Seville Cathedral Hosts Largest World Organ Delight
The item notes the world’s largest organ in Seville cathedral with 58 pipes and 110 stops. It lists diverse topics from agricultural pests near Kentucky counties to shifts in pig iron production and a claim about German music understanding. Additional brief items touch on Japanese economy, liquorice beds, and a proposed Trajan bridge project on the Danube.
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Maryland
Cathedral
Seville
Spain
Hancock
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Alabama
Quarantine Convention Talks On National Health Bureau
At Memphis November 19 the quarantine convention debated national quarantine with Dr Holbrick of Charleston opposing federal control and Dr Sanders of Alabama advocating. Dr Robbins of Vicksburg urged Cuba sanitation under the U S Marine Hospital Service and federal action. Committee proposals call for a national bureau of public health in the treasury, with state authorities advisory and a central board to coordinate quarantines and protect commerce.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rush
Holbrick
Charleston
S. C
Sanders
Alabama State Board of Health
Cuba
S. D. Robbins
Vicksburg
Miss
United States Marine Hospital Service
Congress
United States
Bureau of Public Health
Department of the Treasury
States
Union
Bureau
Central Board
Panay Island News on Insurgent Reach and US Policy
Washington reports Admiral Dewey’s dispatch from Manila noting Charleston and Concord sent to Panay and Iloilo to verify insurgent gains. Negros seeks independence with American protection while foreign residents call for safety. The dispatch cites not yet decisive action beyond verbal admonitions to Aguinaldo.
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Manila
Washington
Charleston
Concord
Iloilo
Glass
Panay
Negros
Pittsburgh Mine Owners Move to Consolidate Coal
A report from Pittsburgh on November 19 describes a proposed consolidation by river coal operators forming a united organization to control coal shipping in the Monongahela valley. If completed the deal would centralize management of Monongahela mines and related floating properties, moving coal to Cincinnati and Louisville and cutting office costs.
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Dali
Monongahela Valley
Isburghs
Cairo
Ill
Monongahela
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Spanish War Ships To Be Raised By U S Navy
The United States Navy will acquire three sunken Spanish vessels raised with a Hong Kong firm. Admiral Dewey informed the Navy Department that three ships will be raised from the wreck in Manila Bay. The project costs about $500,000 and the vessels include gunboats and forts.
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Washington
United 2S
Adm
Dewey
Navy Department
Hong Kong
Meckers
Battle of
Terrible Accident on Feenertenainy Pounay Traks Near Jersey City
A fog shrouded run down near Hackensack left eleven laborers dead and six injured when a local passenger train struck them on Friday. Engineer John Van Ostrand and lookout Dougherty failed to spot the workers in time, Dougherty’s body flung 90 feet by the impact. One unknown worker had only started Friday morning.
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Hackensack
Jersey City
John van Ostrand
Dougherty
Plans for the Missouri and four sister ships canceled
The accepted plans for the Missouri and four sister ships were canceled, affecting the Ohio class, with a water-line designation noted in the harbor plans.
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The
Missouri
Ohiotons
Mystery of Bodenmiller death deepens in Indiana
In Munc h Indiana on November 19 the case surrounding the death of young Andy Bodenmiller continues to unfold as Fred Olan’s arrest yields little progress. The imprisoned boy shows calm behavior while authorities grow toward the belief the fatal incident may have been accidental rather than purposeful.
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Munch
Ind
Andy Bodenmiller
Fred Olan
Johnstown Man Dies At Work After Flood Rescue
Johnstown, PA, Nov 19 Joseph La France a well known citizen collapsed and died at Gauthe machine shops from heart trouble traced to the day of the great flood when he warned others as he ran from the Gautier mill saving many lives. A second item notes an attempted assassination of the Turkish Consul in San Francisco by mail explosives sent from Butte with police holding the packets. Also reported is a planned bout between Joe Choynski and Gus Rublin at Lenox Athletic Club around December 26.
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Caucasus
Black Sea
India
Lake Morar
Switzerland
Smeinsk
Siberia
TRE Secret Police
Paris
J.B. Watson
South Carolina
Jefferson Davis
Executive Mansion
Richmond
Winnie Davis
Detroit
Anna Maria Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
Harry
England
Winchester
Verditschev
Arctic
Antarctic
Maine
United Kingdom
Scotland
Ireland
Norway
Ohio
Long Island
New York City
New London
Trajan
Danube
Johnstown
Joseph la France
Gauthe
Gautier
San Francisco
Butte
Mont
Iloilo Crisis Shapes Paris Talks and Philippine Cession
The piece discusses a critical Iloilo situation where foreign residents face danger, while U S forces feel barred from moving due to war protocol. It suggests Paris conference outcomes may hinge on the commission’s next meeting, either approving Philippine cession or dissolving with disagreement.
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Iloilo
United States
Paris
Philippines
Sister ships praised for protection of U S interests abroad
Chief Constructor Hichborp says the large type ships will be the best kind of craft for protecting United States interests in the Philippines and along the Asiatic coast. They are the Isla de Cuba Isla de Luzon and the Don Juan de Austria.
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Hichborp
United States
Philippines
Asiatic
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Luzon
Don Juan de Austria
Cabinet Reviews Porto Rico Disorder Complaints
Washington November meeting of the cabinet focused on reports alleging lawlessness in Porto Rico. Claims include depredations by locals and misconduct by U S troops. Secretary Alger to Brooke requested confirmation of these complaints.
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Brooke
Porto Rico
War Department
United States
Alger
Atlantic Ship Ashore Near Alsea Bay in Oregon
News from Alsea bay reports the sailing vessel Atlantic ashore about 16 miles below Newport. With a crew of 30 only two reached shore alive as the ship broke in two and dismantled. It was bound from Tacoma for an African port with wheat. life saving crews have gone to the scene aboard a vessel of about 3,800 tons.
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Newport
Ore
Alsea Bay
Atlantic
Tacoma
Schoolgirl Attacks Teacher with Knife in Indiana
Nov 19 report from Washington Township Indiana details Miss Mary Bobbitt provoked by excessive talking during school hours. Benjamin Bean, the country school teacher 15 miles north, denied the usual morning recess and was attacked by the girl with a knife in a violent outburst described as fierce and dangerous.
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Washinnetoox
Ind
Mary Bobbitt
Benjamin Bean
Here
Thia
Transport St Paul Sails for Manila Christmas Gift Run
The transport St Paul sailed Friday from San Francisco to Manila carrying a large cargo of Christmas presents for soldiers and sailors in the Philippines. Thousands of packages have been sent to the quartermaster's department nationwide as Uncle Sam acts as Santa Claus delivering gifts free of charge. A number of soldiers drafted to recruit companies now at Manila and four nurses sailed, with twenty nurses remaining at Honolulu.
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San Frrancisco
St. Paul
Manila
Philippines
Quartermaster’s Department
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Honolulu
Sailor Reports Reaching Reina Mercedes Near Santiago
Lieut Lucien Young of the Hist reports it is practicable to raise the former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, sunk June 6 near the entrance of Santiago harbor during the engagement between Admiral Sampson s ships and the Spanish forces.
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SantiaGo DE Cuba
Lucien Young
The
Hist
Reina Mercedes
Santiago Harbor
Adm. Sns
Spanish Marine and
Herr H. H. Meier Dead in North Metropolitan Lloyd Co.
Herr H. H. Meier of the North Me Lloyd Co. died on November 19. The notice provides minimal details and lists his affiliation with the company.
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Herr H. H. Meier
North
Sailor Tales Of Sea Life And A Coat Gone Overboard
A New York Herald tale recalls mariners who mock landlubbers and a white linen artist whose coal dust stained coat ends with a shipboard prank. After scrubbing failed, a tug crew devised a ruse that involved a shark pulling the coat overboard, leaving the owner furious and puzzled by the strange recovery.
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Caribbean
Praeas
N. Y.erald
Best Time to Kick a Man
Perk and Quirk stroll a crowded street when a pedestrian darts into danger. Quirk saves the man from a cable car and an oncoming wagon with bold, bruising action, then delivers a stern rebuke. Perk, after a laugh, praises the lifesaving impulse while noting the harsh reception.
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Perk
Quirk
Chicago Times-Herald
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as All-Stage Cure
Readers learn a claimed cure for catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. The ad asserts it treats constitutional disease by affecting blood and mucous surfaces to destroy its foundation. Sold by Fr. Cheney, with Hall's Family Pills praised as the best.
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Hall
Mhall
Fr. Cheney
Ae Hall
Quotes on temper and remedies from early newspapers
Brief clippings urge patience and peace with witty adages from Puck and Atchison Globe. They promote St Jacobs Oil as a remedy for neuralgia rheumatism and general troubles while noting a common sense view that many heard things are not true.
Witty Quotations and Holiday Notes From 19th Century Papers
A collage of satirical definitions and headlines references from Chicago Evening News and Atchison Globe. It cites quips about marriage punishment and labor, a blizzard mention, and holiday wishes urging St Jacobs Oil for pain and a cheerful Christmas.
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Aguinaldo
Mptsburgh Mine Owners
Eaton Foot
Ohio River
Manila Bay
Harper's Weekly
Gaperight
Herper & Brothers
Joe Choynski
Gus Rublin
Lenox Athietic Club
Transport ST. Paul Sails
Inds
Jolly Sea Rovers
Puck
St. Jacobs Oil
Atchison Globe
St. Jacobs
Washington (Ia
America
Hood’s
Chicago Evening News
Chicago Daily Record
California Fie Syrup Co
Catr-Forma Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
Louisville, Ky
New York, N.Y
Williams
A. C. Bishop
Third Ave
Mich
Enginees
Reysin
Detroit Free Press
Aeser
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
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