Congress Hears Bills On Mails For Farm Bulletins And Cadet Expansion
The Post Offices committee favorably reported extending pound rate mails to state agriculture departments to distribute farmers helps. The article notes Sen Tillman blocking House pension bills until his Mexican War pension is addressed. It mentions cadet increases at West Point and four year naval academy study, plus a Senate action on a popular Senate election amendment. It also covers the D A R funding dispute and a defense of Lieut Bernadou over smokeless powder patents.
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Committee On Post Offices
Departments of Agriculture
Farmers of America
Tillman
Senate
House
South Carolina
House of Representatives
West Point
Military Academy
District of Columbia
United States
Naval Academy
Senate Committee On
Daniel Maning
Manning
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Tepew
Find the common multiple and greatest common divisor mystery
A Missouri school house janitor resigns after discovering notes on the blackboard asking to find the common multiple and the greatest common divisor. He jokes both are lost and quits amid blame. Also an ad claims Cascarets cure bowel ailments and restore health with pleasant, gentle laxative action.
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Missouri
Plague suspected as Chinese man dies in quarantine setup
San Francisco reports a bubonic plague case after a Chinese man died after a day of illness. Autopsy shows darkening body and removed glands. Health officials order quarantine of labs and persons, set Angel Island quarters for 3,000 Chinese, stop Chinatown streetcar service, revoke permits, while Tr Kinyoun notes three inoculated guinea pigs showing reaction. No new cases yet.
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San Francisco
O'Lirien
Kelloge
Angel Island
Chinatown
Tr. Kinyoun
Citizens Guard Duty In St Louis Transit Strike
Citizen members of the posse comitatus armed and assigned to guard several transit power houses in St Louis. Guards will be under military discipline while on duty and others remain in reserve at police stations. A barracks is provided for those sworn in for meals and sleep off duty.
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St. Louis
Posse Comitatus
Park Avenue
Eastern Avenue
Southern Electric Power
Transit Company
Sheriff's Posse
Board of Equalization organizes and begins work
The Board of Equalization met Monday morning to organize and start its duties. Members are Maj. J. T. Williamson, J. W. B. Thomas, M. A. McBride, J. M. Hunter, and J. C. Dodson.
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Board of
Maj. J. T. Williamson
Messrs
J. W. B. Thomas
M. A. McBride
J. M. Hunter
J. C. Dodson
Bradfield's Female Regulator Promoted for Female Ailments
An advertisement urges women to use Bradfield's Female Regulator for irregular menses leucorrhea nervousness headaches backache and womb support. It claims physicians overlook women's specific ailments and promotes a large one dollar bottle sold by druggists with the Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta Georgia.
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Bradfield
Lord Roberts Occupies Pretoria as War News Rejoices
London and Cape Town report a dramatic shift as Lord Roberts and his troops seize Pretoria. Telegraph lines remain open while refugees flee. the British public expresses confidence that the advance continues soon. In Basutoland, Boer detachments capture patrols and seize prisoners, with several wounded.
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Lord Roberts
Pretoria
London
Cape Town
Foreign Fleetin Legion
South Africa
Lord Ruberta
Torin
Lord Tubarta
Orange River Colony
President Steyn
Moers
Gleisecen
Lieut
Bowker
True
Senekal
Uredo
Roof chase ends in death after four breakers flee
Early morning in New York prosecutors chased four house breakers from a vacant store into a clothing store area on 10nd street East Side tenement district. Three attempted descent by a clothes pole and two fell to the ground. Alexander Crowe 21 died instantly. William Dickson was unconscious at Harlem hospital. James Smith 22 was captured on the roof. One suspect escaped. A second item reports a lynching of a man named Dago Pete by a Negro mob in Tutwiler Mississippi after he assaulted a colored woman.
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New York
Alexander Crowe
William Dickson
Tie
James Smith
Meeting Beyond Life and War News
A fragment from a 19th century newspaper includes a devotional verse on parting and afterlife, a note from Mrs. B. Lyman about South Africa and a description of the imperial yeomanry flying hospital. It also mentions a London to Bombay travel program by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Ship Company and a brief quote from Chicago Recon about forgiving.
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Africa
Asia
Chicago Record
United States
Associated Pres Tor Adcurat
Rishihin
South Africa
Imperial Yeomanry
London
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Columbus Buggy Company
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