Thanksgiving Day Declared by Roosevelt Proclamation
President Roosevelt designates November 28 as a day of general thanksgiving despite the death of McKinley. He urges empathy, duty to fellow citizens, and reverent worship as the nation reflects on peace and prosperity amid loss. The note includes the proclamation text and related federal actions.
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McKinley
Washington
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God
Theodore Roosevelt
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City of
Lord
John Hay
Prescott
Ark
Charles Levy
Cox
Levy
Plague Quarantine Aims to Block Texas Entry
Texas health officials order strict quarantine against infected ports as bubonic plague tests rise in Liverpool Glasgow. Seven or eight ships en route to Galveston to be detained ten days at quarantine station with longer holds if sickness appears. Three plague cases reported in hospital. no new cases announced in Glasgow. Washington reports cautious stance to keep plague from Atlantic ports.
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Austin
State Health Department
Texas
Liverpool
Glasgow
Galveston
Central Station
Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Atlantic
Nicaragua Canal Breaks Clayton Bulwer Pact Abrogated
London reports a draft of a new canal treaty to abrogate the Clayton Bulwer pact will accompany Lord Paunceforte to Washington. The United States agrees to canal construction under its control while Britain seeks reciprocal trade benefits. Washington confirms Nicaragua terminates the 1867 and 1870 treaties granting U S canal rights.
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Associated Press
Lord Pouncefote
United States
New York
Lord SaliSury
Lord Pauncefote
Canal
England
American State Department
Washington
Great Britain
Lord Lansdownes
Nicaragua
Industrial progress in the South shows large gains in 1900s census
Preliminary census figures reported by the Manufacturers' Record indicate sharp manufacturing growth in Florida Alabama Georgia and Mississippi over the decade with double digit percentage increases in value of products and a surge in establishments and wages. The report notes railroad development opening timber resources and a shift toward industrial activity in new areas amid ongoing centralization at traditional hubs.
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South
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
West Virginia
Labor union aims for new organization and charters
Washington organizers Huckman and Applegate travel to form a union for undertakers and intend to seek charters from the American Federation of Labor for Chicago and Washington lodges. The Under takers' association supports enacting new regulations its members want enforced and favorable spins on the effort.
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Chicago
Pall Bearers’ Union
Undertakers’ Association
Theodore Huckman
Anthony Applegate
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Properties For Sale In Town On West Side
Four room house and two lots on the west side with well and stable. Price 650 dollars with easy terms. Six room house and one lot on the west side. Price 6 rooms house and two lots located four blocks from Main Street. Brick cistern on premises. Price 1250 dollars. Two lots and an old 5 room house to the southwest part of town. Price 300 dollars. Also other city property.
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Ain Street
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