Three Million Acre Oklahoma Opening Nears
A Topeka dispatch reports Congress ratified a Kiowa Comanche Apache land sale, opening about 3,000,000 acres in southwestern Oklahoma to white settlement. Fort Sill sits at the center, while livestock, cattle ranching, and growing crops boost the region’s agricultural prospects amid varied rainfall and rich soils.
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Indian Territory
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Geronimo
Anadarko
Senate
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Captain Baldwin
Kiowa
Concordia
Ikan
Mangum
Noted Blind Physician Dr James R Cocke Remembered
The career of Dr James R Cocke who was found dead from a bullet wound in his Boston apartments is described as unparalleled. He was the only blind man to earn an MD in the United States and he mastered medicine through memory touch sound and wax models. He studied hypnotism and wrote on the voice as a character index.
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Pinckney Street
Boston
New York Herald
United States
Dr. Cocke
Judge Cocke
Supreme Court of
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Boston School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Physicians in Porto Rico Beset by Shortfalls in Rural Care
A San Juan dispatch reports that thickly populated districts in Porto Rico lack resident doctors. Towns like Wayuya with 1,500 people rely on non specialists, while Utuado loses residents to an 8 percent annual death rate. Physicians avoid staying due to unpaid funds, making universal coverage costly and infeasible. The government considered assigning doctors to each town at an $80,000 yearly cost, but funds are unavailable.
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Wayuya
San Juan
New York Tribune
Utuado
Ponce
Trade in American horses fuels South Africa war effort
The London Chronicle notes large use of American horses in the South African conflict. A 7000 horse contract was placed in Chicago by an English buyer, with 11000 horses sent from New York to London last year. Horses from the United States go to Liver pool and London for bus service while Boer buyers also source U.S. stock. Transport adds 65 dollars per horse from Chicago to Liverpool.
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West
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New York
Liverpool
United States
Liverpol
Murder Madness: Army Faces Climate Driven Insanity in Philippines
The medical service worries a climate induced madness causing murder in soldiers stationed in the Philippines. Experts study a feverlike illness linked to warm climates and tropical life. French Africa cases in Voulet and Chanoine prompt further inquiry by authorities.
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Africa
Voulet
Chanoine
Klebb
Forgotten Patriot Samuel Meredith Grave Revealed in Wayne County
A Harrisburg writer recalls Samuel Meredith once a rich Philadelphia financier and Washington’s adviser who became the first U S treasurer. He is buried on a lonely hill in northern Wayne county near Pleasant Mount, where a simple gravestone marks his grave and contrasts with later monument efforts by Galusha Grow and others.
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Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Washington
United States
Pleasant Mount
Wayne County
Meredith
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Wayne
New York Tribune
Big Raft for the Pacific Built in Seattle
A. W. Kennedy of San Francisco plans a vast raft at Seattle carrying 14,000,000 feet of lumber to Japan. The 625 foot long raft, towed by steamer, is touted as highly profitable yet risky with danger of towlines breaking and drifting into shipping lanes. The venture faces mariners’ complaints about tow safety and potential collisions.
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A. W. Kennedy
San Francisco
Seattle
Wash
Japan
Chicago Inter Ocean
Bright hats signal happier times in Cuba trade
Dealers note a shift in straw hat quality for the Cuban and Porto Rican trade this season. Hats will be bright or striking colors, a change from two years ago when black mourning styles dominated in Cuba. The fashion shift suggests improved conditions on the island.
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St. Paul
Ornithological Contest Promises Daily Prizes Across Birds
An advertisement invites readers to submit lists of 25 bird names from an allowed alphabet. Daily judging awards top prizes including a gold watch tea set and a diamond ring with a £5,000 budget and a separate £50 bonus. No money required until prize details are known. contest runs until March 1 1900 and advertises The Woman's World as the sponsoring publication.
Raffling a Lot to Buy a Monument for Jackson Boy
William Stephenson of Jackson Ohio raffled a lot in the Wood Coffman addition owned by him. Proceeds went to buy a grave monument for his son Edwin who died in the Philippines. A Wellston man drew the winning ticket and the monument will be erected over Edwin’s grave when body is brought to Jackson.
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Jackson, Q
Edwin
Philippines
Wood- Coffman
Jackson (O.) Journal
Jacison
Wellston
European powers eye a US naval show in Turkish waters
Berlin reports little comment on US Turkey friction though the Tageblatt warns a large American naval demonstration would demand serious notice from continental powers. General Gomez arrives in Santo Domingo after Cuba visit with a grand public reception as War Minister Brache resigns.
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United United States
Turkey
The
Tageblatt
Gomez
Santo Domingo
Maximo Gomez
Cuba
Senor Brache
Colson Case Concluded As Rebuttal Begins
Frankfort Kentucky April 21 the defense in Colonel Colson's trial closed its case and the commonwealth began rebuttal testimony. The defense witnesses had claimed Scott repeatedly threatened Colson’s life. The case is now ready for argument.
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Frankfort
Commonwealth
Scott
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