Mexican houses use lite wood and fireproof design in Thai mentions
The article notes minimal wood in city construction in Staten and describes adobe walls plastered with mortar or stucco, brick floors, arched brick roofs on pine joists, and heavy doors with complex locks. Churches use brick arches. no typical Chinese or French style mansard roofs. Fire insurance burdens in the United States are contrasted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten
Mexico
China
United States
Speaking and Stepp on Public Speaking and Work
A fragmented excerpt discusses public speaking timing and audience reaction, praising candid feedback and the skill of knowing when to sit down. It cites Longman and Century on work discontent among middle class Americans, emphasizes self-help, and references anecdotes about a seasick father and a playful exchange about plasters for digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameren
Ilion
Tennyson
Revolt in Santo Domingo establishes Morales regime
Across the northern region of the republic of Santo Domingo a revolt has formed a provisional government under General Morales at Puerto Plata. Vice President Des Champs seeks safety, reportedly hidden in Monte Cristi, as the insurgents surround Santiago and cut telegraphic links to La Vega. Government of President Wosay Gil is deemed lost. the uprising follows alleged customs frauds and ministerial corruption.
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Cape Haytien
Republic of Santo Domingo
General Morales
Puerto Plata
Finance
Wasy Gil
Monte Cristi
Laligne
Moca
Santiago
la Vega
Des Champs
Wosay Gil
Colonel Stever Leads Troopers In Fort Riley Maneuver
At Fort Riley Kansas on October 26 Colonel Stever of the Fourth Cavalry commanded a small force defending the post against a larger opposing force under General Carr. His orderly defense included engineers infantry and artillery units. The elaborate exercise aimed to simulate a junction with a main blue force and proceeded under Captain Wagoner as umpire and was judged highly successful.
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Stever
Fort Riley
Kans
Fourth Cavalry
Carr
Stevers
Engineers
Twelfth Infantry
Missouri
Nebraska
Texas
Kansas
Ffth
Iowa
Eighth Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Forty-sixth Cavalry
Wagoner
Ft. Riley
Free for All Fight Ends in Fatal Stabbing in Cleveland
A drunken free for all at No. & University court in Cleveland left one man dead from a stab wound to the abdomen and six others badly injured. Police have made several arrests as victims were laid out on the sidewalk. most are expected to recover.
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Ing
Ohio
Cleveland
No. & University Court
Peter Smith
Polic
Condition William A. Elkins Reported Ill in Ashbourne
Late advices from Ashbourne the country home of William L. Blkins say one of the Trafton magnate's legs was amputated at the linea to check gangrene from blood poisoning. Mr. Blkins has not regained consciousness since the operation.
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William A. Elkins
New York
Ashbourne
William L. Blkins
Philadelphia
Linea
Bikin i
War Secretaries to sail from Liverpool on Celtic
London Oct 26 Secretary of War Boot and Mrs Root will be passengers on the steamer Celtic, sailing from Liverpool Ontario for New York.
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Wii Ball
Cedric
London
Boot
Mra. Root
Celtic
Liverpool
New York
Dyspepsia Cure Promises Digestive Relief
A vintage advertisement claims dieting diets harm health and starve the body, urging Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a solution. It asserts the product helps the stomach digest any food, cures indigestion and related troubles, and promises easy digestion and assimilation of meals. Sold by all groggists.
Accident on West and Atlantic Freight Collision Kills Fireman
A head on crash between Western and Atlantic through freight No 8 and local freight No 7 near Bolton outside Atlanta on Oct 24 left fireman Tom Collum dead in a brutal scene. Three crew members injured, ten cars and both engines demolished, with the fireman crushed as he was pinned by a locomotive tender. Engineer William Miller suffered serious bruises and mas hings but survived.
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Atlanta
Atlantic Road
Boston
Tom Collum
Tigert Signal
South Switch
Bolton
Atlante
Chattanooga
Pial
William Miller
Activity in Cotton Market Sees Prices Jump on Shortage
In New York on October 26, fierce market action followed reports of frost in the cotton belt and firm Liverpool. Short positions pushed prices up 20 to 43 points from Saturday's close with October near 9.96 rising to 10.40, December to 10.28, January 10.25, March 10.20, and May 10.20 before later declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
NEW CITY ELECTION CLOSING WEEK DRAWS FUSION FERVOR
In New York City the closing week of the municipal race is marked by mass meetings across all five boroughs. Fusionists hire halls and deploy speakers while Democrats plan Brooklyn events. District Attorney Jerome's campaign status is uncertain due to ill health as ministers weave election themes into Sunday sermons.
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New York
Greater
Five Boroughs
Brooklyn
Fusioniets
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Low
McClellan
Jerome
Sun Day
Long hermitage ends as Joel Allison returns home
Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 28 The death of a Kentucky woman ends the long hermitage of Andrew Allison who built a log cabin on a White Haven mountain twelve years ago. He had never spoken of his secret, receiving monthly packages from the south. One note reportedly broke his restraint, but he left without explanation.
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Wilkesbarre
Kentucky
Allison
White Haven
Nowa
Death under wheels at Grand Central Station
Patrick D Rooney, secretary and treasurer of a large bedding firm and principal stockholder, was killed when a streetcar or passenger train arrived at Grand Central. The Rooney family occupied different cars due to crowding. he alighted to find his wife, but fell under the wheels. His wife and child later learned of the tragedy at home.
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New York
Patrick D. Rooney
Grand Central Station
Rooney
Situation Not Critical War In Far East
Washington reports from Oct 26 indicate officials doubt any imminent war due to lack of reliable reports from agents in Russia Japan and Corea. Embassies and legations also lack clear warlike developments with only prosa reports available. the Russian embassy is led by Mr Hanson with Count Casalat due to depart for Petersburg next month.
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Far East
Washington
Russia
Japan
Corea
Prosa
Hanson
Count Casalat
Petersburg
Paris Walking Contest Draws Multitudes of Milliners and Dressmakers
In Paris at Tuilleries Gardens a massive walking competition drew 1 600 entrants aged 11 to 40, with thousands filling Des Champs Elysees to watch. Mile. Jeanne Chemnil won the finish amid cheers as milliners took the top prizes and dressmakers claimed most others.
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New York
Paris
Herald
Tuillertes
Avenue Des Champs Elysee
Place de la Concord
Naterre
Neuilly Bridge
Mile
Jeanne Chemnil
Negro Lynching Fear Sparks Jail Move in Montgomery
Patrols guard Fortuna Ellis the Black man who shot J D Mitchell Jr and Will Davis. Ellis wounded in head, brought from county lines to Montgomery to prevent lynching as Mitchell teeters between life and death. In Washington NC a jail escape frees thirteen inmates including murder defendant James White. Mississippi reports 98 escapes from state penitentiary in three years, with a new escape register planned.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fortuna Ellis
J. D. Mitchell, Jr
Will Davis
Lowndes County
BE Haynes
Ellis
Mitchell
Washington, N. C
James White
Jackson
Mias
Mississippi
Cotton Picking Weil Advanced in Mississippi Harvest
Jackson Mississippi October 26 progress in cotton picking is splendid across the state with ideal weather. Leading planters say most of the crop will be harvested before mid November and the portion left in the field afterward will be a small percentage of the total crop.
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Weil
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
City Elections Coat Estimated at Six Hundred Thousand
Oct 26 report from New York board of elections sets election coat at 600000 plus 130000 spent in the recent primary. Two million seven hundred sixty four thousand eight hundred ballots printed for canal vote plus 807000 sample ballots to show how to vote. Pilot Kills Lumberman in Decatur Alabama. John Burrell shot by Will Newsome a pilot over a mistaken identity and dies shortly after. Newsome fled. Burrell from Saginaw Michigan was a lumberman.
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New York City
New York
Board of Elections
Decatur
Ala
John Burrell
Will Newsome
Newsome
Burrell
Saginaw
Mich
Resigns Command of City of Savannah After 30 Years
Bayanneb Ga Oct 26 Captain H C Daggett of Ocean Steamship Company resigns after a 30 year service. He relinquishes command of the steamship City of Savannah. Popular ocean captain with thousands of Georgians traveling to and from New York.
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Briny
Bayanneb
Afwra
H. C. Daggett
Ocean Steamship Company
Savannah
New York
Convicts to Pay Pensions and State Funds
October 26 report expects funds from sale of cotton grown on convict farms to cover pension warrants totaling 200000 dollars due for settlement next week. Treasury cash is low this year with no large income payments until December tax settlements. Governor Longino and Auditor Cole remain confident no drastic measures are needed.
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Jackson
Mies
Treasury
Longino
Cole
Not In The Bible Rations Attributed To The Good Book
A clergyman notes many sayings people claim are biblical are not in the Bible. Examples include He tempers the wind to the shorn lamb and That he who runs may read. Professor Max Able discusses the spread of civilization and early American achievements. A Tit-Bits keeper describes animals’ behavior in rain, noting wolves enjoy rain while lions fret for extra meat.
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Sterne
You Have a Daughter and the Minister’s Soft Question
A minister asks an old gentleman about his daughter aboard a train. The elder, stung by memory, apologizes and reveals he has five daughters, the youngest being twenty eight, implying a painful past and a quiet household devoted to unmarried women.
The Teacher's Fault and Other Curious Tales
A trio of brief anecdotes shows classroom discipline, household humor, and marital quirks. A teacher questions Freddy about welts while a sobbing scholar recalls a drastic rule response, a clock laments being reset by a family each evening, and a wife crochets around a porous plaster.
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Freddy
Commission Considers Complaint In Lumber Freight Rates
Atlanta Oct 26 The Southern Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings on the Southern Yellow Pine Association complaint against the Southern Railway and other lines over alleged rate increases. Testimony focused on how higher lumber rates harmed lumber yards and lumber dealers.
Mississippi Levee Convention Aims for Federal Aid
Large turnout in New Orleans for the Interstate Mississippi River Improvement and Levee association meeting. Delegates include governors, senators, congressmen, and railroad leaders from many states as they seek national funds to levee both river banks, improve navigation, and protect alluvial lands.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Tulane Hall
Charles Scott
Interstate Misssasippi River Improvement and Levee Association
Congress
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Spencer
The
Southern
Winchell
Frisco
Texas and Southern Pacific
the Treasury
Charles R. Fairchild
Robert 8. Taylor
Mississippi River Commission
Longino
Misssasippi
James H. Berry
Arkansas
Davia
Wisconsin
John Sherper Williams
Mississippi
George H. Maxwell
Chicago
McEnery and Foster
Louisiana
Heard
Capedroille
Beott
O. Stannard
Missouri
Presdent Scott
Perils of the Yukon Expose Steamers to Ice and Frost
A Dawson dispatch reports steamers and cargoes worth over 3 million dollars remain exposed to Yukon ice and frost with little hope of reaching safe winter ports. The Korr refrigerated steamer with 160,000 dollars of meat is stalled below Eagle, likely to miss this season. Klondike gold output for the season is pegged at 10.4 million. The piece also recalls a dean’s anecdote about Dr Gott’s absent minded hospitality at Worcester.
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Beattie
Wash
Dawson
Youkon
Korr
Eagl
Whistler Humor Recalls Intro Letter Incident
A visitor arrives at Whistler with a letter and card. The servant brings the card back with a pencil note asking who is the greatest painter. The visitor writes Whistler and is shown upstairs, sparking an amusing scene.
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Whistler
The
Free Lance
Tomato origin and its early history in South America
The tomato native to Peru and the Andean region was cultivated for food long before Europeans arrived. Spaniards spread it to Spain and England by 1500, while the term love apple arose from a false belief it was an aphrodisiac. Sardines production from Sardinia is described, detailing gathering, cleaning, drying, boiling in olive oil, and packing processes.
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South America
Peru
Andean
Spain
England
Peaceful Nantucket Friends Shun Military Ambition
The piece notes Nantucket’s long peace tradition led by the Friends, who wielded public influence and kept no standing army for generations. A brief episode recalls youths forming a training company seeking gear in Boston, only to be forced by elders to include a treaty to disband if war came.
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Nantucket
Boston
Uncertain Duke of Medina Sidonia Sees Mount Cumbe
An old historian recounts the Spanish Armada voyage along England in Elizabeth I's era. The Duke of Medina Sidonia allegedly vowed to seize Mount Cumbe after sighting the mansion, but he caught a cold and had only bear-skin clothes remaining to wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Elizabeth
Medina- Bidonia
Mountcumbe
Woman Recovers Purse After Pickpocket Incident
A Chicago rider recounts a funny experience as a conductor collected fares. When a thin man approached, Mrs. Bishop quietly said the thief would pay, then pointed out her purse was missing. The conductor paid on her behalf, and she retrieved her purse.
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Chicago
Striking Miners Destroy Railroundhouse in Ost District
In Bilboa Ost the night raid by striking miners used dynamite to wreck a railroad roundhouse and electric light and telephone plants. The strike now spreads to all district mines as employers resist weekly wage payments until workers return. The strikers seek pay and safe return to work amid mounting unrest.
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Bilboa
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