A Knife for Moraes Released from Moro Castle
New York dispatch reports 42 men landed with General Maceo near Baracoa. two and a half years later many died in Cuba. Frank Tramonte and Julio Sainz, two survivors, have been released from Moro Castle with aid from Dr. Hyatt and are to sail for New York.
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New York
Maceo
Baracoa
Tee
Aceo
Cuba
Frank Tramonte
Julio Sainz
Pulaski Yatt
United States
Santio
Morostle
Agramont
Ilio Agramonte
Cily
Sainz
Dr. Hyatt
Congress
Agramonte
Niagara
the Herald
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Prudente Jose de Moraes
Betancourt
Janeiro
France
Antonio Conseilheiro
Canudos
Rio
Mortos
Admiral Barbosa
Conseilheiro
President Moraes
Barbosa
Tenth Battalion
General Betancourt
Insurgent Victory in Holguin Amid Cuban Fighting
Dispatch from Havana reports active insurgent operations across Cuba. Spanish losses mount in Matanzas and Aguacate attacks. Luque sends reinforcements to Holguin while a convoy at Pinar del Rio yields captured clothing and ammunition. Rumors claim Aguin captured, 75 Spaniards killed, Weyler defends wartime tactics. A mysterious million dollars in paper currency vanished from the treasury amid pay disruptions.
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New York
Herald
Havana
Matanzas
Molina
Betancourt
Blanco
Aguacate
Purgatory
Pinar del Rio
Lorr
San Cayetan
Alguin
Fragmentary Local Note Confirms Feud Over Bricks
A damaged OCR fragment mentions bricks and a night event with unclear parties. Readable elements point to a dispute or incident involving materials at a location, but details and names are not discernible.
Monster Turnip Plugs Long Creek Store Exposition
A monster turnip weighing 193 pounds and measuring 89 inches in circumference is displayed in a Long Creek store. It was raised in Allen Porter’s garden near the city and is described as sound and not pithy for its size.
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Long Creek
Allen Porter
Hops sale in Dallas and local accidents reported
In Dallas Oregon H G Campbell sold 158 hops at 13 cents to T A Farley for Horst and Lachmund. Other sales ranged 6 to 10 cents. In Milwaukee an Illinois Steel Works explosion injured five, two fatally including Peter Hundt and George Kolinski. In Sedalia Missouri James Allen, a Wheatland schoolteacher, was beaten to death by pupils after punishment and later died. the youths were arrested.
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Dallas, Or
H. G. Campbell
T. A. Farley
Horst & Lachmund
Milwaukee
Illinois Steel Works
Peter Hundt
George Kolinski
Sedalia
James Allen
Wheatland
Hickory County
Allen
St. Petersburg
Kielhoff
Tacoma to extend line to opposite The Dalles rail route
Colonel William Bailey of New York bought the Tacoma and Lake Park railroad and will extend the line to opposite The Dalles on the Columbia River. The road, renamed the Tacoma and Columbia River railway, is standard gauge and runs from Tacoma to Lake Bark. Work will proceed steadily through winter with a branch planned to Mount Rainier. The extension route is not yet public.
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Tacoma
William Bailey
New York
Tacoma & Lake Park Railroad
Dalles
Columbia River
Tacoma & Columbia River Railway
Lake Bark
Mount Rainier
Tacoma and Columbia River railroad to link Tacoma and The Dalles
The Ta coma and Columbia River railroad forms a new freight and passenger line with Colonel William Bailey of New York leading the company. New York capitalists hold most stock and operations will begin soon to connect Tacoma and The Dalles through Eatonville Nisqually Tilton river coal fields and the Cascades. Terminal facilities are near completion with Tacoma as the headquarters and a first office opened there. The project aims to open rich timber mineral and farming areas along the route.
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Dalles
Tacoma
Eatonville
Mount Ranier
Columbia River
Nisqually
Tilton River
Cascades
Broadway
New York
Earthquake jolts across Idaho and Montana region
A strong quake struck between Silver Bow and Monida with a second, lesser tremor hours later. In Divide, Melrose, Red Rock, Lima and Monida windows shattered dishes shattered and pots fell while lamp chimneys and glassware broke. Dillon reports severe initial shock with cracked courthouse walls and falling plaster.
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Salt Lake
Tribune
Pocatello
Idaho
Silver Bow
Monida
Mont
Divide
Melrose
Red Rock
Lima
Dillon
Aeronaut drowns in Chicago lake after balloon fails
Chicago reports Aeronaut Stewart Young drowned at Lake Michigan near Monroe Street after attempting to descend from a balloon with a parachute during a wind-driven descent. Lifesaving crews recovered no body. The incident followed a winter circus ascent and a balloon explosion.
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Chicago
Stewart Young
Monroe Street
Young
Wabash Avenue
Lake Front Park
Wheat Market Outlook and Prices in Chicago Decline Mixed
Weekly market letter describes futures for December wheat and notes strong export demand yet cautious sentiment. It cites exhausted stocks, high prices, and possible overestimation of Northwest spring crop with ongoing European demand and modest domestic supply growth. Prices listed for wheat, oats, barley, and various commodities reflect widespread activity and cautious bullish outlook.
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Chicago
Australia
France
Yellow fever fear grips a town in aftermath of outbreak
In St Louis Republic style narrative a town blindsided by yellow fever seals doors and lines roads with armed guards. Fearful residents flee by train wagon and carbolic fumes fill the streets as doctors declare the fever. After frost finally comes relief and families return to a changed town.
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Bach
Ile
Jack
Ilis
Gray
Bob
St. Louis Republic
Useful Plants and Their Human Uses in History
A compact survey notes about fifteen thousand plant species used by humans with five thousand economic and food plants. It lists edible fruits and seeds, cereals, tubers, onions, arrowroot, and many products such as sugars, vine drinks, aromatics, coffee and tea substitutes, tannins, gutta percha, resins, essential oils, dyes, fibers, paper, roofing, and building materials. The text also mentions poisonous species, grasses, lawn uses, hay, soiling, pasture, and soil binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Powell Sings No More as Gnat Silences Church Farewell
J Russell Powell, bass at Central Avenue M. E. Church, planned a farewell Sunday morning performance. A gnat flight triggered a violent sneeze and a cough that ruptured a small blood vessel near his vocal cords, silencing him during the service and prompting a doctor's attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Russell Powell
Central Avenue M. E
Indianapolis Journal
Powell
Mr. Powell
Eminent Stammerers Through History
A survey notes that Moses spoke with Aaron’s help due to a severe stutter. It lists figures such as Aesop Virgil Demosthenes Mrs Inchbold and various rulers and artists as stammerers, concluding a self-possessed person may still owe no taxes.
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Moses
Aaron
Aesop
Virgil
Demosthenes
Claudius Michael II
East
Mahomet-el-Rasser
Spain
Eric
Sweden
Annebant
Tartaglia
Boissy d’Anglas
David
Hoffman
Camille Desmoulcris
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Moraes
Moro Castle
Quartzville
Salem
Ona
Iona
Juid
Saki
Coast of Africa
Lagos
Gov McCullum
Holguin
Onite
This & N
Hetwe Sing
Dallas
Washington
Montana
Berlin
Santa Fe
N. M
N. C. Nordstrom
Ordnance Bureau
Indian Head
Andree
Lokal Anzeiger
Tromsoe
Oscar
Tromsoe Island
Spitzbergen
Weyler
General Pin
General Pando
General Weyler
Cienfuegos
Weekly Market Letter
Office of Downing, Hopkins & Con
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers
Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Oregon
Portland Market
Walla Walla
California
Young America
Valley
Seattle
San Francisco Market
Nevada
Gazette Office
Gazette
Waller Jack
Bill
Carlile
Red Hill
Aller
Jexs
Gnat
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