Maceo’s Cuban Nephew Disappears In California
A young man believed to be Maria Maceo, nephew of Cuban general Antonio Maceo, vanished from Oakland and is reportedly heading to Cuba to join an insurrection. A Cuba-based junta reportedly telegraphed him to come to New York, then to New Orleans to form a volunteer company to avenge his uncle's assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Maria Maceo
Antoneo Maceo
Cuba
New York
Maceo
New Orleans
Notable February At Tractions At Indianapolis Theatres
The Indianapolis program list highlights Yvette Guilbert, Della Fox in Fleur de Lis and The Little Trooper, and the farce My Friend from India. James J. Corbett leaves his Naval Cadet tour to begin active training in two weeks. Superba is set for a tour of major Indiana cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Theatres
Yvette Guilbert
James J. Corbett
Della Fox
Indianapolis
India
New York
Hartrorp City
Harrison Loveaul
Jane Ellsworth
Wells County
Joseph Ellsworth
Phoenix
Waltz
Baltimore Base Ball Cullings 1897 Season Plans
The Baltimores will train ten days at Macon Georgia. Scrappy Joyce is said to favor a wife. Jack Davie reviews his Temple Cup view on tracks near New York. Senators pre season games against Eastern League and Atlantic association clubs. Baltimore opens the 1897 season at home memorably. Boston club may farm out or sell Dolan Ganzel and McGann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimores
Macon
Joyce
Jack Davie
New York
Senators
Baltimore
Boston
Dolan
Charley Ganzel
McGann
McKinley Set as Third Methodist President of U S
The article notes that William McKinley would become the third Methodist President of the United States. It also mentions other political and social items including Andrew E Lee of South Dakota and a dispute over a Cosmopolitan Magazine building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
United States
Chicago Board of Education
Andrew E. Lee
South Dakota
Timber theft probe links 25000 railroad ties to government reserve
Maj J B Breckenborough of the General Land Office reports finding 25 000 ties tied up along the railroad that were cut on the South Viatte forest reservation in Colorado. E A Keeler of this city faces charges for buying and selling timber from government land, which Keeler denies.
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Dexven
J. B. Breckenborough
General Land Office
Colorado
Viatte
E. A. Keeler
Breckenborough
Keeler
Suspects Held in Crawfordsville Murder Case
Marshal Grimes arrested two strangers in Crawfordsville Indiana and holds them for identity proof amid suspicions they were involved in the Redmond murder in Indianapolis last night.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Grimes
Redmond
Indianapolis
Notable Quotes and Witty Observations
A collection of aphorisms and humorous lines from Balzac Puck the New York Press and Philadelphia Record reflecting views on divorce, bachelorhood, and everyday advice. Includes a quip about weather and sidewalk ash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jess
The Brightest Hour Poem by Li C Seal
A poem describes an hour of joy after work, leading to warm home scenes in Columbus Indiana. The speaker abandons the office, rushes into night streets, and finds solace as winter cold and storms fade beside home life with wife and child. Dated Columbus Ind January 23 1896.
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Columbus
Ind
Out of the Ordinary Headlines from The Era
A miscellany notes the singlarnishment in Hungary with polygamy, United States papers, Charlestons shade-tree commission planting over 1 000 trees, balloonists casualties in 1896, salvage of glass bottles as mortar sand, a Plymouth Nebraska horse standing eighteen and a half hands high as the largest west of the Mississippi.
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Plymouth
Neb
Mississippi River
Fads and Fancies Spring Walking Costumes Feature Lapped Skirts
The article notes lapped dress skirts buttoned at the top with silk lined flaps and real or simulated buttonholes as a spring walking fashion. It also offers home care tips for goatskin rugs and a delicate egg warming method for the sick, plus cleaning and dusting guidance for matting floors.
Bubbles in the ALR and a Chorus Girl
A lighthearted dialogue features Arthur in love with a chorus girl and his parents debating calf love. A guest questions a haunted room while a clerk explains the ghost is the former business founder, harmless but restless.
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Arthur
Dollie Favouites
Republic
Sas
Northern Prison Inspection In Michigan City
Michigan City officials report scrutiny of Prison North facilities by legislative committees. Inspectors visited cellhouses and noted conditions. a new prison building is likely to be recommended. Dr Hurry condemned local well water and suggested lake water as a replacement. Committee plans thorough future reports on needs and funding.
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Michigan City
Ind
Hurry
Ships Arrive in European Ports From New York
Ships report arrivals in European ports with several liner movements. Paris arrives from New York. Stuttgart arrives from New York. Kais er Wilhelm reaches New York via Gibraltar and Naples. St Louis sails from Southampton. Campania proceeds from Liverpool to New York, all dated January 23.
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Southampton
Paris
New York
Bremerhaven
Stuttgart
Genoa
Kaiser Wilhelm
Gibraltar
Naples
St. Louis
Campania
Liverpool
Theuriet Named Academy Member and Literary Notes
Literary notes profile M Andrie Theuriet as a newly elected French Academy member and remembered as Marie Bashkirtseff’s friend. The piece mentions George Du Maurier drawings in Punch, Dr Richard Harding Davis on the Czar coronation in Harper, and Crockett's new novel Lids Love with its local nickname Southern-wood used as an antidote to dull sermons.
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M. Andrie Theuriet
French Academy
France
Marie Bashkirtseff
George du Maurier
Richard Harding Davis
Canton Woodville
BR. Crockett
Scotland
Foreclosure Suit Filed Against Union Pacific in Circuit Court
Oma AnA Nebraska January 23 The foreclosure bill was filed in the United States Circuit Court here at noon against the Union Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaana, Neb
Union Pacific
United States Circuit Court
Dont Need An Accident Policy If you burn J A Georges kindling
A terse local item notes a dispute over deliberate arson or dangerous mischief involving J A George and property damage claims. The piece emphasizes intent and suggests community caution but provides few concrete details.
Millais lauded as greatest painter of his age
The piece praises John Everett Millais nearly fifty years into his career. It notes his vast range from history to portraiture, his superb draughtsmanship and color, and Watts’ remark that his painting remained strong. It calls his work sincere, lively, and influential for his era.
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Millais
Scribner’s
Watts
Royal Academy
Salvation Army to use graphophone in campaigns
A New York Press note says the Salvation Army will use a graphophone to reach audiences of 400 to 1,000 with songs, sermons, and recordings. The device includes 18 records, a traveling case, and hearing tubes. Also, a discussion on Thanksgiving dates and a note on human evolution from the Boston Journal are briefly mentioned.
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Salvation Army
New York Press
New York
London
Boston Journal
City Court Logs Two Divorce Petitions in Brief Hearing
In a city court two divorce bills were filed and a decree followed after a half hour hearing. The note warns that easy divorces destabilize homes and threaten public welfare, stressing that liberty does not equal license.
Photographic records show projectile motion inside cannon bore
U S ordnance board experimenters used copper ring contacts on a wooden rod attached to a projectile to capture electric signals as it moved in the bore. Scientific American notes the shortest interval between records was 3.7 cm of travel and some intervals were as short as one thousandth of a second.
Elephant alarm as circus elephant chases constable in Clapton
A traveling circus elephant on Mount Pleasant Fields surprised a police constable in Clapton. The animal touched the officer with its trunk as he fled, pursued by the elephant until the constable sought refuge in a garden behind iron gates. The keeper later retrieved the elephant.
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High Road
Clapton
Westminster Gazette
Mount Pleasant Fields
Goulton Road
Bac
Du Maurier Deceived by Misleading American Interviewer
The article recounts a visit by an American with letters of introduction who claimed to interview Du Maurier. Mrs Du Maurier explained the host could not be interviewed, the guest feigned disavowal, and was hosted upstairs. A later New York paper published a highly colored account.
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du Maurier
New York
Zinc Wall Paper Imitates Marble For Durable Decor
Zinc wallpaper described as a cheap and durable mural covering that imitates marble with enamelled zinc attached to walls by a special cement. It rivals tiles and marble in permanence, offers many patterns, and can be applied to uneven surfaces with beading to finish designs.
Appointments for Gaelic Chair at Maynooth College Ireland
The new appointee, from Waterford and a Gaelic League member, becomes chair of Gaelic at Maynooth College. He was first editor of the Archaeological Journal of Waterford. The piece discusses Gaelic language vitality, its speaker base in Britain and Ireland, and the slow growth of Gaelic despite efforts to revive it in New York and other regions.
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Leis Imane
Waterford
Maynooth College
Ireland
Gaelic League of Dublin
Archaeological Journal
Gaelic Society
New York
British Isles
Treland
Wales
Scotland
Spain
How Alaskans Kill Bears
In Alaska salmon baron H J Barling arrives in San Francisco with massive Kodiak bear skins including a 12 foot grizzly. He recounts a Kodiak method where an elder hunter uses a spear to wound a bear then impales himself as the bear charges.
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H. J. Barling
Alaska
Karluk
Kodiak Island
San Francisco
Korluk
A Beneficent Famine and Railway Relief Plan
The North India famine grows direr yet may spur reform. Viceroy shifts from charity to relief works, funding railways in the NW Provinces Oudh and the Punjab to provide employment and prevent future shortages. The Independent notes better transport linking surplus and deficit regions will ease famine.
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India
Northwest
Oudh
Punjab
New York Independent
Asia
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John Brisben Walker
Helen Gould
Cosmopolitan Magazine
John Mills
Rome
Balzac
Puck
BY LI C
Seal
Hungary
England
Germany
Charleston
D. C
Northern Prison Inspection
J. A. George
Salvationists
New England
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Canada
Voilet
Otto
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