Glandorf Ohio A German Village Maintains Old World Quiet
The New York Herald portrays Glandorf in Putnam county Ohio as a self contained community with a German speaking majority, Catholic faith, and strong rural labor. The church and convent dominate the village scene with a brick church costing over 50000 dollars in gifts and labor by parishioners. Residents live simply and hospitably, with strict church duties and little influence from modern life.
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United States
Glandorf
Putnam County
Ohio
Germany
Impromptu Baptizing Buck Duke Aids Durham Church Fund
The famous tobacco magnate Buck Duke visits Durham North Carolina and is humorously questioned about his faith by a local barber who preaches. Duke jokes about baptism and later gives a $3,000 donation to help the church fund, framing the act as a gift to support the congregation.
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Buck Duke
Durham
N. C
Duke
Marse Buck
Marie Buck
Reign of terror and financial notes loom in world briefs
GLOBE GLEANINGS reports terror in Haytt and martial news from Cape Town. Lead found near Alto Paw signals resource concerns. Riley turns songwriter while Kitchener gets ovation in Cape Town. Indiana electric railways merge. Luzon province placed under civil government. Princeton gym fund tops $200000. Venezuelan government forces suffer crushing defeat. Southern Pacific line inspection completed. Lombard college receives $20000 bequest from Dr. Fisher of Galesburg. Paradise postmaster William Castle dies after 25 years. Government to spend $2000000 on Mississippi improvements. White House repairs ongoing. Scott mansion to host president. Tampico Bank to open branch by Mexican Trust Co. Seventeenth annual convention in Winona Lake. Roosevelt invited to Spanish-American veterans reunion in Indianapolis. Lady Pauncefote and daughters sail to England. Colorado Lt Governor Coates joins Socialist party. Tragic suicide of Walter David near Lenox Iowa. Nihilists kill M Lotz in Warsaw. Edinburg drownings of Waters and Brown. Author William Lent dies in Norfolk. Judge Bangs, Union League founder, passes at Chicago. Cuban planters seek trade treaty with Britain. Pinerio church struck by lightning. 25 dead, 35 injured. Carnegie donates $100000 to American Library Association for bibliographic aids.
Wealth of Texas Area Covers Eighty Percent of State
Census bulletin reports Texas farm lands value at 962 million in 1900 with 352,190 farms covering 125.8 million acres about 30 percent of state area. Details on land values, improvements, livestock, crops, and farm sizes plus Oklahoma and Louisiana figures follow.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Texas
Uly
Storm Rips Western New York with Severe Floods
Terrifying storm devastates Western New York causing widespread floods. Emergency crews race to assist residents as rivers burst their banks and towns report property damage and displacement. Rescue operations continue through the night with weather warnings in effect.
Western New York Storm Deluge Wrecks Dams Bridges
Terrific wind and rain swept western New York with rivers rising and waters washing away houses barns and livestock. Arcade Yorksh ire Batavia and Sandusky reported flood damage with missing bridges and washed out roads. One victim Minnie Lopez drowned near Arcade and widespread losses are expected in the hundreds of thousands.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Arcade
Minnie Lopez
Miss Loper
Yorkshire
Sandusky
Massive Wabash Avenue Fire Destroys Several Buildings
A major blaze on Wabash Avenue Chicago destroyed buildings at 305 307 309 and 311 313 Wabash. Losses exceed 325000 with fires threatening Siegel Cooper Co department store and causing evacuations at the Auditorium Hotel and Annex. Two-hour traffic halt on the elevated loop followed a series of explosions and a collapsing wall at 307 309 Wabash.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Auditorium Hotel
Bosch & Co
Theis Sion
Iion
Kuntz-Remmler Company
Thunderstorm Kills Seven at Southern Bell Line Work
In Offerman Georgia a severe storm struck two construction crews of the Southern Bell Telephone Company. Three white men and two black workers were killed while another white man and a black worker were injured as lightning hit two wire stretches about five miles apart.
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Offerman
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Five Drownings Reported In Red River Picnic Sinking
Five bodies found floating in Red River near Pandora plantation after a boat capsized during a Saturday picnic. Nine negroes aboard, only two survivors, victims include John Edwards and Mollie Edwards with two Edwards children Rosa Rivers and a grandson. two Leroy children survived by clinging to the overturned vessel.
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Shreveport
Red River
Pandora Plantation
John Edwards
Mollie Edwards
Edwards
Rosa Rivers
Leroy
Cholera Toll in Manila and Provinces Recorded
Manila reported fifty new cholera cases and thirty deaths on Sunday while the provinces logged 460 new cases and 335 deaths.
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Manila
Importation of Labor Alleged Sparks Texas City Debate
In Palestine Texas July 8 excitement grows over claims that Mexican labor has been imported to fill striking machinists positions. The U S district attorney has been alerted to the issue. In St Louis the Arkansas and Choc taw railroad was bought by the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company.
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Palestine
Texas
Mexico
United States
St. Louis
Arkansas and Choctaw Railroad
St. Louis and San Francisco
Elberta Peach Shipments Rise Sharply From Tyler Area
In Tyler Texas on July 8 the Elberta peach crop starts strong with twenty two cars shipped today and thirty more expected daily this week. Refrigerated cars are iced with ice from Tyler Waco Houston Pallas and other Texas points. The yield is nearly unprecedented and prices are as good as in past years.
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Tyler
Texas
Waco
Houston
Pallas
Castro relocates from Caracas to LaGuayra with guard
In a sudden move President Castro left Caracas not for Valencia but for LaGuayra accompanied by his private guard. In Davenport Iowa the North American Turnerbund announces the next National Turnfest will be held in 1905.
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Willemstad
Caracaa
Castro
Caracas
Valencia
LaGuayra
Davenport
Ila
Turnerbund
Drowned Man Identified in Houston Bayou
Houston brick contractor H C Naquin identified the drowned youth as James A Bryant whose mother resides at 1214 Bagby Street. The body was recovered from the bayou near Shepard's dam after a Sunday drowning. Purtty opens the way to a world of gladness.
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Houston
Texas
H. C. Naquin
Ross & Wright
Shepard’s Dam
James A. Bryant
Bagby Street
Race riot injures Slavs and Poles at Rainey mines near Vanderbilt
In Connellsville Pennsylvania three miles from Vanderbilt a riot broke out at the Rainey company Paul mines between Slavs and Polish workers. Slav Mike Zovetchin died and Slav Victor Hennel was fatally wounded. Police jailed two Poles Joseph Weilk and Peter Panik for murder and wounding. others were fined or held as witnesses. A christening party at Slavish boarding house preceded the violence.
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Connellsville
Paul
Rainey Company
Vanderbilt
Here
Mike Zovetchin
Victor Hennel
Joseph Weilk
Peter Panik
Zavetchin
Hennel
Uniontown
Frank Letkey
King Edward's Recovery Advances Satisfactorily
London July 7 King Edward's progress last night continued good. If current pace holds he may be well enough to transfer to the royal yacht at Southampton waters by month’s end. A 9 am bulletin said the king's progress is satisfactory in every way.
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London
Edward
Southampton Waters
Body found on railroad track near Winthrop identified by Montgomery name
Texarkana reports the body of an unknown man found on the Kansas City Southern track near Winthrop thirty miles east of Texarkana. Clothing bore the inked name Montgomery. Authorities believe he was struck by a locomotive.
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Kansas City Southern Railroad
Winthrop
Here
Montgomery
Freight Handlers in Chicago Vote to Strike
Nearly 9,000 freight handlers in Chicago warehouses and depots voted at a special meeting to strike within forty eight hours to press for higher wages.
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Chicago
Worth of Austin Delivers Fourth of July Oration
Sulphur Springs reports Louis J. Worth of Austin served as the Fourth of July orator at the local celebration.
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Louis J. Wortham
Austin
Aguinaldo Fears Assassination After Amnesty Proclamation
In Manila on July 7, following amnesty July 4, General Chaffee met with Aguinaldo for the first time since the proclamation. Aguinaldo asked protection from testifying in civil suits. Chaffee declined and advised a social visit to Acting Civil Governor Wright. He expressed fear of daylight exposure and planned night calls only.
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Aguinaldo
Manila
Johnson
Chaffee
W. E. McKinley
Je Chaffee
Agwinaldo
General Chaffe
Oneral
Wright
Woman Convicted of Forgery in Waxahachie Trial
A young woman, likely under 20, was arraigned on forgery in Waxahachie. She allegedly signed a friend’s name to a $20 draft cashed by Citizens Bank. The defendant, Mary Stra alias Mary McShe, claimed Choctaw heritage. She pleaded guilty and received no years in the state penitentiary, crying as Judge Dillard imposed sentence.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Woma
Citizens’ N. Bank
Mary Stra
Mary McShe-She
State
Dillard
Cattlemen and Indians Clash Over Livestock Kills in Choctaw Nation
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory July 7. Grave trouble between cattlemen and Indians in the Choctaw Nation is feared after the killing of nearly 400 cattle during the week. The dispute centers on a rule that non citizens may sell no more than ten head at a time. It is claimed the cattle raisers have violated the law with impunity, inflaming tribal tensions.
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Ardmore
I. T
Fence repair highlights Red River county near Clarksville
A large amount of turf fence work has recently occurred in Red River county near Clarksville with unspecified scope and local impact.
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Clarksville
Red River County
Army Officers Die by Own Action in Mindanao
Manila July 7 Captain J H Lenberger of the Tenth Infantry and Second Lieutenant Thomas of the Philippine Scouts died by own action. Both shootings occurred on Mindanao. Lenberger on July 4 and Thomas in June due to despondency.
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Manila
J. H.lenberger
Island of Mindanao
Thomas
Philippine Scouts
Island of
Mindanao
Lufkin Entry Details Aldridge Sail to Huntington
Lufkin reports Charles Aldridge sailed here on the charge of another black man at Huntington. The brief item notes the voyage and accusation involving Aldridge in Huntington.
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Lufkin
Charles Aldridge H
Huntington
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