REPORT OF GEN MILES FOR COAST DEFENSE AND WAR READINESS
The annual Miles report urges immediate coast defenses and better naval protection. He cites Puget Sound and San Francisco gaps, warns against relying on torpedoes alone, and calls for high power guns and fortifications funded partly by selling abandoned reservations. He also recommends army reorganization, bicycle and motor wagon trials, and higher pay to attract top talent.
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Washington
Miles
Posta
Puget Sound
The
Columbia
San Francisco
San Diego
Paget
Pacific Coast
China
Japan
General Miles
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Coast
Philadelphia
Moultrie
Sumter
England
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Regi
Fort Riley
King
National Guard
Byrnes Implicated in Lexow Era police graft
New York November 12. Commissioners of accounts opened Lexow era testimony implicating ex superintendent Byrnes in police led blackmail and graft schemes. Witness Schaeffer described paying Byrnes monthly shares for protection across multiple gambling houses, with a decade of involvement and totals exceeding two thousand dollars.
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New York
Commissioners of Accounts
Dock Board
Lexow Committee
Thomas Bynes
Christiaan W. Schaeffer
Byrnes
Rodney Nichols
Nichols
Keuo
Schaeffer
Washburn
Hadden
McLoughlin
Williams
John Scannel
Scannel
Lexow
Eugene Field Narrow Escape Recalls Near Fatal Illness
In 1871 Eugene Field survived a cholera siege on a hunting trip after a coffin was opened and he revived. Superintendent T B Jennings recounts Field’s narrow escape while two companions died. Other articles note Kentucky Senate race results and Archbishop Sallpointe’s archival search trips in New Mexico.
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Torrica
T. B. Jennings
Weather Bureau of Kansas
Eugene Field
State University of Missouri
Columbia
Field
Mr. Jennings
Missouri
Arkansus
Louisana
Eugene
Archishop Joel
Santa Fe
N. M
J. E. Salipointe
France
Madrid
New Mexico
Arizona
Mexico
Sallpointe
Indian Dogs and Other Tales From the Era
A fragmentary compilation notes Kickapoo dog behavior near tepees and white man interactions, alongside references to Oklahoma colored populations and frontier canine attitudes. Additional items cover a Kansas City laborer case, Cuba’s crisis in Madrid dispatches, a homestead timber ruling, and Ashland Wisconsin civic arrest in a damp, unsettled news page.
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Kickapoo
Oklahoma
Blackjack Sand Hills
Kansas City
Levi Dowds Fall Festival Brings Grand Store Display
Atlantic unveils a sweeping sale announcing unmatched stock, low prices, and a major Cass county display. Dress Goods Silks and Ladies wraps lead a continually improved stock with prices below current market sales. The retailer invites all to view and enjoy the season’s premier merchandise event.
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Cass County
Novel Gulf Coast Railway Will Reach Key West by Sea Route
The East Coastline of Florida plans a semi marine railway from Bay Biscayne to Key West along submerged reefs and shallow channels. Built on coral foundations, the 160 mile oceanic line promises low land grades and bridges, with Munroe County pledging 500000 dollars and Key West Improvement association matching with lands. The project aims to connect Havana and New York via Cuba and the Bahamas, creating a major trade route and 600 fishing boats supported by the reef protected area.
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Florida
H. M.flagler
East Conft Nes
Key West Improvement Association
Sola
Key West
Bay of Biscayne
Enet
Bayou Huntdia
Coral Reef
Cape Florida
Keye
the Keys
George Ts. Babcock
Munroe
Edison’s Philadelphia Visit Sparks Coal to Electricity Plan
Thomas A. Edison met in Philadelphia with electrical industry leaders and later dined with them. He reportedly leads a plan to convert waste coal mine calms into electricity via conventional methods, to be transported to Philadelphia for light heat and power, though he has not yet produced electricity directly from coal.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Philadelphia
Mr. Edison
Pennsylvania
New York Herald
Uncle Sam Buys the Piegan Land Treaty in Montana
The Piegan Tidinns cede a gold rich 07 by 18 mile strip from Birch Creek to the international boundary, in a treaty paying 1.5 million dollars in ten annual installments beginning 1808. A related cession talks with Gros Ventre near the Little Rockies. Also: Don Caesar Celso de Moreng jailed 90 days for criminal libel of Baron Furyu, Italian ambassador.
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Sam
Montana
United States
Birch Creul
Mort. Belknap
Gros Ventres
Little Rocky Mountains
Chicago Post
Haron Fava
Wasumerox
Caesar Celso de Moreng
Baron Furyu
A Millionaire Whittles Away in His Office
A Chicago stockman worth about 25 million dollars amuses himself by whittling pine sticks in his office. Each morning his assistant brings in a bundle of sticks and the millionaire sculpts them with a jackknife as he handles morning mail and meetings. The shavings pile up, transforming his workspace into a carpentry area, and he continues whittling through busy periods. This odd hobby accompanies his business grind.
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Chicago
New Womanhood Poem Reflects Quiet Strength and Service
A Philadelphia pamphlet piece praises a quietly active woman whose deeds lightens others' burdens without fame. It contrasts public platforms with private mercy, noting prayers of the poor, support for ill children, and steadfast virtue guiding a new womanhood.
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Michigan
Indiana
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Iowa
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Nebraska
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Carolinas
Maryland
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
California
Rocky Mountains
Washineton
Treasury
Stanford
Harmon
Joseph Choate
Broker Chapinuo
Washtaton
United States Supreme Court
BE. R. Chapman
Senate Committee
Sugar Trust
Olana Spreckels
Durando
Colo
David Day
Ignacio
Lost Gulch
Washington, Navy
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
Gambier
Reno
Boston
Jennie Metcalfe
Massachusetts Reformatory
Sherburn
Mass
Jennie
Dalton Gang
Pawnee
C. T
Buffalo Bill
George J. Gould
Zella Nicolaus Rahman
Gould
Cincinnati
Wabash
W. F. Cody
Nate Salisbury
Alfred
Trude
Cook County
Lacombe
Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Company
Eldorado
Ark
Perkins
Enlitor Kimbrell
Louisville
John W. Kimbrell
Courier-Journal
Kimbrell
Louisva Ia
Blackburn
Kentucky
House
Senate
Toruxa
Foster
United States District Court
Ferguson
Kansas City, Kuy
Cuba
Loxpon
Havaiis
John D. Shiver
Justice Brown
Ashlland
Ashland
Wis
Feude
Civic Federation
Levi Downs
Atlantic
Rawlins
Wryo
Mesera
Douglas
Calvert
Snake River
Savery
Goer
Navy
Cleveland
Herbert and
Lamont
Pauline Whitney
Namt
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