Atlantic Leads 3000 Mile Ocean Race From Sandy Hook
A fleet of sailing yachts started from Sandy Hook at 12 15 p m for a 3000 mile race to the English coast for a William of Germany cup. The Atlantic led with the Endymion and Valhalla, Thistle and Jeur de Lys close behind while square rigs lagged in light wind conditions.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Wiliam
Germany
Clyde
Hamburg
Hildegarde
Blue Peter Signals Start of Race For Fleet of Schooners
The blue peter announced departure as the fleet prepared at noon. The Ailsa and Hildegarde led with others like Atlantic Hamburg Thistle Utowana and Valhalla close behind. Collisions at the windward line caused recalls and delays. Valhalla suffered a long delay while Sunbeam Apache and Utowana lost time.
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Blue Peter
Ailsa
Hildegarde
Atlantic
Endymion
Hamburg
Thistle
Utowana
Valhalla
Sunbeam
Apache
Wilson Marshall
van Alisa
S&s
Lord Brassey
Edmund Randolph
Utewawa
Allison V. Armour
Earl
Crawford
Judge Allows Ng Jung to Keep Queue in Prison
In St Louis Judge Rogers granted Ng Jung, a Chinese convict, permission to retain his queue while serving a ninety day sentence for passing a raised ten dollar bill. He claims the queue is a religious matter and will be the first prisoner in the Missouri penitentiary not to be shorn.
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St. Louis
Rogers
United States District Court
Ng Jung
Missouri
State Penitentiary
Kaleieff Executed for Grand Duke Assassination
London May 18 dispatch reports Ivan Kaleieff who killed Grand Duke Sergious Feb 17 in Moscow has been executed.
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London
St. Petersburg
Ivan Kaleieff
Grand
Sergious
Moscow
Early Potatoes Found by Local Gardener
Geo Hobson of the Hobson and Gove jewelry firm found unusually early potatoes while digging his garden. He brought the harvest inside and had them cooked, marking perhaps the earliest potatoes tasted in the state this year.
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Geo. Hobson
Hobson
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An 1880s style advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cases cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and mentions internal action against blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle and testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Tornado Insurance Ad Urges Coverage in Temple Building
A local insurance pitch warns of costly tornado damage this year and urges residents to review policies. J. W. Morton, representing the county’s largest agency, can arrange full coverage combined with fire insurance at Temple Building. Wm. McClean visited Oskaloosa promoting the Washington County Chautauqua.
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J. W. Morton
Temple Building
Wm. McClean
Oskaloosa
Washington County
Unusually Low Summer Rail Fares West and Northwest
Burlington offers half fare and special return options to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Utah with various June August and September dates plus other western routes including Pacific Northwest Yellowstone Park and Black Hills of South Dakota. Low rates for side trips and many stopovers. descriptive literature available from J E Kunath Agent.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Utah
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Billings
Scenic Rockies
St. Paul
California
Northwest
Yellowstone Park
Park
Gardiner
Monida
Scenic
Cody
Big Horn Basin
Black Hills
South Dakota
Deadwood
Hot Springs
Lead and Custer
Sheridan
Wyo
Burlington
J. E. Kunath
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Oxford
Gibson
Oxfords
W. N. Bragg Plumbing and Heating
Schneider Building
ICE Cream
Roy Y. Stichter
Arkansas Valley
United States
Rocky Ford
W. J. Black, G. P. A
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" Railway Co
Chicago
Santa Fe
Blue Water
Barr
Allen
Jeur de Lys
Clarice
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Sergius
Reeves
Double Cylinder
Dead Center
Neeves
H. P
STECK
Washington National Bank
Ior
H. F. Steck’s
East Side Jeweler
of Washington National Bank
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Louisville
Knoxville
L. Stone
Gen
L Pass. Agt
Louisville, Ky
Florida
Frisco System
Frisco
Southern Railway
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern Limited
Passenger Traffic Department
Saints Louis
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