Reading Topics and Military Spending Reflections
The report surveys world reading trends with 207 papers printed in the empire of Russia, missionaries bound for China from New York, and a note on Germany's naval program totaling 465,250,000 dollars over 16 years. It also covers immigration, political history, and population growth in America, alongside remarks on Tartars in China and wartime casualty statistics.
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Russia
Germany
Booker T. Wallington
Prohibitionists plan to push at Democratic convention
Chicago June 27 The Record says prohibition advocates plan to press a prohibition plank at the Democratic national convention in Kansas City on July 4. Up to 1,000,000 pledges would back Bryan if the plank is adopted. Delegates wonder why not at Philadelphia Republican gathering. pledge list incomplete. Also notes Democratic state convention in Illinois nominated Samuel Alechuler for governor and restates the 1906 Chicago Platform.
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Chicago
United States
Kansas City
William J. Bryar
Karuna City
Philadelphia
Lst
Pledgere
Samuel Alechuler
Aurora
Mel Kinley
Philip Flues
Bryan
New York
Thomas J. Toede
McKinley
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Webster Davis Aims for Pekin Mission and South Africa Memories
Washington dispatches detail Gen Chaffee ordered to command troops to China and proceed to Pekin via San Francisco and Taku. Reports from Che Foo note the relief of Tien Tsin and rising foreign officer concerns. Webster Davis collects South Africa curios for the national museum including a lion skin and battlefield relics.
Address by Boer Envoys Appeals for American Sympathy
New York June 27 Boer envoys in the United States for two months issued an address to the American people. They regret declined invitations and thank the republic for sympathy shown to the two struggling republics. They say the Boers may be defeated by numbers and scarce ammo yet will never be conquered. they seek continued public sympathy, not direct intervention.
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New York
United States
American Republic
Sharkey Knocked Out by Rublin in Heavyweight Duel
Tom Sharkey suffered a decisive knockout after 15 rounds at Seaside Athletic Club as Ohio pugilist Rublin defeated him in a memorable ring battle. Sharkey fought with desperate vigor but could not avoid the finish in this historic bout.
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Coney Inland
Tom Sharkey
Seaside Athletic Club
Big Gun Rublin
Ohio Pugilist
Rublin
Sharkey
Claus
Maning
Prohibition Party Convenes In Chicago In June 48
At the First Regiment Armory in Chicago the Prohibition party held its national convention with about 800 delegates present. Samuel Dickie of Michigan was elected temporary chairman as the platform urged nationwide liquor prohibition and attacked the Democratic and Republican parties. The platform also endorses women’s suffrage and urges economic reforms while criticizing President McKinley over liquor policy and army canteens.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
First Regiment
Sixteenth Street
Michigran Avenue
Oliver W. Stewart
National Executive Committee
Samuel Dickie
Michigan
Gold Democrats Split Over Bryan Support
Ex secretary J Sterling Morton declares that Gold Democrats will not back William Jennings Bryan if the Chicago platform excludes silver. He recalls Rich mond and 1896, says Bryan’s renomination would force a split, calling the gold standard a vicious policy then and now.
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Witla J Miryan
Omaha
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Bee
Lincoln
Bryan
Chicago
J. Sterling Morton
Democratic Party
Richmond
Powers Released From Goebel Conspiracy Charge
Cap powers released after habeas corpus hearing in Harlan County Ky. Governor Taylor pardoned Powers on March 6 2000, bar to prosecution. judge Cornett honors pardon. Also notes Chicago building trades peace and other brief items.
Insurgents Take Oath in Manila Amid Amnesty Hopes
Nine insurgent leaders including Gen Pio Del Pilar Concepcion Garcia and Alvarado were released after swearing allegiance to the government and renouncing revolution. The oath, stronger than Otis’s, aims to bind leaders and persuade their followers to accept amnesty.
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Pio del Pilar
Concepcion
Garcia
Alvaree
Philippines
Torgether
Gen
Otis
Senor Buencamino
Yeaterday
Allies Lose Heavy, Seymour Barnseed Rescued in China Relief
A June dispatch reports Admiral Seymour and about 2,500 Allied forces, mostly British and Ruslan, held out eight miles from Tien Tein with 69 killed and over 200 wounded as a Russian relief force began to break through. The brigade of 2,300 aided by Americans and others reportedly helped save Seymour, with fighting centering on cavalry guns and rail materials being destroyed by Chinese retreaters.
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Ures
Che Yoo
Pekin
Admiral Seymour
Tien Tain
Chine
Manila
Brooklyn
Cavite
Nagasaki
Taku
United States
Logan
Ninth Infantry
T Princeton
Seymour Terrury Barnseed
Miles
Seymour
Ruslan
Tien ‘Tein
Che Foo
Tuku
Lea
Pening
Mons Ox
New Chwang
Russia imposes new rule on peasant emigration to Siberia
An imperial policy now requires peasants seeking to emigrate to Siberia to prove they have visited or learned about the destination at their own expense. Officials say the law will curb migration, reducing annual outflow from about 150,000 to roughly 50,000 to 60,000, by ensuring informed choices and fewer disappointments.
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Russia
Siberia
Siberis
Giberis
Europe
Filberla
Eugenie's Lace Gown at Paris Exhibition Notable Dress
The article notes Eugenie wearing a point d Alencon lace gown valued at $40,000 at Paris inaugural ceremonies, praised as a rare and stunning piece from the Second Empire. It contrasts Nile Lobett’s elegant gown with the imperial lace, then shares an anecdote from a Japanese port about a fine for a blind man and a soldier’s generosity.
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Paris
Point d'Alencon
Nile Loubet
Eugenie
Answers for the Anxious Anquirers
Fragmentary text discusses education for Usenlightened Anquirers and methods to influence others, mentioning Catonsville and a nonsensical guide to removing ink with Barat. The readable portions are unclear but imply guidance on disposition and behavior.
Fragmented 19th Century Text Turns to Lost Theatrical Reflection
A garbled excerpt appears to discuss classical drama and modernist satire, mentioning Julius Caesar and Maiden themes, with stray references to Harper's Bazaar and a theatrical misadventure. The fragment references dramatic tropes, a misfired critique, and mentions various unrelated products and periodical items within a single, disjointed narrative.
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