Alaska Boundary Debate Sparks Calls for Restoring Rights
The Washington stance favors standing by rights over a temporary Alaska boundary settlement. The piece argues that concessions risk provoking Canada and delaying Alaska’s development, urging a firm U S position to prevent frontier troubles and future emigrant capital loss.
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Washington
May
Canada
England
Hay
State Department
United States
Alaska
Boundary
Cubans Seek Pay in Manzanillo. 1200 Apply
In Santiago Cuba 1200 Cuban soldiers filed for payment at Manzanillo today. Officials estimate 1,560,000 dollars are needed to settle troops in the province if payments rise proportionally elsewhere. Yellow fever delays the schedule to August 6, doctors hoping the outbreak will be stamped out by then. new cases grow at the Bonlata camp while the city remains free.
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Santiago
Cuba
Manzanilo
Bonlata
Fashion's spring to midsummer hat trends change to roses and white trims
The article notes the shift from violet and large garden hats to midsummer styles featuring roses and foliage. White chip or Leghorn hats with pure white decorations dominate for warm weather. Needing cool comfort, negligee matinee dresses remain popular, with the kimono as a current favorite, offered in bright or muted materials.
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Wea Ia
Death of St Louis editor McCullagh mystery revived
Dr Charles H Hughes a neurologist who treated Joseph B McCullagh editor of the St Louis Globe Democrat asks anew for an investigation into his death on December 31 1896. Found in his yard near his room window theories of accident or self harm gave way to potential murder with motives of enmity or estate profit before a will.
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ST. Louis
Charles H. Hughes
Joseph B. McCullagh
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
McCullagh
Hughes
Mrs Cheasty Dies at 72 in City Home
Mrs Margaret S Cheasty aged 72 died yesterday evening at her home 1420 Fifth Avenue of old age. She was the mother of Mr W B Jennings and Mr Edward C Cheasty both residents of the city.
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Margaret S. Cheasty
Fifth Avenue
W. B. Jennings
Edward C. Cheasty
Union Central Life suit against ex-agent dismissed
The Union Central Life Insurance Company's suit against Ed J. Newbegin former agent and J. J. Newbegin and E. F. Palmer as bond sureties was dismissed yesterday in federal court on motion by the plaintiff.
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Union Central Life Insurance Company
Ed J. Newbegin
J. J. Newbegin
E. F. Palmer
Self-Evident Reason Involving Sallie And A Collie Dog
A brief, humorous scene shows little Sallie sitting properly as a collie pup playfully nips at exposed mosquito bitten knees. Sallie pulls up her stockings and explains she does not like the dog because her low necked stockings are on. The judge notes the quaint exchange.
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Sallie
Collie
Remarkable Belt and Terminal Trestle Escape Saves Boy
Albert Grube five-year-old New Albany youngster wandered to the Belt and Terminal trestle as an Air Line train neared. Engineer Ales braked but could not stop. Grube was thrown from the trestle twenty feet but caught by F Redmanne who saved him with only a scalp wound.
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Louisville
Albert Grube
New Albany
Grube
Air Line
Ales
F. Redmanne
Public Exercises to Welcome Editors at Madison Park
Public events for visiting National and State Editorial associations include a reception at the depot, a Lake Washington cruise, fireworks at Madison Park, and a Queen steamship excursion to Port Orchard. Funds exceed $1100 with city council adding $300. Over 100 delegates expected, with free transit offered by many streetcar lines. The State Press association meets Wednesday at 5 20 p m and reception details are coordinated by the Beattie club and civic groups. The text also notes a burst of Dewey name references and census style humor about infant names across states.
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Beattie Press Club
State Press Association
Lake Washington
Madison Park
Queen
Port Orchard Dry Dock
Port Blakeley
Heatthe Club
State Frees Association
Northern Pacific Railway Station
Nations Association
Tacoma
Missouri Supreme Court Ban Blocks 72 Fire Insurance Firms
Attorney General Crow says the Missouri Supreme Court ruling bars 72 fire insurance companies from resuming business in the state without court permission. He believes no permission will be granted and the decision will lower overall insurance rates as a result. the firms are effectively excluded.
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ST. Loui
Crow
Supreme Court
Missouri
Victoria Reporter Hints At BC Political Shakeup
J Gordon Smith of the Victoria Times, on a Seattle wedding trip, notes political crime concerns in British Columbia. He expects an election soon and predicts Fighting Joe Martin’s political career may end. He reports Victoria merchants oppose Martin and the exclusion law hurt business.
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J. Gordon Smith
Victoria Times
Butler
Victoria
Seattle
Mr Smith
British Columbia
Mr. Smith
Joe” Martin
Martin
Shipbuilders Show Little Interest in Six Cruisers
Washington July 1 Shipyards crowded with private work show little interest in six unprotected cruisers authorized by the last naval appropriation law Chief Naval Constructor Hiaborn says plans and specifications have gone to 21 firms six acknowledged receipt and four asked for details. Major firms fear armored cruiser and battleship armor contracts will be delayed due to lack of armor orders.
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Washington, D. C
Hiehborn
Ohio Has 2000 Deweys in Blark County Census
An examination of Blark County census infants born between April 1 1808 and April 1 1899 finds 21 children named Dewey. The data illustrate American practice of naming children after military and political heroes and show a large Dewey naming trend nationwide.
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Canton
Blark Co
MecKinley
Dewey
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Auditor F. J. Lawless Returns From Eight Months Tour
F. J. Lawless and his wife have just returned from an eight months tour of Murene. Formerly with the Great Northern Express, he has been appointed general auditor of the Pacific Coast company and will start his new duties within a few days.
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F. J. Lawless
Murene
Great Northern Express Company
Pacific Coast Company
Croker To Be Welcomed Back With Dinner and Reception
Plans are underway in New York for Richard Croker to return with a dinner and reception at the Democratic Club on August 24. Leaders aim to show Croker back in active charge and ready to drive the campaign, likely rolling over district factions. He will attend Saratoga fall racing after arrival.
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New York
Richard Croker
Democratic Club
Croker
Mr. Croker
Saratoga
England
Various Political and Academic Notes Include Retirements And Opinions
A roundup of notable remarks and developments: President Angell may retire from the University of Michigan. ex-Speaker Reed unlikely to seek public office unless for the presidency. E I Mereman plans a kite launch for Admiral Dewey’s New York arrival. Capt Blgsbee jokes about shore skills. Dr Weir Mitchell is prolific in medicine and fiction. ex-Senator Peffer denies a public statement. Harvard SMARS comment on Dr William H Faunce’s popularity. painter 4 G Brown laments scarce models as type fades.
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E. I. Mereman
Wea
Admiral Dewey
New York
Wreckers Named in Shamokin Train Disaster
Coal and iron police swear out warrants for boys suspected in a Philadelphia and Reading railroad wreck near Shamokin last Friday that killed Fireman Rollin Morgan. Warrants delayed until tomorrow for additional evidence. suspects reportedly under 13. Two nuts placed on track 600 feet apart to cause the crash.
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Shamokin
Coal and Iron
Philadelphia & Reading
Here
Rollin Morgan
Enlistments From Seattle Rise to Ninety in Ten Days
Twenty one men will leave the local recruiting office this morning for the Philippines via San Francisco. The total enlistments in the last ten days reach ninety. Three year men will be mustered in as the Thirty fifth regiment. Enlistments under the March 8 act will be for two years. A long line of applicants keeps officers busy, signaling Seattle's growing enlistment surge.
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Philippines
San Francisco
Seattle
Hair Dye Manufacturers Plan Wholesale Trust
In New York on July 11 a group of about 20 wholesale hair dye firms announced formation of a trust led by a bald-headed Wall Street banker, signaling a major cooperative move in the industry.
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New York
Wall Street
Franchise Granted for Seattle and Tacoma Electric Road
City council approved a franchise for an electric road over tide lands to the Seattle and Tacoma Railway. The company pays 2 percent of gross receipts for 10 years, 4 percent next 10, and 6 percent thereafter, with 20 percent counted for city portions. Votes: Hill and Navin opposed. amendments on fares and purchase option were omitted.
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Seattle & Tacoma Railway Company
Hill and Navin
Hill
Thompson
Second Ward
Ile
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Board of Public Works
Board
Parke
Rogers
War Department
McArdle
Reed
Seven Aphorisms From Historic Authors
A compilation of brief maxims attributed to Carlyle Confucius Johnson Bishop Horne Byron Greville Cecil Beecher L Estrange Washington Irving and Shenstone. The quotes touch on virtue humility adversity happiness hope and kindness, offering compact reflections on human conduct and mindset.
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Carlyle
Shenstone
German Editors Poke Fun at Kaiser Over Coal Stations
A playful exchange imagines the Kaiser eager to load up with islands to fuel coal burning stations. A second editor quips pirates along with a witty dig about naval needs and absurd station types, including liverwurst and pretzel stations.
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Mit
Condition of the Hop Crop in Puyallup Vicinity
The Puyallup Chronicle notes no new yard developments in a week. Good growing weather continues as vines progress rapidly. Lice are abundant, more than in several years, but growers are spraying to control them.
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Puyallup Chronicle
Vineyards Quiet as Lice Issue Diminishes
The Auburn Argus reports market activity remains slow with no sales in the past week. Growers offered 19 cents for the coming crop but prefer delaying contracts. Vineyards progress with two weeks of warm weather. W. J. Shinn’s 70 acre yard noted for high cultivation as spraying begins.
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Auburn Argus
W. J. Shinn
Icelandic Police Parade as Ornament in Law Abiding Nation
Iceland, famed for Viking descendants and strict lawfulness, maintains one police officer as a ceremonial figure rather than necessity. The six foot tall, broad shouldered uniformed officer serves more for tradition than enforcement amid a society without crime worries. A brief interlude from a California theater joke follows the observation.
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Iceland
Ite
Husband Sues Over Missing $500 Promissory Note
In Baltimore on July 11 a husband, David Zorofsky, sues his wife Mrs. Buera Koch claiming she promised $500 if he married her. A promissory note dated two years after marriage passed at the ceremony but has since disappeared.
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Dreyfus
United States
France
Madame Dravax
Court of Cassation
Baltimore
David Zorofsky
Buera Koch
Transpositions of a line from Gray's Elegy
A list of alternate phrasings showing how the line The plowman homeward plods his weary way can be reordered. Variations move adjectives and verbs for rhythm while preserving core meaning and imagery of the weary plowman heading home.
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Gray
Porter May Govern Cuba
Washington dispatches cited by Union Espanola Avisador Citizen and Comercio report Major General Brooke to command in the Philippines and Robert P. Porter to become governor general of Cuba. A broad editorial response labels Porter an annexationist in reaction to the proposed appointment.
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Havana
Juyl
Union Espanola
Avisador
Citizen
Comercio
Washington
Wreck of Great Northern Overland Train Near Glasgow
The Great Northern overland passenger train that departed Friday at 4 10 p m wrecked beyond Glasgow Montana. An unknown man was killed and the mail clerk suffered a broken leg with no other serious injuries. The incident caused a general shaking up among passengers and crew.
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Great Northern
Glasgow
Montana
Rubber tires on fire engines set speed records
New York July 11 Fire Engine Company No. 39 tested four inch rubber tires on its engine wheels claimed to be the largest in the world. They reduced vibration and tracks caused no loss of speed and the engine was able to move faster than before on asphalt.
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New York
Fire Engine Company No. 39
Second Avenue
Allen Resigns From Seattle & International Post
Fred A. Allen, general freight and passenger agent of the Seattle International, resigns his position due to a severe rheumatic attack. The resignation takes effect as soon as he can be relieved. He plans an ocean voyage in the hope of benefit to his health.
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Fred A. Allen
Seattle & International
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