Described Scene at Star and Garter Coffee Room
A Sunday scene in the Star and Garter Richmond near Thackeray’s circle. A stout gray haired man visits alone for meals at a corner table then builds a tumblers pyramid and a decanter cap causes a spill. He pays the bill then leaves. Known in politics and letters as Lord Macaulay in the public eye.
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Star and Garter
Richmond
Thackeray
Statesmern
Men of Letters
Waltern
Thomras Babington
Lord Macaulay
President Roosevelt Addresses Union League Club in Philadelphia
President Roosevelt attended the Union League Club’s fortieth anniversary banquet in Philadelphia. He praised McKinley’s Spain War policy, defended trusts, and spoke on Philippines peace and industrial challenges. A security incident briefly disrupted a reception when a man rushed the carriage. Secret Service intervened and Roosevelt was unharmed.
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Phiiladelphia
Roosevelt
Union League Club
McKinley
Spain
McKinney
Philippines
Dlsaster
United States
Pennsylvania
Knox
Philadelphia
Charles Emory Smith
B. T. Stotesbury
Mr. Smith
Mr. Stotenbury
Cortelyou
England Barred the Way in Belgian Anarchist Action
The Belgian government sought international action against anarchists but England refused to join. Other governments responded favorably. Six Indian outlaws held a British punitive column at bay on the Afghan frontier, inflicting heavy losses before the tower was razed and its defenders killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Violets Bloom Across Kanaus as Mild Fall Sets Records
Violets and other flowers burst into bloom as Kanens experiences 60 degree mild weather for three weeks. The state has recorded the mildest late fall in history, breaking previous records.
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Kanaus
Kanens
Fire devastates Willington business district in Abbeville
The entire business portion of Willington town in Abbeville County, South Carolina, was destroyed by a fire. The origin is unknown but believed to be incendiary in nature.
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Willington
Abbevile County
S. C
August Koenig
Hamburg
Earth
Hail
F.j.chener & Co
Toledo
DengRists
Be. Hall
Boys Drown Crossing Androscoggin River Near Lewiston
Three youths Lester Sturtevant and brothers Arthur and Willan Jordan aged fourteen fifteen and sixteen drowned in the Androscoggin River above Lewiston Maine while crossing in a boat that overturned in the rapid current.
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Lester Sturtevant
Arthur and
Willan Jordan
Androscoggin
Lewiston Fully
Government conducts food preservation experiment in Washington
Twelve government trainees dine only at a special Department of Chemistry kitchen under Professor Wiley to test effects of preservatives like borax and formaldehyde on health. Six receive pure foods, six receive preservative treated foods for two weeks with strict monitoring of weight and health.
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Washington, D.C
8Nentife
Washington
Agricultural Department
Bam
Wiley
Congress
Europe
Germany
Whey
Department of Chemistry
Effigy for the Bridegroom and the Wedding That Was Not
In Paterson New Jersey Miss Josephine Jordact a nineteen year old girl stood ready to wed her fiancé who failed to appear. With guests present she hosted a feast at her father's home and placed a straw effigy of the missing suitor at the head of the table. The wedding was postponed as the groom disappeared several days earlier.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
May Brown
Chicago
Ill
Dean
Ponsa
America
Lydia FE. Pinkhams
Literary Union
Lydia E.pinkham
May Buows
Grant Place
Alen
Lydia E. Frinkham
Ethera
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Miparo McKixxy
Pearl St
San Francisco
Paterson
N. J
Josephine Jordact
Hosteshen
Miss Jerdoct
The
Sporting World
Toledo
Osio
Baltimore
Thomas W. Lawson
Redpath
Wiliam C. Whitney
Katle
Warward
Pennsylvania
Yale
Bucknell
Brown
Columbia
Thomas Lipton
Anid
George Slosson Thaa
Paris
Deceber
Joe H. Lesh
Junius
Goshen
Ind
Noy A. Balovy
New York
Lakewood
Elephant Kills Keeper During Train Car Incident
Gypsy the elephant belonging to Harris' Nicker Pinte Showa ran amok six miles from Valdosta and killed keeper James O'Rourke. The train had earlier wrecked at Tiftan and Gypsy broke loose after O'Rourke entered her car to calm her. He died when crushed against the car wall. The keeper fled to the woods after the elephant, which had not been doors shut.
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Savannah
Gypsy
Harris
Nicker Pinte Showa
Valdosta
James O'Rourke
Tiftan
O'Rourke
Shipwreck survivors kept alive by blood sucking on raft
London dispatch reports Elingamite survivors on a raft used mutual blood sucking through skin incisions to stay alive. Some pressed by consent while others tapped while asleep. The death of the stewardsess heroically aiding passengers is linked to blood loss. The tale horrifies the public.
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London
Daily Mall
Wellington
New Zealand
Tess
Shelby descendant found dead in bed with revolver in Kentucky
Shelby, twenty six, grandson of Isaac Shelby former Kentucky governor, reportedly slept with a revolver in Lexington. Authorities think somnambulism and possible fear of the evil shot played a role. no definite cause of death by self harm. Separate note claims Castro's Venezuela victory at La Vieja was blamed on jealousy among revolutionaries.
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George
Shelby
Isaac Shelby
Kentucky
Lexington
Somnambu Usin
Castro
Venezuela
la Vieja- Thi
Alan
Arthur L. Calling
Smugegler-Union Mining Company
Pandora
Col
England
Mr. Callings
Ste Nines
Milly
Rock Salt Find in Belgium Promises Economic Gain
The Thiculoalak Society reports rock salt found at 900 feet near Borringen Belgium. The discovery could raise Belgium’s commercial value and affects figures like Wu's Successor Regina Pilcrimace. Sir Li Ling Chen Tung sails to America with sixty escorts including notable figures and students. Claude L. Stiltman of Murphy Varnish pleads guilty to embezzlement and is remanded. defalcation rumored at $30 000.
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Thiculoalak Society
Borringen
Belgium
Liiing-Chen-Tung
Unite States
Peblo
America
Blu Ao
Krillman
Defaulier
Claude L. Stiltman
Seeretimm
Murphy Varnish Company
Governor Murphy
Newark
Enllty
Fare Kery
Education and Pension Totals in 1902 Report Highlights
The secretary's annual report to the President outlines educational growth, Indian population shifts, and land and timber policies. It notes 17.2 million pupils, 570 million dollar public school property value, and 1.031 million pensioners with 141 million dollars in disbursements. It calls for a law limiting pensions to widows who remarry.
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Washington, D. C
Interior
Witchcock
Department
Congress
United States
New York
Indian Territory
Commissioner of Patents
Commissioner of Education
Ware
Market Prices and Goods Listing from Western Dairy Goods and Produce
A dense price and item list covering butter creamery products, canned goods, canned vegetables, peas, beans, fruits, poultry, and live stock. Includes per quart, per barrel, per bushel and per pound rates for various dairy, fruits, vegetables, meats, and staples across regions like Lima, Cal., and West. Contains many product names, brands, and price figures in a single marketplace table style entry.
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Crcamery
Ted Kidney
Yellogrove
Lima
Cal
Baga
King
Davin
Pearn
Kiefer
Bul Reckel
Ce Nata
Krupp Family Titan of Industry and War Profits
Friedrich Alfred Krupp, third generation steel magnate, built a global empire from Essen and ran the world’s largest private labor payroll. He shaped Germany’s industrial power, supplied weapons, and fostered imperial ties with the Kaiser while amassing an estate around 125 million dollars.
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Friedrich Alfred Krupp
the Krupps
Egypt
Krupps
Krupp
Germany
France
Friedrich
Alfred
Kropp
Essen
Inbor
Krupp Steel Works
Herr Krupp
Knaleer
Lnte
Willam
Herr
Catarrh and peculiar cures headline quirky 19th century column
A jumble of anecdotes on catarrh cures and curious marriage motives dominates the page. It also covers playful social observations about shame gestures, elevator construction speeds in Minneapolis, and novelist Thomas Mardy’s waistcoat habit, all framed in a breezy editorial voice.
Havana Rioters Kill Two Strikers in Cuba Unrest
Reports from Havana describe deadly clashes between police and striking cigar workers beginning in the city and expanding to all trades. Two strikers were killed and eighty-two wounded, with several police injured. authorities mobilized to contain the strike wave as U S officials note grave conditions and protect American interests.
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Havana
Cuba
Washington, D. C
State Department
Squires
Imports For Manufactures Nine Months Ended Sept 1902
Treasury Bureau of Statistics reports that imports of manufacturers materials for the nine months ending September 1902 were not larger than in prior years but represented a higher share of total imports. Total imports of manufacturers materials reached 02R01,211 and 46.30 percent of all imports, up sixty percent from 1890.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Trade and Transportation Struggle Amid Weather and Fuel Shortages
Trade industry and transportation remain active despite warm weather and fuel shortages. Cold weather is needed to boost demand for heavy winter goods, with retailers noting collections delays tied to current conditions.
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Bread Street
Two Strangers in Davenport Arrested on Suspicion
Davenport Iowa police arrest Richard E Ridley and Luther D Hayward two strangers on suspicion after a bandit raid west of Davenport on the Rock Island line. Twelve masked men blew up the express car and fled with valuables worth about 20000 dollars.
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Davenport
Iowa
St. Joseph
Coal Shortage Threatens Northwest in Coming Winter
A Kerlong coal shortage threatens the Northwest as about 200 Pittavurg district mines closed due to railroad freight blockades. Eastern manufacturers report under contract capacity, while cotton prices slip fifteen to thirty points on frostless belt yields. Factories and mills run at full order books and production years ahead hold.
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Northwest
Pittavurg
Iron and Steel Trade Conditions Show Strong Demand
The iron trade remains generally favorable with very high consumption. Mills report that none will guarantee delivery on new orders before September 1908 and some have sold beyond that month.
Beeline In Pork Prices Due To Locomotive Shortage
Chicago pork prices fall twenty two cents per barrel while ribs and lard drop thirty to forty cents per hundred pounds as demand weakens and shipping capacity tightens amid locomotive shortages. Rail lines report scarce motive power and aging fleets limiting business. Transportation firms note overall declines in car supply with 225 trains active in the U S and 24 in Canada.
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Chicago
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Hawaiian Islands
Dietetic and Hygienie Gazette
Renner
Baccls S
Ayer
J. H. Burge
Macon
JC Ayer CO
Lowell
Mase
Hamlin's
Wizard Oil
Candy Cathartic Ag
Douglas
Heyl
Douglar
Mall
Roten W. L Douglas
Brockton
Mass
United Tates Navy
Muta Podienl
Axe
Anil
Ensio Nacua
Rospautes Pension Claims
Lwar, Ndicaling
Clatina
Atty Bruce
B. B. Orlek'alons
Auaata da
Quakers
Philadelphia Union League
Ile
Hole Lars
Booretary Cortelyon Sfields
Rooaevelt
San
New York City
Wateloreof Trust Tnouitry
Beet Trust
Ket For Heart
Circuit Court
Grosscup
M. P
T. W. Russell
M.D
UN Stone
Dromore
Ireland
Uncle Sam
Agriculturest “Department
Elephant
Georgia
Belgiun
Regina Pilcrimace
Tae
Baker I. C. Godshatl
Af Fleetwood
Lila
Ted
Ameren Ornithologists
Thiladelphta
Wilhun Dutcher
North
Thousevelt
Albert St) Mornwett
Arizona
Noxales
Mexico
James I. Darrell
Secretary of the Interior
Furnieher
Pentionora
Gunmaker Rapp Dead
William
Berlin
Rige
Herr Skrupp
Arthur Krupp
Friedrich 4
von Knufp
Se Ee
Pe-Ru-Na
Tubsayoll
Elkhorn
Wis
Hhat Place
Stubeti Vois
Atheran
Perman Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
H. Astubenpoll
British Postal Savings
British Postoffice Department
Postoffice Savings Banks
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Post Office
N.B
Evansville Courier-Journal
Eirele
Africa
Philadelphia Record
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Times
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Slater
Tennyson
Hiso
Byron
Bunyan
Jace
Atlanta Constitution
Belmont Famly
Paria
Thomas Mardy
Sir Tatton Syken
Coate
Thomas Hardy
Hag
Landém
Yurnau
Tmmso
N. W. Saumur
Ocean Grove
Pollen
Todian Basket Mager
Mario Catatina
San Bernardino Mountains
Russia
Ural
Loredo
Ohlo
Canandaigua
Milwaukee
Aberdeen
Wash
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Teun
Solblog
New Orleans
Vortland
Tennessee
Whitwell
Tracy Gly
Abrams
Emberaler
Albert B. Lamb
Detroit
Mich
Sone
Marel
Chieige
Turloces Fai
Busters
G, Dun & Coy
Canada
McReill & Libby
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