Divorced by Civil War? Constitution and Flag Unclear
Daytona Fla August 23 Helen Post her husband Colonel C C Post and her son in law C F Burgman were arrested on charges they used the mails for fraudulent purposes. Authorities say they mailed circulars claiming to cure patients at a distance through mental science instructing parents to sit for fifteen minutes daily and think of the healer. Mrs Post claims to heal all diseases and even restore sight.
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Daytona
Fla
Helen Post
C. C. Post
C. F. Burgman
Postoffice
Fred D. Peer
Jack Bonville
United States
William Archibald
Notable Townsend Speech Links to Porto Rican Tariff Case
Supreme Court upheld island cases and Townsend, a U S district judge from New Haven, delivered a forceful address at the American Bar Association dinner. He praised the decision as restoring sovereignty and argued that long-standing precedents supported treating new possessions as governed by constitutional authority.
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Denver
Coro
American Bar Association
A. M. Rose
Little Rock
John Hinckley
Baltimore
Francis Rawle
Philadelphia
Henry St. George Tucker
Virginia
W. A. Glascow
Saratoga
R. C. Minor
University of Virginia
Townsend
William Kk. Townsend
United States District Court
New Haven
Supreme Court
Maine
Brown
Congress
Florida
Hawaii
Supreme Court of the United States
Marshall
Cuban rebels urge Palma to outline policies if elected
A Havana committee of prominent revolutionaries drafts a letter to Senor Estrada Palma calling for a clear policy program. They ask him to oppose parts of the Platt Amendment, pledge to work with the United States on changes, and specify positions on Cuban army pay and tariff concessions. The letter will be discussed by the assembly before sending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iCubans
Havana
Seimor Estrada Palma
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Senor Palma
Benor Palma
Senor Gomez
Senor Paltma
Martial Law Measures Adopted by Colombian Government
An official decree dated July 18 and published from Galveston on August 23 declares: suspend payment of war material accounts, expropriate resources for army feeding and mobilization, levy forced and voluntary loans, and impose department war contributions. Governors are authorized to act according to circumstances.
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Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Tex
Gota
Refuse to Impeach Robbins in Texas House Action
Austin August 23 The Texas House refused to pass a resolution to impeach State Treasurer Robbins over the First National Bank of Austin failure. The governor urged legislation to recover state funds within 180 days as the bank reopened plans. Kirby and other Robbins bondsmen reportedly control much of the bank and plan to work with President Wortham to settle with depositors.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
House
Robbins
First National Bank of
First National Bank
John R. Kirby
Houston
Water Spouts In Kentucky Cause Flooding
Reports from Owensboro indicate a severe flood on Barnetts creek in Ohio county with houses washed away and livestock drowned. The Rough river backing up for about 10 miles raises fears of lost lives. the area lacks telegraph or telephone access.
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Owensboro
Barnetts Creek
Ohio County
Women in the Civil Service in Leslies Weekly Notice
The article notes that from July 1833 to June 19, there were 2,04 females appointed in Washington departments via competitive exams, including 1,260 printers' assistants at $1.25 per day, the lowest wage for women in the classified service. It highlights that about one third of Washington staff are women, mostly in clerical roles, with some technical positions. It compares compensation progress since 1883 Civil Service law, citing salary ranges for women in various offices and states that over ten years, a high pass rate of competitive exams for women exceeds that of men by more than 0.
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John
Preston
Leslie's Weekly
Classified Service
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
State Department
Fiction Becomes Fact in Concordia Kansas
The Indianapolis Sentinel notes a local incident where a frail looking student at a business college defended himself against a town bully. After an initial assault the student fought back and again subdued him, leading to the bully's arrest and a fine. The town lauds the student as peaceful prior to this act. rumor ties him to Funston's kin.
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Indianapolis
Realife
Concordia
Kans
Mm Hisife
Funston
Money Going to the West in Bank Transfers
New York August 23 banks shifted $500000 by telegraph to Chicago through the sub treasury today. Officials estimate that out of town currency movement to Chicago and New Orleans is about five times greater than on this date last year.
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New York
Chicago
Sub-Treasury
New Orleans
Conqueror Willing to Risk Life for Yellow Fever Test
Havana reports a non immune person inoculated with Dr Caldas serum claimed to prevent yellow fever and bitten by two infected mosquitoes. Major Harvard, chief surgeon, notes the yellow fever commission and he agree the experiments are justifiable given voluntary participation and scientific importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Caldas
Harvard
Ments
Sugar beets will prove bonanza for the South
Washington reports beet sugar growing in the United States, especially in the south, could revolutionize the sugar industry. Secretary of Agriculture William Wilson notes southern beets may outpace other regions in profit. The Rocky Ford plant and Arkansas Valley in Colorado are cited with high sugar yields and plans for more factories to meet demand.
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Washington
United States
Southland
Judge Wilson
South
McKinley
Treasury Department
Wilson
Wyndman
Chicago
Illinois
Nebraska
Colorado
American Beet Sugar Company
Grand Junction
Rocky Ford
Sugar City
Europe
Asia
Colo
Wll
Henson
Arkansas Valley
New York Corporation
California
Scientists of America Assemble at Denver
Denver hosts the fiftieth annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science with daily sessions for a week. Governor James B. Orman presides. notable figures include Alexander Graham Bell timeline echoes, Hayden, Henry, Baird, Agassiz, Agassiz Jr., Gray, and Britton cited for landmark science contributions and institutional leadership.
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Denver
Col
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Russia
Germany
England
America
James B. Orman
Colorado
Alexander Graham Hell
Boston
Edward D. Cope
University of Pennsylvania
Othniel C. Marsh
Yale
Newberry
Columbia
Orton
Ohio
Dawson and Hunt
Canada
Letdy
Less Smoking in Summer in Washington Post
The piece notes hot weather reduces tobacco use and cigar sales across the east. Edward Pointer of Durham North Carolina cites a daily loss of hundreds of thousands to cigar and cigarette manufacturers as smokers cut back during heat waves.
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Washington Post
East
Edward ©. Pointer
Durham
N. C
National
Mississippi
Religion and Creed Address by G Stanley Hall at Clark
President Hall argues that true religion does not require a creed and can exist without explicit belief in divinity or immortality. He cites examples of deep religious life with diverse thinking and even no recognized belief in the soul.
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G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Relifon
The Blot of Sweatshops Opinion Piece Calls Abolition
The piece condemns sweatshops as an abomination and urges action to wipe them out by strikes or superior methods. It suggests leading manufacturers unite to abolish contractors and hire direct employees to ensure fair pay and treatment, improving workers' conditions.
Maryland Women in Numbers and Hats in Heat Wave
Census figures show Maryland women outnumber men by nine thousand four hundred ninety four with six hundred ninety seven thousand five hundred seventy nine females versus five hundred ninety eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine males. The piece notes the excess is statistical and highlights fashion headgear trends amid hot weather and hat sellers' tactics.
Pittsburg Steel Strike Drama Grows As Talks Continue
Pittsburgh August 23 A city wide snapshot shows mills in varying status while unions and management brace for shifts. Amalgamated leaders meet behind closed doors with Mitchell Jenks and Schwab looming. strikers plan a large parade as officials hint at a decisive move within days.
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Pittsburg
Star Mill
Painter Mill
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Carnegie
McKeesport
Demmler
Irondale
Wellsville
Lisbon
Evana
Wheeling
Bellair
National Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Arseng
Only Man in Race for Missouri Senator Seat
In St Louis on August 28 Colonel Moses C Wetmore declared that Governor Stone is not a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904. He stated Stone seeks the United States senatorship, and will be the next Missouri senator, the sole candidate with a real chance. Wetmore notes their close ties and Stone’s past campaigns. In Des Moines on August 23 a populist convention nominated L H Weller for governor and endorsed the Omaha platform denouncing trusts. Parker of Toursville warned Democrats may drop silver in 1904 and unite behind an independent third party.
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St. Louis
Stone
United States
Missouri
Moses C. Wetmore
Wetmore
Nuberal
Des Moines
Iowa
L. H. Weller
Omaha
Joseph A. Parker
Toursville
Mitchell Stricken By Apoplexy In Atlanta
William P. Mitchell a cotton buyer with the Inman Cotton Company suffered a stroke Thursday night at his sister Mrs Roachs Whitehall street home He was reported improving last night He is the son of the late Weldon Mitchell and has many friends who wish him a speedy recovery The story also covers United States Steel strike tensions in Pittsburg and developments in McKeesport Demmler mills and Canal Dover mills with strikebreakers and union defections affecting coke region output including Martin s Ferry Ohio and New York City building trades council stance on a sympathetic strike.
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Philadelphia
Hall
New York
Hayden
United States Geological Survey
Joseph Henry
Smithsonian Institution
Spencer F. Baird
National Muesum
United States Fish Commission
Louis Agassiz
Asa Gray
Alexander Agassiz
Cambride Institute of Comparative Zoology
Gray
Nathaniel L. Britton
New York Botanical Garden
Amalgamated
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
J. W. Jenks
Industrial Commission
Ralph M. Eastey
National City Federation
Henry M. White
United Garment Workers
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
Combine
Schwab
Jenks
C. M. Schwab
Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Milwaukee
R. J. Black
McKeesport
East
Duquesne
Homestead
Labor
I Amalgamated’ Association
William P. Mitchell
Inman Cotton Company
Mr. Mitchell
Dr. Roach
Whitehall Street
Weldon Mitchell
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United States Mail
Pittsburg
Combing
Laave
Demmler Mills
American Tin Plate Company
Lower McKeesport
Warka
Demmler
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Dover Mills
Trades Council of
Second Riot at Sterling Silk Mill Endangers Non-Union Workers
Pittston Pa August 2 a second riot at the Sterling silk mill grew more serious than last night as a mob surrounding the mills threatened entry by force to drag non union men from looms. Strikers provided with stones attacked a nearby Italian settlement where non union girls had sought refuge earlier. A clash occurred again when non union workers arrived, and the mill remains in operation amid serious trouble.
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Pittston
Sterling
Cure claimed for Lydia Pinkham remedy praised in ad
The notice presents a medical testimonial from Mrs Williams of Englishtown praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing a range of female illnesses. It asserts ulceration of the cervix as a cause and urges women to insist on obtaining the product when buying medicine at stores.
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Williams
Englishtown
N.I
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bids Open for New Courthouse in Cartersville Georgia
Bids for the new Court House at Cartersville Georgia are invited for September 17 1902. Bids must be delivered to L B Matthews Chairman Board of County Commissioners Bartow County. Plans may be viewed at Matthews office Cartersville with Kenneth Mac Donald J F Sheblessy architects Louisville Ky and J W Golucke Co architects Atlanta Ga. For details contact the named parties. Also contains petition for incorporation of The Inman Smith Company listing Fulton County Georgia as principal office with broad powers including manufacturing wholesale business and capital stock up to eight hundred thousand dollars with authority to issue stock and bonds and to operate manufacturing plants. filed August 16 1901 in Fulton Superior Court.
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Cartersville
Georgia
L. B. Matthews
Bartow County
Caretersville
Kenneth MacDonald
J. F. Sheblessy
Louisville
J. W. Golucke & Co
Atelanta
Fulton County
Bay Perlor
Said County
Hugh T. Ivanan
John A. Smyth
H. C. Leoneard
Hugh Fichardem
W. C. Smith
Edward J. Inman
F. M. Perryman
J. B. Hoker
W. Meatord
J. HT. Dawson
Scott
Fiuvp
Frenk H. Aties
Fred. Schans
Sait Corporation
Fulton
Georgi
United State
Dethtoners
Ele Corporation
Falston County
Petithaves
Treachier
Lowe
State of
Fulton Superior Court
Ellis & Ellis, Eys
Arnold Broyles
Hugh T. Teman
Inman-Smnrth Company
Superior Court
Filton County
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Post Family
Helen Fost
Bar .— Association
Littlefield
Mr. Rose
Arkaness
Palma
Kentucky
Indianapolis Sentinel
Booker Washington
Jack
Scientists OF America
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Massachusetts
China
Robert Q. Duncan
Philadelpha
Raleffn
Algiers
Mercury
Pitsburg
West
Sterling Silk Mill
Lameo
Mus
Jos Woiann
Duticero
Png
Aaland
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