China Boxers Rise in Fierce Nationalist Uprising
Correspondents in San Francisco New York and Chicago describe growing Boxer sentiment in China as a patriotic, anti foreign uprising. They note the movement’s shift from reform to semi military action, clashes with Germany and Britain, and fears it could spark a broader conflict while uniting locals against European and Japanese influence.
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Peking
Ching
San Francisco
New
Chicago
Ion
Bward Society
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Vouers
Deat Soan
Doxers
Trin-Tan
Kino Chow
Germany
Euccess
Port Arthur
Great Britain
Roxere
China
Europe
Japan
Shan-Tung
Fragmented Chinese factions threaten unity amid Boxer turmoil
G W Weippiert argues the Chinese nation is split into hundreds of factions, condemns foreign exploitation and Boxer violence, and warns that a revived empire could face international division once peace is sought. He notes the European-led Li Hung Chang troops and calls for restraint until order returns.
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China
Li Hung Chang
Couxt
G. W. Weippiert
Sells Her Baby in New York Barter Case
A starving New York mother sold her baby boy for 100. The bill of sale was filed with a notary and the register’s office. Justice Reg ister Fromine called the act a violation of the constitution, though the document stood for filing. The Mathix family faced destitution. Annie Gross bought the child, heartbroken, while other quoted passages mock fairy tales and gossip.
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New York City
Register
Register Fromine
Pauline Mathix
Mra
Annie Gross
Butcher
Mathix
Davis A Convert Raptations Forty Wo Bays
Political speech excerpts from Webster Davis and David Hitt at the Kansas City convention discuss party loyalty, liberty, and unity. Davis renounces the Republican party, urging American principles and support for William Jennings Bryan. Hill voices New York backing and calls for national unity and reform of electoral laws. Reports of drownings and a robbery accompany convention notes.
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Webster Davis
David Hitt
Davis
United States Senate
Washington
Transvaal
South Africa
William Jennings Bryan
David B. Hill
New York
Mr. Bryan
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Jim
Congress
West
Democratic Party
Blood runs in the streets of Pekin amid foreign upheaval
Shanghai dispatches report brutal massacres in Pekin with 5000 locals killed and Europeans targeted. Describes executions and tortures of foreigners, mobs capturing European soldiers, and new edicts for extermination. Russia backs Japan to act in China as Tokyo readies up to 20000 additional troops.
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London
Far East
Shanghai
Jm Fu
Pekin
Yang Lu
Tuan Tang Yi
Tang Fuh Sinn
Japan
China
Scheme to colonize Boers in southern states
The Chicago Record reports land and immigration agents of the Southern Pacific railroad plan colonizing Boers in unsettled territory across western Louisiana and eastern Texas. Afrikander agents are in the United States considering proposals for colonization and related conditions. Warmer southern climate favorable for Dutch farmers supposedly helps justify a peaceful soil conquest within months. The Southern Pacific allegedly offers land and aid to settlers to develop the area.
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Chicago
Southern Pacific Railroad
Louisiana
Texas
United States
Southern Pacific
Roosevelt at Canton and brief notices of 1900s events
Canton welcomes President McKinley and Gov. Roosevelt in a rare joint appearance on the Republican ticket. Wages cut by Moorhead Bros plate mill in Sharpsburg cited to stay competitive. A roof collapse at Pitts Station injures six. Fire at Standard Oil works in New York under control with $2.4 million damage estimate. Cyclone at Steamboat Rock, Iowa, reported with river rise. Kansas man loses 180 dollars and tickets after a barn nap. Fort Worth cattle deal: 200000 acres and 15000 head sold for $570000. West Point cadet appointees from Kansas and Topeka named.
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Piate
Pittsburg
Plate
Moorhead Bros
Sharpsburg
Standard Ol Works
New York
Standard Ol! Company
Steamboat Rock
Marshalltown
Iowa
Umbrella mix up leads to shy apology on crowded street
A woman who had taken an umbrella by mistake returns the item after a passerby confrontation. The other woman, owner of the umbrella, retrieves her property and the pair exchange a brief, strained apology on the busy street near Cambridge.
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Hovey's
Cambridge
Serward
Imperial Arsenal
Prince Bung
Taka-Nip
Canton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Alleghanies
French Broad
Asheville
America
Southern Railway
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted as Malaria Cure
A vintage advert promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, claiming it cures malaria with iron and quinine in correct proportions. It asserts superiority over imitators, notes widespread U.S. sales, and guarantees “No Cure No Pay” with a 50 cent price.
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United States
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louie
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