Almanac scraps Roland record and big bids across states
Alvarez's The Carnival at Madrid sold for 28000 at La Gandara in Naples. Virginia plans a 1440 delegate Democratic state convention. Mountain of the Monks on the Macedonian coast hosts 20 monasteries. only men venture there. Howard Gould plans Kilkenny Castle style mansion at Sands Point. Kansas wheat belt prices rise 20 percent, Wichita area farms at 4000 each. North Carolina trucking expands with vegetable and fruit shipments via Wilmington, totaling 66495 packages and 17,499,450 pounds of strawberries last year.
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Kansas Wheat Belt
Wichita Wheat Belt
North Carolina
Wilmington
Appraisers value Benjamin Harrison estate at 254525
Marion County Indiana appraisers report the late Benjamin Harrison's estate totals 254525 with real estate at 184500. The Indianapolis homestead leads at 40000, and Harrison owned Berkeley Lodge in Adirondacks, plus properties in Washington DC and North Bend Ohio.
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Benjamin Harrison
Marion County
Ind
Indianapolis
General Harrison
Berkeley Lodge
The
Adirondacks
Washington, D. C
North Bend
Paris Slaughterhouse Demand Spurs Expansion Plan
The Hygienic Society of Paris presses the city to build a larger slaughterhouse to process horses once used for transport. Currently only about twenty horses can be killed daily. a facility with annual capacity of at least 30,000 is deemed necessary to meet rising demand for horse meat among Parisians.
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Hygienic Society of
Paris
Lookout Farm Brand Could Boost Dairy Sales
A New York dairyman urges farmers supplying city markets to name their farms and stamp products with that brand. Lookout Farm would be remembered and, if applied to superior butter cheese and eggs, command higher prices. Established names attract country shoppers willing to pay more. Advertising smartly pays off like any business.
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New York
Lookout Farm
Memorial address delivered by Col A B Coit in Delaware
Col A B Coit spoke to about 2000 gathered in Delaware as his mother lay dying in Columbus Ohio. She urged him to read his prepared speech and he promised not to disappoint the Delaware audience, delivering the address after her death.
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Columbus
A. B Coit
Delaware
Widow Mrs Schwichtenberg Joins Cebu Leper Colony Work
Wealthy New York widow Laura Schwichtenberg has embraced life among Cebu Philippines leprosy patients. Appointed as government hospital inspector, she visited the colony and found dire sanitary conditions and many unhappy children. She longed to return and bring some cheer to the sad youngsters.
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Laura Schwichtenberg
New York
Cebu
Philippines
Father and Son Killed in Quarrel With Neighbors
Dayton report details a bitter Iowa feud in which C. D. Guild, 60, and his 19 year old son Clarence were shot dead. Oliver Bricker and George Bricker were arrested on bonds totaling 15 000. Eyewitness Charlie Guild, 16, disputes Bricker accounts, saying Oliver fired first and George killed the father. Mrs. Guild, dazed, tended her family at the scene before collapsing.
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Dayton
C. D. Guild
Clarence
Oliver Bricker
Guilds
Bricker
Guild
George
Charlie Guild
George Bricker
Brickers
Oliver
Parvin Dead End of a Long Iowa Mason Career
The Cedar Rapids community mourns Theodore S. Parvin at 84 after noon today in his home with his son Newton by his side. A lifelong Iowa historian, Parvin served as grand secretary of the Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge for over fifty years, a career built on early work in New Jersey and Ohio, then in Burlington and Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Theo Gore
Parvin
Theodore S. Parvin
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Cedarville
Cumberland County
New Jersey
Ohio
Burlington
United States District Court
State Land Office
State University
Iowa Historical Society
Newton R. Parvin
Strange double fatality from whooping cough in Dubuque
Coroner Bennett investigated the death of 21 year old Martha Higgins and her newborn in Washington Mills. Both mother and infant died from complications of whooping cough. Coroner and Dr Slattery found fatal rupture of the windpipe between the oblongata and trachea during the autopsy. Husband unnamed and away in Montana.
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Dubuque
Bennett
Washington Mills
Martha Higgins
Smith Higgins
Montana
Higgins
Dr. Slattery
Explosion at Van Meter Injures Two Men in Store Room
An oil and gasoline store in Van Meter exploded last evening, blowing the room to pieces. Two men, Ward Riter and Otto White, were emptying cans when the blast occurred, injuring Riter and sparking a hotel fire that the town's residents fought to contain.
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van Meter
Ward Riter
Otto White
Gold Curist Pretender Probed for Cancer Cure Fraud
Prof JL Grig posed as a gold curist in Chariton swinging a bogus cancer treatment. He collected six twenty dollar gold pieces from Mrs Charles Christian, tied them in sacks soaked in vinegar and laid them on her chest, replacing coins with silver. The next day the sacks revealed the theft and he was jailed on a $1000 bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Shucas
JL. Grig
Chariton
Charles Christian
Fakir
Rock Island
New Electrile Line Connecting Sioux City and Omaha
Promoters aim to link Omaha and Sioux City with an interurban electric railway within a year. Eastern investors, led by the Everett Moore syndicate of Cleveland, backers of lines from Town City to Waterloo and Des Moines to Marshalltown, are involved. The project, costing about 1 million dollars and capitalized at 2 million, plans power supply from Sioux City and Council Bluffs with a relay station at Onawa.
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Sioux City
Omaha
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Cleveland
Town City
Waterloo
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Council Bluffs
Onawa
Botha publicly stamboked in Cape Town area
Jacobus Botha, Cape assembly member for Allwalworth, was captured by the Boers and publicly stamboked. His house was burned in retaliation, the act said to be due to his support for the treason bill.
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Botha
Cape Lawn
Jacobus Botha
Cape Assembly
Allwalworth
American meat in South Africa deemed satisfactory
Consul General Stowe reports to the state department after investigating British prohibition on American meat in South Africa. British soldiers found the product satisfactory and often preferred tinned meat to fresh. Pretoria stores held ample stock and complaints stemmed from improper handling after transit, not the product itself.
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South Africa
Washington
Stowe
Cape Town
State Department
Pretoria
Transvaal
Haste of China Costs Dearly in Indemnity Dispute
Washington reports a discrepancy in Chinese indemnities as China agrees to pay about 35,000,000 taels more than the powers demanded due to an error in Pekin calculations. The final total stands at 450,000,000 taels, subtracted to 415,000,000 taels by current reckoning, leaving questions on the excess and on bonds for Japan. The issue has been brought to the president as officials seek the U.S. stance on the matter.
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Washington
China
Pekin
Japan
Vanderlip Sees Trade War Between Europe and America
Washington July 1 Frank A Vanderlip ex assistant secretary of the treasury says Europe plans a trade war against the United States The German Austrian and other powers are allied in propaganda to curtail American trade while most treaties expire in 1903 He predicts the war will be short and that America will win by outproducing rivals
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Europe
United States
Washington
America
Frank A. Vanderlip
the Treasury
Gage
Vanderlip
Goluchowski
Austria
Boer Prisoners Arrive Bermuda Amid Sickness Rumors
In June 1929 the Armenian transport delivering the first Boer prisoners to Darrels and Tucker islands at Bermuda arrived after an eleven day voyage from St. Vincent. Health officers restrict access aboard. No infectious disease detected yet. pratique granted. Water shortages hinder camp setup as condensing machinery arrives from London. Prisoners described as a mixed Dutch European group. spirits reported as good but rugged in appearance. Yale Wins Boat Race on Thames by two lengths after a dry spell. crews deliver a standout varsity race for New London.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrels
Tucker’s Islands
St. Vincent
London
Flag incident at Skagway seen as minor spat
Washington reports no formal complaint over the Skagway flag incident where a British customs ensign was hauled down. Officials say the flag is a customs marker, not sovereignty, and no official action will be taken while a provisional line exists north of Skagway.
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Skagway
Washington
State Department
Customs Office
Lynn Canal
Alabama Suffrage Clause Expands to Poor Whites
Montgomery July 1 The suffrage and elections article of the proposed constitution was submitted to the constitutional convention. Sec 6 limits eligibility to register as electors after January 1 1908 to those who can read write English and have twelve months lawful employment, or owners or spouses of land valued at 2000 or more or personal property taxed at 300 or more, with all taxes paid. Section 7 repeats standard disqualification clauses.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Buffalo Bank Closed Under Temporary Receiver
Washington reports Comptroller Dawes appointed Tr. W. Vaughan as temporary receiver for City National Bank of Buffalo New York after a thorough reexamination confirmed serious financial distress. Insufficient assets to fully repay depositors led to the decision and a note that depositor losses are not expected to be large.
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Washington
Dawes
City National Bank of
Buffalo
N. Y
City National Bank At
A. D. Lynch
Tr. WT. Vaughan
National Bank Examiner
Georgetown Colors Take 100 Yards Handicap at Stamford Bridge
Georgetown runner A. J. Duffy led the field at the London Athletic Club meeting in the 100 yards handicap final, despite a strong headwind. He crossed the line a yard and a quarter ahead, clocking ten seconds in swift time.
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Georgetown
London
A. J. Duffy
London Athletic Club
Stamford Bridge
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