Fever has gone Santiago yellow fever outbreak note
Washington reports a Santiago yellow fever outbreak with a War Department bulletin listing deaths: Private David Mulhern of the Fifty Infantry died June 16. Private Thomas Jennings of the Fiji Infantry died June 19. Private Eliott D. Holderman of the Fifth Infantry died June 19. Private Louise Waxner of the Fifteenth Infantry died June 27, attributed to yellow fever and an accidental event.
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Washington
Santiago
War Department
Havana
San
Tiago
David Mulhern
C. Fiftie Infantry
Thomas Jennings
Bund
Fiji Infantry
Fourto Principe
Eliott D. Holderman
D. Fifth Infantry
Louise, Waxner
A. Fifteenth Infantry
Sccidental Polevoing
Brooke
Roosevelt Attends Cornell Class Day Exercises in Ithaca
Gov Roosevelt spoke at Cornell armory during the Class of 99 ceremony in Ithaca on June 21. He denounced the idea that college education is useless and urged graduates to use their advantages for public service, stressing honesty, active political duty, and belief in American institutions. He warned against elites who sneer at American ideals and urged readiness to defend the country in peace or war.
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Ithaes
N.Y
Gov. Roosevelt
Cornell Armory
Willows Lin
Lowe
Roosevelt
New York Saloon Opening By Champion Jeffries
Champion Jeffries plans a New York saloon opening at Twenty eghth street and Birth avenue after his recent boxing fame and earnings. The move signals a shift from ringside to side streets as the heavyweight figure aims to attract sport fans and the general public despite lingering questions about his world title status.
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New York
Jane
Jeffries
Fetter
Pita
Iteas
Corbett
Jettries
Ini
Birth Avenue
Dastanil
Champlon
Mrs. Rorer on Complexion and Diet Advice
In the Ladies Home Journal an enquirer asks about complexion and is told true beauty stems from a healthy body overall, not mere outward application. The article notes digestion affects skin and mentions breakfast options like grape nuts.
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Tierer
Kansas man wins Harvard Rogers fellowship in economics
Kansas born Charles Sumner Griffin receives the Harvard Rogers fellowship with income up to 500 a year. He earned a Kansas State University AB, then a Dartmouth AB and AM at Harvard in 1884. Griffin studies economics in Berlin this year as a Kirkland fellow and has been a Harvard assistant and university scholar in past years. He will reside at Harvard next year to continue economics research and publishing.
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Boston
Rogers
Harvard
Charles Sumner Griffin
Kansas
Kansas State University
Darnard
Kirkland
Studing Economics
Berlin
Auademiec
Negroes Sent to Kansas Miners Amid Strike Actions
Two car loads of Negro coal liners departed Birmingham for the Weir City district in Kansas to work mines where a strike has persisted. The workers were gathered locally and unaware of the ongoing strike, marking a second removal in two weeks that impacts the region.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kansas City
Memphis Armingham
Weir City
Kansas
Wesr City
Bold Mail Robbery Shocks Chicago Post Office Drivers Arrested
Chicago post office drivers Walter Porter and John Newman confessed to a large scale mail theft scheme begun in June. Police found hot money orders and checks, including a $20,000 item, at their residence on 260 South Halacead Street. Mail was taken in pouches from post office wagons to rail stations. three sacks were taken in one day.
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Chicago
Postoffice
James Stuart
Walter Porter
John Newman
Port
Porter
Newman
South Halacead Street
Spanking Case in Brooklyn Brings Damages
In Brooklyn a father spanked his neighbor’s child Wallace Barbier aged seven in the presence of the mother and grandmother. Mrs Barbier sued for 35000 damages to her nerves and the grandmother for 10. The jury awarded Mrs Barbier the damages and the defendant paid immediately, deeming the spanking a cheap investment.
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New York
Wallace Barbier
Philip Bonnell
Arthur W. Ponnell
Philip
Barbier
Brooklyn
Bonnell
Therfore
Sttt
Gaynor
Ronnell
Clyde Mattox Denies Ties to Horse Thief Gang
Clyde Mattox writes to Guthrie authorities denying involvement with a gang of horse thieves and challenging Captain W W Painter to prove the accusal, promising to meet to discuss the claim and naming Ponca as a potential meeting point. The note is published as forwarded correspondence from Guthrie.
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Clyde Mattox
Oklahoma
Mattox
W. W. Painter
Guthrie
Mr. Eichter
W. W
Clyde Mattox Bt
Ponca
Salina Moves to Refinance City Debt
Salina plans to restore financial standing by funding $44,000 Rock Islands with accumulated interest over $5,090. The ordinance also directs $5,000 of refunded sewer bonds and aims to reduce total indebtedness by more than $13,000, aligning with other cities paying 4 percent.
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Salina
Rock Islands
Gen Hughes Aides Policy Changes Publicized
Gen J W Hughes announces start appointments including Luther Burns as captain and assistant adjutant general, Chas P Drew of Burlingame as captain and quartermaster, H Lewis of Emporia as captain and engineer, and Fr W Porter of Tupeks as first lieutenant and aide de camp.
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Gen. Hughes
J. W. ¥. Hughes Hias
Luther Burns
Stanley
Chas. P. Drew
Burlingame
H. Lewis
Emporia
Fr. W. Porter
Tupeks
Sword with 1786 inscription found after thirty years
Gov Tanner in Springfield receives word from James Jones of Jones Mill Alabama that an old sword lost at Kenesaw Mountain Georgia on June 27 1864 bears inscription referring to Major Eureka 81th Illinois Volunteers. Major Eureka 81 still resides in Eureka and grants plan to return sword. Jones offers to send it with a $5 check if possible.
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Springfeld
Tanner
James TH. Jones
Jones’ Mill
Ala
Kenesaw Mountain
Tureka
S4th Tiknole
A. G. Gondapeed
Jo Major
Eureka
Hlinolp
Jones
Capt
Major
Guffey Supports Bryan for President in 1900
In a June 21 letter from J M Guffey of Pittsburgh a national Democratic committeeman, he denies rumors and asserts Pennsylvania and its delegation will back William J Bryan for president on any platform chosen by the 1900 convention.
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Butte
Letters Held Sacred Denial of Mail Censorship by Manila
Washington reports June 21 that claims of censorship on mail homeward from the Philippines by volunteers, including a Nebraskan, are denied by Manila Director of Posts Vaille. He asserts no letters are tampered with and labels the censorship story as politically manufactured.
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Philippine Mail Service
Washington
Philippines
Manila
Pests Vaille
Vaille
Daly Going to Denver in 1900s Era Investment Move
Denver reports Marcus Daly the Montana millionaire plans to relocate to Colorado with an estimated 6 to 10 million dollars for investment. He intends to build a Denver home, has land options for a stock ranch, and aims to engage in smelting and refining independently of the ASARCO company. Also noted are brief clippings from Athens Ohio about Dr C W Pap and an unrelated hog event.
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Daly
Denver
Colo
The
Timies
Marcus Daly
Montana
Colorado
Feor
American Smelting and Refining Company
Music Teachers Meet at Cinci for Twenty-First Convention
The twenty-first convention of the Music Teachers No th association reconvened this morning in Cincinnati. President Arnold J. Gantvort delivers the welcoming address. Papers discuss organs, organ grinding systems, advantages to organists, and methods of teaching rhythm and phrasing in school music. A round table on organ teachers opens with several papers and discussions. A postscript notes a disappearance case tied to a private detective and extradition proceedings involving a boy named Chase.
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Cincinat
Odeon Batt
Music ‘Teachers Noth Association
Warshal
Arnold J. Gantvort
Philip Wertuner
Reasurer
A. Fowler
Carl G. Schmit
Morristown
N. J
Artivir TL
Manchester
Camden
S.J
Fred A. Fowler
New Haven
Conn
HC. Davis
Augnta
Tyee Glover
JA. Bergen
Lafayove
Ind
Edward G. Rose
Harrisburg
Emma H. Thompson
Detroit
Edmund J. Mercer
New York
Thomax Tappe
Boston
Uris
W. FL Mulleny
Gildan Askell
Cipelmall
Mulligan
Sword for Dreyfus planned by Chicago Jews
Chicago Jews nationwide join to raise funds for testimonials honoring Captain Dreyfus Emile Zola and Col Pleewuart. A gold mounted sword for Dreyfus and a gold pen for Zola will be presented with engraved inscriptions. Donations come in ten cent pieces and total hundreds of dollars.
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Chicago
America
Dreyfus
Emile Zola
Col
Plewuart
Ficquart
Bf Dreyfus
Dunkards Ill Luck Drives Colonists to Georgia in Fractured Plan
A fragile Dunkard movement breaks from church colonization aims, shifting from Dakota settlement to Georgia. Distress and waning support spread as attempts to move families falter amid harsh winters and funding loss. About two thousand members left for the Dakotas, with many retreating as the plan unraveled.
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Georgina
South
Dakotas
Anderton
Ind
Church
Anne
Nat
Colontea
Teaupett
Dakota
Union
Georgia
Rich man and stolen: abducted by his aunt in Detroit
Moses Fowler Chase, 21, said to be mentally incompetent and worth 600,000, was abducted from a hotel by his aunt in Detroit on Sunday night while en route from a sanitarium to his home in Lafayette, Ind., with his father Frederick Chase, a lawyer, meeting at the depot and hurrying him to a Cadillac.
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Chase
Cleveland
Cincinna
Albany
N. Y
New York
Boston
Portland
Montreal
Lafayette
Hiimself
Detroit Mich
Moses Fowler Chase
Tate Sanitarium
Ftint
Bafayette
Ind
Frederick Chase
Cadill Inc
U. W
Supreme Lodge
Indianapolis
Ancient Order of United Workmen
the Order
Grand Hotel
Note of Acceptance and Early 1900s Labor News
Note of acceptance from Gov. Sayers to a Virginia governor's anti trust conference proposal. Also reports a late June apartment house fire in New York injuring Mrs Mary Caldwell and two others, with a fatal burn incident. Akron Ohio rapid transit strike settled with a ten hour day and small wage increases for motormen and conductors. union not recognized and future disputes to be arbitrated.
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Austin
Texas
Sayers
J. Hoge Tyler
Virginia
A. J. Montague
New York
Mary Caldwell
Seventeenth Street
Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Rapid ‘Trahatt Company
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