses edge tools for contractors building the Pennsylvania railroad, earning about 20 dollars weekly, and notes preachers’ pay cannot feed 21 mouths.
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Lancaster
M. E. Bachman
Millersville
United Brethren
Bachman
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Mr. Bachman
Smallest Colored Adult in America Proclaimed
Minnie Dimery of Rocksland Illinois is identified as the smallest colored adult in the nation. She stands 42 inches tall weighs 49 pounds and is 43 years old. Despite good health she has the mental development of a six year old. Her family members are described as normal.
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Rocksland
Ill
America
Minnie Dimery
F. A. Strohschein
Wax-tube foundation fastener compared with Van Deusen device
A Bridgeport, Connecticut user describes a beeswax fastener made from glass tubing and rubber, detailing operation to apply hot wax onto foundation. The note praises a newer Van Deusen design with a drawn brass tube and air vent, claiming steadier flow and finger safety.
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van Deusen
J. Griffen
Bridgeport
Conn
Narrow strawberry rows save time and weed control
Milton Knight of Cheng County Nebraska shares his shift from wide two foot rows to six inch rows to ease weed control. He uses a wheeled hoe to cultivate near plants and notes hand work is costly. future patches may use hill planting to enable two cultivation directions.
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Milton Knight
Cheng County
Nebraska
Farmers’ Review
Garden Scrapings and Practical Farm Adapts Emulsion Method
Garden scraps advise long narrow plots and planting strawberries between potato hills to maximize space. A new kerosene emulsion uses flour instead of soap, mixing one quart kerosene eight ounces flour with two gallons water and churning. scalding the flour improves emulsion and reduces quantity.
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F. T. Shutt
Canada
Des Moines Letter Reports Massive Hessian Fly Losses
A Des Moines letter states the Hessian fly has destroyed at least 5,000,000 bushels of Nebraska winter wheat and warns the pest is spreading west. Kansas also faces wheat losses from the same outbreak, marking the fly’s broad damage across the region.
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Des Moines
Nebraska
Kansas
Details for Effective Wheat Shocking by Rural New Yorker
Practical guidance on setting shocks with four bundles and a central one, adding caps from long-straw bundles, and facing caps into the wind. Guidance covers number and stability of shocks, handling when wheat is dead ripe, starting in the middle, straight rows, time priorities, dampness avoidance, and observed gains from applying these methods across 40 acres last summer.
Protection for Young Pigs and Farrowing Pens
A historic notice describes preventing piglets from smothering by sows. It details a method using end pieces and boards to create a protective space around the farrowing pen, with suggestions to surround three sides or all around. Different materials like light poles may substitute boards where unavailable.
Make Change Gradually for Pasture Resting Horses
Farm and Home advises gradual grain adjustment when turning horses on pasture for rest and recuperation to avoid harm from sudden dietary changes.
Refuge in Manila for damaged Russian cruisers
Three Russian cruisers Aurora Oleg and Jemtchug escaped Japanese forces at the Sea of Japan and reached Manila. They face neutral port rules must leave within 24 hours after repairs or intern until war’s end. Naval board estimates 60 30 and seven days to correct damages respectively with crews wounded and 14 days for further patching before sailing.
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Manila
Togo
Aurora
Oleg
Jemtchug
Enquist
Washington
Sea of Japan
Navy Department
Train
Hnquist
Pere Mission
Naval Board
Failure to settle strike stuns Chicago talks end in breakdown
Negotiations near settlement collapsed as employers refuse to let returning workers fill roles of striking colleagues. Violence flared and a postal officer was mortally wounded. Grand jury indicted labor leaders for conspiracy while civil suits seek damages over claims of paid agitation against Sears and Montgomery Ward's rivals.
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Chilcago
Glora' Slite
Slugele Bazan
Manly
Uniioniste
Polleaman
Juvon
Robert J. Thorne
Montgomery, Wid & Co
Shea
Albert Young
Shea and Young
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward& Co
Cool County
Food for Flames Milwaukee Exposition Building Destroyed
Milwaukee June 5 The city block exposition building was totally destroyed by fire Sunday evening. Loss about 300000 with 75000 insurance figured. Located west side block bounded by Fifth and Sixth streets Cedar and State. Fire started from an electric light wire. Blaze began in the northwest gallery as the Skat congress ended its session with over 1600 people inside who escaped safely.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Exposition
Fifth
Sixth
State
National Skat Congress
Fight Ends in Fatal Shooting in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on June 6 a confrontation between Simon Knahe and Edward O Connor escalated to a fatal shooting. O Connor was killed in the clash as police secured the scene and began investigations.
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Cincinnati
Simon Knahe
Edward O'Connor
Two Boys Drowned Near Filtration Plant Pond
In Washington on June 5 Lawrence Owens and Jetts Carrington aged 11 drowned while paddling a raft on a pond near the filtration plant. They fell overboard and drowned before assistance could reach them.
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Washington
Lawrence Owens
Jetts Carrington
Churches Struck by Lightning In Chicago Storm
Lightning hit three churches during a weekend thunderstorm in Chicago. One church burned completely and another was damaged by fire with total damage estimated at 45000 dollars.
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Chicago
Storm Inflicts Major Damage Across Janesville Area
A severe wind rain and hail storm Sunday caused fifty thousand dollars in damage in Janesville and surrounding county. Reports indicate destroyed beet and tobacco fields and heavily damaged corn, with the storm nearing a cloudburst.
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Janesville
Wis
Packers Complain to Roosevelt Over Beef Trust Case
Washington June 6 Packers complain to President Roosevelt that the department of justice in seeking to obtain evidence against the beef trust has used questionable methods.
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Packers
Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Beef Trust
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