The Patriot Spy Francis Finch and Lexington Houses
Historic note recounts Francis Finch the patriot spy and the Hancock Clark house in Lexington Massachusetts. It describes nearby landmarks Merriam Buckman Tavern Monroe and Harrington houses with bullet holes and their roles in the Revolution. It notes John Hancock Jonas Clark ministers and Paul Revere warning trait in the Clark house.
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Hancock-Clark
Lexington
Mass
Merriam
Buckman Tavern
Minute-Men
Monroe
Chicopee
Harrington
John Hancock
John’ Hancock
Jonas Clark
Hancock
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Lexington's Buckman Tavern and Common Heritage
The text describes Lexington ten miles northwest of Boston with 1640 settlements near Buckman Tavern. It notes well preserved houses from the battle era, historic tablets, and the Common as a central triangle with the Pulpit monument and Minute-men memorial. It recalls Lafayette's 1824 reception and Parker's men, plus Belfry Hill and the alarm bell from 1775.
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Lexington
Boston
Buckman Tavern
Grant
Lafayette
Capt. Parker
Hese
Parker
Married man must balance regard for wife after vows
A man should continue to consider his wife’s pleasure after marriage, just as before. The speaker notes that a man achieves little until he has something to feel ashamed of behind him, implying moral self-awareness is essential in marriage.
Train wreck and fire wipe out Pullman passengers near McDonough
A Southern railway Macon branch train hit a washout near McDonough Georgia after a cloudburst. The wreckage caught fire destroying all cars except the Pullman sleeper and leaving thirty five dead. Rescuers found bodies along the creek and banks.
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Atlanta
Macon
Southern Railway
McDonough
Cscaped
Camp’s Creek
Ocmulgee
He ‘Gorge
First Loss in China Reported in June Dispatch
A June 24 navy bulletin from Admiral Kempff reports four dead and seven wounded in an ambuscade near Tien Tsin on June 21. A force of 2,000 is to relieve Tien Tsin, and Admiral Remey is ordered from Manila to Talku to handle the situation directly.
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Washington
Navy Department
Kempff
Che Foo
Tien Tsin
Waller
Kempft
Secretary of the’ Navy
Remey
Brooklyn
Laku
MacArthur
Secretary Long
White House
Manila
Talku
Fatal Collision Near Green Bay Involved Passenger Train
A northbound Chicago & Northwestern passenger train carrying excursionists to Saengerfest collided with a freight near Green Bay Wisconsin at 7 45 am. Several people were killed one seriously injured and fifty three others hurt as the passenger train entered the station and a double header freight failed to clear the main track.
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Green Bay
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
Saengerfest
Soe
Here
Wising
Train holdup in Louisiana yields small haul
A southbound passenger train No. 221 on the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad was held up by four bandits just north of Olla Louisiana. Two men entered the express car and demanded valuables but the robbers secured only 31 dollars. Sheriffs and posse are in pursuit. passengers were not molested.
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Tulles
St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern
Olla
Roosevelt to Serve Full Term Per State GOP Plan
On advisor B D Odell's guidance the New York republican state committee says Governor Roosevelt will not resign and will complete his term. The vice presidential nominee heads to Oyster Bay to remain until June 29 then travels to Oklahoma for the rough riders reunion.
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B. D. Odell
New York Republican State Committee
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Oklahoma
Rough Riders
Pittsburg Fire Ravages Downtown Six-Story Block
A downtown Pittsburgh blaze destroyed eight buildings in a principal business district causing about 250000 in losses. Fire spread quickly from the Eichbaum Printing building to neighboring properties including the Exchange National Bank and Trussey buildings. Roofing private brigades eventually checked expansion. damages mainly to Eichbaum Alsop Kurtz Langbein Swartz Duff Pratt Saloon Paulson Holmes others with most tenants suffering under 3000.
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Pittsburg
Eichbaum , Printing Company
Exchange National Bank
Trussey
James Platt
A. Mz. Murdock
Eichbaum
Whitney, Stephenson & Co
Hussey
Emma Alsop
Kurtz, Langbein & Swartz
Artists’ Supply Company
Duff's College
Pittsburg Coal Company
Pratt’s Saloon
Paulson Brothers, Hatters
American Express Company
Holmes Electric Company
Wrecked by cloudburst four Big Four cars wrecked near Forster Ind
A cloudburst and heavy rain weakened tracks caused a Big Four passenger train from Indianapolis to Peoria to derail near Forster Indiana. The mail car coach and sleeper overturned, four people injured including H H Gould and wife of Peoria and engineer Charles S Miller. Passengers shed clothing and baggage. many children trapped for over an hour before a Danville relief train reached the scene.
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Indianapolis
Peoria
Forster
Ind
Charles S Miller
Danville
Organization Adopted for International Mining Congress
The Milwaukee session of the International Mining Congress adopted the committee report on permanent organization. The name will be the International Mining Congress, with aims to foster fraternal relations among miners, improve U.S. mining laws, and establish a national mining department.
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International Mining Congress
Milwaukee
Congress
Committee On
International’ Mining Congress
United States
Department of Mining
United States Demands Indemnity Over Armenian Massacre
Lloyd C Criscom United States charge d affaires at Constantinople presented a fresh note to the Ottoman government demanding an immediate reply to the U S claim for indemnity linked to American losses during the Armenian massacres. The note is vigorous but not an ultimatum and surprised the porte signaling the U S determination to press the issue to the end.
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Lloyd C. Criscom
United States
Constantinople
Porte
Reunion of Blue and Gray in Atlanta Battlefield Picnic
A committee of Atlanta citizens travels to Washington to invite President McKinley and his cabinet to attend the blue and gray reunion on Peachtree Creek battlefield. They will seek Roosevelt’s approval in Albany for a similar invitation. A barbecue is planned on the historic field noting the fifteenth army clash thirty six years ago.
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Atlanta, Ga
Washington
McKinley
Atlanta
Uly
Albany
Roosevelt
Peachtree Creek
Found Dead at Home Near Poseyville
John Whitehead farmer and his wife were found dead at their home seven miles south of Poseyville Indiana. Authorities believe Whitehead killed his wife and then himself in a domestic tragedy.
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John Whitehead
Poseyville
Ind
Whitehead
Children Perish in Fire at Thatcher Arizona Home
Five young children died when a house owned by Mrs. Collier in Thatcher Arizona burned. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors searched for others and investigations began.
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Thatcher
Arizona
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THE
Patriot Spy
Francis M. Finch
God
Christ
Hale
John Parker
Lexington Historical Society
Pullman
Ath
China
Louisiana
Mining Congress
Turkey
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