June 13 in History Highlights Births and War Move
June 13 marks births of Frances Burney and Winfield Scott in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Fifth Army Corps sailed from Tampa toward Santiago de Cuba under General Shafter. Evening sky shows Venus stationary and Mercury visible near the western horizon. full moon at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
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Frances Burney
d'Arvlay
Winfeld Scott
Petersburg
Fifth United States Army Corps
W. R. Shafter
Tampa
Santiago de Cuba
First US flag adopted by Congress in 1777
History notes June 14 marking the 1777 congressional resolution defining a 13 stripe flag with a blue field of 13 white stars representing a new constellation. Also notes 1807 birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe and 1811 Russian expulsion of 550 members accused of high treason in Douma.
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Congress
United States
Herriet Beecher
Stowe
Planet Mercury Visible on Western Horizon at Dusk
The article notes Mercury visible near the western horizon during twilight with moonrise at 6 36 pm and moon age 16 days. It references the sun set at 7 28, sunrise at 4 24, and Mercury crossing Bun's path at a descending node during the night.
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Mercury
Bun
War on mosquitoes prompts home shielding advice
The piece urges screening windows and using nets this summer despite wartime mosquito efforts. It jokes that fat army colonels must walk fifty miles, or roll if unable, and notes public panic over hydrophobia versus a casual flirtation with tetanus every Fourth of July.
Monitors Earn Merit for Gun Fire Capability
Naval experts judge the monitors inferior on stability but acknowledge their gun fire performance. They commend the ships with an all around certificate of merit for their combat effectiveness and reliability in firing.
Peary Aims for North Pole With Sledge Ship Plan
Explorer Peary presses toward the pole using the ship to push far, then dogs and sledges across the ice. He has stocked supplies for three years and plans to cover the final distance quickly if luck favors him, while safeguarding the expedition against the dangers of Arctic travel.
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Peary
North Pole
Pole
Grant Land
Bee
House of Governors proposed to unite states under central oversight
Secretary Elihu Root warns of states shirking legislative duty and argues for a national solution. William Jordan advances a "house of governors" led by elected governors, providing direct popular voice and initiative without lawmaking power, to harmonize state laws and regulate issues like divorce and child labor.
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House of Governors
Elihu Root
William George Jordan
White House
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Mr. Jordan
Congress
Editorial Snippets From Various Papers
A collage of snappy lines and quips from papers like the Washington Post Chicago Record Herald Rochester Post-Express Florida Times Union Philadelphia Record New York Mall and Chicago Record Herald. Topics include eye sight price reform in funerals warship counts and gold regulation.
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Washington Post
Chicago Record-Herald
Rochester Post- Express
Texas
Florida Times-Union
Admiral Evans
Philadelphia Record
the Times
New York
Austria
Scraps of Science and Radiation Facts
The article notes global height and ocean depths with mean figures of 1000 feet and 12000 feet respectively. It mentions rock salts as heat ray transmitters and a German physician advising rotating hypnotics to reduce harm. It also covers fatigue toxins derived from animal and plant sources and their effects.
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Weichardt
Witty schooner captain hurls humor at crew on skippers pass
A New York Savannah trade schooner captain famed for sharp wit lightens voyages with barbed jokes. When a big Irish deckhand faced rough seas of callers two days from New York the captain asked if he could steer the mainmast down the forecastle stairs the reply came in quick form from below.
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New York
Savannah
Philadelphia Ledger
Reward offered for unopened case of Octarrh by Hall's
The advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any case of Octarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Octarrh. It lists F.J. Cheney & Co. Toledo as proprietors and cites attestations from Waar & Tavix, Watoma, and Emman & Marvin as wholesale druggists.
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Ward
Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. d. Cheney
Waar & Tavix
Morphian Carey
Sererans
Dramatic Vote Sets New York Gambling Laws
Albany June 12 after a close struggle the Agnew Hart and racetrack gambling bills became law Governor Hughes signed them. Senator Otto G Foelker crawled from a sick bed and voted yes along with Senator William C Wallace of Niagara Falls. the bills lower penalties for gambling, pool selling and book making and move offenses to misdemeanor. Foelker's health and recovery from appendicitis were noted as he prepared to return home.
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Albany
N. Y
Agnew Hart
New York
Hughes
Otto G. Foelker
Brooklyn
William C. Wallace
Niagara Falls
Wallace
Foelker
State Racing Commission
Staatsburg
Francis N. Murphy
Tragic suicide of schoolmistress in Reval
A London dispatch reports a schoolmistress in Reval who killed herself two days before King Edward and Emperor Nicholas meet. Once linked to revolutionaries, she was urged to perform a terrorist act to welcome the emperor. Officials note long held revolutionary ideas and fear of terrorists’ vengeance.
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London
Standard
Reval
Edward
Nicholas
Old Indian Fighter King Dies at Amazonia
William Smith King aged seventy eight, famed for early pony express duties between St. Joseph and the Pacific coast and noted as an Indian fighter, died at his Amazonia home. He served forty eight years with the Burlington railroad.
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St. Joseph
William Smith King
Amazonia
Burlington Railroad
Constipation remedy claim from Dyeraburg writer
W R Ward of Dyeraburg Yenn certifies urine laxative fruit syrup as a thorough practice remedy for chronic constipation. He asserts it has proven without doubt to be effective for this trouble.
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W. R. Ward
Dyeraburg
Yenn
Columbia club reception honors Fairbanks and Watson
Indianapolis date reports that the Columbia club hosts an informal reception tonight for Vice President Fairbanks Indiana's presidential candidate and James B Watson Republican candidate for governor. Invitations extend to club members Marion club officers state GOP chairmen Beveridge Hemenway and Over. Speakers include Fairbanks Watson Beveridge and Street with light refreshments as the aim is social contact and appreciation.
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Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Fairbanks
Indiana
James B. Watson
Marion Club
Beveridge
Hemenway
Over.street
Young inventors operate South Bend wireless system
In South Bend two teens Earl Hoejlm and Henry Setser aged 13 and 14 set up a wireless telegraph system. Hoejlm claims inventor credit with a lightweight tower of wire at a chimney and a window apparatus including spark and tuning cells. The Leiser home hosts a telephone receiver and ground wires. The system is described as in excellent working order.
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South Bend
Ind
Earl Hoejlm
Henry Setser
Young Hoelm
Leiser
Knightstown Commandery Wins Prize Drill at Winona Lake
The Knights Templar conclave at Winona Lake centered on the prize drill. Knightstown Commandery with seventy swords won $500. competitors came from Fort Wayne Plymouth Columbia City Franklin Delphi and Warsaw. A jubilee is planned in Indianapolis in May 1909 for the Masonic Temple dedication.
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Masonic Temple
Trial Set for First-Degree Murder of Chicago Jeweler
Albert Koubick, discharged employee, indicted for murder in the first degree in the shooting of Emil Krasnicka at his North Judson country home. He confessed after arrest, implicating the widow who denies involvement. Trial before a Starke county jury will be called next Monday.
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Laporte
Ind
AlJbert Koubick
Emil Krasnicka
Chicago
North Judson
Starke County
Koubick
Ford murder trial at Bloomington under self-defense theory
Bloomington Indiana June 12 With the state over half done presenting testimony against Edward Ford charged with first degree murder of Frank McCoy at a wood chopping near Unionville last November interest is high. The public believes Ford's self defense claim may not be overcome by evidence. Ford killed Joel and Frank McCoy during a quarrel.
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Bloomington
Ind
Edward Ford
Frank McCoy
Unionville
Ford
Joel
First Trip Proved Fatal In Os Torn Accident
Frank D. Qkeyney aged twenty two from London England died after a first trip as railway employee from Fort Wayne Indiana. He was mangled at Os torn Indiana by falling under a freight train and dragged himself from beneath the wheels to reach St Margaret's hospital where he died.
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Hammond
Ind
Frank D. Qkeyney
London
Eng
Fort Wayne
Ostorn
St. Margaret's Hospital
Crag damage lifts Chicago wheat market strength
Crag damage reports from the North West and the Southwest boosted trader sentiment and helped push Chicago wheat prices higher as markets reacted to supply concerns.
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Chicago
Woman's Health Urgent Recall of Herbal Remedy Ad
Advertisement for Mother Gray's Australian Leaf a herbal cure claimed to help back pain urinary bladder and kidney troubles. Promotes mail order sale with price quoted in pounds and pence.
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Mother Gray
Mountain Outrage Claims Abduction of Bride on Bridal Trip
Alf Burns of Jackson county North Carolina reports six men bound and beat him then abducted his wife from a mountain cottage in Panther mountain Greenville county during a bridal trip. He says the couple was attacked at night and the wife disappeared down the mountain. Authorities are investigating the claim.
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Spartansburg
S. C
Alf Burns
Jackson County
N. C
Panther Mountain
Greenville County
Burns
Garfield to visit Honolulu with special honors planned
Secretary of the Interior James A. Garfield travels aboard the battleship Maine with the special service squadron and is due to arrive June 17. Honolulu commercial bodies plan elaborate entertainments for the secretary during his stay.
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Garfield
Honolulu
Secretary of the Interior
James A. Garfield
Maine
Special Service Squadron
Questioning the right match in a looping court tale
A tense exchange unfolds as an amlabie wife and a brutal husband debate whom he would marry if he remarried. He evades a direct answer, insisting he would choose a woman who would not probe his future spouse.
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George
Animal Life Longevity Across Species
The Minneapolis Journal notes whales may live 800 to 1000 years, tortoises 100 to 200, elephants camels eagles and crocodiles around 100 or more. Carp age 75 to 150, big cats 25 in confinement, swans parrots ravens up to 200, pelicans 40–50, hawks 30–40, geese 80, monkeys 16–18, squirrels rabbits 7, queen bees 4, workers 6 months, drones 4 months.
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Minneapolis Journal
Homeseekers Excursion Through Monon Route
Tickets go on sale on May 6 and 19 June 2 and 16 July 1 and 2 August 4 and 18 September 1 and 15. Travel to Arizona Arkansas Mexico Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Kansas Michigan Montana Nebraska Nevada North Dakota South Dakota Oregon Utah Washington Wisconsin and Wyoming. Monon passenger station provides information. F. H. Kalies, Agent.
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Monon
Arizona
Arkansas
Mexico
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
Kansas
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Informasion
F. H. Kalies
Indiana Delegates to Republican National Convention Slated
Indiana delegates meet Monday at 10 o'clock to elect the national committeeman and allocate: resolutions, credentials, rules and order of business, notify presidential candidate, notify vice presidential candidate committees, plus delegation chairman. Slated members include Harry S. New as national committeeman and Beveridge as possible resolutions chair. Also mentions Kealing on credentials, George Ade on presidential notification, and minor changes possible in leadership.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Harry S. New
Hemenway
Resolutions Committee
Senator Beveridge
Joseph B. Kealing
George Ade
Beveridge
Ade
Harry New
Kealing
National Committee
Albert J. Beveridge
Charles A. Bookwalter
Jesse Overstreet
Chicago
Hamilton Club
Bookwalter
Ile
I Indiana
Auditorium Annex
Washington
Maine
Massachusetts
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Jasper Packard
New Albany
Ualte
Ido
Evening Tribune
Official City Paper
Mme
Venus
Czar
Watzon
Marconi
South Bend Boy Genius
Hus
Gang of Six
Homeseekers Excursion
Meesterdom
Stubbs
Allen
Allen S. Olmated
LeRoy N.Y
the Tribune
Lee
Neaf
Samuel Fer
Bears
East Fifth Street
Incl
Ialist
Lange
GEO. S. Graf
Main Street
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Reising’s Beer
Paul Reising Brewing Co
Indianapolis ‘and
Louisville Traction Company
Jeffersonville
Watson Junction
Sellersburg
Scottsburg
Crathersville
Seymour
Columbus
Edinburg
Franklin
Greenwood
Memphis
Henryville
Underwood
Vienna
Austin
Pesteeteres
Chestnut Ridge
P. Im
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Depot &S. Q . Cos
A. Anderson
West Baden Springs, Fnci
Foley
Folay
Ae Tess
He Erie Sete Sree
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