North Pole quests and old vase fragment headline
Arctic explorers struggle to reach the pole while most lectures succeed. Bob Fitzsimmons says he has reformed though public doubt remains. A 4500 year old inscription from Nippur on a vase fragment, now at the University of Pennsylvania, marks the oldest writing. An English map laments Bible familiarity. A bookstore clerk asks if the Apocrypha is weekly or monthly.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Nippur
Christ
University of Pennsylvania
Unequal Drink Quotas Mark Census Alcohol Use in U S
The census shows an annual per person intake of 17.3 gallons in the United States yet notes extreme distribution. A small number push hard to dominate beer and whisky output, creating sharp inequities in consumption.
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United States
Chicago suit targets drivers in alleged affections plot
A Chicago woman sues a young rival for alienating her husband's affection and income. She accuses the parties of riding together in various vehicles including automobiles traps epiders phaetons and single seated vehicles. The case hints at many schemes but notes a bicycle built for two as absent from the plot.
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Chicago
Marble memorial contract awarded to Philip Martiny
The contract for a Washington memorial to late President McKinley awards bronze portrait statue of heroic size and a life sized allegorical figure representing Fame. The total cost not to exceed 15000 dollars. Philip Martiny of New York, a noted sculptor, is the contractor.
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Washington
McKinley
Philip Martiny
New York
Mr. Martiny
The Nation Expands Coin Minting Output
The government reports rising minting activity with 79,611,143 cents and 26,480,215 five-cent pieces produced in the last fiscal year. Cumulative totals reach 1.1 billion cents, 240 million nickels, 100 million dimes, 200 million quarters, and 150 million half-dollars.
Oldest War Ship Victory Ties Time at Portsmouth Dock
Investigations assert the Victory, Nelsons flagship from Trafalgar, is the oldest war ship still extant. Launched in 1765, it is 137 years old, its oak hull weathered by time while the Admiralty recently spent a substantial sum to save the venerable vessel from ruin at Portsmouth.
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Admiral Nelson
Battle of
Trafalgar
Portsmouth
Weather Chief Rejects Mont Irebee Myth
Willis L. Moore head of the U S weather bureau debunks the Mont Irebee myth saying the West Indian outbreak has infinitesimal atmospheric effects. He also notes sun spots moon volcanoes and forests show no clearly demonstrated influence on climate or weather.
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Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Marquise de Mores Pursues Sudan Murder Case
An American woman, the marquise de Mores of France, undertook a years long quest for justice after her husband was killed during a French Sudan expedition. Seven killers were sentenced to death and ten to long terms in prison in Tripoli.
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Marquise de Mores
France
Soudan
Tripoli
Marquise
Letters Found After Ten Years At Chicago Hotel
A bundle of 100 ten-year-old letters overlooked by a Chicago hotel has been turned over to the post office. The incident suggests many possible tales and critiques the trope of the letter that never came in fiction.
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Chicago
Sir Liang Chang En voy to the United States
Sir Liang Chang, the new Chinese envoy to this country, is a 39 year old, one of 120 students China sent since 1872 to learn American ways. He attended Amherst College but could not graduate due to recall by his government. He played catcher and pitcher on the Phillips and Amherst baseball teams, is fond of society, and a witty conversationalist. He is a widower. it remains to be seen if he can match the retiring minister Wu as an afterdinner speaker.
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Liang Chang
China
Amherst College
Phillips
Amherst
Liang
Walier
Vernon
James McArkin
Joplin
Kansas City
Board of Eduecation
Sedatin, Warsaw & Southwestern
Missouri Pacific
James Lrady
Tie
St. Desept
W.W. Willis
Livington County
Sechilia
Sedalia Water and Light Company
Lake Vebo
St. Joseph
Tard
Louise Coomer
Dustier Puprslex
Ates Bridge
Waneas City
Clay County
Harlem
Tewasion
Rock Island
Congress
Bund
Great Western An Orientines
Missouri
Bates
Secretary of State
Bank of
Collins
St. Clair County
Missouri News Highlights From Across The State
Missouri reports appointing Jesse D. Ross as Springfiell postmaster and notes deaths in Clay county. A massive Excelsior Springs fire destroys a block of frame buildings. Other items include crop estimates, anti rabies notes, counterfeit arrest, school heating costs, railway reorganization, new bridges, bank charter, and tributes to Rev J O Coxe. Local leaders push public health and infrastructure projects and a Bryan speech at a Northwest Missouri Woodmen gathering.
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Jesse D. Ross
Springfiell
Hary A. Smith
Kearney
Clay County
Abner Copeland
Tuehanan County
St. Joseph
Karr
Excelsior Springs
Homer
Brenough
Nev
Wuich
Sithern
Sholimeon County
Wenge County
Blacklee
Cinena
Vernon County
Frank Arnold
Lamar
Armstrong
Northwest Missouri
Lake Contrary
W. J. Bryan
Kansas City
Michigan Avenue
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Missouri
J. O. Coxe
Trenton
Irother” Coxe
Live King Edward Crowned in Westminster Abbey Ceremony
King Edward and Queen Alexandra were crowned in Westminster Abbey amid grandeur and pageantry. The ceremony featured regalia, anointing, and enthronement with royal and foreign dignitaries present. Crowds cheered from Buckingham Palace to Constitution Hill as the couple appeared on the balcony afterward.
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London
Edward
Alexandra
Westminster Abbes
Buckingham
Prince and Princess of Wales
Othe
Westminster Abbey
Chapel Royal
Duke of Connaught
Prince of Wales
Abbey
Archbishop of Canterbury
Earl of Walsbury
Siellenia
Loys
Westminster
Canterbury
Kedwards
Steml
Clifland
Constitution Hill
Buckingham Palace
Constituution Hill
Post Office Money Order Business May Gain 50 Million
Estimated figures indicate the post office department money order business will show a net increase of about fifty million dollars during the last fiscal year though final numbers may not be in until around October first.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Havati Rebel Provinces Besieged by Provisional Government
Washington reports from Minister Rowell that the provisional government of Havati notified the U S legation that Gonaives Port De Paix Petit Goare and St Marc provinces are in rebellion The government troops captured Petit Goare after fierce resistance in which lives were lost Firmin's forces retreated and set fire to the town leaving it in ruins with many homeless citizens nearby The French cutter Croiser D Assain reportedly went to Port au Prince as tensions rise with limited relief actions.
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Washington
Rowell
Cape Haytin
Vasquez
Havati
United States
Legation
Gonaives
Port de Paix
Petit Goare
St. Marc
Firmin
Destruction of Petit Goave Leaves Town in Ruins
A dispatch from Port au Prince reports Petit Goave in ruins after Sunday’s visit by a press correspondent. About 4,000 residents are homeless, seeking shelter in nearby factories. The French cruiser Assas delivered provisions then returned with 200 women and children and 15 wounded men. Both Firminists and Fouchardists blame each other for the fire, with Gen Chivoce blamed by some as the destroyer.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Petit Goave
Simmonds
Vw'assas
Tetit Goave
Tort Au Prince
Chicoye
Cape Haitian Blockade Sparks Fear of Battle in Cane Taytien
Port au Prince Aug 12 A gun boat Crete-a-Vierrot in Firminite service issued notice of a blockade of Cane Taytien foreigners abroad consuls and Commander McCrea of the US ship Machias protested the action Soldiers have again deployed from Port au Prince and a clash within days is feared The anti foreign sentiment has risen across the area
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Port-au-Prince
Crete-a-Vierrot
Cervice
Cane Taytien
Colombian Revolution Unclear News From Agua Dulce
Colombian Aug 12 dispatch notes no word on the gunboat Boyaca missing since July 29 while reinforcing Gen Berti at Agua Dulce. Reported actions suggest Berti holds strong, breaking Herrera lines to seize cattle as reinforcements from Savanilla are awaited at the isthmus. A separate item from Leavenworth reports private Walter Cross of West Virginia died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while attempting to leave the Army.
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Colon
Colombia
Boyaca
Pannamau
Berti
Agua Dulce
Herrera
Savanilla
Leavenworth, Kas
Walter 5. Cross
Cacapon
W. Va
Engineer Corps
U.S. A
Fort Leavenworth
Cross
Widow Ella Riley Charged in Slaying of William H. Riley
Murphysboro Illinois Aug 12. Mrs Ella Riley widow of William H Riley murdered last Thursday night at his home south of town is charged by the coroner s jury with the commission of the crime. Her son in law W W Cowger is charged with being an accessory before the fact. both are in jail here.
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Murphysboro
Ella Riley
William H. Riley
W. W. Cowger
Business Part of a Town Burned
Fire in Reedly Fresno County destroyed the business section of the town. Loss estimated at 375 000. No injuries reported. Fire erupted Monday and left a large portion of Reedly’s commerce destroyed.
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Fresno
Cal
Reedly
Electric car strikes crew near Grand Prairie fatality
Dallas Texas Aug 12 an inter urban line electric car struck a section crew near Grand Prairie killing Jesse Crenshaw seriously injuring Willam Wilson and lightly wounding Chester Brooks and Peter Wilkinson
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Dallas
Tex
Grand Prairie
Jesse Crenshaw
Willam Wilson
Chester Brooks
Peter Wilkinson
Death of Capt Alexander Robbins in St Louis
St Louis on August 12 reports Captain Alexander Robbins a long time resident died Sunday night at his home. He was in the eighty fifth year of his age.
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St. Louis
Alexander Robbins
Miss Virginia Granes Dear Mrs PixknaAmM
A fragment letter describes twelve years in the sickroom at major hospitals and private homes. The writer notes varied experiences with the senses of women while nursing.
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