State to Build Administration Building With Convict Labor
The board of public lands and buildings could not secure bids for constructing the penitentiary administration building. It will buy materials and erect the structure using convict labor under a superintendent. Contracts for stone metal and fire proofing totaled about 27 740, with convict wages set per day or hour. The plan aims to save state funds and employ idle convicts.
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Penitentiary
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
R W. Grant
Beatrice
Johnson Stone Company
Board
Paxton and
Vierling
Pioneer Fire Proofing Company
Theodore Kaar
Lincoln
Funeral pyre murder suicide shocks Albuquerque report
A Wallapai Indian named Tom McCormick allegedly killed his wife then burned her body and killed himself in a funeral pyre. He had opposed guardianship by an Indian agent claiming U S citizenship and opened fire on officers before taking his own life. The incident worsened tensions with Wallapai people amid reports of collective anger in Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
N M
Tom McCormick
McCormick
Alberquerque
Aeotaaahenae
Government seeks timber land patents set aside against senator
In Helena Montana United States District Attorney Rogers filed a federal suit to cancel patents on about 10000 acres of timber lands in Missoula County. The government alleges lands were taken within three years under the timber and stone act by speculators who knew the lands would be sold to Senator W A Clark or his agents. The properties lie on the west side of the main range.
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Helena
Mont
United States
Rogers
W. A. Clark
Clark
Missoula County
Main Range
Soldiers from Philippines aboard Grant arrive in San Francisco
The transport Grant arrives from Manila carrying the Red yerail and Forty-ninth volunteers. The regiments are colored and recruited in the south. Seventy six cabin passengers, mostly army officers on furlough, disembark at liberty. The Fortieth infantry has been mustered out.
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San Francisco
Manila
Liberty
Fortieth Infantry
Treasurer Vanishes Amid Forged Notes in Akron Firm
Forged notes totaling 20000 traced to the pen Varnish company of Akron Ohio. Hoe McCruny, treasurer of the con vent, has been missing a week and may be en route to South America. Creditors seek sale of company assets to cover the debts after a four thousand five hundred overdraft was found.
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Pen Varnish Company
Akron
O. Hoe McCruny
South America
Consolidation Forms Sioux City Gas and Electric Firms
A major corporate consolidation unites the Sioux City Gas company and the Sioux City Electric company in Sioux City. The merged entity carries a capital stock of 1,500,000 dollars. The incorporators are local Sioux City men.
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Sioux City, In
Sioux City Gas Company
Sioux City Electric Company
Sioux City
Japanese Torpedo Boats Collide Off Yokohama
During fleet maneuvers near Tsuminu Island Yokohama three torpedo boats collided and sank one vessel. Reports say several sailors drowned with rescue efforts ongoing.
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Tsuminu
Yokohama
Edinburgh and Glasgow Population Comparison
Census figures show Glasgow at 760 500, up 194 615 since 1891, a 50 percent growth over the decade. Edinburgh registers 304 339, up 43 114. Across Scotland towns grow while rural districts shrink.
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Violets ruined on Italian Riviera sowing hopes
Bad season devastates violet crop along the Italian Riviera. Growers suffer heavy losses. Russian General Gorloff sends 150000 francs to the Russian consul at San Remo to assist the poorest peasant rowers and sustain efforts for a better crop next year.
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Italian
Riviera
Gorloff
San Remo
A Region Without Frosts
Frosts are unknown in the orange belt of southern California and growers harvest fruit in perfect condition. The industry has advanced from coarse fruit with excess pulp to a state of perfection rarely imagined fifteen years ago.
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California
Russian Navy Plans New 13000 Ton Cruiser and 6400 Ton Protected Cruiser
The article notes Nic a loief shipyard will launch a new 13000 ton cruiser with 17000 horsepower and 18 knots, along with a protected cruiser of 6400 tons, 19500 horsepower and 23 knots.
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Ra«sid
Nicolaieff
Grain-Of f Nourishing Drink Debate In Child Feeding
A fragmented passage discusses children’s beverages, noting tea and coffee are not given and introducing a new nourishing drink called GRAIN-Of. It hints at societal ills linked to women and mentions theft and deceit, referencing Dr. Le Duc and Lincoln Nebraska.
Sey Comes Gave Constitutional Cure Repeats Phrases
Fragmented text notes a phrase Sey Comes Gave described as a constitutional cure with price 75a. Repeats and garbled lines reference women, a store chair, a king, and a vague notion of freedom. Overall unreliable OCR yields no clear event or context.
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Price
Siberian Petroleum Similar to Pennsylvania Naphtha
Experiments at Kasan show Siberian petroleum nearly identical to Pennsylvania naphtha. Wells on Lake Baikal are described as rich and reliable based on borings.
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Siberia
Kasan
Russia
Lake of
Baikal
Japanese artist Shimada Sekko gains renown and royal patrons
Shimada Sekko a 36 year old Japanese artist has achieved notable fame and collected medals and diplomas. Several of his works have been purchased by members of the Japanese royal family.
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Japan
Shimada Sekko
Open Air Telephone Promises Fast Public Calls
The Open Air Telephone is described as the nearest approach to wireless telegraphy for use in public streets. It would let a commuter jump from a streetcar, call central, and talk instantly with a pastor or best girl, completing the call in a second.
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Ochicago Journal
Steel houses for Venesuela shipments by New York firm
A New York bridge company has secured contracts for about one hundred portable steel houses to be shipped to Venesuela. Each one story structure weighs about twenty tons and is intended for use after frequent earthquakes in the region.
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Venesuela
New York Bridge Company
Ping Peng brings table tennis to this side of the ocean
Ping Peng or ping pong a society amusement from England grows in popularity here. The game is a table tennis version played on a lawn setup using celluloid balls parchment racquets and a six inch net model.
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England
The Thinning Hair Makes Men More Fussy With Comb
The saying notes that as a man loses hair his attention to grooming increases. It suggests a humorous link between hair thinning and meticulous combing behavior.
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