Four warships and cutters guard Florida waters to deter filibusters
Four United States ships and four revenue cutters will patrol Florida waters to prevent filibustering from our ports. It is claimed that a man can surpass a horse's best time with the aid of a bicycle. Aunt Nancy Daniels dies at 119 in Sacramento, marking another of Washington's long-lived servants.
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United States Men of War
Revenue
Florida
Nancy Daniels
Sacramento
Cal
George Washington
Restore outstanding ears to their natural position advert
A New York physician advertises to restore ears to their natural position. Gentlemen with a few ears still outstanding are advised to consider this advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Time Defies Age in Daily Lessons Across Century
The late Charles A. Dana studied Russian at seventy six and Queen Victoria at seventy eight takes a daily Hindoo lesson, illustrating that some people never grow old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Dana
Queen Victoria
Hindoo
Woman with X ray eyes found in Washington
A woman claimed to possess X ray vision has been reported in Washington enhancing fiction writers aims by noting she can transfix a villain with a glance and even render him bald.
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Washington
A New York Scientist Endorses Two Dollars a Week Marriage
A New York scientist argues a young woman can marry and live well on two dollars weekly, but the modern young woman shows little interest in utilizing this option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Scientists declare moon barren after telescope tour
After examining the new Yerkes telescope the astronomers remain convinced the moon has no atmosphere water or vegetation. They estimate surface temperatures range from freezing to 200 degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerkes
Omaha women band together to curb tobacco trade
Telegraph reports 28 Omaha girls formed a group to suppress the tobacco business. They aim to wipe out national tobacco trade by spring and suggest adding two more members to strengthen the effort.
Rescue Search Launches For Polar Explorer Andree Balloon
The relief expedition begins in pursuit of Prof. Andree and his balloon, continuing the pattern of polar ventures where one explorer vanishes and another is sent to recover him before death.
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Prof
Andree
Report On Pilate Document Found In Vatican Declared False
A rumor claimed Pontius Pilate’s original crucifixion report to Emperor Tiberius was found in the Vatican library. Vatican authorities offer no statement beyond denying the report’s foundation, leaving the origin of the claim unclear.
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Pontius Pilate
Jesus
Tiberius
Vatican
Sensational press and true fortunes contrasted
The piece argues sensational newspapers mislead the public about great fortunes. It notes that inventories of deceased estates often show far less wealth than portrayed during the owner's life, suggesting a persistent gap between hype and reality.
Judge Rules Divorce Notices Must Be Personally Served
Judge John R. Thomas of the United States court declares that publication of warning notices to defendants is insufficient and that actual service is required to make divorce proceedings legal. The ruling applies to all territories and will make obtaining divorces more difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
John R. Thomas
United States Court
Territories
Almanac predicts global upheavals and Mars contact
Old Moore's Almanac of London, renowned for long range forecasts, predicts in 1898 a terrible civil war in the United States the death of the Russian czar the kidnapping of Spain's young king and contact with Mars around the second week of November.
Navy Enlisted Force Becoming Americanized
United States navy reports show over 54 percent of enlisted men are native born and 74 percent are U S citizens. More than 12 percent of non citizens intend to become citizens and among 1143 apprentices over 86 percent are natives of the country.
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United States Navy
Naval
United States
Unclear Debate Over Hydrophobia Stirs Old Question
The article notes recent deaths attributed to hydrophobia and examines the dispute over its existence. A medical view holds the disease is settled, while some deny its existence or attribute cases to fear. Lay readers see rabid dog bites as the common link amid scientific disagreement.
Fleet of boats to be built for Klondike gold fields
The Yukon Co of Seattle signed a contract with Moran Bros of Chester Pa for two 5000 ton steamships to ply Seattle to St Michaels Alaska. The ships will be 418 feet long 48 feet beam and 27 feet deep with 4200 tons and 1000 berths. They aim for 16 knots and a 1 million dollar price tag with spring navigation.
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Klondike
Seattle
St. Michaels
Parapetputa
Yukon Co
Wash
Roach Shipbuilding Co
Chester
Alaska
Moran Bros
Roach’s
Pacific Coast
Andrew F. Burleigh
Yukon
Dawson City
Cuban autonomous regime details revealed in Madrid report
The Madrid correspondent reports on Cuba's new autonomy plan. The lower house will have 60 elected members by universal suffrage. The upper house acts as a council of administration with half elected by popular vote and half by office tenure. The Cuban debt is described as national, with the burden mainly on Spanish taxpayers and budgets.
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London
Madrid
Standard
Cuba
Senor Canovas
Durrant Hangs Friday in San Francisco
William Henry Theodore Durrant, condemned for the Blanche Lamon dslayer, was ordered hanged on Friday after Judge Bahrs rejected delaying tactics. In Lawrence Kansas, Anna Buerman was convicted of murder in the second degree for shooting her husband and attempted suicide, with a coroner’s jury finding she was of unsound mind.
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Durrant
San Francisco
William Henry Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamonnd
Lawrence, Kas
Anna Buerman
Here
Buermans
Schooner Sussana wrecked near Parrsboro N S
The schooner Sussana a 43 ton vessel in ballast from Windsor was wrecked at East Bay near Parrsboro on Wednesday Captain James Withgar of Black Rock trapped in the cabin refused to leave until dragged out and died ashore. A second unknown schooner reported wrecked near Black Rock. A separate report notes a Chicago line milk train collision at Hammond junction injuring six and likely death of Engineer Stoner with a misaligned switch causing the wreck.
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Hallifax
N. S
Sussana
Windsor
East Bay
Parrsboro
James Withgar
Black Rock
ChicaGo
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Wabash Railroad
Hammond Junction
Eighty-Sixth Street
Stoner
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois
Death of Local Football Player in Swissvale Practice
William J. Keating aged 21 of North Homestead died from injuries received in a football practice game at Swissvale ten days earlier. He played half back for one of two teams and had been ill since the accident. The coroner is investigating the death.
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PutrrseurGn
Wm. J. Keating
North Homestead
Swissvale
Cowhicted By a Woman in One News Item
On Onexworp Kentucky November 11 Charles Lee operator at the Harrison telephone office was cowhicted Wednesday afternoon by Maggie Brandon She charged him with betraying secrets.
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Onenexworp
Charles Lee
Harrison Telephone Office
Maggie Brandon
Sent Back to France from Mexico City Detention
Joseph Ventre, alleged French anarchist refused entry to the United States, was sent back to France on the Normandie after detention on the Mexican gun boat Saragosa. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, US consul general at Havana, sailed for Havana on the Seguaragua to take up his post.
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City of
Mexico
Joseph Ventre
United States
France
Lee Sulla
Havana
New York
Fitzhugh Lee
Ward Line
Canadian Premier Laurier Visits Washington During Reciprocity Talks
The Canadian premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier visits Washington to discuss tariff concessions under reciprocity with the United States. Secretary Sherman and Laurier plan formal conferences to ease tensions on business rights and tariffs, separate from the Behring Sea fisheries talks. Also noted is a Creek warrants fraud inquiry led by J K Zeneley and De Lome’s social call on McKinley with El Heraldo editor Canale.
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U& States
Canada
McKinley
Wilfrid Laurier
Laurie Davies
Marine
Lady Davies
Se Sherman
Wil
Sanzu Gen. Bosker
United States
China
Rite Gaga Tne
Land
Blair
Ne Hampshire
Denby
Washington
J. K. Zeneley
Interior Department
Bliss
Indian Territory
Zeneley
Isparhecher
Sherman
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Dominion of Canada
Washinetox
Minister de Lome
Nag Senor Canalejas
Madrid el Heraldo
Reciprocity talks edge toward U S Canada accord in Behring Sea
A long conference with Hon John W Kasson special envoy to President McKinley on reciprocity negotiations with Sir Wilfrid Laurier Canada premier and Sir Davies minister of marine set stage for a forthcoming meeting. Discussions on border restrictions North Atlantic fisheries and related subjects continue while Kasson focuses on reciprocity only.
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United States
Dominion
Canada
John W. Kasson
McKinley
Wilfrid Laubr
Is Davies
Marine
Sherman
Cana
Behring
Kasson
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Castle
Post Office Department
A. Clements
D. W. Duncan
D. H. Fenton
Duncan
Sullivan
Ohio
Senor Dupuy del Lome
Metropolitan Club
Senor S. Canalejas
Spain
Fuller
Harlan
Brewer
White
Peckham
Mexico
Chile
Austria
Netherlands
Portugal
Peru
Venezuela
Elkins
Gage
Miles
Adm
Franklin
Anti-Hunters League formed by Ohio farmers
Moscow Ohio farmers form the Anti-Hunters League to curb hunting on farms citing plentiful game but stock danger as the reason. In Canton Ohio Jacob S. Coxey files his election expense account totaling 996.15 including 40 for George Francis Train and 228 for transport of his car and outfit.
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Moscow
Coxey
Canton
Jacob S. Coxey
George Francis
Voires Hanged After Pardoned Claim at Scaffold
Albert Voires was hanged in Fayetteville at 2 34 pm for involvement in the Montgomery murder. He claimed he had obtained a full pardon and refused dinner except for pickles. Vokes testified against Wiley Lewis, whose life sentence followed, while Voires declared his innocence on the scaffold.
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Thurmond
W. Va
Albert Voires
Fayetteville
Charles Gibson
Montgomery
Clark Lewis
Wilbur Slaughter
Wiley Lewis
Penitentiary
Albert Vokes
Lewis
Cochran
Voires
Vokces
Victory and Constitution Run Aground at Lime Kiln Crossing
A northwest Lake Erie gale lowered water levels in the Detroit River allowing the steamer Victory towing the large schooner Constitution to run hard aground at the Lime Kiln crossing. Both vessels remain stuck on the rocks.
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Amherstburg
Ont
Lake Erie
Detroit River
Victory
Constitution
Priest McPake Found Dead. Jury Rules Natural Causes
Nov 13 the coroner verdict in Rev Henry J McPake case states death due to natural causes after he was found dead in an alley behind St Pauls Academy. Also, Thorn murder trial juror illness leads to new jury and trial set for Nov 22.
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Pu.abdetputa
Henry J. NcPake
St. Paul's Academy
Thorn
New York
Branding of U S animals resumes under regulation
The War Department issues a rule by Maj. Gen. Miles to brand all public animals with U S on the left shoulder and hooves for cavalry and artillery horses, two inches high and one and a half inches below the coronet. Postmaster E T Page of Redwater Texas retains his post due to quadruplets and twins. Langston ill in Washington at 68. long career from slave to congressman.
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Washington
United States
Miles
U. S
E. T. Page
Redwater
Tex
Gen. Clarkson
Wanamaker
Page
Clarkson
Bristow
Gary
Colorado
Silverton
John Harris
Florida
Lakeland
Joseph L. Skipper Ilinois
Delevan
Starr H. Beatty
West Chicago
J. H. Creager
Windsor
H. R. Moberly
Indiana
North Vernon
Fred UH. Nauertowa
Dows
H. E. Smith
Kentucky
Millersburg
John M. Jamison
John M. Langston
Oberlin
Ohio
Howard University
Hayti
Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Petersburg
Langston
Wasitxeton
Virginia
English Sovereigns Coming to San Francisco
Advices from Sydney and Auckland report the steamship Mariposa due November 16 carrying 300000 English sovereigns, about 1.5 million dollars, consigned to five local banks. This marks the fourth shipment in four months, totaling about 10 million dollars from the same source this fall.
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San Francisco
Sydney
Auckland
Luetgert Second Trial Begins November 22
It is officially agreed that the second Luetgert trial will start on November 22. The proceeding follows the previous trial and centers on Luetgert’s case. The date was announced in CuicaGo on November 15.
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Luetgert
CuicaGo
Reindeer Shipment and Alaska Travel Progress
Dr Sheldon Jackson reports success in importing reindeer from Siberia for Alaska travel problems. Relays could cover 300 miles daily over snow, with reindeer self-sustaining for food. A new Yukon Klondike mining country map folder by Northern Pacific Ry. offers up-to-date rates and routes to Alaska. Send 2 cent stamp to Charles S Fee in St Paul for the folder.
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Alaska
Sheldon Jackson
Sierra
Yukon-Klondike
Northern Pacific Ry
Chas. S. Fee
St. Paul
Minn
Local candidate voices concern over campaign odds
The candidate laments feeling beaten by the opposition while a friend questions the spread of rumors. A quip from Puck notes few lies circulating about the candidate.
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Puck
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
The readers are told that Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and claims to destroy the disease's foundation by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Slapshard and Spunkup Exchange in New York Journal Dispute
The New York Journal records a terse exchange where Slapshard greets an elderly man and the reply notes unfamiliarity. Spunkup asserts the other holds the advantage, prompting a brief, unresolved social standoff.
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N. Y
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as cure for tired feet
An 19th or early 20th century ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure painful swollen smarting feet and bunions. It promises comfort for tight shoes and sweating feet, offering trial packages and mail order to LeRoy New York. The text also includes a romantic quotation about love and calm depths attributed to D M Craik.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
GRAIN-O: a grain based coffee substitute for all ages
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but it is made from pure grains. The most delicate stomachs receive it without distress 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. Explaining It Rivers TT it always travels cog Chicago Tribune.
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Ads
A collection of early 20th century patent medicine notices offers cures for colds, nerve troubles, and sprains. Claims include Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle, St Jacobs Oil for aches and sprains, and various quackish proverbs. The items promote refunds or free trials and quote local paper lines in a promotional catalog style.
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Dr. Kline
Dr. Klite
Arch St
Philo
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Thomas W. Burton
Wisconsin Sonne
Huch Concern
Laur
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Mier
Anti-Hunters’ League
Coast Defense
John Mercer-Langston
D. M. Craik
Rivers
Chicago Tribune
Washington Democrat
St. Jacobs Oil
Chicago News
Hood
Henry McKinryner
Laporte
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Brattleboro
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