Will This Really Be the Fate of the Earth
An essay discussing Earth’s future, combining geology and astronomy. It argues the planet’s cooling, plate movements, and volcanic lines explain earthquakes and volcanoes and foretell drastic changes. New York’s harbor could rise as Palisades fault shifts, signaling eventual global cataclysms.
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Earth
Father Moreux
Hudson Bay
West Indies
South America
South Pole
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Hudson
Hudson River
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
United States
Mexico
Central America
Alaska
Pacific States
Atlantic States
Tle
The Romance of the Chest in Old Records
A compact note on chest types from early times, describing coffers, trussing chests, stands, hutches, and Bible boxes. It notes form evolution to 1810, with cassant chests famed for carved art, painted motifs, and rich contents like girdles, rings, and jewel lades, all secured by heavy locks.
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Lowall
Ike
Venomous Fish Stings Described for Fishermen and Mongers
The article notes fish stings are common, especially among fishermen and fishmongers, with the great and little weavers most often involved. A prick causes swelling and inflammation. arm involvement can spread to the shoulder, and the patient may collapse or become delirious. Pain is severe, subsides in about three days, followed by desquamation.
J W Blythe Dead A Prominent Iowa Political Figure Dies
Joseph W Blythe general counsel of the Burlington Route dies suddenly of heart failure at a hunting lodge in Louisa county Iowa He was born January 16 1850 in Mercer NJ and educated at Princeton He shaped Iowa Republican politics for decades guiding a southern Iowa organization and opposing prohibition He leaves a widow and son Hugh with a long political life noted though he never held office
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Burlington
Joseph W. Blythe
Wapella
Louisa County
Blythe
H. S&s. Rand
H. O. Weaples
Mercer County
N. J
Princeton College
Thomas Hedge
Hugh
Iowa
Senator Gear
Republican Party
Cedar Rapids
Heir to Texas Estate Found in Washington
Mrs Mary J King one of five heirs to a Texas estate valued over 1 million dollars was located in Mukilteo Washington. She will travel to Galveston soon to file claims. She is the wife of a disabled cobbler who drove an express wagon before losing a leg in a runaway. Edmonson heirship traces to Iowa migrant in 1849.
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Spokane
Wash
Mary J. King
Texas
Mukiltoc
Galveston
Edmonson
Iowa
Flo
Everet
Two Chinese Smuggled In Hidden in Box Car
Port Huron Michigan officers found two Chinese men hidden in a box car used for smuggling. Special Officer George Mann of the Grand Trunk detected tampered seals, the car was opened to reveal barrels of paint from Buffalo with the two individuals concealed behind them.
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Port Huron
Mich
United States
Detroit
George Mann
Grand Trunk
Buffalo
Burned at Stake in Rockwell Texas Mob Executes Man
In Rockwell County a Black man identified by Mrs. Arthur McKinney as the suspect in a criminal incident was dragged from jail to an iron stake and burned in front of about a thousand spectators. Earlier, another Black man named Will Clarke was struck and fatally hurt.
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Rockwell
Tex
Arthur McKinney
Anderson III
Rockwell County
Will Clarke
Boy Hunter Is Blamed For Killing Mrs Hoover
In Atchison Kansas a 17 year old country lad named Carl Unlo was taken into custody after it was claimed he accidentally fired the shot that killed Mrs Jerome Hoover while hunting in the neighborhood. Authorities stated the death occurred under mysterious circumstances.
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Atchison, Kan
Jerome Hoover
Carl Unlo
Earthquakes Struck Guayaquil Coast Line
Two strong shocks lasting about half a minute rattled Guayaquil and coastal areas in Ecuador. No damage reported but widespread panic among residents and authorities rushed to assess aftershocks.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
Lowan Found Murdered Near Washington D C
The well dressed man was found in the snow near Alexandria Virginia with a neck wound. His pockets held a $300 Traveler's Check issued by the Olls Fargo Express in Los Angeles made out to Walter Ir Schultz of Sioux City Iowa and another card bearing the name Mrs Alma Hume Gillette.
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Lowan
Washington, D. C
Alexandria
Washington
Olls Fargo Express Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Ir. Schultz
Douglas Street
Sioux City
Alma Hume Gillette
Two Cent Fare Out Eighteen Missouri Lines Involved
Judge McPherson in the United States district court rules the 2 cent passenger and 1907 freight rate statutes are not remunerative for Missouri local traffic. The decision covers eighteen lines and asserts the state’s rates do not yield a reasonable profit after expenses. The 2 cent fare and maximum freight rate laws were tested by railroads seeking to enjoin enforcement of the statutes.
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Kansas City
McPherson
United States District Court
Missouri Lines
State of
Missouri
Frank Hagerman
Four Die As Tornado Ravages Arkansas Towns
Four persons are reported dead and many injured as a violent storm sweeps western eastern and southern Arkansas. Brinkley is described as largely destroyed with fires and downed wires. Late dispatches claim eight killed in Brinkley and scores injured as communications fail statewide.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Brinkley
Taft Plans Westward Trip and G A R Encampment Visit
President Taft signaled a possible autumn tour through the south and west and said he would try to attend the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Salt Lake City from August 9 to 14. Utah Senators Smoot and Sutherland extended the invitation on behalf of the G A R executive committee. He noted a visit might be feasible alongside his trip.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Smoot and Sutherland
Utah
Fire panic at Sacred Heart parochial school
A fire at Sacred Heart parochial school in Brockton Mass caused a bad panic among about 300 children but all escaped safely. The building was badly damaged and firefighters then focused on saving the adjoining Sacred Heart church as flames threatened it.
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Green
Abbe Moreux
Bruges
Belgium
New York World
M. de Lapparent
France
Brockton
Mass
Sacred Heart
Victim of Inauguration Dies in West Virginia
J. W. Calvert of Pewee Valley Kentucky died near Hinton West Virginia of pneumonia after marching in snow and slush during the inauguration day. He was 81 years old.
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Louisville
J. W. Calvert
Pewee Valley
Hinton
W. Va
Neg negroes to Honor Foraker for wartime support
Former United States Senator Joseph B. Foraker will be presented with a handsome testimonial by the Negroes of Montgomery in gratitude for his championship of Negro troops involved in the Brownville affair.
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Foraker
Montgomery
Alan
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
Brownville
Geronimo’s Successor Named at Apache Prison Meeting
At an informal gathering of more than half of the Apache prisoners of war at Fort Sill, Alan Deklugiv, son of Whoa of the Nedni branch, was chosen chief to succeed the late Geronimo. The group discussed eligibility to vote and selected a leader.
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Geronimo
Lawton
Okla
Sil
Alan Deklugiv
Whoa
Nedni
Ribo
Policeman Kills Wife Then Wounds Self in West Boston
Boston police report Daniel C. Spillane a West Boston officer died from a bullet wound believed self inflicted after a domestic incident. His wife lay dead on the floor beside him, in the private residence where the tragedy occurred.
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Boston
Mass
Daniel C. Spillane
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