Missing Brookline Boy Found in Interior State
A photograph of Thomas Miskell, missing from Brookline Massachusetts, helped locate him working in the interior of the state. He was returned to his parents. Mortuary returns from the Fourth of July continue to arrive. The piece notes long-standing losses in celebrating independence and mentions American agricultural machinery makers expanding into German Poland affecting nationalization dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Miskell
Brookline
Mass
Poland
Edward VII First King To Travel By Ambulance
Kings of England have traveled in many conveyances but Edward VII is the first to make a short journey by an ambulance. The ambulance originated in this country during the civil war and has since been adopted by all civilized nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Edward VII
Umbrella Syndicate Sells Yearly Stand Tickets
A Boston born suggestion spawns an umbrella syndicate owning stands. Buyers pay one dollar for a yearly ticket valid at any stand and allowing an umbrella to be left at any location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Germany Offers Portugal Five Million for Macao Lease
Germany reportedly offered Portugal five million dollars for a portion of the Macao dependency in China. The tract lies on an island at the mouth of the Canton river about 35 miles from Hong Kong and would serve as a strategic station for Germany under certain contingencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Portugal
Macao
China
Canton River
Hong Kong
British biologist backs three generation rule for gentleness
An eminent British biologist states that evolution makes the saying that it takes three generations to produce a gentle man scientifically true. While opinions vary, the idea implies that some of the most exclusive citizens may still be a couple of generations short.
China grants vast Canton Hankow railroad concession
The Chinese government orders completion of the Canton Hankow line by an American syndicate. The main line runs 700 miles with a 200 mile branch. Described as the most valuable railroad concession China has granted, it signals imperial gratitude for American aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton-Hankow
China
Polar relief expedition mocks thrill seekers
The usual expedition for Lieut Peary’s relief departs for polar regions while a future relief expedition is imagined. The commentary mocks public curiosity and the spectacle around polar ventures and lecture days as a satire.
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Peary
Buffalo Bill and Senator Clark Known for Early Rail Work
Buffalo Bill and Senator William A. Clark, Montana copper king, were early friends. They met while Clark sold elocks and Cody supplied buffalo meat for the laborers building the Kansas Pacific railway. About one year and a half of hunting led Cody to kill over 4,000 bison, earning him his renowned sobriquet.
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Buffalo Bill
William A. Clark
Montana
Clark
Elocks
Cody
Kansas Pacific Railway
Long-serving members lead last Congress
The list shows most leaders were veteran lawmakers. Senate names Hoar, Platt, Hawley, Aldrich, Gallinger, Allison, Frye, Hale with 23 to 43 years of service. In the House Cannon, Hitt, Henderson, Grosvenor, Grow, Bingham, Valzell hold 8 to 14 terms.
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Hoar
Platt
Hawley
Aldrich
Gallinger
Allison
Frye
Hale
Cannon
Hitt
Henderson
Grosvenor
Grow
Bingham
Valzell
Boston launches largest sailing vessel ever built
The seven masted steel schooner with 8000 ton capacity launches in Boston. It requires only 16 crew, compared with a steam ship needing 80 men and more space for boilers and coal. The sailing vessel gains on steamers as a freight carrier.
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Boston
Meteorologist spotlighted as Mont Pelee linked to drought claim
The article centers on a meteorologist who attributes India’s drought to Mont Velée while recalling his earlier assertion that Mont Pelee caused heavy rains locally. Readers recall his prominent role among experts, second only to a handwriting analyst in the current exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Velee
India
Mont Pelee
Agitation Grows Over Child Labor in Southern Mills
Gunton's Magazine estimates 7,600 children under 14 work in North Carolina mills, more than a third of the workforce. In South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi a total of 22,000 under-14s toil ten to fourteen hours daily. Children as young as six are employed, their physical and mental states described as pitiable by investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Gunton’s Magazine
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Mixed buffalo cow breeding aims to save near extinction
Statistics show fewer than 1000 pure blooded buffaloes remain in the country. An ongoing experiment breeds a partly buffalo and partly domestic cattle race to combine his woolly coat with cow docility. There are 175 specimens of the hybrid. The buffalo should be preserved as a domesticated, near extinction race.
Doings of a Week Review of Global Happenings
A weekly survey reports Gen. Charles H. Smith's death in Washington at 75, Taft administration notes on Philippine friars, a Panama treaty clause for leased islands to defend the canal, Col. Groesbeck’s claim on culpability for Filipino cruelties, and Vatican replies in Paris to Taft’s notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Smith
United States Army
Washington
Taft
Root
Vatican
Philippines
Panama
United States
Bay of Panama
Col
S. W. Groesbeck
Maj. Waller
Gen. Smith
Paris
Otter
Earthquake felt in Malone and region floods and fires hit several towns
An earthquake shock was felt in Malone New York. Fires destroyed the Narragansett cafe and several hotels on Black Island. A cigar manufacturers’ combination forms with 7 500 000 dollars capital. A New York clothing workers strike involves about 50 000. In Binghamton four drowned and property loss from floods. In Baltimore 18 died and property losses from a hurricane. A Lehigh Valley collision at Rochester leaves one dead and nineteen injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
N.Y
Black Island
R. 7
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Floods and storms devastate Midwest and hillsides
Rains and winds lash Iowa and surrounding regions causing multi million dollar damage estimates. Tragedies include two girls drowned at Carpenter lake Shelly Michigan and a fatal electric car wreck in Elyria Ohio. Coroner clears Mrs Joubert in Murphyehboro case. Baseball percentages and mine incidents noted along with broader disasters across Mississippi Valley and Ohio River regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa
Anna Vanderploeg
Lettie Vanderwaal
Carpenter Lake
Shelly
Mich
Elyria
George Joubert
Murphyehboro
Moses Joubert
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
St. Tewis
Washington
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Daly-West
Park City
Utah
Mount Vernon
Fred Weickbrood
J.P. Nuskopf
Milltadt
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Feelan
Miners’ Convention
Mississippi Valley
Keokuk
Albert Miller
Robert Laughlin
Benjamin Watts
Aurora
Ind
Ohio River
Harry Tracy
Oregon
George Wiley
Davie Flynn
Marshall
Taft mission to Rome on Philippine friars fails
The Taft expedition to secure withdrawal of Philippine friars and land purchases ends without success. News notes the United States driven effort and reduced hopes for a settlement, signaling a temporary setback for policy aims in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Taft
Rome
W. W. Reisinger
United States
Philadelphia
Colombia
Manila
Russia
Great Powers
Republic of Cuba
Great Britain
France
Spain
Switzerland
Haiti
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Indemnity Appeal and World News Summary
China appeals to the United States to help ease indemnity troubles and avoid heavier taxes. At Toronto Fred Lee Rice of Champaign Illinois is hanged for murder of Constable Boyd. Coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra scheduled for August. Pope Leo dissolves cardinal commission over Taft friar talks and would treat personally. Guayaquil fire losses reach five million dollars with ninety blocks burned. John W Mackay, famed miner and original forty-niner, dies in London. US immigrant arrivals rise by 160525 in fiscal 1902. Royal naval review excludes a US warship. Edward attends services aboard his yacht at Cowes, progress toward recovery noted. In Cermins the steamer Premins sinks, 150 lives lost.
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China
United States
Toronto
Ont
Fred Lee Rice
Champaign
Ill
William Boyd
Edward
Alexandra
Pope Leo
Commission of Cardinals
Taft
Guayaquil
Ecuador
John W. Mackay
London
Cowes
Cermins
Premins
Elbe
Numerous 21st Century Notables From Global News Briefs
A compendium of 21st events reports from across the world notes a German steamer Primus cut in two in the Elbe with 50 to 60 expected dead, a Greensburg bond theft case, Senator McLaurin declining a U S bench seat, and international meetings in Berne and London. Other items include a jewel theft claim by Miss May Yohe, a near-lynching in Buffalo, a Ky town marshal fatally shot, hail ice in Nebraska, the Philadelphia Ledger sale to Adolph S Och, and Taft’s Rome audience before departure. Also: horses in demand in France, two youths drowned in Missouri, Secretary Root’s Europe voyage, and Gen Barnes's death in San Francisco.
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Primus
Elbe
Greensburg
Wm. 5
Byers
Jacob Byers
Senator McLaurin
South Carolina
United States Court of Claims
Roosevelt
Walter Wiliams
Missouri
International Press Congress
Berne
Switzerland
London
John M. Mackay
May Yohe
New York
Capt. Strong
Dennis Bowen
Buffalo
XN. Y
Sells Bros. Cirens
James Cockgll
Jackson
Nebraska
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Adolph S. Ochs
Elijah Coldian
Tenton Blanton
John Oaks
Gov
Taft
Rome
Naples
France
John
Peter Choynowski
St. Joseph
Root
Europe
W. N. L. Barnes
San Francisco
Minor News Items From Across The Nation
The piece lists diverse notes: 386 new members to the next House of Representatives, many foreign princes visiting in summer, Gen. Young likely to succeed Gen. Miles, the Gotha canal expansion to allow steamships inland, the accidental death of B. F. F. Wofford the “watermelon king” in Missouri, a Philadelphia widow’s suicide over a lost pug, New York state hotels numbering around 8,000 with about 2,500 in Greater New York, Rabbi Joseph Eisner and wife planning to end their days in Jerusalem, a Wheeling messenger boy leaping 150 feet into the Ohio River for 63 cents and surviving, Mrs. Joel E.W. Vaile the wurchoress dies in Denver, novelist Mrs. Annie Alexander Heetor of London died, U S war department refining gunners’ practice with moving targets, President Roosevelt appointing a keeper for buffalo remnants, Mrs. Eloise Bridges Erwin dies in Kansas City at 70, and the launch of the seven masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson at East Weymouth.
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Congress
United States
Gen. Young
Miles
Gotha
Sweden
B. F F. Wofford
Rudel
Arth
Monett
Lizzie Hambright
Philadelphia
New York
Joseph Eisner
Baltimore
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Joel E.W. Vaile
Wurchoress
Denver
Col
Annie Alexander Heetor
Alexander
London
Dublin
War Department
Roosevelt
Eloise Bridges Erwin
Jefferson, Booth, McCreary
Barrett
Kansas City
Thomas W. Lawson
Fore River Ship and Engine Company
East Weymouth
Masa
Missouri items from Washington to Maryville
Washington votes 7500 dollars for a new schoolhouse. Warrensburg editor Peter C. Van Matre collapses from overwork. Holden mother Mrs Ri L McLin bears triplets. Saline hogs bring 5.05 per hundred in Kansas City. Macon County hail devastates crops. Senator Cockrell opposes Cuban annexation talk. Frisco Sleeper collision injures 14 near Lebanon. Missouri educator J A White born 1864 as Republican superintendent candidate. Missouri Retail Merchants convention holds 1000 delegates in Kansas City. Shelby Threlkeld injured by Eli train near Shelbina. Maryville barbers raise prices. Lowell arrested for obscene letters. Missouri University creates chair of mechanical engineering. Spearman farm near Neosho grows fruit on rocky ground. Western Macon coal rights acquired near Ethel. Mrs Wagner suicide at Russellville after learning husband is her half-brother. Possible Clinton to Hancock rail line with KC and Chicago investors. Alfred Burt jailed for threats to murder for refusing baptism. Carrollton debates Sunday saloons. officials suspended. Ditch worker Joel Petty dies of sunstroke. Carthage woman nearly choked by candy windpipe. Trenton Co op drug store man charged with liquor sale and unregistered pharmacy.
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Washington
Peter C. van Matre
Warrensburg
Ri. L. McLin
Holden
McLin
Claude Young
Saline County
Kansas City
Macon County
Cockrell
Missouri
Friscott
Lebanon
J. A. White
Wayne County
Cape Girardeau Normal School
Missouri Retail Merchants’ and Grocers’ Association
Shelby Threlkeld
Shelbina
Eli
Burlington
Maryville
James T. Jlowell
Oreron
Frances
Katie Green
Tlowell
Engineering
University of Missouri
Spearman
Neosho
Kansas City Journal
Atchison Road
W. E. McCully
T. T. Wardell
James P. Kemn
Ethel
Fred Wagner
Russellville
Tam
Chicago
Clinton
Frisco
Springfield
Bancock
Alfred Burt
St. Joseph
Carrollton
Ettenser
Siloam Springs
Joel Petty
Cora Purcell
Carthage
Trenton
Norval Will
The Late W Mackay Charitable in Unpatentatious Way
Richard Dey recalls the late John W Mackay wealth and influence. Mackay held leading roles in Mackay Bennett Cable Co Postal Telegraph Co and Pacific Commercial Cable Co He directed railways and mining ventures and owned large tracts in Nevada California and Oregon He supported the Catholic orphan asylum at Virginia Nev and funded hospitals in New York for his son Willie His life shows quiet philanthropy and public service from Ireland to America
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Mackay
Virginia, New
Mackay- Bennett Cable Co
Postal Telegraph Co
Pacific Commercial Cable Co
Yorkers
N.Y
Gil Spreckles
Carculian Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific
Tiavana
Santiago
Cuba
White Nah Copper Co
Idaho
Union Pacific
Charles D. Lare
Wild Goase Mining
Nome
Sprague Elevator and Electrical Works
New York
Pacific Union Club
San Pranecisco
Merchants Exchange
Nevada
Offier
Montague
California
Riordan
Catholic Orphan Asylum
Virginia
Nev
Willie
Surgeon General O Reilly Named Army Head
Washington July 22 The president designated Col O M O Reilly to be surgeon general of the army succeeding Geo Porwood who will retire September 7 next. Col Reilly has until January to serve as surgeon general and was appointed from Pennsylvania as a Medical cadet in 1904. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania medical department.
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Washington
O. M. O' Reilly
Army
Geo. Porwood
Col .Reilly
Deets
Ieneral
Penneyivania
Aq Gernet- Wate
University of Penneylvania
Condition of King Edward Isat Cowes Isle of Wight
A Monday bulletin from Cowes reports King Edward in excellent health and gaining strength. The wound is healing satisfactorily though he could not spend time on deck Sunday due to bad weather. The next bulletin is scheduled for July 24.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Edward
Drowned Tourists After Steamer Collision on Elbe River
A disaster on the Elbe river near Blankenese and Niensedten left many travelers dead after the Primus steamer from Mulsitende. Hampered by a rapid collision with the Hansa tug, the Primus sank at 12 40 am. Passengers included members of the Kielbeek Male Choral society. The Dolphin saved many, but boiler explosions and flying debris caused further casualties. Authorities report 45 bodies recovered with more expected as divers search the wreck. The Primus, built in 1844 in Mośl and the oldest Elbe boat, had never before accidents.
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Hamburg
Primus
Hansa
Elbe
Muxtehbude
Province of Hanover
Mirissin
Blankener
Niensedten
Keilbeek Male Choral Society
Blankenes
Fairway
Dolphin
Mathe
Mosland
Fifteen Drowned in European Russia Floods
Fifteen persons were drowned during a severe storm in Kiel, European Russia, as heavy rain and hail flooded basements and streets. Strong winds toppled trees and wrecked rail embankments, suspending traffic and trapping residents.
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Kiel
European
Russia
Maly
Decorations for Americans Ties to Prince Henry Visit
Berlin cabinets order decorations for about three hundred Americans linked to Prince Henry of Prussia's U S trip. Foreign office sent papers a fortnight ago for signature by Emperor William. Delays due to ensuring official positions could accept and confirming names with the German embassy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
William
Foreign Office
Wr Vonfolhehen
Washington
Henry
Rescued by Life-Savers Near Peint-Aux-Tarques
Four teens from the whaleharp A. D. Thompson and the barge Whitworth were towed clear from wrecks near Peint Aux Tarques after a gale. The Thompson was sunk to prevent further damage while the Whitworth drifted afloat, tied to the steamer by towlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Tope
Miehk
A. D. Thompson
Whitworth
Peint-Aux- Tarques
Oil Fire at Jennings Well No 2 Quenched in New Orleans
A massive crowd witnessed the extinguishing of the Jennings well No 2 oil fire in New Orleans on Monday afternoon. The steam test proved entirely successful with no chemicals required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jennings Well No. 2
Russell Sage Narrowly Escapes Injury in Street Car Incident
New York July 22 Russell Sage had a narrow escape when boarding a Broadway car his foot slipped and he fell. He was dragged about 15 feet before the car stopped. His secretary helped him to his feet and he was unhurt though shaken. He went to the Western Union building then returned to his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russell Sage
International Press Congress Opens in Berne
The International Press Congress opened in Berne on Monday. Walter Williams of Missouri was named a vice-president among the appointed leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
International Press Congress
Walter Williams
Missouri
Stray Stories Hint at Quiet Stage Moments
A fragment hints at a fledgling performer recalling secrets of a quiet stage entrance and a whispered line. The voice reflects a mournful, self reflective moment captured in Stray Stories.
Notre Dame University advertised as a top Western college
Notre Dame University is highlighted as a major Western educational institution offering a preparatory school with full opportunities for higher studies. The Commercial Course can finish in one or two years, and Saint Edwards Hall provides a unique junior department for boys under thirteen. The institution emphasizes thoroughness, care of students, and a long history of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame University
West
ST. Edward's Hall
Notreme University
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University OF Notre Dame
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