Deep Sea Monster Encounter On the Pacific Route
The Wil l ecott of Honolulu reports sighting a colossal sea confrontation off the California coast while en route from San Francisco to Nanaimo. A massive octopus, about 40 feet long with a 50 foot breadth, battled a 12 foot diameter sunfish weighing roughly 3,000 pounds. The crew observed color changes like a chameleon as the two giants faced each other under a light NW breeze.
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Ben Francisco
Hever
San Francisco
Nanaimo
Willecott
Honolulu
Golander
Girth
Ted Warerats
Victor Hugo
Roth
Ty Rens
Suria
Boweser
Gould
Grape Nuts Delicacy Promises Quick Breakfast Crunch
An early 20th century note extols Grape-Nuts as a no cook breakfast option with a delicate grape sugar taste. It describes crystalized grain-derived granules that form the product naturally, advising moderation to avoid overeating and noting its condensed high volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canity
Octopus Attacks Sunfish in Dramatic Sea Encounter
Reporter describes a sea clash where a giant octopus releases a dark mud jet into a sunfish eyes then grasps the prey with tentacles. The pair sinks, water froths with iodine odor, and a captured log reports a 60-foot cephalopod specimen. The writer notes similar giant octopods are real, citing a papier mache cast at the Smithsonian and a 1877 Newfoundland find.
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Eplandr
United States National Museum
Washington
Trinity Bay
Newfoundland
Loss of Speech Strikes Dewey Reception Chairman
General Butterfield, chairman of the Dewey reception committee, was stricken with aphasia at his Cold Spring summer home. Reports from Bellevue Hospital indicate doctors sought specialists in nervous diseases as telegrams traveled between Cold Spring and New York. Dewey executives hoped he could join the Washington event despite the speech impairment.
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General Butterfield
Dewey Reception Committee
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Dewey
Cold Spring
Hudson
Bellevue
Dreamer
Cold Springs
General Butterfield Bsas
Dewey Executive
Washington
Hamilton Assaulted on Santa Fe Train by Two Drunken Men
Former Kansas state treasurer James W. Hamilton was brutally attacked on a Santa Fe line from Wichita to Vaughan by two young men, Mont Vaughan and Al Nickel. One man struck Hamilton with a heavy poker, but he recovered enough to reach his Nashville ranch. A warrant was issued, but the suspects remained at large as Hamilton aided the conductor by subduing one assailant.
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Kansas
Ben_ Wingman
Kan
Mont Vaughan Vind
al Nickel
Jame W. Hamilton
Santa Fe
Wichita
Ths Place
Hamilton
Nashville
Yourg
Bush
Troops Prepare to Move by Rail from Fort Thomas
Fort Thomas Kentucky orders issued to the Thirty first U S Infantry to be ready to depart at a moment’s notice. The unit is expected to move by rail to San Francisco before week’s end. All troops were withdrawn from the rifle range today.
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Fort Thomas
San Francisco
Experiments With Wheat Near Newtes Kansas
A representative of the United States Department of Agriculture's horticulture and pathology divisions requests lease of ten acres near the city to establish a cereal station. The project will test 26 varieties of wheat, some of which were studied in Russia last year, to evaluate adaptability and yield.
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Kan
Department of Yeertable Bbyalblogy
Unitettates Department of Agriculture
Russia
Miles to lead in Philippines but not replace Otis
Washington reports clarify Major General Miles will not command in the field or supplant General Otis. Miles is to supervise camp plans and operations from the rear as the Philippines campaign proceeds, arriving after the rainy season ends. Root reportedly supports keeping Otis in charge while Miles receives a tropical outfit, though details vary among sources.
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Washington
Otis
Pee Neilson AL Miles
Sii
Supirstalia
Philippines
Miles
Manilla
Root
Fenaw
Jeuve
Otie
Golde
Gen. MtUe
Fraternal Congress Opens Thirteenth Session in Chicago
The Fraternal Congress of Orders opens its thirteenth annual session in Chicago at the Auditorium hotel with the medical section meeting. Delegates from 53 of 167 fraternal insurance groups, totaling about 2159 members, will discuss unifying methods, suitable statistics, safe insurance rates, and refining the assessment plan. Principal topics include the table of rates for Baltimore and the push for reserve funds by fraternal bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternal Congress
Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
Innternal Society Insurance
United States
Miiliods
Baltimore
Scalp a Gambler at Navajo Springs Alert Raised
A Winslow special reports about 200 Indians at Foreman Mink's grad ing camp near Navajoe Springs Arizona threatening whites unless halted. They were paid on the 15th and then gambled and drank. A gambler H Landerth was killed after a sever fight when seven shots were fired and he was scalped. Fort Wingate troops ordered to the scene.
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San Francisco
Winslow
Ariz
Mink
Navajoe Springs
Arie
Fort Wingate
FIGHT OF THE BUTCHERS New York asks for own slaughter house
The executive board of the Greater New York Retail Butchers association issued a plan to secure a location for a slaughter and packing house. The goal is to enable New York butchers to process beef without wholesalers, with buyers to travel west for cattle, and a cooperative venture to raise 200000 dollars to start.
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New York
Greater
Retail Butchers’ Association
Butchers
Tor & Co-Operative Association
Nus
Reed's resignation to Maine governor in weeks
A Portland Maine dispatch notes Reed plans to resign and send the letter to the Maine governor this week for a September 4 departure. A special election to replace Treed is projected for mid October in the district. Weather updates forecast fair and warmer in Kansas with southerly winds.
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New York
Portland
Maine
Saya. Amis Alles
Spiker Thomas B. Treed
Reed
Teed
Chicago
Kansas
Puestley
Mosque of the Olive Tree in Tunis A North African learning center
An extended account of the Zitouna Mosque at Tunis, one of three great Sunni centers in North Africa. It describes the vast complex with 161 porphyry columns, a large central square, a minaret, and the sacred interior where professors teach and students learn. The library holds Arab manuscripts, some reportedly from Alexandria. Over 400 students study with about 100 professors, lectures run from sunrise to sunset across 15 simultaneous courses, and reforms aim to standardize instruction and encourage notes and periodic exams.
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Harry Aeheaten
Tunis
North Africa
el Azhar
Cairo
Pes
Morocco
Alexandra
Egypt
Harry Johnston
Morgue
Erbes Lezeed
Medressaha
Sheik
Enki
Europe
America
Race of Natchez and Robert G Steemers on the Mississippi
A vivid reminiscence of a July race on the Mississippi between two side wheel steamers, the Natchez and the Robert G, thrilling crowds along the river. The Natchez led briefly before the Robert G surged ahead, prompting cheers and a long spectators’ vigil as riverboats flashed by.
Steamboat Race Marks History on the Father of Waters
The crowd awoke to witness a remarkable steamboat race as the Natches leaped into the wake of her sister ship. Victors include Bea St Lodis and Lee, with Captain Cannon and Captain Leathers noted as now dead. The hour of the finish is said to be unequaled in steamboating history on the river.
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Bea St Lodis
Lee
Captain Leath
Waters
Captain Cannon
Captain Leathers
Dewey for Peace Admits Self Government Key to Philippines
A London interview quoted Admiral Dewey in Naples urging immediate stop to violence and proposing self government for the Philippines as the just and logical solution. He praised the Cavite victory as decisive and said insurrection stems from long island unrest, with autonomy and possible annexation discussed later. He stressed Americans’ friendship with Filipinos and patience for a constitutional path to peace.
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New York
London
London Daily News
Admiral Dewey
Naples
Cavite
Short-Lived Salmon Debate in Fresh Water Die Off Theory
Washington and Boston papers debate a publication on salmon habits noting that after entering rivers to spawn they transform into wrecks and many do not return to salt water. Some authorities estimate up to 2 percent perish and fault the fresh water journey, while others question the consistency of this view. The U S Fish Commission has not settled the issue.
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Washington Ree
Boston Transcript
Huying
Amore
United States Fish Commission
Alesina
Amone Fsh
Fish Commission
Burial of Hawaii's Queen in Honolulu Farewell
An Abilene girl in Honolulu describes the July 2 state funeral for Kapiolani, last openly crowned Hawaiian queen. The pageant blends imperial regalia with native grief, as kahilis wave over the bier, and hundreds of natives honor her memory with feasts, processions, and reverent ceremony.
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Kansas
Abilene
Honolulu
Hawaii
Kapiotani
Islands
Kalekavus
Lilioukalani
Kapiolani
Kamehameha
Crier
Royal
Mother Hubbards
Abegus
Kallulani
250 Tons of Copper Coins Landed in New Haven
New Haven Aug 2 Tons of copper coins weighing about two hundred fifty tons were unloaded from a ship that had sailed to Bombay India to purchase them for American manufacturing. The copper coins, believed to be about fifty years old, were boxed in 2099 bags. The New Haven Coinage company supplied the cargo and noted the iron and brass components were of American copper origin.
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New Haven
Vonn
Bombay
India
New Haven Eiraes Company
Soren Op Te Brass Company
Tna
Aimecican Copper
Fusionists nominate ticket in Chase County contest
Democrats and Populists held a Saturday meeting in Cottonwood and nominated fusion candidates for county offices. The slate includes W. Wood for county clerk W. Wark for surveyor Dr J Johnson for coroner and Geo Intrick as commissioner.
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Chase County
Cottonwood Pulls
Wood
W. A. Wark
Eher- Dalles
J. Johnson
Intrick
Joe Waters Advice Angers Merry Go Round Owner
Captain J G Waters stood by a wooden merry go round near a brook seeking amusement as onlookers watched. He advised the owner that horses cannot jump and perform as requested, provoking a puzzled reply and a dismissive glance as he walked away.
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J. G. Waters
St Overbrook
Plese
Shipload of Relief for Porto Rico Sent from New York
New York dispatch reports relief for hurricane victims in Porto Rico aboard the steamer Evelyn. Largely clothing and medicines, the donation includes 2,199 pairs of trousers 3,825 undershirts 2,360 wrappers and 4,608 riding skirts totaling 14,087 pieces plus 174,000 quinine tablets.
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New York
Evelyn
Merchants’ Association
H. . Hollite & Co
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