McKinley Awards Medal to Col. Bell for Gallantry
President McKinley directs congressional medals for Col. J Franklin Bell Thirty-sixth volunteer infantry for gallantry near Porac Luzon on September 9 1899. Naval board reports Kentucky speed at 16 897 knots per hour justifying early acceptance. Britain protests expeditions aided Boers with New York area headquarters. Currency report shows national bank note circulation at 243 760248 dollars up 775 554 in November and 1 058 210 year. Guam governor seeks more marines. Cigartakers union weekly figures compare 1898 social output. Cripple Creek gold output for November 1899 reached 3 515 500 dollars up 25 percent.
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McKinley
J. Franklin Bell
Thirty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Porac
Luzon
Naval Inspection Board
Kentucky
Navy Department
Great Britain
New Yor
Leary
Guam
Premature Gun Discharge Hurts Three In Allegheny Parade
A section of Battery B Pennsylvania National Guard fired a 17 gun governor salute during a parade in Allegheny. A premature discharge wounded three men, one fatally, during the unveiling of two Spanish guns presented to Allegheny City.
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National Guard of Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Allegheny City
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Paterson
N. J
Alexander Craig
Scranton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boston
Philippines
New Jersey
Philadelphia
John T. Blair
Blairstown
Hancock
Ann Tarbox
Daniel Tallon
Dublin
John E. Redmond
New York
Parnell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Augustus Lowell
Charles Potter
Plainfield
Potter
Madison County
American Bell Telephone Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Continental Tobacco Co
Henry D. McCord
William M. McCord
New York City
Henry D. McCord & Son
Texas coast storm damage widens loss of life and ships missing
Reports from Texas coast recount greater storm devastation with many homes destroyed and several small fishing craft missing along with their crews.
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Texas
Sioux City
Chicago Board of Education
Board of Education
Chicago
United States
St. Paul
Minn
Portal
N. D
Joseph Brown
St. Louis
Marconi
Global cocaine price soars amid Peruvian revolution
Prices for cocaine have jumped from 2.50 to 6.25 an ounce as Peru's revolution disrupts coca leaf shipments. Weymouth tests demonstrate steering via a wireless wave system. Mexican forces wage a strong campaign against Maya in the Yucatan interior.
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Peru
Lima
Weymouth
England
Yucatan Peninsula
Treaty Signs Between United States and Guatemala
President McKinney Pestmaster General South and the Guatemalan Minister sign a parcels post treaty effective January 1. Other items note unusually cold weather in New Zealand and a ship trapped on rocks after a November storm. Dublin alarm over a planned attack on Dublin Castle. Liberty Cycle Company assigns assets in New York with offices in Boston Bridgeport and Chicago and a Bridgeport factory. The Paris housekeepers form a price committee setting room rates at 85 a day during the exposition. The war department denies any resignation plan by General Quandary Wheeler and Judge Gibbons appoints a receiver for the Combination Investment Co amid bucket shop allegations. Senate adjourns after Hobart death message. House adjourns after initial officers sworn and Reed rules adopted.
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McKniney
South
United States
Guatemala
New Zealand
Dublin
Ireland
Uo Piot
Dublin Castle
Liberty Cycle Company
New York City
Boston
Bridgeport
Conn
Chicago
Hotukeepers
Gibbons
Chicag
Combination Investment Co
Invest A
Senate
Hobart
House
Offcers
Henderson
Taylor
Oho
Roberts
Utah
Navy Secretary Seeks 18 New Warships and Armor Reform
The 1900 secretary of the navy report urges 18 new ships including three armored cruisers and twelve gunboats, plus three protected cruisers. It calls for lifting armor pricing limits and faster contracts to outfit Maine Ohio and Missouri with best armor, and medals to honor Santiago veterans.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
North Atlantic
Santiago
Lang
Manila
Senate
Department
Maine
Ohio
Missouri
New Boycott Tactic Emerges in Chicago Piano Labor Fight
The Chicago Federation of Labor approved a new boycott plan against piano factory workers in the dispute. Renters of piano instruments will be urged to avoid tabooed brands and return them to warerooms, replacing with pianos from factories not participating in the strike.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Supreme Court rules against Addyston pipe trust
In a Dec 5 ruling Justice Peckham voided the six company pipe trust for violating the interstate commerce clause. The decision affirms the Sixth Circuit and marks the first major ruling on trusts since their rise, detailing bid cooling and territorial division across 36 states. Firms named include Addyton Pipe and Steel Co and Chattanooga Foundry and Pipe Works.
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United States Supreme Court
Washington
Peckham
Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit
United States
Addynton Pipe and Steel Co
Cincinnati
Dennis Long & Co
Louisville
Howard Harrison Iron Co
Bessemer
Ala
Anniston Pipe and Foundry Co
Anniston
South Pittsburg Pipe Works
South Pittsburg
Tenn
Chattanooga Foundry and Pipe Works
Chattanooga
Congress Opens As Roberts Case Looms In Utah
Debates mark the first session in Washington with focus on the oath denial for Mormon representative Mr. Roberts. Speaker Henderson elected, Reed rules adopted, and routine duties proceed amid party lines and a brief Senate tribute to Vice President Hobart. A separate Chicago item notes Tollak-Virng telegraph system may soon undercut post office rates enabling long letters at very low prices.
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Washington
Roberts
Utah
Taylor
Ohio
Tayler
McRae
Arkansas
Henderson
Hiter
Senate
Hobart
Sewall
New Jersey
Ritni
Postal Service
Chicago
the Tribune
Gaele Sam
United States
Modder River battle reports try patience and clarity
London dispatches recount Gen Methuen's Modder River fight with Boer forces about 8,000 strong. The battle, described as brutal and protracted, ends with Boer retreat but no decisive news as censorship limits details. Reports note Methuen wounded but not seriously, and fear of extended siege around Pretoria grows.
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London
Lord Methuen
Modder River
Estcourt
Ladysmith
Methuen
Mafeking
Kimberly
McKinley
Hay
Macrum
Pretoria
Telegraph
United States
Cape Town
Count Gleichen
Cape Colony
Colburg
Hurghersdorp
Venterstad
Durban
Associated Press
Madder River
Argyle Highlanders
Khalifa Shot After Standoff With Wingate Forces
Cairo dispatch reports that General Wingate’s Anglo-Egyptian troop pursuit of the Ichalifa ended in a doomed defense. The Khalifa, after directing his emirs to stay and die, sat on a sheepskin as gunfire claimed him and his bodyguard, with emirs slain beside him.
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Cairo
Soudan
Wingate
Ichalifa
Khalifa
Notable Silver Anniversary of Sunday School Publisher
The year ends with David C. Cook of Chicago marking twenty-five years as editor and publisher of Sunday school literature. Since 1875 he built a respected line of publications including New Century and Young People's Week ly, with a wide circulation and influential non sectarian religious stories for youth. A special offer runs through Jan 1 for a premium image and yearly subscription.
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David ©. Cook
Chicago
Cook
Sunday School Teacher's Monthly
Young People’s
Scows That Pass in the Night on the Detroit River
In moonlit river passage Jacques and Pierre, boatmen aboard scows, greet each other as they drift down the Detroit. They smoke and exchange brief lines about their luck, with Jacques revealing his fathir has died last week.
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Jacques
Detroit
Pierre
Detroit Free Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Deafness Remedy
An 19th century style advertisement claims deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers $100 for any deafness due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes related pills from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and Druggists at 75 cents.
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Hall
R J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Druggista
Higher Criticism in The Savage View
The Detriot Journal quotes a savage praising nature as the Bible and a skeptic asking for higher criticism. The savage insists there are thinkers among them who question bread has enough salaratus, illustrating a satire on intellectual restraint and reformulation of belief.
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Detrait Journal
Preacher's Discovery Promises Cure for Catarrhal Ailments
Rev J W Blosser MD reports a remedy for catarrh bronchitis asthma and deafness using a penetrating smokey vapor that reaches all affected areas and heals mucous membranes. The offer includes a free three days trial by addressing Dr J W Blosser & Son 113 Broad St Atlanta Ga. A Chicago Chronicle remark asks why she is called a servant girl when she is boss.
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J W Blosser
An Is Fall in Love Except the Actions of the Other Fellow
An humorous ad note promotes Hoxsie's Croup Cure from Buffalo NY. It claims the remedy contains no opium and will not cause nausea. The Chicago Daily News features the quirky slogan and price of 50 cents.
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Babylina
Hoxsie
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago Daily News
Coughing Leads to Consumption Kemp's Balsam Ad
A vintage drug advertisement urges immediate action against coughing with Kemp's Balsam. It promises a free sample bottle from the local druggist and offers large bottle prices of 25 and 50 cents. The copy stresses urgency and danger of delays.
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Kemp
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