Baker Delivers Bread Then Butts at Door
A mid story quotes a baker knocking for payment and a rebuff at a door. The piece also notes Egyptian laundry methods with boys washing by the Nile and slap sounds. It mentions Red Cross and Hobinger starch premiums with calendars, and a 350 foot well in England with a subway to the sea. It cites Washington coal shipments to California in 1899 and a New Orleans round trip fare offer from Southern Railway.
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Hobinger
England
Hamilton
Hampshire
Bee Tn
Washington
California
New Orleans
Southern Railway
Orleans
Amitey
New York
Alex
Broadway
Letters of a Few Regularly Printed in This Paper
A brief note highlights a selection of letters from readers printed with regular frequency in this newspaper, inviting further correspondence and community engagement.
Governor Taylor Won't Sign Peace Pact and Courts Decide
Fraxcroft Kentucky special report notes Governor Taylor declines to sign any peace agreement with Democrats and signals the Governorship contest will be settled by the courts. Troops guarding the State House ordered home as Adjutant General Collier and the Governor say only a small guard remains for Taylor and his family.
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Taylor
State House
Collier
London
Frankfort
Ha Nually
Louisville
Goebel
Lousvvlllle
Willard Hotel
Benator Blackburn
J. C. W. Beckham
Castleman
Carter
Senate
Teimble
Beckham
Loulaville
Plague Reported Continuing in Manila Throughout Native Areas
The article notes ongoing plague conditions in Manila with light cases among natives and Chinese, widespread smallpox along the railroad and northern coast, and deaths of American officers with several others stricken.
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Manila
Totnes
New York City Faces Rising Running Expenses
New York City's running expenses for the current year exceed last year by 17,378,240.34 dollars, reflecting costs tied to the territory consolidated into Greater New York. Cumulative cost of government up to 1897 totals 37,497 dollars.
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New York City
Greater
New York
Conditions During January Generally Favorable to Winter Wheat
Weather Bureau bulletin reports January generally favorable for winter wheat with snowless protection causing damage in New York Pennsylvania North Carolina Ohio and Michigan. Ohio and Michigan show continued unfavorable reports while Pacific Coast conditions are very favorable and promising. Some Hessian fly injury noted. plowing occurs in West Virginia Illinois Kansas Oklahoma during wild spell.
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Weather Bureau
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolco
Ohio
Michigan
Pacific
West Virginia
Oileois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tomato Trust Formed by Maryland Farmers in Kennedyville
Cuestentown Maryland farmers met in Kennedyville to form a Tomato Trust pledging to maintain 26 a ton and to boycott any member who breaks the agreement. An offshoot named Bown Toast was organized to enforce price floors on beans with a 20 conte per basket baseline.
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Cuestentown
Seasion
Kennedyville
Farm Annals Show Broad Increases Across Animal Classes
The report notes higher numbers in nearly all farm animal classes in the United States compared with last year, with the exception of a lay term. It also records a substantial rise in the average price per head of livestock, indicating overall market expansion.
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United States
Molineux Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Roland Burnham Molineux was convicted of murder in the first degree for poisoning Mrs. Katharine J. Adams by tainted bromo seltzer mailed to Harry S. Cornish. The lengthy trial spanned months with 92 witnesses and 212 exhibits, ending after nearly eight hours of jury deliberation. The case drew on extensive prosecutorial and defense arguments, amid costly investigative work and appeals before the verdict was delivered.
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Roland Burnham Molineux
Katharine J. Adams
Harry
Cornish
Felineux
Molineux
Goff
Brophy
Martin
Roland Molineux
Matthias L. D. Martin
Wollasux
Hiis
Ngurev
Roland Burnham Molineug
Katharine J. Adama
Harry 8
Adams
Pardon C. Williams
Mamie Melando
Rudolph Helles
Roland Mollyeux
Newark
Helles
Frederick C. Stearns & Co
Alvin A. Harpster
Mates
Burial of Major General Henry W. Lawton at Arlington
The body of Major General Henry W. Lawton was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after a national funeral in Washington. President McKinley and Cabinet joined Supreme Court members and lawmakers in a widespread ceremony with troops, military bands, and a solemn procession to the grave.
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National Cemetery
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New York
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Finge
Supreme Court
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Navy
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Mainley
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Bingham
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Secretary of the Interior
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Teunta Hamlin
Stryker
Virginia
Accused Of Mail Fraud In New Hampshire Scam
Federal officials say Helena Franklin Jones of Brooklyn and associates ran a mail fraud scheme through Brookside Supply Company and the New Hampshire Silk Company. Advertisements offered a free piano chart as a lure. thousands of letters and money orders flowed to Antrim and Brookline, New Hampshire, with Jones arrested on $1,500 bail in Portsmouth.
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Brooklyn
New Hampshire
Helena Franklin Jones
W. H. Jones
Brookside Supply Company
New Hampshire Silk Company
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Fateral
Ostofice
H.L. Wilita
Warner, N. H
New Manpshire Silk Company
Oway
Registero
A. Pranklin Jones
United States
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Plate
Brookside Supply Co
Department
Antrim
N. HB
Former Navy Secretary Richard W. Thompson Dead in Terre Haute
Former Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson died at his Terre Haute residence Friday evening. He passed quietly with Dr. Roberts present along with Mrs. Thompson and two daughters Mary and the other daughter, and relatives from Rockville Ind.
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Tenne Havre
Tud
Richard W. Thompson
Roberts Try
Henry
Mary Thompson
Sen
Lorry
Rockville
Ind
Tragic Sussex County Fire Kills Mother and Six Children
A house near Broney Creek in Sussex County burned, killing Martha Smith and six of her children. A lone boy escaped by leaping from a two story window as investigators doubt the cause and speculate on possible arson.
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Pererauuna
Martha Smith
Sussex County
Broney Creek
Aro
Ki Ducondlury
Egyptian Officers Involved in Warfires Incident
Investigation shows only a few young Egyptian Nou officers were involved with two Sudanese battalions after advising them not to surrender rifles. No senior officers implicated. A court of inquiry will examine the affair. Canada’s war expenses total two million for organizing and maintaining its two contingents for South Africa up to July.
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Inqairy
Canada
South Africa
Ayer
Exodus of Young Irish Men From Queenstown
An exodus from Ireland driven by fear of conscription sends ten men aged eighteen to twenty-one to leave the country. Among 150 Oceanic passengers from Queenstown only WO are described as fine young men of this class.
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Mick
Queenstown
Dy Cable
Ireland
Arma
Oceanic
Ornithologist Documents Curious Bird in Mexico
Smithsonian ornithologist recalls an odd cowbird in southwestern Mexico with a curious snow white crest. A gunshot revealed the crest was a stitched white cloth resembling a cock’s comb, likely done in youth by natives. wounds had healed, according to Ernest Ingersoll.
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Smithsonian Institution
Mexico
Ernest Ingersoll
Lippincott
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Mercury Free
The notice warns against mercurial catarrh ointments and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo. It claims the remedy is mercury free, taken internally, and effective via blood and mucous surfaces. It urges purchasing genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
J. Cheney & Xo
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