President Roosevelt Receives Nomination Notification
President Roosevelt was formally notified of his Republican nomination for the presidency on July 27 at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay. Joseph G. Cannon delivered the action’s ceremony and the President pledged to continue his administration’s policies, urging unity, strong enforcement of laws, and continued national progress.
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National Republican Convention
Sagamore Till
Oyster Bay
L. I
United States
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Republican National Convention
World Wheat Crop Review Across Nations
A year overview finds the United States with no acreage gain or condition improvement. Canada expands area, Russia sows little, France trims area but improves yields, Austria Hungary looks favorable, Germany shows notable gains, Italy less favorable, United Kingdom one of its smallest areas, Australasia reports a double surplus, and Argentina harvests a very large crop.
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United States
Canada
Russia
France
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Australasia
Argentina
Amateur Violin Maker Samuel Wing Completes Instrument
Samuel F Wing of Hale Me has just finished a violin. The tone is fine and the workmanship excellent for a man over 70. The violin case is inlaid with purfling.
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Samuel F. Wing
Halé, Me
Royal Swedish Academy awards Selma Lagerlöf gold medal
The Royal Swedish Academy awarded a gold medal for literary excellence to Selma Lagerlöf the novelist. The first woman honored was Frederika Bremer marking a historic precedent in Swedish letters.
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Royal Swedish Academy
Selma Lagerlof
Frederika Bremer
Meat Strike Paralyzes Chicago Packing District Strikers Hold Yards
Labor action escalates as packinghouse teamsters walkout stalls meat shipments in Chicago. Freight handlers join in, refusing to move consignments. Pickets form around yards, wages rise, and independent plants rush to meet shortages. Meat prices rise and supply tightens citywide.
Tragic double murder suicide in Pueblo
Mrs J J Affley was killed instantly by a revolver shot from John Anderson, who then shot himself through the heart and died within moments in Pueblo Colorado on July 28.
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Pueblo
Col
J. J. Affley
John Anderson
Quiet at Fall River Mills Strike Remains Quiet
Tall River Mass July 28 There is no change in the strike situation here with quiet mills and city. None of the mills were opened and the strikers show no disposition to return to work.
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Fall River Mills
Tall River
Mass
Fifty Bulgarians Slain Near Ku manova
Troops near Ku manova surprised and destroyed a Bulgarian band of fifty-two men who were setting fire to Granaries. Only two men escaped.
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Salonica
Kumanova
Japs Take Night Position Near Ta Teche Kao
Tokio reports Gen Oku led a night assault under darkness and heavy Russian fire to drive czarist forces from their line south of Ta Teche Kao. Japanese troops suffered about 800 losses while Russia failed to have an estimated casualty count provided.
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Tokio
Oku
Ta Teche Kao
Ta Tche Kiao
Paniling
Leiter imports men to work in his mines
Carbondale Illinois July 28 Imported workmen were placed in Joseph Leiter's town of Ziegler after a four hour journey from East St Louis. The train was guarded by about twenty armed Chicago detectives. Miners officials urged restraint as some workers claimed they did not know a strike was ongoing. Five imported men refused to work and Leiter reportedly planned to operate the plant with a protected stockade.
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Chicago Terminal Railroad
L. J. Curran
Donnelly
Curran
Santa Fe
Wabash
Grand Trunk
State Board of Arbitration
Meat ‘Dealers’ Association
Sherman House
Harrison
Louis Pfaelzer & Sons
John O’brien
Standard Company
la Porte
Ind
Carbondale
Ill
Joseph Leiter
Ziegler
East St. Louis
George Bagwell
Murphysboro
William T. Morris
Duquoin
P. H. Strachan
Pinckneyville
Christopher
Leiter
Supreme Court rules indeterminate sentence law void for pre enactment offenses
Lansing Mich July 28 The Supreme Court holds that the indeterminate sentence law enacted at the last session cannot apply to offenses committed before it took effect Sept 16 1903. Sentences pronounced after the law took effect are not wholly void but valid for the minimum term set by the court. About 200 Michigan convicts face release at their minimum term expiration.
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Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court
Michigan
Miners Federation Ordered to Pay 287,810 Damages
London reports the courts ruled the South Wales Miners' Federation must pay $287,810 into court as damages awarded to colliery proprietors for causing miners to breach their contracts with their employers.
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London
South Wales Miners’ Federation
Saved by Celluloid Collar in Mount Vernon Shootout
Detective Michael Reilly of Mount Vernon was shot at close range while trying to arrest a highwayman. His life was saved when a celluloid collar absorbed the bullet impact, preventing fatal injury.
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New York
Michael Reilly
Mount Vernon
Whitney Estate Value Reported at Over Twenty-One Million
Value of the Whitney estate in New York is estimated at 21,334,101 dollars according to the late William C. Whitney's schedules dated July 28. The figure reflects the overall valuation of the estate for probate purposes.
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Whitney Estate
New York
Wiliam C. Whitney
Fire destroys twelve Mora businesses in large loss
A major blaze in Mora Minnesota on July 28 consumed twelve business houses, causing an estimated loss of about $70,000. Fire crews battled the flames through the night, with several buildings severely damaged and neighboring structures spared. No injuries were reported, and the cause remains under investigation.
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Mora
Minn
Filipinos Make Gas From Coconut Oil
Washington reports a Philippine bureau finding an ingenious method to secure gas by slowly feeding coconut oil into red hot cast iron retorts, yielding high quality illuminating gas free from smoke and tar. The same bureau notes success against rinderpest with about seventy five animals available for serum production and a surge in vaccine demand. The islands are described as practically free from plague due to preventive measures, while the biological laboratory studies human diseases and prepares a cholera inoculation method.
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Washington
Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippine Bureau of Government Laboratories
Bureau of Laboratories
Board of Health
Washington's Elm Cut Down in Morristown NJ
Washington's elm, a celebrated century old tree at Elm and Morris streets, was cut down for public safety. It stood during Washington's 1779 headquarters winter and was revered since, with Lafayette visiting in the early 1800s.
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N. J
Washington
Elm
Morris Streets
Washington’ S
Lafayette
Resentencing 100 Convicts At Sing Sing
New York judges vow to resentence over 100 convicts from Sing Sing who are serving indeterminate terms. The move follows Attorney General Cuneen’s ruling that indeterminate sentences cannot be commuted for good behavior and that terms must expire between April and October.
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New York
Sing Sing
Court of General Sessions
Manhattan
Ito
Cuneéen
Masked Chinese Robbers Hold Up San Francisco Restaurant
Two Chinese men wearing regulation masks robbed the Wong Soon Guey restaurant in San Francisco. They fired revolvers to threaten patrons including whites, then took $95 from the till and fled, escaping with their weapons trained on the crowd.
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San Francisco
Cal
Wong Soon Guey
Engineer Saves Train Near Prescot Bridge
An engineer aboard the Big Four Indianapolis accommodation train discovered a burning bridge two miles west of Prescott Indiana. He halted the train just feet from the blaze, preventing disaster. The incident occurred July 28 in Cincinnati C. The quick action averted disaster and saved the passengers and crew aboard the train.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Prescott
Ind
McAlpine Wins Federal Building Contract in Elkhart
Elkhart Indiana July 28 Postmaster Anderson announces W J McAlpine of Dixon Illinois has won the federal building contract here with a bid of 58400 dollars. Work must be finished by September 1 1905.
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Elkhart
Ind
Anderson
W. J. McAlpine
Dixon, Ill
Federal
Fairbanks Rests at Mackinac Cottage for Season
Senator Fairbanks takes Over the Glen cottage in the Mackinac Island west end for the season. His neighbor is H. H. Hanna of Indianapolis, cousin of the late Senator M. A. Hanna.
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Fairbanks
Mackinac
Mackinac Island
Mich
Senator Fairbanks
Glen
West End
H. H. Hanna
Indianapolis
M. A. Hanna
Notes from the Capital on State Lab Use and Guard Payouts
Des Moines notes discuss Kennedy plans to send physicians state bacteriological lab guidance for tests at Iowa City with free specimen testing but shipping costs on doctors. It notes 15,000 dollars paid to Fifty fourth and Fifty fifth regiments at encampment due to salary raises and distance. It mentions property tax assessments by the state executive council and pending rail and telecom valuations. Also reports M L Bartlett announcing Meinrich Pfitzner as guest pianist and teacher with a new catalog offering free mail catalog on application.
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Des Moines
Kennedy
State Board of Heath
Iowa City
Express
State Guard
State Executive Council
M. L. Bartlett
State Law Repeals Local Auto Ordinances and 1904 Levy Set
Saberson explains state law repeals local car rules, Des Moines and other towns lose auto regulations. two men from Highland Park suffer serious wounds after a home attack on Sylvester White. Three mill state levy set for 1904, totaling 344 mills with university and normal school allocations. Montreal plans $3 million wharf improvements. Baron Rothschild offered reward for French soldier who captured a German flag during the Franco Prussian war.
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War Department
State University
Town State College
State Normal School
Montreal
Baron Alphonse Rothschild
Baron Alphonse
Merle Baron
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