Perilous Waters and Bad Fires Strike Across States
A Bayfield Wisconsin steamer burns and a passenger drowns while a mother loses two young children beside a depot. A Republic Washington fire razes six blocks, causing 50000 dollars in damage. The Alameda treasure mystery deepens. Three McKendree College students Ruth Jepson Florence Spies Hallene Jack drown near Lebanon Illinois.
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Bayfield
Wis
Charles Detloff
Poplar Grove
Republic
Wash
Alameda
San Francisco
Sydney
Ruth Jepson
Lebanon
Florence Spies
St. Jacob
Hallene Jack
Beaucoupe
Ill
McKendree College
Silvercreek
Lebanon, Il
Censorship and treaties amid early 1900s tensions
State by state plans to acquire a captured Span ihicannonp face bungling in census work. Santiago’s Cuban press prompts Gov Gen Brooke to appoint a censor. Washington pursues three reciprocity treaties with British West Indies while Davis seeks a Fort Scott cannon. insular commission finds Porto Rican population ready for American institutions. War dept halts Hongkong storm warnings at British request. Commander Ackley ill after taking command of the Concord, sent to Yokohama naval hospital.
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Santiago
Brooke
British West Indies
Washington
Davis
Funston
Fort Scott
Kas
Insular Commission
United States
War Department
Qus
Hongkong
China Coast
Manila
Global unrest and trials spill across nations during tense period
A collage of unrest and diplomatic flashes from 1900 era reports describes resignations in Chilean ministry, verge of war in Central America, and disputes across Asia and Europe. Notable items include British eight hour law coming in British Columbia, Kitchener’s grant in Parliament, Mataafa surrender of guns in Samoa, German ship Faulke decoration, and a Berlin court order suppressing a newspaper issue over lese majeste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
British Columbia
Mosquito
Sultan of Sulu
United States
English
House of Commons
Lord Kitchener
Spanish Chamber of Deputies
Marquis Pidal
Great Britain
Transvaal
Auckland
Mataafa
Schoenfelder
Faulke
Samoa
Westey Richards
Bank of England
London
Parr’s Bank
Bahal
Brazil
Bahai
New York Herald
Hoch, der Kaiser
Joseph B. Coghlan
Raleigh
Union League Club
Newark City
Berlin
Notable Deaths and Marriages in Early 20th Century News Briefs
Paderewski marries Miss Helen Rosen in Warsaw on May 3. Senor Carvajas, former Spanish foreign minister, is dead. Frederick O Prince, Massachusetts Democrat, dies. Augustin Daly, famed theatrical manager, dies suddenly. Senator Hanna denies resignation as GOP chair. Marie Wainwright wed to Frank Robbery in New York. Rev W H P Faunce elected president of Brown University. L Terry, proprietor of the Hoffman House, dead at sixty one. Orgg Trott dies at ninety. Boston-born Harvard graduate. Hon A S Harding, brother of Viscount Harding, dies after fall from horse. Miss Mary Boardman Cable and Alfred L T Dennis wed in Northampton. Brig Gen Charles King reassigned from San Francisco to volunteer army duties.
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Paderewski
Helen Rosen
Warsaw
Senor
Carvajas
Frederick O. Prince
Massachusetts
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Marie Wainright
Frank Roberty
New York
Rev. W. H. P. Faunce
Brown
Corge L. Terry
Hoffman House
D. Terry
Orgg Trott
Union League
Philadelphia
Mr. Trott
Boston
Harvard
Harding
Viscount Harding
Scot
Hyde
Mary Boardman Cable
George W. Cable
Army Surgeon 8. White Dies in Alaska Juneau
Parsed Assistant Surgeon 8. White of the United States Army died at Juneau on May 30. The report notes heart failure as the cause, while other items report Mrs. Dora T Voorhis widow of Commodore Voorhis found dead in New York and General Carlos Ezeta ex president of El Salvador gravely ill in Oakland California with congestion of the lungs.
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White
United States Army
Juneau
Dora T. Voorhis
Commodore Voorhis
New York Yacht Club
New York
Carlos Ezeta
Salvador
Oakland
Cal
Violent crimes and executions across towns in 1898 era
Reported lynching of a Weyler agent by Cubans and multiple hangings, killings, and crimes across the United States and Canada. Notable deaths include Sheriff Hazen in Wyoming, Jonas Preston Jr. in Westchester Pennsylvania, and Freeman Cochran in Missouri. Also noted are bank enjoinder actions in New Hampshire, a poisoning attempt released as insane, and a Chicago mail fraud conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyler
Hazen
Caspar
Wyo
Westchester
Jonas Preston, Jr
Various 1900 U S notes on unions trains and law
Reports from across the United States include unions and strikes in Durango and Birmingham, a US officers meeting in Des Moines, a Taft anti trust call for St. Louis, university and civic honors in New York and Newport, and shipping rate changes along Alaska and Dawson routes.
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Chicago
Woman's Temple
Farmers’ Combination
Sullivan
Vigor Counties
Ind
White Pass
Lake Bennett
Puget Sound
Dawson
Eddy
N. M
Kansas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Indian Territory
National Congress of Mothers
Des Moines
Iowa
Seattle
Alaska
Lakes
Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company
Birmingham
Ala
F. Lieb
Stanford University Trustees
Stanford
Columbia University
New York
Roosevelt
Steubenville
Ohio
Sayers
Texas
St. Louis
The Army As It Stands Today Before Spanish War
A historical overview recounts the prewar U S military establishment, its size around 28 000 including volunteers, the 1898 force levels, and Congress actions from 1898 onward. It explains the Hull reorganization bill as a two year extension of the Spanish War army, maintaining three major generals and a fixed corps structure until July 1, 1901, unless Congress acts.
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United States
Congress
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
House
Hull
Adjutant General
Inspector General
Judge Advocate General
Quartermaster General
Surgeon General
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Military reforms after Spanish-American War outlined
The passage reviews postwar army expansion and proposed reorganizations. It notes the Hull and Cockrell-Gorman measures, muster out of volunteers, retention of regulars up to 65,000, and a 35,000 volunteer force. It lists the 1899 Army Register strength by branch and average per regiment. Key entities include the United States, Spain, the President, and military departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spain
Senate
House
SOUTH AFRICAN HORSES Their Endurance Is Remarkable
The article praises South African horses for extraordinary stamina observed in early colonial times. It recalls a Cape Town visit where a Colesberg rider arrived in under six days over 500 miles, a roan nag praised for keeping pace despite tough terrain and heat. It also notes a Natal Boer’s 55 mile night ride to fetch medicine, returning in 16 hours, with the man weighing over seventeen stone.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Park’s Hotel
Adderley and
Strandtreets
Legislative Assembly
Colesberg
Cape Colony
Greytown
Natal
Maritzburg
Transvaal
Dunkhorst A Mammoth Boxer Poised For Clash At Athens
Record of Ed Dunkhorst known as the Mastodon profiles his size speed and resilience. The six foot two hundred twenty five pound fighter faces Joe Butler in Athens tomorrow night after thrilling bouts with Peter Maher Gus Rublo Charley Strong Frank Childs and others.
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Joe McAuliffe
West
Ed Dunkhorst
Joe Butler
Athens
Dunkhorst
Peter Maher
Maher
Gus Rublo
Syracuse
Greater New York Athletic Club
Toronto
Charley Strong
Frank Childs
Detroit
Cadillac Athletic Club
Size Changes of Megafauna Through Geological Time
The article notes a general decline in body size from prehistoric to modern times with many giants extinct and remaining species showing unclear size shifts. It cites gigantic armadillos once abundant in South America, enormous sloths in Cuba and North America, sharks over 100 feet long in fossils, and survivals like the American bony pike, plus ancient nautilus and large pteropods reaching multiple feet.
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South America
Cuba
North America
Origin of the Word News Debunks Popular Compass Theory
An analysis states the compass acronym origin of news is fanciful. It notes the word appears in Shakespeare’s era and earlier than the first English newspaper dated 1662, citing lines from Macbeth Winters Tale and King John to show the term in its modern sense existed before print news widespread.
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Shakespeare
Macbeth
John
Seven at a Birth in Hamelin in 1600
A historic record notes a Hamelin birth in 1600 where a citizen Roemer and his wife Anna Bregres reportedly bore seven children at once. Two boys and five girls survived baptism briefly yet died within the month, with an inscription on the family house recalling their blessed death.
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Hamelin
Germany
Roemer
Anna Bregres
New Buffalo Hump gold rush opens in Idaho region
The Buffalo Hump region between Lewiston and the Hump and the Camas Prairie lands offer rich mining prospects and productive farming. Enhanced railway expansion through the Northern Pacific links Florence Elk City and the Salmon River area, promising markets and transport. Send two cents for the Buffalo Hump folder with map and regional details.
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Idaho
Spokane-Palouse
Lewiston
Lapwal Creek
Clearwater River
Old
Nez Perces Reservation
Buffalo Hump Country
Florence
Elk City
Grangeville
Salmon River
Ranchiman
Hump
Cold Springs
Camas
California
Chas
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
New Buffalo Hump
A Discouraging Sign for John at Seminary Life
Mr Juniper and Mrs Juniper discuss their son John’s future at the theological seminary. Mrs Juniper questions his potential as a preacher while Mr Juniper remains pessimistic after three years of study. The Chicago Times-Herald quotes the dispute.
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Juniper
Maria
John
Theological Seminary
Joshua
Chicago Times-Herald
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
List of patents issued last week to Minnesota and nearby inventors. Hannibal H. Ames of Hutchinson receives a rotary engine patent. Mathis Pink of Chaska obtains a coupling and draft cushioning device. Reuben F. Freeman of Fergus Falls gains a steering mechanism. James D. Hatcher of Minneapolis receives a plaiting machine. Calvin Q. Hayes of Grand Forks North Dakota gets a steam generator. Laurence P. Leonard of Waseca a dental matrix clamp. Norman McAuley of Hill City South Dakota secures a quartz mill patent. Emma R. Rice of Zabrota Minnesota earns a dust pan. John H. Forster of New Ulm a snap hook member design. John Taylor of Joliette North Dakota attachment for threshers. Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, patent attorneys. $10 Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul.
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Northwern
Hannibal H. Ames
Hutchinson
Minn
Mathis Pink
Chaska
Reuben FE. Freeman
Fergus Falls
James D. Hatcher
Minneapolis
Calvin Q. Hayes
Grand Forks
N. D
Laurence P. Leonard
Waseca
Norman McAuley
Hill City
8. D
Emma R. Rice
Zabrota
John H. Forster
New Ulm
John Taylor
Jollette
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
The Savage Bachelor and The Missionary Boarder
A concise quotation from the Indianapolis Journal notes the value of self governance over urban power, claiming a married man’s steadiness surpasses city influence. The pair contrasts a savage bachelor with a disciplined, domestic life as a moral measure.
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Savage
Indianapolis Journal
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight and New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Poet quits writing under war tax pressure
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reports a remark by Mr Gaswell to Mr Dukane about Spifnos ceasing poetry. The reason given is that someone told him his poetic license required a stamp under the war revenue law, reflecting wartime tax controls.
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Spifnos
Chronic Constipation Cure Promoted in Candy Ad
An old advertisement touts Carein ets Candy Cathartic as a remedy for chronic constipation. It claims cure guaranteed and lists price points for druggists. The item ends with a quotation about beginnings attributed to Euripides.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Market Note
An old newspaper fragment notes Hall's Catarrh Cure offered for internal use at five cents. A paperhanger turns to business as a sudden gold find drives him to the wall. The line Absence makes the heart grow fonder is attributed to J. H. Bailey.
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J. H. Bailey
A Story of Sterility Suffering and Relief Letter
A letter to Mrs. Pinkham details years of back pains heavy menses and infertility. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound following advice from a forwarded response the writer became pregnant and reports renewed benefit and ongoing use.
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Dean Mus. Pinkuam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Copa Gibson
Your Medicine Worked Wonders For ailing Bride
A testimonial from a New Castle resident recounts seven years of illness after marriage. After using the medicine, the patient reports relief from womb falling, leucorrhea, back and leg pains, dyspepsia, and nervous stomach tremors, enjoying life again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castzez
Health and Beauty A Book That Should Be in the Hands of Every Woman
Mrs McKee Rankin praises Peruna as essential for women noting its life saving effects for Eliza Wike who credits recovery to the remedy. The ad promotes Dr Hartman’s book Health and Beauty and offers free catarrh books from Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Devil of a Noise Described by Witness in Court
An Atlanta Constitution snippet records a court exchange where a witness struggles to describe the sound of a train before hitting a wagon. The judge presses for a clearer phrase, finally hearing the witness say it made a devil of a noise, not so loud as a hill of a noise.
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Jedge
Atlanta Constitution
Argument over Sunday school lesson in Troy Times
A boy asks another what his father whipped him for last night. The reply says they argued about the whale swallowing Jonah and the father was proving the biblical claim.
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Jonah
Troy Times
Tom Callow Mus tache Report Gossips
Cousin Jane asks about Tom Callow’s appearance while Cousin George recalls an afternoon with Tom. The Boston transcript notes Jane did not notice a mustache and regrets not asking him directly.
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George
Tom Callow
Jane
Boston ‘Transcript
Ancient American Sleeping Cars Described by 1848 France Author
L Xavire Eyma, a French traveler, wrote in L Illusttration of Baris about U S railroads and sleeping cars. He notes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad length of seventy leagues with 4116744 francs cost, 3088456 francs receipts, and 1064741 francs expenses. He details compartment style rooms for six beds per side and claims valuables were not well safeguarded due to few thieves in America.
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L. Xavire Eyma
L'Ilustration of
Baris
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Ameerica
President McKinley Visibly Fails in Virginia Health Retreat
Citizens react to news that President McKinley is taking health baths in Virginia. Hungry Hank declares his support is ending due to the administration's handling, while Sauntering Sim asks for context on the sudden shift in sentiment.
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Hank
McKinley
Virginna
Advertisements Offer Amusing Bargains in Publication
Readers are advised to study the advertisements for amusement and valuable bargains. The notice assures that advertisers are reliable and deliver what they advertise, encouraging habit of reading the ads for better bargains and entertainment.
Fragmented Imperial Statement Amid Turbulent Text
A garbled OCR passage quotes the German emperor claiming to be guided by duty. The surrounding text references officials and a vague college or American article context, but the fragment is incomplete and lacks clear concrete facts or dates.
We Pay 815 a Week to Men with Rigs
Wyandotte Mfg Co announces a payroll incentive offering 815 weekly wages to men with rigs to introduce their poultry come pound. Located at 413 Wake Street Chicago Illinois.
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Wyandotte Mfg. Co
Wake Street
Chicago
Ili
Quip About Aguinaldo and Capital Carried
A clipped exchange mocks Aguinaldo by likening him to a man who relies on knowledge and carries his capital. The Chicago Times-Herald quote toys with wit as it juxtaposes boldness and affection as roots of a good life, citing E RUS and George Eliot.
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Aguinaldo
Chicago Times-Herald
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Globe
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Philip Walker
Kamloops
B. C
Peoria
Harry Thurman
Alexander Hammond
Perry Bauer
Bill Alder
Fred W. Tucker
Osage
Freeman Cochran
George Stanbrough
Bethany
Cochran
Stansbrough
Baron Edgar de Bara
Fannie
James A.price
Heynolds
Cocheco Savings Bank
Dover
N. H
Harry Hough
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Glen Echo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Omaha and
Grant
Durango
Col
Robert Goelet
Newport
R. 1
Robert Walton Goelet
Beatrice
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Trenton
N. J
Morris Guggenheim
Isaac Guggenheim
Edward P. Matthews
Perth Amboy
N.J
National Association of Railway
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Sigeleees
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Euripides
Hall
Price
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Mrs. McKee Rankin
Rus
George Elliot
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