Horrible letter recounts brutal Russian crimes in China
Private Joseph M. DeLay writes from Tien Tsin in Aug 1900 detailing outrages by Russian soldiers against Chinese civilians. He describes beatings, bayonets, drownings, and a child chained to a pond, urging Western powers to intervene and halt rape murder and theft.
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Joseph M. DeLay
Tien Tsin
China
Athens
Indiana
Russia
Chang Feve
Co. A
16Th
Chins
Princeton Freshmen Stole Bell Clapper From Old North Church Tower
Three Princeton freshmen sneaked into Nasean hall and battered doors to reach the Old North bell. A lightning rod and barb wire protected the belfry, but one climber obtained the clapper and dropped it to ground as proctors arrived. They paid $90 to university treasury, later recasting the clapper into miniatures to sell as watch charms.
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Princeton
Old North
Nasean Hall
University
Liverpool cotton estimate raises doubts amid market chatter
A Liverpool man A J Barton claims to correctly spot cotton fields and predicts the 1900 01 crop will total about 10 250 000 bales with favorable conditions in the belt despite labor shortages and frost risk. The piece notes alternative estimates from Thomas Ellison and market behavior, and ends with an ad for One Minute Cough Cure.
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A. J. Barton
Liverpool
North Carolina
Forest of Oake
Washington
Thomas Ellison
Barton
Wreck Fatalities Reported in Mississippi Yard Collision
A Southern railroad through freight collided with a switch engine in Columbus Mississippi yards. Engineer Johnson Card was killed instantly. Fireman J F Cheever of Birmingham suffered a severely injured leg and may die. Brake man Bonner Holmes was badly injured with both legs broken. Engineer J W Parish of the freight train was severely injured but likely to recover. Parrish says he had forty hours on duty with no sleep and may have fallen asleep.
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Birmingham
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Southern Railroad
Columbus
Miss
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J. F. Cheever
Bonner Holmes
J. W. Parish
Parrish
Mina Barton III Ill in Galveston After Storm Aid
Mina Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross Society, has been directing relief work in Galveston for six weeks and has fallen ill with a stomach ailment. Associates deny dangerous illness and report she is improved and expected to be up soon.
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The
Red Cross Society
Pineapple Industry Expands in Orlando Florida
A report from Orlando on October 25 notes about seventy five acres of pineapple plantings and fifty acres under sheds. Investments approach half a million dollars with strong annual income, shipping valued over 100000 during winter and spring. Plant sales may add nearly a quarter million. local factories process palm leaves into ornamental palma for northern trade.
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