Fragmented Telegraph Notes Capture Global Briefs
A collection of scattered telegraph items discusses creosote preservation of wood in Switzerland, Canada trade gains for early fiscal months, heavy Northwest rains, a Joye mishap linked to Cecil Rhodes, Jameson raid defense limits, French mushroom profits, and assorted literary notes on Shakespeare Cromwell Pitt and Lockhart. Reports mention a Norway total solar eclipse on August 29 and Andrew Lang preparing Lockhart biography.
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Cecil Rhodes
Flower fragrance restored by sugar solution claim
A fragment notes that perfume fades when petal starch is exhausted but may return if the flower is placed in a sugar solution. The statement suggests fragrance resumes as starch forms and emissions revive.
Cuban junta in New York cites rebel support letters
Letters from Cuban members in Cuba claim that some of the best families have joined the insurgents. The writers suggest these people intend to ensure their descendants become sons and daughters of the Cuban Revolution, signaling settlement of the issue.
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New York
Cuba
Trade missions shape future global wealth
The fragment notes England and France establishing commercial missions abroad. It suggests these nations seek shares of burgeoning wealth and anticipate a universal expansion of international trade as a key outcome.
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England
France
Paderesaki Gift Creates Prizes for American Composers
Paderesaki has donated $10,000 to establish prizes for American composers. The fund has reduced trustee fees but draws praise and critique over the value and quality of entries, revealing a wide gap in public understanding of what constitutes good music.
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Paderesaki
United States
Emperor’s brief address opens Borilp exhibition
The German emperor, expected to give a notable speech at the opening of the Borilp exhibition, offered only a brief reply to the welcome. The event pressed on, wheels turning as the big show began to move, and Spaniards view the capture of filibusters as a chance to rebuke American sympathy with Cuba. The Spaniards appear ready to act, yet must heed international law in handling prisoners.
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Germany
Spain
Village waterworks run by four women in Nasso Sweden
In the Swedish town of Nasso four women form a brigade of water carriers. They manage four large tubs supplying the village lake. women firemen stand in two lines from tubs to the lake, passing full buckets along to keep the supply steady in the three street area.
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Nasso
Sweden
News Resume From the Nation and Abroad
The chairman of the Cheng-lu commission secured full payment of Baptist missionary losses in Se-Chuon. Richard A. Storve, deputy NYC controller, died at 66. Benjamin Urner, publisher, died in Fanwood NJ. Justice Brewer’s daughter, Franksle Brewer, died in San Antonio. Kipling quarreled with Beatty Gatestier at Kipling’s home. Thomas Seddon of Sloss Iron died at 47 in Birmingham. Lydia Hoa, kin of Grover Cleveland, died aged. William Lucker, theater figure, died at the Waldorf Theater. Walter Scott Hobart married Hannah Williams in San Francisco. Sardou’s Mount Boris project near Nice halted after $200,000 spent.
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Richard A
Storve
New York City
Benjamin Urner
Fanwood
Mias Ytrankle
Tustice
United States Supreme Court
San Antonio
Tex
Rudyard Kipling
Lasw
Beatty B. Gatestier
Thomas Seddon
Sloss Iron and Steel Company
Alabama
Birninghwin
Lydia Hoa
Grover Cleveland
Tunbridge, VI
Cleveland
William Lucker
New York
Chicago
Wulon Square Theater
Walter Scott Hobart
Avas
San Francisco
Hannah Noil Willinams
Williams
N. Sardou
Thig
Mount Boren
Nice
Benil
Fire spares workers as several blazes rage nationwide
Fires sweep multiple sites including Clearfield county Pennsylvania and Hawkesbury Ontario with vast losses. Troy steam laundry at Peoria Illinois reports fifteen workers narrowly escaping. A stamp explosion burns Mrs. Henry Lett in St Joseph Missouri. Paterson Hincheliffe brewery yard and nearby silk factory dwelling burn with 218000 loss and 100000 insured. Hotel Stevenson kitchen fire triggers hotel stampede. no deaths. A Springfield saloon porter shot in leg. another man dies from heart trouble amid the incident. A Napoleon Ohio boy’s accidental shotgun discharge kills his sister and injures another. Amber carpet mills near Mount Holly New Jersey destroyed. five million in loss insured.
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Clearfield County
Troy
Peoria
Henry
St. Joseph
Mtel
Hawkesbury Company
Hawkesbury
Ont
Hincheliffe
Paterson
N. J
Stevenson
Elwood
Ind
George W. Davis
Springfield
George Kirkpatrick
Elngular
Pred Glants
Napoleon
Ohio
Aittle
Charles Pratt
O. S. Masland & Son
Philadelphia
Mount Holly
N. A
Notorious forgeries captured. multiple crimes reported
A chaotic list from New Jersey to Oklahoma details Ceimen and Oriminatia capture in New Jersey, a Spokane death by a nephew of Tenry Villard, a 15 year old Lebanon Indiana youth fatally injured aiming at a crew, Welsh charged with murder, Schultimann’s confession to arson, mass convict bolt strikes in Ohio, Hopkins Missouri killings in jealousy, Davis in Jackson County shot by Burnett, a Shelburne barroom stabbing, and a knife attack by Tomes McGuire ending in his suicide. numerous lashings and alleged crimes across several states described in terse, unembellished fashion.
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Ceimen
Oriminatia
New Jersey
Tenry Wvillard
Spokane
Howard Overman
Lebanon
Ind
W. ER. Welsh
Chadron
Neb
Glenn Santee
Mpurder
Simon Schultimann
Leon Angeles
Jackson County
Olite
Rousseau
J. Borenett
Catlettsburg
Davis
Burnett
J. Louis
Shelburn
Mike Kokan
Haloran
Olan
Tomes McGuire
Ottawa
McGuire
Bob McAlister
August Pualey
Uiter
Tusley
Ve Law
Charlee J. Siewert
Notable Crimes and Global Tensions Highlight Late 19th Century News
The report blends local violent incidents in Denver with broader world affairs. It notes a fatal shooting in Pat Hickey’s saloon and an attempted assassination in Bik unrt, Ind, alongside urban unrest in Darlington and a pension grabb by a highwayman. International items include British naval actions, Rhodesian affairs, African garrison movements, earthquakes in Guayaquil, and Cuba’s aristocratic marriage.
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Amerly
Haverly Ministrols
Stewart & Young Graphaphana
William Newel
Alas
Iid" Medey
Pat Hickey
Denver
Carria Harris
Charlies
DQ. Harris
Bik Unrt
Ind
Darlington
Montgomery County
Francis Bruges
Chester Gray
Pallium ceremony and varied early 20th century notices
Archbishop Katin received the pallium at St. Louis. A government report notes winter wheat above April averages. Langley of the Smithsonian claims a flying machine success. Monterey Waterworks in Mexico forms with $2 million capital. Shoes makers Adams and Pettingill of Amesbury sign. A factory shutdown in Salem New Jersey prompts strike. Garland of the Iron Workers outlines wage-scale talks. Houston merchants lead a mortgage for creditors with $70,000 in preferences. Sumner County Bank in WellingtonKansas shuts doors amid pressure. Akron-based American Gereal Company leader Ferdinand Schumacher resigns. Local crime and accidents involve a county hospital incident in Omaha and a rescue attempt, plus a fall from a Burtington resident’s deathbed window and other injuries.
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Katin
St. Louis
Trof
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Monterey
Mexico
Adwas& Pettingill
Aamiesbury
Mass
Sheriff Reynolds
Sumner County Bank
Wellington
Kan
Imip
Ferdinand Schumacher
American Gereal Company
Akron
Haa Us
Aignad
Joseph Raymund
Omaha
Neb
Asad
Mies Evgenia Luke
J. W. Luke
Burtington
Mregot i Measart
Iowa
Harkin House
Free Silver Debates Roil Democratic Nominating Conventions
A long Iowa South Dakota and New Hampshire Democratic state conventions debated free silver and bimetallism. Delegates backed silver coinage at 16 to 1, while Gold Standard supporters urged a gold basis. Platforms urged constitutional reforms, tariff modesty, and maintenance of public credit amid heated floor fights and endorsements of Gov. Boies and Cleveland era policies.
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Dabugte
Iowa
Chicago
Boies
Baeth
South Dakota
Mn Lynes of
Beadle
Orgicinl
Republican Party
Cleveland
Molambia
S.C
Debzater
Tillman
Chatraan
Committee On Platform
Carlisle
Concord
N. H
Inet
Frank Jones
W. Alva W. Sulloway
Trying W. Drew
Charles A. Slicthr
Hartings Denies Candidacy at Washington Conference
Hartings, of Pitsburg, denied the story of his vice presidential bid but acknowledged consenting earlier to consider candidacy before the St. Laure convention. A reference to statements by Governor Mastuss suggests uncertainty about his position and possible support for a campaign, with unclear names and garbled phrases.
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Hartings
Pitsburg
St. Laure
Washington
Seuater Qing
Vatree Lie
Debate Over Immigration and Fortifications Bill in Senate
May 22 report from Washington describes a heated Senate debate on labor and immigration provisions. The Corliss amendment seeks to bar labor with aliens and impose penalties, while other amendments address borders, naturalized citizens, and emigration. The fortifications bill passes with increased funding, amid broader calls for revenue measures and a Dingley emergency tariff discussion.
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Tlomke
Bartholdt
Aixtean
United States
Wilson
McGall
Mass
Mahany
Danford
Senate
Gorman
Treasury
Myr. Petter
Kinmans
Aly
Goran
Sherman
Gormatt
Dingley
House
South Dakota Odd Fellows Officers Elected
Officers were elected at the Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly in Hot Springs. Grand Master Ivan W. Goodner of Pierre and other officers were chosen. Rebekah President Grace Sutphin of Huron and deputies were named. Aberdeen set as the meeting place for the lodge service. Home location deferred due to treasury.
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Grand Lodge
Rebelo Assembly
Hot Springs
Rebekith Sisite Assembly
Ivan W. Goodner
Pierre
Peter Marquart
Maddson
L. J. Loshutier
Iroquais
H. Z. Ree
Haron
D. H. Campbell
Brookings
Sovereign Grand Lodge
T. IL. Bach
Boley
Rebekah
Grace Sutphin
Huron
Florence M. Jones
Britton
Helen Baker
Denilwood
Hannah Cripps
Troquais
Aberdeen
State of Fellows
Grafton Schools Trial Banking Plan For Pupils
In Cerafton North Dakota May 22 Supt W T Blackwell of Grafton city schools has had Lov overa ye in a school banking system operating weekly. Pupils deposit cash from their earnings into bank cards tied to student accounts with interest and the chance to withdraw balances. Deposits are placed in a local bank with about 400 dollars recorded on the right side of the ledger and a bond fund contributing to education. Since start only eighty five dollars has been withdrawn and the deposit total grows steadily.
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Grafton
Cerafton
N. D
W. T., Blackwell
Grafton City
Bond of Education
Increased Bitterness After Milw Street Strikes
Milwaukee May 22 The street and alley strikers continue warfare and boycott against the railway company. Citizens committee negotiations failed with no offer beyond increasing bitterness. A meterman named Shepard was struck in the head by a missile while operating a car, severely injured.
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Milwennkee
Hoyecart
Milwaukee
Citizens Committee
Shepard
Flood Submerges Gretton and Surrounding Region
The Pembhut river flood has risen high, submerging Gretton and nearby areas. Widespread damage reported with property losses and disruption to daily life across the village and surrounding countryside.
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Gretton ix Atlant
Winnipes
Pembhut
Vilage
Greton
Gretnall
Robbers Break Into Mall in Rosedale Wis May 23
Robbers blew out a window to enter the mall and stole contents from two mall powder stores. One suspect was knocked to the ground, bloodied, as the raid unfolded. Police pursued the suspects, details sparse.
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Rosedale
Wis
Alice Love
Jie
More Cholera at Cuylvo May 22 Toll Rises
On Tuesday May 22 twenty nine deaths were recorded at the trout hol era and nineteen more at Alexandera with two deaths at the Courah eatap.
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Cuylvo
Alexandera
Courah
Women Kidnap Mayor in St Joseph Reform Move
Forty women in St Joseph Michigan kidnapped the mayor after accusing lax enforcement of laws and saloon violations. They detained him for two hours, demanding a curfew and action from the executive department. The incident sparks citywide discussion as reformers press for stricter policing and youth protection.
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Bt. Toxepiin
St. Joseph
Mich
Cones News
Clube Anit Ehurch Societion
Anut
Eutieyd Finney
Leather Pneumatic Tires Attract Attention In Chicago Market
A Chicago company introduces a leather pneumatic tire with an embedded rubber tube cemented to the leather. The design forms a single tube and aims to resist punctures on rocky or flinty roads while reducing slip on muddy pavements and resisting heat or cold.
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Chicago
Las
Free Government Land in Turtle Mountain County
Free government land open for settlement under the homestead law in Turtle Mountain County North Dakota. Suitable for wheat farming and diversified crops, with close proximity to markets schools and churches. Improved farms offered on a cash payment plan. Correspond with F IL Thompson Cando ND.
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Turtle Mountain
North
You never told we Miss Fairgh was an athlete
An exchange hints that Miss Fairgh is deemed an athlete by locals, with playful banter about her abilities and a boast that she has townsfolk convinced. The fragment suggests a colloquial schedule or gossip tone from a community page.
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Fairgh
London
Bits
Fractured Text on Tostetter’s Stomach Meters
A garbled passage discusses a hollow overcoat metaphor and vague ailments. It mentions Tostetter’s Stomach Metters as a remedy claimed to ease chills fever and various ailments including dyspepsia and rheumatic or kidney complaints.
The Captain's Status and Marital Jest
A playful exchange notes that the captain is a handsome woman who has remained unmarried on several occasions while she enjoys pleasing reflections in private.
Rich coal vein struck at 4188 feet depth in Belgium district
Report notes a mine in Mann Belgium near St Henriette den Troduits hitting a rich coal vein at the astonishing depth of 4188 feet. The piece mixes advertisements for investments and remedies with names and dates, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper blend.
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Mann
Belgium
St. Henriette den Troduits
The Only Difference In A Wardrobe Quip
A London Weekly Telegraph line captures a witty exchange as a gentleman apologizes for occupying a seat he believes is his wife’s, prompting a playful reply about mistaken ownership. The anecdote reflects social manners and humorous misreading in a metropolitan context.
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London Weekly Telegraph
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Guayquil
London Daily Courier
Dr. Jameson
Transvaal
Geoll Thhodes
the Polytechnique
Rio de Janeiro
Directora
Republic
Rome
London Daily News
Mgr. Galimberti
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Royal Academy
Joseph Chamberlain
Gloria de Cespedes
Charles Manuel de Cespetes
Carlos Mianuel de Cespedes
Oriental Province
Charles Abon de Lina
Democrats OF
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New Lampshire
Verais
ODD Fellows
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Chandler & Kasota
Minneapolis
George W. Lotz
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Mra
Anna Perexson
Latimer
Kansas
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