Italian village crowds witness Marian apparitions and cures
A 14 year old peasant girl Giuseppina Piana in Acqui Piedmont reports visions of the Madonna near Alicea Bel-Colte. She and the crowd witness purported miracles as carabineers supervise a platform scene attracting thousands, with cures for rheumatism digestive issues and speech reported, amid crowd unrest and a nearby barometer reading.
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Alicea Bel-Colte
Acqui
Piedmont
London ‘Post
Giuseppina Pianu
Piana
Carabineers
Aad
Plana
Carabiacers
Earthquake at Sea Off Columbia Mouth Aboard Saint Mirren
The British ship Saint Mirren from Yokohama reported a peculiar sea phenomenon near the Mouth of the Columbia. Off Cape Cordiner and Pilot Captain observed a two hour period of violent, hurricane like swells that buried and lifted the vessel, with seas washing over them. The wind shifted rapidly from south to east then northwest, then to a gale, as topsails remained set and no damage occurred. Captains Hamilton and Cordiner initially thought a tidal wave approached.
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Johnson
Japan
Portland Oregonian
Yokohama
Cordiner
Hamilton
Cordiner _ cpt
Antigo
Effectual correction through caricature in a streetcar tale
A banker's wife, famed for her self importance, rode daily to her husband’s bank and ordered the conductor to drop her at his office. A disheveled passenger nearby loudly demanded to be put off at his old woman’s peanut stand, after which the conductor heard no more of the bank.
Inscription in London Dewpane Preceded Jack Sheppard
A dated glass pane in an old London house bears a glazier’s inscription for John Woolley Brand, painter and glazier, dated March 12, year nine before Jack Sheppard’s residence there. The mark, nearly two centuries old, survived as a fragile reminder of a craftsman who lived before the famous thief.
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Tower of London
London
Irish Times
Jack Sheppard
Jack
John Woolley Brand
English Monarchs and Reign Durations Across Centuries
A brief note on the pattern of English royal reigns over six centuries, highlighting a median tenure around twenty one years and pointing to notable fluctuations in length across successive monarchs.
Dowager Empress Surprises With Return To Power
Chinese official sources report the dowager empress, long believed dead, alive and resuming control. A telegram from Sheng to Wu Ting-Fang claims the imperial government protects legations while the empress seeks to staunch foreign influence and expresses thanks to regional viceroys for loyalty.
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Sheng
Washington
Wu Ting-Fang
Nine National Tickets for 1900 Nominations
National conventions have produced nine tickets across parties for the 1900 presidential race. Notable contenders include McKinley Roosevelt for the Republicans and Bryan Stevenson for the Democrats, with other tickets led by Barker Donnelly Debs Woolley Swallow Maloney and Remill among various parties and fusions.
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William McHinley
Olio
Theodore Roosevelt
N.Y
Democratic
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Adla FE. Stevenson
People’s Party
Middle-of-the-Road
Wharton Barker
Pennsylvania
Igratius Donnelly
Minn
People's Party
Fusion
William Jennings Bryan
Neb
Charles A.towne
Divnu
Social Democrats
Eugene
Debs
Indiana
Joe Harriman
California
Prohibition
John G. Woolley
Taois
Henry B. Metcalfe
R. 1 Dnifted Christian
Rev
Great Rough Riders Reunion in Oklahoma City
The Great Rough Riders reunion drew about 12 000 people in Oklahoma City from Sunday to Wednesday. Officials say the event, amid large crowds, raised roughly 50 000 during the session, the greatest of its kind in Oklahoma history as cot spaces filled vacant stores.
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Rough Riders
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Empress Dowager shifts stance as Pekin crisis unfolds
Reports claim the empress dowager seeks to protect life and authority as allies enter Pekin. London dispatches say foreigners are supported by the court against Prince Tuan and the Boxers. Port Arthur notes free release of convicts who promised to kill Europeans and natives if freed. Foreigners seize palace vantage points while native Christians are installed nearby. Rough Riders in khaki receive attention with golden keys, and San Juan hill memories echo at a 4,000-strong reunion. The Philadelphia Zoo adds an eight-foot alligator from Santiago, Cuba. Colorado sells 60 acres near Devil's Head Mountain amid plans to evict 30,000 gray squirrels.
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Pekin
Legation
Prince Tum
Port Arthur
Irvis
Tien-Tsin
Seven Indies
G. A. BR
San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
Hardy Fellows
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Association
Japan to Lead 50000 Troops Into China Amid Boxer Uprising
Shanghai reports Gen Nieh defeated Prince Tuam with 9000 soldiers and rescued Prince Ching, while Japan plans a large force to aid humanitarian aims. Press blame Russia and Germany for China turmoil. Chefoo and Tien-Tsin rumors grow, German troops move from Taku to Tsingu Tau, Russian legation attacked in Pekin, and New Chwang reports Boxers and unrest spreading toward Port Arthur.
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Yokohame
Japan
Ching
Russia
Germany
China
Shanghai
Nieh
Pekin
Tuan
Prince Ching
Prince Tuan
Great Britain
Chefoo
Tien-Tcin
Taku
Tsin- Tau
Tsin-Tau
Legation
St. Petersburg
New Chwang
Port Arthur
Goebel Trial Begins at Georgetown with Crowds
Georgetown dispatch reports Kentucky’s famous Goebel murder case opening under Judge Cantrill. Prosecution promises damaging testimony to convict all accused as town gathers. Citizens undergo search at court entrance while Col Chinn contends with deputy sheriffs and ex-Gov John Young Brown speaks after the defense lists witnesses.
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Kentucky
Georgetown
Capons
Col. Chinn
John Young Brown
Jury Chosen as Commonwealth Attorney Seeks Immediate Trial
The court session saw Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin rise for an immediate trial plea while the defense requested time to prepare an affidavit for continuance. Jurors had been selected on Thursday.
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Commonwealth
Franklin
McKinley Notified at Canton as Nomination Confirmed
President McKinley receives formal notification of Republican nomination at Canton Ohio. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge delivers address. McKinley responds. Ceremony mirrors 1896 event with similar officials. Also notes gateway prize in Denver contest and a German orders rush for Chicago meat. Over 5,000 children sang at New York gesangfest.
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McKinley
Canton
Ohio
William McKkinley
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican Party
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Lodge
Massachusetts
McWhinley
New York
Corn Will Be King Increased Acreage Across States
Preliminary reports from the Department of Agriculture indicate corn acreage planted rose about 1.2 million acres or 1.5 percent from last year. Most large states show gains, with only Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Tennessee and one other posting declines totaling under 600,000 acres. Conditions for corn and winter and spring wheat vary by state, with Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota reporting the lowest readings for oats and spring wheat, and remaining wheat stocks estimated near 51 million bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Tlinois
Indiana
Tllinois
Pennsylvania
Texas
Tetnnessee
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Record Great G A R Encampment in Chicago Agenda
Preparations for the 34th Grand Army encampment in Chicago begin as officials plan a five day event starting August 26. City crowds of up to 1,000,000 are expected with more than 100,000 in pledged public funding. A grand court of honor along Michigan Avenue, arches at ends, and reviews by President McKinley are planned, plus band concerts, fireworks, camp fires, and numerous reunions and conventions for related veterans groups.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
van Buren
Twelfth Street
McKinley
A. R
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
ex-Prisoners of War
Ladies of the
G. A. I., Daughters of Veterans, Army Nurses’ Association, Loyal Home Workers
The
Naval Veterans
Rich haul on Illinois Central train robbery
Five masked bandits raided the Illinois Central between Wickliffe and Barnwell Iowa at 2 a.m. looting the express car and safe. They injured the fireman and porter, forced the messenger to open the vault, and divided the loot before escaping into nearby woods. A Wickliffe posse with hounds pursued them within an hour.
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Ilinois Central
Wickliffe
Barnwell
Freman
J. 3. Wryisch
Illinois Central
Wine and a Time in Boers Relief Funds
An article notes $1134.38 collected in Washington for Boer relief. Of this, $18 proceeds to widows and orphans. the rest reportedly funded fireworks entertainment, hotel bills over $550, hack fare, wine, and advertising costs.
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Washington
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Robert Grant
the Idiot
Lucas Malet
Charlies Kingsley
St. Leger Harrison
Edmondo de Anicis
Garibaldi
Italy
W. S. Gilbert
England
America
Columbia Road
Giasa
Hoboken Disaster
SABLE
Prince
Tien‘tsly
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens
Santiago
Cuba
Maj
Scott
Wood
Colorado
Devil's Head Mountain
Mikado
Ges. Nieh
Tuam
Goebel
Judge Cantrill
Denver
City Ark
At City, Hant Wood
Young Wood
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