Lodge's Fight Gains Ground in Vice Presidential Talk
Washington correspondents arriving for the Philadelphia convention report quiet but sharp jockeying for the next vice president. Rumors name Lodge, Long, Bills, Fairbanks and Walcott, with McKinley expected to choose a running mate. Officials announce ticket distribution and security details for the event.
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National Capital
McKinley
Secretary of
Lodge
Secretary Long
Cornelius N. Bills
New York
Fairbanks
Indiana
Walcott
Colorado
Hobart
Letters Stolen From American Minister in Costa Rica
New Orleans dispatch reports May 24 theft of a post office box at San Jose containing letters from U S Consul in Managua to the American minister. The missing missives include a letter from Consul Davidson and are believed linked to Nicaragua Costa Rica tensions and anti U S sentiment.
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New Orleans
Costa Rica
Port Simon
United States
San Jose
Merry
Davidson
Managua
Nicaragua
Nicara-gua
Making it Personal Facetious Quotations on Lifespan
A man and his wife discuss longevity with a playful exchange about who lives longer. The woman jokes about her own lifespan, and the narrator notes she may be both facetious and sincere.
Books Bouge Buyback Offer for Your Winter Reads
Readers are urged to convert unread winter purchases into cash via the buyback offer. The notice invites customers to bring in any books even lightly read and promises gratis processing.
Disorder in Island Parliament as desk is broken and papers stolen
In Charlottetown Prince Edward Island June 2 disorder marks sessions as the government clings to a slim majority. Conservative MP Birch accuses the desk of being broken and papers on a seat’s legality stolen to sway the government’s fate. Pineau’s shift from opposition to government support is alleged to have involved removal to Lyon Maine to avert defeat.
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Charlottetown
P.be
Farquharson
Liberg
Birch
A. A. Pineau
Court to Pass Upon School Bond Issue
Lancaster on June 2 reports the Lancaster City School Board pressed Cleveland bankers Lamprecht Brothers to honor a $50,000 bond issue. The Prothonotary recorded salt as part of the dispute over loan legality with the bankers contesting the loan method. All parties agreed the case should be decided by the local court.
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Lancaster
Prothonotary
Lancaster City School Board
Lamprecht Brothers Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Lr Soles
Baorene
Haddington police haul mixed goods in larceny case
In Overbrook a police station hearing room is piled with fine items as Mrs. Susan Berkle faces larceny charges. Witnesses identify missing goods while alleged burglars James Tyrell and John Wilson await further investigation after their arrest.
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Haddington
Overbrook
Alice McCallen
North Sixtieth Street
H. Goldsmith
North Sixty-third Street
Charles B
Drexel Road
J. G. Miller
Sixty
James Tyrell
John Wilson
Brooklyn
Newark
Tyrell
Wilson
Thornton
L. Pink and Son Printers Advertise Location
L. Pink and Son, printers, located at 39 South Fourth Street, advertise their business services and address in the notice.
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L. Pink & Son, Printers
South Fourth St
Clergyman Missing Prompted Search in Monterey
United States Consul in Monterey and others received telegrams to search for Rev. Charles Higbee of New Rochelle New York. He left January for a boating and fishing trip in Mexico and has not been heard from since by relatives and friends.
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Monterey
Charles Higbee
Mexico
United States
New Rochelle
N. Y
Higbee
Pretoria Detained in Quarantine for Smallpox In Steamship Stoppage
The Hamburg America Line steamer Pretoria arrived from Hamburg Boulogne and Plymouth with 142 cabin and 1808 steerage passengers. A Russian passenger Wolf aged 36 was taken ill May 27 and sent to the ship's hospital.
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New York
Pretoria
Hamburg
Boulogne
Wolf
Chip's Hospital
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