Roosevelt Visits Illinois Arsenal and College Dedication in June
President Roosevelt spent four hours in Springfield where he toured the State Arsenal and Armory and attended a college dedication. He spoke at the Lincoln Monument gathering with colored troops and later addressed students about the duty of education in nation building.
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Welt
Battery A
Danville
Arsenal
Lincoln Mount
National
Lincoln-McKinley Veteraners’ Association
Cal
Yates Asirman
Governo Yates
Roosevelt
Govgor
Ator Cullom
Toe Uese
Republic
Wabash
Roosevelt's Final 14,000 Mile Tour Reaches Danville
President Roosevelt spoke to about 10,000 at Decatur and Danville events during the last leg of his cross country journey. Attendees included Wilson and Fairbanks as the president toured Springfield and Decatur before heading to Washington.
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Esident
Washington
Danville
Wilson
Botary
Loeb
Lena Beveridge
Fairbanks
Ina
Navy
Cowboy Raid Ends in Berry Family Slaughter
A gun battle near St Mianets Kansas leaves four Berry family members dead and three cowboys killed after a ford riders attack the home as the Berry father and sons defend the house. A pursuit across open country preceded the final blaze toward the homestead. The oldest Berry, John, is wounded but remains mounted during the retreat.
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Lincoln
Neb
Superior
St. Mianets
Kan
Lerry Faniry
Oder
Berry
Berrys
John
Flood Toll Rises as Seven More Bodies Found
Topeka reports seven additional flood victims bringing known dead to seventy one and thirty identified. Many bodies remain unrecovered as the river falls and North Topeka lies in ruins. Nearby towns report diminishing waters and slow recovery while crop losses loom.
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Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Manhattan
Abilene
Salina
Florence
Lincoln Center
Hutch- Inson
Indiana Pharmaceutical association meets in Lafayette
The twenty second annual meeting in Lafayette Indiana drew over 200 druggists. President O C Bastian of South Bend presided. After reports from secretary and committees the delegates took a car ride. The evening featured an address by Professor Stanley Culter.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
O. C. Bastian
South Bend
Stanley Culter
Minnesota Foresters Court rejects two proposed changes
In Des Moines on June 5 the Minnesota grand court of Foresters of America rejected both proposed changes to its name and officers pay. It elected new officers led by Grand chief ranger John Wilson of Oskaloosa Iowa and recording secretary J D Kistler of Boone Iowa.
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Des Moines
Minnesota
Grand Court of Foresters of America
Iowa Court
John Wilson
Oskaloosa
J. D. Kistler
Boone, la
Scott Wins Fourth District Supreme Bench Seat
In the official count for Illinois Fourth Supreme Judicial District Guy C. Scott of Aledo is elected to the state supreme bench by forty nine votes over Republican Judge Joseph N. Carter of Quincy. Carter opposes pursuing a contest though.
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Quincy, IL
Fourth Supreme Judicial District of Minors
Guy C. Scott
Aledo
State Supreme Bench
Joseph N. Carter
Quincy
Carter
Jewelry Theft After Evening Ride In Ypsilanti
In Ypsilanti on June 5 two students from Ann Arbor befriended two girls and went to one girl’s home. They departed on the last car and later the ring worth 200 dollars was found missing from the owner.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Ann Arbor
Dense forest fire smoke casts yellow pall over Boston
In Boston on June 5 the air wore a pronounced yellow tint from long forest fire smoke. The sun appeared but dimmed under the smoky pall, causing throat and eye discomfort to residents sensitive to smoke.
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Boston
A Night With a Mystery
A widow named Haynes vanishes from a well known village home near London after spending the afternoon in her sitting room. Scotland Yard investigators search for six months without trace, leaving the mystery unsolved.
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O. B. Warner
Haynes
London
Scotland Yard
Haunted House Night Watcher Fails to Prove Ghosts
A writer describes a long abandoned mansion once leased by a hard headed grocer who claimed the place was haunted. He visits at midnight with revolver and candle, hears only footsteps and silence, and leaves convinced the tales are exaggerated as the roof later collapses and a widow’s skeleton is found in a secret closet. Washington notes follow with Attorney General Knox ruling Machen within law selling coal to the Post Office.
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Tie
M. Quad
Washington
Knox
Payne
A.W. Machen
Post Office Department
Free Delivery Department
Machen Bros
A. W. Machen
Pierce
John Green
Danville
Boyle Co
Blacksmiths Return to Work After Strike
Four hundred blacksmiths who walked out on May 18 in solidarity with strike helpers have returned to work to avoid suspension from the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths for contract violations. The helpers also resumed duties.
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Chicago
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Baseball Scores From Chicago June 5
Baseball scores summarize afternoon games across leagues with results in Chicago and other cities. Key outcomes include New York 9 over Chicago 1 in Chicago, Pittsburg 5 over Boston 0, St Louis 5 over Brooklyn 2, Philadelphia 6 over Detroit 4, New York 6 over Cleveland 8, Washington 9 over St Louis 1, Boston 10 over Chicago 3, and Des Moines 6 over Denver 1. A fire destroyed a Midland plant amid weather notes.
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Chicago
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Des Moines
Denver
Peoria
Omaha
Milwaukee
Ohio Republicans Indorse Roosevelt and Hanna for Senate
Columbus June 1 Ohio Republicans endorsed Theodore Roosevelt for 1904 and renewed support for Mark Hanna as senator. The ticket includes Myron T Herrick for governor Warren G Harding for lieutenant governor and other statewide offices. The platform praises Roosevelt and Hanna while backing tariff unchanged and calls for constitutional amendments, canal maintenance, improved roads and Ohio river work. Foraker lauded Hanna as permanent chairman and the convention stressed harmony on the ticket.
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Columbus
Myron T. Herrick
Cuyahoga
Warren G.marding
Marion
W. J. Guilbert
Noble
W. McKinnon
Ashtabula
Wade U. Wils
Tamilton
Supreme Court
A. N. Summers
Clarke
HK. A. Jones
Stark
Roosevelt
McKinley
Hanna
Taft
Philippines
Congress
Electoral College
Senator Hanna
Foraker
Tlands
Herrick
Harding
Harmony
Nine Die In Santa Fe Wreck Near Stilwell Kansas
A head on collision between two Santa Fe trains north of Stilwell Kansas leaves nine dead and twenty eight injured. Names listed include H B Ward Frank Hoover of Steubenville Ohio and B McMahon of Prescott Arizona with others injured or missing. Wells Fargo express messenger remains trapped under debris. Five coaches and both engines derailed.
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Kansans City
Times
Paola
Kan
Santa Fe
Stilwell
H. B. Ward
Frank Hoover
Steubenville
B. McMahon
Prescott
A. T
William Woods
Owen Patchman
Ottawa
John Green
Wells-Fargo Express
Governor Yates Smokes 25 Cent Cigars by Error
Report from Springfield Illinois states that callers at the executive mansion recently used 25 cent cigars for Governor Yates. A special Chicago batch for a state dinner was found insufficient, forcing a local dealer to supply a final lot.
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Springfield
Als
Yates
Chicago
Tie Up of Hash Houses in Chicago Downtown
Waiters, waitresses and cooks in several downtown Chicago restaurants walked out. About 100 at Vogel's and nearly as many at King's joined the strike before the noon rush, followed by other employers.\n
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Chicago
Vogelsang’s
King’s
Indictment Continued At Quincy Amid Hazy Terms
A terse notice reports another indictment at Quincy, dated June 5, listing a second case in a series. The fragmentary text is unclear on charges or defendants, but confirms ongoing legal action in the county courthouse.
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Quincy
Aletmant
Thea Saldermante
Charges Hit Western Illinois Official Over Telephone Bribe
The Western Illinois Telephone Company president Irwin is charged with giving ten thousand dollars to Alderman J F Tellet to secure a telephone franchise. The case involves bribe receipts of nine thousand and six thousand dollars cited in Goshen and Janesville reports.
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CM. Nrwin
Western Illinois Telephone Company
J. FP. Tellet
Toblebnesher
Irwin
Bende
Indiana and Iowa Forecasts Show Partly Cloudy Skies
The forecast calls for part cloudy conditions with possible showers in southern ports of Indiana and Iowa. South and west areas may see showers while Michigan and Wisconsin remain generally fair with variable winds.
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Indiana
South Port
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Daily Live Stock and Grain News Update
Estimated receipts and bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and lambs across Chicago and East Buffalo with price quotes for steers heifers cows and calves. Midwest grain futures mixed with St Louis and Cleveland market notes and a public sale announcement for the Missouri river bridge at Sioux City.
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Chicago
Howe
Texas
East Buffalo
Eastuffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevena Live Stock Commission
Sioux City
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Missouri River
South Sioux City
College Education Its Value to the Citizen in This Age of Great Commercial Combinations
A Minneapolis commencement address at the University of Minnesota features James TH, a New York corporation lawyer, arguing that trust consolidation offers opportunities for educated men and women and praising educated women's rising role. He warns against false prosperity, notes dangers in mergers, and urges respect for American womanhood and hard work.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
America
James TH
New York
DMN
Wall Street
Sunday baseball ban sweep through Benton Harbor
Angered local fans push a movement to close Sunday base ball and shutter soda fountains restaurants drug stores and trolley lines with a petition to the sheriff the effort led by saloonkeepers gains broad support across residents. In Kenosha Wisconsin stockholders accept a $50 000 outside capital offer to take control of the Citizens Telegraph and Telephone Company with Chicago investors represented by Kavanagh and Pringle.
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Benton Harbor
Calla
Kenosha, Wis
Citizens’ Telegraph and Telephone Company
Chicago
Messrs. Kavanagh and Pringle
Life boat drifts to Chicago after Muskegon incident
Three occupants aboard a life boat from Lake Michigan reach Chicago after drifting from Muskegon. Marie Ware, recently resigning US commissioner at Eugene Oregon, is arrested for conspiracy to obtain public funds by fraud. The report notes social fashion shifts and other unrelated items from Newport and Chicago.
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Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Chicago
Marie Ware
United States
Eugene
Ore
Newport
R. L
Hart
Plairsville
Mary Morse
Tenry G. Morse
New York Shipbuilding Company
Iarry A. Horner
Fred TD. Grant
Mia
Grant
San Antonio
Tex
West Point
Augustus W. Machen
Free Delivery Service
Grand
Washington
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Illinois
State Arsenal and Armory
Goveror Yates
Lincoln Monument
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Hamilton Club
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Isevelt
James Mill University
Es Millekin
Milliken
Indiana Pharmaceuticata
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Midland
Mannftnatneine Aanmnanw
Hanna and
Ohio
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Phenes
Goshen
Laud
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German Paptleta
Dunkerle
Hoe
Janesville
Wis
Terman Zimmerman
Howse Park
Chicago Grain
At. Loale Grain
Milwaukee Grain
June S
Cleveland Union Stock Yards Company
Farmers’ and Drovers’ Stock Yards Company
John F. Whitelaw
Avereewe
Larnin
Ims
Heaton Harbor
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Onaeth
Krew
Vreeldent
Oak M. Keon
View
Weank Lane
Onahler
Citizen's National Bank
Thaw, Jenkins & Co
Win
Jenkins A
State Baok
Lowa
Viret National Bank
Viret Nations
Uhleen
P. J. Nanley
Washington County
Schuyler W. Livingston
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Marsh W. Bailey
Mite
Kuac
W. M. Butterfield
Uratt's
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A. Kh. Dewey
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Alberson's Grocer
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Fort Worth
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Malian
Rupe
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Davenport
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New Set Abstract Books
J. L. Brookmart
Lance
Opera House
Prowse
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MH. & W. Scofield
Osteopathy
C. S. Harper
Kiein & Co
Arthaud, Osteopath
Pfior
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
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J. A. Cunningham
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Ass'toCashier
Anon McCuuy
Dinecrons
BK. F. Brown
A. Hervey
W. A. Moore
W. W. Wilson
DD. J. Palmer
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Chas, Ohngemach
DM McLaughlin
A. White
K. G. Wilson
Henry Knecht
Tabor
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Iowa Central
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Paul
Peoria Mail
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Harry TraMic
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