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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
2
Mutineers Suppressed as Ships Bombard Fortified Strongholds
The report says mutineers have surrendered after battleships Slava and Czarevitch bombarded Sveaborg and Cronstadt, blowing up the central magazine and crippling the rebels. Across Russia unrest grows with strikes, troop deployments, flooded mines, and agitators urging an armed rise while authorities consider a possible move toward dictatorship under Grand Duke Nicholas.
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Slava
Czarevitch
Sveaborg
Cronstad
Yuzovka
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Russia
Kursk
Stolypin
Mix of court rulings and violent crimes across cities
A Toledo court sustains Judge Kinkade in ice case questions, exonerating leniency claims. In New York a 22 year old Italian girl kills her cousin after a rejected marriage proposal. Bills and Voliva clash over church leadership in Illinois and Zion. Rockefeller returns to Cleveland and greets reporters at Union Station. A St Louis man kills his wife in Mobile after years apart. Beloit hires Fairweather as athletic director. A Kentucky jail yard execution ends a murder case as jurors are sworn.
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Babcock
Common Pleas Court
Toledo
Ice
Kinkade
Ice Trust
Trust
Marie Shabara
Nicola Ferrare
Five Points Mission
New York
Alfred E. Bills
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Judge Landis
United States District Court At
Chicago
Christian Catholic Church
Zion
Bills Voliva
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Forest Hill
Mr. Rockefeller
Union Station
William Woods
St. Louis
Mobile
Ala
Thomas
Cla
Fairweather
University of Ilinois
Beloit
Allen Mathis
McClain
Ackotas
R. G. Dun & Ge
Review of Trade
Northwest
Timothy Sullivan
Detroit
Herbert Walker
William H. Walker
Swan Creek
Mich
Walker
Samara
Pensacola
Fla
Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhart
United States
Moody
Cy” Seymour
Cincinnati
David Hoover
United States Collector of Customs
Gateway
Int
Quon Lee
Federal Grand Jury
Lehigh
Iowa
Axel Johnson
Minnesota State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Commission
E. A. Gage
Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Goldfield Athletic Club
Gans
Nelson
Britt
McGovern
William J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Bryan
Milan
Bertie Schneider
Milwaukee
Claire L. Corwin
Chippewa
Chippewa Falls
J. G. Wellington
W. J. Cooke
Memphis
Emilio Alvarez
San Salvador
James B. Postlethwait
Michigan Central Company
McKinley Syndicate
Secretary of State of Illinois
Danville & Eastern Ilinois Railroad Company
Danville
Vermilion County
Clifford
Hixton
Union Trust Company
Pittsburg
State of
Ilinois
Wulff
Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Washington
Vincenhes
France
Roct
Livyn C. Griscom
Senor Nabuco
Pan-American Congress
Root
John B. Caldwell
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Wise
Mint
Navy Department
William B. Taylor
Honolulu
Hawaii
Bason Loica de Lobel
Paris
Frank G. Bigelow
Milwaukee Bank
Fort Leavenworth
Carl Ostman
Dietz
Cameron Dam
Louisville
Cassin
J. M. Scott
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Rockland
Ontonagon County
Michigan
McFarland
Henry Porter
Green Bay
Wis
Devlin
First National Bank
Topeka
Kan
C. J. Devlin
William R. Hearst
Independent League, & Hearst
League
Hearst
Roosevelt
Republican National Congressional Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Trunk Line Association
Annie Poole
Lakewood
Atlanta
James H. Sage
Troy
N. Y
Russell Sage
Cooper Chemical Company
Newark
N. J
Duyo Rogleb
Clarence Diets
Charles Jo
Dadison
Wages at farms attract few workers amid labor shortage
Chronicles a broad roundup of incidents and notices from across the nation. It notes farm labor shortages with wages from $1.75 to $3 a day, drownings in Michigan and Iowa, political moves in Michigan and Illinois, a Milan exposition fire, and various legal and crime items including a lynching in Georgia and a bribery case in Wisconsin.
Hundreds die as Italian liner Sirio sinks off Cape Palos
The Sirio, sailing Genoa to Barcelona and beyond with about 800 aboard, wrecked on Bajos Hormigas off Hormigas Island. The captain killed himself after claiming fault. About 300 emigrants and many Spaniards drowned while survivors faced exposure. Fishermen aided but some perished in rescues.
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Cartagena
Spain
Cape Palos
Sirio
Genoa
Barcelona
Cadiz
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Hormigas Island
Sirte
Jost
Prophecy of War Between Japan and United States
The Novoe Vremya in St. Petersburg prints a large article predicting war between Japan and the United States. It forecasts a swift Japanese victory and seizure of the Philippines and Hawaii, with occupation of California.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Japan
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
California
Fireman Killed and Engineer Injured in Coal Train Crash
Chicago on August 6 reports Charles Mcfann a fireman killed and A W Loak man an engineer severely injured when a coal train on the Chicago Northwestern jumped the track and fell 20 feet down an embankment.
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Chicago
Charles Mcfann
A. W. Loakman
Chicago & Northwestern
Salvation Army Barracks Fire in St Louis Crushes Fifth Floor Headquarters
A fire gutted a five story brick Salvation Army barracks in St. Louis. Joe Matthews fell from a third floor fire escape and died on the pavement. The blaze destroyed the building housing the Army’s headquarters.
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St. Louis
Aug
Salvation Army
Joe Matthews
Five Cents Caused It in Evangeline Fatal Stabbing
A quarrel over five cents led to a deadly fight in Evangeline Louisiana as 1 H. C. Greggs, recently arrived from Pennsylvania, was stabbed eight times with a carving knife and fatally wounded by W. Crouch of the same town.
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Evangeline
H. C. Greggs
Pennsylvania
W. @. Crouch
Memorial rites for Rear Adm Charles J Train held
Memorial services for the late Rear Adm Charles J Train commander in chief of the U S Asiatic fleet were held on shore August 6. Attending were representatives from the American French and Chinese fleets and ships.
Broker and Negro Arrested in Tennessee Election
Nashville August 6 Henry P Fritz a broker and Noah King a negro saloon porter were arrested on the charge of illegal use of a poll tax receipt in the county election last Thursday. Other arrests are expected.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry P. Fritz
Noah King
Lightning hits Walnut Grove church injuring children
In Decatur on August 6 a lightning strike hit Walnut Grove church as Sunday school ended. Several children were injured and Carl Sutton suffered probable fatal burns. rl Emer son’s finger and Karl Byer’s toes were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Walnut Grove Church
Carl Sutton
Rl Emerson
Karl Byer
Fatal quarrel in Vineland ends with man's shooting
Nichollas Serti, 30, a well known Vineland resident, was shot and killed by Alex Cordelia, a prominent local farmer. The pair had attended a party and quarrelled on the way home.
Mrs Thomas Lawson Dies in Dreamwold at Dreamwold
Mrs Thomas W Lawson wife of a Boston financier died at Dreamwold Mr Lawson's summer home after several months of heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lawson
Goftuate
Mass
Thos, W. Lawson
Boston Floan Fer
Dreamwold
Lawson
Senator Beveridge cites German tale to condemn a corrupt capitalist
The passage recounts Senator Beveridge praising a notorious capitalist while quoting a German anecdote. In the story a brave youth rescues a drowning girl, and the father offers a 100000 marks bride price. The youth declines money and chooses the daughter, earning the father’s blessing.
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Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
The Cigar Duel of Nations at the Open Fire
An American, Frenchman, German, Englishman and a Briton share a fire and light cigars with currency artifacts. The Frenchman uses coins, the German a ten dollar bill, the Englishman a one hundred, and the American a $10 000 check from a New York bank, proving the American’s claimed financial leadership.
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America
England
New York
Ladies’ Home Journale
Sea cow keeper hires tramp to count visitors
A zoo keeper for a manatee substitutes a tramp to tally visitors after visitors poke the sea cow with canes. The substitute declares over 5 000 people have "been here" and notes no paper was used, only a lead pencil marking the manatee's back like a chalkboard.
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Stephen
Cincinnati Correspondence
Cleveland Leader
Question for Botanists on Soil Change Effects
The article notes that sudden soil changes trigger plant shifts with new species appearing. It cites farmers foresters and scientists including French botanist Poisson attributing this to dormant seeds bulbs or spores retaining germination power after multiple crops.
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Poisson
Not His Fault Though A Brave Man Marries for Love
Bliss Perry reflects on nobility and choice in virtue. A young husband confronted by his father-in-law proclaims ruin, to which the son-in-law replies that he married for love, implying noble motives despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss Perry
Harvard
Ammonia Mistaken as Pneumonia Causes Tragic Death
In a vignette from a child narrator, Tommy Tipples asserts his pop died of ammonia after drinking a bottle. The teacher corrects him, but the boy insists he read ammonia on the label, implying a misunderstanding of the cause.
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Littl Tommy Tipples
Mrs. Clara Litterst Credits Peruna for Recovery
Mrs. Clara Litterst of Seafield Indiana says she caught a severe cold last fall and used Peruna which improved her condition and allowed her to resume her work. She reports steady improvement after starting the remedy.
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Clara Litterst
Seafield, Ind
Meaning of moles and omens in Pennsylvanian lore
The article describes how moles on various facial positions indicate fortunes for men and women, including luck, longevity, wealth, marriage outcomes, and prison terms. It notes a folk science among Pennsylvania Dutch about prognostications from mole placements on the forehead and lips.
Willing to Change Edges in Wilkesbarre Courtship
Harper's Weekly recounts a Wilkesbarre suitor seeking a wealthy daughter’s hand. He tells the father he is a Presbyterian but will convert if needed, prompting the old man to demand the suitor’s preparations for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Marshall P. “Wilder
Wilkesbarre
Fanny Davenport Debuts in New York at Barton’s Chambers Street
Fanny Davenport made her New York debut on February 23 1857 at Bartons Chambers Street theater performing a verse of The Star Spangled Banner in a novelty by a group of young girls. The theater was managed by B L Davenport and Harry Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Davenport
New York
Barton’s
Chambers Street Theater
B. L. Davenport
Harry Watkins
Man praises Postum over coffee for stomach relief
An Illinois man credits Postum with ending lifelong indigestion caused by coffee. He switched after a friend’s suggestion, noting immediate relief and no more hungry spells, and says he feels well now and avoids coffee.
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Resolutions Committee
William Alden Smith
Uncle Sam
Salvation Army Barracks
W. A. Kelbaugh
West Virgina
Pe-Ru-Na
W. H. Kelbaugh
W. Va
9Th Street
N. E
Washington, D
Peruna
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