Vast clipping of old Advocate weekly page items
A dense mosaic of editorial aphorisms, travel notes, and public notices. Highlights include Vancouver Yukon survey work by J. S. McArthur to map trails to Dawson. a Pennsylvania debt case where a bankrupt man refuses discharge indemnity citing moral obligation. Jamaica’s heavy rainfall causing floods, deaths, and infrastructure damage. Jamaica’s bananas and railways disrupted. and a push for further wireless telegraphy funding with proposed pneumatic mail extensions.
Roberts Quits Oath Protest as Henderson Keeps Speakership
Enormous crowds witnessed opening in the house as Utah Mormon Mr Roberts faced oath objections. Mr Taylor of Ohio protested, then stepped aside. no broad protest followed. Roberts secured a seat by accident, while his daughter watched from the gallery. The day included Henderson’s election and Reed rules adoption, with light seat drawing and routine organization. A separate report notes F J Meteer’s fire loss of about 5000 dollars on Nero wheat stacks and a related insurance dispute with Workentine. case to be heard in McCool justice court and possibly higher courts.
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House
Roberts
Utah
Taylor
Ohio
McRae
Arkansas
Special Committee
Henderson
F. J. Meteer
York County
Nero
German Mutual Insurance Company
Meteer
Chris Workentine
Workentine
Justice Court of McCool
Short Session of Senate Pays Tribute to Hobart
The Senate held a brief first session of the Fifty-sixth Congress to honor the memory of the late Vice President Hobart. The 33 minute gathering enacted routine business, administered oaths to new members, and adopted resolutions on Hobart’s death before sending them to the House and suspending for the day.
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Senate
Hobart
Genatoy Sewell
New Jersey
House of Representatives
Keane
Five-Year-Old Fires Shot Wounding Two Brothers in Miss
In State Line Mississippi on Monday, Edmund Boykin, five, shot and killed his eleven-year-old brother Roderick and severely wounded thirteen-year-old Tom after a quarrel over a toy. The weapon was a shotgun taken from the house. Identified as the son of Dr. W. H. Boykin, the incident occurred at 21 State Line.
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State Line
Miss
Edmund
W. H. Boykin
Roderick
Tom
Lincoln matron Bridget Fitzgerald dies at ninety eight
Mrs. Bridget Fitzgerald of Lincoln died Sunday morning at her home at age ninety eight. She was mother of the late John Fitzgerald well known contractor of Lincoln.
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Bridget Fitzgerald
Lincoln
John Fitzgerald
Iowa Merchant Assigns Mt Ayr Firm Ingram
Iowa merchant A C Ingram of Mt Ayr makes an assignment for benefit of creditors. Estimated assets reach 23000 and liabilities around 30000. Creditors include Chicago and Des Moines wholesale houses, with the filing indicating a general merchandizing business setback.
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Iowa
C. Ingram
Mt. Ayr 1A
Chiesga
Des’ Moines
Six Die In Denver & Rio Grande Train Collision
Six people were killed and several injured in a rear end collision between two passenger trains on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at English Switch, about six miles east of Bellda. Deputy Sheriff Tom Walsh was murdered by George Williams during an attempted attachment at Williams farm. Williams surrendered.
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Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
English Switch
Bellda
Farmer
Creston
Sherif Tom‘ Walsh
George Williams
Williams
Revolutions to Taken City in Maracaibo Power Shift
After a sixteen hour battle the city of Maracaibo the capital of Zulia state in Venezuela falls under Hernandez revolutionary forces. The tenth annual meeting of the Nebraska academy of sciences was held at the state university last week with engaging sessions. Spanish Friganxa Released The Spanish consul at Manila announced that 138 Spanish prisoners have been released by the Filipinos.
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Maracaibo
State of
Venezuela
Hernandez Revolutionary Forces
Trapee
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
The
State University
Friganxa
Manila
Postmaster General Urges Reform of Second Class Mail Privileges
The annual post office report shows a fiscal year deficit of 101,632,169.02 with total receipts of 95,021,384.17 and calls for reform in second class mail abuse. It notes a potential surplus of 186,789,886.15 if third class matter were correctly classified and taxed.
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Totty
Siziith
Jase
At & Cents
Ee Ees
Train Hits Electric Car In Chicago Wreck Injures Eleven
A Wabash passenger train struck a Thirty-first Street electric car in Chicago injuring eleven people while demolishing the car. The train was speeding and two blocks away when the conductor signaled the motorman to cross. No fatalities are reported, described as miraculous. A separate note mentions a St Louis cotton sale with a syndicate purchasing 1,230,000 pounds of territory wool for over 26,000 dollars, the largest wool site in the west.
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Wegit Indies
Jamaica
Kingston
Savanna-la-Mar
America
United States
Chicago
Eastern’ Mills
St. Levis
West
Four steamers detained at Santos amid varied dispatches
News in brief reports several incidents including four steamers from Santos detained at sea, suicides by federal officials in Minnesota and Illinois, a Peruvian cabinet resignation amid political turmoil, livestock disease in Minnesota, a pension grant for Captain Nichols’ widow in Manila, a poisoning incident in Indiana, and other assorted items such as a trip to South Africa, Masonic centennial plans, and Samoa treaty signature at the state department.
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Peruvien Chamber of Deputies
Morgan
Minn
Charles Z. Dressel
United States Revenu
Lessner
Melvin L. Fuller
Alaska Commercial and Mining Company
Grand Jupty
Chicago
Captain Nichols
Manila
Willis Ox
Mitchell
Ind
Webster Davis
New York
South Africa
Transvaal
Washington, D.C
George
Am’ Association
Expurgation of the Scriptures sermon debate
Dr. Tal mage argues against expurgating the Bible calling the book divinely preserved and warns against removing or softening its contents. He cites storms on a ship as a metaphor for ministers tampering with sacred text and defends adherence to the present scripture despite modern criticism and Darwinian doubt.
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Earth
Keelson
Lebanon
Darwin
Spencer
Garden of Eden
Herodotus
Plato
Christ
Origen
Tertullian
Hussia
Ft. In
Ell
Expurgation of Bible Texts Sparks Iconoclast Debate
A speaker argues expurgating scripture fails to change hearts and condemns attempts to rewrite the Bible as vandalism. He defends divine inspiration, cites Doré and art as illustrations, and envisions a celestial Bible illustration surpassing any gallery copies. He warns against reshaping sacred text to fit critics.
300 Miles to See a Patient on Himalayan Trek
A young man recounts a record long-distance medical call in India by walking 200 miles into the Himalaya to reach Mr Blank of the Indian Civil Service at Skardu. He describes a perilous Indus river pass, 4600 feet climbs, icy cold, dangerous ledges, and makeshift shelters while securing vital care amid extreme hardship.
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Calla
India
Himalayad
Blank
India Civil Service
Skardy
Indus
Skardu
Fazarics of Mrs. MacCormick Divorce Case
A fragmentary report from a divorce court in Ireland recounts the unusual saga of Mrs. MacCormick whose husband faced a long prison term after a bigamy accusation. The widow later sued for divorce, claiming her late husband’s insurance money, and the court record notes bewildering and uncertain outcomes amid delays.
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Palliimare Bagrd
MacCormick
Atory
Pristig
Fragmentary Detroit Journal item on romance and chivalry
A fragmented note from the Detroit Journal references Romanos and chivalry, mentioning altered terms and a scene of a herd or swain paused from a tower. The content is incomplete and difficult to parse for full meaning or proper names.
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Detroit Journal
Romanos
Arere
Another Art Satoni in Paxts Forms New Painter Sculptor Society
Parisian revolutionary spirit shifts to art bodies as a new group of twenty painters and sculptors forms Bocieta nouvelle du peintres et de sculpteurs under Gabriel Mouret. They plan to exhibit with friends of similar tastes and also with others with different views. A non-sinkable boat is touted as life-saving with a price tag. Has tetter's Stomach Bitters praised as a life-preserving tonic curing dyspepsia indigestion and stomach troubles.
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Paris
Gabriel Mouret
Bocieta Nouvelle du Peintres Et de Sculpteurs
Amand-Jean
Hastetter
Adulterated beer and tobacco findings and cheaper guitars
An English chemist tested 3165 beer samples, 421 adulterated and London predominant. Of 157 tobacco samples, 26 were adulterated. Christmas presents include 5000 guitars at 2.65 each from The John M Smyth Co. Catalogue advertised. Miscellaneous notes mention events, bonds, and a quip on water and philosophy.
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el Beer
London
John M. Smyth Co
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