Brave Stand Reported to Have Saved Legations in Peking
Foreign consuls in Shanghai announced on July 4 that the Peking legations were safe. Reports from Consul Warren and Shanghai correspondents describe Chinese forces around Tientsin and Shanghai refugees, with clashes between Russians, Japanese, and Chinese forces and heavy casualties among Chinese troops. Washington notes cautious optimism while Britain and other powers seek coordinated action.
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London
Shanghai
Peking
Warren
Foreign Office
Tlentsuma Vientsin
Tientsin
Taku
Lane Fang
The
Standard
Tientara
Tinnty Mail
Chefoo
Jutv Fi
Lender
Duist
Hiss
Staurers
Inspectorate of
Washington
State Department
United States
China
Sir Robert Hart
Destructive tornadoes strike Wisconsin and Iowa towns
A July storm event reports a violent tornado in Winnebago county Wisconsin tearing a barn at Morrisey Brom farm and injuring two owners. Berlin roofs blown off and Owen livery front shattered with injuries to Jim Quaddy and a youth. A lightning fatality hits Mike Decker of Fargoville.
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Milwaukee
Waukau
Wis
Wintebago Tonility
Wepotiskuh
Utica
Morrisey Brom
Lawrence
Pierce Morrisey
Berlin
Owen
Jim Quaddy
Fair Grounds
Mike Decker
Fargoville
Des Moines
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County
St. Anthony
Marshall County
Ilinois Central
British forces advance in South Africa as Paget pushes toward DeWet
London reports Gen Paget moving into key heartland with battles at Pleisirfontein and Branuwkopje. Bethlehem proclaimed capital as Steyn officials retreat, railway links Pretoria to Natal restored. Casualties since war start total 29,706 with detailed breakdown by rank and cause.
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London
Paget
DeWet
Lord Roberts
War Office
Pretoria
Pleisirfontein
Leeuwkop
Bronckfontein
Branuwkopje
Bethelem
Steyn
Vrede
Bethlehem
Sbuiler
Heidelberg
Natal
South Africa
Horrific Oil Tank Explosion in Parkersburg WV
A railroad yard engine struck a gasoline train at the Ohio River shops in Parkersburg causing a massive oil tank explosion. Six men died including J H Hamilton and Bradley Reeves. 25 to 35 were seriously injured along with other workers. Authorities fired remaining tanks to vent oil before the blast.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River Railroad
J. H. Hamilton
Bradley Reeves
Edward Shannon
Carr
Lalime
Bradford
Idler Yacht Capsizes Off Cleveland with Six Corrigan Family Dead
A schooner Idler with James Corrigan's family aboard sank off Cleveland after a squall. Mrs. Corrigan and four Corrigan daughters died in the cabin. Mrs. John Corrigan and Miss Etta Corrigan survived. Captain Holmes and crew attempted rescue before sinking. The Idler, built 186_, gained fame winning the American Cup in 1870 and later served cruising duties before moving to Chicago.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
James Corrigan
Jane Corrigan
Ida May
Corrigan
James
John Corrigan
Samuel Biggam
Ida Corrigan
Charles Reilly
Etta Corrigan
Colgate
A. J. Fisher
Chicago Yacht Club
Chicago
New Patents Cover Razors Shelters Toys and Sports Balls
A new sterilizing apparatus for razors uses a heated liquid tank and a steam hood with edge slots for blade insertion. A Massachusetts inventor patents a trolley street sweeper with a central dirt receptacle and an endless bucket chain from brushes. A novel mechanical toy uses two twisted spiral wires interlocked to form an optical illusion. An army shelter tent combines a pyramid canvas with a removable top cap and a telescopic pole with a bayonet. A Texan patents a motor for church operation using weights and gears. Sponge segments wrapped in fabric form a light water polo or handball ball with a hide cover.
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Massachusetts
Umbrella Mixup at Seashore Boarding House
A Boston area boarding house keeper gathering umbrellas for repairs mixed up her own bundles with others. She accidentally took a stranger's umbrella at Hovey's, apologized, and later recovered her own bundle in Cambridge. The next day a fellow passenger noted her luck, realizing she had taken the prior owner's umbrella.
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Boston
Boston Transcript
Hovey’s
Cambridge
Choate Delivers Speech Amid Baby’s Laughter at Acton Free Library
American ambassador Joseph H. Choate spoke at Acton England’s free library and kept the audience amused as a baby’s cries interrupted his remarks. He joked about babes and wisdom and referenced Ecclesiastes to finish the quip.
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Acton
England
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
San Francisco
Mr. Choate
Lord Bishop
Ecclesiastes
American Athletes Sweep British Amateur Championship Events
London July 9 American athletes won eight of thirteen amateur events at the Amateur Athletic Association championships held at Stamford Bridge. Competing in twelve events they swept all but four, with the New York Athletic Club claiming weight throwing hammer, pole vault and four mile run. Pennsylvania took high jump hurdles and long jump. Georgetown won the 100 yard dash. Princeton second in 100 yard dash and high jump. Chicago second in the quarter mile. one Pennsylvania university added second in pole vault.
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London
Great Britain
Amateur Athletic Association
Stanford Bridge
England
Ireland
Scotland
Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
Georgetown University
Princeton University
Chicago University
Pennsylvania University
Violent Storms Hit German Towns Killing Six
Berlin reports hurricanes cloud bursts and thunderstorms across several areas. Warterburg Bavaria suffered a hurricane destroying a large building and killing six. Cronenberg Ohligs near Elberfeld saw great damage and multiple deaths. Cassel area cloudbursts drowned people and cattle. Lightning struck laborers near Konitz and a whole Mikowski family at Groose Lelernitz near Dantzig.
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Berlin
Warterburg
Bavaria
Elberfeld
Cronenberg
Ohligs
Cassel
Krojanten
Konitz
Mikowski
Groose Lelernitz
Dantzic
Sunday Clothes and Lost Zest in Rich World
A reflective note from the Indianapolis Journal laments that wealth would dull the zest of life, while acknowledging the sadness of loss even on a Sunday and the pull of simple attire.
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Indianapolis Journal
Amateurs chuckle at sad faced singer at concert
A humorous moment at an amateur concert features a girl in a clingy black dress with a sadly comic song attracting light laughter from the audience.
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Atchison Globe
Tragedy on Sangamon River Drowns Two in Whirlpool
Mr and Mrs George A Thompson and W E Thompson brother of Mr Thompson were rowing near the Springfield waterworks dam when their boat capsized in a whirlpool. Mrs Thompson and W E Thompson drowned.
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Springfield
George A. Thompson
W. E. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Sangamon River
Cotton Manufacturers Selling Committee Report
Fall River July 4. The cotton manufacturers selling committee reports progress on market plans and discusses price stabilization measures amid ongoing production and trade conditions.
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Fall River
Mass
Cotton ‘Manufacturers’ “Selling Committee
Klopsch Returns From India Voyage Ahead Of Grain Ship
Louis Klopsch, who went to India to prepare for the Quito's arrival, has returned aboard the Hamburg American steamship Pennsylvania. The Quito was chartered by the United States government to carry 200,000 bushels of grain to Bombay. Dr. Klopsch left India June 2.
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Louis Klopsch
New York
Suicide by Strangulation at Massillon State Hospital
Ella Grue, 45 years old, inmate at Massillon state hospital for the insane, committed suicide by strangling herself with her stocking. She came from Akron. Fort Worth freight traffic outlook grim as equipment shortage worsens.
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Massillon, O
Ella Grue
Massillon State Hospital For
Akron
sani _ Fort Worth
Tex
Determined Woman Seeks Audience At White House
A west woman visited Washington to interview a cabinet member about a matter of public interest. She offered 50 cents to the messenger to pass her card, but he refused, citing orders to keep cards away. The encounter ended with the visitor stepping back, undeterred.
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Washington
Cian
Darky
N. Y. Tribune
Imperial Arsenal and War Preparations Reported
The Cleveland Plain Dealer describes Sing-Hi arming at night with metal shields and scarehead imagery. Jena Prince Bing buys two handed wooden swords for the royal guard while Twenty firecracker guns are seized in Taka Nip.
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Imperial
Sing-Hi
Jena
Bing
Taka-Nip
Canton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mark Twain Deaf to Phone Call Sparks Vivid Language
At his Hartford home Twain ignored an interruption and vented a colorful outburst during a phone call. A physician familiar to him heard the exchange and asked whether Twain was speaking to him, prompting a humorous miscommunication about the butler’s hearing.
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Hartford
Conn
Mark Twain
Mark
Mr. Clemens
Humble Visitor Responds With Quip at Doorstep
An agent asks for the head of the family and a small man with side whiskers answers Tam he. The reaction labels the reply humorless and the moment as an unusual breach of tradition reported by the Indianapolis Press.
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Indianapolis Press
Emigration fears rise over misleading recruitment to the United States
Japan voices alarm at the emigration of its citizens driven by misrepresentation and abandonment abroad. The piece likens such fraud to false medicine claims, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as safe and valuable for indigestion malaria fever and related ailments.
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Japan
Translated hymn becomes misread by wary converts
A missionary requests a vernacular rendering of a familiar hymn. The pundit delivers a version that confuses the phrasing leading to curious misreadings as converts sing with pious fervor. The exchange highlights how small translation shifts can alter meaning.
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San Francisco
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promises Easy Shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy Cures Corns Itching Swollen Hot Callous Smarting Sore and Sweating Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25c Sample sent Free address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
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Allen
Fribe
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
One Loving Cup and Shared Glass Sparks Gossip
A remark from the Atchison Globe notes that when a woman serves guests with a single glass she calls a loving cup, whispers arise about her not having enough glasses to go around among guests not versed in social customs.
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Atchison Globe
Grand Trunk Railway promotes service to Canadian resorts
The ad states the Grand Trunk Railway System will serve travelers to Canada and the East. For fares, literature, and information contact J. H. Burgis in Chicago at 249 Clark St. corner Jackson Blvd. The piece ends with a street car conductor quip about tickets and politics.
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Canada
East
J. H. Burgis
Clark St
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Marquette as a Healthful Summer Resort Promote Copper Country Trip
Marquette on Lake Superior offers a healthful escape with scenic beauty fine hotels and complete immunity from fever as a summer outing. The Lake Superior Country brochure describes Marquette and the copper country and can be obtained by sending four cents in stamps to Geo H Heatford General Passenger Agent Chicago Illinois.
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Marquette
Lake Superior
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Copper Country
Geo. H. Heatford
Chicago
Mars Woos Venus in Modest Disguise
Mars hides his affection to win Venus by caution and jest while Sirius the Dog Star shines as a brighter guide in this playful celestial aside from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Mars
Venus
Sirius
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cure a Cold In One Day Lilts and Laxative Claims
Advertisements praise Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The Detroit Journal cites a bird on a hat proverb, while reader testimonials from Wm. O. Endsley praise Piso's Cure for throat and lung affections. Indianapolis News clarifies knapsack naming.
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Detroit Journal
Wm. O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Carter's Ink Endorsed by Nation's Railways
A clipped ad paragraph notes that Carter's Ink is used by the greatest railway systems of the United States, trusted as the best. It also includes a pithy quote about adversity from the Indianapolis News and mentions White's Yucatan Gum sold by confectioners, plus a political quip from the Detroit Journal.
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Augustus
Indianapolis News
Carter
United States
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Promises Quick Health Boost
An ad claims Cascarets cure all ills from headaches to cancer by restoring bowel health. It promises easy natural movements and a health revival for 10 cents to start, with genuine tablets stamped C.C.C and warns against imitations.
Census Pleasantry in City Home Interview
A brief note from the Indianapolis Journal records a census taker asking a resident about their relation to the head of the house and the citizen retorts with a warning to call the head of the household if pressed.
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Indianapolis Journal
His Sole Object
A native quips about a confrontation with a grizzly and a man named Zeke, noting the only thing he did was be tackled and survive to tell the tale in a Philadelphia Record item.
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Zeke
Philadelphia Record
Lare's Family Medicine Advertises Health Potion
An old advertisement touts Lare's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement support and gentle liver and kidney action. It promises relief from headaches and lists prices at 25 and 50 cents.
Old Man Speaks on Meals From Twenty Five Years Past
An elderly man laments changing tastes saying he no longer enjoys meals he once loved and recalls how he ate up all the good things a quarter century ago. A second brief notices dye brands claim stain resistance while a crowbar ad hints at open and closing capabilities.
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Atchison Globe
Halls Catarrh Core In a Constitutional Cure
An advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Core as a constitutional cure priced at 75 cents. The copy references medical claims and includes a Chicago Daily News style line about rocking the cradle and heart circulation.
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Halls
Price
Chicago Daily News
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