Turbulent turn in Russia as parliament dissolves
July 22 dispatch reports the imperial ukase dissolving parliament and government forces mobilizing in St. Petersburg. The capital shows a military buildup with four infantry regiments of guards and machine-gun units as tensions rise and expectations mount for peasant uprisings. Wireless contact from Spitzbergen notes progress on polar expedition facilities and Wellman’s aerial voyage hopes for August initiation.
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Spitzbergen
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Nerway
Pole
Camp Welman
Baloon House
Walter Wellman
Wellman-Chicago Record- Herald
Six carloads of fruit shipped daily from Wenatchee
Six carloads of fruit are shipped daily from Wenatchee with prospects to double within ten days. Half goes through the Wenatchee Fruit Growers Association and half via commission men. prices are high and contracts favor the association, boosting growers’ returns.
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Wenatoshee Fruit Growers Association
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Fruit Growers Association
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Entiat
Russell Sage Dies of Heart Failure at Cedarcroft
New York reports Russell Sage died suddenly at his Lawrence Long Island country home Cedarcroft. Cause was heart failure from old age complications. He would have turned 90 on August 4. Services set at West Presbyterian Church and interment in Troy. executors named Mrs Sage and Col Slocum. Sage's vast interests likely endure.
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Vrona
Omeda County
Eliza
Pendance Sage
Connecticut
Henry
la Crosse Railroad Company
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Sage
Exchange
Shooting kills two women near Memphis in July tragedy
In Memphis on a picnic outing near Helena Roberta Hotchkiss and Maud Trotters were shot dead by Robi Hotchbise who used a double barreled shotgun. Hotchkiss fled after the attack and remains at large amid an active search. No motive has been determined.
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Helena
Robi Hotchbise
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Maud Trotters
Hotchkiss
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