United States Crisis Over German China Campaign
Washington reports a U S crisis as Field Marshal Count von Waldersee plans a new offensive in China. General Chaffee may be kept from joining. the U S insists its forces remain pacific and dissuades German action while urging cabinet guidance. The state department seeks to preserve peace and limit military movements against China.
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Washington
United States
China
Count von Waldersee
Chaffee
Pekin
War Department
State Department
Legation
von Waldersee
Canger
Conger
Tuan
Lan
Prince Chwang
Yu Hsien
Chao Chi Chao
Chi Huai
Hsa Cheng Yu
Hay
Russian Bark Hopper Towed Into Grimsby After Collision
The Russian bark Hopper under Captain Lindblom, sailing from Libau on February 14, was towed into Grimsby with severe bow damage from a collision the night of February 15. The steamer Homer, from Libau, which collided with Hopper, disappeared and is believed sunk with 16 lives lost.
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London
Hopper
Lindblom
Sapelo
Grimsby
Homer
Libau
Four Miners Drowned in Santa Rita Mine Flooding
Reports from Bacatate mountains 200 miles south of Hermosillo detail the Santa Rita mine flood after a vein blast opened inundating the main tunnel. Four miners perished with bodies recovered. upper tunnel miners escaped while others below were trapped as rescuers attempted the desperate effort.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Rita
Bacatate Mountains
Hermosillo
Metal workers strike halts Chalons sur Loire factories
In Chalons Sur Loane on February 20 striking metal workers led about 800 to march through town forcing factory closures and door openings. Gendarmes and troops dispersed rioters with fixed bayonets after a proclamation. fifty arrests reported. no serious injuries.
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Chalons Sur Loane
France
Masked raid ends in murder at Millwood saloon
In Millwood, Kansas last night twenty armed masked farmers attempted to raid the saloon run by Mrs. Michael Lochner. Rose Hudson, the bartender’s wife, was killed instantly and bartender William Hudson wounded as shots were fired. Four raiders were arrested with murder charges expected tomorrow. a long standing feud is cited as the motive.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Millwood
Here
Rose Hudson
William Webb
Michael Lochner
Hudson
Everhardy
Murder charge in Canadian mining camp case unfolds
James F. McGill de Riverra, a French Canadian former railway engineer, is jailed in Greenwood, Colorado later cited as Denoro, after allegedly killing Harry Rowand with a four inch knife. He says self defense while circumstantial evidence points to Rowand's intoxicated actions. McGill surrendered to provincial police. In Oregon a logging camp worker Oliver Melville died from a timber accident when blocks fouled on a donkey engine caused a skull fracture. The coroner and jury ruled accidental death with no fault assigned.
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Vancouver
B. C
Greenwood
3. C
James F. McGill de Riverra
Harry Rowand
Denoro
de Riverre
Crow's Nest Pass
Rowand
St. Helens
Oliver Melville
Bell & Cannon
Gole
Goble & Nehalem
Teen girl shoots father to save mother in Fort Wayne
Beassie Slater, 15, shot her father to stop him from killing her mother. Police took her into custody for questioning, but released her after an inquiry. Later, Slater attacked his wife at home, and the girl fired at him, wounding him in the back as a dangerous injury.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Beassie Slater
Slater
Rochester Bank Fails in Receivership
Rochester New York February 21 Genesee National Savings and Loan Association with offices here has defaulted and is placed in the hands of receivers. Liabilities around two hundred thousand dollars exceed assets by more than two to one with John H Bosworth treasurer named receiver and bonds set at thirty thousand dollars.
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Rochester
N. Y
Genesee National Savings & Loap Association
Kilburn
John H. Bosworth
Aiding the Enemy Evidence Strong Against Supppliers
Belgian consul and several associates linked to the Tabacalera and Philippine Trading Company are arrested on charges of aiding insurgents by supplying them. M. Edward Andre, the Belgian consul, fled Manila toward Europe aboard the Montevideo. Colonel Schuyler captures a rebel garrison on the Cavite coast after a fight in which one American was killed and one wounded. Rosecrans returns from Guam with Filipino prisoners, and a Hong Kong bank official is ordered to Hong Kong. General MacArthur's Molacan reception draws large crowds and praise for his tact.
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Manila
Captain Jones
Highth Infantry
Laguna
Florenza Ortuny
Migul Ponce de Leon
Tabacaleira Company
William Webb
Pedro Lorenzo
Victorian Fcenta
Philippines Trading Company
D. M. Carman
Tabacaleria Company
Philippines
M. Brixholterman
Philippine Trading Company
M. Edward Andre
Europe
Montevideo
Andre
Schuyler
Forty Sixth Regiment
Bosco
Cavite
Ternate
Trias
United States
Rosecrans
Guam
Agana
Presidio
Hong Kong
Ross
Philippine Commission
General MacArthur
Molacan
Army
Navy
Barry
United States Commission
Bradstreet's Report Notes Cheerful Trade Amid Consolidation Talks
Bradstreet's reports retail and general trade improving with winter strength and spring optimism. Prices show strength though raw cotton remains a weak spot. shoe, leather, lumber, and iron sectors are upbeat. Failures decline, railroad earnings rise, iron markets stay active. Bessemer pig at 18.25, billets at 19.75, and wheat shipments total 4.815 million bushels.
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Bradstreet’s
Bessemer
Valley Furnaces
Pittenbig
Chicago
United States
Barn Conveniences and Efficient Stable Storage
The article urges each stable to feature a large closet for harnesses with air tight doors and a secondary smaller box near animals for curry combs and remedies. It also recommends a stable rack for forks, shovels, hoes, and brooms and a separate tool room for field equipment to reduce loss and damage.
Pacific Coast Trade Market Prices Listed in Full
A long list of prices for produce dairy and meats is detailed. Onions lettuce potatoes beets turnips squash carrots parsnips celery cabbage butter cheese eggs poultry hay corn barley flour millstuffs feed and fresh meats are itemized with per unit prices across multiple regions and grades.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Ashbury Park Engineer Returns from Venezuela Prison
H. C. Bullis of Ashbury Park New Jersey returns home after more than five months in Maracaibo Venezuela. He seeks $50 000 in damages from the Venezuelan government claiming wrongful imprisonment during a political uprising. He was jailed after being accused of aiding revolutionaries and was released after a demand from the American government.
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New York
H. C. Bullis
Ashbury Park
N. J
Maracaioo
Venezuela
United States
Bullis
Maracaibo
Aungst
Device for Sap Boiling Demos Efficient Maple Syrup Method
A Rural New Yorker correspondent praises a sap boiler built from coils of one inch pipe bent into an arch under the sap pan. The design uses labeled sections A to D for bending connecting joints throttle delivery and pan drawing, with sap flowing hot and frothing without harm if kept with sufficient sap.
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New Yorker
Market Prices for Wheat to Veal Across Oregon and Washington
Prices list grain and farm products from Walla Walla to the valley and beyond. Wheat and flour grades, oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, butter eggs cheese poultry and meats, potatoes, vegetables, hops, wool and mohair, mutton and hogs, beef and veal show varied per bushel, ton, sack, or dozen rates.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Pittsburg Pirates Win Yukon Tow and Passenger Craft Contract
James Reese & Sons secured a $100,000 contract for a tow and passenger craft to ply the Yukon river. The Canadian Development Company assigns the work, backed by a Chicago interest led by W. H. Ison.
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Pittsburg
James Reese & Sons
Yukon River
Chicago
W. H. Ison
Assault at Elmwood Graveyard Leaves Kansas Woman Fainting
Dora Dezell, 19, visiting her father’s grave at Elmwood cemetery, was attacked by a Black man. The struggle lasted about thirty minutes until a nearby white man deterred the assailant. Dezell was found unconscious and remains in serious condition as the assailant fled.
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Kansas, City
Elmwood Cemetery
Dora Dezell
Misa Dezell
Commodity Prices Across Regions in 1900 Market Sheet
The listing shows wool prices by region with per pound ranges from 9 to 20 cents for Northern and Eastern Oregon, Nevada values around 11 to 15 cents, and Valley rates at 15 to 17 cents. Hops trade around 15 to 20 cents per unit, butter varied by grade from 2 to 19 cents, eggs priced store 22 to 26 cents, and milling byproduct prices listed from $15 to $17 per hundred.
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Nevada
Oregon
Valley
Tenant Farming and its Threat to Free Institutions
A Prairie Farmer correspondent argues against tenant farming, calling it a source of wrong and a menace to liberty. The writer warns of aristocratic control by landlords and railroad magnates, claiming rents rise from $1.25 per acre to substantial annual sums and blaming the system for peasantry, poverty, and social decay.
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Prairie Farmer
Kansas
Training Colts to Prevent Kicking and Runaway Sled Teams
An American Cultivator piece recalls early experiences with horses that kicked or bolted and describes training methods to curb instinct. It warns that harness condition and patient training reduce dangers, noting some colts inherit aggressiveness while others are shaped by management.
Farmer rushes to weigh cattle as scales arrive
A correspondent reports a farmer who planned to install stock scales. While awaiting delivery he received a bid for a full lot of cattle at a fixed price or by the pound. He requested time to decide and, once the scales were in, hurriedly set them up to weigh the animals.
Weighed cattle yield higher price than lump offer
Weighed cattle brought $12 more per head than the lump price offered by the buyer. The text urges large farmers to use scales in buying and selling and in fattening stock to ensure weekly gains cover feed costs.
Corn and fodder quality influence cattle rations and heat maintenance
The article discusses ensilage corn yields and how grain rations change with fodder type. It notes that high yielding corn may only need bran middlings or oats, while lower yields require cornmeal, and that protein from clover or timothy hay affects how much corn is used. It also cites a cotton production forecast of 10,100,000 bales for 1900-01 with state yield figures and an acreage estimate of 25,034,734 after excluding nonproductive land.
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Timothy
Corn Stover
Department of Agriculture
United States
Profits in Small Things for Farmers
The article argues that a farmer can support a family by profitable poultry, small fruits, truck patch, and orchard. Proceeds cover table expenses, clothing, and personal needs, with meat and dairy animals later funded from farm sales to acquire land or build improvements.
Alfalfa Feed Boosts Cream Quality in Dairy Payment
Alfalfa fed cows yield cream about 10 percent of milk. Western creameries collect a sample from each contribution in a sealed jar with date and farmer number for analysis. Farmers are paid 2 to 4 cents per quart based on richness and demand.
Old Apple Trees Need Food and Fertilizer Tips
The article urges feeding old apple trees with any spare farm wheel guano from the henhouse. It argues trees, especially old ones, need nutrients to bear heavy fruit. It warns against expecting trees to fruit heavily while starved and compares their need to human hunger.
Books on the Farmstead Promote Clever, Steady Youth
The piece urges farmhomes to fill shelves with books for boys and girls to grow into intelligent men and accomplished women. Early reading fosters good taste, saves youth from foolishness, and eases parental anxiety while proving books are inexpensive and essential for useful intelligence at home.
Feeding Value of Roots and Cheap Crops
An exchange notes that 100 pounds of beets are valued at 19 cents, rutabagas at 15 cents, and ordinary turnips at 11 cents. These crops are inexpensive compared with others and offer benefits beyond their direct food value.
Dairy Cows In Winter Care Guidance
Farmers urged to house dairy cows in warm stables during winter with ample protein rich feed like alfalfa clover soybeans bran. When weather allows, cows should be turned out into the yard for exercise to stay healthy.
Refining Petroleum Process and Byproducts
The article describes petroleum refining using a tank and slow fire to vaporize and condense oil. It traces the sequence from gas as fuel to naphtha, gasoline grades, kerosenes, heavy lubricants, and the leftover asphalt. It notes more than 150 byproducts including dyes soaps vaseline ointments and chewing gum.
Electric plow harnesses trolley wires in Halle Prussia
An electric plow operated by movable trolley wires has been invented in Halle Prussia, signaling a new advance in agricultural mechanization and traction technology for farming tasks.
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Halle
Prussia
Any man who makes an appointment with his wife has a walt on his mind
A brief titled line humorously notes that meeting a spouse implies a romantic aim. The remark frames dating as a playful universal caution about intentions in domestic life.
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Walt
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