Heavy firing signals Buller’s likely engagement in Natal
From Pietermaritzburg dispatches the Times reports heavy artillery in the Springfield area and Frere northward, suggesting General Buller is engaging the Boers. Rumors say troops near Ladysmith. Telegraphs note no decisive blow yet amid war weariness and rising peace committee activity.
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London
the Times
Pietermaritzburg
Springfield
Exchange Telegraph Company
Frere
Buller
Daily Mail
Pitermaritzburg
Tugela
Natal
Medal planned for Haym Salomon heirs by Congress
New York reports that the present congress may award a medal to the heirs of Haym Salomon in recognition of his financial aid to the United States during the Revolutionary War. The claim, before congress since 1848, contends Salomon loaned 20 000 to 40 000 dollars over time without compensation, with no payments documented to his widow or children. He was a countryman and close associate of Pulaski.
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New York
Congress
Haym Salomon
Poland
Pulaski
Salomon the merchant and banker in revolutionary times
Kosciusko district records recount the life of Mr Salomon a merchant turned financier mocked to the British before the revolution imprisoned in New York at Prevot he escaped and became a key broker in war subsidies from France and Holland and later banker to the French Spanish embassies with Verdensing funds and large disbursements totaling 150000 livres noted in correspondence.
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Charles Tit
Spain
Don Francisco Rendon
Mr. Salomon
Count de la Lucerne
France
Sal
Change In Educators Reno Board Names New Professors
Reno Nev Jan 17 The board of regents of the state university pass ed a resolution declaring the chair of physics vacan t formerly held by J W Phillips They authorize Acting President Thurrell to nominate a successor to Prof Phillips and to nominate educators to fill other chairs vacated by resignations in Stubbs absence De Loudebach was elected to the chair of chemistry and physics vice Phillips FP Ross of the University of California was elected professor of mathematics
Hotel Man Drowned on Farallon Steamer at Skagway
Thomas J. Whitten 35 year old proprietor of the Golden North hotel at Skagway fell from the Farallon on January 10 while attempting to cross an iced freight gang plank. He drowned in Seattle harbor and leaves a widow and three children.
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Seattle
Wash
Thomas J. Whitten
Golden North
Skagway
Farallon
Miss Goulds Gift Helps NY Naval YMCA In Brooklyn
Miss Helen Gould contributes 50000 dollars to finance the new naval branch home of the Young Mens Christian Association in Brooklyn New York. The donation underscores philanthropic support for veterans and youth programs in the city.
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New York
Helen Gould
Naval Branch
The
Young Men‘s Christian Association
Broooklyn
Personal crisis reports in the New York Sun 1899
The New York Sun reports 569 personal crisis cases in 1899, 442 male and 127 female. It details methods used for self destruction, leading methods by gender, poison prevalence, and notes homicide prior to death. It covers totals for 1898 and 1899, including victims, familial impacts, and related homicide attempts.
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New York Sun
Sun
Olson
Filipinos Shaped as Elastic Form of Government Proposed
Washington reports the Philippine commission plans a four or more volume report. An American governor with a native council would lead an partly appointive assembly with veto powers. Provinces would be governed by Americans or educated natives as self government grows.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Philippine Commission
Jacob G. Schurmann
Congress
Americana
Denby
Woregater
Philippines
Dewey
Subig Bay
Arcadia Post Office Closes After Six Decades in New York
The Arcadia post office in New York state ceased operations on September 15 after almost sixty years. Postmaster John Dillenbeck handed the property to Newark Postmaster Richard P. Groat. Historical notes recount a 1840 bid to establish the office, with a misread petition distance that led Arcadia to gain a post office despite Newark and Arcadia being closely linked in postal service.
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Buffalo Courier
New York State
Arcadia Postoffice
Arcadia
Newark
John Dillenbeck
Richard P. Groat
Roderick Price
Avecadia
Washington
L. L. Rose
Miss Aus Miniatures and the Ivory Price Duel
Miss Carol Aus, a Chicago miniature painter, explains prices from 200 to 500 dollars per work, noting size and ivory influence cost. A visitor notes a tiny piece could yield about seven thousand five hundred dollars if scaled to a larger porcelain portrait.
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Philadelphia Post
Carol Aus
Chicago
Miss Aus
No Wonder Deacon Wright Missed Prayer Meeting
A Boston Transcript item quotes Deacon Wright apologizing for missing last evening’s prayer meeting. Deacon Goode recalls it as beautiful until Brothers Smith and Brown argued about the early twentieth century, turning the gathering into a vague political caucus.
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Deacon Wright
Deacon Goode
Brother Smith
Brother Brown
Boston Transcript
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Montana
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East Broadway
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Idaho
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Awward
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Pennsylvania Lode
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Canada
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