Arrangements Under Way for Porto Rico Currency Retirement
The U S Treasury completed plans to retire Porto Rican peso and exchange with American money. James A Sample and W P Watson named to travel to Porto Rico to conduct the exchange under the Porto Rican bill. About 10 million pieces of silver currency worth 5 million pesos to be exchanged at 60 cents per peso, requiring roughly 3 million dollars in American currency.
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Washington
Treasury Department
James A. Sample
Roberts
W. P. Watson
New York
Porto Rico
Congress
Dynamite Works Explodes Killing Three in Michigan
An explosion at the Ajax Dynamite works near Kawkawlin Michigan kills three men William Weaver Edward Halligan and Ke Van Vlassler. The blast wrecks buildings uproots trees and injures families in the area. Owner H H Thomas of Bay City reports financial loss small despite widespread damage.
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Kawkawlin
Mich
Bay Orry
Ajax Dynamite Works
This County
William Weaver
Edward Halligan
Ke van Vlassler
West Bay
H. H. Thomas
Bay City
Famine Crisis in Calcutta Aims Human Labor for Ploughing
Official famine reports describe unbearable misery and inadequate relief in Calcutta district. Cattle mortality drives authorities to consider using human labor for farming as a drastic measure never seen in prior scarcity. Natives grow hostile toward Europeans with a deadly attack on soldiers at Shappur.
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Carcutta
Gay
Shappur
Placer Gold Found at Wedderburn Victoria Australia
Australian reports confirm rich placer ground at Wedderburn Victoria with John Boyd first to stake claims and unearth a 61 ounce nugget. Authorities fear bubonic plague could spread via rabbits prompting a commission inquiry and a panic claimed by reports of plague in northern Victoria.
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Australia
Victoria
B. C
Wedderburn
John Boyd
Drunken Row Ends in Death of Veterinary Surgeon
James Stuart a veterinary surgeon living at Londonderry in this county was found dead in a street with his head brained. George Poe was arrested and confessed he struck Stuart with a stone in a drunken row.
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OmircoTur
James Stuart
Londonderry
George Poe
Stuart
Oil analogy and medicina ad claims in 19th century ad
An advertisement equates engine oil with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, asserting the medicine cleanses blood and strengthens organs. It features a testimonial from Mr. Chas. Se of creft baer Co. praising the product's alleged health benefits and cure of long standing ailments.
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Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Guaieci
Mr. Chas
Creft Baer Co
Battle intensifies as British press Boer positions
London April 24 war office dispatch from Bloemfontein dated April 23 reports heavy fighting along multiple fronts. General Pole-Carew and General French advance to support General Rundle. casualties listed for Welsh Regiment Yorkshires and others. Boers evacuate Bushmanskop, running skirmish continues near Wepener and Denetsdorp as Bra bant moves northeast with Basutoland on the flank.
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London
War’ Office
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Pole-Carew
French
Rundle
Karriefontein
Prother
Yorkshires
Hizhth Hussars
Fourteenth Hussars
Royal Artillery
Reinforcements Show Large Boer Forces Around Wepener
London dispatch notes Lord Roberts pushes relief of Wepener with strong reinforcements to envelope Boers retreating north. Boers reported to have cannon, including big guns, and to be assembling in numbers around Wepener. Paardekraal seized by British after Boer withdrawal from Leeuwkop. Pole Carew’s guns and kop fell to the British.
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Hart
General Brabant
Basutoland
Wepener
Dalgetty
Denetsdorp
London
Lord Roberts
Times
Thaba N’chu
Dewet
Jammersburg Drift
Karriefontein
War Office
Bloemfontein
Leeuwkop
Paardekraal
Pole Carew
Kop
Pretoria
Brabeat In a Running Fight
A running clash unfolds as Brabeat engages in combat actions during April with 98 being noted as an acting period marker. The fragment references ongoing struggle without clear outcomes or full context.
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Brabeat
Eas
Action at Leeuwkop forces Boer line back at sunset
Bloemfontein correspondent reports at Leeuwkop near London on April 24 the British brigades under Dickinson Pole Carew and Stevens attacked with Welsh Warwick Essex and Darsinghire regiments open fire from a pompon ridge. The Essex battalion finally drove the Boers from Paarde kraal at sunset amid heavy rifle and pompon fire.
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Leeuwkop
London
Bloemfontein
The
Standard
Dickinson
Pole- Carew
Stevens
Welsh
Warwick
Essex
Darsinshire
Guards Brigade
Essex Regiment
Paarde Kraal
CHICAGOAMBULANCE CORPS MEMBERS JOIN BOER ARMY
United States consul reports Chicago ambulance corps members taking up arms in the Boer army in South Africa after pledging hospital service. Government cannot prevent the breach of faith as they did not depart with arms, and Portuguese authorities may allow passage through Lourenco Marques.
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Washington
United States
Hay
Pretoria
State Department
Chicago
Lourenzo Marquez
Rain Only Can Save Timber in Cass Lake Fire Threat
Fires rage around Cass Lake endangering stumps and log lumber. Minneap olis timber owners, led by M J Scanlon of Scanlon Gibson, warn dry conditions could ignite vast losses, with back firing efforts and rivers drying up amid a regional blaze spreading miles west and south.
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Cass Lake
Minneapolis
M. J. Scanlon
Scanlon-Gibson Lumber Company
Floods Cause Heavy Losses Around Purvis Mississippi
Mose Alabama reports large flood damage near Purvis Mississippi with hundreds of livestock drowned crops washed away and several houses swept away. John Horton and his wife and five children are noted as casualties near Jackson with more deaths likely as communications return. Lake Charles reports miles of railroad under water.
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Mose
Ala
Purvis
Miss
John Horton
Jackson
Lake Charles
Kansax City
Pittsburg
Gulf Road
Heavy rains cripple transport across Texas and Louisiana
Special dispatches report heavy rains over Texas Louisiana and Mississippi. The big Louisville and Nashville bridge at West Pascagoula shifted ten feet by floating logs. Passenger service is badly crippled and mails are being transferred by boat. Freight traffic is suspended.
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New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Louisville and Nashville
West Pascagoula
Forest Fires Threaten Duluth Area In 1894 Parallels
Fire reports spread around Duluth with no major losses yet. Officials warn the situation resembles 1894 when disastrous fires caused widespread devastation, highlighting the peril and regional extensions of the blaze.
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Duluth
Devas
Manila War Toll and Insurgent Activity Report
Reports from Manila detail heavy combat as insurgents surge in Luzon and General Pio Del Pilar resurfaces with 800 fighters at San Miguel. Filipino casualties approach 878 killed and 244 captured with many wounded. American losses run nine killed and 16 wounded. Plague cases in Quiapo prompt quarantines and market burnings.
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Pilar
San Miguel
Manila
Luzon
Pio del Pilar
Thirty Fifth Infantry
Quiapo
Welland Canal Dynamiters Drink Before At Thorold Lock
Three men Karl Dallman John Nolin and John Walsh attempted to blow the Welland canal lock at Thorold on a Saturday night using dynamite. They were drunk at the moment of the attack reducing their prudence and increasing danger to Merriton villagers. Authorities remain unsure of motive with theories including Boer sympathizers Fenian involvement or enemies of the Conners syndicate aiming to halt grain flow to Montreal.
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Welland Canal
Tapers
Macara Fall
N. Y
Karl Dallman
John Nolin
John Walsh
Thorold
Merriton
Conners Syndicate
Montreal
Ecumenical conference holds eight sectional meetings
Eight sectional meetings were held in as many churches in New York on April 24 with reports on Christian missions across China Burma Assam Siam India Ceylon Africa and America. Missionaries spoke at each session and both Carnegie Hall and Central Presbyterian Church drew crowded attendances.
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New York
China
Burma
Assam
Siam
India
Ceylon
Ocernica
Mohammedan
Africa
North
South America
Carnegie Hall
Central Presbyterian Churc
Japan
Korea
Oceanica
West Indies
Cina
Central America
Mexico
Burmah
Asian
Syria
Egypt
Turkey
Persia
Arabia
Portage Dam Breaches Flood Portage Wisconsin
The government levee failed below the toll gate in Portage First ward last night washing away a 30 foot stretch. The lower part of the ward is flooded and Milwaukee road tracks are threatened. A large crew cannot stop the break as the plank road to Portage fills with water and becomes impassable.
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Portage Dam
Portags
Wis
First Ward
Milwaukee Road
Portage
Boxers Kill Native Catholics Near Pao Ting Fu
Reports say Boxers massacred many Chinese Catholics near Pao Ting Fu in Pe Chi Li province southwest of Tien Tsin. The German gunboat left those waters as President and Mrs. McKinley departed Washington for a Canton visit via the Pennsylvania Road.
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Goexn
Canton
Washington
McKinley
Pennsylvania Road
Ee “Will
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