War time army structure under Meikle proposal
The document outlines a bill directing wartime military organization. It differentiates regular and volunteer forces, sets three year enlistments for volunteers, and assigns officer appointments by the president on governors’ recommendations. It details militia transfer rules, division and corps formation, and general officer appointments from any branch.
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Meiklejohn
Congress
Volunteer Army
National Guard
Regular
Militia
Governor Orders Rifles for Rosborough Miners Riots
Governor Tanner orders Springfield rifles and 1000 rounds of ammunition to Rosborough near Sparta Randolph County to quell rioting coal miners. Sheriff McFarland requested aid and will escort the weapons to arm deputies. If peace fails, state troops may be deployed.
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Sprinarmup
Tanner
Rosborough
Sparta
Randolph County
Sherif McFarland
Dauntless Becomes AP Dispatch Boat Under Bond
The filibustering tug Dauntless is released on a $25,000 bond and fitted as the Associated Press dispatch boat. She sails from Jacksonville with AP correspondents and a picked crew to cover southern seas along the Florida and Cuban coast.
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Dauntless
Jacksonville
Fla
Associated Press
United States Court
Associated Preas
Florida
Cuban
Quiet Havana Strikes Amid War Urgency
All Quiet In Havana reports streets calmer than days past as business stalls and papers pressure Spain to declare war. Spaniards claim insurgents mutilated a captured sergeant of volunteers.
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Havana
Spain
Dreibund Proposes Plebiscite On Cuban Government
London report says the dreibund led by Germany Austria and Italy proposes a plebiscite for Cuba to determine its form of government Italy urging the move population to vote on Cuba’s future governance under existing sovereignty and influence questions arise over the outcome and implications for the region.
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Dreibund
London
Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria
Italy
Cuba
Watson Nominated by Republicans in Sixth District
Watson I James of Broogeville Indiana wins Republican nomination for Congress in the Sixth district praised as the man who beat Holman.
Grain and Provision Market News Colors War Theories
Foreign prices and war theories drive speculations on the board of trade with mixed gains across commodities. Wheat advances on heavy export sales while May and July futures show modest to notable increases, and pork and other provisions edge higher amid fluctuating cash quotes and live stock activity in Chicago and Kansas City markets.
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Board of Trade Today
Self-murder and medical hope in an era of despair
A reflective column discusses suicide as a grim social issue, citing why people in high society take their lives and urging readers to seek proper medical care. It promotes the Warner Azaro Medicine Co and its New York address offering expert treatment for diseases of lungs nerves blood stomach liver kidneys and disorders peculiar to women and men.
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Guy de Maupassant
Lves
Washington
Warner. Azaro Medicine Co
Broadway
New York
California
Cal
Louisville
W.york
Bly
Fragments of a Poem by Harriet Prescott Spofford
A damaged OCR fragment presents a verse excerpt about ships rivers nets and dreams. The lines compare many to one and note repetition of asking what it all means when done. The passage includes the author’s name Harriet Prescott Spofford.
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Msn
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Strong Heredity: Baby Corfield’s Courtroom Ordeal and Isolation
The London Sun recounts Baby Corfield born with a powerful inheritance who assumes caregiver duties for her parents, wins a magistrate’s appointment, and faces an emotional arc as the elderly couple vanish then reappear. Her later life ends as she remains single, preserving heredity for herself.
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Aby
Mrs. Corfield
Papa
Baby
Bab
Mrs.Corfield
Philippa Reginaldina Corfield
Willoughby Square
Migs Corfield
Ates
T. M
Mr. Corfield
Min
Corfields
London Sun
Beautifying Alabama Towns Gains Ground in North Alabama
The Guntersville Democrat reports new town beautification associations forming in Florence Huntsville and other north Alabama towns. Women lead the efforts with men supporting, focusing on cleansing, painting, fence and yard upkeep to attract residents and improve appeal.
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North
Alabama
Florence
Huntsville
Guntersville
Birmingham Age-Herald
Motorman Feared Dead After Illness in Montgomery
A Montgomery motorman named George W. Arberry fell ill with yellow fever and was thought dead. His body was placed in a box by two men who attempted to bury it as a mule team panicked and fled the scene.
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George W. Arberry
Montgomery
Ala
Notable 19th Century Intellectuals and Figures From Europe
The article surveys a roster of scholars and officials including Walter Ralston of the Smithsonian, a native Alaskan cleric Lidward Miocene associated with Lane Theological Seminary, Father Weniger of Cincinnati, Vera Byarquette’s stamp image link, Yong Foo secretary to General Williams in Sucre, Professor Otto Bohtlingk celebrating his Phoilosophy doctorate, M. Dolegorgue a Zola trial presiding figure, and M. Bosquet a former deputy and Paris court counselor.
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W. N. Mckendrich
Lewis
Chennai
Walter Ralston
Smithsonian
Taviatada
Lidward
Lane Theologian Seminary
America
Father Weniger
Cincinnati
Vera Byarquette
Omaha
Yong Foo
Willjans Ae
Salvation Army
California
Otto Bohtlingk
Roth
St. Petersburg
Leipsic
M. Dolegorgue
Zola
M. Bosquet
Gard
National Assembly
Paris Courte
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Fox
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Wisdom
John Olsenberg
Swan Melin
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Elkhorn
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Henry Dancer
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Fred Schuler
Theodore Nelson
William
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J. W. Morton
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