Spanish Autonomy Declared for Cuba Amid Rebel War
In Madrid the Bagasta ministry announced autonomy for Cuba under Spanish suzerainty and a continued campaign against rebels. Weyler refuses to resign, offering services to the government, while diplomats note the move could delay settlement with the United States and influence Spanish politics ahead of elections.
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Madrid
Autonom
Spain
Ag Ming
Senor Bagasta
Tms
Spm
Weyler
Gayst
Senor Gillon
United States
Cuba
Solaras
Sugusta
Intesida
Carpeiea
Enders
Genert
Sagastu
Mair
Electora
Passing of Neal Dow Brief Sketch of a Veteran Prohibitionist
The temperance world marked Gen Neal Dow's ninety third birthday last March as his death is recorded. Dow held a unique place in public life for half a century, shaping anti alcohol policy and leading prohibitionist efforts through an era of reform and political struggle.
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Leader
Neal Dow
Prohibition Leader Dow Revered for Temperance Work
A lifelong temperance advocate born in Portland Maine shaped reform from banning 11 o clock tavern bell to leading Maine’s Thirteenth Maine unit, shot four times and imprisoned, and as a 60 year old earned a lifelong mission. He married sixty seven years ago and in 1880 ran for President on the prohibition ticket. Death came of old age.
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Portland
Maine
Dow
Libby
Prohibition
Fierce Detroit Fire Levels Opera House and Destroys Nearby
A fierce blaze at 1 am in Detroit consumed the opera house and contents, with seven explosions from stage lighting. The nearby H Leonard furniture building, Michel Cable Supply, and several other structures suffered extensive fire damage. Losses are estimated near 250000 dollars, with a block of tenement houses at Hastings Street also destroyed.
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Opera House
Yousea
Detroit
H. Leonard ‘Furniture Company
Michel 'Cable Supply Company
Hastings Street
Wheat Crop Estimate Shows Large 680 Million Bushel Yield
The Orange Judd Farmer’s final wheat crop estimate places threshing returns at 589,000,000 bushels, with 373,030,000 winter and 215,470,000 spring. Illinois and Missouri are exceptions in winter yield. Minnesota and the Dakotas report strong spring output, while Nebraska counters with a good overall result.
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Orange Judd
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebras
Crop reports cite record corn and oats yields for Pacific states
Oregon and Washington reports show corn crop an outside estimate of 1.75 billion bushels, with drought in the past two months lowering condition from 82.8 to 78.9 on Oct 1. Oats yield averages 28.7 bushels per acre, suggesting 814 million bushels, 100 million more than last year.
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Oregon
Washington
Prat
Panic at big fire devastates Chicago stock yards district
A large blaze struck the Chicago stock yards area on Wednesday afternoon. Ten acres burned, a dozen homes destroyed, five injured and one believed burned to death, with property losses surpassing 80000 dollars. Firemen from across the city battled the flames two hours as frightened residents fled. The horse barns near shorty forty fourth street and Halsted were consumed, wind from the south fanning the fire and spreading embers toward surrounding structures. By 5 30 o'clock the flames were under control, marking the worst blaze in the stock yards district in years.
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Chicago Stock Yards
Shorty-Fourth Street
Halsted
Stack Yards
Found His Fortune Michigan Man Strikes It Rich in Alaska
Frank Phiseator of Michigan returned to San Francisco with gold and millions for the future. He left home at age ten to seek space in the West, drifted through Yellowstone Park, and rode to carry mail on a sixty mile route. The strenuous life built him strong, healthy, and wealthy.
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Michigan
Alaska
Frank Phiseator
San Francisco
Frank
West
Yellowstone Park
Michigan man finds wealth in Alaska mining tale
A Michigan man returns home with Western flair and wealth about $3,000 then heads for Alaska. He meets I W Cobb, a Harvard man, and they partner. They work in the Whendyke and Bonanza Creek fields, naming one site Wardorado, later striking it rich.
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Michigan
Phis Lator
Alaska
Yukon
I. W. Cobb
Harvard
West
Cobb
Phiscator
Frisco Move Sparks Million-Dollar Claim Talk
The note claims values reach millions while Phiscator, aged 35, has relocated to Frisco, prompting speculation about a high stakes financial claim.
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Phiscator
Lhe
Frisco
Venezuela elects Gen Ignacio Andrade as president
Gen Ignacio Andrade, aged 58, is elected president of Venezuela in a victory viewed as a boost to pending arbitration with Britain. A longtime ally of Crespo, Andrade has advocated arbitration, staving off opposition from Venezuelan congress critics who challenged the ratified treaty. His close ties to American ideas and his diplomatic family, including a brother serving as Venezuelan minister, frame his likely steady support in office.
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Ignacio Andrade
Venezuela
Great Britain
Gen
Andrade
Venezuelan Congress
State Department
Republic
Gev
Jose Escolastico Andrade
America
Dormitory Fire Kills Seven at South Dakota School
A dormitory fire at the South Dakota State Industrial School in Plankinton between midnight and 1 AM killed seven girls. About twenty five escaped in night robes, with no time to dress. Loss around 25000 dollars includes the printing office and chapel. No fire protection. building soon to be replaced.
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South Dakoats
Plankinton
State Industrial School
Col. Ainsworth
Tawenty
Ainsworth
United States Mint Records Record One Month Output
The Philadelphia mint finished the largest monthly coinage in its history with 14,000,000 pieces produced. Of these, 12,128,841 were U S coins valued at 3,370,440.50 dollars. September gold production totaled 2,875,000, silver 6,846,002 80, and minor coins 47,472. Attendance at the Nashville exposition reached 278,724 for September, with total opening attendance at 2,196,085 to Oct 1. Three Chicago men were arrested for stealing the roof and upper half of a brick dwelling, the lower half remaining undisturbed.
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Brentsa
United States
Philadelphia
Record of a Misrule and printed corruption probe in Iowa
Des Moines correspondence depicts Democrats alleging state printing robbery and tax cuts for railways, with testimony by Lieutenant Governor Parrott a printer by trade. The piece highlights growing claims of state debt, illegal warrants, and banker manipulation tied to the Republican party, urging farmers and workers to question corporate influence and elect reform.
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Parrott
Des Moines
Fred White
Iowa
Serewith
Matt Parrott
Town
Parratt
Mrr. Parrott
eRsistent
WBA Coca Es
Lawn
State Auditor's Office
Selnries Oet
Hes Moines
Republican
Treasury Footers
Heaven
Leslie Shaw
Boies
Drake
Chis Gnet
Serre Wility
Nuober
Baies
Gay
Bluls
Jackson
Ccee
Ees
Merchants
Ralwiy
Bankers
Frank D. Jackson
VW. M
LL. M. Shaw
Frederick BE
Chloroformed Worms Stir Panic at Michigan House
A West Michigan resident found a fat four to five inch worm in a maple tree and, after trying chloroform and observing the creature with a microscope, screamed as the worm appeared to wink from the glass. The Philadelphia News notes the bizarre episode as reported.
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Michigan Street
Philadelphia News
What I say unto you I say unto all
A small boy provokes his father and is forbidden to speak. At family prayers the next morning he recites a garbled verse. The saying ends with a reflection on knowledge as a dagger in unwise hands and a blessing in the hands of the wise.
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Silver Brook
Joey
St. Nicholas
Juvenile Town Tales and Kitten Named Five Friends
A vaudeville of child lore opens with a playful verse about a cabbage-born baby and the quest for proper clothes in Juvenile Town. Then a comical kitten naming tale from Youth’s Companion follows Blackie Gray Paws One Eye Spitfire and Boss, assigned by observant children who note each kitten’s traits. Enlisting school children describes Pittsburg Miss Eaton organizing humane bands of mercy in schools with a million members.
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Blackie
Gray Paws
One Eye
Spitfire
Boss
Miss Eaton
Pittsburg
Bunds of Mercy
Humane Society
Lightning Protection Myths Debunked for City Dwellers
Edward W. Bak, citing Ladies Home Journal, argues that urban wiring raises false fear of storms. He contends the complex system means lightning danger is lower in cities, while rural areas experience more frequent incidents.
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Edward W. Bakundies
Home Journal
Fragmentary Note on a Soldier and Leather Care
A jagged fragment speaks of a soldier preserving boots and leather for his brother officers. It mentions heat, rubbing cream, and a claim that a bone or knuckle involved in the process. The text is unclear and largely opaque in detail and context.
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Picayunei
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