Troops to Santo Domingo From Ashton
The Columbia sails from Philadelphia with 600 U S marines for Santo Domingo. Washington aims to protect customs houses as tensions rise. Marines reported ready for hard campaigning and potential clashes with Dominican forces, with more ships and troops likely to follow.
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Columbia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Santo Domingo
Washington
Navy Department
Texas
League Island Navy Yard
United States
Rio Grande Treaty Signed to Regulate Water Use
Secretary Root and Mexico’s ambassador signed a treaty to end a twenty year dispute over Rio Grande waters. The agreement preserves U S control of most water with Mexico receiving a fractional share. A $7 million dam at Engel New Mexico helped bring negotiations to a close, aiming to irrigate about 200000 acres.
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Mexico
United States
Root
Assas
Rio Grande
Senate
Reclamation Service
Engel
N. M
Strife for the Pennants Dies by Father's Corpse
In Cincinnati, Anna Sheehy drank carbolic acid beside her father’s corpse after her husband’s futile attempts to stop her. She died despite efforts to save her. In Hamilton, Ohio, "marrying Squire" Thomas McTheevy, who wed over 2,000 couples in twenty years, died while being carried to an ambulance for removal to the hospital.
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Cincinnati
Anna Sheehy
Squire
Squire Thomas Mctheevy
Hamilton
Ohio
Explosive Demolition in Stevenson Tenn and Global Turmoil
A major blast in Stevenson Tennessee halved a hill 75 feet high and 800 feet long using 11 000 cans of powder and 150 cases of dynamite as part of a Southern railway extension project. Reports also describe a torpedo boat sinking off Port Said with seven crew drowned and the Russian assassination of W H Stuart American vice consul at Batoum. Political unrest includes charges about Chicago stockyards insanitary conditions and a forthcoming message to Congress, while Beveridge proposes a westward election bill. The era reflects upheaval from revolutions to stockyard reform and legislative actions.
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Stevenson, Tenn
Southern Railway
Contractori
Chicago
Congress
Beveridge
Assembly of Presbyterians in Des Moines faces political church battles
The one hundred seventeenth general assembly opened in Des Moines amid fierce disputes over the Westminster confession of faith a possible Cumberland merger a new prayer book and ministerial sustentation. Delegates from 241 presbyteries heard sermons on world evangelization as splits over doctrine and ritual threaten unity.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Helr
Presbyterian General Assembly
Unter Corbett
China
Moffat
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland
South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Henry van Dyke
J. H W. Sutherland
Burlington
Iowa
Rate Bill Is Passed After Bitter 70 Day Debate On Railways
The U S Senate approved a railway rate control bill by 71 to 3 as Senator Foraker and Democrats Morgan and Pettus opposed. Absentee Aldrich would have voted aye per pair, and Tillman praised Roosevelt for the measure while Dolliver and others extolled the President. The final roll also deleted the phrase in its judgment from the Interstate Commerce Commission provision, widening potential court review.
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United States
Senate
Foraker
Ohio
Morgan and Pettus
Alabama
Aldrich
Rhodes Island
Teller
Roosevelt
Tilliman
Theodore Roosevelt
Dolliver
Tillman
White House
Bhim
Cii
Vague 19th Century Snippets Hint at Time’s Fast Pace
The text offers scattered remarks about John Paul Jones burial, a Russian official, a mine region slogan, Vesuvius crater growth, circus papas, and plans to vent heat from New York. It reads like a montage of stray lines from a newspaper page with no single cohesive event or clear subject.
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John Paul Jones
Pennsylvania
Vesuvius
New York
San Francisco
Forest fires devastate large Michigan Wisconsin region
Fires sweep the upper peninsula of Michigan and adjacent Wisconsin, destroying about twenty towns and many lumber camps. Flames driven by a gale have burned over 200 square miles, with millions of feet of timber lost and damages likely to reach into the millions.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Quinnisee
Ralphs
Cornell
Atbot
Auburndale
Schafer
Salyoie
Woodlawn
Saunders
Wis
S. Stephenson Company
Cornel
Menominee
Escanahy
Marquette
Ag Destructiv. Ag
Dhow
Chicago Business Conditions Amid Labor Strikes and Growth
Labor troubles ease in Chicago as dock workers return and iron erectors gain higher wages. Molders strike continues but overall activity remains strong. bank exchanges improve and consumption rises. Foundries face delays yet production remains at capacity. ore and fuel stocks to replenish. Demand for heavy materials climbs, building activity rises with state street improvements. Weather boosts seasonable goods sales. wholesale trade steady. agricultural prospects sound. Railroad earnings grow. prompt deliveries improve. livestock pastures steady. Overall, underlying conditions are favorable with robust manufacturing and construction activity continuing.
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Chicago
Illinois
Historical Market Rates Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
The report lists regional prices for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grains and dairy items. Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York show varied ranges from cattle around 4.00 to 6.00 dollars, hogs mostly 4.00 to 6.60, and grains like wheat near 90 to 93 cents, corn 48 to 53 cents, oats 31 to 88 cents, with butter around 18 to 20 cents.
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Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Boston
Phil'delphia
Brooklyn
L. W. Phildelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
American Association
Lwt
Toledo
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Paul
Columbus
Louisville
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Law
Yes Moines
Sioux City
Omaha
Lincoln
Denver Esos
Pueblo Sae
Senate Clashes Over Rate Bill and Navy Provisions
The Senate spent days debating the railroad rate bill section on interstate commerce commission personnel, restoring the current five commissioners at 7500 dollars salary, while the House moved to transfer education board appointments to the DC Supreme Court and authorized a naval station plan. Amendments on open market purchases, pipeline and anti pass provisions drew contention as the government faced cuts and reallocations in Navy funding and rate regulation. The House passed a large naval appropriation and a payment to Samuel Lee’s estate, while the Senate approved the rate regulation bill with Teller amendment changes.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Culberson
House
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Board of Education of
Washington
Naval Station
Lake Bluff
Tawney
Navy Department
Tillman
UF Davat
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific
Samuel Lee
South Carolina
Mr. Williams
Mississippi
Dyspepsia sufferer credits Peruna cure in letter
Mrs. Mittie Huffaker of Columbia Tennessee writes that after years of dyspepsia and bed confinement she found relief and finally was cured after taking Peruna. She praises the remedy and recommends it to others. A separate snippet notes Aztec use of vanilla in chocolate before European discovery and traces its name origin from yalna meaning pod.
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Mittie Huffaker
Columbia, Tenn
Peruna
Mexico
America
Europe
Dampier
Chambers” Journal
Woman Tells How to Find Relief from Kidney Ailments
Thousands of women suffer backache and urinary disorders seek relief from Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Jane Farrell of Jersey City testifies to improved health, noting heavy backache, swollen feet, puffed eyes and dizziness before use. She claims the pills restored her health and keeps her well, sold by dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY markets the product.
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Confort
Jane Farrell
Ocean Ave
Jersey City
N. 1
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Lewis Single Binder cigars cited in ads and parlor quips
An OCR fragment advertises Lewis' Single Binder cigars with claims of ripe tobacco and quality at a good price. It also includes a jumble of quoted social banter about professors, geniuses, and a lyric-like line from a Catholic publication, plus a stray dental brace phrase.
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Ney
United States
Lewis
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