New Year Reception at the White House
President McKinley hosted the first White House New Year’s reception with Cabinet, diplomats, and invited guests, elaborate floral and arboreal decorations, Marine Band music, and a formal receiving line in the Blue parlor before the East room. In San Francisco Mrs Botkin resumes composure as court date looms for her appeal and sentence.
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Washington
McKinley
White House
Executive Mansion
United States Marine Band
Cabinet and Diplomacy Corps
Diplomatic Corps
Colonel Bingham
Gilmore
San Francisco
Prosperity in Southern States Amid Industrial Growth
A Baltimore dispatch reviews 1898 as a year of strong southern industrial expansion with 3007 plants started or completed across sectors including textile mills, iron and steel, fertilizer works, railroads, and various factories. It highlights major gains in rail mileage, especially in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, and notes war and trade impacts fading as diversification and inland commerce rise.
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Baltimore
Gulf
Atlanta
West Indies
Cuba
Ohu
Potomac
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Brewer Shoots Wife Then Self in Paudling Incident
Charles A. Brewer, former postmaster of Paulding Ohio, fatally shot his wife and killed himself. Domestic incompatibility cited. In Harrisburg, Senator Quay arrived from Washington to oversee his campaign and will stay through the caucus.
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Senator Quay
Harrisburg
Washington
Fire at Stevenson Street block causes heavy losses
A blaze in the 47 Stevenson street business block in San Francisco Monday night caused about 50000 dollars in damage before firefighters controlled it. The Krough Manufacturing Company and the San Francisco Artistic Metal Works sustained major losses in the fire.
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San Francisco
Stevenson Street
Krough Manufacturing Company
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Richelieu
Batavia
Cox's
Nelson
Pettyjohns
Ralstons
Andersons
Howell Bros
Parsons
Bottling Works
Bryan, Texas
Co. Gk
WW. P. Franklin & Son
Odd Fellows Building
John Mike
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Arleson Counties
Amy
Frank W. McConnico
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Pacific Mutual Lif Fidelity and Casua
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Equitable Life Hi
Representance Society of
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Union Life
Ty of
Bryan
Lconnico
McKinsey
Sion
Bes See
Mrs. Botkin
California
Redding
James Gallagher
John
Mike’ Flynn
Gallagher
Flynn
House of Correction
Webster City
Priscilla Emerson
Levi Emerson
Stratford
John B. Mike
J. E. Ponder
Prop’r
Newark
New Concord
Baltimore and Ohio
Portland, Or
Portland
Orient
Ryan Water, Ice, Light & Power Company
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