Copper supply and rail travel in turning times
A scan of global production notes shows copper output rising sharply since 1884, with U S mines delivering 714 million of 1 1 billion pounds last year while Michigan Arizona and Utah remain major sources. Rail travelers face rail fare protections, and a range of editorial views reflect early 20th century American perspectives on industry, policy, and foreign affairs.
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Michigan
United States
Mootmah
Arizona
Utah
Congressional Prisoners And Panama Canal Debate
The record notes Roosevelt signing the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, the Panama canal commission selection of Ewald Gronsky, and a proclamation enforcing the treaty. House and Senate debates cover naval and agricultural appropriations, armor plate pricing, and submarine boat funding. Personal items report murders, elections, deaths, and a Brainerd fire casualty estimate.
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Benate
House
Burton
Keers An Harbors Committee
Cen
Vie “Zaecutive Seasin
Panarpa Srgaty
Charleston Navy Yard
Benste
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Arena Lakes
Heyburn
Daho
Roberts (Maas
Howse
Midvale Steel Co
Mare
Aii
Belle Leads
Sigourney
J. L. Caldwell
West Virginia
United States
James Bare
Iowa
Sioux City
Bare
Mexico
Cathleen Clayton
Powell Clayton
Arthur Cunningham Grant Duff
Great Britain
John Phillips
National Organization of Hatters
North American
New York City
Panama Canal Commission
Ewald Gronsky
San Francisco
Richmond
Ind
Lowell
Kas
Panama
Isthmian Canal
Roosevelt
Henry William A. Schwartz
Ane Law Ees
Feat & Schwartz
Buffalo
Indi
Washington, D. C
Mississippi Legislature Faces Long Confinement Budget Woes
Legislative report outlines months of unpaid state officers clerks and judges as 1904 bills pile up. House and Senate await passage of general appropriation measures while janus of budget gaps threatens salaries and the penitentiary. Debates over education text books and public health bills mark ongoing struggle to adjourn in spring.
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Sceun . of & General Natire
Delage
Senate
Opnor
Dalarlea
Supreme Court
House
Jackson
Wellson- Brancy
Friends of the
Lower Levee Board
Chonge
Friars Point
Coahoma County
Frisrs Point
J. Alcorn Grover
Odde
Fnance
University of Missineppi
Ander
Public Health and Quarantine Committee
Uerefor
Es Cine
Vicksburg
Jean
Mail train murder shocks Meridian community
A Great Southern mail train northbound near the Mobile and Ohio crossing near Meridian was halted by an armed assailant who killed mail clerk John R. Stockton and wounded A. J. Bass before escaping. Bass identified the suspect as J. P. Paris of Selma Alabama. Militias were called, a jail guard posted, and a speedy trial planned. Paris’s alleged accomplice Warren Monroe was jailed as accessory in the robbery.
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Great Southern Mall
Mobile &Ghio Crossing
City
Umite
Aneare
John R. Stockton
Meridian
A. J. Bass
Mr. Ivans
Mall
Bass
Ralve
Dmicera Horne
Price
Monette
Negro vi
Newton
G. Q. Hall
Circuit Court
J. P. Paris
Selma
Ale
Southern
Alabama Great Southern
Gulf
Ship Island
Hattiesburg
Birmingham
Jos Murray
Stockton
Trussville
Ala
Warren Monroe
Paris
Fight to the Death at Port Arthur Warned by Gen Stoessel
Gen Stoessel orders troops and residents to fight to the finish as Japanese siege threats loom. He says surrender is impossible, with three seas surrounding the fortress and no escape except through combat. Japanese scouts seen offshore in gale light. Levee bond sale in Greenville Mississippi planned for one million dollars with staged deliveries through December.
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Port Arthur
Stoessel
Bat
Greenville
Miss
Shot Mortally Wounded in Accident while Hunting
William Skewes of New Madrid died at St Mary's Infirmary from injuries sustained by an accidental discharge of a gun while hunting last Friday. He was 32, superintendent of the Southern Land and Lumber Company plant near New Madrid, leaving a wife and three children. The remains will be taken to St Genevieve for burial.
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William Skewes
Catro, II
New Madrid
St. Mary's Infirmary
Southern Land and Lumber Company
Genevieve
Japanese Fleet Sinks Novik and Sinks or Disabled Russian Vessels at Port Arthur
A late report claims a Japanese squadron attacked Port Arthur, sinking the Russian cruiser Novik and the Askold, disabling the Retvizan, and destroying a torpedo boat. The fleet opened fire from the harbor mouth, with destroyers driven back, and the Japanese withdrew after about two hours with no Japanese casualties.
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Port Arthur
Novik
Askold
Retvizan
Noyik
Bayan
Straigh
Port Arthur Strength in Russian War News
London reports a Moscow correspondent says Russia frets over Port Arthur's impregnable status as a strategic fortress. Emphasis on the fortress's role in Korea and Japan's possible defeat, with Russian claims of Japanese fleet danger. Rome confirms Japanese troops entrenched in Possiet Bay ready to assist infantry if attacked.
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London
Moscow
London Times
Russia
Port Arthur
Stossel
Korea
Rome
Minister of Marine
Possiet Bay
Protect Russian consul at Fusano under Japanese guard
Toklo reports the Korean court donated 100000 to Red Cross hospitals and US Britain ministers in Seoul favoring the Japanese Korean protocol. Tokyo instructs authorities to protect the Russian consul at Fusao who will reach Moji tonight and travel to Russia. Japanese refugees claim maltreatment by Russian soldiers.
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Tokio
Red Cross
United States
Great Britain
Seoul
Fusao
Korea
Moji
Japan
Russia
Incomplete medical note on patient with uric acid poisoning
The fragment mentions Htajam Estorr Terry Arz age, and a diagnosis of uric acid poisoning. It notes prescribed Dean's Kidney Pill and alternating doses of pain medicine. The text suggests the patient recovered enough to return to work after treatment.
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Ade
Raxa
Wynne
Ark
Meccesary
Palm
Doan
Down
Fivbe
Fragmented Historic Ad Quips and Quotes Collage
A jumble of 1900 era snippets appears from Boston Norwich NY and Chicago posts. Mixed quotes boast lines about Bertha Byrd diamonds cures and drug ads. The garbled OCR text blends poems proverbs and medical pitches with stray dialogue and street banter.
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Hollis
Bertha Byrd
Schuyler
Boston
Nothing Serious The Enquirer on changing minds and monotony
A Ludlow youth questions if women insist on having their own gay in everything and a Cummins ville wage replies that she changes her mind so often it breaks the monotony. The snippet ends with garbled OCR text referencing a Derby and Gis Wits bagke Puce.
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Ludlow
Cumminsville Wage
Cincinnati Enquirer
Layre
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Department of Archives and History
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Ak Mae
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Leland W "Lawson
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Anx
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Wate
Omur
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Bright
Ad-Me
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Milburn Co
Yorktown, Ark
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