Summary of Events Occurring in 1900
Chronicle lists major happenings of 1900 including the Pekin legations siege, Philippines and Transvaal wars, Goebel assassination and Kentucky politics, Galveston and Hoboken disasters, Paris exposition, and the discovery of the south magnetic pole. It inventories fires, floods, floods, and notable deaths from January to November with dates and locations.
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China
Pekin
Philippines
Trans Vazi
Galveston
Texas
Chicago Drainage Canal
Kansas City Coliseum
State Court of Appeals
Beech‘fram
Kentucky
Austin
Oxnard
Finods
Mississippi
Manitoba
Northwest
Found After Ten Years Reveals Lost Pearl Pendant
A rummage sale in Peoka uncovered a party gown once worn by the wife of Bishop Millspaugh containing a valuable pearl pendant lost ten years earlier. The discovery consoles a family while prompting questions about long-hidden heirlooms and memories from past social circles.
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Bishop Millspaugh
Smoking Rooms in Australian Schools Debated
Juvenile smoking in Australia seems encouraged in parts of public discourse. Discussions have even considered attaching smoking rooms to schools as a permissible measure.
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Australia
Mixed Blood in Mexico and Related Jests
A brief note cites that over four-fifths of Mexico's population is of mixed or Indian heritage. A cartoon exchange parodies matrimony as a sequence of steps. Another item reports a Paris exposition visitor losing sight in one eye from excessive calcium flash photography.
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Mexico
Jack Bachelor
Ned Newlywed
Scott
Puck
Political shifts echoing 1890s finance battles in Congress
The piece recalls 1890 92 political fights over surpluses and deficits as Republicans faced proposed revenue cuts and increased spending. It warns McKinley may resist a repeat while criticizing a ship subsidy plan seen as boosting a few at the expense of many. The New York and Baltimore papers weigh in on policy probes and defense budgets.
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Hanna
Congress
New York News
Extravagance in Congress and wage cuts stir debate
The Philadelphia Record notes the new Congress may reveal the wisdom or extravagance of measures and justifies parliamentary obstruction as public duty. The Philadelphia Record reports a 10 percent wage cut affecting 7,000 Pennsylvania Steel Co workers in Steelton, hitting officials and day laborers as costs rise after election. The Boston Post stresses the Democratic minority’s unity as crucial to thwart Hanna McKinley plans, urging concerted effort in Senate and House.
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Congress
Senate
Philadelphia Record
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
House
Boston Post
Buffalo Times
Dilly Dally on Trusts Debated by Globe Editorial
The Boston Globe editorial mocks Mark Hanna’s claim that there are no trusts. It argues the issue of illegal capital aggregations remains vital and cannot be ignored by Republicans despite a new political power. The piece warns against dilly-dallying and stresses the widespread business and wage-earner concerns.
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Dilly
Trista
Mark Hanna
Republican Party
Loston Globe
New Party Alignment and fiscal warnings cited
A Dubuque Herald opinion says Democrats will avoid the silver issue and form new alignments as nearly 7 million votes remain a potent force for future contests. The Baltimore Sun warns Congress will be extravagant with millions asked and a large hole in national finances unless careful accounting is enforced.
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Dubuque Herald
Congress
Baltimore Sun
By What Authority Turkey Pays 350000 For a Cruiser
The article reports Turkey's payment of £350,000 for a cruiser, including £23,000 to the United States as indemnity for Armenian outrages. It questions who authorized the Cramps to act as collectors for the government and calls the settlement undignified and absurd. It also cites editorials criticizing subsidies and political risks for Republican Congress members, plus notes on swimming education in London board schools.
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Turkey
United States
Buffalo Courier
Gasoline engine farm mower excites Paris exposition crowd
An American Chicagoan’s eight horsepower two cylinder horizontal gasoline engine drives a compact farm mower tested around Paris. The device draws wide interest at the Exposition and later demonstrations near Mitry Crayot and in rural tests, signaling potential shift from horses to motorized farming.
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Paris
Europe
Sioux Agricultural Society
Mitry-Claye
Motor mower aims to aid farmers on farms and roads
A pioneering gasoline engine mower on wheels shifts from cutting to stationary work such as corn shelling and threshing. The inventor claims it will save labor, adapt to plowing not, and expects strong global interest once marketed. The device symbolizes the automobile approach to farm power.
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France
Dogs in the German Army Use of War Dogs Findings
German military authorities report eight to nine years of experiments with patrol dogs or jaadhund proving useful in locating wounded. They claim the hound trains more readily than the Scotch collie, with greater intelligence endurance and water tolerance, aiding battlefield recovery.
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Juno
Duke of Argyle
Dr. Mitchell’s Witty Recollection Remark
The Philadelphia Post recounts how Dr. Weir Mitchell, famed nerve specialist and author, told a Philadelphia lady at a reception he could forget the novel Crawford for two years and read it anew. She later reminded him of their first meeting, prompting his quip that he can forget and hence enjoy reencounter.
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Mitchell
Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Crawford
Philadelphia Post
New York Plans Costly Small Laboratory Building
New York plans a $25,000 laboratory for bacteriological experiments. The 26 by 50 foot steel bombproof building will feature solid asphalt walls, reflecting the era’s emphasis on durable, secure scientific facilities.
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New York
Board of Health
Cane Standing Purchase Practice Revealed In Queensland
Sugar manufacturers in Queensland typically buy the standing cane crop and harvest at their own expense, a practice noted as standard in the industry and tied to growers’ yearly yields.
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Queensland
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