World Happenings Notes From The Busy Man Brief
Judge Cochran at Clinton quashed one count in the Magill indictments. France and Spain move on Morocco with ships and troops. Dixie wins international marine cup in Southampton water. Several deadly accidents and legal actions ripple worldwide including a Canal project for Rhone Marseilles and a deadly trolley crash in Jackson Michigan.
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Couronne
Salins Roadstead
Jackson
Mich
Olga Lundell
Sac City
Boston
New York
Tomahawk
Wis
United States Leather Company
Tremaine
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mexico City
Torreon
Mexico
Navy Department
Bremerton
Puget Sound
Southern Railway
Alabama
Frank N. Julian
American Sugar Refining Company
Chancellor Magic
Trenton
N. J
George H. Earle, Jr
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Philadelphia
Marysville
N B
Paris
Wright Brothers
France
United States
Julia Sands Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Mineola
L. I
Anne Rebecca Fairchild
Bryant
Edward L. Perwar
Cleveland & Pittsburg Road
Steubenville
Tes Plaines
Ottumwa
William M. Powell
Hallie
J. BE. Stevena
Baby
Charles BH. Grubb
Lancaster
J. F. Richardson
Denver
Clarence Darrow
Idaho
Henry E
Kellogg
Elizabeth Rushing Kellogg Henry
Ithaca, N. Y
J. N. Thomas
Central America
Henry Hillegas
Allentown
Michael Hillegas
M. O’neil
Dallas
Tex
Cordanat Parker
Rail crash in France claims forty one lives near Angers
A Paris dispatch reports a passenger train plunging from a bridge into the Loire near Angers after the engine derailed. Forty one people, including many picnickers, were killed and the coach sank with the rear cars, the fireman and conductor escaping.
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Paris
France
Angers
Loire
Shot Dead Helena Editor Faces Double Tragedy
J M Scott city editor of the Helena World was found shot dead on a sidewalk in Helena Arkansas Aug 5 Two bullets struck him at the head Investigators say a prior attempt on his life a month earlier may reflect a personal quarrel not linked to the newspaper’s clashes with the police department.
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Belfast
Ireland
Casablanca
Morocco
Claude Heywood
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jackson
Mich
Clark's Lake
S. M. Stephenson
Menominee
Muultimillonaire
Bryan Newberry
Iowa Pure Food Law
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Schwalbach
Prussia
M ® Busch
Empire
Klotz
Simpson
Lackawanna Valley
Abraham C. Ruebush
Port Lavaca
Tex
Ruebush
Georgia House
Georgia
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Marshalltown
Harry Norton
Joseph Bienni
Philadelphia
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Syracuse
N. Y
Onondaga Creek
Empire Flouring
Charles Francis Powell
St. Paul
Minn
Andrew Carnegie
Missouri Pacific
Shannon Hill
Atchison
Kan
Moravia
Milan
Tenn
City of
New York
Henry
Maj
Henry A. Huntington
Versailles
France
Helena
Ark
J. M. Scott
Helena World
Scott
Train Kiled Three
Three brothers Ralph Burger 21 Horace Burger 15 and Herman Volkmen 21 were killed instantly on Burlington railroad tracks near Naperville after stepping aside for a freight train and were struck by a passenger train.
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Chicago
Ill
Ralph Burger
Horace Burger
Herman Volkmen
Burlington Railroad
Naperville
Here
Mastery of the Nile Water Control at Assouan Dam
Describes a control room in Assouan where telegraph prompts set water releases to Cairo. A granite dam 150 feet high governs shutters along its length, sending irrigation water to farms downstream. The annual rise to flood level is visible as a southern lake expands, with palm tops and ruins seen above the water in summer.
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White House
The
Nile
Assouan
Cairo
Great
The Battleship Searchlight on Clyde Ships
The Glasgow Evening News describes British battleship searchlights built on the Clyde as extraordinarily powerful. A 48 inch diameter arc lamp projects light strong enough to read a newspaper 18 miles away. Electric motors direct the projector, and the heat makes near positions untenable despite the dazzling beam.
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Clyde
Glasgow Evening News
Old Mother Bear Steals Pudding For Cubs
A Boston Globe letter recounts a tale of an old mother bear stealing a pan of rice pudding for her cubs then returning for five saucers and spoons. The cubs reportedly eat the pudding, provoking the mother to attack the cubs with the empty dish.
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Roosevelt
S. H
Boston Globe
Keeping the Peace and Mockery in N Y Weekly Snippet
A brief blurb notes a riotous street scene as roughs smash windows and assault citizens while a policeman jokes about opium and chasing a Chinese laundry. The exchange mocks marriage and clever husbands as part of a satirical New York Weekly fragment.
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N. Y
Life Advice From Somerville Journal Commentary
A column notes that optimism aligns with life outlook, while the elder physician cautions that most men find more hope than happiness in the average life, reflecting a wary but hopeful perspective.
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Somerville Journal
M'Kinley Monument Dedicated in Buffalo During Old Home Week
The New York state erected white marble McKinley monument in Niagara Square Buffalo will be dedicated Thursday Sept 5 as the centerpiece of Buffalo Old Home Week Sept 1 7. Gov Hughes and his staff will participate with Roosevelt and Cleveland invited to attend and speak. Military parades will highlight the ceremony.
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Secret Service
California
Jimmy Britt
Nelson
San Francisco
Martoogessian
New York
Stephen S. Watson
Colorado Springs
Laura Matthews
A. R. Rumbaugh
Roosevelt
Gov. Curry
New Mexico
Johbfison
Minnesota
Iron Range
Duluth
McKinley
Charles EU. Hughes
Grover Cleveland
Monday Washing Day and the Mayflower Tale
A reader muses on why Monday is linked to washing and ties it to lunar lore and a Pilgrim tale. The note contemplates ship hygiene on the Mayflower voyage, the ship’s size, and the feasibility of long sea journeys without laundry.
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Plymouth Rock
John Smith
Bradford
Absent Minded Question Sparks Wordplay
A Cleveland Leader joke riffing on memory and thoughts. A speaker asks why someone is absent minded and the reply notes thoughts ran on and haven’t caught up yet. The quip captures a light, humorous exchange from the era.
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Cleveland
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Midway
Hamilton
Visalia
Cal
Seoul
Lodz
Russia
San Pedro
Pacific Wharf & Storage Company
Pittsburg Coal Company
Petriella
Fred Magill
Clinton
Columbia, Tenn
A. M. Hughes
Columbia
United States Post Office
Marquette
Frank Frantz
Oklahoma
Garrett Walsh
Maine
T. F. Maddox
Baker J. Ackerman
Fred Gutierrez
Phoebus
Voronezh
David Christie Murray
London
Vallejo
Honolulu
Exeter
British Medical Association
Aloise R. Garze
Brooklyn
Robert Stubbs
Butler
Levi P. Morton
American Powder Company
Avoca
J. M. Hague
James Coolbaugh
John Warner
Vespasian Warner
Bingham
Charlea H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Boise
Timothy Neagan
Thomas J. Jones
Nolae
A. Nichola
Egg Harbor
Pittsburg
Marahalsen
William H. Taft
Ohio Republican State Committee
Ohio
Foraker
Cowles
Capps
Hollyday
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Pitsburg
Shem
Wilbur Walker
Sewickley
Ohio River
Glen Osborne Dam
F. Arnon D. Bauman
New Braunfels
Sweets Hotel
Rome
Pius
Europe
Calla
Shrady
Arthur M. Tyler
Weat One Hundred and Twelfth Street
Bridgeport
Southport
Peter Henderer
Willam Mallory
Cissie
Market Reports
Cincinnati
M’kinley
Buffalo
Dodds
Winchester
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