World brief notes skim history from many shores
Decaying tracks and negligent equipment blamed for a fatal Bradley California crash. Chicago bank clearings exceed 1.12 billion for May, up from prior record. Folk and Johnson tipped as Democratic ticket for 1908. Wisconsin eight boated Syracuse in two mile race. Diverse reports from Idaho, China, Guatemala, and Europe fill the page with accidents, elections, and political hints.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Bradley
Cal
Chicago
New York Insurance Department
Payette River
Garden Valley
Idaho
Ucinlicts
Liberals
Meusupt League
China
Amy
Santo Domingo
New York
Nickie” Shepard
Minnesota
Salina
Kan
Mich
Wfe
Howerd
Drs. Gould
New York Society of
Seig-Chitirye
Bors
Dian
St Corns
Walter S. Cleosuimin
Denver Union Water Company
Denver
Mr. Cheesman
Wempterd Harbor
Trus
John Bull
A. Palmer
Palmer
Rome
Harriet Matilda Bain
Edward Hain
Wisconsin
Kenosha
F.S. Newell
Cap Quile
Mins Cayrie Leidlein
Saginaw
Dynasty Kin
Canton
Cabrera
Guatemala
Mexico
Post Office
Howard Gould
Norway
Paris
Roosevelt
Mount Vernon
Fivemen saved from wreck of Belle of Brooklyn off Norwalk
A sloop crew of Edward Ruth Jacob Ruth August Jaeger George Glassen and Otto Pfleger were thrown into icy water when the Belle of Brooklyn capsized near Norwalk Connecticut during a gale. Ruth survived after hours afloat clinging to a rope until tug Wyoming recovered him and brought him to hospital. Jaeger left a widow and two children.
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New York
Brooklyn
Norwalk
Edward Ruth
Saratoga Avenue
Jacob
Wyoming
New Haven
Ruth
Eoward Ruth
August Jaeger
George Glassen
Otto Pfleger
Noorwalk
Jaeger
ONE iot fired by son Chicago UL Jeane 3
Awakened by screams of his sick mother a son used a 22 caliber rifle to shoot his drunken father in Daggett Michigan. The boy was arrested but likely not prosecuted.
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Chicago
Jeane
William Laycock
Daggett
Menominee County
Mich
Boston Herald
Mr. S
End of Famous Warships Aged Saratoga Tied at League Island Yard
The Saratoga, long used by the Pennsylvania Nautical School, sits at League Island awaiting government orders on its fate after a costly bow damage review. Once a Civil War era sloop of war, the ship aided Perry’s missions and later trained sailors under Rear Admiral Evans, with repair feasibility now limited and the vessel possibly to become a receiving ship.
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New York Post
Saratoga
Pennsylvania Nautical School
League Island
Charles N. Atwater
Bermuda Islands
Navy Yard
Kittery
Commodore Perry
Africa
Farragut
Mexico
Perry
Japan
Hampton Roads
Robley D. Evans
No Carpet Tonight Sparks House Cleaning Comment
A lighthearted conversation in Philadelphia references a weather joke and a curious remark about a gas meter man. The exchange hints at domestic tasks and a playful forecast about trouble from a strange light man.
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Philadelphia Presse
Medicine of Bamboo Sap in Indian Healing Traditions
The sap of the female bamboo tree called Tabasheer or banslochan has long served as a medicinal agent in India and markets. Known since ancient times for strengthening and cooling effects it is found in bamboo hollows and is mostly silica with trace minerals. It was traded with early Arab merchants and is recognized in Borneo.
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India
Borneo
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Lopey
Oregon
George Galbraith
Naval Reserve
France
Bondholders’ Protective Association
United States Independent Telephone Company
Indianapolis
William J. Bryan
Patrick Henry Day
Taft
St. Louis
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Foraker
Steubenville
Cora Leaderbrush
Springfield
Ill
John R. Walsh
the Chronicle
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Finley
Millers
Frank O. Lowden
Joe” Cannon
Department of Agriculture
State Department
United States
Germany
Herr Buehlberg
Orion
Ridgley
Detroit
Treasury
William Wallace
Bryan
Abraham Raef
Standard CW Company
Wiley
Peoria
Davenport
Queen Maud
Mme. Fallieres
Gen. Michel
Landau
Hertha Tellytein
Matrielde
Sire
United States Circuit Court
Adha Clark
Baltimore
Bellingham
Wash
Official
Government Bulletin
Klaw & Erlanger
New York Court
Indiana Supreme Court
New York Senate
Spur
W. R. Hearst
Long
Rockford
Delia E. Dalrymple
Worcester
Mass
Floyd Pegg
Washington
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Swatow
Perugia
Italy
Navy
Naval
Jamestown Exposition Management
Cabinet
Dinan
Heney
Chicago South Side Traction Lines
Traction
Rooceve
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Virginia
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Michigan
Great Britain
Lahore
Theodore Tilton
Texas
Herman LeRoy
Fort Sheridan
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Brownsville
Tex
Korden P. Bowne
Methodist Theological Seminary
Homer E. Grafton
Wall Street
West Now
Financial
Berlin
Eddy
Mise Spreckles
Madison
Wis
Son
Jaycock
St. Paul
Minn
Samuel Coplovich
San Antonio
Lozier
New Orleans
C. L. McGin
Barnard
H. B. Seebold
White Star Line
Oceanic
Mrs. Fluffy
Pineville
N, Y. Times
Waltmore
Louisville
National Lead Company
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Philadelhia
John T. Lewis & Bros. Co
Pittsburgh National Lead & Oil Co
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
Conn
Milo B. Stevens &Co
Leth Ht
Weehington PC
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