Explosion At Stolypin Villa Wounds Premier. 32 Dead
Four revolutionaries attempt assassination at M Stolypin's Aptekarsky Island villa. Bomb blast destroys the reception room. Stolypin narrowly escapes serious harm. Thirty two killed, several wounded as public reception ends in catastrophe. Central committee of the Social Revolutionists threatens further killings if policy not altered.
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St- Petersburg
Russia
M. Stolypin
Aptekarsky Ibiana
Prince Shakovsky
Aptekassky Island
Central Committee of the
Social Revolutionists
Stolypin
Gasoline as intoxicant and National Guard moves
Report from St Louis notes gasoline as a non beverage intoxicant used by youths near Marcys and St. Louis avenues with Deputy Collector McKenna warning about its effects. Missouri National Guard brigades arrive at Fort Riley for a camp of instruction as Kansas and South Dakota units depart after a week of training.
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St.’ Louis
Marcys
St. Louis Avenues
John &%. McKenna
Missouri
Fort Riley
Junction City
Kaoania
Missouri National Guard
H. C. Clark
Kansas National Guard
Charley Drew
South Dakota National Guard
E. D. Aldrich
Railroad Accidents in First Quarter 1906 Deaths and Injuries
In the first three months of 1906 railroad accidents caused 1,126 deaths and injuries to 17,170 people. Of the fatalities 114 occurred to passengers and 2,667 of the injuries were to passengers.
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Washington
de C
Imports and Exports Rise in July Trade Totals
Washington reports July 1906 imports at 102,586,797 up from 84,512,606 in 1905 while exports reached 111,551,415 versus 107,980,421 in 1905. For seven months ending July 1906, imports totaled 739,946,127 compared with 607,045,040 in 1905 and exports were 969,941,43? wait 69,994,143? against 848,899,440 in 1905.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Springfield Woman Dies After Horse Accident
Mrs Ma son wife of Attorney Val Mason witnessed in the past week as defense counsel for Doss Galbraith mob leader was thrown from a horse Sunday afternoon and died within two hours from injuries.
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Springfield
Grocers Seek Time to Sell Substandard Food in Topeka
Sixteen wholesale grocers met in Topeka with Dr. H. J. Crumbiner to request more time to dispose of stocks deemed improperly colored. They pledged to sell only products meeting health board standards after retailers' depleted stock is cleared. Crumbiner will defer prosecutions until a September grocers’ meeting.
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Topeka
8. J. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Crumbiner
Prize Winners at Kingman Cattlemen's Picnic
At Kingman the cattlemen's picnic featured broncho riding and wild steer roping contests. Clem Barkley of Fort Worth won first in broncho riding, Samuel E. Hayes of Barlow Iran second, Oscar Walcott of Tsabel Kan third. Jim Warren of Cedarvale Kan won first in roping two steers with a 1 36.12 time. Pitts Beatty Fairfax Okla second and J BE Morris Fairfax Okla third.
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Kingman
Clem Barkley
Fort Worth
Tex
Samuel E. Hayes
Barlow
Oscar Walcott
Tsabel
Kan
Jim Warren
Cedarvale
Pitts Beatty
Fairfax
O. T
J. BE. Morris
O.T
Murdock to Speak at KU Fall Term Opening
T B Murdock of the El Dorado Republican will address KU students at the fall term opening on September 14. He has never appeared before the student body and is noted as a pioneer closely linked with the state’s early history.
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Bent ‘Murdock
T. B. Murdock
el Dorado Republican
University of Kansas
Murdock
Enlarge Swine Plant Hoped At State Penitentiary
W Haskell warden of the state penitentiary reports consultation with Gov Hoch on enlarging the swine plant. He already has part of the machinery and aims for a 4,000,000 pound annual twine output next year, up from the present 2,500,000 pounds to meet demand.
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W. H. Haskell
State Penitentiary
Hoch
Haskell
New Kansas City Southern Shops Rise in Pittsburg
About 200 workers with teams scrapers and plows toil on excavations for the Kansas City Southern railroad at Pittsburg. The main shops cover 356 by 152 feet with room for sixteen locomotives in the erecting area and will feature two electric traveling cranes and electric drive for the machines.
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Pittsburg
Kansas City Southern
Oil Well Ignition Kills Driller at Coody's Bluff Field
James Miller, a driller, was burned to death when gas and oil ignited at an oil well in Coody's Bluff near Coffeyville. Harry Wetherell and Heckathorn were severely injured as the blast and flame swept the area. Miller died before aid could arrive. The injured are expected to recover.
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James Miller
Harry Wetherell
Heckathorn
Coody’s Bluff
Coffeyville
Miller
Miljler
McPherson Seeks Missouri Pacific Branch Extension
Citizens of McPherson and McPherson County welcome talks of a Missouri Pacific branch running from McPherson northeast to Roxbury and connecting with the Missouri Pacific cutoff at Gypsum City as part of the long discussed Marquette extension.
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Missouri Pacific
McPherson
Roxbury
Gypsum City
McPherson County
Body Found on Bridge Identified as George Leiss
A headless male body was found hanging by an arm from the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad bridge over the Verdigris River. Authorities believe a westbound train struck the man, identified by papers as George Leiss of Billings Oklahoma.
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St. Louis & San Francisco
Verdigris River
George Leiss
Billings
Pride of New York Zoo Boa Adds to Park Collection
A Venezuelan boa constrictor, one of the largest of its kind, joins the New York Zoological Park. The tale recalls its nocturnal depredations in a small Venezuelan town, capture by a noose, and a dramatic resurrection in a heated tub after cargo arrival during a spring cold snap. It recovered after ten days and then resumed a vigorous, territorial mood, bearing many battle scars along its length.
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Venezuela
New York Zoological Park
Zoological Society Bulletin
Trinidad
New York
World’s Largest Cow Resides in Chicago After Kansas Rearing
The largest cow in the world, raised in Kansas, belongs to an eastern firm and now travels in a special car to Chicago. This grade Short horn Hereford weighs 3,450 pounds and stands 17 hands high. It is insured for 25,000 dollars.
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Kansas
Chicago
Delegates Sought for Next Farmers Congress
John Stahl secretary of the Farmers national congress asks Gov Hoch to appoint 800 delegates to the upcoming congress to meet next month in Rock Island. The request outlines broad representation and participation from farming interests across the state.
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John Stahl
Farmer' S National Congress
Hoch
Rock Island
Wonderfull Tenacity Of Life At Summer Bathing Resorts
The life saving service reports Robert Mooney survived 23 minutes under water and was revived after an hour and three quarters of treatment. He did not regain consciousness until the following day, showing remarkable perseverance. Artificial respiration should continue for hours after water is removed from the lungs, with a physician summoned at once.
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Robert Mooney
Terra Firma
Manager’s Advice for Drummers’ Traveling Salesmen
A correspondence school for drummers advises that to become a successful traveling salesman one must be plausible and persuasive. The manager stresses the need to convincingly explain to the firm why no orders have been landed.
Murderous Act of Parisian Carpenter Sparks Outrage
A Paris carpenter Letourneur seized a 12 year old boy at the St Martin canal and threw him into the water twice. The boy swam to shore as bur gees intervened and the man was handed to police. Letourneur claimed he sought a reward for saving the boy from drowning.
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Parisian
Letourneur
St. Martin Canal
Paris
Cotton long known in India from ancient times
The article traces the long history of cotton manufacture in India dating back to early history. It notes biblical allusions, early Sanscrit records about 3000 years ago, and descriptions of Hindu dress during Alexander the Great’s era made largely of calicos. It also mentions India as a source of superior quality textiles among first century European imports.
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India
Alexander
Europe
Backache warns of kidney trouble and cures with pills
A Lufkin Texas resident, A Haywood, testifies he injured his back at a sawmill and suffered six weeks of pain with gravel and urine issues. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, the gravel passed and his back and bladder improved. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
A. Haywood
Lufkin
Tex
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Sparrow nests in a hat ignite morning marvels
F L Vandegrift narrates a comic true tale from Kansas City Journal where an English sparrow builds a nest in his hat on a porch while he dozes after Sunday lectures. The mother lays eggs and begins incubating as children pass by.
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F. L. Vandegrift
Dumont Smiths
Kinsley
Van
Virginia
Kansas City Journal
How to Put On Gloves
Step by step guidance instructs on donning gloves with careful handling to avoid pinching the material. Emphasis on guiding fingers first and using light pressure to slide the glove into place while avoiding finger pinch points. The text ends with advice on fastening the first button properly.
Servian bank note plates stolen from ministry safe
The Servian ministry of finance reports the loss of engraved plates used to strike bank notes. The plates, engraved in Paris and valued at £1600, were recovered missing from a strong room safe with no visible sign of tampering.
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Ministry of Finance
Paris
First Striking Clock in Medieval Europe Tale
Historians say the first striking clock arrived in Europe around 800 A.D. It was sent to Charlemagne by Abdalla, king of Persia, carried by two monks from Jerusalem as a gift.
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Europe
Charlemagne
Abdella
Persia
Jerusalem
Woman Converts to Postum After Coffee Dangers Noted
A rich woman and her husband suffered years of catarrh of the bladder and heart palpitations blamed on coffee. After switching to Postum, their health improved, stomach trouble resolved in two weeks, and children benefited. A visitor was skeptical until seeing the boiled drink’s flavor, which she endorsed.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek, Mich
Wellville
The White River Country Idealized For Small Landowners
A traveler extols the Upper White River country from Newport Arkansas to Carthage Missouri as the home of contented small landowners. He notes pure springs forests minerals game and abundant soils but warns railroad growth and cash temptations may erode this idyll as immigrants with capital arrive seeking modest homesteads and resources.
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United States
Upper
White River Country
Newport
Ark
Carthage
White River
Western style schools spread in Foochow China
Foochow, a city of 600000, now hosts at least 30 native schools modeled after foreign ones. About 2000 students attend these institutions as posters advertise openings across the city, with new schools appearing weekly.
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China
Foochow
Child Healed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Connecticut details a year and a half battle with sores on her toddler son. After trying two doctors the child worsened until a cloth bound night restraint was needed. Two months of Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured all sores and restored health. April 59 1905.
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Egbert Sheldon, R
Woodville, Conn
California Ostrich Farm Plans London Branch Office
A California ostrich farmer is set to open a London branch where live feathers will be cut and shown to customers before sale. Officials promise fresh feather products sold at unprecedented prices, surprising wary shoppers.
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California
London
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