Presidents and officials born outside the United States
The article notes various U S senators and representatives born in Canada Ireland Norway and Scotland and mentions Secretary Wilson born in Ayreshire Scotland. It discusses legal questions about whether a president may travel abroad and cites Roosevelt’s possible Caribbean voyage as an unlikely exception under a century old custom.
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McMillan
Canada
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Thomas Kearns
Utah
Knute Noeistn
Minnesota
Norway
Chicago
Patterson
Colorado
New York
County Carlow
Ireland
J. P. Jones
Nevada
United States
Herefordshire
England
Henderson
Scotland
Eachantasre McLachlan
Argyllshire
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Southerland
Hanbury
Annt Naphen
Massachusetts
Creamer
Couney
Missouri
Rodney
New Mexico
Burk
Cache Pe
Burtiield
St. Louis
Germany
Frederic Storm
Alsace
Brison
Brooklyn
Azores
Connell
Nova Scoa
McCleary
Ontario
Montreal
Hugries
West Virginia
Wilson
Ayreshire
United States Supreme Bench
Justice Brewer
Asia Minor
Fair Weather Today Across Regions Forecast
Washington reports a Sunday and Monday forecast of fair skies for Indiana Illinois with warmer Monday and light winds. Ohio sees fair weather Sunday and Monday with warmer Monday and variable winds. Temperatures around 76 and a low near 71 with clear skies. W. T. Blythe notes seasonal mean and precipitation departures.
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Washington
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
W. T. Blythe
Movements of steamers across ports in August
Ships arriving and departing ports including New York Liverpool Rotterdam and Antwerp with vessels such as Canadian Umbria Copenhagen Zeeland and Minnehaha listed by date from August 14 to August 16 across multiple ports. Details include arrivals from Liverpool Philadelphia and New York and sailings to Liverpool Rotterdam and Antwerp.
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New York
Canadian
Umbria
Liverpool
Rotterdam
St. Louis
Southampton
Campania
Anshoria
Glassow
Ryndam
Vaderland
Antwerp
Lancasterlan
Panama
Bordeaux
Bremen
Friedrich der Grosse
Cherbourg
Kinsale
Passewl
Bergen-land
Philadelphia
Koenigin Lutge
Salled
Qi WN
Etruria
Copaneagen
Arkansas
London
Minnehaha
Naples
Liguria
Zeeland
National Capital Notes Headlines From Washington and Abroad
Washington officials accept a national encampment in October during the G A R gathering. General Greely returns from Alaska with plans to extend telegraph service and then focuses on signals for military maneuvers. A cablegram reports Denzil H Taylor, Norte Province supervisor in the Philippines, died of cholera on August 14. The Cuban House notes cannot lease or sell fortress arsenals, with no impact on US military plans.
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Washington
District of Columbia
R. C. Dyrenforth
Union Veterans’ Union
Union
A. W.greely
War Department
Alaska
General Greely
Army
Signal Corps
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippines
Denzil H. Taylor
Norte
Peterboro
N. H
Rutland
House of Representatives
United States
Andrews Found Guilty in City Savings Bank Case
Frank C. Andrews, former vice president of the failed City Savings Bank, was found guilty of misapplying funds after a four week trial in Recorder Murphy's court. An appeal to the Supreme Court was announced, with a 60 day stay of proceedings granted. Andrews to remain jailed pending bail request.
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Detroit
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
Recorder Murphy's Court
Kirchner
Supreme Court
Andrews
Murphy
Beaumont
New York Letter Archibald Turner Tries Freezing Cure
Archibald Turner a Cincinnati lawyer on vacation in New York underwent a drastic hay fever treatment by freezing himself in a cold storage vault at near zero temperature. He wore summer clothes and stayed about ninety minutes among frozen meat carcasses before the door was opened. His ears and cheeks swelled but he reports temporary hay fever relief.
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New York
Archibald Turner
Cincinnati
Turner
Mast Unfortunate Scene at Whitsett Camp Meetin
Rural Whitsett Courier correspondent recounts a tragic camp meeting in which two sunstrokes occurred during preaching and eating, a mule drowned with its saddle, a rattlesnake bite proved fatal, and a slave died alongside the snake. The writer urges humility and readiness for divine judgment.
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Atlanta Constitution
Whitsett Courier
Farmer Curses Weather as Lightning Destroys Barn
In Marion township Saginaw county a farmer vented his fury at the rain and mud and begged divine wrath. A sudden lightning bolt struck, shattered the barn roof and burned the structure to ashes. The farmer's loss is insured.
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Detroit Journal
Marion Township
Saginaw County
Garment Workers to Meet Here
United Garment Workers in Cleveland elected officers after a busy week and set the next convention for Indianapolis in the second week of August. The wage scale will be refined by the incoming executive board. Officers elected include B. A. Larger of Cincinnati as president and T. J. Crouchley of Brooklyn as auditor.
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Cleveland
United Garment Workers
Indianapolis
IMS
B. A. Larger
Cincinnati
T. J. Crouchley
Brooklyn
N. Y
A. J. Bromiey
Utea
Mitchell Warns Strikers Vow Victory Before Indy Trip
President Mitchell reported strikers in the Duryea region remain firm and confident of victory as he prepared to leave for Indianapolis. Washery owners plan to start up next Tuesday with state troops possible if needed, while deputies are sworn in to guard farms in Catawassa valley amid ongoing tensions and a quiet Duryea scene during the day.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Indianapolis
Warnke
Duryea
Jacobs
United Mine Workers
Anthracite Prices Rise as Strike Extends into Fall
New York reports anticipate higher anthracite costs if the coal strike lasts several more weeks. Dealers note tightened supply with some sales at 10 dollars per ton retail and bulk prices around 11 to 11.50, while hoarded stock dwindles. Company heads decline to forecast an end date, stretching potential resolution from September 1 to October.
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New York
Baltimore Port Strained as 32 Schooners Await Coal
In Baltimore on August 16 thirty two schooners with a capacity near 75000 tons wait for soft coal cargoes. Many have been idle for almost three weeks due to scarce rolling stock on the Baltimore & Ohio and grain movement needs in the West. Loading is minimal and departures could be delayed for weeks while coal supplies improve.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Wage deal reached for district coal workers in Knoxville
In Knoxville on August 16 the wage scale committee of the district mine workers and the Coal Creek and Jellico operators agreed to a 10 cent per ton raise on screened coal and 1 cent per ton on fun-off mine coal. Nine hours remain a day, monthly payday unchanged, and day laborers receive an extra 13 to 43 cents per hour.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Coal Creek
Jellico
Miners' Strike Ends as Coal Company Signs Scale
CLARKSBURG W VA Aug 16 With the signing of the scale by the Merchants Coal Company Tunnelton it is thought that the miners strike in this district has come to an end The miners gained all they asked for All the mines where the strike was instituted will probably resume work on Monday.
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Shenandoah
Gobin
Catawassa
Beddall
Main Street
Clarksburg
W. Va
Merchants’ Coal Company
Tunnelton
Recollections of Kit Carson by R J Alexander in Kansas City Journal
The Anthony Republican recounts R J Alexander recalling his Colorado and New Mexico days, befriending Kit Carson. He describes their Taos visit, a Judge Hicks divorce remark, Carson’s hearty laugh, a Taos dinner at Carson’s home, and notes on Mrs Carson and domestic details amid reminiscence of frontier life.
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Kansas City Journal
R. J. Alexander
Colorado
New Mexico
Gen
Kit Carson
Taos
Carson
Old Frie
Independence
Ruper B. Hicks
Hicks
Judge Hicks
Captain Doak
Jim Fry
Judge Smedley
Carson Makes Bold Offer For Silver-Plate Rifle
In a vivid recollection, an afternoon with Mrs. Carson and family includes English lessons, music, and a humorous exchange about a silver plaited rifle. Carson, curious and conversational, admires the maker’s mark and proposes to buy the weapon, finally agreeing to buy it for two twenty-dollar gold pieces after extensive talk of similar guns by John Nix of Oxage county.
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Carson
London
Nix
John Nix
Oxage County
Missouri
Fight with robbers near Athena ends in ongoing pursuit
In Pendleton Oregon on August 16 Sheriff Taylor and six deputies battled two robbers at a barn north of Athena after a Thursday night hold up at Freewater. Deputy Scott Ritchie was wounded in the thigh and hidden behind a mound. Reported that the robbers escaped with horses stolen from the posse under cover of darkness.
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Pendleton
Ore
Taylor
Athena
Freewater
Scott Ritchie
Where American Art Is Lacking Scribner's Magazine
The essay praises American art overall while arguing landscape painting often lacks dignity and style. It notes a preference for autumn and rich tones, critiques overemphasis on decorative effect, and calls for stronger drawing, precise form, and thorough completion beyond preliminary sketches. It highlights Inness's Summer Silence as a benchmark.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Inness
Polite Beggar Calls On Stranger For Help
A shabby stranger in New Orleans asks a cadaverous man for financial aid. The man refuses, and the beggar politely excuses himself with a bow, continuing down the street.
The Lilliputian Ties and a Child’s Run Away Moment
A mother calmly prompts a runaway boy eight to think of running away and plans a safe first step. The lad hesitates at the gate, then abandons the attempt, returning sobbing into his mother’s arms as the moment stretches into an ache of hope and restraint.
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Harry
Vacation Rules for City Men
A humorous Portland Oregonian item lists eight tongue in cheek rules for city visitors. It advises greeting strangers with a smile, shooting a farmer's barking dog, joking about hayseeds at conversations with ladies, testing navigational sense, noting cow habits on trousers, complimenting on kissing and village travel, leaving gates open, and teasing older men about whiskers.
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Portland
The Preacher and the Judge at Banquet
New York Times recounts a tale told by Dr. Henry M. Leipziger about influence between the bench and the pulpit. Two ladies debated who was more influential the clergy or the judiciary with the punch line on final pronouncements.
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New York Times
Sulzberger
Philadelphia
Henry M. Leipziger
Town to be abandoned as workers flee New Hartford mill shutdown
Seven residents exited New Hartford within two weeks as the Cotton Duck Combination orders a September 1 mill shutdown. By mid month about half the town's 3500 population is expected to be gone with many selling or renting property. Moving to reduce costs, Greenwood plant will shift to Talassee Alabama. dispatches claim cheaper manufacturing there. Ten thousand jobs to vanish as Chicago companies trim staff in merger driven downsizing.
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New York
New Hartford
Cotton Duck Combination
Ala
Morgan interests bid for American Shipbuilding stock
The Plain Dealer reports a definite offer to buy the American Ship Building Company stock. J Pierpont Morgan backs the bid aimed at control of the Great Lakes ship trade. The offer covers common and preferred shares with substantial goodwill payoff. W L Brown denies any knowledge of such a deal.
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Cleveland
the Plain Dealer Today
American Shipbuilding Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Great Lakes
Lorain
Detroit
Wyandotte
Mich
West Superior
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Buffalo
Atlantic
Mississippi
Eastern Trust
W.L. Brown
Site for 10 Million Cotton Mill at Holliday Kansas
A site for a 10 million cotton mill has been chosen at Holliday Kansas, fourteen miles west of Kansas City. An option on 1,700 acres includes space for a plant and a village for 5,000 workers. W B Smith Whaley of Columbia is named president and 1,000,000 of the required 5,000,000 has been raised.
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Fansas City
Holliday
Kan
Kansas City
W. B. Smith Whaley
Columbia
8. C
Monocle Tales in Cape Town and Beyond
Pearson's Magazine recounts a humorous tale from the Boer War era about a cavalry captain famed for wearing a monocle in all situations. Lord Kitchener, amused yet firm, offers a staff post only if the officer can see well. the officer later becomes a prisoner, stripped to his eyeglass, illustrating fate.
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Yaas
Lord Kitchener
Baboon as Signalman in South Africa Station
A photo in Animal Life shows a baboon acting as a railway signalman at Uitenhage near Port Elizabeth. Trained by Wylde, the chained baboon pulls levers while the signalman sits in the cabin, later riding a trolley on rails after the last train. The animal prefers Boer brandy and tobacco, and remains aloof from other baboons.
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London Mail
Uitenhage
Port Elizabeth
Wylde
Mr. Fuller
Rebels Surround Agua Dulce Forces in Colombia Fight
State Department reports from Consul General Gudger, Panama, describe July battles at Agua Dulce with government troops nearly surrounded by revolutionists. Padilla gunboat guards port mouth. Chuculto and Boyaca vessels engaged, but communication cut with Panama. News adds unrelated notes on sunbonnets and horse sunstroke prevention.
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Washington
Department of State
Gudger
Panama
Colombia
Agua Dulce
Padilla
Boyaca
Hats for Horses in New York Sun
The New York Evening Sun surveys horse sunbonnets in use across the city noting mostly cheap straw hats from Japan, paper posters showing styles, and various head coolers. It recalls past designs like awnings, cabbage leaf coverings, leaf branches, and red white blue overalls, concluding the sponge fell out of use due to moisture and weight.
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New York Evening Sun
New York
Japan
Soci
Senator Hanna Foot Mastery Cited In Philadelphia Remark
A Philadelphia Press piece credits Senator Hanna with self control shown by his feet during lengthy handshaking runs at hotels. The writer argues Hanna’s calm posture reveals disciplined mind and steady grip on legislative matters, illustrating a notable public temperament.
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Philadelphia
Senator Hanna
Ohio
Hanna
Menatee Hanna
Dolls as Diplomatic Gifts Stir Russian Court Fascination
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports on M. Laubet showcasing historic Laubet dolls to Russia, likening their reception to royal gift exchanges. The dolls, inspired by French history, sit in a recreant palace setup with a coach, nurseries, and period furnishings, while observers note the baby doll’s unsettling appearance.
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Russia
Felix Faure
St. Petersburg
M. Laubet
Laubet
Marq de Chambreail
Sully
Louis XI
Veraniiles
M. Louvet
Lynching at Walnut Grove Tallies Johnston in Leake County
At Walnut Grove Leake county last night Charles Johnson a Black man was lynched by a group of citizens for an alleged assault on a young white woman. He was forcibly taken from officers as they escorted him to prison.
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Meridian
Miss
Walnut Grove
Leake County
Charles Johnson
Johnson
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