Aguinaldo Rules Rebels as Earthquake Shakes Iloilos
Reports from the War Department indicate Aguinaldo governs his followers with strict control as insurgents press fighting in the Philippines. Lawton’s advance near Manila foiled a planned rebel attack while a strong earthquake rattled Iloilos, linked to a volcanic eruption on Negros Islands.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Philippines
America
Aguinaldo
Manila
McArthur
San Fernando
Lawton
Caluspit
Iloilos
Nocanloan
Negros Islands
Murderer Patrick Killed. Lynching Reported at Morehead City
A Raleigh dispatch says Lewis Patrick, the seized murderer, was shot while tied and left by the road, then buried by Negroes. Reported inquest to be held. an anonymous letter claims Patrick's confession and details of his capture, with guilt not disputed. Prominent Bogue area citizens defend the action as swift justice and vow no further trouble.
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Raleigh
N.C
News & Observer
Morehead City
Lewis Patrick
Tie
Patrick
North Carolinian Thomas F Lyons Promoted in Marine Corps
Washington reports Thomas F Lyons of North Carolina was appointed a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps after rising from enlisted man to sergeant. He was the only non commissioned officer found qualified for a commission and was promoted as vacancies allowed. The move is nearly unprecedented in the corps.
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Washington
Thomas F. Lyons
North Carolina
United States Marine Corps
Lyons
Cocke Found Guilty In Asheville Bank Embezzlement Trial
W J Cocke Buncombe State Senator accused of misappropriating funds from the National Bank of Asheville was found guilty in federal court. The case alleges an $18 000 theft with a retrial slated for November in Asheville. Copper interests also reported sold to Rockefeller group with Marcus Daly linked to about 23 million dollars.
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National Bank of Asheville
Charlotte
N. C
W. J. Cocke
Buncombe
National Bank of
Asheville
Salt Lake City
Rockfeller
Anaconda
Marcus Daly and Associates
Dyspepsia Fight with Browns' Iron Bitters
An old advertisement touts Browns' Iron Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia. The copy claims universal usefulness for stomach blood and nerve diseases and asserts its availability from all dealers.
Russia seeks big war material order from U S firms
Washington reports official circles say the Russian Government is negotiating for a large shipment of war material including two rapid-fire field batteries. A rough estimate values the order at about 8 million dollars.
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Washington
Russia
Imp Wins the Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay
The $10,000 race at Sheepshead Bay saw Imp win by two lengths over Bannockburn with Banaster the favorite failing after a rough start. Jockey Maher was suspended ten days and fined $220 for abusing his horse. Imp clocked 2 05 4 5.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
Imp
Bannockburn
Banaster
Maher
Wanted several vivapelloced stress persons in this state
Job notice seeking several stress managers to run office work from home in weary counties. Salary $900 per year plus definite expenses, bonafide no more no less. Monthly $75. References. Send SASE to Herbert E. Hess President Dept. M Chicago.
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Herbert E. Hess
Prest
Dept. M
Chicago
Plot to assassinate Argentine president uncovered
Secret service agents are searching for anarchists blamed for an attempted assassination. Dynamite was hidden under a track to explode the president's train, but was found just before the convoy reached the danger spot.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Secret Service
Republic
Ran Him Out in Wilmington Threats to Exile Bryant
Wilmington North Carolina report says Arne Bryant once driven from the city last fall was sought by a crowd of armed men, including prominent citizens, to punish him before he fled last week. London dispatch notes seven British warships possibly sailing toward Africa with disputed confirmation.
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Wilmington
N. C
Arne Bryant
London
Pretoria
Inyck Island
St. Mary’s Island
Delagoa Bay
Martial Law Sought Over Clay County Feud Violence
Louisville dispatch reports all available state troops to Clay County to quell anarchy from the Baker Howard feud amid high tension in Clay and Hamilton counties. Citizens petitioned for martial law. the governor has not yet acted. A Lee and Tav- Inr faction clash Friday left one man grievously wounded after fifty shots exchanged.
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Louisville
Clay County
Baker Howard
Clay
Hamilton
Lee
Tav- Inr
Jealous Husband Fires On Wife And Companion
In New York on June 7 Getleib Schellheimer fired several shots from a fire escape at his wife and her companion George Nackawick in a Christ ie street room. Mrs Schellheimer was wounded in the arm and cheek while Nackawick took a shoulder wound. The couple had quarrelled over earnings and the wife expelled him. Wounds described as not serious.
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New York
Getleib Schellheimer
George Nackawick
Christie Street
A Miscellany of Odd Facts From Historical Notes
A collection of curious measurements and statements notes whales yielding 4 600 pounds of oil, a lady’s foot length equals one seventh her height, Fiji island schools number 40 000 native pupils, Honolulu has many public holidays, China tea is cheap, tea price 144d per pound in one province, tallest trees have pointed leaves, frog skin is among the toughest leathers, hyenas kneel when fighting, condor shows great tenacity, polar bear second in tenacity, dogs can endure 16 times arsenic per weight compared to humans.
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America
Smyth
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Chicago
Ill
Fiji Islands
Honolulu
China
Robbery at West Philadelphia transit office steals cash
Twelve masked men broke into the Fairmont Park Transportation Company's West Philadelphia office this morning. The watchman was gagged and four thousand nine hundred dollars in cash was taken.
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Philadelphia
Fairmont Park Transportation Company
Facts of Interest on Wagers of Bulls and Utilities
The piece notes annual bulls killed in Spanish bullfights exceed 5 000 with 1 000 to 1 200 bulls sacrificed. It states sake as the oldest alcoholic beverage over 2 000 years. Paris experiments show electric wagons cost 47 percent less to run than horse wagons and 2 percent less than petroleum motors. London’s underground holds 34 000 miles of telegraph wires and miles of sewers water mains gas pipes. France lists 45 000 families 130 000 nobles yet only about 4¢ families prove noble descent.
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Paris
London
France
Monte Cristo and Wealth Then and Now
A writer cites wealth growth from 19th century fictions to modern figures. The piece notes that in America a person with 100000 dollars was rich, while Europe shows even larger fortunes, and discusses how Dumas imagined extravagant wealth but real people exceed his fiction in today’s terms.
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America
St. Nichol
Europe
Monte Cristo
Aj.x.Dumas
Montepis
Dumas
Vouranean
Reflections on a Bachelor and Love
A dialect essay on love and marriage asserting women express happiness in sadness and men misjudge romance. It argues women trust those they like and reveal feelings through hair and manners, while a man’s sense of wrong choice reflects on himself as the "wrong man." The piece blends humor with social observations about dating and gender roles.
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Lot
Don't Work Yourself to Death for a Living Motto
A didactic quatrain chain advises moderation in labor and ambition. It warns against envy of others, urges patience with change, and stresses that quitting a fault is key to correction. The piece reflects a cautionary, homely tone on self restraint and circumstance.
Noted Tensions in Language Style and Union
A fragment discusses how stiff language marks style and that verbal flirtations and misalliances are more common, contrasting ideal t0 ideas with practical speech in unions. The text emphasizes style over substance and hints at social dynamics within movements.
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Filippinos
Quer
Earth
Cocke
Africa
DMO
Burdick
Taylor
Duluth
Yahn
Peter
John Peterson
John
Dulut
Peterson
Castoriea
Bath
N. K. Fairbank Company
ST. Louis
Boston
Monte Cristo Nowher
Meg
Mar
Copywrights &c
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Frei
Titan
Illinois State Sanitarius
Illinois State Sanitarium
Evanston
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