President Roosevelt Settles Sampson Schley Case
The president states the court of inquiry was right on most findings and that Admiral Sampson and Admiral Schley deserve no further action. He condemns Schley's retrograde movement and disobedience but credits Sampson with blockade planning and leadership. He urges an end to agitation and praises the navy’s handling of the Santiago campaign.
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White House
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Secretary of the Navy
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Santiago
Court of Claims
Court of Inquiry
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Cook
Texas
Iowa
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Teresa
Indiana
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Dewey
Benham
Ramsay
Theodore Rooseve
Proverbial Wit and Warnings on Character
A collection of aphorisms on virtue and folly. It comments on humility honesty and responsibility while critiquing vanity ambition and self interest. The tone imitates a moralizing old newspaper column with pithy maxims about marriage work pride and public perception.
Sage Sayings Reflect Moral Puzzles and Cliches
A compact collection of maxims on love virtue and society. The text presents aphorisms about family salvation temptation gender perceptions and personal growth with a leavening of wry humor and social commentary.
Explosion in a Torpedo Factory Shocks Cleveland Street
Cleveland on Euclid avenue experienced a fierce explosion at the Fairmount Manufacturing Co. on the second floor. A powder ignition caused a blinding flash and panic as two employees a man and a woman jumped from a second story window while flames swept through the room. Fire crews contained the blaze and several workers were injured.
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Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Fairmount Manufacturing Co
Ohio Legislature Adopts Multiple Bills Amid Debates
Columbus reports a flurry of activity with bills on local option gaming permits, extended judge terms, and fishing seasons. The senate passed measures for dam chutes, a $1 per year resident hunting fee, and a $75,000 payoff for the St Louis exposition display. The house advanced school funding and election integrity bills before adjournment.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Lake Erie
Senate
Archer
State Fish and Game Commission
Watts
Ohio
McKinnon
St. Louis Exposition
Rose Township
Carroll County
Boards of
Elec |Tion
Medina County
Wadsworth
Krause
Cuyahoga
Chamberlain
Workers and wage changes in Rothschild copper mines
The Rothschilds employ 27,000 men in their copper mines. Of 1,315 wage changes for British workers in 1900, 1,276 were increases affecting 2,750,000 workers. The article notes Thetus W. Sims, a Tennessee congressman, once worked in brick yards for a dollar a day and later traveled the state with a pack.
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Thetus W. Sims
Tennessee
Big Bend
Fire rips through Seventy-First Armory and Park Avenue Hotel
New York reports a major blaze at the Seventy-first Regiment armory on Fourth Avenue destroying the building and triggering evacuations of nearby homes. The Park Avenue hotel also catches fire with guests fleeing as investigators flag a deadly bellwether day in late February. Nineteen dead reported by February 24 with others injured and under hospital care. coroners begin inquiries as damage exceeds one million dollars.
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Seventy-first Regiment Armory
Fourth Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Twenty-third Street
Bellevue Hospital
Park Avenue
Sophia Beach
William Boardman
Norwalk
Conn
Julia
Goldenkranz
Seventy-first Regiment
Jerome
Crok
Reed
Train Wreck Near Oberlin Injures Brakeman
Lake Shore accommodation train wrecked near Oberlin on Friday afternoon. Louis Bates, head brakeman, survived but injured his back jumping from a car window. John Lace of Norwalk suffered a head wound. others shaken but unhurt. Engine damage left rails and track torn for 400 feet. crash occurring before a steep embankment prevented greater disaster.
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Lake Shore
Cleveland
Oberlin
Louis Bates
John Lace
Norwalk
American farm implement ships head to the Black Sea
Five shiploads of American agricultural machinery will be sent from New York and Philadelphia to Odessa and Novorossiysk within six weeks. The cargo totals at least 36,000 tons, about 80 percent more than last year’s direct consignments to the region. The Othello sails with over 10,000 tons of reapers mowers harvesters and related gear, including 9,000 tons from McCormick Harvester Co of Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Black Sea
Wilson Liners
Alfred H. Post & Co
New York City
Odessa
Novorossik
McCormick Harvester Company
Chicago
Castello
Deering Harvester Company
Johnson Harvester Company
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New Shoe Polishing Machine Nearing Market
Inventors Jo hann Kratopil and S. P. Levy of Chicago have received a patent and will manufacture a shoe polishing device. The boxlike frame holds rotary brushes for toes and heels and sliding brushes apply polish. A crank and chain drive the mechanism as the user inserts a shoe to be cleaned and polished.
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Roscoe Boulevard
S. P. Levy
Belmont Avenue
Chicago
Washington
New Transatlantic Steamer Nevadan Becomes Oil or Coal Fueled
Twelve year old Mildred Morse christened the Nevadan the first of three ships for the American Hawaiian Steamship Co. at Philadelphia. The vessel can switch fuels mid voyage from coal to oil without engine stoppage and promises high speed. It measures 371 feet in length, 46 feet beam, 34 feet depth, with a 4500 registered tonnage.
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Mildred Morse
New York Shipbuilding Co
Camden
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Nevadan
American Hawaiian Steamship Co
Nebraskan
Texan
Presidents and Gifts From Abroad Stir Constitutional Debate
A Washington analysis notes presidents historically received foreign gifts only with congressional approval or after they were returned. It cites medals in the State Department and gifts deposited in the Smithsonian. A Scottish Highlander asks for sermons by Jonathan Edwards rather than magazines. English is declared the world’s most spoken language, with 116 million users, ahead of Russian, German, and French. The Siamese crown prince and Japanese heir might visit the United States, raising concerns of national pride.
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