President Roosevelt Joins Veterans in Virginia Memorial Day Events
Old Confederate veteran hosts rostrum as Roosevelts speak at Hampton Institute and naval hospital grounds in Portsmouth. Parade of sailors and marines draws nearly 4000 from North Atlantic Fleet. Army and Navy Union, Grand Army of the Republic, United Confederate Veterans join civic groups in elaborate displays. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attend officer reception at Norfolk Navy Yard before visiting Hampton Institute.
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Portamouth
Army and Navy Union
Portsmouth
North Atlantic
Virginia
Quadataki
Maindrean
Roosevelt
Navy Yard
Ton
Y. i
Verve
Toah
Washington
Veteran pleads for aid amid Portsmouth speech
A veteran in Portsmouth pleads for President's support, urging aid for veterans and a focus on character development. The address touches on education, citizenship, and opportunities for Black and white Americans, while a separate stock notice from Denver cites share details and issuance.
Beiches at Racine Bridge Damages River Crossing
At Racine Wisconsin on May 31 a toon bridge at Main Street was badly damaged as the river rose three to five feet, washing away timber and striking the swing span. Water levels varied with a disturbance on Lake Huron, causing the dock areas of West Shore Lumber and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul docks to be affected as currents surged about ten miles per hour.
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Racine
Wis
Selches
Main Street
O'Eladkt
West Shore Lumper Company
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Whispered Wit From Towns End Cabbage Patch Comic Exchange
A garbled montage of quips from various papers features playful banter about friendships, donkeys, aging brides, and absentminded rooms. The jokes carry a lighthearted tone and regional newspaper flavor, ending with a pun about loving metrics.
Controversy Over New Agricultural Dept Building Wings
Washington May 31 members of the house appropriations committee questioned why the $1.6 million grant for a new Agriculture Department building did not include wings. Secretary Wilson defended the plan, saying Congress could add to funds if needed, while critics accused the administration of misapprehending space needs and potentially violating the law.
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Washington
House
Department of Aericulture
Congress
Wilson
Galloway
White House
TF. & Gardner
Sgricultral Daparmnent
Tania Dim
Agricultura
Tawiey
Tawney
Ers
Two Victories Claimed in Central America Movements
Reports from Guatemala and El Salvador describe advancing Guatemalan revolutionaries with 2000 troops and alleged Salvadorean regiments. The scene includes a reported stoning of Ocos and shifting forces amid Central American neutrality.
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City
Mexico
Gonrial Yoleda
Guatemala
Salvador
Ocos
New York
Southwestern coal strike ends after miners accept proposal
Miners in Kansas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory agree to referenda on a compromise offered by the Southwestern Coal Operators' Association. If approved, mining resumes June 10 under the 190% scale with a three-operator and one referee panel examining issues. Missouri members pressed for higher wages, but the pact moves forward in the named states.
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Southwestern
Gota
Negrotiarions
Rania City
Kansne
Ariisis
Imditin
Southwestern Coal Operators’ Association
Missour
Mstrict No
Onsis
Arkansas
Indhin
Mon
Worl
Three Bad Citizens Escape From County Jail
In Lapeer Michigan on a May 31 rain storm three desperate prisoners confined in the county jail sawed the center window bars, squeezed through a two foot square hole, and dropped fifteen feet to the ground between the jail and courthouse, then vanished. Sheriff and officers have no clue which direction they fled. The escapees are William Pelette of the county, a former prisoner from Marquette, Elugo Massud, and Joseph Smith of Detroit. Pelette was recently captured after a long chase near Almont and was wanted by Lapeer authorities for a year.
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Lapeer
Mich
Toldaha
William Pelette
Extorver
Maraqette Pilson
Elugo Mass
Joseph Smith
Detroit
Pelette
Almont
TUDGE S LETTER Is IGNORED Ulindis Woman's College Preside
Jacksonville Indiana May 31 president Harker of Ulincis Woman's College in his annual address at the fifty ninth commencement exercises ignored the letter of Tidge Owen P Thompson who resigned from the board of trustees over the Carnegie gift He said Thompson attended only one meeting and took no part in proceedings then Friends have contributed 18000 toward 73000 to meet Carnegie offer terms and he hopes for further support before May 1907 for the college sixtieth anniversary
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Ulindis Woman's College
Jacksonville
Harker
Ulincis Woman's College
Tidge Owen P. Thompson
Andrew Carnegie
College
Diphtheria Endangers 2-Year-Old in Mullele Indiana
A 2-year-old boy, son of John Beller, from Cat. Mullele Indiana, is gravely ill with diphtheria after contact with a pet cat. Doctors fear recovery may be unlikely.
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Mullele
Ind
John Beller
London plot and church meeting in brief
A London newspaper outlines a plot to assassinate Alfredo on his wedding day. The United Presbyterian General Assembly at Richmond, England adjourned. Cardinals and bishops in Madrid convene without foundation for rumor of Emperor abdication. In San Francisco and Seattle, market unrest and underwriter tactics cause damage. Texas rail fares lifted. misinformed commission and memorial services fill Denver and Atlanta. Five West Hills farmers die after drinking wood alcohol. Shants visits Atlanta.
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London
Alfoigo
United Presbytncian General Assembly
Wichmond
Endling
Miinve
Filin
Paria
Nha
Hutding
San
Mnderwinlers
Washington
Texas
Theiston
Texas Central
Western Federation of Miners
Denver Inn
Tew
Myron Reed
Charles Bustingsby
Wiliam Damnick
Farmers of
West Hills
J. L
Theodore PL Shants
Pahwina Eating Commission
Atlanta, Ga
Friends
Whitridge Receives Alfonso at Royal Palace Missionary Greeting
A United States envoy greeted King Alfonso in a formal royal audience at the palace. The ceremony featured guards, court officers, and a lavish reception as the envoy presented a letter from President Roosevelt. The king, wearing uniform, received the delegation with gracious signs of respect and thanks.
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Alfonsi
United States
Royal
Syher
Dtonserelt Wis
Hredericr W
Whitridge
U. 8
Grant
Leigh c. Pobnear
Collier
Palace Court Yard
Duke of
King Alfonso and Princess Victoria Pact Revealed in Letter
A Royal audience recounts a sealed Roosevelt letter and a pledge from King Alfonso to grant Princess Victoria Ena an annual 60,000 while alive and 6,000 after widowhood, with a private settlement noted though not specified. The scene unfolds amid tensions and cordial diplomacy as the Queen’s envoy reports.
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Whittings
Hoosevelt
Lim
Fins
Dite
New World
Colin
Mirself
Audiencr
Lng
Whitridge
Penelty
London
Rudd
Alfonso
Victoria
Ena
Spain
Iso
Deportation Narrow Escape For Italian Boy Evia
New York May 31. Italian boy 18 Tehael Angela Paoli narrowly escaped deportation. A tug halted the steamer Panonia to return him to Italy after he arrived unaccompanied in New York. His uncle in St Louis denied care, delaying communications.
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New York
Liberty Stane
Eshoce
St. Louis
Ohio school board taints diploma case over color
A red headed Negro girl Jennie Carter faced decisions by New Carlisle Ohio educators led by Superintendent Teach to bar her from graduation exercises claiming state law allowed her to be excluded. The board met in executive session and chose not to extend her diploma next year despite petitions urging Teach to retain him.
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Springfeld
Jennie Carter
Hea of Education of
New Carlistle
William Tench
New Carlisle
Caltex
Gan Unting Eliss
Teach
British battle fleet in perilous rock position at sea
Reports from London May 31 describe the battleship Montagu grounded on Lundy rock and badly damaged with water in compartments, propellers lost, and wireless gear gone. The vessel, en route to Penwith for maneuvers, apparently missed its course due to fog.
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London
Montagu
Lundy
Montag
Penzance
Fifteen Russians Drowned on Overloaded Excursion Boat
In Rigu on May 31 an overloaded excursion ferry capsized just after starting toward Dubbein, drowning fifteen people. A separate dispatch notes a Japanese individual named Yamada Nakouma committing suicide by leaping into the crater of Mount Aso.
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Rigu
Dubbein
Vietnying
B.C
Yamada Nakouma
Yuspit
Inouye
Aso Volcano
Illinois Central East and West Bound Train Schedules
Ill trains listed for east and west routes with limiteds expresses and local freight. Includes Waterloo Fort Dodge Dubuque Omaha Sioux City and Chicago connections, with passenger timings, arrivals and carrier notes. Some entries are garbled but indicate multiple daily services and one Chicago sleeper.
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Chicago. Limited
Chicago Express
St. Paul and
Chi. Lim
Dubujte Accdin
Fork Dodge and
Dubuque
Chicago Stack
Fraiglie
Omaha
Sioux City Limited
Dodge
Sioux City
Obe
Albert Lea
St. Paul
Albert Lea Way
St. Paul Mainfeac
St Paul and Chicago Limited
Albert Lea and
Alvere
Albert
Sea Manifest
Chicago
Waterloo
Chienzo
Right Road to Major Cities by C K GP Railways
The Right Road schedule lists East Bound No 20 Chicago and St Louis Limited with limited stops from Chicago to St Louis and connections to Omaha Denver Fort Worth and beyond. Freight and passenger services run daily including Twin City Limited Way Freight and Boat Freight with various stop patterns and approximate times.
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Cédsr Rapida
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
Denver
Memphis
Colorado
Springs
Peoria
Fort Worth
St. Toseph
Paul
Kansas City
Minnesolia
St Louis
Imton
Daany No
Mair and Bix. Press
Twin City Limited
Twin City Daly
Rockford
G W Railway Train Schedule Fragments
Railway timetable notes list Nos. 2 4 6 and 8 departures on east and west sides. References to Paul Express and Twin City routes show daily, with some west side and east side designations. Several times appear garbled but indicate freight, express, and special trains with varying daily and Sunday-except patterns.
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C. G. W. Railway
Train connections at Denver Junction and Waverly noted
The record lists several railroad connections: No. 61 connects at Denver Junction with cc G. W. No. 6 for points west to Omaha. No. 55 connects at Waverly with a G. W. No. 9 for points west to Dodge City. No. 63 runs at Waverly for points west of the C. G. W. Ry. No. 84 connects at Denver Sd with c.G. W. No. 4 from all points west. No. 68 connects at Waverly for the west on the C.G. We to Host.
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Denver
Cc. G. W
Omaha
Waverly
G. W
FL Dodge
Denver Sd
C.g. W
Connetta
C.G. We
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