Egypt crisis prompts British push to fortify garrison
London reports a fiery Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey warning Parliament that attacks on British officers in Tantab show fanatical restraint, urging stern measures to uphold Lord Cromer and Egyptian authority. The speech follows debates on foreign estimates as critics urge restraint and fleet choices.
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London
Edward Grey
Egypt
House of Commons
Russia
Congo
Tantab
Lord Cromer
Cronstadt
John Dillon
Pardoned by President in Perjury Case Shocks Oregon
In Portland former Judge A B Tanner, who lied to shield law partner the late Senator John W Mitchell, received presidential clemency. Assistant Attorney General Francis J Heney announced the Roosevelt pardon after Tanner testified against Mitchell. No sentence had been passed for Tanner. the act stemmed from his witness-stand testimony and alleged betrayal by Mitchell.
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Portland
Ore
A. B. Tanner
United States
John W. Mitchell
Roosevelt
Tanner
Hera
Francis J. Heney
Mitchell
Washington
Thaw
Olcott
Harry Thaw
Judge Olcott
Scotch bookmaker tale and odd health notes
A quirky Scotsman at a racecourse claims winnings after betting on a horse. He tests sovereigns before pocketing them, avoiding a bad coin. The page also mentions malaria remedies, dental tips, throat care, and a Papua New Guinea necktie made from black ants.
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New Guinea
Papua
Doctor finds relief with Grape-Nuts breakfast
A physician reports abandoning meat at breakfast after starting Grape-Nuts. He says digestion improved, weight increased, and he now prescribes the cereal for indigestion and recovery, noting its easy digestion and nourishment from wheat and barley components.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Beatrice Poultry Plant Contract Awarded
Scribner voters approve bonds totaling 20000 for water works and gas plant. Paul Witzki of Beatrice lands the contract to build the new plant for Beatrice Poultry and Cold Storage company. Fremont restaur ant man James Cleary was struck by lightning in front of his business but suffered no serious injuries.
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Paul Witzki
Beatrice
Beatrice Poultry and Cold Storage Company
James Cleary
Fremont
Hoag Farmers Elevator Company
William Keefer
John Lundholm
Oakland
Lyons
Drown In A Lake Disaster On Crowded Platform
Andrew Elias of North Platte awoke to his wife dead beside him after a collapse on the crowded platform. She had not felt well when she retired but appeared not to be in danger. The incident involved a frail structure that gave way and scores went down.
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Burmah
Papa
Andrew Elias
North Platte
Omaha
Neb
Manawa Lake
Manaws
Katie
Clare Perfinger
Bill Hall
Sarpy County
Nebraska
Pottawattamie County
Towa
Iowa
Missouri River
Terra Firma
Manawa
John Bunn
Boyles Commercial College
Rose Hotel
Groundbreaking under way for Kearney academy building
The Kearney Military academy began work on a new 50000 dollar building with eight excavation teams. Nearby fire damages a Beatrice barn. a horse and army were saved, while the structure and contents burned. Various Nebraska developments follow from Beatrice to New York, including a German National Bank plan in Columbus and Thaw Nesbit affidavit rumors in New York.
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Kearney Military Academy
Beatrice
W. R. Smith
Lexa
Four Boys Die and Nine Injured in Wanamie Fourth Celebration
In Wanamie, Pa., five boys celebrating the Fourth of July were killed and nine injured after a powder blast failed to fire in a pipe. Two Pachunis brothers, two Shukawicz brothers, and Long died as dynamite was forced into the pipe and pounded, causing the explosion near the mining town five miles from Wilkes-Barre.
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Wilkesbarre
Wanamie
Pachunis
Shukawicz
Long
Carrie Nation Targeted by Federal Warrant in Hatchet Obscenity
A federal warrant issued by U S Attorney Scothorn charges Carrie Nation with sending obscene matter through the mails in her temperance paper The Hatchet. Nation lectures in Tears as officers are alerted to arrest her. the Hatchet issue includes a lecture titled to nda.
Socialist MP Addresses Letter on South African Massacre
James Kier Hardle, a socialist and independent labor leader and MP, wrote an extraordinary Edinburgh letter to a Zulu subject decrying the wholesale massacre of natives in South Africa under the pretense of suppressing a non existent rebellion.
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London
James Kier Hardle
Edinburgh
South Africa
Tecumseh Stabbing Affray Between Two Men
In Tecumseh Ned George Schasten and Charles Wright clashed when Schasten drew a pocket knife and cut Wright four or five times. Wright was taken home and a doctor summoned. about thirty stitches were required. The incident followed long-standing bad blood and possible liquor involvement and left Wright in serious condition.
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Tecumseh
Ned
George Schasten
Charles Wright
Schasten
Wright
Waa
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