Numerous 1897 U S notes on pensions, industry and medicine
A garbled 1897 miscellany reports pension and tax notes, patent activity, school funding debates, gold production forecasts, a planned Chicago musical college, and various statistics on apples murders and railroads. It mentions a health expo in New York, a cross Atlantic walk plan, a human phonograph girl at Philadelphia hospital, and medals of honor guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Gazette
United States
California
Kansas City, Pittsburg
Missouri
Kansas
Is & Philadelphia Hospital
News of the Week Gleaned By Telegraph and Mail
A sweeping digest from Washington and abroad covers Indian affairs, nominations, finance, and foreign policy. Mentions Curtis bill, Paxson nomination, census superintendency, monetary report, Port Arthur, Evans pension list, See Mary Gage, Countess Castellane birth, Gompers critique, British naval moves, Cuban relations, Dawes Seminole agreement, and various incidents from violence to fires and accidents. Includes domestic political graft talk, rail unions, and a slate of miscellaneous events shaping policy and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Washington
Paxson
N. D. North
Massachusetts
Congress
Monetary Commission
London
Shanghai
Goto Island
Japan
Port Arthur
China
Russia
Evans
Vanderlip
Mary Gage
McKinley
Gage
Waeiderup
George Gould
New York
Countess Castellane
Anna Gould
France
Samven Gowpers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Gompers
Pacific Railway Company
William £. Gladstone
Cannes
Nee
Neuraliria
North Pacific Ocean
Goes
Spain
United States
Wuk
Unite States
Woodford
State Department
Congress Ma An McCui Oey
Arkansas
St. Louis
St Louis
Struggle for Chinese Territory Draws United States Debate
A diplomatic scramble over China's fate unfolds as powers align for influence. Reports cite possible US involvement beyond protecting American interests, with experts warning of a Poland-like dismemberment risk if China is absorbed. German, Russian, and Japanese moves heighten tension, while Britain remains low profile and observers weigh future settlements and coastal stations.
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Wasurseroy
Far East
United States
Porte de China
Colvine Teeri
Sory
China
Swek
Poland
Japan
Germany
Kion-Chau Bay
Russia
Port Artiur
Hayti
KivaChwu
Pacific
Lunt
Yana Coast
Rio Chad
Legation
Pekin
Kion-Chau
Chines
Shanghai
Kioa-Chau
Port Arthur
Foreign Office
French Flag Hoisted on Hai Nan Island
Report from Suavemar states the French admiral raised the French flag on Hai Nan island off the south coast of China. The island lies near the gulf of Tonquin, covers about 12 000 square miles and has a population near one million Chinese plus interior tribes.
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Mai Nan
Suavemar
Hai Nan
Hai Nao
China
Gulf of Tonquin
China Sea
Practical Men Jet the Survey for Nicaragua Canal
New York Dec 30 14 prominent U S contractors will sail on the Pan Am steamship Finance to inspect the Nicaragua canal survey If feasible they will form a company and bid for the project The party is under EF Cragin and E L Coulay chief engineer of the Chicago drainage canal
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Uma Canal
Panam Steamship Finance
United States
Nicaragua
Ef, Cragin
E L. Coulay
Chicago Drainage Canal
Wanted in Louisiana a Requisition for Joe Gimduer
A requisition from Governor Foster of Louisiana requests Joe Gimduer a New Zealand national held at the Calograte Penitentiary. He is wanted for a robbery at Pueblo and the term expires next year. He is linked to a murder case involving a Parisian residence and the alias F. J. Jeoes Hein.
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Joe Gimduer
Ze Ia
Calograde
Dexyeu
Des
Gor
Adame
Gor. Foster
Louisiane
Jon Giadiscomvint
Calo
Emaat Pueblo Tnies
Gindney
F. J. Jeoes Hein
Lopisians
Way
Mad
Claibarme
Jane
P. H. Mabrey
Southern Express Co
Brunswick
Brunswick Savings and ‘Rast Co
National Bank of Bronswick
Savannah
Violent affray ends in fatal wounds in Marshall county
Report details a quarrel near Whitewell between Charles Milloway and Tews that escalated to revolver fire. Milloway was mortally wounded, while Smith and family figures faced arrest amid related slander suit filings against Judge Orlando Davis. Other items include a Richmond banker recall and a Hopkinsville death from a stone coffin obsession.
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Phot
Cat
Charles Milloway
Whitewell
Tews
Penmpanion
Molloway
Smith
Haif
Fred
Holloway
Chin
Weltwell
Smiths
Bander Nait
Marshall County
Ibis Auit
Bennie Nabors
Orlando Davis
Davia
A Vineville Farmer Who Thinks For Himself
A portrait of a plain farmer in Vineville town who votes by his own judgment. He keeps ordinary farm life with yoke milk butter and bees and never argues creed. He trusts friends in need and stands simple and steadfast through fortune’s frown. John P. Stalanieri N. Sun
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Potitier
Creed
Ant Peuves
Kling
Vineville Town
John P. Stalanieri
Sun
The Lost Woman of San Nicholas Island
In 1835 a San Nicholas Island mother lost her baby during a storm as a schooner carried natives to the mainland. She leapt overboard, vanished from sight, and despite decades of searching, was never found. Her endurance, rescue attempts, and later care by Capt Nidiver's family form a poignant tale from California's coast.
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California
Santa Hurbara Islands
Robinson Crusoe
Cincinnati Zoological Gardens
New York Aquarium
San Nicholas
Williams
Jane
San Pedro
Rome
Pather Gonsales
Nidiver
Sota Narbara
Wille Post
Thomas Jeffries
Nid
Klemen
Lilian White
An Angry Cook and a Perplexing Pastiche of Faith
A fragment recounts Volney’s opposition to Christianity and a quarrel with Dr. Priestley in the United States. It then recalls Chevalier de Pontgibaud’s Philadelphia trip and Marino the renowned pastry cook, who encounters a mysterious French visitor in Marino’s shop.
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Volney
Christy Tianity
United States
Dr. Priestley
England
Pennsylvania
Chevalier de Pontgibaud
Chevalier
Philadelphia
Mhe
Marino
Chevalier de Capellis
Misplaced Confidence and Fragmented 19th Century Quips
Disjointed excerpts reveal varied public thoughts from letters and satire, mentioning Tet, Cincinnati, Volney, and rival sentiments. The collage references intoxication, courtroom banter, remarks on women writers, and a kitchen altercation, all echoing period voice and social commentary from a bygone era.
Tempered Comforts and Temperate Tales at Andrews Farm
A farm tale recalls Farmer Andrews hosting finicky borders who demand heat and comfort in a weathered old house. The boarders persist past summer into fall, sparking humor as the farmer debates where to place the stove and how to heat the large chamber.
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Andrews
Farmer Andrews
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Cuba
Cleveland
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Illinois Btote Teachers’ Association
Springfelt
E. Bewjamin Andrews
Brown University
Murr
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Buly
Ziegfeld
Chicago Musical College
Chicage
States
Mory
House of Representatives
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Alger
Joan T. Suayxe
Commercial Association At
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New York Sun
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Syracuse
N. Y
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Olpringe
Hoseton
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Oldriere
War Department
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Cave
Anne
News OF the
James Reed
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Russian City
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Roodestan
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Persia
Glendora
Mins
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Harry English
Yoleta
Tex
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Terhune
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Monon Road
Mra Anne Fowlery
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N. J
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Aamera
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Dases McCor
Mad Hun
W. Va
Miss Shamdil
Semerang
House Naval Committee
Commissioner of Pensions
Great Britain
Interior Department
Seminole Nation of Indians
Dawes Indian Commission
Department of Agriculture
Toston
Brown County
Witttaw Kurt
Tur
Texas Independent
Greenville
Cantril
Ta S
Nellie
Johnson
Kansas City
Tny
J. W. Hodges
Stillwater
Alikebi
Port Au Prince
Sreumrang Winsom
Ux Avene
Detroit
Westoefnt
Detroit Free Press Printing Company
Cimarron River
Perkins
Maud Devaul
Tuk
Dolphin
Mississippi
Pension Office
de Suenven Jaekson
Norway
Lapland
Yukon
Joe Warcort
Tom Tracey
Byente
Far Haat
Marthe
Hiplomate
Gow
Louisiana
William Washington Downe
Richmond
Savings Bank
Order of
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Peter Ryan
Hopkinsville
Ryan
le Kalb
Qain
Enine
Rabbeth & Dunlop
Clarksville
Tenn
George Clark
J. H. Watts
York
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Culpepper Hotel
Meridian
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Sabe Greer
James Ball
Greer
Double Springs Church
Oconee County
Chas Sheets
Samuel Wiebanks
Gov. Johnson
Jesse Sugars
Decatur
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Edly Heard
Dunlap
Stanton McWilliams
Heard
John W. Baters
John W. Buford
Eupreme Court
Western District
Tennessee
Jackson
Dabney B. Maury
Virginia
D. W. Washingtes
Memphis
Teno
Georgia
EL. Pavion
Unserman Ment
Tens
Jerry Cage
Pete Mushatoe
I. Herbert & Tetdle
MR. Kling
Pineville
Viola Rosebors
Revolutiontate
Chicago News
Indianapolis Journal
Washington Democrat
Embert
Hood
South Carolina
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A. Simmons
Sulein Ga
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USA
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W Works
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H. Dum Saasees
Puady
Oreo
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