Immigrant arrivals and world notes seek new records
In six days twelve thousand immigrants reached New York as 1903 looms. Reports cite radium and other minerals found in Colorado while industry and education push America to lead in shoemaking. A Boer student from Wellington joins Cornell and debates over schooling, crime, and reform color the era with curiosity and caution.
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New York
United States
Alaska
Nome
America
Straits Settlements
Asie
Doings of a Week Review of Happenings in Washington and Abroad
A seven day sweep notes U S Supreme Court session Panama Canal diplomacy with Colombia contested union wage talks and a horse ball ride for President Roosevelt. It covers notable events from Washington and various cities including obituaries sports results and public notices with names such as Roosevelt Platt Sherman and Williams.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Colombia
Ian Hamilton
United States Labor Bureau
Senator Platt
New York
Janeway
William T. Sherman
D. B. Henderson
Gen. Sickles
Rev
T. E. Sherman
First Trial of Indicted Post Office Frauds Ends in Hung Jury
In Cincinnati, the federal court trial of Daniel Voorhees Miller and Joseph M. Johns, charged with conspiring to extort a bribe from John J. Ryan, ended with the jury unable to agree. Judge Thompson discharged the panel after affirming no verdict could be reached, amid reports of a potential seven to five inclination toward conviction.
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Cincinnati
Daniel Voorhees Miller
Joseph M. Johns
Thompson
Post Office Department
Terre Haute
Ind
Uderstood
Miller
Ryan
Johns
Dowie Faces Difficult New York Reception at Madison Square Garden
Elijah the Restorer, John Dowie, drew crowds to Madison Square Garden on Sunday but thousands left early, defying orders to close doors. He reacted with petulance as curiosity gave way to dwindling attention in the unyielding New York crowd.
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Dowie
Elijah
New York
Madison Square Garden
John Zijen the
Annual American Royal livestock show opens with record entries
Kansas City Missouri October nineteenth the fifth annual American Royal livestock show opens with 700 head of pure bred cattle the largest single show entry ever. Also 150 draft and coach horses 300 swine 200 sheep and 1000 Angora goats participate. Carload lots of feeding cattle are featured with upwards of 100 cars entered. Cash prizes total 35000 for carload exhibit while overall prizes reach 25000.
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Kansas City
Gen Chase Trial Opens in Public Court Martial
Denver reports readiness for a general court martial to probe the national guard scandal with Gen John Chase first on the docket charged with disobeying governor orders conduct unbecoming an officer and perjury. Gov Peabody vows a rigorous investigation as the Senate chamber braces for a public session.
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Denver
Col
National Guard
Peabody
Senate
John Chase
Gen. Chase
Senator Noel Returns Home After Rabies Treatment
Mississippi column reports Senator J F Noel returned to Lexington after treatment in Atlanta at the Pasteur Institute for a bite from a rabid dog. He was bitten in Ackerman while en route to court, treated three weeks, and is said to be in perfect health with no further danger.
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PME
Brooklyn
N. Y
Johnson Chase Hall
Paterson
Passaic
N. J
Boston
Pittsburg
New York Court of Appeals
Methodist Episcopal Convention
Philadelphia
Fowler
Russia
Morgan B. Williams
Wilkesbarre
Bob Fitzsimmons
Joe Grim
Francis L. Patton
Princeton
New York
Mike Mae C. Wood
Senator Platt
Dowie
Zion City
Dowle
New York City
Nos
J. F. Noel
Lexington
Atlanta
Pasteur Institute
Ackerman
Mike
Court House
Atlante
H. T. Tucker
Tucker
Supreme Court
Packer
Big Lever Convention Discusses Nationwide Levee Control
A Mississippi River Improvement and Levee Association convention on October 27 in New Orleans will debate government control of levees. Proponents argue federal management boosts land reclamation of 20 million acres across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas and supports national interests, education funding, and cotton supply. Delegates from many states are invited with one-way and special arrangements for attendees.
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New Orleans
Internate
Mississippi
Misiasippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
South
Holland
Valley of the Nile
America
Union
Levee Association
Mississippi River Levee Debate At New Orleans Convention
Long dispatch argues the Mississippi river system and its navigability affect nineteen states from Pittsburg to Montana. It defends levee construction as essential for cheap inland transport and national unity, stressing importance of the New Orleans convention and territorial stakes.
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United Aes
North
United States
Missouri
Ohio
Potomac
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Confederacy
Paton
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Press Urges Largest Ever Levee Convention in New Orleans
The Times-Democrat notes broad national press support for the Mississippi levee convention in New Orleans on October 27. The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record urges strong backing, arguing the federal government should assume levee construction and maintenance to protect the Mississippi drainage basin and boost regional and national interests.
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New Orleans
Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record
Heard
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Congress
Minsisaippi
Pointed Paragrams and Witty Notions in Old Gossip
A collection of short pithy lines on insurance, jokes, honesty, reform, and social pretensions. It humorously examines ideas about fortitude, friendship, wealth, marriage, and town gossip with a tongue in cheek tone. The misquoted quips reveal a satirical snapshot of attitudes and pretensions.
Backache Relief and Civic Notes From Youths
An elderly reader recalls backache pain and praises Dodd's Pills after trying many remedies. The passage also mentions a civic clerk advising real estate listings be filed on the forty-flat page, and a fragment from Youth's Companion about youth and age and shy declarations of love.
Cough Remedies and Advertisements From Old Papers
An assortment of vintage medical and patent remedies appears, including Sopa the Cough and Laxative Troma Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents, with quotes and testimonials. The clippings reference Philadelphia Bulletin and Detroit Free Press érz and classic brand names like Piso's Cure for Consumption, reflecting period consumer culture.
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Puck
Piso
N. W. Banmel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Detroit Free Press
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Colorado
Germany
England
Cornell University
South Africa
Ithica Institution
Leopold Rein—erke
Wellington
Cape Colony
Boston Herald
Yale
Harvard
Indianapolis
Marine Corps
Charles Heywood
United States Army
Navy
American Industrial Society
Pet
Lore
Delaware
Illinois Reformatory
Brice
Atlantic
Greenaburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coutsen
A Were’s News Condensed
Antietam
McKinley
Menasha
Wis
Frederick Crawford
Oshkosh
L. J. Jourdain
Kain
St. Louis
Kensal
N. D
Journal
Allen
John Wilson
John Kenahan
Glenville
Mont
Chicago
Hetzler
Cedar Lake
William Potter
William Rice
Esau Jeffries
Fort Morgan
Ala
Illnois
Tennessee
Eirza Stewart
Mother Stewart
Auburn Park
W. J. Bryan
Sioux City
Berwick
Ill
Farmers’ State Bank
Hamilton
Walter Jackson
Fannie Buck
Lafayette
James van Meter
Cleveland
Commercial Club of
Holy Land
Holtzman
Worth Track
Henry L. Mitchell
Florida
Tampa
Soenpenas
Post Office Om
Cumberland
Arlington
Sherman
Asagalt
Burlington
Kas
William Clark
Alabama
Maud L. Vince
Vince
Fiore
Flora
Richard Yates
Yellow Fever Inc
Laredo
Tex
Clarksburg
W. Va
Joseph Gray
Salem
Gray
Kes
Frenk Barr
Ming Nb
Mount Carmel Coas Co
Eron Lane
Mississippi State News
Tie
Secretary of State Power
County Commissioners of Election
State Board of Election Commissioners
Power
Bogue Chitto
Helm Iemorial
Stephen Applewhite
Lonie Magee
Jess Dunn
Dora Burke
Rupert McGee
Lillie Perry
Clarke County
Ssue
Chas, Lawrence
Clarksdale
President Roosevelt
Tallahatchie's
Board of Supervisors
Tallahatchie County
Magnolia Cotton Mills
Vicksburg
Fitzhugh
Capitol Commision
Capitol Commission
Claiborne County
Warren County
Claiborne
Port Gibson
W. W. Simonton
Jackson
Whitfield
Batesville
J. B. McKinney
Aberdeen
Steve Anderson
Richard Griffin
Q. Muay
Board of Control
Rankin Farm
Mr. May
Shaw Oil
Shaw
G. W. Faison & Son
W. L. Huntley
Winona
John Carneglia
Williams
Wellman
Chitio
McLaurin
John McLaurin
Montana
Bismarck
Gulf
Washington Post
New Orleana
Red
Wabash
Yellowstone
Europe
Teading
New Orleans Picayuneer
The
Nation du
Peter
Paul
Turkey
Youth and Age
Mil Mys
Dodd
Mick
Mabel
Miss Elderley
Danny
JW. Walls
Lebanon
Kentucky
East Male Street
Dean
Hugh Sfurrey Drug Co
Mr. Walls
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Security
Carter
Carters
Girne
Lary
Tuaciiensu
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