New Hay Bale Process Ships to South Africa and Philippines
A Brooklyn baling plant compresses Canadian hay into cylindrical 145 pound pancakes three quarters of an inch thick, packing 50 cubic feet per ton versus 160 previously. Bales are split between South Africa for Boer combat and Manila for Lawton and MacArthur’s cavalry, with mules carrying two 112 pound bales.
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New York
South Africa
Philippines
Brooklyn
Canada
Manila
Lawton
MacArthur
Surgeon General Sternberg Proposes Bills On Army Surgeons
Surgeon General Sternberg prepares two bills to correct injustices toward volunteer and distant army surgeons. One bill grants acting assistant surgeons the same rights as regular officers and salary during disability. The other pays captain’s salary to mounted assistant surgeons despite volunteer act limits.
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Sternberg Ten
Regular Army
Comptroller Ss
Volunteer Army
Nct
Sternberg
Electric fire carts lead Paris tests and expositions
Paris fire brigade reports an electric hose cart outperforming horse drawn units at several fires while six more electric machines are ordered for the 1900 exposition. British and American coverage notes rising telephone exchanges, with 2,500 independent systems by year end and over 750,000 instruments in use. A new glass roof is commissioned for London's Crystal Palace as English Methodists target 5 million dollars in donations this century.
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Fire Department
New York
Paris
Paris Fire Brigade
Capitaine
Ingenieur Corsier
Bouquet, Garcon and Babtore
Newilly Sur Seine
United States
Crystal Palace
London
St Louis man renounces inheritance to aid the poor
J Enda How of St. Louis refuses a million dollar inheritance claiming it is unearned. He donates 2000 for public welfare via a committee plan to distribute to the poor, while living among the destitute in a mission home at Ninth and Wellington. The donor, a nephew of James B. Eads, aims to inspire similar gifts from others aligned with his beliefs.
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J. Enda How
St. Louis
Lindell Boulevard
Mve
Ninth
Whellington Streets
James B. Eads
Mississippi River
Eastern College
Buxrops
Mow
Evils of Marriage Customs at Reform Association Talk
At a National Reform convention in New York Bishop William C. Doane spoke on Our Marriage and Divorce Laws Their Danger and Remedy. He warned that late night marriage requests and public spectacles demean the service and urged modesty and reverence, noting women are often sold for fortune or title and men seek hearts to break.
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National Reform Association
Broadway Tabernace
New York
William C. Doane
Albany
House of God
A Singular Suit Won Over Berth Mixup on Train
Marcus Braun won a New York city court judgment against Wagner Palace Car for 750 damages after a conductor’s error sold his berth to another passenger. Braun says losing the berth forced him to sit in the smoking car on a Cleveland to New York trip. The rival passenger showed an identical coupon, supporting Braun’s claim.
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New York City
Marcus Braun
Wagner Palace Car Company
Braun
Cleveland
Brauny
New University Buildings Announced by Chicago Leader
At the University of Chicago, President Harper plans to unveil in the winter convocation a package of four new buildings to be erected next year. The first will be an assembly hall to ease crowding in Cobb lecture hall and Kent theater, as junior college and university gatherings outgrow current space.
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University of Chicago
Iarper
Cobb
Kent
L. L. Carpenter
Wabash
Ind
Bethany Assembly of
Brooklyn
Kay
L. L. . Arpenter
S. Evangelist
Christian Church
Oliver
Dr. Kay
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Registration of Valuable Letters to Begin by Carriers
The postmaster general issued a general order to provide for the registration of valuable letters by letter carriers on routes in free delivery cities. The service will start in leading cities and expand rapidly, initially limited to residential districts and excluding business houses with many letters. Postmasters who discourage this service face removal for neglect of duty.
Mysterious man prays on crowded West Philadelphia streetcar
A tall modest man, with a young woman, rode an Angoratrol line car at eight a.m. in West Philadelphia. On Chestnut street bridge he kneeled in prayer for about two minutes, hid his face, then rose and sat upright. At Twentieth street he joined the woman and alighted at Sixteenth, leaving passengers curious.
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West Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Bridge
Twentieth Street
Sixteenth Street
Clairvoyant Madam Dinorra Ad about Future Power
Clairvoyant Madam Dinorra touted as the world's greatest clairvoyant medium offers guidance on business, travel, investments, lawsuits, love, marriage, wills, and money matters. Parlor at 397 Main Street corner Tenth, hours 9 am to 9 pm daily, Sundays 2 pm to 6 pm.
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Madam Dinorra
Patmiat
America
Main Street
Tenth Astraet
Thelma the Egyptian Palm Consultation Ad
The ad invites confidential palmistry consultations on life business and love. It claims palmistry can reveal past present and future and guarantees satisfaction. Parlor location is Sixth and Math corner over Telephone office Top flat with prices starting at 50 cents.
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Thelma
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