San Francisco Aftermath and Global Response World News Sketch
A wide wire of notes covers San Francisco earthquake fallout with streetcars resuming service a 12 story steel permit to Thomas McGee and relief efforts. It reports American and international aid efforts, troop discussions, supply logistics, and widespread damage estimates, including 60 000 buildings burned and 51 dead.
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San’ Francisco
San Francisco
Thomas McGee
Kansas City
Taft
Pardee
California
United States
Carnegie Steel Company
Santa Rosa
Cal
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
China
Legation
Various 1904-05 News Briefs Including Attacks and Elections
A mixed London-New Orleans era digest reports an attempted home bombing of former President Loubet in France, Confederate veterans arriving by 29 special trains for a New Orleans reunion, and San Francisco shipyard safety after an earthquake. Dowie bankruptcy claims rise to 7000 dollars threatening Zion City, while Missouri Governor Folk withdraws Springfield militia after a lynching. Kansas Democrats nominate Harris for governor Farrelly for lieutenant governor Overmyer for attorney general with a two cent fare plank. Richmond Virginia chosen for next Confederate veterans reunion. British garrison in Egypt strengthened on Lord Cromer’s suggestion. Buckman ship struck by a tidal wave near Cape Blanco while delivering Seattle supplies to San Francisco. Former Washington Life Insurance president Brewer indicted for perjury in New York. Texas suits seek to forfeit charters of Fort Worth Live Stock Exchange Fort Worth Stockyards Company and Armour & Co. for anti trust violations. Plague outbreak reported in northern India.
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Loubet
France
New Orleans
Naval
Morgan
San Francisco
Union Ironworks
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Zion City
Folk
Springfield
Topeka
W. al Harris
Hugh Farrelly
David Overmyer
Richmond
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Buckman
Seattle
Cape_ Blanco
William A. Brewer
Washington Life Insurance Company
New York Grand Jury
India
Five Tribes bill Signed by the President
Congress reports the president has signed the Five Tribes bill disposing of Indian Territory affairs. Senator Spooner spoke three hours in the senate on the railroad rate bill in reply to Senator Bailey. A special message urged immediate appropriation for Mare Island navy yard repairs to employ San Francisco workers. Chinese duty supplies tendered for San Francisco relief. The senate passed a $1,500,000 resolution for San Francisco sufferers.
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Congressional
Indian Territory
Spooner
Senate
Bailey
Congress
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
China
Vancouver
San
Noted engineer Brig. Gen Edward Serrell Dies at 80
Brig Gen Edward W Serrell a renowned civil and military engineer dies in New York aged 80 He surveyed Isthmus of Panama canal routes for the government built the Hoosac tunnel and the Niagara suspension bridge.
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Edward W. Serrell
New York
Isthmus
Panama
Roosevelt
Jusserand
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Europe
Spitzbergen
Richmond
Hobson
Congress
Alabama
London
Father Gapon
Street to Leave Fort Scott for Chelsea I T
Young attorney Leeee Street who helped press injunction suits against Fort Scott joints plans to move to Chelsea Indian Territory. He will leave for Chelsea and continue law practice, intend to return for May term to pursue existing cases. Coburn reports winter wheat acreage and condition across Kansas with notable plow up and varying state averages.
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Fort Scott
H. Street
Fort“Scott
Rev. Primrose
Fort
Scott
Chelsea
I. T
Street
Fort . Scott
KU summer session announces special lecturers
Prof A T Walker announces the summer program at the University of Kansas with Ed win Grant Dexter of Illinois delivering ten lectures on educational problems the week of June 18 to 25. John M Coulter of Chicago heads the out of town lectures June 18 to 29. The session includes 19 courses with potential eight more and an expected enrollment of 400.
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A. T. Walker
University of Kansas
Edwin Grant Dexter
School of
University of
Kansas Education Expenditures and Receipts Summary
The Kansas education system spent 5 829 915 last year on schools with teachers salaries totaling 3 855 492. Repairs fuel and incidentals consumed 893 771 libraries and apparatus 54 028 sites buildings and furniture 604 119 and other purposes 422 503. School districts received 6 631 227 in support. Expenditures were about 800 000 less than receipts.
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Kansas
Health official challenges baking powder makers over analysis
Dr. S J Crumbine secretary of the state board of health publicized a baking powder analysis. Manufacturers protested claiming the doctor did not request fresh cans from factories for testing. Crumbine asserts the dept seeks consumer quality not factory condition.
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S. J."crumbine
State Board of Health
Farmers Institute at Hays Reports Large Attendance
More than 800 people attended the farmers institute at the Hays branch experiment station. The forenoon featured examinations of experiments in wheat grasses corn and cattle feeding. In the afternoon lectures covered farm dairying and soil culture. Professors Erf and Melick of Kansas Agricultural College spoke. An institute and agricultural exhibit are being organized for the next fall.
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Farmers Institute
Hays
Farmers’ Institute
Hays Branch
Erf
Melick
Kansas Agricultural College
Kansan Fay Moulton to Run 400 Metre in Athens
Former Kansan Fay R. Moulton, a Yale alumnus and former Kansas University standout, is among the American athletes chosen for the Olympic team at Athens. Moulton holds track records at Kansas and Yale and earned spots in four events, including the 400 metre race in Athens.
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Kansan
Ameriica
Athens
Greece
Fay R. Moulton
America
Moulton
K. U
Yale
St.Louis
Santa Fe railroad workers form federation in Newton
Nearly 100 railroad men from Chicago to Albuquerque representing engineers firemen conductors and brakemen met in Newton to form a federation of Santa Fe system employees. The move follows federations among Missouri Pacific and other large systems, while Santa Fe had not been federated before.
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Santa .Fe
Santa Fe
Chicago
Albuquerque
Newton
Santa ‘Fe
Missouri Pacific
Race death by own action and state vital stats
Vital statistics compiled by Ss. J. Crumbine secretary of the state board of health show that race death by own action is not a trouble in Kansas. Births in the state last year amount to nearly 50 percent more than deaths. Deaths numbered 10 457 and births 14 868.
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F. D. ‘Coburn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Ss. J. Crumbine
State Board, of Health
Kansas
Prison Pens In Fort Leavenworth Show Harsh Home Deficits
The article notes inmates at Fort Leavenworth regret leaving home and points to the prison’s current grandeur as a contrast. It argues many convicts, especially Black inmates, never had a decent home before imprisonment and now occupy better housing behind bars.
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United States
Fort Leavenworth
Drowned Boy in Leavenworth Home Dies in Cellar
Antone Huhn sixteen year old son of Charles Huhn of Leavenworth was found dead in his cellar. Coroner Smith reported death by strangulation during an epileptic fit after the boy’s parents searched for him all night. Buffalo hide discovered 30 feet underground in Marysville well trunk suggests a relic of primeval days.
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Antone Huhn
Charles Huhn
Leavenworth
Smith
Marysville
Post Office Consider Starr Route Changes Stirring Rumor
A circulating rumor claims the Post Office Department plans to discontinue the Pros ser branch mail service and instead serve offices along other railroad lines by star routes. The service has existed for about 250 years and many people rely on it.
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Postoffice Department
Prosser Branch
Knights of Pythias urged to aid San Francisco disaster victims
Grand Chancellor C N Miller calls Kansas members to contribute to relief. Lodges and individuals are asked to forward donations to A C Jobes grand master of exchequer at Wichita for San Francisco sufferers.
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C. ‘N. Miller
Knights ’ of Pythias Order
Kansas
San Francisco
A. C. Jobes
Wichita
Buchanan Sells Pittsburg Kansan Interest to Indianapolis Editor
John C. Buchanan after 17 years as editor and proprietor sells his stake in the Pittsburg Weekly Kansan to D. J. F. Callen of Indianapolis for 2500 dollars. Buchanan has spent 40 years in the newspaper business and will retire from active work.
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John.c. Buchanan
Pittsburg
Kansan
D. J.F. Callen
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas City Southern to invest in Pittsburg shops upgrade
The Kansas City Southern railway plans immediate work funded by over 500000 dollars in Pittsburg. The project includes new shops upgraded freight facilities and new terminals in the city center. The improvements aim to more than double the capacity of the road’s shops.
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Kansas
City Southern: Railway. Company
Pittsburg
Wellington Temperance Union Forms Against Liquor Traffic
Representatives from all Wellington temperance groups met at the Presbyterian church to unite against liquor traffic. Attendees included church leaders and county temperance organization delegates, with plans for coordinated action citywide.
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Wellington
W. Co
T. U
County
Presbyterian
Union
Nquor
John
Mary Shall
Winfeld
Madam Mary Gagner heals with pink pills claim
Mrs. Mary Gagner of Holyoke Massachusetts describes weakness and dizziness from years past. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after taking six boxes. She notes two years of stability since recovery and urges others to try the remedy. The piece mentions pills sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Mary Gagner
South Summer Street
Holyoke
Mass
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Comfort for Feet
In a Pinch uses ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE powder to cure painful smarting and ingrowing nails. It claims to ease sweating feet and make new shoes fit. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a trial package available. Address A S Olmsted La Roy NY.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
la Roy
N. Y
Expensive Now
Janesmith describes his wife as a pensive creature before marriage and notes she now seems expensive. Brownright comments that this means she is expensive now in a Philadelphia Press piece.
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Janesmith
Brownright
Philadelphia Press
Engagement ring circulates after return
A note from the Baltimore American recalls a pair in a domestic scene as Estelle shows a valued engagement ring from George. The exchange reveals sadness at sending it back and pride in its beauty.
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Myrtle
George
Estelle
Baltimore American
Garfield Tea Purifies Blood and Eases Headaches
An old courtly claim states Garfield Tea purifies the blood and cures sick headaches, presenting a folk remedy once cited in period ads and chatter as a health aid.
Americans In Stratford Confuse Shakespeare With The Bible
Two American travelers in England visit Stratford on Avon and ask a rustic if he knows Shakespeare. The man replies he has heard of Shakespeare but thinks he wrote for a paper called the Times, then amends his guess to the Bible, yielding a humorous misapprehension about the Great Poet. The anecdote is from Harper's Weekly.
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England
Stratford-on-Avon
the Times
Lannon Paper
Delike
Harper’s Weekly
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Iceland
Colorado Fuel Company
Quarto
New York Insurance
Supreme Court
Moyer
Haywood and Pettibone
Great Britain
Tibet
Philippines
Nila
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Red Oak
Marshalltown
Bellevue
Tex
American Insurance Company of
Boston
Steel Trust
Interior Department
Guffey & Gary
Department
Erich Muenter
Harvard
Kansas University
National Congress of Mothers
Los Angeles
Ee Smaith
G. F. Sorrow
F. B.creelman
Bank of America of Chicago
Coburn
Chicago Tribune
Dodds
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