McKinley advocates forces to 60 000 and keeps Cuba
President McKinley warns Congress that amid Cuba and Philippines duties the army may rise to 60 000 with power to reach 100 000. He urges native Philippine troops and extended pensions while praising Navy armor, postal gains, and new statues. The message also urges reapportionment and civil order.
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Porto Rico
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Taft Commission
Brown
Congress
Secretary of War
Adjutant General's Department
Inspector General's Department
Quartermaster General’s Department
Pay Department
Ordnance Deonclogy
Signal Corps
Army
London Dumbbell Cane Takes City by Storm
A London invention, the dumbbell cane, gains notice as a fashionable fitness accessory. Prized by self respecters, it houses a steel rod weighing up to six to seven pounds, with detachable ferrules and heads. Prices start around £6, with ornate bamboo variants from India.
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London
India
Washington Township Farming Notes and Local Marriages
Farmers husking corn and harvesting fodder dominated the week in Washington Township. Land transfers include Willie Strasaker buying 27 acres for 600 dollars and the estate of George Draher valued at 1400 dollars. Nov 25 1900 saw two baby girls born to Mr and Mrs Albert Hussey. Nov 29 1900 witnessed the marriage of Park Goller and Mertie Garver, with Rev A Robertson officiating. Additional items cover hog shipments, weddings, social visits, building projects, a public sale of 1600 dollars, and flourishing schools.
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Wheeler Goller
Roush
Sam Loroah
Willie Strasaker
Tillie Hartshorn
George Drahers
Albert Hussey
Park Goller
Mertie Garver
Washington Township
Amos Garver
A Robertson
Sherwood
James Wank
Michael Wank
Sarah Lichty
IH Weber
D L Warner
B D Lintz
Orley Welker
Charley Weber
Ney
Bride
Philip Braner
Orval Davis
Juley Braner
Eberley
Davis
John Kintner
B.D Lintz
William Smith
John Kutler
Clarkeon Ewers
al Yarlot
Emery, Welker
Ed Bergman
William Stailey
North Carolina
Spara
Defiance
Marion Yarlot
Elmer Draker
Frank Donley
George Stailey
Glen Falls Insurance Co
Aaron Yarlot
George Wolford
Arizona
California
George Kyle
Bosley and Stivers Arrested for Post Office Embezzlement
Paris Kentucky December 4. John L Bosley postmaster and former assistant Sherman H Stivers were arrested by two United States marshals charged with embezzlement of post office funds. Both posted bonds of 1500 dollars.
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Paris
John L. Bosley
Sherman H. Stivers
United States
Mysterious blaze destroys Nelsonville foundry unit
Nelsonville December 4 The Nelsonville Foundry and Machine plant was gutted by a fire of unknown origin. The foundry department was completely destroyed with a loss estimated between four and five thousand dollars.
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Nelsonville, O
Nelsonville Foundry and Machine
Coal strike off Moweaqua and other early 1900s notes
News notes review incidents across the country including a coal miners strike declared off at Moweaqua Illinois, a Paris exposition commission expenditure of 939465, Indianapolis bribery conviction of Councilman John Higgins, and canal route recommendations for Nicaragua. Also reports train collision with gas explosion in West Virginia and several domestic homicides and suicides. Weather forecast indicates generally fair with lake snow flurries.
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Moweaqua
Ills
Paris Exposition Commission
John Higgins
Indianapolis
Interoceanic Canal Commission
Nicaragua
John Eascott
Steubenville
Lexington
Robert Salles
Ira Crockett
Bevery
Mass
Elmgrove
W. Va
Phillips
Cordley
Local notes from Defiance and surrounding townships
Dr Frank Moninger visits relatives in Defiance county while others report trades, relocations, and marriages across Washington, Tiffin, and Ney townships. Notable items include Rev Greiner’s revival in Tiffin, property deals in Ney, multiple Thanksgiving marriages, and plans for a meat market in Holgate.
Country Rest Versus City Noise Draws Man to Quiet
A narrator recalls leaving a city job to work for Dyson, an abusive, scheming abuser, and witnessing the murder of his wife. The housekeeper endures coercion, attempted poisoning, and a brutal assault before Dyson murders the woman and frames the narrator, who survives with injuries and later helps expose the crime. Dyson fled to America after marrying a widow.
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Gainsborough Road
Margate Street
Dyson
Holborne Road
Moon voyage on Luna at Pan American exposition
Bridal couples and the public may ride the airship Luna on a space voyage during the Buffalo Pan American exposition. Frederic Thompson arranged the tour from the earth to the moon with guides to the underground City of the Moon and the Castle of the Man in the Moon. Watchmen guard the 160 by 240 foot building where Luna is being prepared and secrets kept.
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Buffalo
Moon
Frederic Thompson
Earth
Space
Luna
Fate's Tablet Poem Fragment by John Vance Cheney
A fragment from Harper's Bazaar attributed to John Vance Cheney, recalling a passing moment and a voice unspoken. The verse contemplates a passing figure whose remembrance lasts year after year.
Griffis Saga of Kiowa Warpath and Apache Scalp Feat
In 1864 the two year old Joseph N Griffis is captured after Kiowas raid Gainesville Texas. He grows to become a Kiowa ally, is claimed as son by Chief Big Bow, later captured by General Custer, and vows revenge by scalp-taking. He grows bitter, finds life with Kiowas appealing, and performs a dramatic scalp ceremony before converting to Christianity and becoming a gospel minister.
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Joseph N. Griffis
Gainesville
Tex
Big Bow
Joseph
Griffis
General Custer
Texas
Plains
Avarpath
Gee Whiz
Paris News Praises McKinley on Franco-American Ties
The Journal Dés Debats notes President McKinley’s message on Franco-American relations is flattering and well received. It says the United States shows cordiality in Washington parallel to Lafayette’s era.
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Pirates
Paris
Journal Dés Debats
McKinley
Washington
Lafayette
Hounding Fallen Women Drives Women From Red Light District
Scores of women driven from New York City red light district after authorities moved against landlords who owned the tenements. Tenants served notices. many women fled to Brooklyn New Jersey and other eastern cities.
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New York
Red Light
Brooklyn
New Jersey
A Chinese Estimate of Women in Frank Leslie’s Monthly
R B Speer argues a Chinese woman’s value rests on motherhood and service. Reports of baby markets in south China show infant girls sold for as little as 50 cents. Dr Martin notes literacy is extremely rare among women. Respondents attribute female inferiority and household roles to tradition and exposure to immoral literature.
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China
R. B. Speer
Engay
South China
Martin
Peking University
Frank Leslie
Women Exhibit Hog Display At New York Suffrage Bazaar
Mrs. E H Belden president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage association announced a unique display for the Equal Suffrage bazaar in New York next month a car load of fancy hogs. The idea is by Mrs Elinor Stockman of Mason City a noted saf fragist in Iowa. The hogs and other livestock will be shown by the women in a corn palace style setting. Mrs Kman has begun soliciting for livestock and has secured ten hogs two calves and corn to feed them.
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E. H. Belden
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
New York
Sioux City
Chicago
Elinor Stockman
Mason City
Iowa
Towa
Not So Simple Tampering Accusations Stir N.Y. Anger
The New York Evening Sun reports several Chinese storekeepers were arrested recently for tampering with electric meters. The piece asserts the orientals are not so slow in adopting half criminal ideas, reflecting widespread prejudice of the era.
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New York Evening Sun
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Postal Service
Postal
the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
David D. Porter
Spain
Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
Hawaii
Census Bureau
William McKinley
Dumbbell Dudes
Agricultural Department
Public Service
Carrred
District of Columbia
Tiffin
Frank Moninger
Canadian County
Oklahoma
Defiance County
J H Meyer
Eugene Maddox
Greiner
Trinity Evangelical Church
Tiffin Township
George Williford
Phoenix
Lucius Pierce
PM Crago
John Billow
John Henna
Emeline Garver
Elizabeth Kerne
E E Welker
Jacob Warner
George W Font
Noble Township
Frances M Figley
Squire Hanter
Figley
Frank L Figley
Edith Partee
Squire Core
Delaware Township
Success
Frank
Albert Moog
Mary Shade
Williams County
Herman Bergbacher
Clara C Hoch
S P Goller
Myrtle Garver
Salachiel W Purkey
Rebecca Moulton
Lester Shankater
E. Struble
Williame County
Samuel Erlston
Stephen Shaw
New York World
Col. W . Bryan
Melvin Hall
T G Replogie
Holgate
Sherman Turretin
Evansport
Bella
Eugene Field
M. Quad
Lewie
Dysons
America
FATE
Jere
John Vance Cheney
Harper's Bares
Bram
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