Foreign Pilots Held Certificates in British Waters
In wartime foreign born pilots in British waters could aid Britain's enemies. Fifty nine pilotage certificates for the London district and Thames and Medway approaches are held by foreigners, including thirty Dutch, thirteen Swedes, eight Germans, three Danes, three Russians and two Belgians. Englishmen cannot obtain pilotage certificates in foreign ports.
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British
Britain
London
Thames and Medway
Irish English Bilingual Joke on Donegal Highways
An English tourist in the Donegal highlands observes locals speak Irish to friends but English to their horse. A roadside retort asks whether English is sufficient for the horse, highlighting language quirks in rural Ireland.
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Donegal Highlands
Masha
New York Tribune
Temper Your Tones in Speech and Tone Care
Advice on guarding voice habits to avoid misperceived anger. Emphasizes that sharp tones mask true feelings and can make others view the speaker as ill tempered. Encourages speaking gently and sweetly to maintain better relations.
Berlin paper urges closer Argentina ties for German traders
A Buenos Ayres message in a Berlin newspaper urges German merchants and financiers to engage with Argentina, promising great prosperity and trade growth. The writer warns that delaying contact will leave Germany unable to compete with the Yankees.
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Berlin
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
New Rail Cargo Theft Method Revealed by Hong Kong Post
The Hong Kong Post reports a novel theft technique used on cargo sent to Tientsin by rail. A rope tied to a tree with an anchored end is dropped among crates on open trucks as they pass, allowing thieves to pull away large ales and boxes.
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Bates
Tientsin
Hong Kong
Polyglot Reader Prof York Powell’s Vast Library
The late Prof York Powell’s collection reveals an extraordinary range as a reader with works in Persian Pali Sanskrit Hebrew Hamili Syriac Eskimo Roumanian Swahili Polis and many more. He also possessed volumes in familiar European languages and other gram mars on the 1st.
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York Powell
Please Make It Hot For Grandma Prayer
A little girl kneels for bedtime prayer as a grandmother nearby asks God to bring warmer weather so the grandma's rheumatism may ease. The prayer closes with the plea to make it hot for grandma.
A Witty Diagnosis In Medical Quip From The Journal
A British Medical Journal remark compares healing wounded honor through a duel to homeopathy and likens temper relief to surgical incision. It critiques the idea with a dry, satirical tone, noting the tension between metaphor and medical practice.
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British Medical Journal
Windy Day in Emporia Woman Carries Flat Irons
An Emporia woman walked the neighborhood on a windy day with a flat iron in each hand. The iron pairs were not labeled ballast and drew no questions from onlookers.
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Kansas
Emporia
Emporia Gazette
Inn Straddles Wales and England Boundary
The Llanymynech inn sits with half the building in Wales and half in England. One side falls under Welsh Sunday Closing law while the other obeys English law.
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Llanymynech
Wales
England
A Friendship Essay From An English Schoolboy
An English schoolboy writes on friendship saying a friend knows all about you and likes you the same. If there is more to be said on the subject we cannot imagine what it may be.
Centenarian Poacher Spent Sixty Years In English Jail
Johann Grieger aged seventy nine spent nearly sixty years in Coswig England jail after being sent for poaching. He has been sentenced about 120 times for poaching.
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Johann Grieger
Coswig
England
In Abundance A Dallas News Snippet
A fragment notes a young man at McKinney seeking money he didn’t owe, betting not on ponies while many cronies did, highlighting his restraint amid a Dallas News account.
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McKinney
Dallas News
Locomotives on Berlin Express Built to American Pattern
American pattern governs the new fast expresses between Cologne and Berlin with locomotives built to American designs. The rolling stock represents a cross Atlantic modernization program seen in Germany's passenger service improvements.
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Cologne
Berlin
Japanese Burial Custom Observed Squatting Dead Buried
A historical note describes Japanese burial practices where the deceased are interred in a squatting posture with the chin resting on the knee. This distinctive rite reflects traditional reverence and spatial arrangements in graves.
Great Strike Still Goes On. Peace Hopes Fading
Chicago finds peace hopes revived then threatened as union leaders resist employers' offer and vow to keep striking. Mayor Dunne and Levy Mayer warn of potential violence and spread to 8000 teamster drivers while Hillman and executives weigh new talks and possible arbitration after truck drivers referendum.
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Chicago
Levy Mayer
Dunne
Team Owners’ Association
Teamsters
St. Louis
Gompers
Warnee
John C. Driscoll
Hillman
Edward Hillman
Sam
Great Northern
Cavanagh
Standings of Baseball Clubs Across Leagues
National League Chicago 2 4 Mittsburg 5 St Louis 12 Cincinnati 8 American League Chicago Cleveland 4 St Louis 9 Detroit 0 American Association Columbus Indianapolis 6 Louisville 13 Toledo 7 Kansas City St Paul 3 Milwaukee 0 Minneapolis 2 Western League Colorado Springs Omaha 8 Sioux City 1 St Joseph 4 Denver 1 Des Moines 6 Three Eye League Cedar Rapids 8 Dubuque 3 Springfield 2 Decatur 1 Davenport 2 Rock Island 6 Bloomington 2 Central League Grand Rapids 3 Fort Wayne 4 South Bend 0 Springfield Wheeling 3 Terre Haute 2 Dayton 2 Evansville 2
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Detroit
American Association
Columbus
Indianapolis
Louisville
Toledo
Kansas Ciy
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Colorado Springs
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Denver
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Springfield
Decatur
Davenport
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Wheeling
Terre fTaute
Dayton
Kvuansville
Brn
Effie Heston
New York
Chihadelphia Saeens
Minnapolis
Kansas
Peel
P.O. Bloomngton
Rock Island
Davonport Vesseeecans Veld
Decatur Ant Cadur Teen Neeervesterer
Governor La Fohette Attends Knapp Funeral
Madison officials and lawmakers traveled to Knapp Wisconsin on Sunday to attend the funeral of R. Hall father of anti pass and other railroad legislation.
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Madison
Wis
la Fohette
Knapp, Wis
Sune
R. Hall
Woman Decapitated Near Ohio Rail Line
The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Honeéfanger of Springfield was found beside the Little Miami railroad in Columbus. Her head was severed and lay nearby. An inmate of the state hospital, she is believed to have killed herself.
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Columbus
Elizabeth Honeéfanger
Springfield
Little Miami
State Hospital
Plan Welsh Coal Combine Opens Talks in Swansea
Representatives of twenty four anthracite collieries met in Swansea on June 6 to begin talks with other owners for the formation of an anthracite combine with a capital of ten million dollars.
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Swansea
Wales
Two Boys Drown While Swimming in Otter Creek
Terre Haute Indiana June 6 John Corrigan ten and George Bartchers eighteen drowned in Otter creek at Ellsworth Corrigan sacrificed himself attempting to save his companions.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Corrigan
George Bartchers
Otter Creek
Ellsworth
Corrigan
Admiral's Blunder Seen in Tsushima Battle
A Russian staff officer blames Admiral Rojestvensky for disunity and misjudgment as the fleet pressed through the Tsushima straits. He asserts orders lacked clarity, ships acted independently, and communications failed amid the brutal battle and Chinese port proximity concerns.
Baptist Meet Is a Success
Bristol Tenn June 5 The crowd at Fairmount grove for the annual meeting of the German Baptists of the United States neared 20 000. Sermons were preached in the tabernacle by Rev I B Trout Lanark Illinois Rev G B Roger Elgin Illinois and Rev I N H Beahm Elizabethtown Pennsylvania. German Baptist ministers filled church pulpits.
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Bristol, Tenn
Fairmount Grove
Condemned Man Donahue Seeks Innocence Before Hangings
Edward Donahue, condemned for the murder of Aminter Northrop of Benton Harbor, Mich., declares his innocence and will protest as he faces execution in Michigan City next Thursday night.
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Agserta
Michigan City
Ind
Edward Donahue
Aminter Northrop
Benton
Harbor
Mich
Tragedy at Centerview: Husband Kills Wife Then Kills Self
Word received reports W H Andrews, an 8 farmer four miles south of Centerview Missouri, killed his wife by severing her head with a hedge knife and then fatally shot himself.
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Centerview
W. H .Andrews
Farmer Wing
Gloudburst Floods Track Meet in Belleville
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a June event at Belleville track meet with interruptions from a flood. Names, dates, and exact results are unreadable but the setting implies disrupted races and a halted program.
Fire Destroys Milwaukee Skat Exposition Building
During the North American Skat league congress in Milwaukee over 1,600 players were present as the exposition hall roof caught fire. The dome collapsed within twenty minutes, many spectators fled, four women fainted, and dozens were saved by rapid exits. The wooden district nearby saw many small fires started by falling brands. The building, valued at about 300000 with 75000 insured, was reduced to ashes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eight Hour Day for Miners in Anthracite Region
President John Mitchell of the United Mineworkers urged miners in Moosic to press for an eight hour day and a union operator contract when the current agreement ends May 31, 1906. He called the present deal the best yet insufficient and said the eight hour day should be generally established, timing to be decided by the miners.
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Scranton
Moosic
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers
Mitchell
Mystery in Trig of Deaths in Hillsboro Trio
Three youths Madge Dines age 14 Nettla Hart age 16 and George Baldwin age 18 were found dead from gun violence in an upper room of Ed Dine's farm home three miles east of Hillsboro Ohio The girls were shot with a revolver while the man was killed by a shotgun blast The shotgun lay in the room with the bodies Authorities including the coroner county and city officials were alerted and a strict investigation began
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Madge Dines
Nettla Hart
George Baldwin
Ed Dine
Madge
Ex-Slaves Pension Push From National Convention
The ex-slave national convention met in Washington on June 6 and adopted an address to Congress and the public urging broad cooperation to place all ex slaves meeting age requirements on the pension rolls as determined by Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Russians Seek U S Shelter for Ships Through War End
Washington reports say Russian cruisers that sought refuge at Manila may be interned by the United States as a condition to stay until the end of the war. Admiral Togo's squadron is believed to be blockading Manila bay to force the issue. Rear Admiral Enquist plans fourteen days for repairs and provisioning before possibly leaving, with no expected naval clash near the Philippines. The Russians may have to concede internment to avoid provoking Japan, though officials doubt evidence would be strong enough to press the matter.
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Rojestvensky
Tsushima Straits
Vladivostok
Rojestyensky
Washington
Manila
Togo
Manila Bay
Enquist
Philippines
United States
Buaj
Luzon
Japan
Chicago market dairy dairy products and produce prices
Chicago market listings show prickly mix of dairy items and produce. Butter creamery stock notes firsts and seconds with various prices. cheese and eggs steady. beef hog and sheep prices across cities including Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis and New York. Grain quotations list futures and spot prices for key grains and fats.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Burbanks
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louuis
St. Joseph
New York
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Kansan
St. Louis
Sheep and Lambs
Manson City
St. Louia
Suez Canal Company 1904 Report Shows Dividend Proposal
Paris June 6 The Suez Canal company reports 1904 results with increases in transl receipts 2477000 finance operations 17000 and disposable assets 2207606 while the statutory reserve rises to 468800 Water sales dip as expenses fall by 83200 An extraordinary reserve of 1 000 000 is provided for transit receipts Indian wheat shipments to the Far East. A four percent dividend will be proposed.
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Paris
Suez Canal Company
Far East
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