Browne's Big Show Delights Hangtown Miners at Eleven
In Hangtown the Browne traveling circus presents a dazzling aerial act by Mile. Fleurette, the flying fairy, amid Hindoo jugglery and sword swallowing. Hooley, a storekeeper, vies for the aerial star’s favor, but the performer finally accepts Pierre’s courtship as the crowd showers tips and the show closes with a peanuts and gum sale.
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Angtown
Browne
Rocky Mountains
Tives
Ev- R
Miles
Tassard
Alf
Mani
Hooley’s
Hang Town
Hooley
Hindoo
Marco Brothers
Hangtown
Fleurette
Paris
Mademoiselle
Pierre
Booray
Greaser
Hopely
Argonaut
Beef and price rises spark grafts claim probe
The piece outlines alleged price conspiracies and shortages in meat and provisions, naming packers and suspected collusion. It notes investigations by U S district attorneys across major packing centers and the push to charge large packing firms. It also discusses a separate electric cutting device used for safes and its inventor Haschke.
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New York
Francisco
Chicago
Omaha
of Ae
United States
Union
Wisconsin
Illinois
Towa
Far West
Rapid City
Western Ranges
Antioch and the Birth of the Christian Church
The article traces Antioch's prominence in early Christianity, Saul and Barnabas in building the church, and the first use of the name Christianoi. It notes the famine relief from Antioch to Jerusalem during Claudius’s reign, illustrating early brotherly ties and teaching a new faith.
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Abe
Damascus
Paul
Everett
Carian
Antioc Ajtioch
Rome
Tegetis
Nikae
Iigidedsax
Alexander Oe Waa
An‘tiochus
Orontes
Iis Peaport
Seleucia
An- Seeky
Syria
Sycus
Antioch
Disidia
Christans
Stephen
Jerusalem
Barnabas
Tarsus
Saul
Judea
Apostle
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth
Christos
Claudius
Heroy
Milwaukee worker splits boiler basin under glare
The eyes and face of the workman are protected by a box of aluminum or sheet iron as Haschke cuts a boiler basin in two at a Milwaukee building. He wears two pairs of colored spectacles with cloth between them while the carbon point burns the steel, slicing the great boiler plate at a rapid rate. Spectators at a distance are nearly blinded by the glare.
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Dark Lantern Fraternity
Haschke
Milwaukee
New Pension Commissioner Eugene Ware of Kansas
Eugene F. Ware of Topeka named by the President to succeed H C Evans as Commissioner of Pensions. Known as Tron Quill, the Kansas poet. Ware, 61, served in the Civil War era and became a lawyer. He has been active in major Kansas litigations and drafted a Manila Bay poem reflecting on Admiral Dewey.
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Eugene F. Ware
Kansas
Henry Clay Evans
Topeka
Kan
H. Clay Evans
Mr. Ware
Connecticut
Iowa
India
Enieas
Manila
Dewey
Ifn Sant
Ad Dewey
Aed Bates
Record Heat Sweeps Midwestern Regions Across April
In Omaha a rare April heat wave peaked with 95 degrees at 5 pm, higher than any April reading in 15 years. Falls City saw 100 in the shade while eastern Nebraska and southern Kansas report droughty conditions, damaged wheat, and scarce rainfall. Kansas City hit 91 as drought concerns mount and ground dries. wheat planting shifts to corn as dust storms roll in and insect activity remains limited.
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Omaha
Falls City
Payls
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas City
Three Chinese Fables From The Lore Of Cathay
A summary of fables shows wits outsmart predators. The tiger fears a donkey’s kick and learns from observation. In another tale a monkey tricks a tiger into finding an unseen ass, escaping danger. A third fable ends with a cat teaching a tiger more tricks than claimed, leaving the tiger hungry and outwitted.
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W. A. P. Martin
Cathay
French Canals Upgrade Amid Bill for Waterways
The French waterways bill funds canal improvements at 12.1 million dollars. The note mentions a milliner angered by a customer bringing last year's hat, hinting at a disrupted shop opening.
Wight Men Startled Adenowics’s Saloon in Chicago
A fragment notes Wight men began an event at Adenowics’s saloon in Chicago, with the text cut mid sentence leaving unclear the exact action or outcome. No further details are available in the readable portion.
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Wight
Adenowics
Chicago
Portrait Painter Sargeant Sought For Royal Train Visit
A renowned portraitist identified as Sargeant is rumored to be involved in preparations for a royal train event. Details remain unclear amid fragmented publication text and unknown locale.
Cuban Trade Report Shows Decline in Imports and Rise in Exports
A comparative Cuba trade report by Col Edwards, chief of insular affairs, covers 1900 and 1901. It shows imports at 68,583,973 dollars in 1901 versus 63,278, and exports rising to 48,006,079, up by 14,819,070 from 1900. US-origin merchandise valued at 80,814,106 in 1901, down from 16,703,852 in 1900 and 18,634,001 in 1890.
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Col. Edwards
Division of Insular Affairs
Cuba
Secinas
Enhart
United States
Twelve Sepoys Set to Superintend Army in India
Twelve Indian Sepoys are en route to oversee military administration in India, signaling a tightening of oversight and command within the colonial forces.
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India
How Iron Was Discovered
A humorous London Spare Moments quip shows a teacher prompting a student as a parent jokes about iron’s discovery. The brief exchange plays on a child’s misinterpretation of sensory clues in early metal use.
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Johnny
London
Elevation of Croton Dam Height in New York City Supply
The Croton dam, supplying New York City's principal water source, rises 180 feet high with a base 216 feet wide, marking a major engineering landmark in the region.
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Croton Dam
New York City
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Sargeant
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