Wind Cave plans and coastal defenses debated in Aberdeen
The Aberdeen Herald surveys public issues from Wind Cave preservation and coast fortifications to naval priorities and the value of slang. It notes the Interior Department aims to protect Wind Cave as a national park and discusses funding, fortifications, and the clash between ships and shore defenses in a nuanced wartime era context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Wind Cave
South Dakota
Senate
Slang and Names in Early American Speech and Canal Debates
The passage discusses slang use among youths and the dilution of language, then critiques novel baby names and the trend toward unique spellings. It shifts to Congress debates over an Inter-oceanic canal, arguing for the Nicaragua route to protect U.S. strategic and commercial interests and warning against a Panama-dependent scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Panama
Inter-oceanic Canal
United States
Nicaragua
Morgan
Alabama
Costa Rica
An Empress Who Wrestles in China
An English observer describes the Empress Dowager of China as remarkable and fearless. She is an ardent painter with admirable Chinese art, fond of European music and a pianist. She reportedly wrestles for exercise and has faced numerous assassination attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Celestial Empire
Cultivating Cities Sparks Banter Between Chicago and Boston
A Puck comic mocks Boston as uncultivated while praising Chicago for its potato patches. Miss Blues-Hawkes of Boston and Misa Briskit of Chicago trade bets, claiming Chicago has more acres of Pingree potato plots than Boston, twice over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Blues-Hawkes
Boston
Chicago
Misa Briskit
New York
Diverse wire items report wars and world events
Lord Roberts casualties at Paardeberg total 721 in one day of fighting. Profits of Kimberley Diamond Mining Co reach 10.3 million. Kentucky minor offices certificates issued. Evansville heirs to Fiji estate valued at 10 million. Armour estate in Pasadena worth 8 million. Klondikers arrested in Esquimalt as spies. Astoria doctors urge rat extermination to curb bubonic plague. Cronje surrenders 19 years after Majuba. Hancock transport returns with 505 dead. Miller nominated for consul at Chung King. Boer strength estimated at 1.893 plus England’s 180k. Prince Poniatowski buys Basilan for 500k. Baldwin locomotives contracts 80 engines for French line. SF Chamber considers Orient trade link. Steamer Australia reaches SF from Honolulu.
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Lord Roberts
Paardeserg
Kimberley Diamond Mining Company
Hancock
San Francisco
Manila
Trenry B. Miller
Josephine County
Chung King
China
British Intelligence Department
England
Prince Poniatowski
Basilan
Philippines
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Paris & Orleans Railway
France
America
Chamber of Commerce of
New York American Asiatic Association
Orient
Australia
Honolulu
PBR
Board of Health
Cronje
Puget Souni
Prospect of Colombian revolution terminates poorly in Vienna
A roundup of late news notes turmoil in Colombia, imperial marriages, Boer captivity totals, and renewed conflicts in the Americas. Highlights include 4,660 Boer prisoners at Paardeler g, the Vienna murder trial acquittal, and Mexican Maya battles near Santa Cruz amid broader insurrections.
Notable Quirks in Early 20th Century News Snippets
Reports indicate women sailors employed in Denmark, Norway, and Finland. Forty five colleges show discouraging religious conditions in only three. Booth Tucker claims God uses America as a connecting link between nations. Thomas Yates of Toledo Ohio is the sole living American who joined the Light Brigade at Balaklava.
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Denmark
Norway
Finland
Booth-Tucker
God
America
Thomas Yates
Toledo, C
Balaklava
Deadly Bowery lodging house fire claims six lives
A seven story Bowery lodging house at 44 to 48 Bowery burned early today killing six men and one unidentified person. two residents were injured. Firemen and police rescued others as bodies were recovered on the fifth floor. Building damage about 2000 pounds. Domino Milano operated the lodging house.
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New York
Bowery
Charles Buttie
John Clark
Edward Doyle
Henry Jackson
Stephen Carney
Martin Gallagher
Edward Walker
Key
Thomas Harper
Ed Walter
Hames
Buttie
Domino Milano
Carney
London dance massacre turns lethal in mining town
In London Kentucky last night near East Bornstadt a dance ended in murder and injuries. Millard Hughes was killed by a shot to the head while Henry Blevins and others suffered stray wounds. Leonard Smallwood Hamp Gregg and others attacked Hughes and fled. Leonard Smallwood later slept in the victim room. Police arrested him Grevy and Edward Smallwood with Lizzie as accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Millard Hughes
Henry Blevins
East Bornstadt
Leonard Smallwood
Hamp Gregg
Hughes
Hugges
Blevins
Smallwood
Grevy
Edward Smallwood
Leonard
Lizzie
Revolt of Convicts at Tourah Prison Near Cairo
A major uprising of about 70 inmates at Tourah prison near Cairo in early March nearly drew in 500 prisoners. After blank cartridges failed to quell discontent a volley fired from an adjacent window wounded five. two more were believed fatally struck. The insurgents then surrendered and were placed in their cells.
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Cairo
Tourah
Large Tannery Burned at Spartansburg Corry Pa
A large tannery and contents in Spartansburg were destroyed by fire with no fire fighting available. The loss is about 80000 dollars, fully insured, and the town’s sole industry suffered total destruction.
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Corry
Western Union
Spartansburg
Disastrous Victorian bush fires devastate Warrnambool district
The Aorangi reports Victoria's worst fires in 50 years spanning 40 by 30 miles. Seven deaths and 1,000,000 acres burned uproots families, destroys wool warehouses and livestock. Quarantine and public works shift focus amid regional scare and disease notes elsewhere.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Victoria
Warrnambool
Colony
Dunkeld
Mortlake
Noumea
Aorangi
Neponi
Tasmania
New Caledonia
Miss Logan
Boston
Congregational Board of the
United States
Robert Logan
Islands
Navy needs prompt three cruisers and battleships plan
Secretary Long told the house naval committee that the navy should pursue three armored cruisers about 13,000 tons each, twelve gunboats around 900 tons, and three protected cruisers near 8,000 tons. He claimed ships built in government yards cost more and take longer than contracted builds. Admiral Dewey urged dropping the gunboats to fund three more battleships, noting Otis recently bought and handed over 14 gunboats for Philippine service. Boxing in Chicago school draws school board support under Principal Smith with endorsement from Superintendent Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Long
House Naval Committee
Congress
Navy Yard
Admiral Dewey
General Otis
Navy
Philippines
Chicago
South Division
Smith
Board of Education
G. I. Harris
Andrews
France debates naval policy as costs rise
In Paris the chamber of deputies discussed naval estimates when ex-minister M. Lockroy delivered a speech. He argued France must make substantial monetary sacrifices for its navy because foreign policy hinges on naval power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Lockroy
Marine
Bishop Gilbert Dead in Minnesota Diocese
Bishop Gilbert, coadjutor of the diocese of Minnesota, died in St Paul today at age 52. He had previously served in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Gilbert
Diocese of
Minnesota
Episcopal
Montana
Miners Trapped in Iron Mountain Mine Die As Rescues Fail
Imprisoned eight miners in the Iron Mountain mine near Redding California were reduced to four rescued souls who later died from their injuries. Dead are David E. Ross A Cave npaugh R Castillon and Alfred Oates. Entombed miners are J Mc Broom R McCalliop A Van Buren and J Oates. Rescue work continues with no expectation of survival.
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Redding
Cal
Iron Mountain
David E. Ross
A. Cavenpaugh
R. Castillon
Alfred Oates
J. McBroom
R. McCalliop
A. van Buren
J. Oates
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Aberdeen
Strategy
Italy
Ohio
Pittsburg
Patriotic Fund
South Africa
Europe
Julia Ward Howe
New
Venustine
Ornette
Rovilla
Syrenoa
Zulea
Zinda
Luciline
Hyanthe
Doricianna
Avelaura
Deweytte
Olympia Jones
Philippina-Victoricia
Dewey Brown
Deweyline Manila Robinson
Deweyline
Cal Bagkor
Robinson
Epitome
News of the World
Kentucky
Evansville
Ind
Fiji Islands
P. D. Armour, Jr
Pasadena
Esquimalt
Astoria
Majuba Hill
Kansas City
Alaska
Tom Sharkey
Fitzsimmons
Jeffries
United States Supreme Court
Oberlin Carter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk, Neb
Grand Theater
Henry Irving
Dewey
Court of Claims
Manila Bay
Henry L. Wilson
Chile
Susan B. Anthony
Prince Henry
Russia
Siam
Col
George T. Perkine
Akron
Vienna
Stephanie
Austria
Count von Louray
Paardelerg
Brazil
National Republican League
City of
St. Paul
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Canada
William Goebel
Santa Cruz
William Henry
Coreto
Nettie Smith
Rochester
N. Y
Cartersville
Minnie A. White
Canadian Papermakers’ Association
Montreal
Rensberg
Joubert
Buller
Cale Lake
Inniskilling Fusiliers
Railway Hill
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Santiago
Cristobal Colon
Newark
N. J
Rex
Lohmergut Island
Germany
Miles
Len Curry
Wilcox
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Anaheim
Santiago Mountains
L'Acific Commercial Museum
Cheap Bowery
Losa
West
Oregon
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Forestry Division
Michigan
Wisconsin
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
N. C
Niagara River
Ashton Smith
Henry Ashton Smith
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Fort Erie
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