Fever Nest in City Improves as Italy Cases Jailed
Yellow fever in New Orleans shows progress with 62 new cases to date 1285 and 188 deaths. Authorities target mosquito control strict enforcement of ordinances and jail violators. Italians in a swamp camp are under investigation after a death, while Riverside St. Mary Parish reports 48 fever cases and three deaths. Alexandria records one case. patrols tighten quarantine and freight movement remains open.
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Board of Health
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Europe
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Archbishop Chappelle
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Marine Hospital Service
Thomas Langley's Funeral Service in Washington
Thomas Langley, longtime Washington resident and cabinetmaker, dies at Gen. Harries home. Funeral services to be held at Hamline M E Church and Gen. Harries home, with interment at Glenwood Cemetery. Langley survived by two daughters, Mrs Harries and Mina R. Hephrey.
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Thomas Langley
George H Harries
Ge. Harries
PF Street
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Doney
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Jobn A. Price
Glenwood Cemetery
Mrr
Langley
Washington
Treasury Department
Charles 3. Guiteau
Faent Garfield
Inhabitants’ Association
McKendree M. E. Church
Hamline M. BE. Church
Hamline
Thomas B. Roach
Mc¢Kendree
Mina
Mayor Declares Jacek Manning Identity True
Detective Bureau Chief reports a letter from Mayor Goodykunts of Boone Iowa confirming the boy who arrived with funds and a railroad ticket is John Manning, the missing 17 year old, not an impostor. Dr Manning received the Boone note and sent payment by check.
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Boone
Iowa
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Manning
Mother Goose Lawn Party Planned by Whitney Avenue Society
The Whitney Avenue Christian Endeavor Society announces a Mother Goose Lawn Party at Mrs Munro's Briar Pod Avenue home. Activities include a goose, candy from Old Woman, Jack Horner serving pies, and a pond tended by Fishermen Three. Committee heads and volunteers oversee ice, cake, candy, flowers, grabs, and refreshments.
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Felows
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Edna Bond
J. W Payne
Munto Popcarn
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Helen Wesson
Hoa Bond
J. Degges
Schraudner
Cold Days in August Break Record Humidity in Heat Talk
Mr Frankenfield notes a cool August night with temps dipping to fifty five degrees and recalls 49 degrees as the record low on August 29, 1890. He cites weather lore about 1816 frost months and stresses corn needs heat while predicting strong wheat yields and abundant corn in drought-affected West regions.
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Pennsylvania
Corn
Transatlantic Steamer Movements and Arrivals Aug 18
Shipping news notes several vessels in wireless contact and near Nantucket Lightship. Philadepnia bound for New York from Southampton and Cherbourg sails. La Savoie from Havre near Nantucket. Campania from Liverpool east of Nantucket Shoals Lightship expected by morning. Additional entries list Calite, La Gascogne, Homburg, Potedam, Patricia, Lucania, Bremen and others arriving or sailing to and from New York, Liverpool, Queenstown, Boulogne, and Cherbourg with timing estimates around Aug 18.
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Queenstown
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Browhead
Tacania
Dover
Mass Meeting Protests Typographical Union Expulsion
About 100 Columbia Typographical Union No 161 members gathered at the Government Printing Office to protest the International Typographical Union convention in Toronto for expelling Shelby Smith of Philadelphia Union No 2. The resolutions urged moderation and oppose ex parte discipline while supporting the eight hour day.
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Government Printing Office
International Typographical Union Convention
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Canada
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D’clark
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Smith
Edgar B. Merritt
I. M. Ring
Harry Templar
Torontc
Philadelphia
International Typographical Union
Ashtin
Weather Conditions and Local Report for August 18, 1905
Weather bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau notes higher temperatures east of the Mississippi with cooler readings in Missouri Arkansas Kansas Nebraska and Eastern Colorado. Showers are forecast across the South Atlantic East Gulf States Central Valley Upper Lake region and Lower Lake region with likely thunder squalls on Saturday afternoon. Local report records temperatures at multiple times midnight to 10 p m with highs and lows, humidity, rainfall, sunshine percent and downtown readings at Affleck’s thermometer.
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Miravuri
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Yalley
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Lower Lake Region
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Haat Gulf State
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Middle Atlantic
Tia East Gulf Coast
West Gulf
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Upner Lakes
Superior
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Grand Banks
Bam
Graft Allegations Stir Chicago Legislature Vote Sell Saga
Fragmentary OCR reveals claims that several legislators in Chicago were accused of selling votes for small sums while references to baseball, city notices, and public chatter surface. Names, places, and exact details are unclear in the readable text.
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Chicago
Beveral Arkingas
Grafton Ge
Typographical Union Sets January 1 Start For Strike Aid
The International Typographical Union in Toronto voted to pay 250 dollars weekly to aid Philadelphia printers on one condition that the Philadelphia union matches the sum A resolution to keep union men from joining the militia failed A proposed bill to pay pension for long earned wages was rejected The anti ticket scalping law was condemned Reports on work hours and other union matters followed in the session
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Ont
Aus
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Philadelphia Union
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United States
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Xacon
Renal
Martiseiis
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Glock
Shelby Smith
Tn Alphia
Must Remove Bay Window Legal Opinion Targets 418 East Capitol Street
E H Thomas acting corporation counsel urged the commissioners to sue the owner at 418 East Capitol Street to compel removal of a bay window violating building regulations. The action seeks to remedy a constricted bay window deemed an infraction of buidlive rules. Hamilton Institute Robbed Principal reports break in at 1407 H Street NW with about 160 in valuables taken. Russell Presents Credentials American Minister William W Russell to present credentials to President Castro in Caracas on August 22.
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East Capitol Street
Hamilton Institute
Phoebe H. Seabrook
H Street
A Russell
Caracas
Venezuela
William W. Russell
Castro
Tequey Bugology from the Philadelphia Reco
A whimsical, tongue in cheek piece on urban bugs in transit cars near Chester, describing sugar fleas from distant lands and a parade of insect life among passengers. It notes baths to deter fleas and playful observations of bug guided courtship on white dresses and lingerie waists amid a bustling trolley scene.
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Chester
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Havana
Fies
Hurdy Gurdy in Chinatown Awakening Culture War
From the New York Press an Italian organ grinder tours Chinatown and witnesses Chinese dancers reacting to American waltz tunes. A local observer notes Chinatown is waking up to the hurdy gurdy as a new social force, with attitudes shifting toward street music and entertainment.
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Chinatown
Mted
Ching Town
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Perdons
Pests On The Wing Spread In The City
A widespread plague of mosquitoes invades docks and Fleet Street areas. They swarm along the river and shorelines, breeding in shallow graveyards and hospital grounds. Hospitals report many cases daily across men women and children, with warmer weather boosting their numbers and spreading into previously unaffected districts.
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Docks
Fleet Street
Manes
Sosie
Eissax
Pat Thiesy
Trial of Capt Taggart Focuses on Christ Hospital Records
In Wooster Ohio the Taggart case centers on records at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. If produced, the records may shape the trial next week. Defense hints Taggart suffered mental lapses after Philippines service, with letters offered as possible debility evidence. The first witnesses for Mrs Taggart are deemed unimportant.
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Ohio
Taggart
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
J. B. Taylor
Army
Smwayser
Philippines
Hiimeelf
Alsandy
Debie
Rommel Widely Noted Philadelphia Lawyer Wed in Atlantic City
J Martin Rommel of Philadelphia a prominent lawyer and Republican figure died after long illness. A Pennsylvanian political insider and executive member of the National Republican Committee he was 37. In Wilkes Barre W Rockafellow pioneer banker and former city treasurer died at 71 after a long career ending in retirement.
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Martin Rommel
Atlantic City
Penn
Sylvania
Transa
National League of Republican Cubs
Rommel
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W. Rockafellow
Lancoth
German Scientist Improves Telegraphic Photo Engraving
Photographs by wire report shows Prof Korn of Mimich advancing telegraphic reproduction. Experiments under French telegraph service link Paris to Rouen using an instrument by Farn to transmit photographs handwriting and photo engravings to a distant point. The process relies on crystalline selenium whose light sensitivity changes electrical resistance with exposure.
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London Mall
Korn
Pldice
Paris
Roue
Arn
Sugar Rate War Continues Despite Compromise Talks
New York August 18 The sugar rate war among Eastern Western and Gulf line railroads continues after a peace meeting at Niagara Falls last week. A tentative end to the dispute failed as several conferees cast negative votes delaying any settlement and scrapping plans for another conference in New York next Wednesday. The dissenting railroads were not identified.
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Niafara Falls
Ines
Ereed Ad
Penmanship Decline From Ornate Copperplate to Legibility
The London Daily Express notes handwriting has faded from ornate copperplate artistry to basic legibility. Master Pritchard of Skerry's College cites a shift toward exams, with emphasis on clear, readable writing over stylized penmanship. Lessons now prepare for government tests, not artistic flourish.
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London Daily Express
Pritchan
Mr. Pritchard
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