Pennsylvania Troops Return Home Amid Warm San Francisco Welcomes
The Pennsylvania troops marching from the Presidio were greeted by immense crowds in San Francisco on August 4. Generals, a crepe-draped sword, and a battle banner drew cheers as the regiment, led by Lieut. Col. Barnett, began mustering out procedures. The parade and review on Van Ness avenue honored the soldiers before they moved to camp at the Presidio and prepared for transport home to Pennsylvania.
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San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Presidio Reservation
Keystone State
Oregon
Nebraska
Utah
Third Artillery
Nebraska Regiment
Barnett
Hawkins
Uncle Sam
Presidio
Shafter
van Ness Avenue
Dreyfus Trial Begins in Rennes Amid Turmoil
Rennes August 7. The town is animated yet orderly as Dreyfus trial preparations unfold. Generals De Boisdeffre Roget and Gons along with Casimir Perier arrive from Paris to face the court martial. Casimir-Perier walks to a hotel while crowds follow. police tighten security as the trial opens with indictments and a secret dossier ahead. The proceedings are expected to last about three weeks.
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Rennes
Paris
Dreyfus
Generals de Boisdeffre
Gons
Roget
Mufti
M. Godfrey Cavaignac
M. Casimir-Perier
France
M. Viguer
Col. Juast
Chamein
McKinley Buys Cottage In Canton For 14500
President McKinley purchases the so called McKinley cottage at North Market Street and Louis Avenue Canton Ohio. The deal closed Saturday for 14500 with possession due next October. The home was the couple's first house and holds storied memories from 1896 campaign days.
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Canton
McKinley
Louis Avenue
Hartes
Yaqui Uprising Threat Reported Near Yaqui Valley
A Terrazas dispatch from Chihuahua reports Yaqui Indians planning a prolonged war to recover lost lands. They are well financed, armed, and prepared for a bloody campaign, with miners and ranchmen slain near Socori and property destroyed. The Mexican government faces a long conflict to quell the revolt.
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Austin
Texas
Terrazas
Yaqui
Special
Socori
Census of Cuba to be taken for Congress by new effort
The president orders an early Cuban census to inform future policy. Gen Brooke appoints five supervising enumerators to implement surveys in Cuba, with results to reach Congress by mid January. The effort aims to detail agriculture and industry amid postwar revival.
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New York
the Tribune
Washington
Cuba
War Department
Congress
Root
Meiklejohn
Census Bureau
3Rocke
Department of Cuba
United States
Merriam
Porto Rico
Senate
House
Gen. Brooke
Experimental Stations Report Advances In Cheese Making
Dr. E W Allen outlines Wisconsin led findings that cheese maturation hinges on milk ferments rather than bacteria. He notes irrigation raises soil alkali and excess water limits crop needs, with Montana Idaho trials on forage plants like cow pea and med clover. Farmers increasingly favor stations, aiding irrigation and crop rotation strategies amid the Philippine arms case under John Goodnow ruling bonds payable.
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Washington
E. W. Allen
Agricultural Department
Wisconsin
California
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Allen
Union Pacific Denies Hoppers Damaging Grain
Omaha officials dispute entomologist Isrmner's claim that grasshoppers are destroying grain in western Nebraska eastern Colorado and parts of Kansas. They say the rollout report shows no damage near main lines or branches and only a few grasshoppers present with no airborne quantities observed.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Isrmner
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Bruner J
Fee Strangely Earned Night Call From Locked-Out Man
A weary man, locked out after a prize fight, rang a West Side apartment bell seeking entry. He paid a physician four dollars for a night call to gain access, then continued upstairs, relieved to avoid trouble or long delays. A closing line quotes Bishop Joseph S. Key praising Teething Powders.
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West Side
N. Y. Tribune
Quotations and Remedies From 19th Century Advertisements
A collage of ad style quotes and claims including The Common Fate metaphor about sea waves, Piso's Cure for Consumption touted by Rev D Buchmueller, a consumer snippet from Answers with a line about a jealous man overspending, Hall's Catarrh Cure claim as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents, and a quip about quarrelsome men from the Atchison Globe.
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Keystone Boys
Cofflin
Market Street
CUBE
Aguinaldo
John Goodnow
Shanghai
Philippines
Abbey
Luzon
Singapore
Goodnow
Shanghai Mercury
Mannla
China
Bruner
Joseph S. Key
Philadelphia
D. Buchmueller
Lexington, Mo
Harry
Hall
Price
Atchison Globe
Auer’s Lair
Vigor
Ayer
Docto
J- C. Ayer
Lowell, M
Ower
4_J. TOWER
Boston
Mass
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