Knightstown to Macon and a Civil War era tangle
An amidship of stray items notes a Confederate badge worn in Macon Georgia this week a minister's blunt rebuke to his flock a San Francisco naval figure bound for Manila with Dewey plans civic opposition to an Indianapolis Richmond electric railway a Kansas legislator urges the Ten Commandments on the books and a political shift toward openly seeking the US Senate as a list of candidates grows
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Kansas
Moses
K Gnigas
Charity Call Amidst Inhabitants of Our City
A distorted plea urges giving to the poor within the community as a philanthropic duty. It frames benevolence as a divine mandate and contrasts local need with distant targets, urging exclusive aid for those in immediate surroundings.
Reunited Nation See Pension Bill Pass Congress in Minutes
The article notes a nearly unified country as Congress approves a massive pension bill of over 145 million dollars introduced by a former Confederate officer from Mississippi. It contrasts this with public tolls on the Knightstown to Carthage pike, a fee seen as a medieval remnant and contrasted with taxes paid by Rush county property owners for gravel and road upkeep.
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Congress
Mississippi
Knightstown
Carthage
Rush County
Indiana
Noisy Patient Causes Frenzy in New York City
In New York City last week Wil Jie Jennings Bryan, patient of Dr John H Girdner, reportedly grew restless under care. Girdner, noted for suppressing noises, offered rewards for difficult cases, while Bryan supposedly intensified his pace and activity, drawing reporters and crowds into bearing distance.
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New York City
Wil Jie Jennings Bryan
John H Girdner
Society For the Suppression
Girdner
Bryan
Down egat editor drafts new game laws for adoption
A down egat editor has drafted new game laws, proposing that book agents may stay killed from October 1 to September 1.
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Egat
Dream Mne
Indiana Senate Race Teeters as Deadlock Lingers
The current field shows five candidates with no clear leader. Analysts expect a tight contest over the next two weeks with no decisive advantage for any one contender. Supporters hope the best man wins for Indiana's legislature, while noting hope and pledged votes influence the final choice.
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Grand Commonwealth of Indiana
Arrow Heads and Social Wit in Prose Fragments
A string of observations and witticisms on manners, marriage, money, and letters. The piece riffs on human foibles from contentment in longevity to the folly of critics and the quirks of spouses and suitors, framed as whimsical maxims.
Local Drug Store Clerk Reports Sale of Croup Remedy
Perry Illinois clerk Mr Hardin Norris of Shoemaker Street notes a man visiting the drug store and requesting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to treat croup, saying he read in the News about it. The man purchased a bottle before leaving. available for sale by O. A. Coffin & Co.
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Hardin Norris
Shoemaker
Perry
Chamberlain
Coffin & Co
Riot at First District Court Endangers Judge and Attorney
In St Louis on December 14 Judge Thomas H. Peabody sat with a revolver as attorney J D Storts drew his weapon and denounced the judge for alleged unfair rulings against four women charged as questionable characters. Officers intervened after a furniture smashing clash, Storts was jailed, and the women were fined heavily as the trial resumed.
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St. Louis
First District Police Court
Thomas H. Peabody
J. D. Storts
Storts
Game Wardens Meet to Discuss Interstate Game Laws
Northwestern Game Wardens association met in Chicago to discuss uniform game season laws and protection measures. Representatives attended from Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Indiana Ohio North Dakota and South Dakota. Action planned for stricter interstate shipment laws and pending bills.
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Chicago
Northwestern Game Wardens’ Association
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
North
South Dakota
Fire and melee erupt as Cuban and Spanish forces clash in Havana
Reports from Havana describe a violent confrontation near the riverfront theater where officers and crowds clashed after a dispute between a former captain and a theater manager. Shots fired wounded Jesus Soto longo while Lt. Fitzhugh Lee and General Greene witnessed the unrest. Spanish officers halted pursuit as troops restored order amid rioting and cheers for Spain. The London Rome correspondent notes a pope letter to Cardinal Gibbons on Americanism. In Washington, Representative Hepburn proposes a constitutional amendment restricting admission of states or territories not part of the U S as of 1898. Anti imperialist leagues and literature groups have formed in over 30 states.
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Rito
Spain
Ingleterra Hotel
Jesus Sotolongo
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General Greene
Greene
London
Rome
the Standard
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Washington
Hepburn
Iowa
United States
House
Congress
Treaty of Paris Peace Signed By Commissioners In Paris
Paris December 12 The treaty of Paris ending the Spain United States conflict was signed Saturday night after long readings and careful comparison of Spanish and English texts. Commissioners from Spain and the United States met in the foreign office, with Senor Montero Rios among the Spanish delegation. The session included a formal photograph and a lengthy reading of the treaty before final signing at 7 pm.
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Spain
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Foreign Office
Senor Montero Rios
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