Edward VII Crowned Procession Through London Sets Royal Tone
King Edward VII’s coronation eve in London saw vast crowds along Whitehall and Westminster, with illumination and street traffic hindrance as processions moved from Buckingham Palace at 10:30 to the Abbey. The royal pageantry included the Prince of Wales, numerous foreign royals, Indian and colonial dignitaries, and the Salvation Army officer Bramwell Booth in uniform.
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Schleswig-Holstein
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King Edward's chapel revival scene described
The passage depicts the king kissing a wrinkled hand while the archbishop's heat falls back. The king is carried rather than led from the throne as he is revived in the chapel.
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Edward
King Edward Gifts Osborne House to Nation
London reports King Edward signals coronation with a royal gift to the nation Osborne House. The king offers the Isle of Wight estate, sacred to Queen Victoria, for public access and national use, except private apartments, to be converted into a convalescent home and other public purposes.
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Osborne House
Victoria
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Windsor
County of Norfolk
Isle of Wight
Coronation Crown Positioned Backward as Archbishop Struggles
London reports describe the aging archbishop of Canterbury struggling to read during the coronation service for King Edward. The bishop of Winchester supported him as the crown nearly toppled, then found to be worn with the back to the front. King Edward's health bulletins say he bore the ceremony well and rested, while royal guests attended a chapel service at St James and were cheered returning to Buckingham Palace.
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London
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Coronation Chronicle: Archbishop Falters As King Crowned
The coronation scene unfolds with a crowded choir, a tense crowd, and the archbishop placing the crown on the king amid nervousness. The moment nears its climax when the archbishop nearly faints during homage, and King Edward steadies him as bishops support the faltering prelate.
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Boy Confesses Train Wreck Cause in Nebraska
Delbert Preston a 15 year old boy confessed to causing a Rock Island passenger train wreck near South Omaha on July 24 by picking up an iron spike and leaving it on the rail. One man died and several were injured.
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Neb
Delbert Preston
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South Omaha
Tragedy in Utica: Farmer Kills Wife Then Self
S. E. Sower a well to do farmer in Utica Michigan killed his wife with an ax as she slept and hanged himself in his barn. Despondency over alleged insanity and grief for his daughter ten years past drove the crime.
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Utica, Mich
S. E. Sower
Three Ships Collide Off Coast En Route to West Coast
From New Castle news reports a collision at sea involving the Ditton bound for San Francisco and the Aneomone and Sardhare loading for the west coast. The incident caused serious damage to the latter two vessels seen near Victoria, B C, as of August 11.
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San Francisco
West Coast
Fire in London Hotel Leaves Seven Dead in San Angelo
A blaze at the London hotel in San Angelo Texas destroyed the structure. Seventy five people were in the house with seven women and children among the dead or missing not yet located. Three stables and several stores burned as authorities battled the flames.
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Ed Hendrick
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Schulimpsky
Santiago Volcano Emission Sparks Eruption Warning
Managua reports the Santiago volcano in Masaya Nicaragua has emitted vapors and groaning sounds for twenty days. Officials fear an eruption may occur soon near San Fernando de Masaya, a town of about 22 000 inhabitants at the volcano’s base. The peak stands roughly 3000 feet high.
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Nicaragua
Santiago
Masaya
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Oil Found on Michigan Homestead Near Mass City
John Pearson digging for water on his Michigan homestead near Mass City uncovered a vein of oil that gushed out forming a lake of several acres. The oil is described as excellent quality and seemingly inexhaustible, with no apparatus available to halt the flow.
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Mass City
Mich
John Pearson
Moose stocking planned for Grand Island in Lake Superior
W G Mather of Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co announces plans to stock Grand Island 35 miles east of Marquette with moose. Four young moose from Manitoba traveled through Duluth after receiving Canadian government approval to relocate the animals.
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Lake Superior
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W. G. Mather
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Revolutionaries Capture Barcelona After Three Days of Street Fighting
Reports from Port of Spain say Penaloza led revolutionists in three days of fierce street fighting in Barcelona Bermudez Venezuela. Government forces suffered 60 casualties including Gen. Ruperto Bravo before the town fell to the rebels.
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Hebrew American regiment gains new momentum after riot funeral
In New York during August, following the riot at Rabbi Joseph’s funeral, a movement to organize a Hebrew American regiment in the city has gained new push. About four hundred members have already joined.
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Joseph
Relieve Gen Grant Lee departs for Tacloban
Manila Aug 11 Gen Jesse M Lee leaves for Tacloban Island of Leyte to relieve Gen F D Grant. Nine gunboats of the mosquito fleet used for patrolling coasts have been put out of commission.
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Jesse M. Lee
Tacloban
Leyte
F. D. Grant
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Cholera Declines in Manila and Provinces
Cholera continues to decrease in Manila and most provinces. The forecast of a worse outbreak in August did not materialize.
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Manila
Severe Kansas City Storm Damages City and Suburbs
A Sunday morning wind storm in Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas caused widespread damage with shattered plate glass, toppled trees, and torn awnings. Thousands of sparrows drowned as rain flooded the streets. no deaths reported. Buildings including the Masonic temple and schools suffered roof and structural damage.
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City Forester
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Masonic Temple
Seventh
Ann Streets
Seventh and
Quindaro Boulevard
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Methodist Church
Senator James McMillan dies in Massachusetts
Washington reports the death of Michigan Senator James McMillan from heart failure at his Manchester by the Sea summer home in Massachusetts after a brief illness. He leaves a widow three sons and a daughter. remains likely to be sent to Detroit for burial in Elmwood Cemetery alongside his late son Captain John H. McMillan.
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James McMillan
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Manchester By the Sea
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Manchester
Detroit
Elmwood Cemetery
John H. McMillan
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Philip
Frank
Prince Tsia Chen Visits Grant's Tomb in New York
Prince Tsia Chen of China spent Sunday in New York visiting the Grant tomb where he laid a wreath of American beauty roses and laurel over General Grant's remains. The day included a fire department inspection a Central Park drive and a dinner at the Chinese consulate with Col Middleton presenting the wreath.
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Tsia Chen
China
Gen. Grant
Flooding Damages Kirkwood Lake Dam In Camden Area
A cloudburst Sunday broke the Kirkwood lake dam twelve miles from Camden New Jersey flooding the countryside for miles with two to five feet of water. Four hundred feet of the embankment of Pennsylvania's Atlantic City division washed away. Reading railroad tracks submerged. No Reading trains ran and Pennsylvania trains used New Field route abandoning its two track line. Trains delayed one to two hours.
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Consolidation of Public Ledger and Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia papers announce consolidation effective Tuesday August 12 and will publish under the title Public Ledger and the Philadelphia Times. The merger unites two historic papers and reshapes the local news landscape for readers and advertisers alike.
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The
Public Ledger
Philadelphia Times
Fire Gutts Altoona Opera House Block Losses 55000
A major blaze in Altoona Pennsylvania gutted the opera house block that housed the Imperial Dry Goods Co. the One Price Clothing Co. and the Eleventh Avenue Opera house early Sunday causing an estimated loss of 55000.
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Eleventh Avenue Opera House
Tragic Quarrel. Man Shoots Woman Then Himself
In Allentown Pennsylvania on Sunday Harry S Weston shot Bertha T Brown wife of R M Brown at her home during a quarrel and then shot himself. Both were taken to a hospital where they cannot recover.
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Weston
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