Capitalists close San Davies mine base near Tucson
New York capitalists have closed the base of the San Davies mines from Boston owners. A seven-mine group, extensively developed, lies 16 miles south of Tucson. A. T. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia and Miss Ella Walker of Detroit were married at Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is Hiram Walker’s granddaughter, founder of Walkerville distillery, Ont.
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Reading PA Teacher Dies by Tragic Action
Isabella Fution, a Chicago school teacher visiting her sister in Reading, Pennsylvania, committed death by her own hand by throwing herself in front of a crane. The report notes the incident occurred amid a sequence of events tied to a prior White House linkage in the surrounding story.
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Reading
Crain
Unclear electricity incident at residence ends with unconscious man
In Newlin Morning, an unknown man was found unconscious at a doorway. B Beakes and Leakes Jr., a physician, faced an electric shock when a kitchen knob triggered a fan. The man, seeking shelter for the night, regained consciousness but recalled nothing beyond touching the knob.
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Baptized For Ten Cents Near Harrodsburg Ky
Two brothers living near Harrodsburg Kentucky resemble each other closely. One joined the Baptist church and, lacking suitable clothes for baptism, paid his brother ten cents to be baptized in his stead.
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Harrodsburg
Baptist Church
Fertilizing Sugar Beets: Two Kinds and How to Apply
In American soils natural fertility supports beets. Europe relies on fertilizers. Two kinds used stall manure and commercial blends. Apply well rotted manure in autumn lightly, avoid heavy dressings. Commercial fertilizers provide nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash with care for nitrogen to prevent sugar loss, while potash and phosphoric acid aid growth.
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Europe
H. W. Wiley
Simple irrigation method from Southern Cultivator
A practical method shows how to lift water from a spring or creek with a home made leveling A frame and plumb line. Build a brace and cord level, align from garden to creek, plow furrows and scrape to form a shallow ditch to convey about 30 inches of water.
Bermuda Grass Advised as Permanent Pasture
The article extols bermuda grass as the sole enduring perennial pasture, suitable for all seasons. Farmers should plant and prepare ground now for spring deployment, as bermuda feeds more stock per acre and resists heat and cold, with oats for winter grazing and cowpeas for hay as complementary forage.
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Louisiana
Well Conducted Wheeler Testifies on Santiago Campaign
General Joseph Wheeler testifies in Washington on the Santiago and Wikoff engagements. He notes suffering in trenches yet praises Shafter for supplying troops, cites land transport shortages, tents lacking, and claims Wikoff camp offers superior climate, facilities, and hospital capacity with red tape abolished. Deaths across the army near three thousand.
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War Investigation Commission
Joseph Wheeler
Shafter
Wikoff
Death toll in army reaches 2910 with 2565 from disease
In a bulletin at the Adjutant General’s Office Corbin notes 2910 total army deaths to date from all causes. He cannot separate volunteers from regulars. He says 2565 died of disease in six months among 272000 men, a rate close to city averages of 18 to 30 per 1000.
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Washington
Corbin
United States
Wilson's Porto Rico Report Reaches President
The general report on Porto Rico's political social educational and financial conditions is in the president's hands as he weighs it for Congress recommendations on island governance.
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Porto Rico
WasHincTon
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Musician Kemkes at Camp McKinley and Private Wierauch at Manila
Musician John Kemkes from Fiftieth Iowa performs at Camp McKinley in Des Moines. Private Wierauch of the Thirteenth Sitane sota is stationed at Manila.
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Iowa Returns to New York Harbor After Trials
The United States battleship Iowa arrived in New York harbor at 5 20 p m and spent the afternoon on the Atlantic testing guns and machinery. Reports say the Iowa left quarantine early in the afternoon bound for Manila. Several accounts have circulated on the reason for its return.
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the Tribune
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Weich
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Atlantic
Manila
Whitewash Protects Peaches Through Winter At Missouri Station
Researchers at a Missouri station tested lime whitewash on peach trees to reduce heat absorption. Whit ened buds stayed dormant until April while unprotected buds swelled in late February and early March. The spray mix was four parts water to one part skimmilk with fresh slaked lime, applied through a Bordeaux nozzle via bucket pump, with four applications from December to spring.
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Canadian Pacific to open new transpacific line
Vancouver on October 4 reports Canadian Pacific plans another transpacific route. Steamers Tartan and Athenian, each over 5,000 tons, will operate between Vancouver and Wladivestock, the Transiberian railway terminus.
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Six Immigrants Arrested in Chicago for Contract Labor Violation
Six immigrants allegedly imported in violation of the contract labor law were arrested by the Illinois immigrant inspector at Curiaco and sent to New York for return to Berlin, their point of origin.
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New York
Berlin
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Nerve Nourishment
When tired languid and nervous with pimples and eruptions, Hood's Sarsaparilla is claimed to purify and enrich the blood and tone the nerves. It is said to cure all blood humors and Hood's Pills are advertised for sick headache sea biliousness and related ailments with price notation.
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Horror of Dogs Haunts Alphonse Daudet S Childhood
Philadelphia Press recounts Alphonse Daudet’s childhood fear of mad dogs in a droughty Provencal village. He recalls a village innkeeper father and a feared dog seen near a dusty path, triggering a lifelong terror of dogs and animals shared by his children.
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Philadelphia Press
Ohio families grow and prize homegrown coffee crop
From Chillicothe Ohio a local experiment in growing coffee from seed has matured into a practical harvest. Families including Emma Reis Gibery Reider Sr Anna Kontzen and Caroline Reider report good yields and high quality. Seed distribution suggests wider adoption with several crops proving satisfactory in size and flavor.
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Caroline Reider
Carried a Pocket Piece Since Boyhood
Mr H A Sylvester of Rockport Maine offers to match pennies for any man in Maine. His treasured cent stayed in his pocket from boyhood through sea years and mining trips across California Idaho Montana. He refused to part with the worn coin even after being wrecked and rescued.
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California
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Lewiston
Phrase copyright dispute over McKinly telegrams Just message
The Richmond Times notes a copyright clash between two songwriters connected to the McKinly telegram story. One writer of After the Ball delayed his line by adding the word Just, while the other claimed rights to the expression. Each secured a copyright, highlighting early 20th century concerns over phrasing and idea protection.
Sarah Bernhardt Escorted After Vitriol Threats
The actress says her life is wearied by the ceaseless watch to guard against vitriol. She has been escorted everywhere after threats from Milo Klein, who was confined in an asylum on Sarah Bernhardt's request.
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Milo
Klein
Sarah
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