Atlantic fleet homeward voyage dazzles observers
Ampton Roads Virginia theater of the final leg of the Atlantic fleet world cruise from Gibraltar to Hampton Roads with 20 battleships and support vessels. President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower reviews the ships as Sperry and officers report a flawless, historic display of naval prowess and readiness.
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Atlantic
United States
Gibraltar
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Horseshoe
Lynn Haven Bay
Sperry
Maine
New Hampshire
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
Salem
Birmingham
Chester
Pacific
Hampton
Roads
Omaha Mob Raids Greek Quarters in Omaha Neb
A mass meeting at city hall spurred 800 to 1,000 men to march on the Greek quarter seeking revenge for Patrolman Edward Lowery. The mob damaged 80 buildings, shot two youths, and looted businesses over three hours before police restored order.
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Omaha
Neb
South
Edward Lowery
Frank Sweeney
Joseph Gamble
Twenty-sixth
Twentyfourth and I
Demos Bros
Mary Demos
Harvard Student Stewart D. Robinson Falls From Dorm Window
Stewart Douglas Robinson of Cambridge and New York, 19, a Harvard junior and athlete, died after falling from a sixth floor Hampden Hall window between 1 and 4:30 am. His body, with severe injuries, was found on the sidewalk at daybreak. Police and relatives believe illness led him to the window where he lost balance. The death mirrors Adelbert S. Hay’s Yale hotel fall in 1901.
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Cambridge
Mass
Stewart Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
New York City
Hampden Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard
Adelbert S. Hay
New Haven
Yale
Robinson
Our Fleet Is Back Strongest American Navy Assembly
The United States flag battleship fleet, with 30 ships, steams 90 miles southeast of Cape Henry in line of squadrons at 10 knots. The North Carolina and Montana joined the fleet on the 20th after heavy weather, delaying some ships. strong westerly gales shifted to calmer seas by night.
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United States
Connecticut
Yankton
Cape Henry
North Carolina
Montana
Two Boys Drown After Wharf Boxing Accident
In Pittsburg on February 22 August Frankert aged 16 and Henry Busse aged 13 settled a dispute with boxing on an Allegheny wharf. Busse slipped grabbing Frankert as they fell into the river. Frankert drowned. Busse was pulled from the water and rescued after divers searched for his opponent.
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Pittsburg
Frankert
Henry Busse
Allegheny Wharf
Sundry Civil Bill Reported With Largest Appropriations
The sundry civil bill was reported to the National House of Representatives carrying the largest appropriations of its kind at 137,022,070.93 dollars for the next fiscal year, and re-enacts limits on promiscuous transfer of Secret Service agents while funding investigations into fraud and law violations.
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Washington
House
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Garfield
Land and Indian Bureau
Reclamation Service
Geological Survey
Interior Department
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Big Sand
West Virginia
Kentucky
White House
Republic of Cuba
Maine
Havana Harbor
Panama Canal
Perilous Grounding of John H Starin at Bridgeport
The passenger and freight steamer John H Starin ran aground near Bridgeport harbor in a heavy Long Island Sound gale. Only one passenger and the crew were rescued after tug attempts. the vessel listed heavily and likely would break up soon.
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Bridgeport
John H. Starin
New Haven
New York
Long Island Sound
Stalin
Sarah McWilliams
Begging Letters From Strangers Flood New York City
The article notes that up to 35,000 begging letters reach wealthy New York residents daily. It states writers rarely receive charitable aid, as philanthropists give only after careful plans and investigations.
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New York City
This Will Interest Mothers Powerfully Trusted Child Remedy
This notice promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a New York Children's Home. It claims to cure constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroys worms with thousands of testimonials. Sample offered free by Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Night of the Game and the aging headlines
A fragmentary advertisement style text references The Night of the Game and a line about a landlady questioning a student, plus medical ad copy for Marine Eye Remedy and Hamlin’s Wizard Oil. It includes a Robertson quote about daily effort and aging. The tone resembles sensational period advertisements.
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Sea
Japan
Napoleon
Egypt
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Battle of the Nile
Oss
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Nelson
Blake
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England
Horn
Drake’s Bay
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Madagascar
Rojestyensky
Philip II
Spain
Far East
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China
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Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Dewey
Manila Bay
Mediterranean
Minnesota
NOIS
Stewart D. Robinson
Chicago
Isham Randolph
Taft
Canal
Hamburg-American Steamship Co
National House of Representatives
Starin
Roanoke
Aurelius Christian
Mary Dobbs
Botetourt County
Ittle Rock
Ark
Low Mountain
Argenta
Percy
Pearl
Wisconsin Sphinx
Robertson
Dodds
NCURA
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