Five mile bicycle record set in New York by Walter Smith
Walter Smith of New York broke the five mile amateur bicycle record with a time of 8 minutes 27 1 5 seconds. The Intelligencer lists numerous world events including fires, murders, trials, and political moves across the United States and abroad.
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Walter Smith
New York
Harry Gordon
Chicago
Dr. Hodgson
Marine Hospital
Washington
Shaffer
Amalgamated Steel Association
J. M. Key
Commercial Bank
St. Andrews
Ind
Carrie Jones
Thomas G. Jones
Montgomery
Ala
Benjamin Pugh
Johnliegen
Sing Sing
N. Y
Philadelphia
William Schultz
George E. Hancock
West Park
N. J
Mattie H. Beals
Lawton
Ohlo
United States
Exposition
Kansas City
Indiana Pulp & Paper Company
Marion
Texas
Nathan Caruthers
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Neebe
Andrew Carnegie
Racine
Wis
Selby Smelling and Lead Company
Vallejo
Cal
McLaurin
South Carolina
Democratic State Committee
Tillman
Nikola Tesla
Port Jefferson
Okla
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
Howison
Schley Court of Inquiry
Emma Tizzard
W. B. Tizzard
Eaton, C
Sy Lewis
Taylorsville
Arch Hays
Norfolk
Berkely
H. B. Goodrich
All the News of the Past Seven Days Condensed
Weekly digest of home and foreign items highlights industry, politics, personal notes, and world affairs. Scans notable happenings across the past week, emphasizing industrial progress, public events, and influential figures in a concise summary.
Notable deaths and political nominations in 19th century announcements
William N. Claggett the first Montana territory Republican delegate to Congress died in Spokane. William C. Price former Buchanan era U S Treasury treasurer died in Chicago aged 86. Hermann 8 Platt Baltimore named Maryland state comptroller. A B Cummins Des Moines nominated for Iowa governor. Charles Bull Towle Saltillo U S consular agent dead. William A. Newell lifelong public servant died in Allentown New Jersey aged 84.
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William N. Claggett
Montana Territory
Spokane
William C. Price
United States
Buchanan
Chicago
Maryland
Baltimore
Hermann 8. Platt
Iowa
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Nebraska
Lincoln
Charles Bull Towle
Boston
Saltillo
Mex
William A. Newell
New Jersey
Washington Territory
The
Life-Saving Service
Department of Agriculture
Allentown
N. J
Dowager Empress Frederick dies as war looms and chaos spreads
A chaotic 1900s era bulletin covers the death of Dowager Empress Frederick and a flood of world events. It notes Kaiser Wilhelm II amid mourning in Germany, conflicts in Colombia and Panama, treasure discoveries in Guatemala, and shifts in European power. It also mentions Canada census figures, US labor strikes, and battles in Venezuela, with various political proclamations and military actions shaping the era.
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Frederick
Germany
Friedrichshof
Miguel Malavor
Guatemala
House of Commons
Transvaal
Orange River
Yangtse
China
Canada
Marseilles
Turkey
Portugal
Kruger
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Buffalo
Michigan
Minnesota
Benjamin Boyce
Tacoma
Wash
Lord Kitchener
Jesse Jamison
Cattaragus
N. Y
Lime Springs
Peking
North
Leroy
Prince Henry of Orleans
Duke of
United States
Chicago
Cadillac
Michael Davitt
Ireland
McKeesport
Bay View Mills
Milwaukee
Joliet
South Chicago
England
Francesco Crispi
Italy
Naples
Cronberg
Great Britain
Shamrock II
Sandy Hook
Erin
Navy Department
Admiral Evans
W. E. Chandler
New Orleans
South Africa
John Winters
Selby
Vallejo
Cal
Cleaning Straw Hats the Honolulu Way
An official arriving from Honolulu in New Orleans shares a simple method to clean palmetto hats from British Honduras using plain dry corn meal brushed in. He warns acids ruin the fine texture and urges adoption of the corn meal plan to preserve color and hat integrity.
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New Orleans
Honolulu
Times-Democrat
British Honduras
Iowa State Normal School Seerley Reports Record Growth
President Homer H. Seerley releases the thirteenth biennial report noting 2,017 students in 1901, the largest in the state, with strong teacher output. Auditorium and classrooms near completion, summer school enrollment rising to 925, and plans for increased state appropriations, including laboratories and grounds improvements.
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Homer H. Seerley
Iowa State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Shaw
Seerley
Twenty-enth General Assembly
Normal School
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Eye as Lookout on Chinese Junk Figurehead History
The passage explains a painted eye on a Chinese junk figurehead serving as a lookout to prevent collisions. It notes the eye as a primal form possibly influencing European figureheads and contrasts the elaborate New Zealander figurehead with lions heads cited by Captain Cook. It suggests lions may be copied from wrecks of older ships and traces naval iconography to earlier centuries.
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John Chinaman
New
New Zealand
Iowa Prohibitionists Plan County Organizing Drive
The state central committee will organize every county in Iowa to field a legislature bound ticket. Chairman Campbell cites active prohibition groups in only about 30 counties and aims to unite members, hold joint conventions, and push candidates in all districts.
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Iowa
McKinley
Porto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
Spain
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Congress
House of Representatives
David B. Henderson
Dis
Prohibition State Central Committee
Campbell
Milling Company Sued In Sioux City Suit For Accounting And Receiver
T O Sands a Hornick Milling partner files in district court at Sioux City seeking an accounting and a receiver. He contends I F Earle formed the mill with him last year and that Sands is owed half the stock valued after a $20,000 capital. Two additional suits seek $2,145 in wages.
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Washburn Jewelry Company
Anderson
Clements Buchter
Louisville
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Secretary of War
Peter Jackson
Roma
English Channel
Count von Waldersee
Hamburg
Malvar
Batangas
Dumont
Paris
Sixto Lopez
John Herriott
R. C. Barrett
Cedar Rapids
Weaver
State Central Committee
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Keokuk
Davis
H. W. Byers
Shelby
William B. Allison
Jonathan P. Dolliver
General Assembly
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Trewin
Harriman
Conger
Herriott
Mahon
Mr. Cummins
Stuart
Supreme Court
S. M. Weaver
E. C. Brown
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Osage
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Greene County
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Greeley
Elkader
Clayton County
Recorder’s
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