Glgin Geko Higin Iowa Statues and Odd Global Notes
A collection of odd reports: Gladstone statue planned for Athens in Greek independent tribute, Italian and Australian notes on oranges and telegraph conductors, plus remote curiosities. Reports mention a Havana horse aiding diphtheria serum production, Siberian railroad comforts, and travel times from St. Petersburg to Irkutsk. details vary in tone and specificity.
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Mr. Gladstone
Athens
Zappelon
St. Petersburg
Irkutsk
Cobwebs over the skies and rails in a cobweb year
The piece notes a high court decision affecting rail competition and a passenger group’s fare rule between New York and Chicago. It shifts to a science scene where an observatory visit yields a cobweb on the telescope, framed as a metaphor for misread visions. The text closes on watchful doubt about future trends in business, politics, and religion.
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Trans-Missouri
England's Patent Office Report 1899 Highlights Decline
The 1899 patent office report shows a fall in complete specifications by about 1000, war spurred seals and headgear patents for horses, and the Shop Assistants Seats Act boosted seat patents. Women filed 674 specs, 149 on dress and 42 on cycling. A Nile telegraph line linking Victoria Nyanza to the east coast is completed, aiding Lower Egypt irrigation forecasts. The railway to Klu is now in operation. refining 400 miles will take three years.
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England
Patent Office
Victoria Nyanza
Africa
Lower Egypt
Upper Nile
Klu
Fate of Europeans at Pekin Deepens as Bombardment Rages
London July 17. The inquiry indicates little doubt remains about the fate of the Europeans in Pekin as legations are bombarded. Telegrams quote Lady Hart reporting wives and others face the worst, while Shanghai dispatches say native troops and Boxers bombard the legations, aiming to breach defences and unleash a heavy onslaught.
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London
Associated Press
Shangterg
Legations
Massacre fears rise as foreign missions face danger in China
Dispatches from Shanghai describe brutal fighting at Tientsin and Peking era events. Four hundred Chinese killed, six guns captured, settlements shelled, hospitals hit, and a mass American appeal urging decisive intervention. Thousands flee as anti foreign outrages surge. Reform tone underscores danger to ministers and missionaries.
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Seymour
Flen-tsin
Associated Preas
China
Shanghai
Tome
Americcan
Peking
Refugees Moved During War Time Evacuations
The text describes refugees confined to hogbands refusing to depart, boats and tugs transporting them to harbor ships, with American, Japanese and German warships accepting evacuees. United States forces at Yorktown hosted about 200 evacuees, mainly missionaries and their families.
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United States
Yorktown
Military dispatches from Admiral Seymour report clashes near Men-tsin
Dated July 17 from London, the dispatch says a morning attack southwest of the settlement drove the enemy from the line, four guns were captured, cavalry routed the foe, and allied forces shelled the western arsenal which was burned after capture. The enemy suffered heavy casualties and the allied losses were small. A July 12 dispatch notes a failed railway attack with 140 killed and wounded on the allied side, Chinese losses unknown but heavy. Forts and a signal tower were demolished. 1,500 Americans arrived to bolster forces.
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Admiral Seymour
London
Seymour
Tong
Rillway
Lnye Heer
China and Washington Cableon War News From Peking
Washington reports a ciphered dispatch from Shanghai to Minister Wu warning that Gen. Tuan Puh Sien disobeyed orders and says the legations and government will be in peril. The tale ties the imperial fate to foreign ministers, while Manila and Chicago dispatches outline U S troop movements to China and the Fifth Infantry to depart for the region with heavy ammunition and hospital care aboard ships and transports.
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Cording
Jwrsen
Hay
Wis Lome
Peking
Tuan Puh Sien
Corral
Goodnow
Shanghai
Bik Peking
Sheng
Teoopr
Manila
China
Chin
Chicago
Fifth United States Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Cuba
Large Building Wrecked After Freight Train Push
In St Joseph Missouri on July 17 a Rock Island passenger train pushed a freight train off the tracks and into a seventy foot square building owned by the St Joseph Plow company, destroying the structure. J M Ward president of the plow company and First National Bank president, along with Secretary McPowell and Supr C J Borden, were in the building and narrowly escaped injury though Ford was slightly hurt.
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St. Joseph
St. Joseph Plow Company
J. M. Ward
The
Plow Company
First National Bank
Mc Powell
Supr
C. J. Borden
Ford
Cent Henly 3a Insane Tert Townsend Wash July 17
Dr Gardner reported Captain M A Henly in charge at United States marine hospital, found insane by county physicians after four years of insomnia attacks. A asylum commitment was issued. He may be sent to Washington to the valent asylum.
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Henly
Tert Townsend
Wash
Gardner
United States Marine
M. A. Henly
United States Revenue
McCulloch
County Board of Physicians
Washington
Valent Asylum
Allied Forces Attack Tientsin in Heavy Battle
London dispatch via Shanghai reports a fierce assault on the Chinese city of Tien-tsin by American, British, Japanese, French and Russian units. Casualties are heavy with 100 Russians, 60 Japanese, 40 British, 30 Americans and multiple officers killed or wounded. Col. French and Col. Lisern among the Americans killed. 7,000 troops storm the walls amid 20,000 Chinese defenders. The U.S. government states it remains at peace with China while seeking accountability for outrages.
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London
Evening News
Shanghai
Tien-tsin
Associated Press
Tien-tain
Chefu
Laughall
Col. French
Col. Liserm
Nike
Remey
Washington
Navy Department
Ton Tsht
Tyrol
Anys
Russia
Cal. Lise
Ninth Infantry
Davis
Marine Corps
Lemley
Butler
Leonard
Col
Wilson
Liscum
Rezan
Buckmiller
Wilcox
Noyes
Butter
Theovard
Santiago
China
Wurslington
United States
Tientsin
Peking
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
de Day
Cientsin
White House
Hay
McKintey
Canton
Toly
Conger
Hoy
Lim
Haylimeek
Li Kutie Chang
TA Hung Chang
Prince Trans
Ald
Prince Ching
Yung Lou
YA Hung
Chang
Kwang Tung
Wen Chau
Ning Po
Yien-tsin
Ahe Express
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Army officers and men in China en route to Nagasaki
A statement prepared by Adjutant General Corbin shows a total of 10,005 officers and men in China, en route or ordered for Nagasaki. The Ninth Infantry is listed, though it may not be fit for further service.
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Adjt
Corbin
China
Nagasaki
Foreign tensions rise as Boxers threaten Shanghai port
Reports from Shanghai and Sunughal describe a growing warlike posture in China. Consuls urge warships to guard the port while Chinese authorities threaten to move against Peking and the Grand Canal. Rumors say three provinces send adult males to resist central authority as fear of anti foreign uprisings grows.
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Farelyn
Conauin
Toulon
Pes Klig
Sunughal
Chefa Indiettena
Shanghai
Pao-tung
Chil, Shan
Shangtung
Peking
Ienthin
Gran Ceanal
Boers to Emigrate to United States After War
Ten thousand Boers, mainly naturalized Transvaal citizens, plan to emigrate to the United States after the South African war ends. Irish-Americans organize preliminaries for the movement. President Kruger reportedly will not surrender until supplies are exhausted.
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America
South Africa
Transvaal
United States
Intest
Kruger
Boers Near Pretoria Hold Line as War Rages
A Pretoria dispatch reports Boer forces within ten miles of Pretoria’s Magdellong mine area, total strength around 16 000 with commandants Grobler Lemmer and Botha in support. British recon flight faced Boer fire near Wonderboom and Onderstepoort as Elswick and six inch guns engaged, despite high temperature and cautious bombardment.
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New York
Herald
Pretoria
London
Rowlrtz
Feld Marshal
Magdellong Minge
Delagoa
Warsbure
Grobler
Lemmer
Botha
Junkan
Eland
Tartbeste Spruit
Ontlam
Wonderbroom
Onderstenport
Elswick
Elsciel
Cloudburst near Colman causes loss of life and floods
A cloudburst near Colman Texas yesterday swept the valley, killing fifteen elves and injuring others. Ten bodies were recovered, two identified, with many more feared lost. River floods have halted Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe traffic. townspeople sought safety on timber. A separate report from New York notes extreme heat with twenty prostrations and critical cases.
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Colman
Tex
Bord
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
Kerville
Two Fersons Drown in Niagara River Sinking
The tug Gratwick of the Great Lakes rowing company sank in the Niagara river at Tonawanda last night. Fireman Louis Herst and passenger James Parker were drowned.
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Fersons
Buffalo
Gratwick
Great Lakes ‘Rowing Company
Niagara River
Tonawanda
Louis Herst
James Parker
Protection for Crimmen in Chicago Amid Outrage Siege
Chicago Mayor Tarrison ordered Police Chief Ripley to ensure Chinese residents receive complete protection after the Peking outrages. The directive, issued last night, aims to shield residents from vigilante actions and maintain order during tensions.
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Crimmen
Chicago
Tarrison
Clilet
Pallce
Peking
Chinese diplomats seek cipher dispatch to Conger
The Chinese minister Mr Wu aims to relay Hay's cipher message to Minister Conger in Peking and return Conger's reply if alive, hoping to establish direct Washington to Peking communications. Hay asks Wu to draft in cipher to prove authenticity amid Boxer suspicions.
Anarchisinc Plot Aimed at Champa Elysees Palace
In Parla Faris on July 15 authorities investigate a possible attempt to burn the Champa Elysees grand palace. A watchman overheard a conversation about a plot and found two sealed boxes of black powder the next morning. Authorities have not yet disclosed the chemical properties of the powder.
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Grang Palace
Champa Elysees
Parla
Faris
Iuly
Grand Palace
Ibsen Stricken With Serious Illness in Christiania
New York dispatch reports on July 15 that renowned writer Henrik Ibsen is seriously ill in Christiania with erysipelas. The condition follows a reported attack and concerns his health and literary work.
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New York
Christiany
Menik Ibsen
Vandalism Damage Injures Two in City Car Window Incident
Two bricks were thrown through the side window of a car on Sixth street between Seventh and Eighth streets in Hickory street last night. Pieces of glass injured two passengers, investigators say. Names and exact time not provided in the readable text.
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Ibsen
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