Joint note controversy sparks upheaval in Peking
Cables from Peking report protests by southern viceroys over the joint note with the United States and England. The court delays signing as Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching face pressure. Empress Dowager reportedly opposes China’s acceptance of demands while Britain and the U.S. back new treaty talks.
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United States
England
Empresa
Peking
Janu
Yangtse
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Chang-Chi-Tung
China
Empress le Defiant
Washington
Conger
State Department
Hay
London
Great Britain
Lord Tanadonte
Norifie
Choate
Huy
Morrison
the Times
Panama threat looms as revolutionists near Isthmus
Consul General Gudger in Colombia reports Colombian government says revolutionaries are approaching Panama and preparing for fighting. U S authorities vow vigorous action to protect American interests if Panama is bombarded.
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Washington
Gudger
Panama
State Department
Colombia
Governors Inaugurated Across Several States January 9
Multiple states report inaugurations on January 9 with simple ceremonies. Colorado’s James B. Orman sworn in before Chief Justice Campbell. South Carolina’s M B McSweeney begins second term. Florida’s William S Jennings takes oath as governor. South Dakota’s Herreid starts term after legislative organization. Minnesota legislature also convened with Lt. Gov. T A Smith sworn in and caucus officers chosen.
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Denver
James B. Orman
Colorado
Campbell
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Columbia
S. C
M. B. McSweeney
Tallahassee
Pla
William S. Jennings
Florida
Taylor
Pierre
Gov. Herreid
St. Paul
Minn
Senate
T. A. Smith
Royalist Leader W. Horace Wright Dead by Poison
In Honolulu on January 1 1900 W Horace Wright journalist lawyer and royalist leader killed himself with carbolic acid in the Independent office where he served as associate editor His death follows the death of David I Nanon speaker of the house who died at his Honolulu home of paralysis earlier this session
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Honolulu
San Francisco
W. Horace Wright
Hawaii
The
Independent
David I. Nnone
House of Representatives
Republic of Hawaii
Major Stamp Paper Increase Noted for 1900
Post office department reports stamped paper issued to five largest offices for quarter ending December 31, 1900. Total 6,925,908 up from 5,121,684 in 1899, an increase of 1,804,223.
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Post Office Department
Washington
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Ainslie's Magazine Poem by Arthur Stringer on Song
A verse from Arthur Stringer in Ainslie's Magazine laments that humans possess the will to sing but lack the wings to reach infinite desires. The speaker addresses the gifted singers whose tawny throats produce pure notes while the gods withhold equal flight from mortals.
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Arthur Stringer
Ainslie‘s Magazine
Date of the flood traced to Adam’s birth in Bible
The article recalls a bishop's flood question for eight African Methodist candidates. It presents a calculations based on Genesis ages to place the flood 1056 years after Adam’s birth, citing Genesis chapters five and six and the Noah narrative from Genesis eleven. It notes New York Sun reporting the same date.
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South
Adam
Seth
Enos
Cairn
Culumn
Maldaleel
Mahalaleel
Jared
Enoch
Methuselah
Begat
Laameeh
Lamech
Noah
Gensis
New York Sun
Advice From Butcher On Newspapers And Appetite
A Philadelphia Times quotation cites a butcher urging papers to focus more on food guidance than fashion. He complains women poorly distinguish meat quality and tests for freshness while noting men know more about food stuffs. He recounts a young woman asking to buy veal cutlets and debating fry thickness.
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Atchison Globe
Philadelphia Times
Spinsters and the old term in legal use
A brief note on unmarried women once called spinsters or spinning women and the habit of delaying marriage until linen spinning was complete. The term persisted in legal documents, reflecting old family and domestic customs.
Building Office Jokes Prompt Moral Crisis
A Baltimore American quip mocks a janitor who, after becoming a faith curist, gives the office "absent treatment." A Chicago News line notes that earliest memories from a mother’s knee endure, suggesting lasting influence of parental lessons in readers.
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Markleigh
Barkleigh
Baltimore American
Chicago News
The Gallup House and Its Diabeloth Distracts
Mrs Gallup in high spirits amid a ritual of deathbed testimonials for a quack remedy. Samuel Gallup returns to a scene of warnings and pleas as she anticipates her own funeral and a cheap gravestone, spurring him to consider buying multiple bottles.
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Susan Gallup
Samuel
Poor Richard's Bread Box at Hospital In Philadelphia
An old tin box labeled Poor Richard's head box sits in the Philadelphia hospital drug room. Nurses and physicians refill it with penny cakes and ginger snaps, sharing treats as the box is charged anew by the hospital steward.
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Richard
Benjamin Pranklin
Pennsylvania Hospital
George II
Dr. Rush
Ben Franklin
Franklin
Philadelphia
Consumption and Scott's Emulsion Promised Cure
An advertisement explains consumption as a lung disease caused by a germ and promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as food that strengthens the body and defeats the germ. It urges trying a free sample and lists pricing and the chemist address in New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Chemists
Pearl St
New York
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cited For Scrofula Cures
Advertised medical testimonial claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cured scrofula in multiple patients. Names Brearley of Potter Hill Rhode Island and Spear family of Parishville New York are mentioned along with a Longview Arkansas case and general signs of the disease. The tone echoes a 19th century patent medicine pitch.
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Tohn Brearley
Potter Hill
R. I
Minnie Spear
Parishville
WN. Y
A. E. Withers
Longview
Ark
Hood
Spontaneous Combustion Produces Nighttime Confusion
A young man, out at 8:20 p m, argues with a policeman after claiming a case of spontaneous combustion. The officer, amused, sent him home telling him to get to bed as the youth explains quarrels with his girlfriend’s father caused the confusion.
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Detroit Free Press
Cearken Townsend
Townsend
Europe
Comic Snippets and Quotes From Various Papers
A collage of short humor items and wisecracks from multiple papers. Includes remarks on lightning rods causing barn fires, a schoolboy named Sammy missing class, a nobleman and banker quips, and a Japanese note about milk production centuries ago.
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Mouse
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Col
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Alfred Packer
Denver Post
H. H.tammen
F. G. Bonfils
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W. W. Anderson
Hia
Springfield
Jan. Y
New Athens
George Horsley
John Coxen
Robert Coxen
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Herbert Marquissen
Frank J. Kratke
Marqnissen
Wanesew Railway
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Superior
Shawano and Merrill
Emanuel de Souza
Madeira
Washington Star
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Mr. Gallup
Jim Dewitt
Hanner
New York Weekly
Sammy
Howdie Hurlburt
Maomma
Mamma
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Womma
Temple of Fame
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