Cape to Castro railway extension and Zambesi crossing found
The Cape to Castro line extends from Bula wayo toward Wanki a 200 mile northward move that reveals a large coal discovery and a easier Zambesi crossing at the new point. A famous author met with former secretary of state William M Evarts and was told he could not browse on his laurels. Baron Wilhelm von Rothschild who died at Frankfurt gave away one tenth of his income to charity and studied Mosaic law and the Talmud.
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Cape To
Castro
Bulawayo
Wanki
Zambesi
William M. Evarts
Baron Wilhelm von Rothschild
Frankfort
Pie incident prompts bid to overturn verdict
In New Haven a civil case jury visited the defendants home in Fairhaven and was said to have been given a piece of pie by one party to the suit. The pie is cited as the basis for a motion to set aside the verdict.
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New Haven
Fairhaven
Traffic Through Suez Canal Rises in 1899
The Suez Canal saw 3 607 vessels pass in 1899, up from 3 503 in 1898, a gain of 104 ships and 657 017 tons. Average transit time rose to 18 hours 38 minutes, about 30 minutes longer than in 1898.
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Suez Canal
Canal
Kansas City Claims Status as Great Fruit Distribution Point
Kansas City Missouri showcases its fruit handling with 1,000,000 bananas arriving in one day and 2,000,000 oranges on March 4 from Los Angeles. The orange train had twenty eight cars and a caboose, with 364 boxes per car totaling 10,192 boxes.
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Kansas City
Tropics
Los Angeles
Cal
Wreck off Cerigo yields ancient Greek art treasures
Divers recover artifacts from a sunken ship dating to two centuries before Christ on the southern Greek island of Cerigo. The haul includes bronze statuettes and a life size Hermes-like statue resembling Praxiteles, with some pieces well preserved and others corroded.
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Cerigo
Greece
Christ
Lucian
Athens
Rome
Hermes
Praxiteles
Avalance Tragedy Near Orion Cripples Three Children
Three children under ten endure a terrifying avalanche at Orion. A brother is swept over a 300 foot precipice and remains buried under snow and rock. One girl escapes a crevasse, the other holds a tree for thirty minutes before help arrives. A rescuer lowers to reach the exhausted girl.
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Orion
Insurance firms bump policy prices for European royalty
Insurers now offer royal policy coverage with a new assassination exclusion at a higher rate, arguing royal blood is seen as tainted. Milan, four months ago, sought life insurance but refused the assassination clause, and the present king's attempt to insure for Queen Draga also failed. In Massachusetts, Franklin H. Bishop leaves his estate to the Commonwealth, estimated at about $7,000 after debts and funeral costs.
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Europe
Humbert
Kinng
Milan
Draga
Franklin H. Bishop
Russell
Mass
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Bishop
State
Dream leads Algerian woman to saintly cave and mummies
A woman in Algeria dreamed a priest advised her to type in a location to reveal a cave. She followed the dream and found a cave with three bodies in perfect preservation, presumably hundreds of years old, visited by thousands of pilgrims.
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Algeria
Azores as Volcanic Peaks Revealed by North Atlantic Soundings
The London Standard surveys Mr. Peake’s 1899 deep sea expedition linking commercial cable laying with scientific mapping of the North Atlantic. It details the Azores as volcanic islands atop a submarine plateau, the surrounding床 bed's irregularities, mineral deposits, and the progression of rock building beneath the ocean.
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Mr. Peake
John Murray
North Atlantic Ocean
Peake
North Atlantic
Azores
Great Britain
Shetlands
Faroes
Iceland
Greenland
Britain
Bermudas
London Standard
Westward Influence Shaping New York Hospitality Scene
The New York Press notes a shift in urban focus toward the West as hotels and restaurants attract visitors from Chicago St Louis Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Cleveland and Kansas City. A fashionable restaurant near Broadway will cater to affluent Western patrons opening around April 1 and predicted to be busy day and night.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Broadway
Forty-second Street
St.Louis
Milwaukee
St.Paul
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Kansas City
New York Press
Mystery Man Visits Washington Elite in Disguise
A well dressed charming stranger tours Washington's fashionable quarter over weeks. He calls on official ladies, mimics an old acquaintance, hides his identity, and leaves no cards. He appears only in afternoon calls, travels by hired cab, and no one knows his origins or purpose.
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Washington
Frost and Fever in the South Question Mosquito Claim
The Mobile Register questions frost as a remedy for yellow fever noting fever stopped in Key West St. Kitts Vera Cruz and other southern places without frost. It cites a mild winter leaving mosquitoes active until March while the fever ended the last week of December.
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Key West
St. Kitts
Vera Cruz
Mobile
Ala
New Use For Sawdust Machinery Extracts Valuable Products
Scientific interest in waste materials yields a Montreal machine distilling wet sawdust at about 2000 pounds per hour. It produces char, acids, tar and gases, with char akin to coal and gases suited for heating and illumination. Europe and Canada anticipate sawdust as a significant source of oils and fertilizers.
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Montreal
Bittinger
Canada
Europe
Scotland
New York Sun
Snobs and a Graveyard A U S Marshal Named Bruner
An examination of American snobbery contrasts with English usage, noting the Four Hundred and exclusivity. The second piece profiles Hec Bruner, a U S marshal in Indian Territory renowned for his deadly clashes with outlaws and for the cemetery bearing his name where his victims lie.
Bruner and His Graveyard of Outlaws
The Kansas City Journal recalls Bruner who killed twenty eight men in the line of duty and buried them in a graveyard he created. A fence encloses the graves, mostly unmarked, except for a lone horse thief with a marble stone bought by his gang. After Bruner’s graveyard filled, outlaws surrendered in town to avoid becoming the next grave.
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Hec Bruner
United States
Bruner
Brunei
New York
Madrid
Tahlequah
Kansas City Journal
California road runner kills snakes in prickly trap
In southern California the California road runner famed for running beside horses hunts snakes. It builds a cactus spine barrier then leaps over the startled snake, pecking until the reptile tires and dies from punctures.
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California
Chicago
Abbreviation leads to comic military miscommunication
A South African colonial officer occupying a railroad HQ misunderstands telegrams from Bloemfontein. He replies with G T M and G T H to mean General Traffic Manager and Get The House, prompting a board of inquiry before clarifying it was only an abbreviation misunderstanding.
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South Africa
DeWet
Bloemfontein
New York Herald
Grow Careless of Danger In Mining Explosives
An experienced blast expert warns that long familiarity with dynamite breeds overconfidence and accident risk. He recalls a Cornish supervisor who, after twenty years without事故, hammered a hole to reprime a misfired cartridge, nearly causing a disaster.
Brutal Lesson From Dynamite Handling
A supervisor recalls warning a worker about explosive dangers and forcing a restart after a near miss. The man was later blown up performing the same task, losing an arm eye and ear, then returning to work and proving unusually careful afterward.
Poisoned rice plots target Chinese in North Yakima
Portland Oregonian reports Chinese residents in North Yakima accuse officials and missionaries in China of preparing poisoned rice. Merchants hold sacks and refuse sale. at least 500 dollars is invested. Victims allegedly die six years after consuming the rice, with aims to eradicate Chinese in the United States.
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North
Yakima
China
United States
Portland Oregonian
North Pole Fever Drives Polar Expeditions Century Prize
The piece notes a global push for Arctic conquest led by United States Explorer Peary while Captain Sverdrup and Baron Toll represent European efforts. Evelyn Baldwin leads a forthcoming American Arctic expedition funded by William Ziegler. Other nations plan Antarctic voyages as scientists chase near-mythic polar goals.
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North Pole
United States
Peary
Sverdrup
Baron Toll
Evelyn E. Baldwin
Wiliam Ziegler
Philadelphia
Capt. Baldwin
Berlin to Host German Fashion Exhibit
Germany plans a fashion exhibit aiming to mold German style with glasslike fashion for women. The event will be curated by a managing committee including members of the highest society and will establish distinctive German fashions in Berlin.
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Germany
Berlin
Peruna Featured By Carthage Woman After Catarrh Cure
Mrs Edward Stevens of Carthage New York writes that her husband fully recovered from catarrh after taking six bottles of Peruna as directed. She notes improved appetite, weight gain, and a cured cough. Other testimonials praise Peruna for curing catarrh in head throat lungs and across the body.
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Edward Stevens
Carthage
N. Y
Peruna
Frederick Williams
South Side Ladies’ Aid Society of
Chicago
Ill
Cuyler Ave
Fred Williams
W. A. Allison
Sheffield Avenue
People’s Hospital
Har
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Naval arch idea sparks Dewey remembrance joke
Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo jokes about a real naval arch to commemorate how Admiral Dewey has been forgotten. The remark appears in a column discussing local public sentiments in North Dakota.
Buzzer’s witty exchange on marriage in Ohio State Journal
A humorous dialogue pits Buzzer and Bizzer debating marriage to a rich widow with charm and cooking talent. Bizzer insists he is already married, ending the banter with a playful reveal from the Ohio State Journal.
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Bizzer
Ohio State Journal
Allen’s Foot-Ease advertisement promises relief for tight shoes
Deo Your Feet Ache and Buerat Bhake into your shoes, Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggiste and Shoe Stores, 26c. Sample sent FREE, Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Break in China echoes in whispered family clash
The Chicago Tribune reports a tense family moment amid a China related dispute. An elderly aunt mocks a younger relative while the wife of a man named darin defends a cautious stance, highlighting contrasting understandings within the household.
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China
Chicago Tribune
Jersey farmer mocks Dickens at New York bookshop window
A Jersey farmer in New York stops to read a sign offering Dickens' Works All This Week for Two Dollars. He quips that Dickens may be a poor workman or desperate for work, overheard by a Boston Curler.
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Jersey
New York
Dickens
Dickens Feller
Boston
Million Dollar Wish Sparks Family Dispute
An angry father declares he would disinherit his son after the son asks what he would do with a million dollars. The exchange unfolds as the father bites into a plug of tobacco in a Chicago News style vignette.
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Chicago News
Makers of Carter's Ink Pledge Superior Quality
The article notes Carter's Ink claim they cannot improve their ink beyond current quality. They assert they do not know how to make it worse, while affirming their product remains superior. The piece frames Carter's Ink as a leading brand in the field.
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Carter
Population gain boosts Vienna to 1.64 million
Vienna’s population rose by 293,710 over ten years, bringing the city’s current population to about 1,635,647. The increase highlights ongoing urban growth and demographic shifts in Austria’s capital.
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Vienna
Upside Down Pranks Sparked bywine in India Story
In a regiment an expert gymnast taught brothers to walk on hands in the barracks. The colonel, surprising the inverted company, disciplined them lightly. Days later the colonel revealed he misread the scene after dining with an old India comrade, admitting wine made him see them upside down.
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India
Good Time Coming Girls Quote Sparks Kitchen Banter
A Chicago Times-Herald quip suggests future wives will avoid kitchen scrutiny as better cooking becomes the husband’s burden. The gag line notes that forthcoming generation’s mothers will be kept out of the kitchen by cooks, highlighting changing domestic roles.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Patents Insuted Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
List of patent issues to Northwestern inventors includes Eben J Manning Lake City Minnesota floor mat Emil A Michalscheck Big Stone South Dakota handsaw attachment William A Patten Le Sueur Minnesota match box John E Ryan Minneapolis Minnesota self locking fire hose bridge Herman Stade Flandreau South Dakota bolt holder Clarence O White Minneapolis Minnesota mixing and vaporizing device for explosive engines Lothrop and Johns tent attorneys 011 912 Bioneer Press St Paul Minnesota Paper value of 100000000 annually produced in United States one third used by publishers of books and papers
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Eben J. Manning
Lake City
Minn
Emil A. Michalscheck
Big Stone
S. D
William A
Patten
le Sueur
John E. Ryan
Minneapolis
Herman Stade
Flandreau
Clarence O. White
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