Roosevelt Day in Providence Newport Reception Parade
President Roosevelt visits Rhode Island, greeted by a vast crowd in Providence. A grand procession, flags, and cheers mark the welcome as he tours the city. He departs aboard the Walrus yacht to Warwick Neck and Newport, with Senators Aldrich and Weand Congressman Bull aboard.
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Roosevelt
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Philadelphia
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Aldrich
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Newport
Aldrich and
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Willimantic Greeting From President Delivers Civic Exchange
The president spoke in Willimantic thanking the mayor and citizens for their greeting and expressing appreciation for the opportunity to meet representatives. He noted that direct contact helps align local wishes with national legislature and administration as aims are pursued.
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Willimantic
Fair Weather Today and Upcoming Indiana Illinois Ohio Forecast
Weather forecast from Washington on August 2 shows Sunday fair in Indiana and Ohio with north areas sunny, showers likely in the south Monday. Illinois favors northern fair with south showers Sunday and Monday. East winds, warmer Monday in Ohio, with varied cloud and light precipitation readings. Blythe, Section Director, notes temperate readings and precipitation totals for Aug 2.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
T. Blythe
Movements of Steamers Across Major Ports
Movements show arrivals at New York and Liverpool with ships Noordam and Cam. ex New York and Queenstown respectively, plus several sailings to and from Antwerp Cherbourg and Havre. Vessels include Minnetonka Lahn Sterdam and Auguste Eturin with routes to London Genoa Naples and New York.
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Public address on national character and leadership
The speaker urges citizens to demand character and intelligence from public leaders. He argues private virtues like honesty, decency, and courage must guide public life to solve national and local problems, stressing common sense in government and business alike.
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Congress
Hartford
Lfe
Providence Address on Trusts and Prosperity
President Roosevelt argues that prosperity invites envy and that wise laws alone cannot secure success. He urges stable policy, measured reform, and robust individual initiative while calling for national supervision of large trusts with careful publicity and gradual regulation to curb abuses without damaging the economy.
Carpenter Kills Wife in Omaha Hotel
In Omaha on August 23 Anton Christensen a South Omaha carpenter shot and killed his wife at the Montgomery Hotel where she ran rooms. She was shot in the head and body and died instantly. He confessed saying the act grew from domestic troubles.
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Omaha, Neb
Anton Christensen
South Omaha
Montgomery Hotel
Ships Required to Use Russian Materials for All Vessels
A decree by the minister of marine gazetted today requires exclusive use of Russian origin materials in constructing all Russian ships, with exceptions for vessels built abroad. The decree may be altered for ships operating on foreign waters.
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ST. Petersburg
Minister of Marine
Eastern capitalists seek to unite broom plants nationwide
Harleton Illinois August 23 A group of Eastern capitalists led by W A Shepard owner of Onondaigua whisk broom works Syracuse New York with a capital of five million dollars is taking options on broom manufacturing plants across the country with the aim of consolidating them into a single organization
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Harleston, Ill
W. A. Shepard
Onondaigua Whisk Broom Works
Syracuse
N. Y
New Patent Roller Window Shade Demonstrated
Frank R. Wolf and George C. Mathers of the Star dry goods store announce a patent for a simple cheap roller window shade. The design uses a solid round stick with no spring, a cap with reversed pawls, and gravity powers the movement via a curtain string. Demonstration held at the Star store.
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George C. Mathers
Star Dry Goods Store
Star Store
Fighting at Agua Dulce Keeps Skirmishing Live
Reports from Panama dated August 23 indicate General Morales Berti remains in control near Agua Dulce with daily clashes but no decisive engagement since late July. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company faces pressure over transporting Colombian troops aboard the steamer Ecuador, amid British concerns and a 1879 contract mandating transport of government personnel at special rates.
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Agua Dulce
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Salazar
Hudson
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In Memory of Sigel Funeral Held in New York
Gen Franz Sigel’s funeral service is set for Sunday at the Melrose Turnverein hall New York with a German eulogy by George Van Skal and an English address to be announced. The body will lie in state 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. before interment at Woodland Cemetery. Surviving committee members in Newark NJ draft resolutions on Sigel’s death, continuing a 23 year old habit from the Hooker era.
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Franz Sigel
Melrose Turnverein
Gilsa Post
G. A. R. George van Skal
Staats Zeitung
Woodland Cemetery
Eighth New Jersey Regiment Association
Joseph Hooker
Newark
N. J
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Hooker
New Jersey
Third Army Corps
Eighth Army Corps
General Hooker
Eighth Regiment Association
President Takes Practical Interest In Work At Oyster Bay
The article notes the President has a practical interest in ongoing efforts, with several visits to Oyster Bay for conferences, signaling active involvement in policy work and consultations with aides.
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Oyster Bay
Farmers Favor Tariff Revision Pushing Reduced Rates on Trust Goods
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Washington notes Secretary Wilson urging tariff revision suited to cutting duties protecting industries no longer needing protection. He cites Iowa as example, with abundant crops and land purchases, including British Columbia, favoring moderate tariff changes while remaining protective. Western voters admire President Roosevelt, deeming his trust regulation approach logical and manly. Republican leaders, amid debate, see tariff less as pivotal than the Philippines issue, signaling a campaign shaped by broader concerns.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Wilson
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Iowa
Republican Party
British Columbia
Congress
Roosevelt
Republican Congressional Committee
Gallinger
Shaw
Cannon
Philippines
Hanna and daughter visit Niagara Falls for first time in years
Senator Mark Hanna and his daughter Ruth Hanna are staying at Cataract House in Niagara Falls New York on August 23. It is Ruth Hanna's first visit to the falls and Hanna has not visited in twenty five years. He hosted an impromptu reception in the afternoon.
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Ruth Hanna
Cataract House
Hanna
The
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Senator and Miss Hanna Stay in City to Pay Respects
Steps of the Cataract recount prominent citizens and politicians from Buffalo, Lockport and nearby towns calling to pay their respects. The senator and Miss Hanna will remain until tomorrow night.
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Buffalo
Lockport
Hanna
Rock Island line to reach Kansas City St Louis within a year
Kansas City officials report the Rock Island system’s Kansas City to St Louis line will be in operation within a year. G A Goodnow states new line offices will be in Kansas City and joint use of Burlington tracks to Cameron Junction and Hannibal bridge will continue. A double track will be built later to Topeka. In Washington the Southern Railway general freight department moves to Atlanta with E A Neil and Lincoln Green. operations shift September and open in October.
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McNally Named General Passenger Agent of Choctaw Lines
J S McNally, long time Rock Island city passenger agent in Omaha, is appointed general passenger agent of the Choctaw lines with headquarters at Oklahoma City. The change takes effect September 1 after thirteen years with Rock Island in Omaha.
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J. S. McNally
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McNally
Rock Island
Kaffirs Seen as Threat by Botha in Fremdenblatt Interview
An Australian traveler with Boer generals Botha De Wet and Delarey told Fremdenblatt that England armed the Kaffirs and that, after the war, they hid in mountains practicing for renewed fighting. Botha suggested granting the Boers an independent Parliament to ensure peaceable South Africa.
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Fremdenblatt Today
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Fremdenblatt
Universal Peace Union Proposal Denounces War Drills
At Mystic Connecticut August 3 the Universal Peace Union adopted a resolution denouncing army and navy maneuvers as promoting military spirit and dependence on weapons. It favors abolishing drills and boys brigades in schools and replacing them with fire drills life saving practice and accident relief groups. A second resolution denounced lynchings and urged solving discord through just distribution of wealth ensuring every worker receives full product of toil. Woman suffrage is supported. The right of striking laborers to prevent others from working was discussed with no action.
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Eax
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Universal Peace Union
Dr. G. F. James Honored by Minnesota Professorship
Dr. George Francis James of the State Normal School of Los Angeles has been elected professor of pedagogy at the University of Minnesota. An Illinois native, he studied at Northwestern and Michigan, and is the brother of Northwestern Professor James.
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George Francis James
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Los Angeles
Cal
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James
Illinois
Northwestern University
University of Michigan
One Man Killed Five Injured in Train Collision
Pittsburg reports a deadly tunnel collision between two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains in Claysville tunnel. One fireman A. Ritznour was crushed to death and brakeman E. D. Reynolds fatally injured. Four other trainmen unnamed and not seriously hurt. Both trains and several cars demolished.
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Claysville
A. Ritznour
E. D. Reynolds
Train passenger fatally shot on Katy southbound
An unknown man aboard a Katy Railroad southbound train in Checotah Oklahoma fatally wounds a male passenger identified only as M. The incident occurred August 23 and authorities investigated the shooting as a death by self-inflicted action on prompt delivery lines.
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Deaths Reported of Captain Cooper and Generals Dickinson and Johnson
In Washington Captain C C Cooper of the transport Kearne died of typhoid fever after arrival with supplies. In Ocala Florida Gen J J Dickinson a famed ex Confederate aged eighty eight died at home, once cavalry commander dubbed Marion of Florida. In Milwaukee Burdettse J Johnson seventy six prominent soap maker died after a lingering illness.
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J. J. Dickinson
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