Multiple incidents and events highlight a busy Atlantic era
Decade headlines report a Burlington Nebraska express robbery thwarted by dynamite, a masked robber netting 500 dollars on a Northern Pacific near Athol Fiji, and President McKinley planning a Canton return. Senator Hanne paused eastbound to speak politics, while wage increases were accepted for glass chimney plants resuming work. A five year old vanished in Chicago and surfaced ten hours later far from home. Porto Rico citizenship debate in Baltimore, Saginaw population figures, Galveston disaster toll, Oda Fellows lodge closure, Swedish Baptist conference wrap up, and crop devastation in Metremadura due to grasshoppers are noted. The National Prison Association meets in Cleveland with 200 delegates. Cornelius Sullivan dies at 101. Col Joseph H Wood ages 61.
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Burlington
Lincoln
Neb
Northern Pacific
Athol Fia
McKinley
Canton
Hanne
Adler Sorensen
Chicago
Baltimore
Nos
United States
Saginaw
Mich
Galveston
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Oda Fellows
Richmond
Swedish Baptist Church of North America
St. Paul
Grasshoppers
Metremadura
Spain
National Prison Association
Clevelana
Gornelius Sullivan
County Cork
Ireland
Colnel Joseph H. Wood
Battleships Kearsarge and Alabama honored with bronze tablets
In Portsmouth New Hampshire naval officers and Alabama delegates gathered at the navy yard for the presentation of bronze tablets to the battleships Kearsarge and Alabama commemorating the Cherbourg battle where Kearsarge defeated the Alabama. Tablet acceptances were by the ships’ captains. Speakers included Secretary of the Navy Long ex Secretary Gilbert Herbert and Governor Joseph F Johnson of Alabama.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Department
Alabama
Navy
Kearsarge
Cherbourg
France
New Hampshire
Brownson
Long
Gilary A. Herbert
Joseph F. Johnson
Take Warner's White Wine of Tar Fup Best Cough Remedy
An illegible public notice fragment mentions a product named Warner's White Wine of Tar Fup described as the best cough remedy. It also references seats and drugglets in unclear context with names Prander and Heckrott. The readable text is garbled and provides no verifiable event.
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Warner
Prander & Heckrott
Miners Strike Sparks Telegrams and Troop Talks
Panic over possible long shutdown grows as Governor Stone receives telegrams from Chicago Boston Cincinnati and other cities urging arbitration. Strikers in the anthracite region vow to stay idle despite mine owners orders and deputy arrivals. Archbishop Ryan mediation hinted as Mitchell pledges to expose insincerity if railroad chiefs refuse to meet.
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Harrisburg
Stone
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Shamokie
Re Jance
Alaska
Philadelphia and
Reading Coast and Iron Company
Sechuyskih County Corral
North Franklin
Treverton
Schulykill County
Wew Developmenta
Hazelton
T Hazelton
Lehigh
Ranke
Tabor
Mitchell
Bfisatou
Ryan
Philadelphia
Thyan
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Markle firm may grant concession as mine strike stalls
From Hazleton the situation in the in hor war shows no change. United Mine Workers push men out while operators cope with crippled forces. Markle & Co plans a long public statement by tonight and may concede to employees though specifics are delayed ten days. Arbitration plans face strong Woburn opposition and Mitchell cites simultaneous talks as prerequisite. In Racine Wisconsin a water extension proposal asks 16 percent hydrant rentals for eleven years and 20 percent for 25 more years plus dropping $180,000 in salts. council likely to accept.
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Markie Company
Hazleton
United Mine Workers
G. B. Markle & Co
Markle
Mitchell
Xrapusa
Racine
Wis
Higgins
Racine Water Company
President McKinley Heads to Canton for Canton Visit
Washington dispatch states President McKinley with Secretary Costelyou departed Washington for Canton yesterday. The trip is noted with a brief formal mention and no further details provided.
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Freaident
Canton
Washington
McKinley
Costelyou
Hold-up and stabbing kill Dane in Iron Mountain
Five unknown assailants robed a Martin Peterson saloon in Iron Mountain Michigan monday night ordering men out. James Johnson the Dane and Ales Anderson the Finn were stabbed near the saloon. Johnson died and Anderson was not expected to recover. The killers fled and were not yet caught. One suspect had just been released from county jail for beating his wife.
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Teo Caknoins
Baloon
Iron Mountain
Mich
Martin Peterson
Tere
James Johnson
Ales
Anderson
Finn
P. Tremontin
St. George Hospital
Abyssinian Woman Eats Snakes At Pearl Street Hotel
In LaCrosse Wisconsin on September 20 a bizarre report tells of Bosco an Abyssinian woman who reportedly consumes snakes by biting their heads then swallowing them. Born deformed she is said to follow a cruel local belief and to have developed a habit of eating snakes and cave dwellers despite the bite being harmless to her.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Shore
Pearl Street
Bera
Bosco
Ivorlés
Viethu
Joliet Fire Destroys Lakeside Oatmeal Mills
A four story Lakeside Oatmeal mill exploded at 4 10 am in Joliet causing a blaze that destroyed the structure. The blaze threatens nearby mills and property with $60 000 in damage and $43 000 insured coverage. Seven workers were inside but uninjured as Joliet firemen battled the flames.
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Lakeside
Snake
Catan Joliet
Ils
Jollet
Existance
David Oliver Company
Joliet Gre
Wisconsin Veterans Home receives Walter Houston legacy
Oshkosh Sept 20 The Wisconsin Veterans Home at Waupaca WI gains a 12000 bequest from Walter Houston an elderly Civil War veteran who lived in Utica and Winnebago County The 200 acre farm is bequeathed with possession at the death of his kin. Also reports on local sentencing in Eau Claire and a serious injury in Greencastle Indiana.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin Veterans’ Home
Waupaca
Walter Houston
Utica
Winnebago County
Houston
Kin Wito
London arrivals and global notes in brief
More than 80 000 Americans arrived in London this year while Lieutenant Hobson reaches Victoria from the Orient. Census Director Merriam estimates the U S population at about 76 000 000. French troops are defeated in the Sahara and Spring Lake New Jersey is destroyed by fire at a loss of 250 000. The sixth Municipal League convention sits in Milwaukee. A Madisonville Tennessee feud leaves one dead and three wounded. Chicago University plans two gymnasiums costing 125 000. Prairie du Chien Wisconsin votes against high license. Liverpool aims to curb rats from Glasgow to combat bubonic plague. Lily of the North reported lost, crew saved. Chicagoan Josephine Stewart confesses to aiding an engagement. Hatch Foote of New York fails after 36 years, debt 2 000 000. The Marl of Dysart plans piano gifts for families.
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London
Hobson
Santiago
Victoria
Orient
Merriam
Lerbers
Sahara
Spring Lake
N. J
Sea Girt
Municipal League
Milwaukee
Madisonville
Tenn
University of Chicago
Bartlett
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Liverpool
Glasgow
Josephine Stewert
Chicago
William Deutschman
Hatch & Foote
New York Stock Exchange
Chicren
Phow
Lee views on Cuba and self-government in 1900s policy
General Fitzhugh Lee arrived in Washington and warned that the United States may need to teach Cubans how to govern themselves. He said foreign interests in Cuba could be jeopardized after troop withdrawal and noted elections leading to a convention on November 6 to set up governing machinery. He cited the intervention pledge to pacify Cuba and leave governance to its people, with veterans of the Cuban war granted voting rights without property or literacy tests.
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Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
Lee
United States
Congress
Spain
Revolutionary Army
Revolutionaryy Party
Stoes
Cuban independence debate and US role in Cuba
The article discusses Cuban factions split over independence versus continued US supervision. It outlines the revolutionaries’ demand for immediate independence and troop withdrawal, contrasted with conservative and foreign business interests favoring continued US protection. It questions who would defend foreign nationals if order collapses and whether US troops would remain to stabilize anew Cuban government.
Market quotes and receipts across Chicago and Buffalo
Estimated daily receipts show cattle at 23 000 head and hogs 10 000 in Chicago markets with varied price ranges for different classes. Buffalo reports dull cattle and lower hog and lamb values, with mixed results for stockers and feeders and detailed regional grain quotes from St Louis and Milwaukee exchanges.
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Texas
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Mast Buffalo
N.Y
Bt. Louis Grain
St. Louis
Smallpox Neglect Reported in Wall Creek Area
Supervisor Spears reports state health board neglect of smallpox cases across the Greek district. Dr Sizer resigns from Wall Creek board due to lack of quarantine enforcement. No deaths yet. locals show indifference to the disease.
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Brau Claire
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Jean Claire
Standard Paper Company
George A. Whiting
Menaaba
Whiting Paper Company
Niedecken
Bell
F. B. Grover
Dodge County
Ozhkosh
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Upper Peninsula
Michigan
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Green Bay Reformatory
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Saddler
Greencastle
Ind
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First National Bank
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TRE Markets
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Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago Board of, Trade Today
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Ackley
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