Notable Deaths and Events From Early American Figures
A compact chronology notes 1806 George Wythe Virginia chancellor and signer death born 1726. 1909 Thomas Paine death born 1737. 1635 Andrew Jackson birth 1767 died after presidency 1829-37. 1900 Chinese anti foreign sentiment prompts missions in China to request McKinley protection. 1907 Julia Magruder novelist dies in Richmond born 18H.
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George Wythe
Virginia
Thomas Paine
Andrew Jackson
China
McKinley
Julia Magruder
Richmond
Astronomical Events Preview for Local Sky
Bun sets at 7 25 p m and rises at 4 24 a m while the moon, age ten days, sets at 1 40 a m Mercury becomes visible in the western sky after sunset.
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Bun
Moon
Mercury
Nicaragua opens doors to Asiatics amid global shifts
The article notes Nicaragua allowing Asiatics to settle, predicting a rise in Asia's surplus population. It also mentions the Hague peace palace progress, debates on weapon belts, and grim mortality stats from accidents. It contrasts temperance foes with Prohibition leaders, and comments on colonial conflicts in Africa.
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Nicaragua
Asia
Fourth of July Waste and the Cost of Celebration
The article weighs spending on firecrackers parades and ceremonies against the harm and waste of injuries and deaths from Fourth of July celebrations. It notes 103 deaths and 1,490 injuries last year and questions whether devotion to celebration justifies the risks and costs.
Republicans Built Indiana With Progressive State Laws
The piece argues Democrats revive old tariff and free trade ideas while Republicans cite Indiana achievements. It lists laws praised for public benefit like pure food and drug laws, factory inspection, state banking, insurance regulation, anti trust measures, and home rule, portraying Republicans as constructive and Democrats as destructive.
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Dingrey
Indiana
Republican Party
Railroad Commission
Railroad
Labor Commission
Fighting Forest Fires And The Timber Owners Unite
The Washington Forest Fire association beginnings for the year cover 3 000 000 acres with ranger patrols. Similar efforts spread to Idaho Oregon Maine and other states as forest owners organize to protect holdings from fires, saving timber as scarcity rises and wood famine looms.
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Washington Forest Fire Association
United States Forest Service
Idaho
Oregon
Maine
Murder Trial Dragging Along in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Indiana June 6 The trial of Herman Miller once a deputy sheriff for the murder of Woodburn Marshal Croy has dragged since Monday. The state has shown Miller knew of stolen tools before others were told and that he threatened Croy. Sixty witnesses remain with only about a third testifying so far.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Herman Miller
Marshal Croy
Woodburn
Miller
Croy
Chicken Thief Is Fined and Disfranchised in Indiana
In Connersville Indiana on June 6 Cy Huber aged twenty four was fined 50 dollars plus costs disfranchised for five years and sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for petit larceny He was convicted of stealing a chicken valued at 36 cents.
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Connersville
Ind
Cy” Huber
Indiana Reformatory
Huber
Traction Car Collision Fatality In Evansville
George W. Morris thirty five a former streetcar man of this city was struck by a traction car on the Evansville and Palaceton Line and fatally hurt.
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Evansville, Inc
George W. Morris
Evansville & Palaceton
Ostarrh Reward Ad Endsorsement Note
Advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of Ostarrh not cured by Hall's Ostarrh Care. Signed statements praise F J Cheney and Company of Toledo Ohio for 15 years of honorable business and financial reliability.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Marsovian intrigue ends in unexpected marriage
Ambassador Popoff exposes a secret at a summer house as Sonia and M. de Jolidon reveal themselves. Natalie steps out as Mme Sonia Sadowa gracefully announces her engagement, while Danilo confronts heartbreak and Sonia savors victory, noting Marsovia loses the twenty million.
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Ish
de Jolidon
Natalie
Popoff
Mr. Nish
Nish
Sonia
Mme
Danilo
Paul Pry
Popof
Nova Kovitch
Jet
M. de Jolidon
Flore
Liere
Sonia Sadowa
Marsovia
Maxtia's
Fragmentary Caption Notes on Lung Conditions
Fragmentary OCR notes describe lung hemorrhages and past coughing events. The text mentions years ago when the lungs were affected and uses archaic spelling. Further context is unclear due to damaged text and incomplete sentences.
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Promoted For Kidney Bladder Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles including Bright’s Disease. It claims hospital and private success and offers a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
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Root
Kilner
Bright
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp Re
Terse Telegrams Highlight Disasters and Market Shifts
A boiler tube on the cruiser Tennessee exploded killing six and injuring eight. Wheat declines on the Chicago board amid speculative selling. Captain J B Collins shifts from Brooklyn to Indiana command. Hester reports world cotton supply at 3 095 298 bales vs 3 246 567 last week. King Edward’s Russia visit stirs political talk in St Petersburg. Charles E Webb fatally shoots sister in law and then kills himself in Portsmouth Ohio. Missouri Pacific omits semiannual 2 spinner dividend. Dun’s Review cites improving commerce manufacturing and weather as week’s drivers. Week’s U S business failures total 225, lowest since October. 262 prior week, 155 in 1907 week. Florence Carver burns fatally in Alexandria Indiana after gasoline front explosion. New York recount shows McClellan gains 13 votes in 42 ballots. Hearst up 105 votes in 154 boxes. nearly 1,800 boxes remain.
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Chicago Exchange
J. B. Collins
Brooklyn
Indiana
Hester
Charles E. Webb
Portsmouth
Lucy Webb
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Dun
United States
Meat reserves shipped from Britain to relieve U S shortage
London reports that 10,000 pounds of American meat stored in London Glasgow and Liverpool have been reshipped by fast steamer to New York to ease the continued meat shortage in America.
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London
Glasgow
Liverpool
New York
America
England Golf’s Rise Stirs American Fans
Exchange between Granks and Hazards from Philadelphia Press notes golf’s long English popularity before it became America’s national game. discussion centers on Wright Field and the sport’s growing appeal in England.
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Two Granks
Wright Field
England
Bunkerson
Philadelphia Press
Hedgerow Robbery or The Inhuman Boy
A curious local item recounts a boy known for his catapult and a demand for bird eggs. Tension rises as neighbors recall the incident amid hedgerows. The tale frames a moral clash between mischief and restraint in a rural setting.
Hig Explanation and The Misery of Petey
Fragmentary text suggests a character named Petey in a discussion about happiness and growth. The jumbled lines imply a dialogue on misery and personal trouble without clear actions, dates, or places. No verifiable events or entities beyond Petey are present.
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Variety
National committee heads and Gore speech dominate political talk
Washington rumors center on who will head the Republican and Democratic national committees after conventions. Senator Crane of Massachusetts is a leading contender, with Harry New and former Cortelyou noted. Gore’s brilliant two hour speech on the filibuster draws wide praise. Aldrich maintains composure on the floor, while Negro delegates face limited prospects at Chicago.
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National Committee
Gore
Charles W. Arthur
Washington
New York
Chicago
Congressional
National Republican Committee
Mark Hanna
Republican Committee
William McKinley
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Harry New
Indiana
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Crane
Taft
Senator Gore
Democratic Committee
Oklahoma
la Follette
Kentucky
John R. Lynch
Mississippi
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Pas Teipuns Company Publishers
Jasper Packard
New Albany
Dvanos
Evening Tribune
Official City Paper
The
Hague
Prohibition Party
Congress
Africa
Morocco
Algeria
BY Albert Payson
Terhune
de Golidon
Danila
Einos
Tennessee
Edward
Russia
St. Petersburg
Alexandria
Florence Carver
Charlea Carver
Carver
Lambert
McClellan
William R. Hearst
Petey Aed
Tak
Capital
Aldricy
Aldrich
Carter
Montana
Colorado
Cannon
Wyoming
Qoo
Tntas Angs
Samuel Pitch
Saari
Kelis
Fac Suuile Signature
Doaie
Bears
Castoria
Water Way
Detroit
Buffalo
Befalo
Magara
Sysamers
Dette
Great Lakes
Lewis Gathee Cree
Buffalo Steamboat CO
Phiup MH
McMillan
Schante Gant Mca
Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Company
Jeffersonville
Watson Junction
Sellersburg
Scottsburg
Crothersville
Seymour
Columbus
Edinburg
Franklin
Greenwood
Indianapoli
Louisville-Seymour
Speeds
Memphs
Henryville
Underwood
Vienna
Austin
Chestnut Ridge
I.C. & S. Traction Co
Indianapolis
Southern Indiana RE. R
A. A. Anderson
Fred M. Jackson
T. J. Love
John S. Mann
New Albany Township
Ollie L. Emery
Moses L. Jackson
John A Winds
Himsel
Thomas E. Fogle
Nominatin
Ibe Floyd
Republic
East Fifth Street
Albany
William Sloemer
Fla Oes
Eens
Claude Sittason
Sherif Af Pleid
Charles W. Long
Trus
Ataus
Walter v. Soames
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