Wreck of the City of Monticello Claims Dozens
Extensive wreckage along 10 miles of Yarmouth shore after the steamer City of Monticello founders. Twenty six bodies recovered, including Captain Harding, with 28 crew and 36 aboard. Survivors report a gale driven disaster as lifeboats failed and the ship broke apart.
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Yarmouth
N. S
City of Monticello
Rockville
Eldridge
Poole
Fripp
St. John
N. B
Harding
Monticello
Picnic Point
Peter Stewart
Monticellus
O. N. Coleman
Hamilton, Ont
James Ball
Rupert Olive
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Smith
Fleming
Wilson Cook
Envoys Agree on Peace Terms for China in Pekin Note
London reports Dr Morrison at Pekin cables the envoys have drafted a joint note proposing a preliminary treaty. Terms include erecting a monument for Baron von Ketteler, executing 11 named officials, suspending provincial exams, indemnities, abolition of the Tsung Li Yamun, rational intercourse with the emperor, razing Taku forts, and posting imperial proclamations for two years.
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London
Morrison
Times
Pekin
China
Baron von Ketteler
Germany
Conger
Taku
Sea
Corbin seeks end to West Point discrimination in army
General Corbin pushes congress to remove a law that unfairly favors West Point graduates over enlisted men for commands. He notes the two year enlistment path to promotion is too brief and urges amending the law to require four years, aligning ranks with academy paths.
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New York
Corbin
Tribune
Washington
Congress
West Point
Moselle Vineyards Soar in Value Amid Popular Moselle Wines
Private advices from Treves report Moselle vineyards rising sharply in value. At Bern Castle the Docktor vineyard sold for 100 marks per square meter, up from 60 in 1898, totaling 1,000,000 marks, said to be a record. A nearby unplanted strip and about 24 acres brought 20,950 dollars.
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Berlin
Treves
Moselle
Bern Castle
Docktor
Germany
Pope Comments on US Elections and McKinley
Rome dispatch reports the pope told Bishop James Trobec that he prays God to illumine President McKinley’s mind to avoid imperialism. He also expressed cordial sentiments toward Archbishop Ireland amid U.S. election talk.
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New York
Rome
James Trobec
St. Cloud
Minn
Ireland
United States
McKinley
American Ricegrowers' Distributing Company Formed
John Gates of Chicago reports the creation of the American Ricegrowers' Distributing Company with $15,000,000 capital, $7,500,000 paid in. Gates described as driving force aims to control shipments of the Southern rice crop via rail lines he backs with interest.
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Chicago
the Tribune
American Ricegrowers’ Distributing Company
John W. Gates
Arbitration urged after strikes and sweatshop perils
The industrial commission heard Indiana labor commissioner L. P. McCormack discuss arbitration as a growing solution to labor disputes and reducing bloodshed, while Professor John G. Brooks criticized deplorable sweatshop conditions in New York and New Jersey with insufficient inspections and long hours for immigrant workers.
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Washington
The
Industrial Commission
L. P. McCormack
Indiana
John G. Brooks
Cambridge
Mass
National Consumers’ League
McCormack
Farze
Brooks
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Europe
Ratproof Cornhouse Aids Farmers Against Vermin
An Ohio Farmer inspired design elevates corncribs on stone posts to deter rats and mice. The three foot clearance, air flowing floor, and inside shed create a protected, ventilated storage. The plan suggests cribs eight feet wide, forty feet long, with a twelve foot wide shed and rolling end doors. The design links to rye plowing and crop rotation for later plantings.
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Ohio
Returning to the farms after city growth
The census shows city populations grew faster than rural towns from 1890 to 1900, especially in agricultural states. Many workers move to suburbs or small towns for space and leisure, preferring country life and skilled labor roles. immigrants tend to settle in agricultural areas.
Beet Sugar and Bounty Across Europe in 1899 1900
The article notes Europe uses subsidies or export taxes to support beet sugar. Austria-Hungary produced 1 0417 00 tons in year ending July 1899 and 1 100 000 tons in 1900, the highest yet. Germany increased beet sugar output from 1 495 804 to 1 554 492 metric tons for nine months Aug 1898 to Apr 1899 versus 1899 1900.
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Austria-Hungary
Germany
Great strike uncovered in Cripple Creek gold district
Cripple Creek Colorado November 15 One of the greatest strikes in the Cripple Creek mining district has been found in the Gold Bond Consolidated Mines Company property on Gold Hill Charles N Miller of this city is the principal owner The assay on a streak runs as high as 102000 per ton while the vein including the streak widens to four feet and has given an average assay of 200 to 800 per ton The discovery has caused intense excitement in mining circles.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Gold Bond Consolidated Mines Company
Gold Hill
Charles N. Miller
Nassaya On & Darrow
Cave In at Turquoise Copper Mine Near Tombstone
A tunnel timbering collapse at the Turquoise Copper Company mine near Tombstone Arizona crushed Antonia Laya and injured three other workers. Rescuers freed them after hours trapped under rock and debris. the four men survived with severe injuries.
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Arizona
Phoenix Ariz
Turquoise Copper Company
Tombstone
Antonia Laya
MacArthur Reports Bright Prospects for Philippine People
General MacArthur, in a report on conditions and prospects in the Philippine islands, says the future of the people is bright and education will erase natives distrust of America.
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General MacArthur
Philippine Islands
America
Empress Orders Executions in Shanghai Telegraph Plot
Shanghai dispatch reports Hankow natives claim the empress ordered executions of telegraph officials who accepted a secret message from Emperor to Count Waldersee revealing the emperor is prisoner and unable to return to Pekin. Other executions said to be connected.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Shanghai
Hankow
Epmeror Kwang Heu
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
End Post Brace For Wire Fence Secure Grounding
The illustration shows a method to anchor an end post of a wire fence. Set the post at least three feet in the ground, four feet preferred, with cross pieces of 2x8 boards 24 inches long and a buried stone fitting the hole. A brace of 2x6 boards and firm tamping ensure the end post remains immovable for years.
Adapt the Crop to the Boil
Alva Ager writes that he regrets not converting an acre of wheat to potatoes last year. He explains the soil’s richness caused lodging and clover loss, and his hesitation to spare an acre. This fall he harvested over 200 bushels of merchantable potatoes worth $80.
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Alva Ager
National Stockman
South Carolina
To Make the Hens Lay Advice for hen productivity
T F Mc Grew advises letting hens dig for food to stimulate egg production. Bury small grain so hens forage, which increases vigor and worm intake. Do not keep idle hens as they will stop laying and become tough for cooking.
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T. F. McGrew
Weeds in the Pasture and Dairy Quality
A pasture weed harms dairy stock by consuming food and moisture, possibly poisoning animals and affecting milk flavor. Clearing weeds and bushes improves pasture yield and milk quality, even if partial progress is needed each year.
Filled Cheese's Rise and Fall in U S Exports
Since 1880 the United States exported 127 million pounds of cheese with Britain as chief customer. Exports fell to 95 million the next year and declined to 38 million by 1890, Britain taking 24 million. Canada and Denmark now supply the trade that once was ours.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
Denmark
Potatoes and Rye Cropping Benefit Cited by American Cultivator
The American Cultivator notes potatoes thrive after plowing under a green rye crop. Early tubers can be harvested in time to sow rye, which then produces ample fall or spring pasture for cattle or sheep. The method provides smooth, scab‑free potatoes and robust forage.
Soiling Pays For Dairymen In Summer Pasture Drought
When pastures dry and grass scarce, soiling pays well with corn and alfalfa. A Kansas farmer notes dairymen can realize from 28 to 25 dollars per acre by feeding green corn or alfalfa to cows, reducing losses and increasing milk output.
Trade tone grows firmer across sectors in Bradstreet roundup
A Bradstreet bulletin notes stronger tones in cotton and wool amid crop damage fears, with cereals dull and hog products weak. Iron trade shows the best demand and prices, US weekly wheat shipments total 8.56 million bushels, US failures 161, Canada 17, and regional optimism rises after the election.
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Bradstreet
Pacific Coast
Asia
California
United States
Seattle Markets Prices and trade items listed
A long list of Seattle and Portland market prices for produce, meats, dairy, grains, and live stock. Items include onions, lettuce, potatoes, beets, beans, squash, carrots, parsnips, cauliflower, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, hay, corn, barley, flour, millstuffs, feed, fresh meats, hams, bacon, dry salt sides, and various market quotes for Portland. also includes wheat, oats, hops, and wool with regional references.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Market Prices and Product Listings Incomplete Ledger
Readable entries show regional price notes for wool and dairy items across multiple districts from Nevada to Oregon. Butter and creamery products priced per unit. feedstuffs and millstuffs listed with multiple price figures. several town and item fragments appear without complete context.
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Nevada
Oregon
Egge
Fancy Ranch
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Nova Scotia
Mozen
Missouri Pacific
Pueblo
Sugar City
Hucket
Nelson
Pue Eblo
Olney
Butte
Mont
Bell
Amalgamated Copper Company
Omaha
Neb
Overland
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Missouri Valley
Peter C. Peterson
Peterson
Adjutant-General of the Army
John Gates’ Rice
New Jeresey
Ana
Cottom
Wool
Irom
Pacific Coast Trade
Seattle
San Francisco Market
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