Fourth of July world race and Malay education forecast
The article envisions a dramatic Fourth of July event racing around the world from San Juan to Manila amid cannon and flags. It also argues for teaching Malay in U S universities after the Philippine cession, praising Malay as a grammar-free language and noting local weather forecaster Mr Salisbury predicts fair skies for the holiday.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Washington
Bird of Freedom
Honolulu
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Mr. Salisbury
Republic
Schoolhouse Planned for Keller This Summer
Whatcom reports $1562 raised for Fourth of July celebration. Rumors say Great Northern may build a shipyard at Pairhaven. Gold extraction efforts continue on Gray's Harbor beach sands. Cathlamet notes a 76 pound salmon at Warren cannery. Pascora plans city water works and diverse plantings. North Yakima banks will stay open 10 am to 4 pm weekdays and 1 pm on Saturdays.
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Yakima
Trusts a Foe to Drummers In New York Rally
P. F. E. Dowe, president of the Commercial Travellers' League, revealed a letter claiming the American Tobacco Company has driven out 96 percent of traveling agents. In New York City another note reported 490 robbers, salesmen, and factory salesmen were dismissed by the Tobacco trust.
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New York
P. FE. Dowe
Commercial Travelers’ League
American Tobacco Company
New York City
Tobacco Trust
That Hobo Congress Attracts Regional Attention
Danville Illinois July 3. Citizens laugh at a boisterous tramp convention held here and nearby with five lodges in Chicago DeKalb Champaign Sycamore and Danville. Delegates treated lavishly while a few genuine tramps mingled for contrast and amusement.
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Danville, II
Eld Sone
Danville
Tourist Union
Chicago
Deeatur
Champaign
Sycamore
Gambling Loopholes Plague Butte Officials Open Secret
In Butte July 2 an open secret shows gambling banned publicly yet thriving under noses of police. Citizens file complaints about brace games with little result while Mayor McCarthy faces papers and rumors of tolerance. Revelers seek other venues as ministers consider action.
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Brace
McCarthy
Batte
Bride of a Policeman Married Quietly
Officer G. A. Tripp wed Miss Dottie McFarland in a private ceremony at the bride’s parents’ home on Sixth Avenue and Pike Streets in the evening.
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G. A. Tripp
Dottie McFarland
Sixth Avenue
Pike Streets
Woman Arrested in Robbery Charge at Saloon
Moltie Vaughan, a colored woman, was arrested on a charge of robbing C. Cragwell of $10 in a tender loin saloon.
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Moltie Vaughan
C. Cragwell
Treasury law charges British yachts at US ports
A Treasury Department law effective April 1 requires all British yachts visiting American ports to pay entrance and clearance duties similar to those levied on merchant vessels.
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United States Treasury Department
Fragmented excerpts reflect varied historic oddities and crimes
A London Globe note reports on electricity changing skin tone in a Ethiop and a Viennese doctor. Other items recount a Hungarian joke leading to a pistol duel, Emperor Franz Joseph planning a large Budapest investment block, and a forged strike telegram in Berlin. A Wichita home seeks a lively adopted child.
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London Globe
Francia Joseph of
Austria
Budapest
Inconsistent Notes Highlight Global Oddities and Facts
A compilation notes varied items from Roosevelt meeting press, to Dreyfus ship Sfax, to a Newfoundland dog in Buffalo, to Austrian court expenditures, to South Sea islander conversions, and to a German town naming a street after Rabbi Freimann, ending with a stray line about finger poses.
National League Games Report with Standings
In Louisville the exhibition game between Louisville and Indianapolis ended no game due to rain. St Louis beat Baltimore 10 3. Cincinnati split with Washington: 4 2 in the first game and 6 1 in the second. Standings of clubs follow.
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Louisville
Indianapolls
St. Louie
St. Louis
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Washington
V. P.C
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia Ss
New York
Pittsburg
Louieville
Washington Cleveland
Hero Deignan Refuses Aid in Naval Cadet Path
Oscar W. Deignan of Merrimac fame visits his grandmother Mrs Ellen O'Tirien in Elkhorn Wic on July 2. He abandons plans to enter the Navy as a cadet after Congress introduces a bill requiring cadets to pass examinations. lacking funds for a preparatory course he declines financial help from friends.
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Elkhorn
Wic
Oscar W. Deignan
Merrimac Fame
Mis
Ellen O'Tirien
Congress
Jury to view accident site in damage suit
The jury in the damage suit of Robert Kinnear against Benattle and International Railroad will be taken to view the accident site. The case has been continued until next Wednesday when the jury will have returned.
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Robert Kinnear
Benattle & International Railroad
Suit Against the Steel Trust Expands from Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Ind July 3 The Indiana Wire Fence company has been absorbed by the American Steel and Wire Company and its plants stand deserted The fence factory was the citys chief industry Attorney General Taylor is preparing to bring suit against the steel trust over its actions in Crawfordsville
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Indiana Wire Fence Company
American Steel and Wire Company
Ths
Taylor
The
Steel Trust
A Costly Nap in Bonanza Saloon Theft
William Cram a shingle weaver slept in a chair at the Bonanza saloon Saturday evening when a $25 theft occurred. Police reported the incident as a robbery while he dozed, leaving no witnesses and prompting an investigation.
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William Cram
Keeton Wins Damages Against Pacific Conant Company
In federal court Saturday the jury returned a verdict for G. W. Keeton against the Pacific Conant company. Amount awarded was $1250 for injuries claimed when cross bars at a railway crossing dropped and struck him in the face. The case stemmed from Keeton's assertion of a serious injury. Concert Wagner's band to perform tomorrow afternoon at Madison Park pavilion.
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G. W. Keeton
Pacific Conant Company
Keeton
Wagner
Madison Park Pavilion
Money and Jewels Found at Ross Hotel
Chicago July 3 Two hundred dollars in money a heavy gold chain valued at 800 and an old fashioned bracelet worth 100 were found with gambling paraphernalia in a trap door hidden closet at the Ross hotel during enlargement work formerly Mike McDonald s gambling house The Store.
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Chicago
Ross
Mike McDonald
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