Buffalo Among Cattle Bison Seen Near Standing Rock
A wild isolated bison has appeared among Sioux cattle near Standing Rock south of Bismarck North Dakota. The animal, last seen in the state in the 1880s, is fiercely independent and dodges nearby herdsmen. Officials forbid killing it hoping others may be found. The piece reflects on historic western bison herds and rapid extinction from thousands to none.
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Standing Rock Reservation
Bismarck
N. D
Chicago
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Little
Missouri River
Standing Rock
West
City on wheels for visitors planned by Knights Templars
The Knights Templars announce a moving campus near the National League ball park for Louisville’s Aug 27 30 triennial conclave. Four thousand Templars and guests will be housed on sleeping and dining cars with moving sidewalks, electric towers, fountains, and nightly fireworks.
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Knights Templars
Louisville
Chicago
Templars
Boston Club President Proposes Rubber Batter’s Box Corners
Boston club president Soden will urge the National League to define the batter’s box with four rubber corners matching home plate texture at the league meeting in New York. He argues rubber squares will provide a permanent, unmistakable gauge for proper batter positioning and easier umpire calls.
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National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
New York
Soden
Boston
Boston Dispatch
Washington Post
Memorable Heroism in Peking Entry by British Troops
The London Illustrated News recalls the first breach of Peking by British forces led by Major Scott R E under the water gate. Indian soldiers waded through mud while Captain Soady climbed the wall barefoot to raise a turban flag as Germans Russians and Japanese entered through the inner gate. Boxers vanished then returned to fight another day, memory clinging to these scenes.
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China
Peking
London Illustrated News
Scott
R. E
Soady
Gold croquet gains favor at Washington Navy Yard
The new outdoor game called gold croquet spreads among officers at the Washington Navy Yard as a golf substitute. Golf expert Harry Vardon praised the game noting its interest and fitness benefits, played with a mallet and croquet wickets on open lawns, appealing to professionals, soldiers, and schoolboys with ample grounds.
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Washington Navy Yard
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Harry Vardon
To Raise Palms From Seeds
Instructions from Robert R. McGregor describe palm seed sprouting in moist medium. Plant six seeds in a six inch pot two inches deep, keep soil consistently moist but not soggy, or start seeds in moistened sand then transplant when sprouts appear. Embryo leaves differ from true leaves that follow.
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Robert R. McGregor
Discovery of coal at Summit Hill sparks early mining claim
In 1791 Philip Gialer, discovering coal at Summit Hill near Mauch Chunk, lived rough in forest cabins. While seeking game for his starving family, he found a glowing stone and used it as fuel, hauling coal home to burn. Neighbors heard of the find, but substantial mining began only after the War of 1812.
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Philip Gialer
Summit Hill
Mauch Chunk
Mauch Chunk Mountain
Carbon County
Begu
The Dreamaway Place in a Brookside Glade
A poem invites readers to Dreamaway Place by a brook with cool shade and moss, where trees, lilies, and a musical water flow soothe worry. Annie Willis McCullough in Good Housekeeping praises an hour of repose as a tonic for heartache and care in Dre land.
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Annie Willis McCullough
The Man From Laramie And the Lies He Told
An unnamed narrator recalls a remarkable tale from a quiet man born in Laramie Wyoming. In 1889 he plans a wedding to Arabella, but a North Dakota trip sparks a blizzard ordeal. A parson is rescued via a ventilator shaft and provisions dropped through it, framing a strange but true marriage anecdote.
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Laramie, Wy
Arabella
North Dakota
Smithson
Home
Mamma
New York
Parson
Dakota
Dominie
Tvo
Laramie
Cheyenne Free Library
Dakotas
Cyclone and wedding crash into Cheyenne tale with Arabella
An arctic storm scatters Cheyenne items as a cyclone lands near Laramie. A minister, a wedding party, and Arabella survive with the narrator reuniting at the parsonage. The tale ends with the church still standing and Arabella in sight.
New Electrical Device Promises Battery Free Signaling
A magneto based system generates high potential current to power long distance signaling and fire alarm networks without bulky batteries. L. G. Woolley of Kenton Ohio refined the principle, noting that a sudden half turn of a single coil magneto armature in a strong magnetic field emits a high voltage impulse suitable for extended lines.
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New York Dispatch
Philadelphia Ledger
L. G. Woolley
Kenton
Globe News Briefs From Across The World
Marysville farmer Michael Casper hanged himself. London fires destroy East India docks sheds and ships. Barre Vermont chief of police Patrick Brown wounded by ambush. Flint Michigan Dr George W Howland killed and G H Quigley injured in run away. Walter Slack dies of dysentery in the Philippines. Body of H C Payne found decapitated near St Louis. Abraham Johnson and wife robbed and bound near Marietta. Northern railway in Guatemala changed hands with extension planned. Turkish soldiers mistreat British embassy members at Makkeken. England demands redress. Walnut Hills Kentucky dance riot leaves Frank Dick and Morgan Davis dead. William H Smythe shot by a blonde woman. cause a mystery.
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Marysville
Michael Casper
East India
London
Patrick Brown
Barre
George W. Howland
G. H. Quigley
Flint
Mich
Walter Slack
Philippines
Kentucky
H. C. Payne
St. Louis
Abraham Johnson
Marietta
Northern Railway
Guatemala
Makkeken
England
Walnut Hills
Frank
Morgan Davis
William H. Smythe
Masonic Order of Indiana
Rural England a Land of Song in Harvest Celebrations
A London newspaper notes enduring love of song among English agricultural folk at harvest home suppers. Old ballads and peasant songs appear in broadsides and manuscripts with mostly unknown authors. A dialogue between a husbandman and a serving man was once popular at country festivals, recited by two locals at Selborne with humor and recitative style.
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England
London
Mr. Bell
Pigeons to Aid Pere Marquette Lake Fleet This Winter
Pere Marquette Railway will place carrier pigeons on its six car ferries and line steamers to relay aid in ice delays. If a boat is in danger a note will be released for quick dispatch of assistance.
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Midlake
Pere Marquette Railway Company
Ludington
Boots and Shoes Price Sale Promises Deep Discounts
Local ads tout a footwear sale with duck boots at 3.50 and 3.25 for gum top rubber boots. Hand made kid boots 3.00 to 3.50, women’s shoes from 2.50 to 2.75, and felt and ball brand boots and rubbers offered with leather soles and counters at the lowest prices.
Footsteps of Her Heart in New York Press Verse
A brief verse notes a woman’s flirtations and deceptions while the speaker trusts his heart. The speaker insists her true path lies in the inescapable trace of her footsteps on his heart, contrasting pretenses with inner certainty. Post Wheeler in New York Press
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Post Wheeler
New Yort Press
The Farly Rising Fad Health Tips
The article argues for balanced rising times and warns against waking early for a walk on an empty stomach. It notes varying sleep needs from six to nine hours, advises keeping to a reasonable prebreakfast walk, and cautions that waking before breakfast can harm delicate constitutions and dull energy after the meal.
Fire destroys Divinity Hall at Wittenberg College grounds
Springfield Ohio December 29 The seminary building on the Wittenberg College grounds, a gift from Dr M V Hamma of Washington DC, burned to total loss. The structure housed recitation rooms dormitory and libraries of Drs Ort and Breckenridge with about 20000 dollars in insured contents destroyed. fire traced to a cellar furnace.
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Wittenberg College
Springfield
Hamma
Drs. Ort and Breckenridge
Strikers at Continental Tobacco Plant Demand Higher Wages
About 1,700 workers at the Continental Tobacco plant in Louisville walk out over pay demands and opposition to new rules by a new superintendent. One employee was arrested for disorderly conduct as managers received the workers' statement and the crowd dispersed.
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Louisville
Continental Tobacco Company
Berlin Merchants Report Links U S Prosperity Reversal
The Berlin Society of Merchants notes the first impulse to reversing prosperity came from the United States. Unfavorable iron market reports abroad in spring and the threat of American competition in European markets caused a disastrous effect on the boerse.
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America
Berlin
Berlin Society of Merchants
United States
Atlantic
Major Botha’s Prediction In Rome On Africa War
Major Grover Botha arrives in Rome on his way to The Hague carrying dispatches for Mr. Kruger. He predicts the South African war will last years and says Steyn planned the Cape Colony invasion with an Afrikander revolt certain.
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Botha
Rome
Grover Botha
Louis Botha
Hazxe
Mr. Kruser
South Africa
Steyn
Cape Colony
Barbadian unrest and cane fields burned amid reciprocity setback
Kingston reports Barbadoes sees rampant arson with thirteen cane fields and homes burned in the week ending December 16. Planters seek police protection as interest groups express disappointment over the Americana reciprocity treaties not being ratified.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Hanged for Arson in Perry County Lynching
George Fuller, a Black tenant charged with burning Dennis Cummings’ barn, was seized by masked men near Marion Perry County and hanged from a tree while being taken to jail. He had a criminal record and a bad reputation.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Fuller
Marion
Perry County
Dennis Cummings
Fuller
Great Demand For Shirt Waists Expected
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports shirt waists will be extremely popular next season. Salesmen on the road are sending large orders for shirt waists for next spring and indicate heavy demand. Manufacturers say demand far exceeds expectations and more goods must be produced than anticipated.
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Pittsburg
Drowning in Cumberland River Near Celina
Three people James Atkins, his wife Sarah, and Lou Cunningham drowned when their small boat struck a snag and sank in the Cumberland River near Celina Tennessee while crossing the stream.
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Nashville
James Atkins
Sarah
Lou Cunningham
Cumberland River
Celina
Tenn
Haiti President Tiresias Sam Speaks To Haiti Enemies
President Tiresias Simon Sam of Haiti delivered a December 16 address deprecating foes seeking to discredit his government before the United States and others. He vowed to watch enemies until his term ends in 1903 as advices report an excellent impression and a tranquil country.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Tiresias Simon Sam
Haiti
United States
Colombian minister to United States named. new secretary named
United States Charge Baupre reports Carlos Martinez Silva, Colombian minister for foreign affairs, appointed minister to the United States and due to sail within two weeks. Thomas Herran named secretary of the legation in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Baupre
Bogota
State Department
Carlos Martinez Silva
Thomas Herran
Legation
Boy Found Safe After Kidnapping Hoax in Judd
Fort Dodge reports 9-year-old Johnnie Tonhose of Judd Iowa, believed kidnapped ten days earlier, was found in a hay loft. He had lived on vegetables from the cellar. feet and legs were frostbitten.
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Fort Dodge
Johnnie Tonhose
Lew Tonhose
Judd
Pettigrew's Successor Named Likely Gamble in SD
Sioux Falls Dec 29 Congressmen favor Robert J Gamble of Yank ton as virtually unopposed Republican choice to succeed Senator Pettigrew whose term ends March 4 in the United States Senate nomination process.
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Pettigrew
Sioux Fells
S. D
Robert J. Gamble
Yankton
United States
Pork markets report trichinae in Managua shipments
Managua Nicaragua December 29 ER Liberal official government paper says a large amount of trichinae was found in pork sold in local markets.
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Managua
Nicaragua
ER Liberal
Sears the Vignature of & SU Gerrtia
The readable fragments describe a local or personal name event with unclear context and missing details. Entities and places are not identifiable, and no concrete action or outcome is evident from the text available.
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Dodd
Peking’s Wall
Golr
Denver Post
Bodkin
Q. C
Francis Macdonagh
Trish
Silken
Nestor
France
New York Press
Drs. Ikennedyé
Keagan
Superior St
Cleveland, O
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M. D
Ideal Pharmacy
Clinton and
Third Streets
Gorn W & Plumbing
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Clinton St
4Th and
6Th Street
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