How to Choose a Sponge and Other Short Notices
A column warns shoppers that dark colored sponges last longer and bleach damages elasticity while noting the Mediterranean sponges are best and Florida and Cuba supply most. A joke about the Honorable Artillery Men of London and an American officer follows, ending with a note on Gatta Jootalong as an India rubber substitute and a rise in import volumes.
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William Street
Mediterranean
Florida
Cuba
New York Times
India
East Indies
Borneo
Ita
Colombia Protests US Recognition of Panama
The Colombian government cables a formal protest from Bogota demanding justice over US recognition of Panama. They accuse the United States of fomenting secession, hastily recognizing rebels, and hindering Colombia’s efforts to suppress the revolt. A London cable adds that President Marroquín has lodged a worldwide protest over perceived treaty violations and US actions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Panama
Colombia
Department of Panama
Senate
Bogota
Esteban Jaramillo
Colon
Wamburg-American Steamet
Scotia
Balivar
London
Marroquin Hias
Isthmus
General Hurlbut
Washington
Migh Ferling
Marroquin
Benupre
State Department
Ain
Panama Rejects Offer in Bolivar Conference on Canal
The Panama commission led by Ariny Morales and Arosemena held talks with Colombian delegates aboard the Mayflower. Colombia offered concessions and urged a return to Colombia, but Panama refused, insisting on its independent position and rights over the canal zone. The Colombians claimed to back Bolivar state citizens but faced Panama’s determined stance.
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Colon
Colombia
Pannanjese Commission
Senars Ariny
Morales
Arosemena
Panama
Department of
Bolivar
Tathe Mlang
Republic of Colombia
Panc
Senor Insignares
Tomas Arias
Junta
Bogota
Sever Arias
Panania
Tras
Senor Itnestenares
Sevorr Arosemenn
Senor Taslanares
Republic of Columbia
Murder of Andrew H. Green by ex-valet Cornelius Williams
Andrew H. Green, known as the Father of Greater New York, was shot as he returned to his Park Avenue home. Cornelius Williams, a 40 year old former valet, was arrested after firing five shots four hit Green in the head. Williams claimed Green wronged a woman named Davis and said he aimed to sue her. he appeared insane and was taken to East Thirty-fifth Street station.
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New York City
Andrew E. Green
Greater
New York
Park Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Cornelius AM. Williams
Mr. Green
Wiliams
Green
Kelly
Gof
Grand Central Station
Williams
East Thirty-fifth Street
Willams
Iives
West Twenty-sixth Street
Davis
Wander
Williams Roald
Tony
Andrew H. Green
Green FN
Worcester
Mays
Worcester Military Academy
New York Buamesa House
West
Andres Smotherr
Samuel J. Tilden
Lord Kitchener Hurts In Indian Accident
Lord Kitchener Commander-in-Chief of British forces in India met a serious accident while riding alone from a country house near there. His barge collided with a tunnel wall after a native sighting frightened it. his leg was jammed against a beam and broken in two places. Coolies passing through the tunnel found him helpless and brought him to Simla. He is reported to be doing well. He had chosen to ride alone, later changing his mind and riding out.
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Simly
India
Lord Kitchener
Rome
Eneties
Simla
Paper Company Assgns Attached Over Shortage
Alfred Buurtage alleges Amer Paper Company executive Thomas W. Holly is $35 000 to $40 000 short in accounts. Holly’s property including a house horses carriage and stock is attached. He says he has drawn company funds on orders for years and his annual salary was 3600 while costs exceeded by 2000 to 4000 yearly. Large bank notes are held by local banks.
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Holyoke
Mass
Thomas W. Holly
Amer+ wTaper
Holly
Pad and Paper Company
Congress Receives Cuban Budget for 1901 Fiscal Year
President Palma presents to Congress the 1901 Cuban budget totaling 11,885,800 pesos with estimated income 15,000,000 and expenses of 17,925,000. Major outlays cover Interior Department services, public instruction, and public works. Customs costs are about 5.25 percent of collections. year sees higher imports and exports gains. Coastguard needs highlighted.
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Tavana
Cuba
Palma
Customs Department
Pana
Cost of Living Report and Felony Cases Mentioned
Bureau of Labor bulletin shows 2007 families across 33 states net income 827.19 dollars and average family size 5.92. food accounts for over 42 percent of expenditures while average annual food costs peaked in 1902. The text also notes the abrupt end of a felony case cluster against ex Governor Hugh M Price of Phoenix as jury guidance occurs, and reports Dr Charles W Vincent of New York committing suicide by poison while employed at a mine in Bly Bee Arizona.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor
United States
Ilugh M. Price
Phoenix, Ariz
Kent
Newt Bos
New York
Charles W. Vincent
Calumet Id Arizona
Blybee, Ariz
Dynamiter Threats Hit Chicago Plaza Hotel Scare
An anonymous letter threatening to blow up the Plaza Hotel in Chicago targets manager William Ifall. A second report notes a violent clash on the Clanton plantation near Albany Georgia where George Peak, a Black man, attacked six Black workers, injuring several.
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Plaza Hotel
Lincoln Park
Chicago
William Ifall
Clanton Plantation
Albany, Ga
George Peak
New Law Aimed at Get Rich Quick Insurance Firms
Senator Dryden of New Jersey introduces a bill in Washington DC to apply the Anti Lottery Law to mail matter used by alleged get rich quick insurers. The measure bans mail usage for schemes not authorized by state Insurance Commissioner certificates, backed by the national convention of State Insurance Commissioners.
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Washington, D. C
Dryden
New Jersey
Cet
Rich-Quick Insurance Companies
Insurance Commissioner
National Convention of State Insurance Commissioners
Banklog and Insurance Commissioner
Eivings
Presant
San {Nccrease
New Jersey-trust
Last Million Dollar Fire Damages North Fourth Street Building
Fire nearly destroyed the five story brick structure Nos. 127 and 129 North Fourth street Philadelphia home to the Philadelphia Stean board Company and other tenants. Loss to building set at 15000 with content loss about 476000.
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North Fourth Street
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Steanboard Company
Two Men Indicted in Vanderbilt Embezzlement Case
Daniel C Champlain ex mayor of Tiltmore and George R Tennent timekeeper for the Bittmore estate along with another charged with embezzling 11000 from George W Vanderbilt by Grand Jury of the Superior Court Asheville North Carolina. Princess Elizabeth Dead in Russia Poland after cholerite seizure.
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Daniel C. Champlain
Tiltmore
Bittmore
George R. Tennent
Grand Jury
Superior Court
Asheville
N.C
George W. Vanderbilt
Elizabeth
Elizabeth of Hesse
Grand Duke of Hesse
Victoria of
Saxe-Coburg
Sklernewice
Russian Poland
Largest Alaska moose slain by Lord Elphigstone party
The record moose was killed in Kenal Pentyaula West ern Alaska by Lord Elphigstone and companions. The seven foot tall bull weighed 1570 pounds with a 72 pound skull and antlers.
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Alaska
Lord Elphigstone
Kenal Pentyaula
Bank President's Death Sparks Linked Suicides
Bank president Colonel Miller Boykin dies by suicide. Shortly after, Zemp, another Camden banker, shoots himself at home after news of Boykin's death. Fire destroys a Cleveland electric plant, killing three wiremen and three firefighters injuring two. In a foundry accident at the Mesta company in Homestead, twelve workers burn severely by molten metal. Dayton mayor suspends Police Chief Whitaker for alleged gambling order refusals.
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Mank Ontclala
Cleveland Electric
Cleveland, Ohlo
Lynching by Starvation Reported in Au tora Mo
A man named Frank Smith killed a man described as Austrian by stabbing in the back at a tunnel of the new White River railroad near Au tora. The lynching was carried out by local neighbors who bound him to a tree in the mountains and left him to die. Hunters later found him and freed him as he could not walk.
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Frank Smith
White River
Autora
Ulu
Cora Johnson
Margaret Cox
Montclair
Darlington
Miss Jonson
Tiver
van Qadell
South Dakota
Yankton
French Chamber Forms Committee to Probe Humbert Case
The French Chamber of Deputies voted to appoint a committee to investigate alleged petition corruption connected to the Humbert case. The move aims to scrutinize irregularities and Industry links in the ongoing inquiry.
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Chamber of Deputies
Assaults, robberies, and deaths reported in scattered incidents
A jagged OCR roundup describes Ttalians attacking a consul in Prenton, a police shooting near Washington DC, rebellion art deals, and a Harlem union treasurer's suicide jump, listing victims and locations in brief, disjointed lines.
Miss Moran King defeats unruly Hillside pupils with soap cure
A New Jersey district tale notes Miss Moran King restoring order at Hillside school by offering soap as a punitive measure. County Superintendent Enright questions appropriateness while praising discipline. The piece also covers banking growth, harbor plans at Cape May, and various local incidents.
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Moran King
Hillside
Khe
Enright
Firehold
Typhoid death attempt and ancient bell tale in Munich
An article fragment mentions a French hospital case of attempted suicide by ingesting typhoid culture, with delayed fever and rash. It also notes Rudolf Karwiese of Boston receiving a silver and copper piece from a partner abroad, part of three bells on St. Peter's Church in Munich, with the bell cast in 787.
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Nuravine
Eberth
Munich
Rudolf Karwiese
Boston
Mann
St. Peter's Church
Am Munich
Bavaria
Santa Barbara Cattle Company Leases 380000 Acres in Mexico
The Santa Barbara Cattle Company with 300000 capital has leased 380000 acres of Mexican land adjoining Arizona. The deal aims to stock quickly and expand operations across the border.
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Santa Barbara Cattle Company
Mexico
Arizona
Wholesale Prices From New York Milk Market
The Milk Exchange quotes standard quality milk at 3 cents per quart. Prices cover dairy products from butter to creamery goods, including state and western milk, eggs, poultry, vegetables, fruit, and grain items with various regional bids. Read as a price-laden market snapshot with numerous per unit rates.
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New York
Digdiméry
Western
Aseeereree
Browers
Phila
Nora
Prince
Pacific Coast
Omona
Rusta Andre
Poulaly
Ubi
Lima
Cat
Ben. Davis
Ningiira
Crate Bartlett
Jersey
Heeves
Corn Crop of 1903 Estimated at 2.31 Billion Bushels
Preliminary returns from the Department of Agriculture show a corn crop around 2.312 billion bushels, averaging 25.8 bushels per acre, with comparisons to 26.9, 16.7 and a ten year average. About 52 percent remained with farmers on November 1, 1903, and the noth crop yields and quality figures are given.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Rice Crop Estimates From Crowley
Louisiana rice crop estimates released at Crowley place output at 800000 bushels or about twenty percent below last year’s. The figures reflect a weaker harvest across the state with growers facing reduced yields and market adjustments.
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Crowley
Lit
Missing Over a Month Sensational Abduction of Edward Wentz
The sensational disappearance of Edward L. Wentz of Big Stone Gap Virginia dominates the Bristol Tenn front. A massive search by 1000 laborers and detectives through Alleghany Mountains near the Wentz estate has found no trace of him since October 14. The estate, led by L B Wentz and D B Wentz, offers a $2000 reward as searches continue across mines caverns and grounds.
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Bristol
Tenn
Edward Lelaeuring Wentz
sVentz
Virginia
Alleghany
Howe
Ite Stone Gap
Charles Wax
Young Wentz
Wax
Kelleyview
Roaring Creek
Siwkmill
D. B. Wentz
Big Stone Gap
Dr. B. Wentz
Warx
Wax the Wan
Powell
Wentz
Museum Freak Dead in Kansas City
The unusual sideshow performer Harry Bono known as Bono the Won Ger dies in Kansas City at Tramtent Temple. Other notes include Rudyard Kipling age thirty eight, Admiral Sebiely in memoirs and various brief obituaries and social items.
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Harry Bono
Bono
Kansas City
Chief Dairy Maid Installed At Windsor Royal Farm
Miss Mary Cullet, a graduate of butter making schools, is named Chief Dairy Maid at Windsor Home Farm to oversee dairy and cheese production under royal patronage. Her duties include supplying two pounds of butter daily and providing cream cheese and thick cremn as needed.
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Windsor
Royal
Mary Cullet
Kilkenny Marble City in Ireland Featured for Black Stone Streets
The Kilkenny region in Ireland is famed as the Marble City for its abundant black marble used in streets and structures. Green marble appears in notable forms, with green supports for pulpit areas and other examples found beyond Kilkenny, especially in Connemara.
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Ireland
Muirbie
Kilkenny
Connemara
London
Tatler
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