Trade Promises Rebuilding Kharput Mission Annex
Constantinople April 24 The sultan may rebuild the American mission at Kharput and add an annex to Roberts College in Constantinople Washington reports no official confirmation yet but sees it as a hopeful sign toward a full settlement of the indemnity claim officials call it a friendly move and a potential step in years of work.
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Constantinopie
Khart
Roberts College
Constantinople
Washington
Kharput
New York
Transmissippi Commercial Congress Adopts Plans in Houston
The 10th annual Transmississippi Commercial Congress adjourned in Houston to meet next year in Cripple Creek Colorado. It endorsed a permanent organization plan and the St Louis exposition, appointed a committee for the hearing on the fair bill, and urged passage of a Nicaragua canal bill. Committees suggested sugar industry support and waterway improvements, plus opening Indian reservations and promoting irrigation and settlement.
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Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Houston
Tex
Cripple Creek
Colo
Congress
National Honatess
Committee On
National Congress
Gilsonite
Utah
Buffalo
Gold Strike Report From Nome Region and River Town Fire
Five men return to Nome area from Caps Nome speaking of a new strike 100 miles east on a small creek where early pans yielded 25 to 35 dollars and later depths reached 40 dollars. Tampico reports Panuco trading post destroyed by fire leaving two thousand homeless and awaiting shelter. In Cairo the murder of Charleston city marshal Elmo Erie is unveiled as Riley Powell is hanged with the victim’s widow and children watching. New York notes the capture of Bocas del Toro and threats of an attack by the United States.
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Nome
Statriz
Cottage City
Skagway
Tampitco
Panuco
Tampico
St Louis
Cairo
Congressional Schedule Highlights Naval Debates and Armor Bills
A summary of congressional activity from April 17 to 23 outlines Senate and House debates on naval appropriations, armor, and shipbuilding. Key moments include Hoar’s anti imperialism speech, Alaskan civil code discussions, and the stripping of armor costs for Maine Ohio and Missouri.
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Senate
Stewart Net
United States
Hansbrough
Nelson
Minn
Carter
Teller
House
Navy Department
Porto Rico
Secretary of the Treasury
Maine
Ohio
Missouri
Bacoly
Secretary of War
Cuba
Perkins
Cal
Quay
Pennsylvania
Representative Settle
Kentucky
M. S. Quay
Deluge in Texas Rains Sweep April 23
Torrential rains drenched Texas across the state on April 23 causing flooding concerns and rapid runoff as weather systems moved through multiple counties. Formation of high water and street flooding reported in several cities.
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Texas
Dans
Liquidation in Wheat and Livestock Prices Report
Wheat closed steady after a fractional drop as liquidation and higher passage prices weighed on grains. Corn and oats fell slightly while pork and lard moved modestly lower, and cash bids showed No 2 red and No 2 spring wheat amid varied grain quotes. Chicago live stock sales showed mixed cattle and hog demand with steady to lower prices, and beef and sheep values edging down in response to receipts.
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Cricano
Metropolitan National Bank
Chicago
Continental National Bank
Chi Deseret National Bank
Sal Lake City
Utah
People's National Bank
Iowa National Cruck Toad Hontgom Rds CO
Whele Dry Goods
Nelson Morris & Oe Beef and Pork Packers
Rosenbaum Bros
Union Stock Yards
Clay, Robinson & Co
Omen Stock Yards
Silberman Brothers
Michigan
Ill
Kansas City Live Stock Market Receipts and Prices
Kansas City market reports on April 23 show cattle receipts at 3 800 with heavy native steers at 4.70 to 5.00, light weights 4.50 to 4.80, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 5.83, butchers 8.26 to 15.45, canners 2.65 to 3.25, fed westerns 4.25 to 4.70, Texans 4.00 to 4.65. Hog receipts 7 600 with heavy 5.45 to 5.85, mixed 5.40 to 5.80, light 5.00 to 5.30, pigs 4.56 to 5.05. Sheep receipts 9 600 with killing sheep active, fed lambs 6.00 to 7.00, clipped lambs 5.50 to 6.80, muttons 5.50 to 6.00, stockers 4.50 to 4.85, culls 3.50 to 4.50. South Omaha reports 2 100 with native steers 3.00 to 4.00 and canners 2.25 to 6.40.
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Chicago
Cacao
Texas
Kansas City
Colorado
Evolution of key pronunciation from kay to kee in English verse
The note traces when key shifted from the long a kay to the long e kee, cites early usages in Milton Comus and Marvell, and tracks rhymes in Herbert Dryden Swift and Green's Spleen. It cites Nares 1764 on ey as a diphthong, arguing the kee pronunciation became standard soon after 1730s.
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Key
Kee
Kay
Skeat
Marvell
Herbert
Culver
Wither
Arete
Dryden
Swift
Green
Duncombe
Gray
Garrick
Flea
Nares
Sociable sleeping in threes in Belgian town
A party of three travelers in Dinant, Belgium, faced miscommunication over hotel rooms. In one room were three beds and three basins, while a second room offered six beds for a higher price. The trio settled on two rooms, one for the man and one for the two ladies, each with three beds, as the hostess quipped that sleeping in threes is more sociable.
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Dinant
Belgium
Indies
Jests of Hellogabulus and Nero Host Humorous Pranks
The eccentric Hellogabulus enjoyed practical jokes on guests with deformities by crowding them into small spaces and collapsing sofas. Nero reportedly mocked bald-heads at theater, throwing nuts and prompting retorts.
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Fanny
Hellogabulus
Nero
Heaven Twice Found in a Man's Evolving Ideals
A Detroit Journal excerpt shows a man declaring Heaven after a kiss and two years later his baby stops crying, yet his ideals have shifted with time. The passage contrasts early bliss with later disillusion as perspectives change.
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Detroit Journal
Customer and tailor exchange threaten fashion deal
A customer begs a tailor to finish a new suit by Saturday and pledges debt. The tailor retorts that if this is the customer’s game the clothes will not be done. Ohio State Journal notes a sales line about work hours and population.
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Ohio
State Journal
Church Services and Schedules in Local Faith Community
The First Baptist Church at Idaho and Sebree streets lists services including Sunday worship at 11:00, Bible school at 12:00, Young People's meeting at 6:30, and evening preaching at 7:30 with midweek lectures from May to October. St James and M E Church announce Sunday school at 10:00, morning service at 11:00, evening service at 7:30, and various youth activities.
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Idaho
Sebree Streets
Henry F. Cope
Epworth
Butt
D. Hooker
C. E
The Race of the Age Train Race Versus Children
A crowd notes children racing a train near Hngle wood as a gray onlooker reflects on "The child is the father of the man." The piece shifts to a promotional testimonial for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming it purifies blood to prevent disease. It recounts Luther Martin's cure in Leroy West Virginia in 1896 after doctors gave up.
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Hnglewood
Httle
America
Moses
Dr. Pierce
Leroy
W. Va
Luther Martin
Esa
Lubec, Wood Co
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