Hawaii's Greatest Need Aided by American Farmers
Congressman from Pennsylvania says Hawaii must attract American farmers to develop the islands. He notes labor shortages and low native quality, calling for vigorous settlers to farm coffee tobacco pineapples rubber and other tropical crops, with the climate no hindrance.
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San Francisco
Congressional
Hawaii
United States
Sherman
EK. FB. Acneson
Pennsylvania
Village Poo Bah Daniel Poster of Mosherville Mich
Daniel Poster known as Uncle Daniel, a 70 plus Quaker preacher and versatile handyman in Mosherville, is famed for sermons painting woodwork and church duties. He Travels to other towns for painting work and can fill village pulpits at short notice. He owns a fine farm in Moscow township.
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Mosherville
Mich
Daniel Poster
Tnele Daniel
Daniel
Moscow Township
Longest living central Illinois resident passes at 98
Havana Illinois reports Mrs. Lucin da Watkins died at her Oakford home after celebrating a 98th birthday. She had lived on the same farm for 79 years and left a six generation family totaling more than 700 descendants including six generations crowned by six year old Master Lloyd Ashurst.
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Havana
Lucinda Watkins
Oakford
Illinois
Temperance Hilliard
Sarah Davis
Kilbourne
Mary Showalter
Bath
Bessie Ashurst
Lloyd Ashurst
Wkilbourne
Mass dismissal at Pozanawski cotton mills in Lodz
In Lodz Russia Poland on June 10 the murder of the mill manager triggers the shareholders to dismiss all 4,700 workers and close the works. Officials have fled the city fearing terrorist violence after earlier strikes and disturbances.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Pozanawski Cotton Mills
Dunn Leads Creighton In Third District Race By 10000
Complete returns from most counties in the Third supreme judicial district show Frank K. Dunn of Charleston Republican ahead of Judge James A. Creighton of Springfield Democrat by about 10 000 votes. Only two counties remain uncounted.
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Springfield
Supreme Judicial District
Supreme Court
Jacob W. Wilkin
Frank K. Dunn
Charleston
Rep
James A. Creighton
Narrow Escape From a Horror at Bonne Terre Shaft
An underground dynamite explosion at the Hoffman shaft of the St. Joseph Lead Co in Bonne Terre Missouri injures George Turner who is not expected to survive. Thirty eight boxes detonated as twelve of sixteen mules perished and two hundred miners had just left the shaft moments before.
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Bonne Terre
Hoffman
St. Joseph
George Turner
Roosevelt nomination forecast by Rep Sherman
Washington reports Rep Sherman of New York, chair of the Republican congressional committee, told reporters outside the White House that New York favors Roosevelt and predicts he will be nominated and re elected.
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Washington
New York
Roosevelt
Sherman
Republican Congressional Committee
White House
City Lineman Rescued After Ten Minutes Afloat
Bay City Michigan June 10 John Crampton a city lineman hung fifty feet above the ground for ten minutes with his spur snagged in a wire. He calmly directed rescuers and was brought to safety.
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Bay City
Mich
John Crampton
Medical Director Marmion Dead at 63 in Washington
Washington June 10 Medical Director Robert A Marmion U S N retired died at emergency hospital after a stroke of apoplexy while walking along Pennsylvania Avenue near the treasury He was 63 years old.
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Marmion
Washington
Robert A. Marmion
Pennsylvania Avenue
the Treasury
Armed Men Rob St. Petersburg Street Robbery In City Suburb
An official of the Koppel factory was attacked by five armed men on a suburban street in St. Petersburg and robbed of 3400 dollars. The assailants fled the scene and were not identified.
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St. Petersburg
Koppel
Eighteen year old Jay Gould becomes world amateur court tennis champion
Jay Gould son of George J. Gould and grandson of the Wall Street wizard defeated American champ Charles E. Sands then beat Eustace H. Miles in England on May 4 to win the world championship. Gould had lost to Miles in 1906 but British experts once called him the cleverest for his age. He resides in Linkewood New Jersey.
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Jay Gould
George J. Gould
Wall Street
Charles E. Sands
England
Eustace H. Miles
Young Gould
Miles
Linkewood, N. J
Levi Lockhart Democratic Leader Dies at 91
Levi Lockhart prominent Pike County politician dies at 91 after being struck by a horse and buggy driven by three intoxicated men. He was the first person elected to Pike County’s state legislature and Lockhart township was named for him.
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Pike County
Petersburg
Ind
Levi Lockhart
Lockhart Township
Pike
Woman Dies When Lightning Strikes Clothes Line
Mrs. William Moline was resting her head on a wire clothes line at her Shoals Indiana home when a lightning flash traveled along the wire and killed her instantly.
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Shoals
Ind
William Moline
Reverend D G Stouffer Dies After Stroke in Peoria
Rev D G Stouffer oldest member of the central Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church died at Cottage hospital Peoria after a paralysis struck him Thursday and he failed to rally.
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Peoria
D. G. Stouffer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cottage Hospital
Guatemala Leader Reported Assassinated, Unconfirmed
A private dispatch from Mexico City says President Cabrera of Guatemala was assassinated yesterday, but the report has not been verified.
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City of
Mexico
Cabrera
Guatemala
Salvation Army Chief William Booth Reaches Seattle
General William Booth arrives in Seattle during a global tour of the Salvation Army. The report notes his embarkation from the West Coast as part of his world mission.
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William Booth
Salvation Army
Seattle
Trinidad
West Indies
Bald Fact and Half Holiday Exchange
A brief playful dialogue exchanges a pun on bald heads and kindness. She notes bald heads resemble kind words while he asks about it and she quips that bald heads cannot dye, ending with a light half holiday remark.
French Red Tape Delays Lobster Research Permit
A Paris professor faced heavy bureaucratic hurdles to obtain sea water for lobster studies. He must secure finance ministry permission and undergo a formal inquiry into his financial standing, slowing his laboratory work.
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Paris
France
Parisian professor seeks salt ocean level change permit
A Parisian professor pushes to lower Atlantic sea level, triggering an official investigation. After weeks a favorable report follows, with penal code extracts about the salt monopoly. Months pass before the professor can fill salt water casks at the shore under supervision and obtain interior transportation permits.
Costly razors with gold and silver handles explained
The New York Sun describes razor prices from a dollar for basic hard rubber handles to expensive options. Gold handled razors can reach 50 dollars per blade, with a pair in a silver box at one hundred dollars and ivory or silver handles adding more cost through carving or elaborate bases.
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New York Sun
Elderly Woman Declares Husband’s Settlement At St Andrews
In Bungay a magistrate asked a widow why she believed her late husband's settlement was at St Andrews. She replied, determined, that he was born there, married there, and buried there, and that should count as settling him there.
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Bungay
St. Andrews
London Telegraph
Egotist is the man who says he is smarter than any one else
A father and mother discuss the idea that an egotist believes he is smarter than everyone else. The father asserts self superiority, while the mother notes many people think they are. The dialogue presents a cautious definition contrasting common belief.
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Bertie
Father
Small matters loom large for a proud man
A Washington Star quotation features Miss Cayenne debating a man who treats minor issues with intense seriousness. The exchange highlights pride and self esteem as key motivators in handling trivial matters.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Strong minds endure hardship without complaint quote
A compact quotation notes that strong minds suffer without complaining while weak ones complain without enduring hardship. It frames resilience as a decisive trait and contrasts two attitudes toward adversity.
President Carries a Gun at Masonic Cornerstone Ceremony
President Roosevelt, attending the corner stone laying for a Masonic temple, was observed carrying a revolver beneath his coat. The incident occurred as an apron was tied and the weapon came into view. He urged Masons to be good citizens and help uplift the nation. The gavel, trowel, and Bible used linked to historic Washington rituals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Masonic Temple
George Washington
Capitol
DUMA IS SAVED AGAIN
The radical members of the lower house failed to force compulsory land expropriation as the Constitutional Democrats secured a center and right majority. The victory preserves the duma but may harm CD prestige among peasants and delays expropriation, though its spokesman claimed continued necessity.
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St. Petersburg
Agrarian Commission
Constitutional Democrats
Duma
Dan Coughlin Set Free After Habeas Corpus Hearing
James E. B. Davis of Puerto Cortez identified four ways as Dan Coughlin of Chicago a convict in the Crovin case and sought on jury bribery charges. He was released on a writ of habeas corpus after two days in jail and departed in an automobile. he has not been located.
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Mobile
Ala
James EB. Davis
Puerto Cortez
Dan Coughlin
Chicago
Coughlin
Entrance exams restored for West Point cadets
Washington June 10. After a thorough trial showing many cadet failures came from cadets admitted without entrance exams, the war department reverts to the old practice. All candidates must undergo rigid entrance examinations to qualify for admission.
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West Point
Washington
War Department
May Sutton Falls to Mrs Sterry in Manchester Final
May Sutton of California loses the tennis final in Manchester England to Mrs Sterry formerly Miss Cooper the English champion. Dorchester Massachusetts marks its 77th founding anniversary.
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May Sutton
California
Manchester
England
Sterry
Miss Cooper
Forest Home Cemetery Association
Milwaukee
Dorchester
Mass
Howard Gould
Supreme Court
Kurrachi
India
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