Argentina Holds Chile Note Amid Chilean Crisis
Reports from Buenos Aires say Argentina sent its formal reply to Chile regarding terms of a proposed agreement as tensions rise over troop movements into Chile. A separate dispatch from Santiago notes alleged Argentine incursions, inflaming public opinion. In Rome, fears grow of potential civil conflict among Italian communities in Argentina and Chile amid regional unrest.
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Buenos Ayres
Galventon
Argentina
Chile
Santiago de Chile
Vila Galveston
Rome
Italans
Colombian Rebels Defeated by Government Forces at Nombre de Dios
A schooner reports a December battle at Nombre de Dios where government troops of about seventy faced 250 liberals. Casualties reached eighteen killed and forty wounded. Rebels were poorly armed, with machetes, yet entrenched near the town. Government forces breached the defense and forced liberals back to the hills. Women and others were present at the engagement.
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Nombre da Dios
United States
Colon
Mr. Hyatt
Colonial
Hyatt
Nombre de Dios
Alberala
Bhig
General Pinzon
Cocle
Colombia
Galveston
Caribbean
Viento Irieto
Deputy Ferry Defies Italian Chamber in Naples Debate
Rome December 16 The chamber of deputies reassembled to censure Signor Ferry socialist for remarks about criminality in northern Italy and honesty in the south. He refused to withdraw as ordered, triggering disorder. The president adjourned the session and sent a committee to enforce orders.
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Scena
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Ferry
Naples
Italy
Ialy
Ferry
Derry
Snow Buries Scotland in Record Fifty Year Fall
London reports heavy snow across Scotland with drifts up to twenty feet, many sheep missing and widespread sheep destruction. Roads are impassable and frost halts outdoor work. Europe-wide storm brings wrecks in the Mediterranean region and severe winter conditions extend to parts of England.
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London
Scotland
Sevargi
England
Europe
Mediterranean
Duelists in Germany Retire Over Duels
Berlin December 16 Count Von Eulenberg grand court marshal of Prussia and commander of the first division of infantry resigns from the army over the Blasko wit-Widebrand duel General Von Alten, commander of another east Prussian infantry division, has also resigned. The moves signal Emperor William’s intent to suppress dueling amid military disapproval and widespread discussion.
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Berlin
Count von Eulenberg
Prussia
von Alten
William
Rosebery Abets Liberal Healing Speech in Chesterfield
Former Liberal prime minister Lord Rosebery addressed a packed Chesterfield platform urging Liberal unity and cautious reform. He criticized government failings in the war, urged peace overtures with the Boers, and defended amnesty for Boers while warning against humiliating them.
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Lord Rosebery
Great Britain
Britain
Liberal Party
War Office
South Africa
Napoleon
Earl of Balsburg
Mr. Chamberlain
Lord Kitchener
Pitt
Bismarck
Lincoln
Lota Rosebery
Caesar
Freedman Sues to Block Spalding as NL President
New York December 16 Andrew Freedman obtained a court injunction to restrain A G Spalding from becoming president of the National League and to stop interference with league business. The order also bars Nicholas B Young from delivering league books. Freedman represents the New York Boston Cincinnati and St Louis clubs seeking to void Spalding election. Spalding released telegrams from P Powers of the Eastern League and Ban Johnson of the American League claiming their support. A hearing set for December 19 before Judge Scott.
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Spalding
National League
New York
Andrew Freedman
Supreme Court
A. G. Spalding
National Baseball League
Nicholas B. Young
League
Scott
Freedman
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Fifth Avenue
P Es Powers
Ban Johnson
American League
Mr. Spalding
Frendar
Appar
Powers
Marconi Runs Against Trust Over Wireless Studies
In St John s Newfoundland December 31 1901 fog and rain hindered Marconi s kite tests at Cape Spear as he plans a 200 foot mast for a wireless station He will exhibit to officials and launch a trans Atlantic message if his ship reaches England on time He faces a suit from the Anglo American Telegraph Company claiming a Newfoundland monopoly and seeking injunctions against further trials Marconi views the legal challenge as proof of the discovery s importance
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St. Johns
N. F
Marconi
Cape Spear
Thomas Edison
Cornwall
Signor
Marcon
Atlantic
New York
England
America
Masssachuesetts
Anglo-American Telegraph Company
Newfoundland
Supreme Court
Tobacco Sales Regulated Judge Rules McCain Law Unconstitutional
Judge Field of the common pleas division declares the McCain law regulating tobacco sales by warehouses unconstitutional. He finds the exactions on warehousemen in favor of growers unreasonable, and notes the law aims to compensate hogshead sales at two dollars while banning commissions to warehousemen. An appeal will be taken.
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Louisville
Judge Field
Common Pleas Division
McCain
Field
Fannet
Annual report soon ready on state house materials
Jackson Mississippi December 16 Special J F Barnes superintendent of construction at the new state house prepares an annual report for the legislature in January detailing materials placed in the 1,000,000 building now at its fourth story and describing workmanship. The report may guide a legislative committee investigation of progress while noting the project has proceeded with little friction.
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New State House
Jackson
Miss
J. F. Barnes
Barnes
Capitol
Pyramid Pile Cure Boosts Worcester Patient Recovery
Amos Crocker of Worcester reports a frightful surgical trial followed by unsuccessful salves until a 50 cent bottle of Pyramid Pile Cure provided quick relief. Pyramid Drug Co of Starsha? is selling the product.
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Fenwall
Amos Crocker
Worcester
Miles
Pyramid Drug Co
Starshai
Misa LE
Jokes and curiosities from distant pages
A collage of humor notes and oddities drawn from London and New York papers. It cites a Baltimore county thief of trolley wire, the Argentine Tandil rocking stone, and Wyoming sheep walk humor, with wry remarks on humorists, poets, and rural life.
A Christmas Minuet Poem Recalled in Winter Romance
Minna Irving recalls a Christmas minuet that reawakens long vanished fashions and courtly dances. The speaker imagines silvery flutes and violins, powdered heads, lace and velvets, as old romances renew beneath mistletoe amid snow and carols.
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Minna Irving
Tne
Removing the Cause Trial in Salt Lake Prison Case
A colored prisoner faces a court after a mob attempted to lynch him over a missing silver mounted corkscrew. The judge questions the charge as officers recount the suspect’s presence near Colonel Julepson’s home. The corkscrew was later found in the colonel’s pocket, and the man receives one hundred days at hard labor. The case underscores efforts to curb mob violence.
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Salt Lake
Bar of Justice
Snelling
Julepson
Eyestones and oddities in early New York press
A German youth, seeking extra spending money, claimed to gather eyestones sold for a quarter each as the eyes of crawfish. The dried stones, slightly larger than flaxseed, supposedly trap grit and cin ders then release a cleansed eyeball. The report cites a Chicago Tribune note on a defeated pugilist and a Raleigh dispatch about Hope Mills Cotton Manufacturing Company planning a new mill and rail completion near Hope Mills in Cumberland County.
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Chicago Tribune
Marshall Meadow
Meadow
Mr. Meadow
New York
Raleigh
N. C
Hope Mills Cotton Manufacturing Company
Cumberland County
Aberdeen and Fayetteylle
Hope Mills
Inhuman. Rural editor notes crowded columns delay births and deaths
The rural editor laments overcrowding in The Toccoa Record causing several births and deaths to be postponed this week. A humorous exchange at sea features Meggendoerfer Blatter and Captain Weiter with a quip about a life motto.
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Toccoa
Meggendoerfer Blatter
Weiter
Bouillon
Basedon
Not Always Stammering Exchange Reported
Fragmentary dialogue shows Stutterton and Cutterton in a morning greeting exchange. Stutterton struggles to speak, replying with stammers when attempting to talk, while Cutterton responds with a brief good morning remark.
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Philadelphia Press
Stutterton
Cutterton
Mysterious Remedy Ad Claims One Day Cure
An obscure ad fragment promotes a supposed remedy named Thie signature use of a laxative product. The claim asserts it cures age related illness in a single day, but the text provides no verifiable details or credible endorsements.
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