War hero Grimms cited as bravery awardee under 13
A boy named Grimms, not yet 13, received a bravery award for wartime service and medals. Gaelic scholar Rev. Peter C. York cites 500 000 Gaelic speakers and as many students in America. Dr Yung Wing, first Chinese recipient of an American medical college diploma at Yale in 1854, returns to the U S after years abroad. A Viborg South Dakota hurricane relic glass piece provides mystery. Ancient malleable glass hinted as lost art. Joquin the Venetian’s 1656 discovery links bleak fish scales to glass bead pearls. New York fire engines with rubber tires promise lower repairs and horse wear. Railroad fatalities and injuries in three months total 813 killed, 9 958 wounded. exposure by ICC suggests yearly totals of 3 252 killed and 39 832 wounded.
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Land
Joquin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Smyrna
Turkey
Constantinople
Paris
Herr Hofrath Emanuel Hermany
Vienna
Yee Lee
Sandwich Island
Royal Society of Great Britain
Chas. Wilson
Samuel Gridley Howe
Boston
New York
Washington
New Orleans
Oklahoma
Martinique
St. Vincent
Royal E Robbins
American Waltham Watch Co
71St Regiment
Cuba
Spain
Vigilancia
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
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Central
Africa
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Rameses II
J. D. Wood
Spencer
Ida
Nail Biting Linked to Nervous System Says French Doctor
For years Dr Berll lon observes finger nail biting, finding it stems from a diseased nervous system. He studied pupils in many schools, noting the habit is far more common in girls, with some schools showing sixty percent of girls affected. The nail biters tended to be the poorest students.
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Berlllon
Estate of Lidderdale Sees Modest Value in Heirship
The estate of William Lidderdale, former governor of the Bank of England, totals about $5,000. He was a leading authority on British finance and a powerful figure in the English exchequer and the London stock exchange. His influence was vast yet strictly governed by law. Separately, carrier pigeons will attempt a continental crossing from near Denver, likely Ward or Silver Plume, with Cassius M. Day releasing them. The birds are among the country’s most valuable filers, one valued at $1,500 and bred by Silver Queen.
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Wm. Lidderdale
Bank of England
London Stock Exchange
Denver
Ward
Silver Plume
Cassius M. Day
Silver Queen
Weather bureau chief tests new lightning detector device
Prof Willis IL Moore head of the weather bureau plans experiments with a newly invented lightning detector at the new observatory in Duluth. Father F L Odenbach of Cleveland, the inventor, asserts the device can detect lightning up to 100 miles away and forecast its appearance in a local area.
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Willis IL. Moore
Weather Bureau
Duluth
Moore
F. L. Odenbach
Cleveland
Paper Formosa Dailies Build Local News Niche
The Formosan press is praised for keeping residents in touch with a busy local world. Two daily papers are regarded as essential for those who want to stay informed about neighbors and regional affairs beyond personal concerns.
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Formosa
Global glimpses of 19th century world facts and figures
A compendium of short items notes incomes for tea tasters and loggers, library sizes at West Point, corn dominates starch, rivers and railroads, oil and ink history, labor trends, fortune telling in Paris, volcanic counts, and a massive wool shipment from Spencer Idaho.
Coronation of Edward VII Impresses Crowds at Westminster Abbey
Nearly 7 000 nobles clergy and gentry gathered as the crown was placed on King Edward VII with a dazzling electric light display. The crowd saluted the royal couple while Earl Roberts and Lord Kitchener drew long cheers. The king rested well after the ceremony and donated Osborne House to the nation.
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London
Edward VII
Queen Victoria
Earl Roberts
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Alfred Gaselee
Edward Seymour
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Edward
Osborne House
U S Navy to Investigate Japanese Settlement on Wake and Midway Islands
The Navy Department orders the steamship Adams to visit Wake Island and Midway Islands in the Pacific to investigate reports that Japanese inhabitants have settled there with potential sovereignty claims. Commander Charles E Vox will oversee the inquiry into whether Tokyo sanctioned the presence and removal actions.
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Washington
Navy Department
United States
Adams
Wake Island
Midway Islands
Pacific Ocean
Department
Buford
Nero
Pacific
Charles Eo Vox
Midway
Japan
Typographers Convene in Cincinnati for Anniversary Meeting
The Typos Convention opens in Cincinnati with delegates seeking future hosts. Washington favors, Newark and Nashville also contenders for 1904 1905 venues. The gathering marks the union’s golden jubilee since 1852 and aims to decide next convention sites.
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Cincinnati
International (Typographica) Union
Washington
Newark
St Leonsis
Nashville
International Union
Severe Aug 11 Kansas City Storm Destroys Property
A severe wind storm in Kansas City Missouri yesterday caused widespread damage. The storm raged about half an hour with hail and rain, toppling thousands of trees and breaking plate glass fronts, signs, and awnings. The weather bureau logged 12 miles per hour winds for seven minutes and 0.45 inches of rain in 15 minutes. The fire department spent the day repairing damage.
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Kansas City
Incendiary Fire Strikes Peoria Sparking Citywide Alarm
A Peoria firebug sparked five blazes causing up to 25000 in losses with 12000 insured. Edward Flanagan, 20, was arrested on incendiary charges after authorities claim direct evidence. Crowds forced jail transfer as he remained silent. Fires hit Walthats Drewing Co storehouse Dooley Bros coal sheds Neumiller’s livery barn Lenary’s establishment and Clarke & Sons flouring mill with substantial damage.
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Peoria
Ill
Edward Flanagan
Flanagan
Walthats Drewing Co
Dooley Bros
Neumiller
CC W. O.lenary
Horace Clarke & Sons
Clark Mills
Reggy
Oliver Wendell Holmes Named to U S Supreme Court
The president appoints Oliver Wendell Holmes chief justice of Massachusetts to succeed Justice Gray, who resigns due to ill health after strokes. Holmes, son of the famed poet Dr. Holmes, is a native of Massachusetts and a distinguished jurist with long service on the state bench.
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United States Court
Oyster Hay
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Gray
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Arthurp
Holmes
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
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Pension act misread by ex Confederate soldiers
Washington reports the commissioner of pensions explains a recent act does not authorize pensions for ex Confederate soldiers. The law only removes disabilities for men who were pressed into Confederate service and later joined the Union army, addressing misconceptions amid a flood of applications.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Chimney Glass Trade Ends in Pittsburg Nag
The summer halt in the chimney branch of the glass trade ends with factories resuming operations Monday. Settlement discussions hinge on scale for chimney mold lines and hand versus machine methods, led by Mac Dethyans Glass Co and the chimney combine.
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Pittsburg
Nag
Mac Dethyans Glass Co
Governor Gage Libel Suit In Local Court
Morniage Call proprietor sworn in police court charging Gov Gage with libel. The paper allegedly published a statement by a powerboat saying the charges aim to defeat his renomination.
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San Francsco
Spreckels
Gov Gage
Dhe
Powerboar
Express
Flood Wrecks Cemetery Found Hidden Grief
In Madison on November 75 coffins were unearthed as rushing waters swept into a hillside cemetery. A brook and ravine split the grounds and the flood carried coffins across lower areas. Some babies were found a mile away and others washed toward the Passaic river.
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Madison
Passaic River
Farmers Brace Against Depredations At Shenandoah Camp
Reports from Pennsylvania towns describe crowds of hungry women and children at the Shenandoah soldiers' camp seeking food. Farmers in the Catawissa valley threaten concerted action as depredations prompt a possible cavalry response and protective petitions.
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Shenandoah
Desperate trio captured after train robbery chase
In Waseca Wisconsin on August 11 three men linked to a Burlington train robbery near Maceus HL were captured after a dramatic pursuit. Sheriff Coming and Chief MacDonald confronted the suspects. one opened fire wounding the sheriff in the leg before a second bullet hit the fleeing desperado, who was later captured with jewelry and loot scattered.
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Waseca
Wis
Burlington
Maceus
Pole MacDonald
Former Bowker Pearliver officer faces indictment
Coe, ex treasurer of Bowker Per liver fe, appeared in superior court Monday on an indictment returned by the land jury. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of embezzlement and was held for trial in the sum of 10,000.
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Baston Ug
Henry. Coe
Bowker Perliver Fe
Knights of Pythias take over in San Francisco amid parade
Report reads that the Knights of Pythias received the city and its regalia, with gold lace and uniforms, as members arrived from distant locations. The event is described as potentially the most remarkable conclave in Pythian history.
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San Francisco
San Franisco
Knights of Pythias
Raguak
Carnahan
General Dick Returns from Camp to Review Ohio Code
Gen. Dick arrived in Columbia from camp and spent time with the governor examining the municipal code. He declined to discuss the code but anticipated serious work ahead. John W. Warrington of Cincinnati, a state bar committee member, joined Nash and other committee members to review the code with the governor.
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Columbia
John W. Warrington
Ofincinnati
State Bar Committee
Gove Nash
Democratic city officials plan municipal code conference
Columbus August 9 A conference of democratic city officials is being arranged to prepare a municipal code. Director Philbrick of the department of safety has toured several cities to coordinate the gathering. The aim is to unite democratic legislators against the governor's code and oppose the board and governor's control of the city police.
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Columbus
Philbrick
Department of Safety
Cascade and Rice in Tug Crew Shooting Incident
In Ashtabula on Friday noon the tug Cascade arrived with the Crescent City. Crowds jeered the Rice crew and gunfire erupted from the Cascade. no injuries reported. The bridge crowd blocked the engineer and the Cascade line was dropped. sheriff deputies responded to the scene.
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Ashtabula
Cascade
Crescent City
Rice
Robbers Torture Aged Farmer In Dayton
Jacob Mume ma, an elderly farmer north of Dayton, was attacked by masked robbers who broke in Saturday night. He was bound after attempting to defend himself with a shotgun. Coal oil was poured on his feet and a fire lit to force disclosure of hidden money. robbers fled with a small sum.
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Dayton
Jacob Mumema
Mumaia
Ohio National Guard Division to Camp in Newark Next Year
Maj. Gen. Dick announced that the entire division of the Ohio national guard will camp in Newark next year. Military opinion favors rotating encampments starting with regimental then brigade and division, which would bring the regiments here alone in 1904. Gov Nash and Gen Dick viewed the Fifth regiment at parade. Col. Zimmerman was praised for his command.
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Newark
Ohio National Guard
Nash
Col
Zimmerman
Saloons battle flares in Stockport oil town
Aug 9 McConnellisville reports a bitter saloon fight at Stockport. Mayor Abbott arrests all saloon keepers under an old ordinance and fines them. court hearings delayed till October term. Saloons closed as order stands and daily arrests threaten.
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McConnellisville
Stockport
Here
Abbott
Foreign firms in Ohio face Willis law fee collection
Secretary of State Laylin will send notices to about 1,000 foreign corporations doing business in Ohio. They must file reports and pay Willis law fees totaling roughly 300000 dollars.
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Columbus
Laylin
Ohio
Grand Army Posts urged to fund memory of Gen Watham Gibson
Department Commander Walten Weber of the Grand Army of the Republic calls on every post in the state to contribute to a fund for a monument honoring the late Gen Watham Gibson who died at Jiffin about four years ago. No amount specified.
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Grand Army Mien
Columbus
Walten Weber
Grand Army of the Republic
Watham Gibson
Jiffin
Five Workers Burned At Metal Lab Fire
Five workmen were seriously burned when a blaze swept through the International Metal Lab. The injured include George Seoville George Kele George Tiess another George Kele and Mike Vibar Tiess. Tiess is not expected to survive.
Smallpox Outbreak Reported in City Streets
A smallpox epidemic broke out Monday along Hill and Commercial streets, the city's worst area for an outbreak. Seven or eight cases appeared by noon, and a widespread endemic is feared. Four more cases developed in other parts of the city.
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Choe
Drowned Man in Ohio Canal Near Akron
William Zink aged 25 from New York City with friends drowned while bathing in the Ohio canal at Akron on Sunday. He had arrived a week earlier and the incident is reported from Akron, Ohio.
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Akron
William Zink
New York City
International Popographical union holds 48th convention in Cincinnati
The forty eighth annual convention of the International Popographical union opened in Cincinnati with 165 delegates. A resolution expressing sympathy with the United Mine Workers in the anthracite strike was adopted. The four day session reviewed the law report and President Lynch's supplemental address, followed by officer reports before adjournment.
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Cincinnati
International Popographical Union
Bes
United Mine Workers
Lynch
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