Steamship Minnesota Launched at Croton Conn
In Croton Conn the steamship Minnesota the largest vessel built in the United States was launched before thousands. Miss Clara Hill christened the ship naming it Minnesota, to serve Great Northern lines with Pacific and Oriental routes. The Minnesota and sister Dakota will carry 28 000 tons of coal and 280 000 barrels of flour, surpassing White Star giants.
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New London
Conn
Dispatch
New York
Boston
Minnesota
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
Croton
Clara Hill
J. J. Hi
Great Northern Steamship Company
Pacific and Oriental
Miss Hill
Launc
Miota
America
Dakota
Tus
White Star Line
Celtic
Oregon
Lloyd’s Survey
Two Trelamen Killed In Fast Mail Collision
A brief report states two Trelamen were killed in a fast mail train collision on the B seams route near Nashville. The incident details remain sparse with limited readable information.
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Nashville
New
Manila Campaign Against Bandits Expands
April dispatch reports ongoing effort against Moros in Mindanao as government plans another movement. Cholera hits Captain Pershing's troops with five cases and many suspected. Sick are sent to Camp Vicars hospital. Government to contract ten thousand carabous to restock plantations and sell at cost, using half of a three million dollar grant for re stock.
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Manila
Captain Pershing
Mindanao
Bacolod
Camp Vicars
First Member Samuel A Kemp Dies at 73 in Fremont Neb
Samuel A Kemp, a First Legislator and Minnesota pioneer born in England, died Tuesday night at his son Harry Kemp’s home in Fremont Nebraska after a long illness with heart weakness. At 73, he helped push Minnesota’s early settlement, served in the first constitutional convention, led a two-year period as a top attorney, and secured railroad right of way from LaCrosse to St Paul. His body was moved to Kelloy Minnesota for burial.
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Samuel A. Kemp
Harry Kemp
Fremont
Neb
Kelloy
Minn
Moss Side
Manchester
England
America
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Pensions Rule Narrowly Defines Use Versus Wear
The Commissioner of Pensions Ware interprets the March 2 1903 act on pension eligibility for amputees. He states use, not wear, governs when an artificial limb provides practical utility. if amputation is at or above the bone's middle, use is impossible and no increased pension applies.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Ware
Cdrran
Boy's Arm Amputated After Accidental Gun Discharge
In Holdrege Nebraska 12 year old Jack Cowgill son of F. 8. Cowgill was handling a shotgun in the kitchen when it fired. The charge entered the left hand and wrist shattering bones and sending splinters into his face. A neighbor aided him to his uncle Alderman Cowgill's home and a physician was summoned. The arm was deemed necessary to amputate.
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Jack
Cowgill
Holdrege
Neb
Cow
Alderman Cowgill
Breach of Promise Case in Cradock Ends in Dismissal
In Cradock Cape Colony a breach of promise dispute centered on Caroline May and Andrew Africa. The court dismissed the case noting the conflict was between the parents over cattle payment and customary consent rather than between the couple.
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Cradock
Cape Colony
Westminster Gazette
Caroline May
Andrew Africa
Defedant
Africa
Defendant
Dorchester 1639 First Public School Taxed For Support
The Dorchester settlement in Massachusetts established the first publicly funded school in America in May 1639 with a £20 annual rent on Thompson's Island. The rent funded an English and Latin curriculum and writing, chosen by freemen, with elder and seven-man approval on gender schooling. Rev. Thomas Waterhouse was the first teacher.
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Dorchester
America
Mass
David Thompson
Thompson
Thompson’s Island
Thomas Waterhouse
Fragmented Sonnet Fragments From a Shakespearean Tone
The readable lines show a corrupted lyric style referencing death and decay with phrases like worms inheritors of this body and dead, contentions of mortality. The fragment resembles a corrupted Shakespearean style with terms of sorrow and pining.
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William Shalces
Unclear fragment hints at medical notes on blood supply
Readable parts mention two entities Sere ee Gene and Teeth ¢ minute with blood supply reference. No clear event or outcome is present.
Revenue Law Defines Taxation Terms and Property Scope
The bill H. R. No. 344 explains all tax terms including real property real estate lands personal property and money. It details what property is taxable exempt and how assessed value is set and taxed with liens and priority rules for state counties and municipalities.
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Tate
Nebraska
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Pershing
Bolis
Rte
Greece
Kapfir
Ste Nevin
Revenue Law
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