Many events fill brief news yearns in 1900s era
Notable items include the death of University of Wisconsin horticulture professor Emmett Goff and the Oklahoma prohibition convention nominating L T Van Cleave for Congress. Other notes cover a vast range from goats in New Mexico to court cases, ship line policy, arson fatalities, and political party developments.
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Emmett Goff
University of Wisconsin
L. T. van Cleave
Charles S. Onderdonk
Lamay
N. M
Supreme Lodge of Mystic Workers of the World
Kreekford
Janesville
Wis
Abe Moore
Richardson County
Nebraska
London Daily Mail
American Line
British Shipping Combine
Belle Smith
Hardin
United States Supreme Court
Kaiser
Crown Prince
South Africa
Frank Robinson
Nevada
Gertrude Rawlings
Albert Ferguson
Kansas City
Bjorsen Bjorstjerne
Sarah Bernhardt
Stockholm
American Journal
Royal Treasury
Sylvester Pennoyer
Oregon
Portland
W. H. Russell
Albert Gabrin
Colorado
State Supreme Court
Health Department of
St. Paul
Western Labor Union Convention
Denver
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Representative Cummins
New York
Signor Riva
University of Rome
Gino Prinetti
Mount Grigna
Lake Lecco
Switzerland
J. M. Cassidy
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Rolfe
West
N. A. Lind
Red Crest
Beigler & Son
Hartwick
Tornado Rips Through Minnesota Farm Districts Killing Fifteen
A severe tornado in Clay and Becker counties and the White Earth reservation causes fifteen deaths and extensive property loss. The storm, about a mile and a half wide, hits Ulen Atlanta and Walworth along the reservation with damaged farms, churches, and outbuildings. Lake Park reports ten killed and nine farmhouses destroyed as the twister moves north of Becker county.
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Paul
Clay
Becker
White Earth Indian Reservation
O. A. Berg
Voss
Andrew Horn
Ulen
Clay County
Becker County
Atanta
Walworth
White Earth Reservation
Atlanta
White Earth Indian Agency
Lake Park
Minn
Here
Spangle
Naval bill passes Senate with 78 million appropriation
The Senate approved a naval bill exceeding 78 million dollars, funding two first class battleships two armored cruisers and two gunboats. The House provision for building one of each vessel in government yards was struck out. Senator Turned argued for the Nicaraguan route on the Isthmian canal issue and warned about Panama Canal Company franchise encumbrances if the United States purchased it.
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Washington
Senate
Turned
New
Panama Company
Panama Canal Company
United States
Death of Gustav Dirks Marks Sudden Studio Tragedy
Gustav Dirks a renowned newspaper illustrator committed suicide in his New York studio after a period of illness and overwork. He moved to New York from Chicago several years ago and his death ends his prolific career.
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New York
Gustav Dirks
Chicago
Morgan to Dine with the King in London
J Pierpont Morgan will dine with Joseph Choate the U S ambassador and Mrs Choate on the eve of a royal visit as King Edward Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria are expected to attend the event in London.
Forest reserves bill defeated in House over transfer plan
In Washington on June 11 the House rejected a measure to move certain forest reserves to the Agriculture Department and to authorize creation of game and fish preserves. The bill died by striking out the enacting clause.
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Washington
House
Agricultural Department
Fatal Flood Strikes Patillas District in Puerto Rico
Extensive floods hit the Patillas district of San Juan Puerto Rico. Five persons drowned, several houses destroyed, and sugar properties and cattle owners suffer heavy losses.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Patillas
Third Trial Begins for Jessie Morrison in Castle Slaying Case
El Dorado Arkansas June 11 The third trial of Jessie Morrison for the 1990 murder of Mrs Olin Castle at her home opened after she cried when Judge Aikman denied a venue change Defense attorneys claim prejudice Morrison previously had a ten year sentence on her second trial and won a verdict reversal on a technicality
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Eldorado
Fan
Jessie Morrison
Reid Receives Cambridge Doctor of Laws Degree
Whitelaw Reid, special ambassador to King Edward’s coronation, is conferred the degree of doctor of laws by Cambridge University. Public orator John Edwin Landis notes Reid’s prior England visit, his France ambassadorship, and his editorship of Talleyrand memoirs, plus thirty years leading the New York Tribune and aid to poor children.
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Cambridge University
Cambridge
England
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Edward
John Edwin Landis
Reid
France
Talleyrand
New York Tribune
Transatlantic
Denial of Secret Pact Rumor Linked to Kitchener
London report states Lord Kitchener did not enter into any secret compacts with the Boers to force surrender. A. J. Balfour told the House of Commons no pledges beyond published terms. Joseph Chamberlain notes a Cape Colony petition by 42 MPs urging suspension of its constitution awaiting Cape ministry views.
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London
Lord Kitchener
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Cape Colony
Cape
House Military Affairs Committee Rejects Brooke Upgrade
The House military affairs committee voted 7 to 3 against reporting favorably on the Senate bill advancing General John R. Brooke to lieutenant general and retirement at that rank. The action reflected opposition to the broader bill on advancing Surgeon General Sternberg and to retirement at higher grades.
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Washington
House Committee On
Senate
John R. Brooke
House
Sternberg
Brades
Wanted in Colorado as escaped Oregon killer
Denver, June 11. Harry Tracey and Dave Merrill killed three guards and escaped the Oregon penitentiary yesterday. Tracey is wanted in Colorado to answer charges of murder robbery and horse stealing. He was about to be tried for killing Valentine Hoy when he bound the Routt county sheriff at Aspen and fled to Oregon.
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Denver
Colo
Harry Tracey
Dave Merrill
Oregon Penitentiary
Colorado
Valentine Hoy
Routt County
Aspen
Oregon
Neosho River Flood Destroys Wheat and Corn Near Iola
The Neosho river in Iola Kansas reached a new high and kept rising flooding fields. Wheat and corn were destroyed as hundreds of feet of Missouri Pacific track were washed away. Passengers and baggage were ferried across a growing inland lake while city water works and electric plants remained safe.
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Iola
Kan
Neosho River
Missouri Pacific
Fraternizing Boers and British Soldiers Reported
Reports from Pretoria dated June 11 describe renewed fraternization between Boer and British troops. A commando surrendered at Balmoral Bal Moral Transvaal and was welcomed with a large singing gathering. British troops at the Balmoral blockhouse sometimes halted trains to offer coffee and tobacco to former foes.
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Pretoria
Balmoral
Transvaal
Swedes Leaving for America from Copenhagen Port
Emigration from Copenhagen to the United States grows with large numbers of travelers, primarily young Swedes seeking new opportunities in America.
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America
Copenhagen
United States
Man Hangs Himself in Keosauqua Jail
Ottumwa Iowa June 11 Edward Hale who fatally shot Miss Zora Donahue in Cantril on Decoration Day died by hanging in the Keosauqua jail today details say fellow inmates found him dead in his cell authorities investigate the incident and motive remains unclear
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Ottumwa
Edward Hale
Zora Donahue
Cantril
Keosauqua
Independence Bell Returns to Independence Hall
The liberty bell was brought from Charleston to Philadelphia and reinstalled in Independence Hall after a 9 AM train from Washington. Troops and bands escorted the relic through the streets while thousands cheered along the route.
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Philadelphia
Charleston
Independence Hall
Washington
House OKs anti anarchist bill and forest reserves swap
The House passed a substitute anti anarchist bill by 175 to 38, with a 71 to 123 motion defeat on recommit. The measure imposes death for murdering top officials and ten years for attempts, and replaces a Senate version. The day also covered transferring forest reserves from Interior to Agriculture and creating game and fish preserves.
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Washington
House
Senate
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Roosevelt
Public Lands Committee
Messrs. Lacey
Iowa
Kleberg
Texas
Perkins
New York
Williams
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
Mondell
Wyoming
Interior
Agricultural Departments
Banks plan to unite major banks under one owner
A confidential circular from New York dated June 5 outlines plans to combine national banks in state capitals and financial centers under one ownership. It lists American Bankers' corporation with capital $5,000,000 and surplus $45,000,000, chartered in New Jersey, offering 50,000 shares at $1,000 each.
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Chicago
New York
North American Trust Company
D. Scudder
Broadway
American Bankers’ Corporation
New Jersey General Corporation
Kansas Flood Reaches Peak In Iola Area
Allen county endures its worst flood since 1885 as Neosho and Cottonwood rivers flood the region. Wheat and corn fields are destroyed, several families rescued by boat, and the water works plant is surrounded threatening water service.
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Kansas
Iola
Kan
Allen County
Neosho
Cottonwood
Sandy Anderson Kills Ex Policeman in Catfish Row
Sioux City report says Sandy Anderson, a known street figure and veteran, shot and killed Andrew Lovgreen, an ex policeman, after a quarrel at Catfish Row where Anderson lived. Authorities describe Anderson as unbalanced and a longtime town character.
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Sioux City
Sandy” Anderson
Andrew Lovgreen
Anderson
Catfish” Row
Sandy
Liberty Bell Arrives in Washington for Philadelphia Tour
The Liberty Bell reached Washington on June 10 en route from the Charleston exposition to Philadelphia. Thousands viewed the bell as Marine Band performed The Star Spangled Banner and Sousa’s Liberty Bell. Officials spoke while colonial reenactors stood watch and flowers were placed atop the car.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Charleston Exposition
United States Marine Band
McFarland
Board of Commissioners
Wilson H. Brown
Joint Committee of the Councils of Philadelphia
Marine Band
Sousa
Cuban Minister Sets Sail for Washington Mission
Havana dispatch reports Cuban minister to Washington Gonzalvo Quesada and family sailing for New York. He will travel to Washington to open the legation at the Hotel Raleigh and seek swift tariff relief for Cuban products. Many citizens bid farewell. General Garcia’s eldest son may be sent to Hamburg as consul general.
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New York
Havana
the Tribune
Gonzalvo Quesada
Washington
Quesada
Raleigh
Palma
Roosevelt
Senor Quesada
General Garcia
Calixto Garcia
Hamburg
Packers Must Loosen Up Before Grand Jury
Judge Parlange ruled that local packing company representatives must answer grand jury questions in the beef trust probe. The grand jury meets this afternoon amid expectations witnesses may refuse and face contempt jail, with lawyers likely to seek writs of habeas corpus before the circuit court.
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New Orleans
Parlange
United States District Court For
Eastern District of Louisiana
Beef Trust
DISSENSIONS AMONG BOERS AT BLOMFONTEIN
At Blomfontein a sharp split is noted between Boers who are surrendering under peace terms and those who surrendered earlier in the campaign. Leaders refused to shake hands with ex-surrenderers, signaling lasting bitterness between the two groups.
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Blomfontein
Orange River Colony
Fire at St. Luke's Sanitarium Kills Six in Chicago
A blaze at the St. Luke's Society sanitarium on Wabash Avenue and Twenty first Street killed five men and one woman and injured about thirty. The building, long known as Hotel Woodruff and Hotel Lancaster, housed many patients seeking treatment for alcohol and drug addiction.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Society
Wabash Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Iowa Democrats to hold state convention in Des Moines
Democrats set a state convention in Des Moines on September 2 to organize campaign strategy, address party goals, and outline statewide initiatives for the upcoming elections. Attendees will include party leaders and delegates from across Iowa.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Man Elected Miami University President
At a Miami University trustees meeting in Oxford Ohio on June 10 Dr Guy P Benton president of the University of Iowa was unanimously chosen to succeed Dr David Tappan as president of Miami University.
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Iowa
Miami
Oxford
Miami University
Guy P. Benton
Upper University of Iowa
David Tappan
Refined Sugar Prices Jump Across Grades in New Move
New York June 10 refined sugar markets rose 6 points across all grades today. Buyers watched as futures and spot prices firmed, signaling renewed demand in the sweetener market.
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New York
Hunter Kills Highwaymen Near Kansas Border
It is reported from Talmage Kansas that two unidentified men believed to be highwaymen were shot and killed by Claude Bristow of Cawker City Kansas as he hunted. Bristow says the men attacked from behind a bushes clump and he fired twice.
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Hunter
Des Moines
Talmage
Claude Bristow
Cawker City
Kan
Bristow
Cattle and Hogs Market Flexes in Chicago and Local Trade
Cattle markets show slow demand with Packers aiming to lower local prices as Chicago prices pull the market. Hogs start strong with a year’s top price hit late, then ease. sheep traffic is light with steady to mild prices for a few native lambs and clipped lambs.
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Chicago
Eile
Jamie
Cattle Market Steady to Weak With Record Price Hit
Cattle prices show steady to weak tone with a top report of 7.40 for choice export and dressed steers, the highest on record by two cents. Other categories include stockers and feeders at 25 to 505, western fed steers 5 to 6, Texas and Tennessee steers 2 to 7, native cows 2 to 70, calves 2 to 76, hogs steady to strong with tops near 9.45, sheep and lambs steady with native lambs around 7.20 and Western lambs near 6.70.
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Texas
Geologist Describes Gal stip Eruption Site Near Albuquerque
Dr. C L Herrick of the University of New Mexico reports findings at a volcano crater fifteen miles from Gallup. He notes a folded fault, metamorphism, and a constant plume of heated air and gases from cracked sandstone over lignite. He attributes tor solfataric activity to oxidation of shales with water and highlights iron and lime infill along the eastern cracks.
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Albuquerque
N. M
C. L. Herrick
New Mexico University
Gallup
Boer officers gain parole in Bermuda camp
In Hamilton Bermuda on June 7 Boer officers such as Cronje Wessels and Botha were granted parole from prison camps near the island. They spoke little but expressed relief that the war is over and a wish to return home. Rank and file Boers may be ashore in groups of ten. An officers' at home is planned at Government House tomorrow.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Cronje
Wessels
Botha
Government House
Seevers Buys Hocking Coal Mine for 556000 Dollars
Des Moines June 7 George W Seevers general solicitor for the Iowa Central Railroad company at Oskaloosa has purchased the valuable Hocking coal mine in Monroe county for 556000 dollars.
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Des Moines
George W. Seevers
Iowa Central Railroad Company
Oskaloosa
Hocking
Monroe County
War Office Congratulates Kitchener for SA Campaign
London dispatch states the War Office cabled praise to Lord Kitchener for energy skill and patience in the long South Africa campaign. The government lauded the troops for endurance bravery discipline and humanity. Kitchener thanked the office in reply.
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War Office
Kitchener
London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Lynch Aims to Take Seat in Commons Despite UK Bar
London reports say Colonel Arthur Lynch, veteran Boar fighter and Galway MP elect, plans to travel to London to take his seat but will likely be blocked by authorities. The dispatch notes he faces treason charges and may be prevented from appearing in Parliament next week.
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London
Arthur Lynch
South Africa
Galway
House of Commons
Associated Press
Paris
Omaha Race Meeting Opens in Nebraska Circuit
Omaha hosts a three day race meeting June 26 to 28 with all fast horses entered. The Mil lard, Omaha leading hotel, serves as trotting headquarters for horsemen. Racing ads list rates and depots in Lincoln and depots nearby.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Millard
Linceoln
Lincoln
California wheat success baffles Australian experts
Australia questions why California ships Australian-variety wheat 6000 miles to Europe while growing 25 to 30 million bushels locally. NSW Agriculture dep sends an agent to California to uncover the secret behind Californians’ wheat enterprise.
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Australia
California
New South Wales Department of Agriculture
Amertcn
Actress Inspired Novel Mirrors Stage Life in Clara Morris Tale
The forthcoming Clara Morris novel may echo the actress herself in a disguised character not the heroine. The recognizable figure is the experienced actress with some success, while the heroine is a young girl aided onto the stage by a key introducer.
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Clara Morris
Husband Rejoices Over Dodd's Kidney Pills
After twenty years Mrs. Catterson of Lusks Springs Indiana was an invalid with neuralgia rheumatic diseases and a weak constitution. William Catterson tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and saw rapid improvement from the start culminating in near full recovery and lasting praise from the grateful husband.
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Lusks Springs
Ind
William Catterson
Catterson
Dodd
Confederate White House Preservation Debate in Alabama
A large portion of Alabama’s United Daughters of the Confederacy seek to permanently preserve the “first Confederate White House” in Montgomery where Jefferson Davis lived in 1861 prior to the capital move to Richmond. Many Davis relics and part of the house furniture are housed in the Alabama state capitol.
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White House
Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Alabama State Capitol
Local ads and snippets from a 19th century page
A collection of short notices and promotional lines including Poultry goods ad by Javelle Mfg Co and Parson Kan, Defiance Starch pricing claim, Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup, Piso n Cure endorsement, Red Cross Ball Blue laundry ad, plus miscellaneous aphorisms and inspirational sayings.
Sounding the Depths of a Woman's Heart
A literary line compares a woman's heart to a driven well and emphasizes patience for insight, likening the depth to pearl diving. The passage uses metaphor to explore inner truth and the virtue of perseverance in understanding emotions.
Stand ard Stock Food Salesmen Wanted in Nebraska Iowa
We seek capable men over 36 to sell Standard Stock Food to farmers. Must lead teams, work full time, be of high standing with good business sense and livestock knowledge. We provide wagons and strong incentives for permanent salesmen. Bond required. Ask for application blank at F. E. Sanborn Company Omaha Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Iowa
F. E. Sanborn Company
Omaha
Yeb
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F. A. Nash
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