Open Letter Demands Justice for Schley at Annapolis
An open letter to President McKinley from Baltimore American publisher Felix Angus accuses a Navy Department clique of attacking Admiral Schley. It claims Secretary Long, Admiral Ipso n, and Dewey approved controversial proofs of MacLay’s History of the U S and pressed to suppress unfavorable passages. The writer urges intervention to uphold fair play and prevent the alleged conspiracy from harming Schley’s legacy.
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Ashington
Navy
MacLay
Naval Aead
Schley
Hisade
Macan
Santiago
Mac Ap
New York Navy Yard
More
Dispatch
Angus
the American
McKinley
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Long
Admiral Ipson
Admiral Schley
Admiral Dewey
South Africa
Felix Angus
Baltimore American
Man and son survive two months at sea in open boat
A father named Newman and his nine year old son were picked up near the Falkland Islands by the Argentine transport Guardia Nacional after drifting sixty two days in a small night boat from Stanley. A sparse supply of potatoes and turnips sustained them until rescue.
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New York
Guardia Nacional
Buenos Ayres
Emerald
Falkland Islands
Newman
Stanley
Earl Russell to Have Liberal Prison Life in Holloway
London July 21 Earl Russell will occupy the same rooms at Holloway jail as Edmund Yates and W T Stead. His wife sent clothing and books, a van with furniture bed bedding and chairs arrived yesterday. He arranged meals from a restaurant and may receive letters and visits within reason. correspondence will be practically unlimited.
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London
Earl Russell
Halloway Jail
Edmund Yates
Ndse
Clash of Authority Forces Guard Clerk to Indiana Post Office
In Muncie Indiana on July 21 a National Guard company will move to Indianapolis with a clerk from the local post office who was forcibly taken to protest forced service. He will be brought before Judge Baker to determine whether federal or state military authority applies in such cases.
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National
Muncie
Inil
Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis
Baker
Federal
State Military Department
Well-Known Author Dead in Washington at 72
Washington July 20 Dr William H Gesbecki died here yesterday aged seventy two He authored well known surgical works and served on Gen Hancock s staff in the Civil War rising to lieutenant colonel
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Washington
William H. G»sbecki
Gen. Hancock
Fire destroys two big Indianapolis structures
At Indianapolis on July 21 a fire consumed the Indianapolis Bridge Building company and two large Van Camp Company structures in the early hours. Losses run high with extensive damage reported. Authorities investigated the blaze as a major incident affecting multiple industrial sites.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Bridge Building Company
van Camp Company
Wilhelm Speeches Count Rises After 1888 Reign
Berlin reports that since his 1888 accession Emperor William has delivered 196 public speeches. Of these, twenty were in French, eighteen in English, three in Russian, with the remainder in German. Baden-Powell Overworked. London says Gen. Baden-Powell, the Times notes, is suffering from heatwork and fever and ordered home to England for rest.
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Berlin
William
London
Baden-Powell
London Times
South Africa
England
Dakota wheat crop yield expected to exceed hopes
Fargo North Dakota reports indicate wheat yields across the state may top even optimistic forecasts. While some claim thirty bushels per acre in places, harvest timing depends on weather as wheat is in the milky to dough stage. Hot winds could reduce yield and grade. barley has already been cut and some oats will be harvested this week.
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Fargo
N. D
L. Sheldon
Cass County
David Pickott
Abercrombie
Richland County
New Pensioners
James Egbert
Dunseith
Enoch Russell
Tamestown
Bank of Oriska
Western State Bank
Stokesville
Lakota
Medina
Dominee Macnamara
Larimore
Willie Veeder
Mandan
McLean County
J. R. Blackmer
Kulm
George A. McLaughlin
Chicago
Lisbon
Rugby
Charley Leistikow
Leistikow
Grafton
North Dakota
Manilla
Wells County
Red River Valley Central Luther League
Northwood
Barnes County
Emmons County
Dickingon
Bismarck
Walsh County
Stockwell
Lunde
Ramsey County
Berg
Devile Lake
N. J. Kerfoot
Drayton
Northern Pacific
New Rockford
Grand
Northern Pacific Railroad
Emma M. Johnson
Worst
North Dakota Agricultural College
Tom Eliott
Washington
Blackleg
Fessenden
Peter Fugelso
Minot
Jacobson
Cavalier County
Great Northern
North Dakota State News Highlights From Dickinson to Ward County
Dickinson wool sells for 11 cents, and a creamery is planned at Milton. Reports from Casselton, Ellendale, and Williston cover wool, flax, butter, and school projects. Court terms, rail inspections, new post offices, and farm weather hint at a busy Northern Plains season. Negative events include accidents, fires, and lawsuits across numerous counties, with progress on bridges, mills, and telegraph lines noted.
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Dickinson
Milton
Casselion
Williston
Grend Harbor
Stutsman County
Ellendale
Bottineau
Grand Forks
Matt Wink
Jamestown
Texas
Farge Equalization Board
Thomas Cameron
Erie
Casselton Hospital
Jame Bunker
Gold Vein Claimed Found in Wisconsin Mines
In Vernon county near the Kickapoo west branch Matt and Louis Monti of Genoa report a valuable gold vein uncovered on J. P. Allen's Webster township farm. Copper mining nearby. gold not sought until workers stumbled on it. Samples sent to Chicago reportedly second best. Chicago capitalists offer heavy sums, but the owners will operate the mine themselves.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
Matt
Louis Monti
Genoa
J. P. Allen
Webster
Kickapoo
Vernon County
Chicago
Blindness No Bar in Illinois Osteopathy Exam
Frederick Farmer a 31 year old blind man from Spring Valley Minnesota is taking an examination before the Illinois state board of health in Chicago for a certificate as an osteopath practitioner. He is a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Missouri. Questions are dictated and answered by typewriter with raised type. Farm er shows notable speed accuracy in responding. examining physicians report remarkable aptitude.
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Minnesota
Illinois State Board
Chicago
Frederick Farmer
Spring Valley
Minn
State Board of Health
Illinois
Farmer
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Fire protection crippled by defective intake in La Crosse
La Crosse Wisconsin July 21 government harbor work agitates the Mississippi stirring sand and a defective intake pipe leaves the city without fire protection. The Holly pumps are clogged requiring all fire steamers to be pressed into service for emergencies. Repairs will take twenty four hours.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi
Asylum Quarantined After Smallpox Breaks Out
Kalamazoo Michigan July 21 Dr Henry H Schaberg health officer ordered a strict quarantine at the state asylum after twenty nine cases of smallpox and varialoid were found among the inmates. The disease was traced to a nurse who had recently visited her home.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Henry H. Schaberg
Michigan Insane Asylum
Freight Truckers Strike in Omaha Warehouse Trouble
Sioux City Iowa July 21 freight truckers quit work demanding pay raise from 1.50 to 2.0. New men hired, worked twenty minutes, warehouse work halted. Trouble adjusted without wage increase.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha Road
Harvest Hands Wanted in Morris Minnesota
Rich yields reported from Morris and vicinity as barley and oats are harvested. Crops are good and stocks are plentiful. Wheat harvest to begin next week, but there are not enough men available to attend to it.
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Morris, Minn
Harvest Work Shifts to Night in New Richmond
New Richmond Wisconsin on July 21 reports farmers planning to harvest after sundown to escape daytime heat as four horses collapsed in the fields yesterday. Workers are suspending daytime labor to avoid the heat.
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New Richmond
Wis
Duluth's Torrid Wave Reaches 96 Degrees
Duluth Minnesota July 21 heat wave grips the lake region with temperatures rising sharply between 10 a m and 1 p m. The thermometer climbed from 61 to 82 degrees and the day's maximum reached 96 in a three hour period.
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Duluth
Minn
Barn Fire Destroys Property Near Russia Minnesota
A barn owned by Ben Champagne near Russia Minnesota was completely destroyed by fire on July 21. Three horses, substantial feed, harness and farming machinery were lost. The cause is unknown and under investigation.
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Crookston
Minn
Ben Champagne
Russia
Kasson Woman Hangs Self in Barn
Kasson Minnesota July 21 Mrs Weren Pond, living three miles east of the village, in a temporary aberration of mind, committed death by her own hand by hanging herself in a barn while family was away.
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Kasson
Kasson, Minn
Weren Pond
Four Woods Brothers Succumb to Heart Disease in Cumberland
William Woods of Muncie Indiana died of heart disease at his brother’s home near Cumberland Wisconsin on July 21. He is the fourth Woods brother to die from the same affliction in the family.
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Cumberland
Wis
William Woods
Muncie
Ind
Here
Humorist Orpheus Kerr Found Dead in Brooklyn
Brooklyn humorist R H Nowell once known as Orpheus C Kerr was found dead in his apartments after having lain dead for several days. Separately, Germany's West Thum University gymnasium polishes a secret student society case with sixty students charged in a trial for belonging to the clandestine group.
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Brooklyn
R. H. Nowell
Orpheus C. Kerr
University of West Thum
Germany
Accident on Train Sparks Gossip in Ohio Journal
A couple on a train acts out a staged romance to test reactions, dropping rice from a handkerchief as they pretend to quarrel and flirt. Passengers watch, judgment forms. the man reads a paper while the woman asks questions. The ruse ends with them holding hands for the trip.
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Ohio State Journal
Pretty Angelina Swizzleblossoms Falls from Wheel
In a city street scene, Pretty Angelina Swizzleblossoms sprains her wrist after a wheel accident. Augustus Bloomengarten, her escort, binds the injury with a handkerchief as a newsboy taunts nearby. The man cycles on, amazed by the misunderstanding. The boy reacts by colliding with a lamp post.
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Angelina
Secret bullet theft at Chalons Musketry school Paris
For some time past secret experiments have been conducted at the Chalons Musketry school in Paris with a new copper bullet. It is unclear whether the bullet is for the Italian Lamacchia rifle or Lebel adaptation. A man from the electrical section of the engineers has been arrested.
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Chalons Musketry School
Paris
Lamacchia
Balloon Ascensionist Killed In Daring Trip
A balloon ascensionist died during a hazardous flight. The piece urges valuing life and health, promoting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion constipation flatulence and insomnia. It frames safe living and long life as the prudent path.
It Was All the Same Mystery Dinner
A Marietta North Star item quotes a man intoxicated in a hotel lobby dictating to a stenographer that he will not be home and says he is going to Kaukauna. The exchange includes mispronunciations and humor about spelling Kaukauna versus Green Bay.
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Kaukaukana
Green Bay
Marietta North Star
Courtroom quip on color blind newspaper reading
A courtroom exchange yields a witty remark about color blindness. The witness explains he cannot tell a newspaper read in one way from another, prompting the judge to question the claim during a humorous moment reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Johnson at Work Again in Racine Wis
Johnson of 924 Hamilton street Racine is now working daily after years of kidney and urinary trouble. He quit work when broken down and tried many remedies without success until a friend recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills. He was cured and back to full health, a case regarded as a near miracle and making the medicine widely discussed.
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Watson Lingfield
Dalzey
Valley City
Johnson
Racine
Wis
John Johnson
Hamilton Street
Dodd
Umbrella Woes During Sudden Shower Cited
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Press notes a soaked umbrella as the cause of a rain misfortune. The exchange contrasts the discomfort of a soaked umbrella with the person’s own soaking, highlighting a dry humor moment from the period.
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Hardup
Philadelphia Press
St Mary's Academy Notre Dame Ad Promotes Catholic Education
Readers are urged to view St Mary's Academy advertisement. The text extols the curriculum likening its scope to Vassar and Bryn Mawr and praises teachers, equipment, and climate. It emphasizes devotion and the aim of shaping girls into principled, intelligent women in a faith setting.
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St. Mary’s Academy
St. Mary’s
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
St. Mary's
Notre Dame
Indiana
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
School of Art
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
St. Mary's Academy
Awkward Johnnie Quips On Flats Policy
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes Johnnie warns his mother to remove gloves before entering a flats building after overhearing a janitor refuse kids, highlighting a lighthearted take on local housing etiquette. An awkward boy is described as a chip off the old stumbling block.
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Johnnie
Yonkers Statesman
Judge's Wife Praises Peruna Cure For Catarrh
Mrs. Minnie E. McAllister of Minneapolis reports seven weeks of Peruna use cured back and side pain affecting home life. She urges others to insist on Peruna against cheap imitations sold by druggists and offers free advice from Dr. Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Judge McAllister
West 33Rd St
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnie E. McAllister
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Momen for Our Ambassadors
A London report says the United States considers purchasing a house to serve as the ambassador residence. The piece argues such purchases are sensible, urges action, and calls for adequate support for ambassadors, noting past neglect in buying foreign capitals and in salaries. Harper's Weekly.
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London
United States
Uncle Sam
Peking
Harper's Weekly
Northwestern inventors receive patent grants list
Patent notices announce awards to Leroy S Buffiington Minneapolis for an acetylene gas lamp Benjamin L Bummert Minneapolis for a necktie fastener William H Cartwright Blakely for an educational appliance Aquila Deschambault Marshall for a water tank Emil Leicht Winona for a gaging and face marking attachment for mortising machines Timothy Martin Butte for a radiator attorneys Lothrop & Johnson patent attorneys 011 & 12 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minn
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Northwes Northwestern
Leroy S. Buffiington
Minneapolis
Minn
Benjamin L. Bummert
William H. Cartwright
Blakeley
Aquila Deschambault
Marshall
Emil Leicht
Winona
Timothy Martin
Butte
Mont
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
Paul
The Financier and the Bet Exchange
A brief comic exchange shows Gaul-Say borrowing $10 from Gaul-Smithers to win a bet. The bet hinges on the lender’s trust in the borrower, with a quick repayment arranged within the same day.
Hall s Catarrh Cure Is A Constitutional Cure
Hall s Catarrh Cure marketed as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents.
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Hall
Wholesale Troubles Polygamy Joke in Chicago Post
A humorous exchange features a boy asking about polygamy and an old man replying that it is a method of acquiring trouble by wholesale. The piece appears as a witty aside in a Chicago Post quotation. An advertisement touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a remedy for aches and pains, sold by druggists, promising quick arrests of ailments.
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Chicago Post
Mrs. Winslow's Boothing Syrup Teething Claims
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph snippet mocks Mrs Winslow's Boothing Syrup for teething children noting gum relief and colic claims while lampooning a child’s speech. Separate brief item reports a twelve year old Italian fencing prodigy Signor Autario Monferrito winning a Bologna championship against famed fencers.
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Bologna
Ataulio Monferrito
Satisfactory Score in Public Recollection
A Detroit Free Press exchange recalls ancestors with a wry line about not being hanged, underscoring public recollection and legacy with a darkly humorous touch.
Farmer Corntessel on summer board and home cooking
A Washington Star quotation features Mandy and Farmer Corntessel debating whether praise of home cooking signals a bias toward summer board. The farmer suggests some men aim to escape that association, while Mandy questions the link.
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Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
No Disappointment Reflects on Construction Delays
A lighthearted Detroit Free Press quip compares a home build timeline with cost overruns. The speaker notes the project has already used twice the expected funds, illustrating optimistic risk humor about delays and budgeting. This brief exchange captures urban sentiment on housing delays.
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Detroit Free Press
Wise man reels from fickle friendships for advantage
A wry aphorism notes that a prudent person will not abandon friends if they can still serve a purpose. The saying casts friendship as a tool for gain, cautioning that loyalty hinges on personal benefit.
Deaf and Dumb Neighbor Described in Mill District
In a brief note from the mill district, one speaker recalls a deaf and dumb neighbor whose home is overwhelmed by the frenzied noise of nearby activity, illustrating the clash between industry and quiet urban life.
Woman of the House Exchanges with Tufford Knott
A confrontational exchange unfolds with a stern householder telling a visitor he has visited repeatedly with no results. The dignified response from Tufford Knott asserts he is not a tramp and explains he is studying conditions.
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Tufford Knott
Playful quip on theater wit from Henry J Byron
A quotation from the Argonaut recalls Henry J Byron, famed English playwright of years past, noting that a good play inspires demand like a box of cigars while a bad one cannot be helped by puffing. The remark underscores timeless opinions on theater quality.
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Henry J. Byron
Argonaut
First-Honor Graduate Among Plain Attire Reads Stage
The Ohio State Journal quotes a scene where a plainly dressed, insignificant-looking girl is identified as the first-honor graduate, while another student who received many flowers is described as having barely passed.
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Ohio State Journal
Eye Nose and Throat Specialist in Fargo Mentioned
Dr J H Riedla uk, Specialiat, Eye Ear Nose and Throat in Fargo appears in a fragmentary exchange. The text contrasts Chicago with other cities over sin, mentioning Cincinnati and San Francisco in a brief quarrel.
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J. H. Riedlauk
Fargo, G. D
A Man of Courage
Dialogue from the Detroit Free Press features a bold claim of nerve as a man asserts he can kiss the woman, declaring he has nerve enough to do anything in a brief exchange.
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Detroit Free Press
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Benson County
State Board of University and School Lands
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Sniffs
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