Porto Rico trade bill and war time measures update
Senate discusses a provisional Porto Rico free trade act until March 1 1902. House and Senate consider army appropriation bills and banking safeguards while reporting on criminal information bureau and Arlington burial use. Also coverage of executions, rail accidents, local crime, and Boer War context.
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Minn
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United States
Porto Rico
Alliso
House
Foraker
Army
Bureau of Criminal Information
Department of Justice
National Cemetery
Arlington
Alaska
Beveridge
A Week's Record of News Condensed Across Regions
A weekly digest compiling varied news from the past seven days. Includes industrial field updates, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad.
Five Cent bank assignees named in Keene and more
Assignees named in Keene New Hampshire for the Five Cent Savings Bank liabilities 1 449 058 and the Guaranty Savings Bank liabilities 718 873. The new Mare Island Naval Hospital California has been completed. Multiple deaths fires strikes and political notes follow with varying regional details.
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Keene, N. H
Five Cent Savings Bank
Guaranty Savings Bank
United States Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Cal
Charles Scott
L. Ferguson
Owosso
Mich
Merchants’ National Bank of Rutland
Massey
Santiago
New York
Lawrence
Kan
Pierson Flour Milling Company
St. Francis Orphan Asylum
Dubuque
California
Kingston
Wis
Altoona
Lewis Harris
Belair
James B. Dill
Carnegie-Frick
Charleston
Navy
Wheeler
Macon
Neb
Muntry
Nicaragua
War Department
Honolulu
G. Frum
Iman
W. Va
Retary of State Powers
Goebel
Iffort
Paris Exposition Set to Open April 14
The Paris exposition will be officially opened on April 14. Reports note a revelatory push in international events as nations react to crises and humanitarian needs.
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Glenelge
Gippsland
Australia
Roumania
Asia Minor
Curzon
India
Russia
Berlin
Ambush At Bloemfontein: British convoy captured with six guns
London dispatches detail Col Broadwood's force retreating from Thaba N'Chu to Bloemfontein vicinity. A convoy and twelve guns were lured into a Boer ambush near Bushman Kop, with fears of many captives. Colville may try to retrieve the disaster amid renewed Boer boldness and new commander Botha’s rising influence.
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Broadway
Col
London
Buller
Bloemfontein
Lord Roberts
War Office
Bushman Kop
Broadwood
Thaba N’chu
Botha
Free State
Karee Siding
Brabant
Wepener
Socialist exultation as Italian chamber sees resignations
Rome reports that Sig. Palberti opened the chamber of deputies and announced the resignation of Sig. Colombo as president and the related officials. Gioitti urged conciliation while Gen Kelloux’s premier’s motion set Monday as the first business to elect a new speaker. Socialists hailed Colombo’s departure and the decree law withdrawal as their success.
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Rome
Sig. Palberti
House
Chamber of Deputies
Sig. Colombo
Sig. Gioitti
Chamber
Senate debate on Porto Rico bill dominates sessions
The Porto Rico bill consumes most Senate time with Proctor supporting free trade. In the House a six year presidential term bill is introduced. The naval appropriation stands at 61 million, war claims debated, and other political actions noted.
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Fountain City
Ind
South Dakota
F. A. Carlisle
Brookings
A. O. Harkell
M. Rogers
Michigan
Port Huron
Mey 1
Ohio
C. H. Grosvenor
Harvey L. Goodall
South Side
Daily Sun
Chicago Drovers’ Journal
W. H. Stanton
Scranton
John A. Barnes
United States
Cologne
Germany
Illinois
Vespasian Warner
R.b.gordon
Kansas
George W. Wheatley
George KR. Sands
New York
Philetus Sawyer
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Alabama
W. B. Crumpton
Jefferson
C. K. Holliday
Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Kan
Felicity Pickard
Plymouth
Mass
Cleary Hyland
United States Senate
Proctor
House
Fairbanks
Board of Managers
National Soldiers’ Home
George Webster
Spokane
Wash
Lise Ashland
Industrial Commission
Chicago
Joseph C. Hurst
Glendive
Mont
Dominick Cavanaugh
Lore Alford
Iown
House of Representatives
Waterloo
Columbia Theater
James W. Owens
Newark
Hippolyte Schneider
Pittsburgh
Niagara Falls
Morales
Gonzales
San Carlos
Philippines
John Hayslip
Kansas City
Maud Mitchell
War Department
Archibald Forbes
London
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Kruger
Sheridan
San Francisco
Manila
Grant
Mississippi
Charles H. Gibson
Maryland
Washington
Harper
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
James O’boyle
Fred Ross
Frank Tucker
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Owosso
Mich
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Panay
Legaspite
Robbe
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Oxford
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Diaz
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Baltimore Forms Automobile Club For Drivers
Queen Victoria maintains a handsome automobile in her stables. An automobile race is planned in France in the last week of July. Chicago aldermen debate requiring fenders on all passenger vehicles.
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Baltimore
Queen Victoria
France
Chicago
Japan Eyes Demands After Russian Squadron Move
Japanese press says the Russian squadron remains at Chemulpo and may sail to Masanpo to press demands. If Corea yields, Japan will seek a similar concession on the Corean coast.
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Yokohama
Chemulpo
Masanoho
Corea
Japan
Corean
Patented Garment Fastener Lets Buttons Attach Without Sewing
A new fastener secures buttons without sewing by using a square fabric patch with a central eyelet. The button shank sits in the eyelet and is held by a cord that threads through the eye and over the fabric edge, allowing attachment without stitching.
Age of discretion noted by Chicago Daily News
A quotation observes that true discretion comes with aging as a man learns he does not know everything and will gain further insight with time. It reflects a mid century line about wisdom and ignorance.
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Chicago Daily News
Mother's Concern Promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Letters from Mrs. Martipa A Camp of Macon Georgia describe a nineteen year old daughter with prolonged flow and weakness improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A second letter from Mrs Matilda A Camp September 1899 expresses strong satisfaction and gratitude and offers permission to publish.
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Matilda A. Camp
Manchester Mill
Macon, Ga
American enterprise tale from Pine Bluff pastor
A Pine Bluff Ark pastor told his congregation about travels in the Holy Land and ended with a tale of drawing water from Jacob's Well using a tin bucket marked Swift & Company, noting it resembled a lard bucket seen in Pine Bluff, illustrating American enterprise.
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First Man
Pine Bluff
Ark
Holy Land
Noisy play at mamma’s whist party
Excerpt shows a father scolding two little girls for their noise while they play near their mother’s whist party, a domestic scene set on Philadelphia Road with light family humor.
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Papa
Mamma
Philadelphia Rd
Coughing Leads to Consumption Warns of Kemp’s Balsam
Ad promotes Kemp’s Balsam as a cure for coughing that leads to consumption. Encourages visiting a druggist for a free sample bottle and offers large bottles at 25 and 50 cents. Urges immediate action to avoid danger.
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Kemp
Widow rejects suitor in witty exchange
A Philadelphia Inquirer quip shows a widow lamenting losing her husband to a persistent suitor who proposes a contrastless, unfamiliar path ending with a playful pun. The brief exchange highlights social wit in a domestic scene.
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John
Philadelphia Vorth American
Cure a Cold in One Day Remedies Advertised
An advertising snippet touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee. It notes Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as other remedies. The text includes stray quips about honesty and a cartoon caption.
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Hale
Pike
Putnam Faceless Dyes Promise Fast Bright Colors
The Putnam company claims their Faceless Dyes produce the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye, and they are sold by all druggists.
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Putnam
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