Goers Plans Well Laid for Boer Encounter
Details of a defeat of the British at Nootgedacht indicate Gen Clement's force had a narrow escape. The Boers exposed themselves, but artillery stemmed their rushes. A prayer meeting followed the retreat, hymns heard, and a heavy Boer loss noted. British wounded reach Pretoria. all are reported doing well.
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Purg
Nowtee Ee
Clement
Bo Ly
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Nootgedacht
New Zealand Says Labouring Men Do Not Want Strike License
Chicago December 15 arbitration congress enters second day with Hugh I Lusk urging compulsory arbitration of labor disputes He argues against strike liberty as license and cites New Zealand as a model saying laboring men do not want to cause suffering for mere own will to strike He emphasizes the need for restraint and orderly resolution of disputes
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New Zealand
Chicago
Arbitration Conciliation Congress
Hugh I. Lusk
New
Lurk
Episcopal Deaconess Warns Polygamy Strengthens Mormon Power
In Philadelphia a mass meeting of women protested Mormon polygamy with Dr. I B Elliott asserting polygamy spreads with Mormonism beyond Utah to Idaho New Mexico Arizona Wyoming Nevada and Colorado. She warned that adding four states to the seven already politically powerful would make legislation against polygamy impossible. Resolutions urged Congress to amend laws to prohibit polygamy and punish its practice with disqualification from rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elliott
Utah
Idaho
New Mexico
Arizona
Wyoming
Nevada
Colorado
Congress
Soldiers to Reach San Francisco From Philippines
More than 1 400 sick soldiers will be on their way home from the Philippines within a few days. General Grant and General Sherman units with 650 men are en route, while the Sheridan with 500 more leaves on the 22nd. The flow tests the Presidio general hospital to capacity, with 867 beds and a tent annex planned if overflow occurs.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
General Hospital
Presidio
Colombia Aims Sovereignty Over Panama Canal Transit
Colombia plans to preserve national sovereignty while allowing free transit through the Panama Canal, with a minister set to negotiate in Washington on canal opening. Separate items note asylum location fights in Kansas and a Missouri church council deeming midweek prayer meetings obsolete.
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Colombia
Panama Canal
Colon
Washington
Panama
Miner fends off bandits near Parral with hidden cash
FE Paso Texas dispatches report an American miner near Parral Mexico who killed two would be robbers as he prepared to pay his employees. He hid four thousand dollars under his wagon and kept a pistol inside his coat sleeve. In Kingston native black soldiers sparked a street riot, clashing with authorities and injuring several people.
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FE Paso
Tex
Parral
Mex
First Political Party Emerges Under American Regime
Advices from Iloilo report insurgents burning Culatuda village and captures as American forces, including Assistant Surgeon Washburn with 158 men, hold key buildings. Thirty rebels captured near Manila four miles from the city. force from Twenty-sixth infantry and Manila police surround suburbs from small boats. The first political party under the American regime forms, outlining a platform recognizing American sovereignty with limited native autonomy.
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Manila
Iloilo
Island of
Pansy Si
Culatuda
Washburn
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Quintin Silas
Toile
San Pedro Maccniti
Twentieth
United States Infantry
Gains
Nut Bearing Trees Study Aims To Boost Profits
Washington December 15 Secretary Wilson will study native United States nuts to cultivate profitability on idle lands. The plan: collect propagate and disseminate promising nuts research growth conditions and handling. Most nuts for table use are imported. domestic production could rise with suitable soils and climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Unites States
Time Stock group to oppose Groat Oleo margarine bill
Denver demand grows as the National Time Stock association fights the Groat Oleo margarine bill after its house passage and pending senate action in Washington. The organized group pushes to defeat the measure citing economic and regulatory concerns.
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Denver
Col
National Time Stock Association
House
Senate
Washington
Homeward Movement of Volunteers Embarks New Year
Manila December 18 reports the homeward movement of volunteers beginning January 1 with the embarkation of the Thirty-seventh volunteers. The Eleventh cavalry will follow. In San Juan Porto Rico the house of delegates introduced a suffrage bill granting unrestricted voting to women on the same terms as men.
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Manila
Eleventh Cavalry
Porto Rico
San Juan
House of Delegates
Descarts
Bank of Cushing Burglary and Explosion Reported
In Guthrie Oklahoma the Bank of Cushing was entered and severely damaged by burglars. The building suffered extensive wreckage from the force of an explosion. In Mason City, a national military college is planned by the Sons of Veterans.
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Guthrie
Bank of Cushing
The
Sons of Veterans
National Military College
Mason City
Cable Military Demand: War Department Link in Asia
Discussion by the Manufacturers' Club on a strategic cable line to Asia outlines its military value and cost. Brigadier General Greely and T. K. Hughes estimate a $1,000,010 annual cost for nautical miles with potential earnings, arguing a timely operation to protect American interests and industrial ties in new colonies.
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Philadelphia
Gen. Greely
War Department
Pekin Point
Chinese Terror Sparks Expanded Military Moves
A new Chinese terror threat arises as allied negotiations stall. Powers fail to seal Hankew and Shanghai arsenals and stop supply lines to Chinese forces. Tung Fuh Siang consolidates power, terrorizes the empress, and commands troop movements. Wider allied military scope urged.
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Velo Dec
Hankew
Shanghai
Lste
Tung Fuh Siang
Canal project survey funding approved by rivers committee
The rivers and harbors committee agreed to appropriate 225000 for a survey of the 14 foot canal project linking the Great Lakes and Mississippi via the Chicago drainage canal to Des Moines river. After a committee fight, canal supporters prevailed.
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Chicago
Washington
Dec
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Denver Loses G 4 K Encampment Location
St Louis Dec 15 The national executive committee of the A R in session here decided Denver had not complied with the resolution awarding the nations encampment for 1907 at that place. The committee adjourned without selecting another place for the encampment.
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Denver
St. Louis
The
Ta. R
Fire destroys block at Sixth and Main in Joplin
Early Tuesday morning a fire swept a block at Sixth and Main in Joplin, burning Burney Fergerson's residence and several store rooms. Loss estimated around $5,000. The city was briefly threatened and residents were alarmed.
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Joplin
Sixth and Main
Burney Fergerson
Jewish Regiment Formed in New York National Guard
An exclusively Jewish regiment will be organized in New York City as part of the New York national guard. More than 1,500 Jews have pledged themselves as recruits to this historic unit in the United States.
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New York
United States
New York National Guard
Penitentiary Board Purchases 13000 Acres for Convict Farm
Jackson Mississippi December 1. The penitentiary board of control has purchase 13,000 acres of land in Sunflower county for use as a state convict farm. The tract will be cleared and placed in readiness for cultivation by the convicts.
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Jackson
Miss
Penitentiary Board of Control
Sunflower County
Corpse Found Beside Mim Le Vie in Mystery Case
A resident named Joseph Feat 4 was found dead in bed beside Mim Le Vie. Authorities suggest death occurred during the night likely in the mal or husband unaware until attempting to awaken her. The incident remains under investigation with limited details available.
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Joseph
King Victor Branmniel Sends Queen Expectation Notice
In Arivanere Teume Bee news, King Victor Branmniel informs Premier Signer saraceo that the queen will bear a child soon, signaling royal lineage matters and potential succession considerations within the Italian influence sphere.
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Arivanere
Italy
Victor Branmniel
Signer Saraceo
Beemrer
Fire destroys Elk Point business district in South Dakota
Fire at Elk Point, South Dakota wipes out the town's business portion with losses about 3151, 6tr. The Michigan senate killed the rail road taxation bill. A special legislative session proved abortive. Negotiations are under way to form a pool by 14 of the largest steel plate manufacturers in the United States.
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Elk Point
S. D
Michigan Senate
Pineree
United States
Virginia items and church social notes from 1900s era
Local notices mention a Christian Endeavor special meeting at Peter Jundy's and a Christmas program with songs, recitations, a platform eight feet wide and several feet long. Upcoming events include a Ladies Aid supper on Friday night December 28, plus a cautionary table etiquette note about courting at charitable suppers. Obituaries recount the death of a small child Exvita C. WI Turkkstoon with a funeral at Woodtin graveyard and a Bible text. Community members and farmers are listed with visits, purchases, and moves to other towns including Passaic, Caldwell County Mo, and Moscow Idaho.
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Christian Endeavor
Peter Jundy
Wade Vearlly
Isai Lockridge
Ladies Aid Society
Jesus
Exvita C. WI Turkkstoon
W. A. McElroy
J. H. Dea
Passaic
G. W
J. H. Park
Blanch McElroy
Alton Park
Times
Frank Adison
Panama
Isaac Lockridge
Aaron
Lewis Steele
Sebell City
Free Methodist
Rosa Park
Kidder
Caldwell County
Ticket Sale Offers One Fare Round Trips Across States
Tickets go on sale December 23 24 25 and 31 1000 and January Isat 1901 for voyages within 200 miles at one fare for a round trip. Travel covers Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Dakota and Oklahoma. Sale dates include December 4 and 15 1900 with periods February 5 to 1% March 7 to 19 April 2 to 16. Return limit is 21 days from sale date. E C Vander Voort Agent.
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Bomefeerer Exerhons
Ala
Arizona
Ark
Yalo
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indy
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Miss. Mo
Neb
Dakota
Okla
E.C. Vandervoort
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Nootge
MR. Gompers
Episcopal
Philippine Islands
Topeka
Kan
Mfc
Center
City
Kingston
PINUS
Cabatuna
Panay Island
Phirty
Secretary of Agriculture
Tindiana
Marshall
Joseph Hoffner
Hoffner
Oklahoma
Pererse
Butler, Missouri
Rgeo
Resources
W. Choat
Clark Win A
L. McBride
Ivireetors
T F. Birp
Holiday Books
J. F. Ludwick
East Side Square
Butler, Mo
Archer
West Side Square
Butrier
N. B. Jeter
Weiner's
Mim
Virginia
Mie
Chas. Moore
Poster
Savelock
Bertha
Woodtin
Orville Brown
Moscow
Ernest Bean
Klondike
Wm. Jones
Rich Hill
Phillip Heckadon
Miss Joy Jenkins
Adrian
Abiline
Red
JH. Park
J. T. Melbon
Moundville
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