ProverbialWisecracks and Livestock Trade Report
A jumble of quips on money and wit opens with scattered maxims about wealth and marriage. Then Berlin says Danish schooling leads to expulsion for crossborder students. An agricultural note explains rising cattle shipments from Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi to St. Louis and Texas markets, marking a shift in stock movement patterns.
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Alabama
Lousiana
Mississippi
St. Louis
Texas
Indian Territory
Philadelphia bank president pays 400000 from his funds
A bank failed in Philadelphia and its president personally wrote a 400000 check to satisfy depositors. He told the receivers he was responsible for more than his stock assessments and would cover the shortfall. The act, though beyond legal requirements, aims to protect trusting business men.
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Philadelphia
Blyen
Berlin industry groups to petition Prussia over Schleswig expulsions
Foreign correspondents report that Berlin industrial associations and syndicates will meet to draft a petition to the Prussian government. They urge halting the continued expulsion of Danes Swedes and Norwegians from northern Schleswig, due to severe export losses and severed German-Danish trade relations. Reports indicate urgent impact on Brunswick Frankfurt Berlin Nuremberg with Austrian and Italian exporters filling gaps.
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Berlin
Schleswig
Germany
Prussia
Brunswick
Frankfort
Nuremberg
Early literary spark noted for Julia Ward Howe
As a young girl Julia Ward Howe earned favorable notice in a local newspaper for writing an article that pleased a favorite uncle who praised her knowledge of books while humorously wishing she knew more about housekeeping. The remark foreshadowed Howe’s later stance on domestic training for women.
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Julia Ward Howe
Httle
Unele
Notable Crime Spree Hits Cities In One Week
A garbled late issue reports multiple homicides and suicides across Ohio New York Pennsylvania and Illinois. Details include Robert Baldwin killed in Kits Hill Ohio by three suspects and Carrie Brincher and Theodore Alcan found dead in a New York hotel. Michael Rulinski known as the Polish Dude killed his wife and committed suicide in a county jail. Frederick Milliken robbed and assaulted in East St. Louis with critical injuries and a railway track incident.
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Robert Baldwin
Tarney Baldwin
Kits Hill
Ohio
Samuel Petrili
Theodore Alcan
Carrie Brincher
Twenty-third Avenue Hotel
New York
Michael Rulinski
Pittsburg
Frederick Milliken
National Stockyarde
East St. Louis
Multiple Disasters and Disappearances Reported Worldwide
Seventeen lives lost as a British bark incidents in Tacoma are noted. An earthquake jolts Santander causing panic and window damage. A Wisconsin man, his wife, and four children die in a dynamite blast. Eighty-two found dead in Randwich home from asphyxiation. Mrs. Thesdel dies in Cleveland. husband badly injured. Steamer Vera Cruz overdue after leaving Vera Cruz for Tampico. Steamer City of Macon from Boston in Savannah with nine crew aboard from the schooner Alpha abandoned near Georgetown.
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Santander
Spain
Wisconsin
Alexander White
Randwich
Ill
Cleveland
Ohio
Fred W. ‘Thesdel Wee
Vera Cruz
Romanos
Tampico
City of Macon
Boston
Savannah
Kennerly
Alpha
Bath
Georgetown
Washington Talk Reveals War Censure Plans and Hearings
The forthcoming report outlines mass censure of officials and generals from Alger onward. The Grace Cragin tyre syndicate heard before the House Commerce Committee. Senator Davis vows a life long fight for the peace treaty, urging continuous Senate sessions until action. A commission to report on ally disposition in the Philippines is appointed with Admiral Dewey as president. A court martial before Gen Merritt is set to try Gem Isagan for conduct unbecoming an officer. The Banking and Currency Committee abandons the McCleary bill effort. Post Offices and Post Roads restores 225000 for pneumatic tube service. Chicago may receive part of a larger appropriation. State Department directs Berlin to remove William Brier from the German army, but his present location is unknown.
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War Investigating Commission
Alger
Grace-Cragintyre Syndicate
Nicarazua Canal
House
Davis
Ife
Senate
Admiral Dewey
Merritt
Gem Isagan
Gen. Miles
House Committee On Banking and Currency
McCleary
House Committee On
Post Offices
Chicago
State Department
Washington
United States
Berlin
William Brier
Cincinnati
Brier
Ill fated ships and unrest dominate Atlantic chatter
Rumors place the Albany and Oceanic launched in England amid storms. The Elbe floods low areas while telegrams from Jochammesburg are censored. In South Africa, Burghers clash with British residents as two Englishmen are arrested then released. Paris reports May visits by Faure, Wilhelm II, and German royalty amid civil division debates.
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Joehammesburg
Noted Pioneer Andrew Hinds Dies in Lena Illinois
Andrew Hinds a pioneer settler of Northern Mills and Stephenson county died suddenly at his Lena Illinois home aged seventy seven. The report lists other notable deaths and events from across Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa including Capt William J Merry and Prof W T Crossette. business and political moves fill the page with brief notices.
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Aude
Andrew Hinds
Stephenson County
Med
Lena
Montreal
United States
Peter Wilds
Grand Haven
Mich
Oswattamie
Kas
Joht Brown
William J. Merry
Nieragua
Central America
San Francisco
Wrank TH. Crossette
Michigan
Mimons
Cohatantine
Vermont Regimental
Riverdale
Decherd
Tenn
B. Adama
Flo
Saginaw Valley
Thonas Hawley
New York
Newton
Gonn
Hawley Brows H Hardware Company
Shreveport & Houston Railroad
James J. Rothrock
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Trial opens in Gen Eagan case before court martial
Washington scene as Brig. Gen. Charles T. Eagan faces court martial on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and conduct prejudicial to military discipline. Gen. McCook and Maj. Gen. Worthington testify on immunity and admissibility. proceedings begin with oath and reading of specifications.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Charles TP. Enagan
Sistence
Pla
Worthington
Gen. Eagan
Geo. Eagan
War Investigating Commission
Elgil
United States
Maj
S. C. Mills
Wagan
Jnige Worthington
Gen. McCook
Gen. Engan
Ren
Hagan
Turrah Meeting of Venezuelan Arbitrators Opens Formal
Press reports a purely formal preliminary sitting of the Venezuelan court of arbitration in a room used by the Spanish American peace commissioners. Attending diplomats include Russian ambassador Prince Oursuall British ambassador Sir Edmund Monson United States ambassador General Homer Porter and foreign office officials with minister Deleasse. A diplomatic dinner will be hosted by the British ambassador this evening for the arbitrators.
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Turttal
Press
M. Deleasse
Smallpox Devastates Indian Population in Western County
From Zul Pueblo in Western Valencia county a dire report details a smallpox outbreak with tertrite results and many deaths. Since the outbreak began 207 deaths have occurred and 600 Tachins are sick, with about half likely to die.
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Indiana
Santa Fe
N. Moex
Zul Pueblo
Vatenela County
Markets in grain and livestock update from Minneapolis and Chicago
Wheat and corn prices mixed as futures closed and opened in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Milwaukee. Oats and rye firm, barley steady, and livestock quotes for hogs, cattle, and lambs reported across multiple markets with notable gains in wheat and mixed cattle values.
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Paul Ian
Norther
Hue Ser
Norern
Hawil
Northern
Barles
Hue
Minneapolis
Milhwaukes
Wis
Inrley Stendler
Chicago
Texas
Sioux City
Town
Dam
Helfer
Cruelty Charged as Stepmother Arrested in Chicago
Chicago January 27 Mrs Mary Bretz was arrested on a warrant by her fourteen year old stepdaughter Maggie Bretz who accuses the stepmother of using a red hot poker as chastisement. The girl shows severe burns claimed to have been inflicted yesterday and she says Mrs Bretz branded her face and hands until she screamed and the police were feared into stopping the attack. The motive alleged is to drive the girl from home.
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Chicago
Mary Brets
Mail for Alasica. Alaska postal service to Aleutian Islands
Alaska malt facilities will be expanded under a government contract with the Pacific Steam Whaling Company. A monthly mail will depart Sitka for Yakutat Mitchik Orea Valdes Lodevia Kodiak Katlak Sand Point Unga Belkotsky and Till Alaska with star routes reaching inland towns and Cook Inlet country. The first mail from Seattle aboard the Excelsior is slated for February 1.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Pactic Steam Whaling Company
Aleutian Islands
Slika
Yakuta
Mitchik
Orea
Valdes
Lodevia
Kodiak
Katlak
Sand Point
Unga
Belkotsky
Tnalaska
Cook's Inlet
Seattle
Limed to a Pew Misunderstood Carrier Salary Rise
Washington on January 27 a post office department circular declared that from the start of the year mail carriers in free rural delivery districts would be allowed 400 dollars yearly. Some carriers misread the circular thinking it covered regular service, while the increase actually targets only a few rival routes. Letters from regular carriers express gratitude for the salary rise.
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Washington
Post Office
Absentee Ballots Counted in Preliminary U S Election
In Pennsylvanian Deadleel Morrisburg on January 27 voters cast absentee ballots in a preliminary tally. The tally lists candidates Quay 104 votes, Marks 16, Stone 7, Stewart 8, Hult 5 among others, with a total of 178 ballots required and 14 cast as void or incomplete.
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Morrisburg
United States
Quay
4Enks
Dalzett
Stone
Stewart
Hult
Irvin
Tubbs
Tuce
Grow
Markle
GC. B. Smith
Widener
Hiter
Necessary To & Choler
Pitred
Odd Fellows Union Building Destroyed by Fire in Kingston
Kingston Ont January 7 fire destroyed the Odd Fellows building causing about 50000 in losses to the order. The business college Okleuy Bros and a grocery store also suffered damages in the blaze.
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Odd Fellows
Kingston
Ont
Business College
Okleuy Bros. Ehtin
Fire and Burglary Reports Hit Multiple Towns
Fire swept Sand Point Idaho causing about 20000 in losses. Boone Iowa and Johnstown Pennsylvania saw burglaries and arson incidents with minor cash losses and property damage. A related case in Mayquetie involved two men convicted of attempting to burn a home, given twenty year terms.
Unclear British Steamer Record Shows Lloyds Adverse Listing
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a London steamer named Benteh Steamer Minwing with possible classification chAn and a ship Laweed Bank from Shatig fal Cor Merianid. Names such as Gus and Lloyds appear, with registration and tonnage figures inconsistent or garbled.
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Benteh
Minwing
London
British Roy
Laweed Bank
Shatigfal Cor Merianid
Gus
Lloyds
Senate Battles Over Peace Treaty Reach Agreement in Washington
The Senate held two executive sessions to discuss the Paris peace treaty with Spain. An agreement was reached to vote on the treaty next Monday February 5 at 5 p.m. Unanimous support in the Foreign Relations Committee backed acceptance as presented. Senator Davis argued for Philippine inclusion and a broad American foothold in the Orient to advance national interests and avoid continued conflict with insurgents.
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Senate
Washington
SOE
Aftich
Davis
America Commissiona Reagan
Spain
Paris
United States
Philippines
Pye
Congress
VALIAN COUNTERFEITERS ON US BOUND
Secret Service says information links a ring of Italian counterfeiters to U S travel plans. Investigations target the steamers Kaiser Wilhelm II Lord Marwick and Malabar expected soon with detachments aboard and possible large counterfeit money shipments.
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Secret Service
Kaiser Wilhelm
Lord Marwick
Malabar
Sherman Opposed to Philippines Expansion in Interview
Former Secretary of State John Sherman rejects U S expansion into the Philippines asserting it forces governance on 7 to 8 million residents. He warns such imperial policy violates constitutional consent of the governed and traditions of the United States.
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New York
the World
John Sherman
Philippines
Thes
Islande
Austria May Move Embassy Status in Washington
King ton January 27 reports the Austrian minister Baron Hel Muller will return to Washington in May. The Austrian government favors elevating the mission to an embassy, with the move likely debated in March if credits are approved. No decision on Austria’s first ambassador has been reached.
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Washington
Kington
Austria
Heel Muller
Legation
Bassador
Wheeler Mukewa Statement and House Judiciary Hearing
Washington January 27 The panel considered the pontary 2s to the right of members of Congress to hold outside offices was resumed before the house committee on judiciary Abalonan Henderson stated that Gen Wheeler did not care to be heard orl ly The general s written statement was vel and digensseil aise shate ments siTbuurtidl by Trepresentitlyed tadier of New Jersey a nianber ae hi fe altistidal counties and The pire sortalive Colkan of Nentucky a culo nel of veltuiteers
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Wheeler Mukewa
Washington
Vongreas
House
Colkan
Nentucky
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