Movement to form state band and other Idaho notes
A fragmented Idaho summary reports a push to organize a state band in Pocatello, a fatal runaway crash near Coeur d Alene, Dunkards visiting Idaho Falls to survey settlement, and a recent state land sale in Twin Falls with high per acre prices. Other items note a bank safe opened in Weber, enthusiasm for a Boise baseball club, a porter summoned for military service, a planned hotel at Kelly Hot Springs, damage at the Linewin Mining site in Pear, tree planting efforts by South Nol residents, and a ministerial push against Senator Smeet in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Perrault
Kelly Hot Springs
Linewin Mining Company
Peart Hae
Fone
South Nol
Enelery
Holve Ministerial Association
Idaho
Washington
Smeet
Exposition of Modern Wonders at the St Louis World’s Fair
A writer from the Minneapolis Union urges readers to visit the St Louis World’s Fair. He praises the vast, beautiful, and educational scope even in early stages and predicts it will outshine past exhibitions. He urges families to save and attend, stressing the value of exposure to global cultures and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Minneapolis Union
St. Louis
Union
the Union
Out of the ordinary statues at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The piece highlights many unique materials used in statues at the fair and extols the grandeur of the grounds and future permanent exhibits. It notes large sums spent on colossal works, the appeal of diverse media beyond marble and bronze, and endorses widespread attendance as a landmark experience. The writer, signing as the editor, urges parents to ensure they see the exposition’s unmatched beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exnty
Hingham County
Bagley
Spokane
Jurge Mar
Rathram
Lowisiana
Alove
Hymn of the West for World's Fair set to music
Ed mund Clarence Stedman wrote the world’s fair hymn titled Hymn of the West with music by Prof. John K. Paine of Harvard. First public rendition on opening day April 30 features a 600-voice chorus. Also notes other invited works including Vanderstuken’s march and Hadley’s waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman
John K. Paine
Harvard University
Frank Vanderstuken
Cincinnati Orchestra
Henry K. Hadley
Millionaire train conductor wins laughs with gift and tale
The Morristown to Hoboken express famed as the millionaire’s train honors conductor David Sanderson with a gold watch and purse. He ends his speech by noting his success and smooth dealings with drunks, prompting cheers from the financiers aboard. A side note mentions a 5,000 year old tailor’s bill found by a Nippur expedition at the University of Pennsylvania, prompting a skeptical remark from Rimmelstein on collectibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
N. 5
Hoboken
David Sanderson
Sanderson
University of Pennsylvania
Rimmelstein
Brooklyn Eagle
Rimmelatein Not Interested In Pardons
An odd fragment notes a morning scene with Rimmnetetein near a strap. The text hints at an interaction about begging, line of and granting pardons, but details are unclear and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimmelatein
Rimmnetetein
Promised Royal Visitors Announced for Next Summer
If promises hold true the United States will welcome royal visitors next summer. So far King Leopold of Helxium, King Menelek of Abyssinia, the German crown prince, the Swedish crown prince and the Chinese crown prince have announced plans to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leopold
Helxium
Menelek
Abyssinia
Germany
Sweden
China
World’s Fair Exhibits Teem With Carloads of Wonders
World’s Fair notes describe exhibits totaling twenty thousand carloads. A souvenir machine will stamp a World's Fair building likeness on a penny. The Inside In hotel on the grounds, under Exposition control, lists 2 359 rooms.
Congressman Hardwick Mistaken for House Page
A Georgia congressman, nicknamed the boyish figure, was mistaken for a page by a reading clerk. He fetched a paper for Grosvenor, then later rose from the floor to deliver a long speech on the race problem in the South, surprising the clerk and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Hardwick
House
Georgia
Gen. Grosvenor
Hardwick
South
The Crinoline Is Coming in Full Skirt Fashion
The piece warns that new extreme fullness skirts will renew the old curse of crinoline, with stiffened petticoats needed to shape the wide silhouettes of the fashion future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or Mont
Bark Goes to Bottom in Dublin Bay Collision
The German bark Mona collided with the English bark Lady Cairns off Dublin bay Sunday morning. The Lady Cairns sank within minutes. her crew of twenty-two drowned. The Mona, damaged, was aided into Dublin harbor. The Lady Cairns, a three masted 1616 ton ship built in Belfast in 1869, was commanded by Captain L Evans from Liverpool to Timor New Zealand. owned by L Tulloch of Swansea. Mona commanded by Captain Schwarting was last reported at Adressan.
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Mona
Dublin Bay
Dublin
L. Evans
Liverpool
Timor
New Zealand
Belfast
L. Tulloch
Swansea
Schwarting
Adressan
Deweys Free After Acquittal in Berry Murder Case
Chauncey Dewey and cowboys Clyde Wilson and William J. McBride are acquitted in Norton Kansas of murdering Burchard Berry. The jury deliberated twenty eight hours after a 1903 home confrontation in Cheyenne county started the deadly feud with the Berry cattle family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Dewey
Clyde Wilson
William J. McBride
Norton
Kans
Burchard Berry
Cheyenne County
Kansas
Dewey
Berry
Alpheus Berry
Dewey Presents Cuban Prosperity Message To Roosevelt
Admiral Dewey returned from navy maneuvers in southern waters and visited President Roosevelt to relay a personal message of goodwill from President Palma of Cuba. He said the Cuban people were notably prosperous and credited United States policy for their gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Roosevelt
Palma
Cuba
New Republic
United States
Women organize unions in the United States as league eyes nationwide organizer
The executive board of the Woman's National Trades Union League met in Boston and decided to dispatch a general organizer and secretary to promote women's trades unions nationwide. The agent will act as a business organizer, fostering unions among women and supporting lockouts and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
Woman’s National Trades Union League
Boston
Punishing Whitecappers Convicted at Helena Arkansas
Federal Judge Jacob Triber imposes penitentiary sentences on three whitecappers in Helena Arkansas for conspiracy to intimidate black workers at a Poinsett County sawmill. Their attorney appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the application of the Fourteenth Amendment in federal courts, arguing unequal protections for white citizens.
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Jacob Triber
Helena
Ark
Poinsette County
Supreme Court of the United States
One Hundred Filipinos Killed In Mindanao Battle
Report from Catabato Mindanao says on March 7 a 460 strong force of Seventeenth and Twenty third infantry along with Fourteenth cavalry and Gatleys battery under General Leonard Wood attacked and captured the catta fort held by Catta Ali who resisted the anti slavery law. Defensive works were destroyed and abandonment forced by battery fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catabato
Mindanao
Fourteenth Cavalry
Gatley
Leonard Wood
Catta
Killed While in Bed in Spokane Shootout
John Gingle, a highwayman and horse thief sought by North Yakima authorities, was killed by Spokane officers in a Sunday morning confrontation. Surrounded in a city cabin, Deputy Sheriff Doak and Pugh ordered surrender. Gingle fired and missed, three bullets ended his life as he lay on his back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gingle
North Yakima
Spokane
Gingle
Doak
Pugh
Im Gingle
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Shoshone Journal
Ocrem, Publisher
Hone
Idaho State News
Bote
D. Burosider
Pocatello
Ann
Polis
Reet
Press Baten
Fron Coeur d'Alene
Dunkards
Idaho Palmn
Sehool Lande
Twin Falla
T P. Woodcock
Weber
Joseph Mutitake
Bolee
New York
Bureau of Music
Birmingham
Ala
Dressler
Boles
Utah
W. A. White
Lewiston
Holbrook Island
Prines
Auton
Carom
Foo
Noel
Nampa
Saratoga
Caldwell
Pew Hotel
Bpest
Mackay
White Knob
Mayotte
Musicival Waeers
Mem Dore
Wotu
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, Cporition
Hymn OF the West
Vulcan
Mississippi
Alabama
Coeur d'Alene
Minnesota
John Stewart
Louisiana
Mephistopheles
Lot
California
Lady Cairns
Deweys
Uncle Sam
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