Independence talk frames Cuban delegate election results
Havana delegates and prominent Cubans discuss the forthcoming constitutional convention. Nationalist Senor Alfredo Bayns says the convention will resist U S influence and pursue an independent policy, possibly settling relations with the United States by a special commission. Brighton Mich Sept 21 Detroit presbytery adjourned to meet in Grand Rapids Oct 10. The next regular session in Detroit in November. Milwaukee Sept 21 C Vogt Peters ages 60 attempted suicide by gunshot at Juneau Park. doctors say wounds likely fatal. he is a life insurance company agent with New York ties and a large family.
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Itis A Kag Sete Psy
Blatt
Pharette Wan Tie Tite
Gina Bletrtona
Fiavank
Havana
Gomez
Senor
Alfredo 4Ayns
United States
Oba
Brighton
Mich
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Belgium
William Booth
Wis
McKinley
New York
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
James B. Kellogg
Dean
Get-Rich
New York State
Richard W. Kenny
Chicago
Hulphalet
Wood
Abraham Yocob
Irvington
N. Y
Walter Delafield
Church of the Transfiguration
Chicago and Northwestern Road
Green Bay
Berlin
Man Killed by Deputy Warden Over River Fishing Dispute
In St Paul on September 21 John Morienzski, 61, was shot and killed by a deputy game warden near Pig's Eye on the Mississippi river as deputies seized nets. Morienzski and his son were reportedly legally fishing when a confrontation arose and the shooting occurred immediately.
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St. Paul
John Morienzski
Mississippi
Pig's Eye
Morienzski
Hison
Morientsk
Water Tank Collapse Halts Plant Operations in Joliet
An 80,000 gale toppled a water tank on Rock Island road near the Rockdale plant of American Steel and Wire, flooding the wire drawing department and destroying about 2000 dollars worth of product while telegraph lines were cut and traffic delayed. Estimated damage places total near 3000 dollars.
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Joliet
Rock Island Road
Rockdale
American Steel and Wire Company
Belgians Crown Nation With King’s Real Estate Gift
A list of varied events: King of Belgium gifts all real estate to the nation while figures like General Booth and President McKinley appear in plans and travels. Other entries note indictments, deaths, railway freight moves, and local franchise grants across Wisconsin and Illinois.
Letter Mis mailed in Plain Envelope Sparks Postal Frustration
A Detroit Free Press scene shows a furious elderly business man railing at postal workers after he mails a crucial letter to Cleveland without an address. He demands a tracer and insists he used a plain envelope, only to realize the letter had never been addressed, prompting a puzzled route through the postal system.
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Lecce
Cleveland
Malls
George
Detroit Free Press
Train-spotter tale reveals demure Miss Waller’s SF exit
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt recounts Miss Waller of Chicago, a veteran train spotter, who traveled haunt for months to aid railways. Her cautious style, repeated private messages to lawyers, and final departure underscore the secretive intrigue surrounding railroad private detectives and the high pay they command in the industry.
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Voihan
Oakland
Erarcely
Mote
Missouri River
San Francisco
Rumnous
Ruspleion
Toilera
Enat
Traffe
Misaissippi
Atlantic
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
San Francisco Chronicle
Relapse Questioned Nerves and Medicine
A Philadelphia Bulletin quotation notes a person asking if another was treated by a physician for nerves and recounts needing more medicine after receiving a bill, reflecting on medical care and billing discomfort.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
The Match That Won Him a Clerk’s Job
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt recounts how a simple match striking moment revealed a candidate’s honesty and thoughtfulness. A young man, balancing on one foot to strike a spent cigar, refused to vandalize a marble column and impressed an employer, leading to a clerical appointment.
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Hines
Mki
Waells
Philadelphia Inquirer
Exchanged Overcoats At First by Accident and Then to Rectify
A Chicago anecdote tells of a rubber goods dealer who swapped coats with another passenger by mistake on a Chicago to Detroit trip. He discovers the mix up when boarding the train and finding letters and gloves in the pocket. The tale highlights a mistaken exchange and humorous misfortune at the station.
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Chicago
Detroit
qWell
Honest Voter Urges City Reform and Civic Duty
The piece condemns apathy in city elections, arguing Americans must heed duties of citizenship beyond private interests. It notes rising reform activity and urges collective action, including forming associations, to combat corruption and restore governance. It also hints at practical regional itches like corn fodder solutions.
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Pham
National Municipal League
Astronomy or Economy Misunderstanding Gig
A humorous exchange shows a husband and wife misunderstanding a purchase. He complains the books on astronomy were not theirs, while she reveals she bought every astronomy book after his remark about studying it. He clarifies he meant economy, not astronomy, in a wry punchline from a weekly humor section.
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Pearson's Weekly
A Tratha Man Conversation in Brooklyn Life
A fragmented scene shows a tense exchange between a man named Tratha and Biss Platnface about money and happiness. Mr Seckrox reacts in alarm, insisting happiness is not the right word for their situation in Brooklyn Life.
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Biss
Mr. Seckrox
Brooklyn
Bellingham Marriage Rumor Denied by Rotting Dean
In Perkasie conversation a jab about Bellingham marrying money is dismissed as false by Rotting dean who quips he wed a cash girl, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Bellingham
Perkasie
Rottingdean
Detroit Free Press
General Lord Methuen's Wife Struggles With War News
Lady Methuen, wife of General Lord Methuen, faces anxiety as reports reach her of her husband's injuries and mental strain from service in South Africa. The couple, married in 1884 with a son born in 1888, hail from Britain’s aristocracy, with ties to the Bantards of Nyneeland Court and the duchy of Somerset.
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South Africa
Hone
Lady Methuen
Lord Methuen
Nute
Lord
L Aady Methuen
England
Nynelend Court
Somerset
Kingdom
Sanford
Lucknow
Methnep
Oorsham, Court
Methaena
Breo Yuu Ecebe
Oddities of mint processes and urban telephone quirks
A jumble of notes covers metalworking at a mint with acid baths shaping fragile electrotypes, plus a tale from Grand Rapids about cross use of Citizens and Bell phones. It also notes sugar beet popularity in Michigan, crop diversification, livestock grazing benefits, and a humorous slice on a stat-minded woman tallying household chores.
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Grand Rapids
Preas
Haa
Citizens’ Company
Citizens’ Inc
Citizens
Geome
Neighborhood Telephone Date: A Call to Organize Local Service
The text urges neighbors to pursue a telephone line and a rural mail route by rallying two or three progressive men. It stresses the value of daily contact with the busy world through a telephone and regular newspaper, highlighting practical communication improvements for the community.
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New Orleans Times Democrat
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Djatent
Clear Lake
Towa
Afalarumi
Fort Hive
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Onkin Avery
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Lke
Iowa
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Butty
Marshalltown
Getralr
Sila
Durley
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Xason
Polit Mave
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Lowa
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Wagon Maker
Presbyterian Church
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Attorney AT Law
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Ackley
T. J. Symington
Aed
Queen’s Analyersity Oanade
Oricent Realdance
Urey House South of
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D. D
Northwestern University
M. Brentman
Thyvician
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Pound
Raenic
Dubuque Malting Co
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