Fragmented 19th Century Clippings From E Advocate Notes
Scattered excerpts reference diverse topics including an ads section, luxury goods, and travel notes. Observations touch on pearls, pipes, rare apples, theater performances, and a Danish royal visit to Fredensborg Castle. Also mentioned are Pacific navigation risks, large U S livestock yards plans, and Rhodes in South Africa.
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Fredensborg
Alexandder III
Maximilian Bavaria
Marie of Cumberland
Foreign office denies Paris Pekin troops pact claim
A Paris dispatch states France Russia and Germany reached understanding on troop retention at Pekin and Germany dropping demand for punishing the instigator of outrages before peace talks. Berlin and official circles refute the report, saying negotiations continue with all powers and Germany does not expect Britain’s reply for days.
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Berlin
Paris
France
Russia
Germany
Pekin
Foreign Office
Wade
Russie
Britain
Giploviat
Associated
Sevening
Lad
Berliner Post
Count von. Waldersee
Chinese decree degrades Prince Tuan and officials
The Chinese minister Wu confirms an imperial decree degrading Prince Tuan Kangi and others for recent domestic troubles. A Shanghai dispatch aligns with this, while Wu doubts a reported peaceful negotiator lineup. The War Department reports orders to withdraw most US troops from China and set a legation guard, with supplies to Tong Chow before winter.
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Tuan Kangi
China
State Department
Shanghai
Tonger
War Department
Chritee
United States
Taku
Washington
Tiensin
Ninth Infantry
Sixth Csvalry
Legation Guard
Tong Chow
Russians Withdraw From Pekin Columns Move South
At the Pe kin generals conference on September 23 General Linvitch announced the withdrawal of most Russian troops from Pekin with about two thousand remaining to represent Russia. Dispatches say all powers adopt the same policy, though other generals report no orders. German and Japanese columns push southward near the imperial deer park as friction grows between British and Russians over railway work.
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Pekin
Linvitch
Russia
Petersburg
mMperial Deer Park
Alfred Gazeleo
Tiensin
Navy Bureau Reports Yearly Navy Increase Plans
A Washington dispatch notes that with Congress to meet soon the Naval Bureau schedules its annual reports for the coming year. Expected items include roughly 26 million for navy expansion, about 13 million for yards and docks, and around 7 million for vessel repairs. Armor and armament are highlighted amid ongoing armor debates.
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Washington
Congress
Naval Bureau
Secre
Insane Practical Joke Ends Tragedy in Nome Alaska
Pearl Boyd, a fearless Nome girl, is driven to madness by a cruel prank. Her lover Paul Laird, dead by suicide after he reportedly severed a thief from a corpse and placed it in her bed, watched from outside as she attacked the hand with her teeth before the tragedy.
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Pearl Boyd
Nome
Alaska
Paul Laird
Mes
Seattle
Wash
Pearl
Laird
Valley fire destroys Putter Bros general store and post office
A large blaze at Valley Nebraska damaged the Putter Bros general store and Co post office. Within an hour the adjacent store and post office were ruined. The $25,000 loss was believed to stem from a recently installed tew stove. The town mobilized quickly with bucket brigades to contain the fire after it was discovered.
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Putter Bros. & Co
RE Valley
Neb
Woman Kills Herself After Rejection at Barker Hotel
Mrs. Marie May Fennon, a waitress, shot herself in the heart after John Perey spurned her. He heard the shot from outside, opened the door, and found her dying on the bed with a pistol in her hand at the Barker hotel in Otaha.
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John Perey
Mrai May Fennon
Barker Hotel
Otaha
Perey
Three Killed on the B and M Trains Wrecks Reported
Three people die in Burlington routes crashes. Town delays persist as two Villisca freight collisions wreck two trains with engineers J Talon and fireman Lyman Sprowl among the dead. Nodaway tail-end crash destroys a car while a passenger wreck on the Chariton and Taciavols branch claims R Welches of Milo and others.
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Burlington
Villisca
J. Talon
Lyman Sprowl
Nodaway
Collinddon
al Padagager
Char ‘Ton and Taciavols
R.welches
Milo, Ta
Misa Maggie
A. Kidd
M. Buchanan
Pale ‘Spurzeon
Orient
R. M Milo
George Brides
Fire destroys stores and smithy in Fostey Neb
A disastrous blaze in Fostey Neb consumed all buildings on the west side of the principal street including Edfferds Bradford ker yard and office George Mitch ell general merchandise post office BR Syovec shop a lime house A B Holmes implement house and the saloon. Cause unknown though suspicions point to the general merchandise store. John Sealy Galveston relief fund chairman reports subscriptions totaling 784033. Galveston relief needs funds to shelter over 10000 homeless and repair homes for many others. Over 900 men of the 26th infantry colored are slated for the Philippines.
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John Sealy
Finance Committee
Galvraton Relief Committee
Galveston Relief Fund
Galveston
26Th Infantry
Philippines
Chauncy Davis hanged at Tage borough for arson
In Tage borough, W C, Chauncy Davis was executed by hanging for burning linked to the alleged act against Mrs. Lavinia Battle. The report notes a political move as sessions shifted to Gran and mentions Market Street in Chicago and a $55,000 extent, with mentions of B Rothschilds and ex-President Harrison.
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Chauncy Davis
Tageborough
W.C
Lavinia Battle
Nisaragnan J Congress
Gran
Market Street
Chicago
Seatlel Bye
B. Rothehilds
Clothierss
Harriso
Diplomatic Progress and Chinese Internal Decline Reported
Washington reports favorable signs of a broad settlement with China. Russia and France ready to negotiate. Germany appears likely to join. Chinese leaders Prince Chwang and Prince Tuan degraded, with penalties issued and court review ordered. Diplomatic moves center on an American proposed basis for settlement and coordinated European response.
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Washington
Oct
United States
Russa
Ars
State’ Department
France
Russia
Onc
Germany
Dngiradtivin
Prince
Prince Chwang
Prince Yih
Tsai Lien
Tsai Ying
Tuan
Imperial Clan Court
Duke Tai Lan
Ying Nien
Kang Yi
Chng Su-Chio
Board of Punishment
Board of Censors
Baden-Powell to lead police in Transvaal and Orange River
Summary notes Baden-Powell arriving to command 12,000 troops across the Transvaal and Orange River colonies. Reports an explosion at Komatipoort killed twenty Gordon Highlanders during Boer ammunition destruction. An Austrian steamer Stelia Lloyd carried 4004 Transvaal refugees, including Irish-Americans, from here.
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Lora Roberts
Ing Fandon
Nek
Martini
Henry
Pretoria
Heneral Baden, Powell
Transvaal
Orange River Colony
Baden-Powell
Lorenzo, Marquez
Komatipoort
Gordon Highlanders
Oonorenze
Marquez
Stelia Lloyd
Murderous Insane Man Runs Amuck at Albert Lea
A deranged assailant in Albert Lea Minn shot Policeman Oscar Subby and wounded William Jones before a crowd. After a chase he was fatally shot by a rifle bullet through the brain. Subby remains alive but critical. Jones is hospitalized.
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Runn
Albert Bia Wat
Jobo Hare
Imanoran
Albert Lea
Minn
Oscar Subby
William Jones
Hareee Teace
Gficer Subby
Jones
Woman Tells of the Pekin Siege and Brave Defense
Mrs Woodward of Chicago and her daughter Ione landed from the Coptic with new Pekin siege details. They described continual fighting, mass injuries among natives and refugees, and brave defense led by Captain Jack Meyers of the Oregon and Newark men. The narrative highlights defense efforts, relief arrival, and individual heroism amid the siege.
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Woodward
San Francisco
Chicago
Ione
Christiane
Llavw
Conger
Pekin
Legation
Nan Tung
Hangs Ayu
Refige
Jack Meyers
Oregon
Newark
Meyers
Talen
John Mitchell
Dentist Hints Key Clue in Cedar Lake Head Mystery
A severed head found in a grain sack near Cedar Lake carries a silver dental plate with two upper false incisors. Investigators hope a dentist can identify the victim from the dental work, as the head was treated with quicklime destroying facial features. The case is floated as a notable murder mystery.
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Chicago
Dispatch
Cedar Lake
Indiana
New York
Archbishop Ireland arrives in London on good will note
Dispatch from London reports Archbishop Ireland, just arrived from Rome, saying the pope is pleased with U S church relations in Cuba and the Philippines. He quotes the pope as expressing satisfaction with American government goodwill and respect for religious liberties and rights.
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London
Ireland
Rome
United States
Ssanying
Popa
Cuba
Wing Elected Vice President of Massachusetts Bank
Daniel G Wing former special bank examiner is named vice president of the Massachusetts bank. He located corruption at the Globe bank in Boston about eight years ago and as receiver has paid depositors 40 percent with hopes to reach full payout. At 32 he previously served eight years as assistant cashier and cashier of the American Exchange Bank of Lincoln Nebraska.
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Daniel G. Wing
Massachusetts Baat
Wing
Boston
Globe Bank
The
American Exchange, Bank'of
Lincoln, Neb
Mercer and Lizzie Mercer Suit Finley Real Estate Case
Samuel D Mercer and Lizzie Mercer of Qmisha file suit against John P Finley alleging they secured a real estate deal and seek remedy for claimed breach. The filing names the parties and asserts violation related to the property transaction.
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Lizzie @ Mercer
Qmisha
John P. Finley
Finley
Debate on Imperialism and American Civic Duty
A speech argues government evolves with responsibility and citizen participation, contrasting monarchy and republic. It warns against abandoning republican principles for domination, cites Patrick Henry Jefferson and Washington, and contends American civilization should extend equal rights and duties, guiding Filipinos toward self-government.
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Republican Party
Hoglish
Nat
Fitis
Reputificaria
Patrick Henry
Jeffeyson
Lincoln
Behold a republic that upholds human rights and gospel values
The passage contrasts imperialism with the gospel of peace and the Golden Rule. It argues that nationhood cannot repeal moral law, condemns force over reason, and promotes missionaries as peacemakers respecting all peoples’ rights. It envisions a republic founded on equal rights, consent of the governed, and universal brotherhood.
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Tadura
Saul
SPB
Jesus
Samaria
Republic
Avery
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