Cold Weather Devastates Crops Across States
Unprecedented cold grips the nation with widespread crop damage. Weather experts cite Siberian air masses and high northern pressure as causes. Reports from Peoria to Omaha describe ruined oats, wheat delayed growth, and fruit losses, with Michigan and Kentucky among hardest hit.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Siberia
British Columbia
Northaest
Middle West
Great Lakes
New York
New England
Kansas
E. G. Frankenfeld
Peoria
Jil
Mimo
la Grosse
Wis
Minnesota
St. Paul
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Minn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland
Wabash
Ind
Keokuk
Omaha
Michigan
Wolverine
Reading
Schumikill
St.Joseph
Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
Miner Hunted for Indian Gold By Fake Seance
A Maine farmer Samuel Gordon fell prey to a daytime patent cure scammer who staged night seances claiming buried Indian gold. The fraudster guided Gordon to two bowlders and a claimed site, prompting mortgage and fruitless digging. Gordon's health declined as his family left to seek steadier lives, with the gold forever elusive.
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Mina
Samuel Gorden
Mascwahoe
Gordon
Timeline of historic events from 1703 to 1906 across empires
The list compiles dates and brief notes on major occurrences including the founding of St Petersburg in 1703, battles such as Ramillies in 1709 and Port Royal in 1862, imperial actions in Canada and Africa, royal proclamations, diplomatic shifts, and notable scientific and cultural milestones. It highlights figures like Peter the Great, Henry VIII era lineage, and modern events like the Brooklyn Bridge opening and the Oregon voyage.
Growth in United States 1800 to Present Revealed
A government statistics volume reviews area, population, wealth, production and trade growth from 1800 onward. It cites per capita wealth, bank deposits, imports and exports, cotton and sugar production, and rising manufacturing value. The lumber trust probe signals possible criminal action amid price increases and a “gentlemen’s agreement” among retailers. The piece also covers brain science on language impairment and a Georgia forest protection ruling restricting Tennessee smelters.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Continental
Square Mill
Fierce Mass Face Trial in Federal Court
In St. Louis federal court Fudge Adams denied the habeas corpus bid by Tl. Clay Pierce head of Waters Dierceil Company and ordered his remand to Travis County Texas for extradition on a perjury charge tied to a May 1900 affidavit claiming Waters Fierce conspired in restraint of trade. Pierce faced mental strain as his attorney Priest appeared disconcerted. two appeals were announced and Pierce was admitted to bond set at 20000 dollars.
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St. Ixmis
Fudge Adams
Clay Pieres
Waters-Dierceil Company
Sherif
Travis County
Texas
Tierce
Waters- Fierce
Pierce
Priest
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Flying Solved Say Professor Bell Vents Aerial Progress
Prof Alexander Graham Bell declares aerial navigation solved in London interview with America leading heavier than air flight. He credits Octave Chanute and Wrights progress, notes Langley revival by Manley, and plans Cape Vereton experiments with a 15 horsepower engine to lift a man at low velocity.
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Alexander Graham Bell
London
America
Bell
Octave Chanute
Chicago
Wright Brothers
Langley
Smithsonian
Manley
England
Oxford
Cape Vereton
Oratorio St Peter Presented By Father Hartmann
The oratorio St Peter by P U Hartmann debuted in New York with a small audience. Hartmann wore Franciscan robes and directed his own work, with Father Hartmann entering the Franciscan order in Salzburg in 1871 and later directing church music in Jerusalem. The piece, first of four oratorios, dates to 1800 and centers on the keys given to Peter. The work emphasizes choral writing with limited solo parts and notable choruses, including Confiteantur Domina and Posuit Tromina, praised for pleasing harmony though not reaching true greatness.
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Father Peter
Carpesie
New York
Jerusalem
Cardlin Parachi
Pathe
Hartmann
Rome
Feigh
Cardhal Parrochi
Jim
Pert
Etie
Caor
Old Judge in South Carolina Defends Fudging Case
Senator recounts a carpet bag era judge in South Carolina who quips he is "fudging" a case not past precedent. A court scene ends with the judge fining a lawyer for contempt after a misdirected remark, insisting the town's "fool Judge" refers to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Culman
South Carolina
Fudge
Delaware
Canada Fell of Thom in Bank Cashier Deposit Suit
In Western New York a suit seeks to recover an alleged bank deposit from a cashier. Bank officials deny receiving the funds. Counsel for the defendant argues the man’s high standing and honesty. the opposing lawyer praises the defendant but warns the jury that Canada is full of similar men.
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New York
Cownsel
Elisnt
Purdon
Gendlden
Lank
Canada
Leap Day Date Corrected on Pacific Voyage
An observer found a menu dated Feb 20 14 aboard the Siberia steamship crossing from Yokohama to San Francisco. Initially misread as a printer error, it was later confirmed as correct due to the leap year extra day. The ship was foraging across the Pacific at the end of February.
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Pacific
Siberia
Yoxihamapa
San Francisco
Japan
Amerion
Rhetorician Over Athlete: Farmer Comtesse Weighs Opinion
The Washington Star quotes Farmer Comtesse preferring a rhetorician to an athlete. He argues a skilled speaker can elevate the average person without physical risk. The fragment mentions breach of promise and an old ceremony with unclear weight.
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Toursom
Farmer Comtesse
Washington Star
The Chinese Famine Described as Depths of Suffering
The report outlines a vast famine in the Strekem region affecting about 18 million people with up to 5 000 dying daily. Cannibalism, grave robbing, child sale, and disease mark the crisis while Captain Kirton of the Foreign Relief Committee notes scenes of intense hunger and a dangerous crowd gathered around supplies.
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Strekem
Fiuntine Ip
Captain Kirton
Foreign Nehef Committee
Bevey Sesi
One Woman in Five a Worker and Breadwinner
Census data show 4,833,020 working women in the United States excluding Alaska and territories. Of 23,495,550 women 16 and over, one in five is the breadwinner. 55.2 percent of divorced women support themselves. Domestic service remains the largest occupation. women hold roles from pilots to machinists and blacksmiths, with small numbers in skilled trades and rail jobs.
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Cenens Bureau
Census Bureau
United States
Alaska
Usnawak
Religious and academic appointments and events abroad
A collage of religious and academic notices: 1908 events include the College of Be Cuthbert centenary in Durham England. Dr W H McGlaughlin named Universalist general superintendent in the U S.. Rev John O Foster joins Kimball School of Theology in Tacoma. Rev A E Baird to pastor at large for Yelena presbytery. Gipsy Smith farewell dinner in New York with remarks on his evangelistic work. Benedictine Rev Conrad Ener named chaplain in Milwaukee. fifth international Sunday school convention begins in Rome with delegates from 30,000,000 people. upcoming Denver hospital pavilion dedication. Adath Joseph synagogue plans in St Joseph. Irish bishops discuss Bryce cal emergency schema.
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College of Be Cuthbert
Uishaw
Durham
England
W. H. McGlaughlin
Minneapolis
Universalist Church
United States
John O. Foster
Rock River Conference
Kimball School of Chealogy Tiversity
Pages Sound
Tacoma
Wash
A. E. Baird
Montana
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Yelena
New York
Gipsy” Smith
Lew
James Lew
British Council of Free Churches
Smith
Christ
Milwaukee Archiocese
Conrad Ener
St. Vincent's Arch Abbey
Beatty
Sacred Heart Ganitorium
Rome
Italy
National Jewish Hospital For’ Consumptives
Denver
Adath Joseph Congregation
St Joseph
Ireland
Oxford
Bryce
Edwin H Conger Dies Former Minister to China
Edwin Hurd Conger longtime American statesman and diplomat died at his home in Pasadena California on a Saturday. Born March 7 1843 in Galesburg he served in the Union Army rising from private to major and later pursued law farming banking and politics. He held Congress seats and long diplomatic posts including minister to Brazil and to China where he oversaw negotiations after the Boxer uprising and a key commercial treaty. He resigned in 1905 due to ill health and retired to Great Puse fienn where he died.
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China
Limesk
Edwin Hurd Couzer
Pasae Jeng
Cal
Conger
E. H. Congle
Galesburg
Old Lomford University
Albany Law School
Aickinsey
Union
Harrison
Sherman
Dexter
Iowa
Congress
Brazil
Peking
United States
Araboeseedor
Mexico
Great Puse Fienn
Roosevelt denies claim on public school Doster teaching
Dr Cronin’s Review of Reviews piece on Doster in the Public School draws a protest from President Roosevelt who argues against linking physical defects to large families. He cites that athletes come from fair sized families and cites Massachusetts data showing birth rates now below death rates. He warns against eugenic ideas and urges against preventing child bearing as selfish and ruinous to the nation.
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Cronin
Fom
Roosevelt
Shaw
Review of
Cromo
Alassachusetts
Bond Theft Case Reveals Large Losses in City Robbery
Details emerge on a bond robbery at the Trust Company of America. Inspectors hail Douglass and Hooker Dennett as central figures, with bonds valued at no less than 800000 dollars and cash loans totaling about 200000. Company officials say 165000 was paid to recover bonds. overall loss climbs to 1400000 dollars when including a 25000 loan clerk bond. A Boston-area link was explored but not proven, with a third party suspected to aid negotiations.
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Trust Company of America
van Clerk Douglass
Hooker Dennett
Douglass
Associies
Trust Company
Aciel
eHort
Notable eccentrics and bold claims from a scattered memoir list
A disjointed collection describes Justice Moody as the blond bachelor of the Supreme Court. It lists Charles Watts as a 373 pound 16-year-old in Kent England and other figures including Theodore Gill, Joseph Leng, Nannetti, George Trollope, Chieti Appoh, Terag, Stewart Edward White, Lord Kitchener, Chief Pleasant Porter, and a claim that Congress will wipe out Indians within 100 years.
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W W. H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
Charles Law Watts
Kent
England
Theodore Gill
United States
Joseph Leng
Vienna
Nann
Nann#tti, A. P
Eollera
Dublin
Freeman's Journal
George ‘Trollope
Stewart Edward White
California
New York
Lord Kitchener
Pleasant Porter
The
Creeka
Congress
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Pencils from Graphite to American Industry
A historical summary traces graphite pencils from England's early experiments in the Elizabethan era through French and German contributions, noting 1860 US production growth, New York centers, and a four million dollar investment. It also includes a humorous British office letter about Tristan da Cunha and a note on fog versus cloud formation.
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England
Conte
United States
Germany
America
Dr. Faber, Reckemferfer
Baulzheimer
British Colonial Office
Tristan da ‘Cunhe
Salem
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Cape Tlormin
Congo Free State
Great Britain
Wumbert
Washington, D. GC
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Sea of Japan
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Les Moines
Lumber Trust
Bureau of Corporations
Alrwady
Henlock
Baread
Iambher Trust
Pierre Marie
Literary Digest
Leo Yadier
Supreme Court
Georgia
Tennesse Copper Company
Ducktown Sulphur and Iron Company
Tennessee
Standard Oil
Ces Caee Es Reema Sa O18
Coeri
Daya
Thom
Edwin H. Conger
Ealy
Philadelphia Press
Australia
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