Brooklyn couple to begin life over $2.6 billion property
The text notes a Brooklyn couple starting married life with property valued at 2 603 324 820 dollars. It also lists seven Ohio born Methodist bishops Merrill Thoburn Joyce Walden Foster Cranston and McCabe. It mentions Mark Twain lecturing in South Africa returning with carbon crystallized as the diamond of commerce and a czarist colonel in Germany, with casual remarks on bicyclists and temperance.
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Ohio
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Thoburn
Joyce
Walden
Foster
Cranston
McCabe
Mark Twain
South Africa
Trial over fiddle theft costs New York state ten thousand
A man in New York faces trial for stealing a fiddle, described as possibly the priciest bow refinement case since Nero’s famous fire. The region’s rainfall note mentions the Mississippi basin’s enormous annual water volume. A Brooklyn man sued by his wife cites her joining a women’s lodge and late nights as the dispute’s spark.
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New York State
Nero
Rome
Mississippi River
Gulf
Jacos Oprenverer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hluminated Life Buoy Aids Navy Rescue Efforts
The humane invention uses brilliant lights to guide and save the unfortunates. It has been adopted for use in the United States Navy.
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United States Navy
New Glass Lets Light Through Yet Blocks Heat
An experimental glass plate four tenths of an inch thick passes only 46.1 percent of heat while ordinary glass transmits 86 percent. Meanwhile 2,000 miles of railway are under construction in Japan. Ames engineering and material firm prefers English methods. American resilience and appetite for strawberry shortcake are praised by Dr Knapp. A troubled remarriage tale follows as a wife left with three children scrubs to support them after her husband ran off with a squaw.
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Anport
Japan
Con Tines
Ames Engineering
Chaska
Universal Brotherhood
Spark Theory of Love Sparks Debate in Cambridge
A BAVANT, living across the water, claims photography can prove true love by capturing electric sparks between lovers. Critics dismiss it as an old theory and note that youthful folly records can be embarrassing later.
Englishman in Washington Refuses Flag Ice At Dinner
An Englishman at a Washington dinner declined to eat an ice shaped and colored like the American flag arguing it was bad form to consume the national emblem. The incident highlights a cultural contrast in patriotism between Britain and the United States. Britons show respect by hats in transit and standing for the national anthem, and would not use the flag for advertising.
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Washington
Suppressed Central American Revolution in Nicaragua
The conflict over a tiny area reportedly ended after eight weeks with about 400 losses on both sides. Zelaya's forces were 3,000 strong while clerical insurgents numbered 2,000. Peace holds now but another revolution may come soon and business is expected to resume.
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Nicaragua
Zelaya
Central America
German court sentencing a count over a fatal duel
A Minitang court at Berlin sentenced Count von Kotze to two years in a fortress for killing Baron von Schrader in a duel. The piece criticizes dueling as fashionable in German military circles and argues penalties for duel killings should match those for murder. It then digresses about Vermont governors Frederick Holbrook and others from 1870s to 1880s, listing names.
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Berlin
Count von Kotze
Baron von Schrader
Count von Notre
Senate debates bonds prohibition and river bills in May sessions
Washington reports show May discussions in the Senate on Senator Butler's bill to prohibit issuing U S bonds without Congress consent. House actions include passing a pension for Francis E Hoover over veto and river and harbor conference reports. Several deaths and disasters are also noted across states.
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Senate
Butler
Congress
House
Francis E. Hoover
Charlevoix
Mich
Allen
Howard
Cleveland
Week’s exchange totals fall in leading clearings
The week ended the 22d shows $901,339,020 in United States exchange clearings, down from $1,019,009,278 the prior week. Business failures reach 227 in the seven days, up from 224, with 1595 comparisons. Salt production for 1895 totals 13,665,649 barrels worth $4,223,086, up 600,000 barrels but down $300,000 in value. The Supreme Court upholds sugar bounty appropriations, after Comptroller Bowler. Visible grain supply on the 25th lists 54,244,000 bushels of corn, oats 7,390,000, rye 137,000, barley 145,000.
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United States
Supreme Court
Treasury
Presbyterian Assembly denounces Sunday activities in New York area
Resolutions at the general assembly in Saratoga denounce Sunday excursions baseball games theaters and bicycle riding arguing the Lord's day should be observed and workers spared from Sabbath toil. The report lists Sunday offenses and calls for reform.
Multiple Disasters Reported Across States and Nations
A derailed freight near Lomars Indiana killed Mr and Mrs Ernest Sildebrand from Beatrice Nebraska. A Tipton Georgia tile mill boiler explosion killed Alexander Moore and his son Charles. ten workers injured. Chicago fair cleanup finished after two and a half years. Silver party plans a national conference June 3 in Columbus Ohio. Oklahoma cyclone wrecked 20 Edmond homes and 12 at White Eagle with ten dead. Eureka Camille Storey widow of Wilbur F Storey died in Chicago at 57. Mrs Margaret Kelley aged 106 celebrated birthday in Carrollton. Cleveland Methodist conference bars Epworth league affiliations. Indiana's Daniel Frederick aged 107 died in Vincennes. San Francisco jeweler Alva E Sheppard murdered cousin and cut his throat. La Fontaine Kansas cyclone damages and deaths plus Aaron Edwards killed. Jihada boiler explosion near Presque Isle Michigan injures Henry Kesten and others.
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Charles
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Eureka Camille Storey
Wilbur F. Storey
Crrolln
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Methodist General Conference
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Daniel Frederick
Vincennes
San Francisco
Alva E. Sheppard
Czarina and Czar Enter Moscow Amid Imperial Pageantry
A grand spectacle as the czar and czarina arrive in Moscow. In Monterey Mexico a bullfight ends in tragedy with picador Jose Mata killed and four others fatally wounded along with six horses. The Laurada reaches Cuban shores with insurgent cargo. Crete erupts in violence as Turks storm Khania. Consuls urge naval action. In Mexico 18 people die at the Lojos ranch.
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Jose Mata
Monterey
Mexico
New York
Crete
Khania
Lojos
Tornado Toll and Crises Striking Across Regions
Reports detail a Michigan tornado devastating Oakland Macomb and Lapeer counties with 60 dead and about 75 wounded. 50 square miles of farmland ruined near North Oxford Ortonville Thomas and Oakwood. Other calamities include a Vancouver bridge collapse and fires in Deseronto Ontario.
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Charles Comstock
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Lucius Fairchild
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Basement Sacrilege Allegations Tie Pastor to Murders
The article reports a pastor, Rev. Francis Herming, linked by circumstantial evidence to two murders Miss Clausen and Miss Samuelson. Excavations in a church basement uncover bones, a blood-stained pair of overalls, a woman’s shoe sole, and a trunk with Miss Clausen’s clothing. Disposals of the trunk and guitar, and admissions of abortion and financial misdeeds, deepen the linked charges and suspected additional victims.
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Ed Johnson
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Poelice
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Samuelson
Crete Uprising Sparks Turkish Atrocities in Canea
Athens dispatch reports Crete descends into anarchy as Turkish troops massacre and pillage Christians in Canea. British fleet sails toward Crete with Hood anchored off Phalarum to assist. Cavasses killed. Turkhan Pasha powerless amid clashes with the military governor Izzed In.
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A. C. Mellette Dead in Pittsburg Kansas
A. C. Mellette former governor of South Dakota died Monday morning at his Pittsburg home of heart failure after a five week illness. Remains will be shipped to Watertown for interment. He leaves a wife and three grown sons. He had moved to the city about a year ago to practice law. He was a prominent Knight Templar.
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A. C. Mellette
South Dakota
Watertown
S. D
Milwaukee streetcar boycott pits merchants against strike leaders
A citywide boycott of Milwaukee Street Railway cars persists after a 24 day strike. Merchants warn the mayor's proclamation harms Milwaukee while strikers defend the boycott as a necessary protest. A mass meeting at Union Park drew about 4000, resolutions denouncing the proclamation were adopted amid street clashes and arrests.
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Boating Disasters Reported in Ohio and Ohio River Area
A rowboat capsized on the Delaware River near Miladelphia killing three laborers John Fox John Goldman and Theodore Clinkett after a day of outing with beer. In Oak Harbor two men Hugh Conroy and Steve Janssen and Mrs Mary Janssen drowned when a boat overturned on the lake with Conroy blamed for the incident. Jere Sprague survived clinging to the upturned craft as rescue arrived.
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Delaware River
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John Goldman
Theodore Clinkett
Toledo
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Steve Janssen
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Four Burned to Death in Townsend Street Fire
Fire at 148 Townsend Street in Chicago burned Otto Malm his wife and three children. Otto died in the flames while the children Otto eight Allen three Hilga six died later. Mrs Malm injured permanently but surviving.
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Market outlook and production data from the iron and steel industry
The note tracks iron and steel output and stock levels, citing April furnace returns and a total four month surplus of 2 976 348 tons. It notes higher nail stock suppression, mixed steel bar pricing, and firm demand for boot and shoe output while textile curtailment leaves prices flat. It also lists weekly failures: 227 in the United States and 28 in Canada, up from last year.
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Bessemer
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United States
Canada
Collision near Woosung claims many lives
Reports from Hong Kong and Yokohama recount the Indo China line steamer Onwo collision with the New Chwang on April 30. About 253 lives lost with 37 saved by the American squadron including Olympia. boats from several ships aided in rescue and recovery as corpses drifted ashore.
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Turmoil in Crete and Cuba Headlines
May 23 dispatches report Crete's crisis intensifying with Turkish detachments besieged by Christian forces. Insurgents advance cause panic among Turkish settlers. 18 killed in Yoxaris and Drazu battles. 1500 refugees seek safety in Retimo.
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All About Western Corn Belt Newspaper
A fragmented OCR note describes a monthly Chicago newspaper aimed at the Corn Belt readers. It mentions postage stamps, a one year subscription, and selecting a published photo from the past for inclusion.
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Yab
Chicago
Burlington
Qalii
Adams St
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Villago
Pi s no and Organ Agents Seek Reliable Recruits
A fragmented clipping references an agency offering to supply reliable men to handle planes and organs worldwide. It mentions first class references and an address at State Street Chicago and a Detroit Free Press tie, with tangled quotes and names like Mowry Horace and Goethe.
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Seaeas & Camp
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