Springfield crusader Danforth tames a cow in harness
In Springfield Ohio Father Danforth known as a crusader gains attention for driving a cow in harness and milking both cows. He claims uses the leaves for feed and has started a business baling leaves for sale. He promotes health remedies in the same era.
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Springfield
Ohio
Father Danforth
Crusader
Lina Takdy
Pather
Danforth
Ant- Tin
Harnead
Horses on Snowshoes in California Mines
A San Francisco Call snippet describes California bred horses fitted with steel plated snowshoes to traverse deep winter snow in mountains. Training notes emphasize calm, steady horses, specialized footwear improvements with rubber bottoms, and attempts at white aluminum plates abandoned for steel.
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Bowman Eng
California
Horaca
Dream of Bills and a Gown at a Priority Party
Dialogue sketches Cobwigger and Mrs Cobwigger debating a dress donation to the poor at a Mo affair labeled a priority party. Mrs Cobwigger insists she would not have accepted the invitation unless giving the dress provokes talk among attendees for a month.
They Were All There. A Silent Wheel In The Window
A man tests a tiny ventilator wheel in a high window, assuring himself that none are missing as he counts his wheels. The scene shifts to a police exchange where a sergeant questions a patrolman about shooting in the line of duty and the officer cites resistance to arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
Cincinnati Tribune
Detroit Journal
Levees Threaten Arkansas Mississippi Flood Disaster
Levee near Carruthersville Missouri broke on Thursday amid rising flood fears as 8000 refugees crowd near Memphis. Rescue steamers crawl through the swollen river, reporting drownings including a mother and four children in Arkansas. Officials warn levees from Helena to Modoc may fail. United States Engineer Captain Witch receives $10000 for district relief. Islands 40 37 86 and 84 inundated. 600 residents flee homes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Carruthersville
Arkansas
Committan
Jones
Scpacet
Capetain Witch
United States Engineering Corps
Logosa
Helena
Ark
Modoc
Mississippi River
Blockade to Begin Off Crete by Naval Powers
A Rome dispatch says the blockade of Crete by the powers will start Sunday morning. Nine notices will be sent to Athens and Constantinople with details of the action and steps for neutral states. The blockades scope covers 28.24 to 26.80 east and 25.48 to 94.25 north, restricting Greek vessels while other ships may land nonmilitary goods away from troops and interior areas.
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Rome
Italy
Canéa
Crete
Athens
Constantinople
Russia to send troops for Crete occupation via Dardanelles
Russian embassy in Constantinople informs Turkey that a transport with troops to form the Crete occupation contingent will pass through the Dardanelles, as Admirals’ plan dictates. Other powers raise no objections though treaty seals straits to foreign warships. Large Greek forces and volunteers await orders in Athens.
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Goutingent
Crete
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Athens
President Nominates Five Diplomats and Officials
The president sent to the senate nominations including Powell Clayton of Arkansas to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Mexico, William M. Osborne of Massachusetts as consul general in London, John K. Gowdy of Indiana as consul general in Paris, Joseph Brigham of Ohio as assistant secretary of agriculture, Perry B. Heath of Indiana as first assistant postmaster general, and Sylvester Peterson of Minnesota as register of the Crookston land office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Peterson
Minnesota
Crookston
Minn
Report on Southern Building and Loan receivership solvency
Special Master J Caldwell reported to Judge Clark in Knoxville Tennessee that the Southern Building and Loan association is technically solvent with assets around 2 5 million but recommends appointing a permanent receiver.
Senate Recommends Bills on Elections and Debt
The Senate referred many bills from the last Congress including popular election of senators and a government debt adjustment proposal. Mr Turpie, Democrat Indiana, pledged to address the Senate Monday. Mr Grant Republican Ohio reported a Pacific Railroad bill. Lodge Republican Massachusetts moved a foreign relations inquiry on island purchases. House reconvenes at noon after adjournment. postmaster general seeks 200000 for postal congress expenses. Ways and Means not ready to report, House adjourns to Friday.
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Congress
Senate
United States
Turpie
Indianh
Grant
Ohio
Committee On Pacific Railroads
Lodge
Tapublican
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Relations
St. Croix
John
St. Thomas
West Indies
House
Postal Congress
Washington
Henderson
Town
Committee On Ways and Means
Greek Ship Sunk by Austrian Gunboat Near Candia
Advices from Canea report the Austrian gunboat Sebenico fired on and sank a Greek vessel loaded with provisions and war matériel bound for Greek forces in Crete. The attack followed insurgents firing on the Austrian ship, which then repelled them. The incident could inflame Greek public opinion and affect the regional crisis.
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Canea
Candia
Athens
Complications in Hawaii as Japanese laborers blocked
Honolulu reports customs authorities refuse landing for 587 Japanese laborers aboard the Kobe Immigration Company's Shinshu Maran. Local agents arrested for violating laws. Captain Mischaki faces refusal of clearance unless he repatriates the rejected immigrants held at quarantine since arrival.
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Honolulu
Australia
San Francisco
Thur
Kobe Immigration Company
Shinshu Maran
Mischaki
Japan
Port
Rialto Burns At Sea After Explosive Cargo
The Allan State Line steamer Carthaginian rescued the crew of the Rialto after the ship, carrying chemicals, caught fire and was abandoned on March 5 following a gale and a later hurricane. One seaman was killed and the chief mate injured in a forehold explosion that blew hatch covers into the air.
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Allan State Line
Carthaginian
New York
Glasgow
Wilson
Rialto
Newcastle
Sensational confession implicates Dr Wagner in Pearl Bryan case
Cincinnati papers issue extra editions claiming Scott Jackson and Walling confessed that Dr Wagner of Bellevue Kentucky aided them. They allege Pearl Bryan was taken to Dr Wagner's house Wednesday night and murdered the next Friday night, with Wagner confined to Lexington asylum afterward. Wagner's wife and two daughters noted. one daughter reportedly visited Jackson at the jail.
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Scott Jackson
Cincinnati
Jackson
Walling
Wagner
Belleyue
Peal Bryan
Massachusetts Petition Aims to Block Kinetoscope Exhibition
Representative Sanderson of Lynn introduced a petition in the Massachusetts house to prevent any exhibition in the state of the Corbett Fitzsimmons mill at Carson City via the kinetoscope. The petition has been signed by a majority of leaders.
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Sanderson
Lynn
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Corbett Fitzsimmons Mill
Carson City
Tariff battle shapes as Republicans push bill quickly
Washington dispatch says Republicans cleared the decks for the tariff fight with a strict rule on bill consideration. Democrats unite against the measure while Bailey argues prosperity cannot come from taxation and urges speed in passing the tariff to prove its value or force repeal if flawed.
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Washington
House
Bailey
Texas
Naver
Applanee
Heavy Wind Storm Strikes Texas Friday Night
A severe wind storm sweeping Texas Friday night caused extensive damage. In Plano the Cotton Belt and Central roads shed roofs and toppled freight cars while several residences were unroofed. injuries occurred but no fatalities reported. Widespread telegraph and telephone lines were down. Denton reported the worst damage with over a hundred houses struck and damaged. ITasca and Hutchinson also suffered significant impact.
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Texas
Plano
Sheda
Cotton Belt
Central Road
Itasca
Hutchinson
Denton
Tennessee constitutional bill advances to governor for approval
The Tennessee legislature passed the constitutional convention bills after conference committee approval. The measure heads to the governor, with a vote set for the first Tuesday in August. If a convention is called, delegates aged at least twenty seven will be elected the first Tuesday in October, with election officers serving without pay and delegates paid two dollars per diem for up to seventy one days.
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Tennessee
Conference Committee
Democrats Select Tennessee State Office Candidates
The Tennessee legislature Democrats met in a joint session Thursday afternoon to nominate candidates for state offices. William Morgan was renominated for secretary of state by 56 votes with 82 for John W. Morton, and Edward B. Craig was renominated for treasurer by acclamation.
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Tennessee
Cancun
William
Morgan
John W. Morton
Edward B. Graig
Mississippi Flood Devastation Surges Across Tennessee Arkansas
Reports from Memphis describe widespread destruction as floodwaters advance over a 100 mile stretch. Thousands displaced, livestock drowned, and homes demolished while levees are guarded by armed men to prevent breaches as rivers rise and threaten more communities along the Mississippi.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Rse
Caruthers
Ville
Austratoli
Tennessee
Arkansas
Flood Rages Through Gavan Arkansas Deep Water Submerges Homes
Dispatches describe extensive flooding from Gavan Arkansas with water reaching Tron Mountain tracks. Hundreds of section hands work to hold back the surge while at stations black residents await evacuation. Fatalities are said to be numerous, with houses submerged and cattle drowned as floodwaters rise.
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Gavan
Ark
Tron Mountain
Horrible Deed of an Old Confederate Veteran
A Columbia county Georgia farmer Wright Smith murdered his two young sons with a crutch then shot himself. He had drawn his Confederate pension in Thomson earlier, returned home in high spirits, and after a dispute with his wife killed the children in the corn crib before turning the weapon on himself.
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Wright Smith
Harlem
Columbia County
Smith
Thomson
Will Form a Federal Union of Transvaal and Orange Free State
Report from Cape Town claims President Kruger of the Transvaal and President Steyn of the Orange Free State agreed during Kruger’s visit to form a federal union of the republics. Such a union would complicate regional politics and could bolster Kruger’s position, causing concern locally.
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Transvaal
Orange Free State
Capa Town
Africa
Kruger
Transvaaal
Steyn
Pingree Loses Mayoral Office as Court Rules Against Him
Hazen Pingree loses the Detroit mayoralty after the Supreme Court rules his gubernatorial election vacated the mayor's office. The court orders a successor to be chosen at the April 5 election, noting Pingree’s governorship removed him from Detroit's mayoralty. The governor’s legislative agenda stalled.
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Supreme Court
Detroit
Mich
Disputch
Hazen
Pingree
Liberal Candidate Wins Bonaventure Seat in Commons
The Liberal Tranopis Gnite secured a 750 vote majority to return him to the Canadian House of Commons for Bonaventure. The race drew strong interest over Mgr. Blais’s push to obtain Gaite’s pledge to oppose Laurier on the school question.
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House of Commons
Bonaventure
Tranopis Gnite
Mgr. Blais
Gaite
Laurier
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