Massacre Details in Kastoria Prompt Turkey Bulgaria Talks
Reports from Sofia describe mass killings near Kastoria with 120 villagers perishing in fires and over 1,200 women and children unburied. Muted replies from Austria and Russia accompany claims of Turkish coercion. Bulgarian demands include ending massacres, troop withdrawal, amnesty, reforms, and protection for returnees.
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Sofia
Austria
Russia
Bulgaria
Yildiz
Turkey
Dnevik
Macedonia
Adrianople
Monastir
Kastoria
Krena
Djourmai
Pekin
Melnika
Salonica
Hatfields Settle in Washington After Kentucky Feud
The Hatfield clan, famed feudists from Kentucky, traveled via St. Paul to Washington state. They plan to settle near Chehalis on the Northern Pacific line and avoid further warfare, stating they seek to establish a peaceful community. The group arrived from Williamsburg, West Virginia, and left for the West on the Great Northern Overland.
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Kentucky
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Hatfield
Union Station
McCoy
Mooney
Great Northern
Philadelphia
Chehalis
Wash
Northern Pacific
Portland
Great Northern Overland
West
Fire and Pestilence Ravage Ostrog Province
From St. Petersburg on September 22 reports describe great suffering in Ostrog with five hundred homeless families. Serguths and Kokeisharogoi villages were nearly destroyed by fire, four hundred houses burned, eight killed in Serguths, eighty houses and grain stores lost in Kokeisharogoi. Locusts in Transcaspia wiped out the cotton crop of about 100000 bales and damaged wheat rye and fruit trees.
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St. Petersburg
Ostrog
Serguths
Kokeisharogoi
Transcaspia
Kid Curry Surrounded as Hunted Train Robber Moves West
In Chinook Montana posses sweep Bear Paw mountain country chasing Kid Curry, leader of the gang that halted two Great Northern trains on July 3, 1901. Curry escaped Knoxville jail while awaiting transport to Ohio for a twenty year bank forgery sentence. Posses know the terrain and are ready to fire if needed.
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Chinok
Mont
Bear Paw Mountain
Everett Smelter and Monte Christo Mines Sold in New York
News from Everett reports the sale of the Everett Smelter and Monte Christo mines to the American Smelting and Refining Company. The deal, arranged in New York by Charles Sweeney for the Federal Mining and Smelting Company, exceeds one million dollars with more than three hundred thousand dollars of ore on hand.
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Everett
Everett Smelter
Monte Christo
American Smelting and Refining Company
New York
Charles Sweeney
Federal Mining and Smelting Company
Powder Blamed for Poor Target Scores at Three Forts
Port Townsend Sept 21 Officers and men at Forts Worden Flagler and Casey failed to hit targets during recent drills. Investigators found powder lacking gas generation caused the poor performance, clearing the gunners of fault. The issue will be reported to the war department and powder makers may be held accountable.
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Port Townsend
Worden
Flagler
Casey
126Th
Col
Grimes
Col. Grimes
War Department
Postponement of proposed Geneva convention congress
Paris dispatch reports unofficial but reliable word that a planned congress of powers to revive the Geneva convention on prisoners of war neutrals and the wounded will be indefinitely postponed. Frances Great Britain Italy Austria and Russia named delegates Germany not participating, signaling no change in wartime status of prisoners and negating broad international acceptance of revision.
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Paris
Congress of the Powers
France
Great Britain
Italy
Austria
Russia
Germany
Richards Vindicated Against Nome Charges
Washington reports that investigators from the justice department found no damaging evidence against United States Marshal Frank M. Richards of Nome Alaska. They note excessive jail rent but see no proof of personal profit. Twelve jurors backed Richards and statements from fifteen jurors supported him. The department withholds the Grigsby inquiry findings.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Frank M. Richards
Nome
Alaska
Marshal Richards
Richards
Melvin Grigsby
Wheat comes in brisk at Ritzville with eight-horse teams
Ritzville reports a brisk wheat pickup as roads fill with teams from dawn to dusk. Nine warehouses receive roughly equal loads while fall sowing begins and early rains spur strong rooting. County yields are around twenty bushels per acre despite shortages, aided by good prices.
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Ritzville
Wash
King Edward approves new cabinet appointments
The St James Gazette reports that King Edward has approved resignations filled by Austen Chamberlain as chancellor of the exchequer Lord Selbourne as colonial secretary Arnold Foster as secretary of war Sir John Broderick as secretary for India The Gazette also says Lord Stanley is poised to become postmaster general succeeding Chamberlain.
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London
St. James
Edward
Austen Chamberlain
Lord Selbourne
Arnold Foster
John Broderick
India
Lord Stanley
Bandits Burn Plantations in Santiago Province
Bandits in Santiago province burned several plantations and tried to disrupt railway traffic but failed. The press praises President Palma’s strenuous measures to crush the banditti.
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Havana
Santiago
Palma
Historic Alamo in Danger Amid Commercial Buyout
An Alamo preservation plea follows news that eastern investors plan to purchase exterior areas and surround the historic monastery fortress. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas urge financial support to prevent loss of the site linked to Col. W. B. Travis and the 1836 siege. The Alamo, built by Franciscan monks in 1718 and later a military garrison, remains central to Texas history.
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Alamo
Texas
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
San Antonio
Col. Travis
Trade growth with China shows strong 1903 exports
Department of Commerce figures show U S exports to China reaching about 19 million dollars in 1903, far above 1893 levels and second only to 1902 for total yearly exports. Europe exports total just over a billion, up nearly 60 percent since 1893, while Oceania shows about 36 million versus 11 million in 1893.
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China
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Europe
Oceania
Hawaiian Islands
Asia
Africa
Harper's Weekly
Alamo Stand Highlights Texan Fight and Legacy
The defense by Travis and his aids Davy Crockett, Bowie and Bowhan at the Alamo is praised for extraordinary courage. Bowie fell ill in a corner room, Travis died defending him, and survivor Mme. Candelria lived to 115. The Alamo's memory shapes Texas pride and the St. Louis World’s Fair state building.
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Alamo
Travis
Davy Crockett
Bowie
Bowhan
Mme. Candelria
St. Louis World's Fair
San Jacinto
Bandmaster Brooke Declares Rag-Time Natural Music
Thomas Preston Brooke, famed bandmaster, tells a Chicago reporter rag-time is natural music. He claims rhythm first appeared with Adam leaving Eden and that prior to that there was no music in his soul until the serpent stirred him.
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Thomas Preston Brooke
Chicago
Adam
Garden of Eden
Rag-time and rhythm in the old plantation dance
The passage argues rag-time is a natural product rather than invention, tracing it to the tuber and comparing it to buck-and-wing dances. It praises rag-time as the most inspiring music, noting how dancers’ movements create the rhythm and urging participation in the circle around a lively dancer.
A collage of 1900s notes on commerce and curiosities
The excerpt covers US Asia trade growth with emphasis on Hawaii and China, Venice campanile rebuilding insights from 1900s archeology, a Missouri horse’s jawball mystery deemed petrified corncob, a truth-telling chemical tube invention, and New York child labor findings from six months of data, plus a stock market comment on water absorption.
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Tacoma, Washington
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Tacoma
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Paul Smits, M. D
J. A. Mapes
M. D. Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
P. E. Kierland
M. D
Olsen’s Pharmacy
Aberdeen
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Heron Street
A. C. Kinnison, R. E. Whittaker
Aberdeen State Bank
J.c.cross
Attorney-at-Law
Kaufman Blo
Aberdeen, Wash
E. H. Fox
Kaufman Block
RE. E. Shields
R. E. Taggart
Attorneys-at-Law
C.a.clark
George A. Black
Canadian Pacific Railway
G Street
R. L. Caldwell
J. C. Cross
F. S. Street
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer Co
Pfund Bros., Proprs
Grays Harbor
Storey Bros
George Hilton’s
Market St
Tel
Fred Redinger
C. Vammen
Heron
Humbolt Saloon
Fred Hewitt
F Ste. Aberdeen
K. Bowes
Pleasant Club
J. M. Bowes
Prop
the Heffron
D. J. Heffron
L. W. Walker
Propr
Wolff-American and
YALE
A. Ingebrightsen
City Library
F. and
Market Street
J. M. Walker
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