Cholera Epidemic Breaks Out in Manila and Provinces
Virulent cholera sweeps Manila and surrounding areas with 21 cases and 16 deaths reported in the city and 26 cases with 25 deaths in the provinces. Four Americans fall ill and one dies, Charles Sheehan, as Fort McKinley quarantines the area. Health officials warn natives fear and conceal illness, hindering reporting. The last Philippine outbreak was 1905 with 718 cases and 668 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Charles Sheehan
Fort McKinley
Christian G. Dwight
Sixteenth Infantry
Philippine Islands
Thirty Men Narrowly Escape in Belmont Tunnel Flooding
Thirty workers 120 feet beneath the East River in the Belmont tunnel faced a near-drowning when river bed material caused flooding in the completed tube. Work halted as the tunnel flooded between the heading and air locks. two men swam to the emergency lock while the others reached lower locks.
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New York
Belmont
East River
Manhattan
Forty-second Street
Three Die in Keystone Mine Blast In Pocahontas Field
Premature explosion at a Keystone West Virginia mine kills three men Bud Meadows Howard Howard and William Mahon were passing through an entry when gas ignited. Several rescuers are missing or fatally injured as gas and explosions hinder rescue efforts in the Pocahontas coal region.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Keystone
Bud Meadows
Howard Howard
William Mahon
Pocahontas
Explosion at Coney Island drug store injures and alarms crowd
A July 4 explosion at a Coney Island drug store shattered the building and disabled telephones. Three injured badly, one likely to die, as operators fled into the street. Separate reports describe a tornado near Waco neighbors, a man killed in sleep, and a fatal fall at White Bearville, with varying injuries and deaths.
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New York
Coney Island
Reland
Charles Fletcher
Waco
Tex
Feat Station
Mary Allen
Adams
Tawney Defends U S Government Costs in 1906 Budget
Representative Tawney, chairman of the house appropriations committee, outlines an analysis of the 1906 appropriations totaling 880,183,391 dollars. He deducts 139,456,415 dollars for Panama Canal sinking fund, showing a net government conduct cost of 740,726,886 dollars and estimates total revenues at 781,537,864 dollars.
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Washington
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
United States
Panama Canal
Victory for Hill Interests in Northwest Rail Case
In Vancouver Washington on July 4 Judge McCreedy ruled for the Portland and Seattle Hill railroad in a right of way dispute along the north bank of the Columbia river. The Columbia Valley road may build over the Portland and Seattle route if done within a reasonable time and the case will be appealed. Separately in Topeka Kansas the Santa Fe railway cut grain rates 10 cents per hundred pounds across the system, including exports to Galveston, aligning with a rival cut by Chicago Great Western. Also in Chicago a man reportedly jumped from the thirteenth floor of the Stewart building, death by suicide, with few identifying details found on the body. Webster City Iowa reported the 1,200th ballot in the thirty-seventh senatorial district deadlock, with Chase 17, Ward 19, Peterson 15.
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Vancouver
Wash
Portland
Seattle
Columbia Valley
Harriman Road
W. W. McCreedy
Columbia River
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe Railway
Galveston
Chicago Great Western
Jumpe
Chicago
Stewart Building
Webster City
Chase
Ward
Hidera
Peterson
Clarion
Chicago Saloons Capped by One Per Five Hundred People
The Harkin ordinance becomes law without Mayor Dunne signature. Robert Hill a sixty six year old former Milwaukee banker and public debt commissioner dies while commuting. Edward Page Gaston testifies before British Lords committee on juvenile smoking. Forty eight strikers at Janeway wall paper plants cause 600 layoffs in New Brunswick. Dr. D E Salmon former animal industry chief is invited to organize a bureau of animal industry for Uruguay.
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Harkin
Chicago
Dunne
Robert Hill
Milwaukee
Edward Page Gaston
House of Lords
America
Great Britain
Janeway & Co
Janeway & Carpender
New Brunswick
N. J
D. E. Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Market Quotations from Minneapolis and Chicago
Wheat prices show July through December futures on Minneapolis and Duluth track. Cattle, hogs, and sheep ranges reported for St Paul Chicago yards with varied grades and prices. Chicago grain notes July and Sept wheat and corn futures with pork and flax values and dairy and poultry hints.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Northern
St. Paul
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Northwastern
Southwestern
Gambling crackdown at French Lick hotels involves Taggart linked firm
Paoli Indiana July 4Attorney general Miller under Governor Hanly orders action to revoke the charter of the French Lick Springs Hotel company citing gambling on property. Thomas Taggart, Democratic National Committee chairman, is president of the firm. A second suit targets Baden Springs Hotel for gambling permissions. Sheriff deputies and others raid the casinos at French Lick and West Baden Springs hotels. arrests made and gambling paraphernalia seized. Miller to direct disposition of seized property
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Paoli
Ind
Charles Miller
Hanly
Orange County
French Lick Springs Hotel Company
French Lick
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Baden Springs Hotel Company
Maris
Jones
Baggerty
John Salyera
West Baden Springs
Miller
Testimony Continues in Houser Bribery Trial in Wisconsin
State Insurance Commissioner Host testifies regarding alleged 1903 distribution dispute with the Equitable Life Assurance Society. District Attorney asks if there was intent to damage Houser's candidacy. Frank Bryant testifies he was in the office when Houser allegedly proposed to Host. Defense objects to Bryant's remarks as improper bolstering. Jury excused pending ruling on admissibility.
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Madison, Wis
Host
Walter L. Houser
Hauitable Life Assurance Society de Onion
Gilbert
Houser
Insurance Investigating Committee
Mr. Host
Frank Bryant
George H. Bryant
Bryant
Bryant Aa
Commissioner Host
War on unsanitary bakeries prompts Chicago crackdown
Chicago health officers led by Chief Sanitary Inspector Hedrick launch a broad bakery probe on the Northwest Side. Inspectors report ovens and pastry tables adjacent to basements, poor washing facilities, and lack of cleanliness signs. The sanitary bureau plans rapid expansion to bake shops after current yard inspections. Other notes: Missouri Supreme Court refuses transfer in Aggie Myers case. two defendants await governor’s decision after murder conviction. A Fabre Line report notes Madonna arrives with no news of overdue liner America. Fabre officials uphold vessel safety.
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Chicago
Hedrick
Sanitary Bureau
New York
Fabre Line
Madonna
Marseilles
Naples
America
Goats Clear Rocky Hillside With Mowing Goats
A flock of Angora goats was placed on a steep rocky hillside to clear brush and briars. They penetrated the area, bent small bushes to the ground, and stripped branches until all shrubs under six feet tall were killed. Leaves sprouted again but were eaten, and by the second summer only pines and laurel remained. The goats drew attention for their long white fleeces while needing to be wall fenced due to wall-crossing behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
America
Poetry Price Records and Aged Printer's Will
A mid Victorian anecdote notes the record price for poetry at 1875 a line and 15 000 for eight lines. James Smith of Rejected Addresses fame visits London and writes a doggerel about Strachan the aging printer. Strachan, though infirm, is praised for wit and leaves Smith 16 000 by codicil to his will.
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James Smith
Smith
London
Strachan
Strachian
Alaska Adventure and Rome Allegory in Odd News Snippet
A Kansas City Journal quote reflects the frontier mood of Alaska as both adventure and romance with tales of death reports from the Klondike. The New Orleans Times-Democrat adds a humorous lost umbrella anecdote, explaining a clever trick to avoid leaving an umbrella on trains and noting lost umbrellas fund salaries.
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Alaska
New Hampshire
Klondike
Hlondiker
Kansas City Journal
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Monstrous Specter and Its Lurid Imagery
A quotable passage evokes a terrifying figure described as a disease like dust that moves and multiplies. It portrays a man who slumbers, feeds, grows, and births small versions of himself, with grasslike hair and moving glittering eyes, shocking listeners yet familiar to his peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Stevenson
The Dog's Kennel and Care Guidelines
The text warns Pamp as great evil to the dog confined outside in a kennel named Hable and emphasizes guarding against it. It notes dogs need health through sunlight, advising kennels face south, moved to shade during hottest summer parts to protect the animal.
Woes of Society Ladies Eight Hour Day Proposal
Letter to London Truth argues fashionably titled women deserve an eight hour day while rejecting ongoing scandal coverage. The missive notes the strain on imagination from constant sensational reporting and advocates a shift toward more measured reporting practices.
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London
Fragments Capture Courtroom Wit and Cracking Jokes
A disjointed exchange centers on McLush's arrest for drunkenness and a plea to bail him out. Colonel Pepper reacts with surprise, while a critic and artist trade quips about atmosphere and raising funds, highlighting a lighthearted scene amid legal trouble.
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McLush
Unclear text from newspaper clip yields fragmented phrases
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Hewitt and Jowett with unclear relation. References to a woman and a periodical named Home Companion appear without coherent context or dates. No identifiable events, persons, or places to summarize factually.
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Hewitt
Jowett
Woman's
Modest Claims Often Carry the Mogi Conviction
A trial outcome surprized many as Maxim’s testimony about a gun’s power faced Judges. The feature discusses public claims by manufacturers of a remedy touted to cure diarrhoea and cholera, noting aggressive promotion and sales by local firms Jay Johnson Co. and Williams & Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clanoherlato
D Hever
Jay Johnson Ld Co
Williams & Anderson
Over taxed kineys seek relief from back pain
An Estherville Iowa janitor Bernard Swenkon describes four years of dull back pain and episodes of weakness from kidney strain. He credits Down's Kidney Pills, bought at Williams and Anderson drug store, with relief as he continues heavy work. Foster Milburn Co. is sole agent in New York.
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Eatherville
Bernard Swenkon
Estherville
Twan
Down
Williams & Anderson
For & Bex
Gale
Foster-Milburn Co
New York
States
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D.R. Alexander Roper
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William Shoesmith
Esthervilde
Iowa
GEO. E. Patterson
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Laws
Washington, D.C
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Knight Bros
Patent Law
Herp
New
Grass Block
Hobein
Alexander Ivey
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Lowa
Emmett House
Q. Robbins
Foshier
Levell
Maple Street
Vindicator and Republican Co
Manila and
Sur
Qowher
Capi
Tal City
Fort M'Kinley
Somnambullat
Paul
Jacob Morgan
White Bearville
Morgan
Fred‘ Turner
White Bear
Hill Interests
Harriman
St.Paul
Indiana
French Lick Springs
Democratic NA
Jefferson City
Niviwon No. 2
Supreme Court
Aggie Myers
Frank Hottman
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Milam
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