Yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans and national response
The article reports a severe yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans and Louisiana with rising deaths and high infection rates. It cites Archbishop Chapelle and Dr. Walter Wyman, notes quarantine issues, and describes national health authorities taking charge, expected impact on trade, and local efforts including militia deployment to enforce quarantines.
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Orleans
Ty St
Chan Alle
France
St. Mars's College
Baltimore
Washington
Salpointe
Santa
New Orleans
Louis Or Chapelle
Cuba
Philippines
angIn
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Walter Wyman
Beheral
United States
St. ‘Louis
Amherst
Thor
St. Louis Medical College
Marine Hospital Corps
Port StacVay
M. M
Wyman
Society of Colonial
Wave
State Board of, Health
Iytha Reson
Forsyth
Monroe
Cogtaets
Blanchard
Roosevelt Presses Monroe Doctrine and Federal Corporate Supervision
President Roosevelt at Chautauqua N Y frames his speech as a bold call for strong federal oversight of interstate corporations and tighter anti trust enforcement. He denounces evasion of the law by powerful firms while defending the Monroe doctrine and warning against territorial aggression.
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Addreases Chautauquuane
Roosevelt
Chautauqua
N. Y
Chicago Packers
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Santo Domingo
Connecticut curbs corruption with sweeping reform act
The Connecticut Legislature adjourned and enacted a broad corrupt practices bill. It forfeits seats to defeated rivals for proven fraud, allows citizen informants to seek hearings, and removes trials from juries. Trials may proceed with two judges, costs can be quadrupled for baseless actions, and penalties extend to state and federal offices through the Governor or Congress.
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Connecticut
Supreme Court
United States
Judiciary Committee of
Congress
Population gain noted in Jersey City census report
The Jersey City census shows the population has increased by 20 006 since 1000. Sir John Tenniel the famed London cartoonist has just passed his eighty first birthday. Daniel Tarbox Jerwett likely the oldest lawyer in the United States will enter his 100th year. Stuyvesant Ish president of the T Verona Central railroad in Chicago Interview says the Illinois Central will keep diverting all grain to New Orleans.
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Jersey City
John Tenniel
London
Puncels
Daniel Tarbox Jerwett
United States
Goon
Stuyvesant Iish
Tumola Central Railroad
Chicago
Ilinois Central
New Orleans
Off year politics and canal funds dominate national focus
In a quiet political season voters prepare for Governorships across seven states with Massachusetts and Rhode Island debating term lengths. Meanwhile isthmian canal finances show $10,000,000 spent, bonds to be issued, ships bought, and reports of graft across multiple federal agencies fueling calls for reform. Navy finds vandals who damaged John Paul Jones flag aboard the Brooklyn.
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National House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Nevada
Oregon
Virginia
Wyoming
Ohio
House of Representatives
Office of Administration of the
Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Culebra
Dauchey
Wallace
Stevens
Magoon
Canal
Navy Department
Brooklyn
John Paul Jones
France
Japan's Peace Terms and Open Door Demands
Reports from Portsmouth outline Japan's peace terms including reimbursement for war expenses, cession of Sakhalin Island, transfer of Manchurian railroads, and Port Arthur. Russia evacuates Manchuria and accepts Korea under Japanese suzerainty, while naval limits in the Pacific remain disputed. Indemnity is left open, with Japan aiming for a strong open-door position and broader influence in Korea and Manchuria.
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Sakhalih Island
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dualng
Manchurian
China
Russia
Japan
Harbin
Korea
Vladivostok
Behring
Pacific
Manchuria
Sakhalien Island
Vladivestock
Sakhalin
Sakhalin Island
Togo
Mikado
Tokio
United States
Portsmouth
Witte
Great Britain
Komura
Uncle Sam
Jet
Legal and construction case notes and a slow journey scene
A collage of legal citations covers landlord repair liability construction defects and encumbrances by spouses across several jurisdictions. It is followed by a vignette of a slow old car journey and a startled conductor demanding fare, with a traveler recounting the journey from Nether Liberton and memory of a boy, ending with Auckland News.
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Nether Liberton
Sailors Faith in Omens From Sea Life and Lore
Sailors believe in omens and superstitions spanning seas and years. Broken glass foreshadows a broken mast while a broken tumbler signals a shattered compass. Sneezing rightward brings luck, leftward misfortune, and cross eyed passengers hinder steering. Women on ships were once avoided as unlucky precursors of storms. St Elmo's lights, corpousants, and spectral green flames foretell rough weather and storms at sea.
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St. Elmo’s
Corpus -Christi
Cleveland
Man with long legs occupies two seats at theater
A man who has long legs bought two seats for himself and his limbs. An usher, after a tip, tries to seat another patron, but the owner objects saying the seat is paid for. The man keeps crossing his legs and occupies both seats, laughing through the performance.
His Chance for Fame Stumble on streetcar drag results in minor injuries
The report describes Ramminy nearly climbing onto a moving streetcar, slipping under truck horses and being dragged to safety by a policeman. He is described as demoralized but unhurt, naming himself as Thomas Tucker of 6787 Bim Avenue and offering a photo.
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Ellison
Lavin
N. Y
Thomas Tucker
Bim Avenue
Chicago Tribune
Gratitude Wall Expressed for Dodd's Kidney Pills
A reader reports relief from kidney pain after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims the pills cured pain, reduced lumbago sciatica and other ailments, allowing the user to discard a cane and regain health without pain.
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Rhea
Ieee
Dodd
Tibetan Monks Endure Terrible Penances in Dark Cells
A fragmentary description from Percival Landon’s The Opening of Tibet details Nyen de kyibuk monks who endure six months alone in near-sunken cells. A stone slab opens to reveal a black chasm where a bound arm is felt, and a morsel of bread and cake flour is placed as the daily signal.
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Nyen-de-kyi-buk
Percival Landon
Tibet
Landon
Coffee and Life Insurance Rewritten by Heart Trouble Letter
A Colorado man recounts quitting coffee after heart trouble blocked life insurance. He credits Postum Coffee alternative with restoring digestion and nerves, claiming full health recovery and acceptance by a life company after avoiding coffee. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and links coffee to heart risk.
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Colorado
Wellville
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