Miss Edna Terrys Last Letter From China War Conditions
Edna Terry, a missionary believed killed near Tien-Tsin, sends a Brookyn letter describing famine and pestilence in China. She notes poverty, crop failure, hunger, and desperate church members, warns war will expose government corruption and may hasten dynastic collapse. She fears famine and war together terrify the Chinese countryside.
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New York
Edna Terry
Boxer Hotse
Tien-Tsin
Brooklyn
America
China
Nellie Braggins to Wed John W Gantz in St Louis Ceremony
Nellie Braggins, comic opera soubrette, will marry John W. Gantz, chief clerk of the Frisco freight department, Thursday morning at 2721 St Vincent avenue. The Rev Sherman B Moore will officiate at Compton Heights Christian church. Only immediate relatives present, no attendants. They became friends ten years ago and engaged three years ago after meeting with Spencer Opera. Braggins plans to retire from performing to run their home.
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Post-Dispatch
Hiss Nellie Braggins
John W. Gantz
Frisco
Sherman B. Moore
Compton Heights
Emory Braggins
Mr Gantz
Miss Breggins
Miss Braggins
Spencer Opera Company
Uhing’s Cave
McKinley's Hoodoo and the Election Echoes
A historical column argues that McKinley faces a recurring hoodoo in reelection bids, detailing a pattern of incumbents losing a second race to their earlier opponents. The piece recalls past cycles from Adams and Jefferson to Harrison and Harrison, culminating in Bryan again challenging McKinley with Bryan poised to strike at McKinley’s brow and Hanna's jaw.
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McKinley
White House
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Adams
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
van Buren
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Bryan
Hanna
True Americanism Banner and Call to Freedom
A faultless declamation on true Americanism echoing Carl Schurz. It asserts liberty and equal rights as universal, urging the nation to lead and inspire oppressed peoples. The speaker proclaims humanity’s right to self governance and the enduring mission of American liberty.
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Carl Schurz
Mnarch
Ex-Councilman J W Ware shoots pastor in Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville Ky June 20 ex councilman J W Ware fired on Rev Dr W F Piner pastor of the Methodist church during a pastoral call at Mrs Ware's home. Piner disarmed Ware who was jailed on $1000 bond. Sheriff says jealousy motive. examination set for next Thursday. Piner lightly wounded but lives.
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Hopkinsville
J. W. Ware
W.F. Piner
Methodist Church
Ware
Whiel
Miner
Close Call for Gen Kitchener in Boer Fire Near Kopjes
London reports silent since June 16. Boers near the Orange River line hover north of Kroonstad. General Kitchener narrowly escaped capture when gunfire struck his sleeping car at Kopjes Station, forcing a rapid ride to Khenester. Boers, about 6000 strong with three guns, burned a rebuilt culvert and derailed the train. Shelling from Ficksburg to the south follows, as Gen. Rundle and forces reportedly move to block movements from the north.
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London
Lord Roberts
Orange River Colony
Kroonstad
Cape Town
Kuehner
Kopijes
de Ver
Suom
Kitchener
Khenester
Rundle
Amnesty for the Filipinos to be announced by McKinley
Gen McArthur will declare President McKinley’s amnesty order in Manila today prompting Buencamino Paterno and other Filipino leaders to push for Aguinaldo’s surrender. They are confident peace talks will proceed though Aguinaldo may require concessions, with meetings held quietly last week and a major session today.
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Manila
McArthur
McKinley
Buencamino
Paterno
Aguinaldo
Capt Deming's Disgrace In San Francisco Prison
In San Francisco on June 20 Battery A and Battery M of the 6th Artillery left for Fort Monroe on duty at the artillery school. They took custody of Peter Deming, former captain and assistant subsistence commissary US Volunteers, bound for Fort Leavenworth as a three-year prisoner. Deming, tried at the Presidio court martial in March, was found guilty of embezzling government funds. He was confined on Arguably in February until June 12 when dismissed from the army and placed in close confinement as a convict.
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E Francisco
Sd Artillery
Fort Monroe
Artillery School of Instruction
Kansas City
Peter (. Deming
United States Volunteers
Fr. Leavenworth
Presidio
Deming
Ale “Matraz
Mrs Hill Indicted for Murder in Kingfisher
Guthrie Oklahoma June 21 At a special session of the grand jury at Kingfisher Mrs Mary J Hill was indicted for murder She was traveling with J Tomlin in wagon several months ago when Tomlin died suddenly near Oakarchie He was buried next day and she left at once Tomlin's body has since been exhumed and poison found in the stomach It was shown that he had 500 just before his death
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Guthrie
Okla
Kingfisher
Mary J. Hill
Nurder
J. Tomlin
Waen
Tomlin
Oakarchie
Poison on a Train Ends With Revival for Mrs Culp
Mrs Marie Culp of St Louis drank chloroform Tuesday afternoon aboard the Wabash en route to Edwardsville Illinois. Her husband met her at the Edwardsville depot and carried her to Dr Wharf’s office where she was revived. A letter found on the car floor said she had married at 14 and that it ruined her life. The story notes a jaundiced liver as a symptom and promotes Herbine at 50 cents and 10 cents at H L Tucker's drug store.
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Marie Culp
St. Louis
Edwardsville
Dr. Wharf
H. L. Tucker’s
County democracy trip rosters postponed to finish list
In Chicago on June 18 the demand for lodging on the county democracy’s Kansas Convention trip was so high that club members postponed the roster completion until next Sunday. President Powers and Secretary Burke expect at least 100 members will parade Kansas City streets.
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Chicago
County Democracy
Kansas
Powers
Burke
Kansas City
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers $100 Reward
The notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh at all stages. It claims internal action on mucous surfaces and offers $100 to any case it cannot cure, inviting readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, with price listed at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cureney & Co
Toledo
O.garSold
Victor J. Evans & CO
Washington, D. C
Terrible attack by Missouri wild boar ends in dire fate
Frank Shelby, son of constable Shelby of Poplar Bluff Missouri, was attacked by a wild boar while hunting. The boar ripped him severely before Shelby's setter dragged it away. He crawled to safety and received immediate medical aid, but doctors fear he may not survive.
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Poplar Bluff
Missouri
Frank Shelby
Constable Shelby
Shelby
Can You Name Them Vice Presidents List and Facts
A dated list of United States vice presidents names many historical figures. It notes that four have ascended to the presidency on death and three were elected president later. An advertisement for Herbine liver remedy follows, with a price of 50 cents and store attribution to H. L. Tucker's drug store.
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The
United States
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Barr
George Clinton
Eldbrix le Gerry
Daniel D. Thompkins
John Calhoun
Martin van Buren
Richard W. Johnson
John Tyler
George M. Dallas
Millard Filmore
William B. King
John Breckinridge
Hannibal Hamlin
Andrew Johnson
Sechavier Colfax
Henry Wilson
William M. Wheeler
Clester A. Arthur
Thos. A. Hendricks
Levi P. Morton
Adial E. Stevenson
Garret A. Hobart
Chester Allen Arthur
Desperate shooting affray in Huntsville injures two men
In Huntsville on Jefferson street at noon E. E. Dean pasture owner and grocer and David H. Sanders bar keeper at W. F. Sturve’s saloon were shot, Sanders twice in the abdomen and once in the leg, with a bullet lodged in his watch, and Dean shot in the back and over the left nipple. The violence stemmed from rumors linking Sanders to Dean’s wife. Mrs Dean approached afterward but was driven away by her husband who blamed her for the trouble.
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Huntsville
Ala
E. E. Dean
David H. Sanders
W. F. Sturve
Jefferson Street
Sanders
Dean
Painted Paragraphs on Friendship and Courtship
A collection of aphoristic lines on friendship courtship and marriage. It contrasts befriend during to gain favor with observations about women men and social expectations. The tone resembles witty social maxims from a Chicago Daily News style.
Li Hung Chang Army Count Sparks Prudence Debate
An excerpt notes Li Hung Chang maintaining an army of 0,000 soldiers at his own expense and comments that such a large following seems imprudent. It also quips that some men error only in two things, what they say and what they do.
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Li Hung Chang
Wat a Woman Thinks on Wives and Speech
A fragmented moral ramble discusses marriage, authority, and politeness. It muses that a good husband yields to his wife, pearls signaling tears, and that true courtesy shows in private treatment of a spouse. It contrasts social vanity with sincere behavior.
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Bears
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Howe
Day
Buencamino Party
Capt. Deming
Ft. Leavenworth
Cook County In Force
H. L. Tucker
Alabama
Tutt
Bates County
John Atkisn
Ehaller
Jane
Weir
Chicago Daily News
Rdova
Elx
Addaes
Cordova
Martine
Incheon
Fasdard Oil Co
Missouri State Bank
Butler
Dows
John Deerwester
T C. Bouiisre
Booker Power JR. Jenkins
Cashier
Loerie
Radiant
Frank Vsorte
Wm. FE. Walton
Jenkina
Um Chiiaty
M. E. Walton
Walton Trust Company
Butler, Missouri
Walton
Frank Allen
WM. E. Walton
C. A. Allen
Sec'y
T. J. Wright
Weldon Yates
J. Brown Walton Boodkeeser
Evans
A. S. Weddle
Cal Robinson
Wacon
Buccy
A. S$. Weddle
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