Fragmented world news roundup and local notes
A garbled compilation reports on travel costs of marriage in the United States, naval travel speeds, Minnesota forestry and tax payments, student exam results, longitude time differences, a court ruling on libel damages, and various local incidents. Notable items include a push to preserve the Washington elm, a Philippine fighting casualties, a New Philadelphia elopement trend, Caparra's antiquity claim, and political shifts from New York to Rhode Island with fires, murders, and train speeds interspersed.
Civil War Shots and Lincoln Assassination Recalled in Reminiscence
A veteran narrator recalls the cannon shot at Fort Sumter, the Star of the West affair, and the Lincoln assassination, linking those events to national unity and memory. He recounts seeing Booth’s body aboard a gunboat, the Wade family fate, and the long debate over Booth’s death and burial.
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Fort Moultrie
Fort Suorter
Star of the West
Fort Sumter
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Abraham Lincoln
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St. Ehurely
John Wilkes Booth
Lewis Dietrich
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Arsenal
Navy Yard
Potomac
Penitentiary
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Payne
Army beef smell cases heard at war court inquiry
Washington April The army inquiry heard Major Daly testify on army beef supplied for the war, alleging odor similar to a rotten root. General Miles and Dr. Nicoifenmus corroborate odors, while testimony from other officers and witnesses is examined in a lengthy executive session of the court.
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Henry C Eghert
Twenty-second Infantry
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Santiago
Spain
Cuba
Malinta
Washington
Pegand
Nicoifenmus
Philadelphia
Miles
Witnesees
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Shatter
Eny
Briliy
Gem
Delegation Named for Disarmament Congress Meeting
April report notes a delegation named to attend the disarmament congress to meet in Hagte later in May. The group includes D. White Divine Srnvies and others, with Newell as trusted ambassador to the Setherkynese and Seth Lew of Colcordie University slated as secretary.
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Is Holle
New York
Conunisshin
Hanis
Dreyfus Case Confidential Telegrams Reported
Paris April de Voltaire reveals a coded telegram intercepted by Voltaire showing Cal Pannissardi, the Varian military attaché, claimed unfamiliarity with Dreyfus. The documents suggest foreign allies denied links and that German officials and Italian government were involved in contested exchanges.
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Paris
Aldermen plans and embezzler Morphy news update
April 7 reports on nonpartisan alderman organization efforts in a city council. Also covered are Mexico bank embezzler Morphy captured in Mexico City, reward set at $500, Japan earthquake toll in Nara, Lily Post’s death in California sane asylum, Treasury receives “Conscience Money,” and British MP Thomas Ellis dead.
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Kursu City
Ntiago Morphy
Mexican Morphy
Vie
Mexico
Will
Stratford Hotel
New Ogleans
Morphy
National Bank of Mexico
City of Mexico
US forces in Philippines report April siege updates
Fragmented dispatches from Manila and Dagupan describe naval and ground actions along the coast. Reports mention a proclamation posted in English and Spanish, evacuations near Marwitn, and casualties among U S troops as the Army negotiates with local authorities.
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United States
Charleston
Wileh Han Ueen Srussinge
Lunm
Dagupan
Philippine
Philippines
Teaaygert Rierwian
Washington
Adutend van Tiypen
Magia
Admiral Dewey
Fire kills thirteen in New York apartment tragedy
A deadly blaze at a corner of Sixty Seventh Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, kills thirteen and injures ten. The home housed Wallace C. Agilrews, president of a Steam Meat company, with fourteen people inside. escape was nearly impossible as an explosion or rapid fire spread trapped occupants. Property damage estimates rise to 220,100 with many victims identified slowly.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt
Virginia Oir
California
Warren F. Leland
Windsor Hotel
Lewis Dennis
Milheim
I A
John Chirk
Janes Cristell
Dale McAllister
Greensburg
James Corbett
Braddock
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnerio
Elisha Dyer
Goernor
Rhode Island
New York City
Walter C. Andrews
Jillonaire
St. John
Andrews
Newe York
Peilay
Ghent
Sixty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Wallace C. Agilrews
Steam Meating Company
Wollessing
Wallies Andrews
Wick
Euanpatey
Wallace
Callaldl
Joan
Aeitresewatin
St. Dohme Treasurce
Utrameatlog Company
John
Fraderick St. Joby
Smanthield
Mpa
St. Inhu
Kira Penreet
Eervast
Nellie Potent
Mary Wiaragan
Annie Neary
Andrew
Milky Touetitin
Wess
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Andrewa
Damanry
Mary Planagan
Lienne
Chen
Mec St. John
Uni
Howe
Callifonnia Fig Synur Co
Tia Syne Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Ban Francisco
Cal
Louisville
American Delegates to the Czar's Disari Congress
American delegates report progress amid unsettled unrest in the Philippines and Negros as forces quell uprisings. News notes wage hikes at Carnegie Steel, Carnegie, and Bryen's forthcoming publication on imperial questions. Also covered are legal cases, lynchings, and ship arrivals including Scandia and Scandia’s return to port with soldiers and officers’ bodies.
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San Francisco
Scandia
Manila
Philippines
Alabastine Anticipates Durable Wall and Ceiling Finish
A garbled paragraph touts Alabastine as a durable natural finish for walls and ceilings. It mentions ready to use form, a five pound weight, and various tint options along with claims of ease of application and long lasting results. It also references a song about the Klondike in a fragmentary way.
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Albartinie
Ulsing Hs
Toll
Hansson
Revivalist Sermon Sparks Town Revival
A crowd gathers as a revivalist promises moral betterment and a chance for townspeople to become better, with callers saying the plan could bring change within a year. Amid the chatter a stranger with chin whiskers sits apart while a trader quips about town plans and fashion, reflecting small town concerns and whimsy recorded in old newspapers.
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NH Box
Tl Vnlist
Haron
Thait
Riptons Proceedings
Molle
Dottie
Yonkers Statesman
L. A. W. Bullétin
Chicago Daily Nuvs
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Carnegie Steel Company, Limited
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International Smokeless Powder and Dynamite Company
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