Arctic muskoxen and curious notes on breeds and skeletons
An examination of muskoxen in Greenland and Grinnell Land describes their tameness near human activity, the risks to herds from hunting, and the challenges of extermination. The text shifts to a discussion of breeding fancy fowl, then skeletal construction, and various quotes from 19th century publications.
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Arctic
Norn Greenland
Grinnell Land
Robert ‘Eb. Peary
T. Leslie
Record of Donations and Crime Rates in 1902 Chicago
The Chicago Tribune reports a dramatic rise in charitable giving with Carnegie and Rockefeller gifts totaling over 5 million and libraries nearing 253 funded by 1902. It notes a surge in crimes, including murders, embezzlement, and executions, alongside a disturbing rise in suicides and female participation in death statistics.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Carnegie
Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Southern Educational Movement
Harvard College
United States
Isnchings
Iowa
Mrs W A Clark Jr Dies After Childbirth
Mrs W A Clark Jr, wife of Senator W A Clark's youngest son, died after a lingering illness from septicemia following the birth of her son on December 2. She was twenty three, born near Pittsburgh and moved to Butte with her parents as a child. The newborn will receive 1,000,000 from Grandfather Senator Clark, who promised the gift months ago. The child is reported strong and healthy.
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Butte
Mont
W. A. Clark
Mabel Jester Clark
Pittsburg
Kiehl Poisoning Case Arrests In Cortland Jail
Mrs Adelaide Fenner and her daughter Mrs Maude C Kiehl of South Onondaga are jailed in Cortland charged with first degree murder in the death of Maude Kiehl's husband William Wiebl. Coroner Santee states arsenic poison, mixed with food, was used. Kiehl allegedly supplied it and the two women orchestrated the act.
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Maude
Preble
Mra. Kenner
Mr. Kiehl
Kiehl
Saar
Meat packers guilty in Missouri anti trust case
Special Commissioner Tefferson City Ma-t Nt Kinley reports that Armour Packing Company Nelson Morris & Co Swift Company Hammond Packing Company and Cudahy Packing Company with Seibertz child Sulzberger formed an agreement to fix and maintain prices for dressed beef and pork in Missouri. Henry Krug Packing Co. was not included in the combination.
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Tefferson City
T. Nt. Kinley
State Supreme Court
Crow
Asaya
Tates
Armour, Hammond, Swift and
Cidahy
Nelson Morris & Co
St. Taeseph
Avenet
Anl
Armour Packing Company
Nelson Mortis & Co
Swift & Co
Hammond Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Sehsartzchild & Sulzberger Company
Bank President Robbin Found Dead in Woods
James J. Robbin, president of the Bank of Silverton in Colorado, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in the woods near town. He was about 45, left a Denver wife and three children, and his disappearance led to the bank’s closure. Robbin also owned the Town-Tiger mine and promoted the Scamp Bird Extension Company, with extensive mining interests and an estimated personal wealth around five million dollars. The bank’s assets are reported at about 300 thousand dollars, with overall health generally believed sound.
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Col
James J. Robbin
Bank of Silverton
Hima
Denver
Robbin
Town-Tiger
Pros Moter
Scamp Bird Extension Company
Oil Trust to Pay Pensions and Half Salary Plan
The Standard Oil Trust inaugurates a pension system for all employees after twenty five years of service and sixty four years old. Retirees receive half pay for the first year and one quarter of salary thereafter. Several officers and others expect to join the plan soon.
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New York City
Standard of Company
ON Trust
Ull
Engineer swept to death near Rikton Maryland
Report states engineer George TL Askew of 3 Waystrand was swept into Big Elk Creek near Rikton Maryland when his cab left the road. He drowned in the torrent as bystanders describe the river as a raging torrent. In a separate trial Miss Yona Dunlap has been acquitted of murder in the case of Miss Allo Dool at Aledo Illinois. The charge claimed Dunlap poisoned water with chocolate drops to obtain a $3 a week clerkship.
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Veath
George TL Askew
Waystrand
Rikton
le Wae
Yona Dunlap
Allo Dool
Aledo
Miss Dunlap
Miss Dool
Dismonda Reports Large Diamonds North of Pretorla
The Rondon Daily Mall correspondent cables that evidence suggests large and enormously sized diamonds exist north of Pretorla, with strong belief that the find is beyond question.
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Dismonda
Pretorla
Rondon Daily Mall
Yellow Fever Claims Six Crew Members on British Vessel
The British ship Camilebank arriving at Portr. Fawnsevil Washington from Panama reports six crew deaths from yellow fever during the voyage. Quarantine is ordered at Damand Point Shandal Evacuation Camp. The last of the Germ troops from the Slanghad garrison in China has left for home as evacuation completes. Senator DT CL Pratt announces candidacy for re election.
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Shandal
Slanghad
China
Sagasta Dies at 76 Former Spanish Premier in Madrid
Senor Sagasta, once premier of Spain and a key figure in the 19th century, died in Madrid after a brief illness of bronchitis. He was 76, born in Lorrone, educated as an engineer, and a veteran of Martian-era politics and insurrection. He led Spain through Cuba conflicts and clashed with Weyler, later guiding government under King Alfonso XII.
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Sultan Appoints Fez Governor Amid Revolt Rumors
The sultan’s brother, freed by royal order from prison, is named governor of Fez province. Tribes in the Suez district rallied to the sultan, pledging support against the pretender, reducing the danger of a rebel attack on Fez.
Jewel exhibit theft fails at Delhi Durbar
A group of Pathan thieves attempted to steal jewels valued at over 1.25 million dollars from the Arts Exhibition jewel room during the Delhi Durbar. Police and officials thwarted the attempt. the raiders resisted arrest but were detained with no serious injuries.
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Jail break sparks in Oneonta as sheriff's daughter aids escape
Miss Etta Aldridge daughter of the county sheriff aided the escape of Louis Gurley charged with murder and Mayburn Murphree an accused for a separate crime. The four prisoners were in the jail when Gurley and Murphree slipped out through a door left ajar. Investigation reveals Gurley’s motive tied to a prior murder case involving Mrs Vaughan assaulted in her home. Murphree had been convicted and fined seven hundred dollars with an appeal pending at the Supreme Court.
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Ali
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Mayburn Murphree
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Sherli
Tuk
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Davehter
Wiese Ett
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Big Cace
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Alurphree
Supreme Coast
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Fearn Olls
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Hhus
Mra Softel
Mannsylvania Sher
Biddle Brothers
Plague Confirmed in Marathin City as Bodies Show Bubonic Infection
Scientists confirm Asiatic plague in Marathin Mexico with bubonic bacilli found in patients blood. The disease grows virulent as residents flee at about 200 per day. Sanitary cordons guard towns to prevent entry from the plague area.
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Mexico
Tala City
Plague Reports to Be Reconciled on California Visit
Surgeon General Wyman returned to Washington from California where he investigated bubonic plague rumors in San Francisco. He carried the issue back for a States conference decision on quarantine and urged no need for a general conference.
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Fienrral Wyman Returne
Maasseringenorte
Washington, D. C
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
California
San Francisco
General Wyman
State Boards of Health
Wyman_—atr
Cigarette Blast Kills Miner in Powder-Filled House
A miner threw a cigarette butt into a keg of powder on the second floor of a house in Williamsport. The upper part of the building burned and Dean died from the blaze. The four families and twenty boarders lived there, with twenty six powder kegs inside. Neighbors rushed to aid. one man carried fourteen kegs from the burning structure.
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Williamsport
Michael Dunn
Unknown ship commission and naval deployment report
Fragmentary OCR notes report a U S Navy vessel joining a fleet in the West Indies under Commander Arthur P. Nitzrg, after being commissioned at Portsmouth for two years. The text is garbled and reads as a historical brief on naval assignments and commands.
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Portsmouth
Arthur PY Nitzrg
Heer
West Indies
Uncertain Governance Inauguration Amid Turbulent Assembly
Governor La Volletia inaucurated Acala as the Assembly chamber in Anderson, Wik. The oath was given by chief justice Cissus day of the Supreme Court. A Toledo birth brings quadruplets two Elvis and two boys in a varied weight range. An Anotey child nine and a half months old lives. The Chicago Sub Treasury report shows New York volume. President Roosevelt nominates Wikim Q. Crum for Collector of Customs in Charleston objections arise from citizens. Servian demand for ammunition tenders for pendant support to Belgrade valued at four million dollars.
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Hiis
Assembly Chamber
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Cantral
Aundison, Wik
Tustlee Cissus Day
Stinkshimn Spylindskd
Toledo
Olfo
Elvis
IS Uving
Same Jones
Chicago
Chicagea Sub- Treasury
New York
Great Durbar in India Proclaims Emperor King Edward VII
Over 15,000 spectators filled an amphitheatre as King Edward VII was proclaimed Emperor of India by Viceroy Lord Curzon. The ceremony featured royal processions, gun salutes, and a royal address promising prosperity and loyalty to the Indian people. The Viceroy announced famine loan terms and the abolition of the Indian star corps, while the Vicereine Lady Curzon received a Kaisers-König gold medal for public services.
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Revolver Threat Manages Coal Order In Detroit Yard
A woman, Mrs W T Rehardson, confronted by Samuel Boden at a Detroit coal firm, used a revolver to force a ton of hard coal for 7.50 dollars. She then left with the coal in a wagon and drove home in triumph. The incident followed threats to force coal orders.
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Detroit
St.50
Samuel Boden
Stanley BR. Smith & Co
W. T. Rehardson
Shse
Unclear blackout of events in misread dispatches prompts warnings
Fragmented notice reports misfires and attacks across multiple locales. Women and children urged to safe ports while a burglary and killings unfold in Alabama. Indian cases, extradition talk, and local sheriff shakeups follow in a jumble of names and places.
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Fes
Creamery goods and farm produce price list fragment
Readable sections show dairy products, beans, peas, fruits and vegetables, poultry, furs, vegetables by item, and live stock pricing. Items cited include Jersey cream, California peas, Concord grapes, Spitzenberg apples, cranberries, turkeys, ducks, geese, fowls, chickens, and various vegetables with unit prices.
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Jersey
Lima
Cal
Turkey
GOLEM
Ewes Awe
Long Island
Orange Co
Taina Oeana
Marten
Quay
Sheen
Hoger
Iron and Steel Loom Drives U S Production Boom
Washington reports a surge in pig iron and steel output for the year just ended. Pig iron reaches 17,500,000 tons, up nearly 2,000,000 from last year and more than double 1898. steel output about 15,000,000 tons, 50 percent higher than 1900 and triple 1896. Manufacturing is at peak, with broad orders and strong trade volume, though speculation lingers and loan levels remain high amid unsettled currency conditions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistica
Wheat and Corn Markets Amid Shipping Car Shortages
The report notes a geome decrease in wholesale activity as year end orders rise for Spring goods. Wheat markets stay steady while corn receipts at Chicago drop prices. Nebraska elevators are full and farmers must haul grain back due to railcar shortages from increased demand to ease the stringency.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Inalpesa Failures And Railroads Yearly Review
Failures for the week totaled 200 in the United States and twenty in Canada per R G Dun & Co. The Railroad Gazette reports 4070 locomotives filed last year, up from 3051 in 1901, and 103,547 cars, up 25,042 from last year, with railroad mileage over 9 000 miles. Year end trade notes from Bradstreet's forecast cloudless New Year confidence and continued momentum into 1902 despite the boom strain of 1886.
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R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Railroad Gazette
Bradstreet's
Father of Stories About Doctors Dr Keen Collects Anecdotes
Dr W W Keen of Philadelphia defends vivisection and collects physician anecdotes. He notes many medical tales imply doctors as murderers, tracing this 2000 year old joke to an ancient exchange between a lawyer and a doctor. The piece also cites Vienna tramway staff and Mackenzie River bishopric sizes.
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Palladelphia
Gallinger
Keen
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