West Point hazing recalled by ex cadet Hawkinson
Nels W Hawkinson recalls hazing at West Point in 1889 from a freshmen class sidelined by defective eyesight. He describes rough but non deadly rites, a memorable fellow cadet Kane from Kentucky, and a basement boxing bout that Kane won with a sharp, unexpected upper cut after a clumsy start.
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Grand Forks
Northwest
Nels W. Hawkinson
House of Wright, Barrett & Stilwell
St.Paul
Nels
West Point
Uncle Sam
Biff
Kane
Kentucky
Tm. d
Hawkey
Heli
Ramsey County warrants payable on presentation
Notice that all outstanding Ramsey County warrants will be paid upon presentation. T. Thorson, County Treasurer, 42.44.
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Ramsey County
T. Thorson
Look It Up Quick. Brown and Co. Bargainin g homestead relinquishment
A brief notice notes a bargain in a homestead relinquishment in Hamedy county, Sis Lake county, and Banner county, cataloging the entity names and locations read from the clipped source.
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Borwn & Co
Hamedy
Sis Lake
Banner County
Pity Beauty Pity Beauty
A distressed note laments a starving baby, describing thin limbs and hollow cheeks. It claims the child cannot gain fat from food and urges Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as the remedy, branding the genuine product by Scott and Bowne with a price of 31.00.
Scandinavian News Roundup of Sweden Norway and Denmark
A wide scrape of European notes from Sweden Norway and Denmark covers teacher salaries in Swedish cities rise this fall and unions press for organization while workers in Stockholm face orders to join unions to secure London orders. It also reports Lund students forming a female society, Sofielund’s incorporation talks, a fatal fire near Kalmar, Norway’s suffrage move at Vardo and church pew issues, tax and census plans, and various economic and cultural items across the region.
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Sweden
Stadssjo
Loo
China
Aug. Berg
Malmo
Op Th&o
Petchora Lumbering
Russia
Rikedag
Ekman
Stockholm
London
Lund
Sofielund
Old City
Kalmar
Boer Invasion Expands Across Cape Colony War Front
London reports Cape Town says Boer invaders total 6,000 moving in two western prongs toward Malmesbury and Beaufort West. Kitchener sends troops as farmers are urged to aid, with western loyalty doubtful and widespread robbery. Dispatches note captures, prisoners, and rising hostilities across colonies and West Africa.
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London
Cape ‘Town
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Sutherland
Malmesbury
Beaufort West
Lord Kitchener
O Day
Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
Knox
de Wet
Cape Town
The
Times
Graaf Reinet
Colesburg
Nesbitt
Weltevreden
West Africa
Colonial Office
Gamoia River
Great Year for Trade With British Colonies
A Washington report in the Times notes that Britain’s colonies abroad imported over 1 billion dollars in 1899, with about half from the United Kingdom. India bought 300 million, Canada 140 million, Australia near 200 million, the West Indies 33.6 million, and Africa 130 million, reflecting substantial colonial trade and indicating no evident decline.
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New York
the Times
Washington Sage
Great Britain
India
England
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
Australasian Islands
British West Indies
Africa
Trains Collide Near Hays Station Killing Seven
A telegraph dispatch from Fayette reports two Yazoo & Mississippi Valley double header freight trains collided near Hays Station, 50 miles south of Vicksburg, at nine Tuesday night. Seven of the eight crewmen are dead, with surgeons called from Fayette and Harriston as doctors rush to the scene aboard an engine carrying all available medical personnel.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Herald
Fayette
Yazoo
Druggist fatally shot by burglar in Pueblo store
Walter C. Casley, a Pueblo druggist, was shot through the head and killed in his store Tuesday morning. A clerk found the body at 6:30 a.m. The cash register was rifled and every pocket searched. the burglar escaped.
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Pueblo
Col
Walter C. Casley
Casley
Ignatius Donnelly Dies Sage of Ninninger
Ignatius Donnelly, longtime Minnesota politician and writer, died of heart failure at 69 in Minneapolis after an illness of three hours. Born in Philadelphia in 1831, he moved to Nininger in 1856, held multiple offices, edited numerous papers, and authored works including Atlantis and Caesar's Column. He leaves a wife Marion Hansen, a daughter, and two sons, with his last political run as a vice presidential candidate on the populist ticket.
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Minneapolis
Ignatius Donnelly
Ninninger
Martin Hanson
Donnelly
Hastings
Murphy
Mr. Donnelly
Ingatius Donnelly
Philadelphia
Nininger
Minn
Congress
Volunteers
Horace Greeley
Elections Committee of Congress
England
France
Germany
Bacon
Dr. Huguest
J. Donnelly
St. Paul
Butte
Misa Marion Hansen
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