Bridge Tower Life and the Chicago River Bridge Warps
The Chicago Bridge Tower scene reveals observers and workers navigating the tight space of elevated spans as trains, pedestrians, and vehicles cross. From pontoon-based beginnings to iron and steel marvels, the evolving bridge system shapes a vivid urban panorama seen from tower vantage points. Superstructure, river history, and city growth unfold amid dramatic, almost cinematic crossings.
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Chicago
Fort Dearborn
West Rover
iChicago Chronicle
Drying the Apricot Crop in a California Upland Valley
A vivid scene unfolds in a high California valley where golden ground becomes a vast field of drying apricots. A transient labor force, including Moonicans Swedes and Chinese, camps, works, and sorts fruit in bungalows and sheds, each worker labeled with a number as apricots move along trays.
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Valery
California
Polyglu
Bascule Bridge History and Hazardous Work Scene
A detailed account describes early bridge operations with capstan levers, swinging ends, and a bascule design that lifts bridge halves for vessel passage. It contrasts the rough worksite, foul smells, and multiethnic laborers with the bleak urban backdrop and a distant court anecdote about a misguided Indiana justice near the Ohio line.
Two Bandits Killed After Union Pacific Train Robbery
A posse cornered the train robbers near Goodland Kansas after they fled to the Bartholomew ranch. Fire from the house wounded Sheriff Walker, J B Riggs, and George Cullins. One robber was shot dead as he fled, another burned to death, while Cullins was severely wounded and another pursuer was lightly hurt. The Kansas City Denver line robbery had occurred near Hugo Colorado the prior Sunday.
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Union Pacific
Kansas
Colorado
Goodland
Riggs
George Cullins
Dame
Kansas City
Denver
Simon Junction
Hugo
W. J. Fay
Exe
D. H. Bartholomew
Ama
Sheriff Walker
J.B. Riggs
H. C. Biddieon
Bartholomew Place
Cullins
August agricultural report shows varied crop conditions
The August report from the Department of Agriculture lists average condition scores on August 1 for corn oats potatoes and several grains. It notes July gains and declines by state and by crop, with comparisons to last year 1898 and the ten year mean. Key states cited include Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Kansas.
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Agricultural Department
Ita
Timothy Hay
Ohio
Indiana
Lllinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Winois
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Boer Plot Found and Campaign Tactics Exposed
A Boer plot to seize Lord Roberts and kill British officers in Pretoria was uncovered with about fifteen conspirators arrested. The plan involved firing on western city houses, abducting Roberts, and routing him to a commando, while campaign logistics and vast printing efforts revealed the mechanics of U S political campaigns with heavy spending and extensive document distribution. Notable figures mentioned include De V., Dolliver, and Dalzell as part of campaign methods expanding this year.
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Lord Roberts
General Roberts
Pretoria
Atl
Horned
Johannesburg
Risidf
de Vffet
Cost Of A Campaign Puts Modern Methods In Spotlight
Chicago correspondence outlines the vast finances of presidential campaigns, with estimates of 25 million dollars for the election year. It details committee spending, speaker costs, and hierarchical management from national chairmen to local workers, noting allocations for speeches, literature, and canvassing. The piece frames campaigning as highly organized, money intensive, and focused on broad voter reach.
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McKinley
Bryan
Express
Washington
Congress
Bach Na
Chicago
United States
National Committee
Republican National Committee
New York
Army
Senator Hanna
Jones
Hanna
Peace Offer Made Stops Pekin Advance Diplomatic Move
Washington reports Li Hung Chang named envoy plenipotentiary to seek peace with Li Hung Chang authorized to telegraph powers for immediate ceasefire while negotiations proceed. United States rejects altered policy, insists on existing conditions, and shares replies with Europe and Japan as Chinese edict pushes a broad peace program.
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Pekin
Li-Hung-Chang
Washington
Atlee
Mr. Wu
Li Hung Chang
United States
State Department
China
Europe
Japan
Yuan
Tsi Nan
Shangtung
Tao Tai
Shanghai
Wu Ting Fang
Funeral Party Struck in Train Collision at Slatington
A grade crossing crash near Slatington Pennsylvania on the Lehigh and New England Railway killed fifteen funeral mourners and injured several others from a party of twenty four. An omnibus returning from a funeral struck by a special train left three survivors.
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Pennsylvania
Slatington
Lehigh and New England
Peters
Cherrysville
Henry Bitter
Sophia Schaeffer
French Torpedo Boat Destroyer Framee Sunk Off Cape St Vincent
A French torpedo destroyer Framee sank during night maneuvers off Cape St Vincent after misread luminous signals from the helmsman. Brennus, a first class battleship, rammed Framee, with 59 aboard and only 14 survivors, including officers among the dead.
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Cape St. Vincent
Brennus
Manduit du Plessix
Framce
Fournier
Max
Hotel Virginia New York Faces $5000 Loss Claim
The fragment notes a $5,000 loss involving Hotel Virginia in New York and references Joseph, Depart, and possible official actions, indicating a legal or financial claim or statement surrounding the hotel.
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Virginia
New York
Joseph
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bridge Tower Life
Bighta
Orden Vanes
New York Commercial Advertiser
Lewiston Journal
Bridgetenders
Cinet
E Haprenlad Dolliver
Dalzell
U.S. Army
Mark A. Tanna
Republican National
James K. Jones
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