Weather and crop prospects across states report favorable farming week
The report notes the past week as the most favorable of the season for farming operations with ideal conditions in the central Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. It details progress in corn planting, varying conditions by region, insect damage in Oklahoma and Texas, and improving prospects for fruit and oats across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Berry
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
East Gulf
North Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
Middle Atlantic
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
South Atlantic
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwestern
North Pacific
Central
California
Dakotas
Middle Atlantic States
Louisiana
Alabama
South Carolina
Rocky Mountains
Michigan
Wisconsin
Desouth Dakota
Fatal blaze pravailed at old tenement on Marquette Ave
Chicago fire destroyed a frail old tenement at 0316 Marquette Avenue early Sunday. Seven people died and others were seriously injured as residents leapt from windows or were overcome by smoke. A boy named John Schmidt rescued five occupants by throwing a clothesline to upper floors. Fire officials faced obstruction as freight crews delayed rescue efforts. Christensen and family endured a chaotic scene, with medical aid resisted and the injured child removed only after police intervention.
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Marquette Avenue
Chicago
Norv
John Schmidt
Dochette
Thim
Joseph Zraminski
Zook
Christensen
Flo
Hawaiian Legislature Debates Costly First Session
Governor Dole declined to extend the session citing wasted time on trivial measures. The initial session ran up roughly 65 000 in expenses with 20 000 more expected, and costs for typewriters proofreading and stationery. A notable measure granted Liliuokalani 250 000 upon signing a release of claims against crown lands. The sugar tax bill and a fish price cap were the main revenue and pricing items considered.
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Dole
Abi
Liliankalani
Unclear OCR fragment on political and social topics
Fragmentary text references Russian student shooting in Pobicdonost zeff and Logan statue debate. Mentions women voting, a Denver woman arrested for illegal voting, and broad disjointed remarks on politics, Georgia Canada Vancouver China and American issues. No coherent event or clear subjects emerge.
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Ghic
Pobicdonostzeff
Washington
Jacki
Logan
Canere
Vancouver Janakers
Canaida
APOE
China
Denver
McKinley
Lwo
Wei
Sam
Britain
Young Men's Christian Association Jubilee Convention in Boston
Report on the Boston Y M C A Jubilee convention to celebrate fifty years of the organization in North America and the United States. Details include branch growth to 6,192 with 521,000 members across fifty nations, 14 hundred secretaries, training schools, and $40,000 yearly foreign giving. Also recaps origins in London 1844 and North America 1851, with Boston’s role and historical notes on early meetings and funding efforts.
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Boston
North
America
United States
Young’ Men's Christian Association
Sir Geo. Williams
North America
Boston Association
International Committee
Young Men’s Christian Association
London
Aehrough
George Williams
George Hitchcock & Co
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Williams
Y. M. GA
London Young Men's Christian Association
Montreal
Boston. Young Men’s Christian Association
Sumner
Washington Streets
Music Hall
Association
National Galleries
Washington
Smith
Inventor Pupin's Cable Innovation Promises New Long Distance
A major commercial payout for Prof. Michael Pupin's electrical inventions signals potential breakthroughs in long-distance telephoning and ocean cabling. By inserting vibration cells in wire or cable, energy is conserved, enabling 3000 mile telephone links and possibly Atlantic cable communication. Pupin, born Austrian, studied at Cambridge and Berlin, then Columbia.
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Pupin
Atlantic
Michael Zdorvsky Pupin
America
Columbia University
Cambridge
Ingland
John Tyndall
Berlin
Unter Helmholtz
Montreal Star
Oil Wells in Gulf Proposal by Texas Investors
Texas capitalists back a plan to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico near Sabine Pass. A new company would sink surface pipes through the seabed to tap subterranean reservoirs where petroleum is said to collect in caves beneath the Gulf waters.
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Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Sabine Pass
Train Map on Tiles At York Station
A tile railway map at York Station by the Northeastern Company contrasts with recent stone maps in Paris. The white tile map is about six feet square with black and burnt sienna lines, each tile eight inches square. The company plans similar maps at major stations on its system.
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Paris
York Station
England
Northeastern
Grant and Parepa Rosa Opera Encounter
The passage recalls General Grant and his daughter Nell attending Pa ripa Rosa in an opera. Nell comments that Nellie feels her father is not disturbed by the singer, while Grant responds humorously about the performer not disturbing them. The text also references a colored citizen and a wedding fee in a fragmented editorial style.
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Marshall Field
Ethel
Arthur Tree
Leamington
England
Warwick Castle
Countess of Warwick
Grant
Parepa Rosa
Nellie
Donna
Pirepa
Appomattox
Fragmented Opinion Fragments on War and Politics
A garbled collection of quotes and references discusses war with Japan Britain and Greece amid political pressures and public sentiment. Names like Pierpont Morgan and Benjamin are mentioned while references to yellow fever Mexico and sanctions appear within a stream of unclear observations.
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Cartegia
New York
Des Moines
Pierpont Morgan
Japan
England
Abe
Som Kaiser
Union
Nashville
Greece
Herald-Transcript
Friends of
Benjamin
Immedi
Chicago’ Chronicle
Clergy Moves and Vacations Reported in Brief
The brief notes several church leadership changes and vacations. Mentions Tabb Street Presbyterian in Virginia requesting extended leave for Rev W B Cave to receive a preaching honor in Toledo. Also notes Rev Dr Charles Bayar Flennepin Avenue Church Minneapolis taking three months’ vacation and Rev HG becoming pastor at First Church Wapakoneta. Information on a wiret and $500 charge appears in fragmentary form.
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Presbyttersburg
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