Fragmented 19th century clipping shows varied global notes
The passage surveys diverse items from the era including a predicted severe Adirondack winter harming deer, a Washington theater stage wedding failing due to lack of a capable celebrant, and long lists of social and economic observations. It mentions Rev John Naile of Trappe Pa, fireproof wood tests aboard the torpedo boat Winslow, and Harvey Carnegie and John D Rockefeller library spending contrasts. It also notes English and French labor seating laws, Altruistic colony outcomes near Burlington N J, a Fontanelle Indiana man’s amputation tale, and ancient migration debates across Bering Strait.
Fraud Erupts in Manila Commissary Department Scandal
Sensational reports from Manila reveal frauds in the commissary department with Captain Frederick J. Barrows and seven sergeants among those arrested. Bakers and a major contractor are implicated as sacks of flour and bacon bearing government marks surface in unauthorized hands. Investigation by Lieut. P. K. Sweet continues under Col. Wilder amid broader arrests and potential further charges. Aguinaldo praises his treatment by General MacArthur as a prisoner treated like a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
Manila
Frederick J. Barrows
Thirteth Volunteers
Department of Southern Luzon
Hotel Oriente
Vis
P. K. Sweet
Forty-sixth Volunteers
Wilder
MacArthur
RETURN FROM PHILIPPINES Logan Arrives in San Francisco
The US transport Logan reached San Francisco after 25 days from Manila and 19 from Nagasaki. It carried the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Infantry, eighty cabin passengers, and General Young with staff. Many men were discharged or died. 250 soldiers’ remains were aboard in the hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
San Francisco
United States
Manila
Nagasaki
Thirty-third
Thirty-Fourth Infantry
General Young
General Shafter
Thirty-third Infantry
Islands
Bryan to Try a Web Press for The Commoner
William J Bryan announces The Commoner will switch April 7, 1901 to a 12 page paper printed on a Web Perfecting press. The Lincoln Western work will manage printing, risking standard quality. If unsatisfactory Bryan may install his own plant or revert to flat-bed work, renewing Western News union designation. Powers hopeful after court appeal grants new trials. Caleb Powers and James Howard react.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J., Bryan
Lincoln
Bryan
Western Newspaper Union
Powers
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Court of Appeals
Howard
James Howard
Dallas Storm Deluge Delays Traffic and Damages City
A heavy rain and high winds swept Dallas Texas causing roof damage and blown shrubbery. Streets flooded with torrents closing streets and delaying streetcar service. About a quarter mile of southern track abandoned and overall damage estimated at 250000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
North Atlantic Squadron Arrives at San Juan Porto Rico
Rear Admiral Farquhar's squadron on the USS Unease delivered mail and set to pass Cuellera island overnight. Orders awaited for the fleet to operate in Venezuelan waters near San Juan and Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen Juan
Farquhar
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Cuellera Island
Venezuelan
Hendrie-Hudson Hotel Burns Near Yonkers
The Hendrie Hudson hotel at Park Hill near Yonkers, claimed as the largest on the Hudson, burned with a loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Hendrie-Hudson
Park Hill
Yonkers
Deadlock on Claims Reaches Midnight Settlement
The legislature wrestled over a miscible claims bill with only five thousand two hundred fifty seven dollars in dispute unresolved at 10:30 pm. Senate demand to return the bill and pay disputed items was rejected by the house. A new conference committee was created. final agreement trimmed Miss Laura B Taylor to one thousand dollars while eliminating Butler and Bostrom claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Bendtor Crounse
Martin
Bostrom
J. J. Butler
Laura B. Taylor
Omaha
Miss Taylor
Butler
Strike Averts Coal Miners Walkout In Three Districts
The 143000 coal miners in the hard coal region will not strike. An executive committee of the mine workers decided to continue work after a Hazleton convened general meeting granted power to call a strike if needed. Mitchell urged patience and joint conference with operators as a future goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Mitchell
New York
Griggs Quits the Tablet in New Jersey Departure
Attorney General Griggs has left the Justice Department and returned to Patterson New Jersey. Solicitor General Richards acted for the department during the leave and presented Griggs with a large solid silver claret pitcher. Mrs Knox has been offered the post but may not take charge for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs
Department of Justice
Patterson
N. J
Richards
Department
P.¢. Knox
Rights of Citizenship Clarified for Hawaiian Born Citizens
Attorney General Griggs states that the rights of citizenship extend to Chinese as Hawaiians prior to August 12, 1889, whether by birth or naturalization, aligning with congressional intent to apply adoption to all such Hawaiians. Also reported is a Gallup mine explosion in New Mexico where three men were killed and many others suffocated, with suspected giant powder as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Ornéy General Griggs
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Congress
Gallup
N. M
Weaver
Colorado Iron and Fuel Co
Gold seekers massacred by Indians on Tiburon island
A party of six Mexican prospectors left Tepopo on Tiburon island in the Gulf of California in search of gold. Pedro Pasquilla reached the mainland in a small boat and reported a fierce fight with Indians, believing his companions were killed. Also reports of smallpox quarantines in St. Joseph Missouri and a 20 cent per day wage increase won by Mahoning valley blast furnaces after a threatened strike.
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Gulf of California
Cecrs
Tiburon
Tepopo
Pedro Pasquilla
Mahoning Valley
Talmage Sermon on We Are Bought With a Price
The sermon reviews Jesus temptations in the wilderness and at the temple, Gethsemane agony, a sham trial, and the crucifixion as installments paying the price of redemption. It blends dramatic Biblical scenes with prophetic exhortation and calls listeners to endure temptation through Christ’s example.
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Louie Krowset
Washington
Talmage
Gethsemane
Sarge
Gafi
Heaven
Bethlehem
Mary
Fats
God
Jesus
Renald
David
Christ the Lord
Secon
Quarantania
Satan
Christ
Roma
Publius Leucalius
Juno
lLiunger
Napoleon
Jeaus
Jerusalem
Temple
Antwerp
Belgium
Tempis
Asia
Minor
China
Italy
Spain
Germany
Britain
Heaven and Earth
Hell
Calvary
Palestine
Bethany
Nain
Bethsalda
Ae Anamarial
Sayiour
Christi
Wwe
Condon
Lisbon
Cross and Blood: Scene of Crucifixion's Suffering Captured
Vivid religious meditation describes the crowd's brutal gaze at Christ on the cross. The text paints the nails, spikes, and blood, noting soldiers and bystanders urged by vengeance and the groaning of the dying Son of God. It calls readers to reflect on the cost of the crucifixion and the power to repent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Goa
Christ's Temple
Young Mother Plea for Rest and Sympathy
A nursery writer urges relief for the young mother overwhelmed by unwanted attention from relatives and the constant care of a newborn. The piece argues that quiet, rest, warmth, feeding when needed, and less interference help both mother and baby. It warns that meddling relatives turn the infant into a household tyrant and add to the mother's burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicren
Death's Visit in Sleep Exposes Apoplexy Risk at Night
The piece discusses fatal apoplexy during sleep illustrated by Colonel Albert D Shaw and likens it to Henry George. It explains how brittle brain arteries, high mental tension, and nocturnal exhaustion can trigger a brain hemorrhage during rest, often ending quietly as the patient sleeps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert D. Shaw
Henry George
New York
Verdi's Cairo Opera Commission and Fear of Sea Travel
The London Chronicle notes Vera’s Fear of the Ben. Ismail Pasha commissioned Verdi to write the opera with a price of £4000, plus a possible £2000 for Cairo supervision. Verdi declined to travel, citing an unconquerable fear of boarding a sea voyage.
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Vera
Ben
Atda
Ismail Pasha
Egypt
Verdi
Ismail
Cairo
London Chronicle
Plague Ravages Islands Hit Philippine Archipelago
A virulent pestilence named Inderpest sweeps four islands in the Philippine archipelago, first on Uurias then Ticlo Masbate Panay. It threatens agriculture as caribou reliance falters rice planting sugar crop suffer and high quarantine measures are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Archipelago
Uurias
Ticlo
Masbate
Panay
Indian Missionary’s Story Sparks Health Miracle Claim
In Little York Indiana an aged missionary recounts his years among Choctaw and Creek Indians. After illness and kidney trouble, he credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete cure, praising them as a remedy for Bright's Disease and Dropsy. Exclusive schooling funded by Rockefeller and Sloan opens in New York for daughters of the elite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer
Little York
Ind
hé'Rey
C. H. Thompson
Indiana
Arkansas
Western Prairies
Prairies
Dodd
Bright
John ‘D. Rockefeller
John Sloan
West Fifty-fifth
New York
Ethel Rockefeller
Sloan
Ruth V. Twombley
Gladys Vanderbilt
Gertrude Hill
James J. Hill
Aged Judge Atton Georgia Judge Writing Mathematics Book
An elderly judge, former chief judge Bleckley of Georgia, now 76, has matriculated at the state university in an especial mathematics course. He plans a book on mathematics though he feels rusty, while other notes mention products like Grain-O and modest furnishings in places such as Kaiser’s bedroom in the new palace.
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Atton
Bleckley
Georgia
State University
Dor A
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Advocate
Cuba
North Woods
Adirondack Mountains
John Naile
Trappe
Westminster
Nalle
Winslow
Lee County
R Kestertan
Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Billposters’ Association of England
London
Burlington
Buéyrd
Ella Downey
Fontanelle
Frank Downey
America
Man Mae
Bering Strait
Polar Circle
South Africa
Pretoria
Army
Arrosta
Mado
Philippines
Levers
Ppdatdont
Oryevil Family
Hawaii
St. Joseph
Health Department of
Price
Tellsame
Minlairy
Amine the
Racine
Weratare Housadar
Wette DE Baeig
Bux la
the Kaiser
le Due
Kida Oe Co
Rigis Pharmacy
Houston
Cameron & Moore
J. McMannus
Vesumont Tex
Dontringe
Bante Fey
Brenighs
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