Duel of Serapis and Richard Through Close Naval Fight
Captain Mahan notes the dramatic sea battle between Serapis and Richard where British eighteens outmatched American twelves in power yet both ships suffered and fought at point blank range. Witnesses describe rammed gun crews and cannons jammed by proximity as the vessels pressed close with muzzles touching. The encounter showcases extreme endurance and strategic prowess under hazardous conditions.
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Nelson
Jones
Richard
Dale
Pearson
Serapis
Captain Mahan
Scribner's
Anecdote of Old Tom Sumter and Molly’s Recapture
Senator Bate recalls Colonel Tom Sumter a giant with a roar whose foray ends with Molly captured by Tories. Sumter gathers his force plans a bold return and signals with a thunderous yell to lay down Molly. Molly is recaptured unharmed.
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Senator Bate
Tennessee
Tom Sumter
Sumter
Molly
Tom
Must Have Been a Boston Man
A Kennebec Journal item recounts a trolley conductor from an eastern Maine company being questioned by a woman seeking the Bangor House. After a brief back and forth the passenger boards, and the conductor smiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kennebec
Eastern Maine
Bangor House
Burgoyne Tomb Near Gladstone’s Resting Place
Near Westminster Abbey lies the tomb of General John Burgoyne. He was defeated by General Gates at Stillwater and surrendered to American forces at Saratoga in 1777.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Westminster Abbey
John Burgoyne
Gates
Stillwater
Saratoga
Peace Commission Hosts in London and Washington Updates
American peace commissioners toured London visiting Westminster Abbey and St. Pauls while hotel staff raised both American and Spanish flags to honor guests. In Washington eight of nine War Commission members organized for business, with Major John C. Martin issuing a retraction about Chickamauga water safety. General Boynton defended water quality and noted park analyses showed pure springs. Alger visited Fort McPherson, reporting healthy conditions and only one death in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul’s
Thames
Cecil
Paris
Peace Commission of the
United States
War Department Commission
Washington
President's War Commission
White House
Grenville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
James A. Sexton
Chicago
Alexander Mc’Dowell M’cook
Ohio
John M. Wilson
Evan P. Howell
Atlanta Constitution
James A. Beaver
Pennsylvania
Urban A. Woodbury
Vermont
Charles Denby
Indiana
China
Phineas Connor
Cincinnati
War Department
H. V. Boynton
John C. Martin
First Corps
Chickamauga Park
Sanger Board of Inquiry
Camp Thomas
Chickamauga Creek
Boynton
Martin
Adjutant General
Sanger Board
Philadelphia Board of Health
Secretary of War
Park Board
Sanger
Alger
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Blair D. Taylor
Major Taylor
Jacksonville
Close of the Sovereign Grand Lodge in Boston
The I O C F supreme grand lodge closed with votes to withhold publishing decisions between sessions and to deny patriarchs militant the right to parade unless in good standing. Floral work for Rebecca lodges was rejected and no future licenses will be granted to accident or insurance firms to operate under the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Boston
Supreme Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Rebecca Lodges
Patriarchs
Oregon Legislature Opens Extra Session for Senate Vote
Salem Ore Sept 26 The Oregon legislature convenes an extra session at noon with the main task to elect a United States senator The Republicans hold a large majority and a gold standard candidate is favored H W Corbett prominent Portland banker leads as possible choice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Oregon
United States
H. W. Corbett
Portland
Striking Miners Return to Work at Catlin Shaft
In Catlin Illinois 200 miners employed by Catlin Coal company ended their strike and returned to work after operator A C Daniels replaced non union top men with onion men, following Wednesday action over labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Catlin Coal Company
Catlin
Illse
A. C. Daniels
Instant asthma relief claims from Schiffmann cure
Advert says Schiffmanns Asthma Cure provides instant relief and has cured many previously deemed incurable. Free samples at Geo D Clarkes Drug Store last week. Available in 50c and 1.00 packages, or by mail from Dr R Schiffman, St Paul. Also note local harness dealer Black & MouR on East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schiffmann
R. Schiffman
Rosabel St
St. Paul, Minn
Banana profits span leaves to flour in Jamaica
Immense fortunes rise from banana work beyond fruit sales. Leaves yield pack ing and ink. juice yields tannin for shoe blacking. wax from leaf underside is sold. stems make manilla hemp for mats and lace. fruit is ground into banana flour. Bananas ripen with dry heat in Jamaica storages, requiring care to avoid overripening. Jamaica yields great crops of this versatile fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Jamaica
Stone That Grows Believed To Be 65 Pound Rock
A West Gouldsboro man recounts an egg shaped flinty rock found in a local cave over 80 years ago. It weighed 12 pounds then and has grown to 65 pounds, with the owner and witnesses vouching for its authenticity as the same stone kept on his doorstep as a curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Gouldsboro
Donizetti Breaks Performance For Czar’s Speech
While in St Petersburg Donizetti paused a command performance when Czar Nicholas talked with a bystander. He quipped that “when the czar is speaking everybody else should be silent,” revealing his wit and sensitivity to his audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donizetti
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Difference in money before and after marriage remark
A jest about how men spend on wives before marriage versus after. The speaker contrasts giving a $3 bouquet with sharing three-fourths of a salary, noting the woman’s reaction changes from gratitude to disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennywise
George
Washington Star
Devastating cyclone strikes Merriton and Tonawanda
A cyclone swept Merriton Ontario killing three and injuring many as schools and mills were wrecked. In Tonawanda New York a separate wind storm smashed buildings injuring several with damage around $100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catharines
Ont
Merriton
Clara O'Neill
Lincoln Paper Mills
John Bickley
Frank Moffatt
Maud O'Neill
Jennie Nester
R. Bradley
James McCarthy
Arthur Bradley
S. Murray
Edward Doyle
Bessie Kerr
Presbyterian Church
St. Catharine’s
Collegiate Institute
McHugh
Packard
Ratcliffe
Welland Canal
St. James Street
Queenston Street
Tonawanda
N. Y
Niagara
Bassett & Bellinger
Samuel Monnett
Monnett
Chas. Peters
Henry Peters
Juries in Mexico Require Broad Citizen Involvement
The article explains that Mexico has no professional jurors and each trial pits nine peers. Verdicts require a majority with unanimity against appeals if names are unanimous. Eligible jurors must hold a professional diploma or meet income or family-head income criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Exemption From Tax For Working Dogs In Britain
Rulers exempt dogs used for guiding the blind or herding cattle from taxation in Great Britain. The policy covers dogs trained for guiding visually impaired people or for farm work by shepherds, keeping welfare concerns in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Rosebud s Budding Womanhood and Bradford Regulator
A vintage advertisement for Bradfield's Female Regulator claiming to aid female weaknesses and irregularities at puberty. It asserts early puberty can lead to health issues and promotes the remedy sold by druggists for $1 with free books for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield
Wrecks Hit Two Texas Trains Injuring Sixteen
Two passenger trains in Texas derailed injuring sixteen people. The Houston and Texas Central southbound wrecked north of Corsicana six miles from the city, two coaches demolished. Injured include Judge A B Davis and W R Moore among others. A second MK&T Missouri Kansas Texas sleeper car derailed near Colbert with non fatal injuries to Mrs Rhea Clem Burgett W H Caswell J J Clifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Tex
Houston and
Texas Central
A. B. Davis
Oak Cliff
W. R. Moore
Trenton
R. D. Berry
Dallas
Mrs. Ems
Houston
L.A. Daffa
Ennis
H. and
T. C. Railway
William Gaun
St. Louis
John R. Richardson
Richland
D. Duncan
Brownsville
W. J. Robinson
Will Wade
Pearl Foster
Calvert, Tex
Sterling Price
Paris
Fire claims two children in Fairfax barn tragedy
Fairfax farmer John Liebl loses two young children, a barn, granary, three horses, and grain in a morning blaze. Authorities suspect the children started the fire and could not escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Fairfax
Minn
Pioneer Press
John Liebl
Sawmill boiler explosion leaves three injured in Kentucky
A boiler exploded near Williamsburg Kentucky killing Van Cloyd and Ike Shoup and seriously injuring John Bryant. The incident occurred yesterday and was reported by a Cincinnati based special to The Commercial Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinati
Commercial Tribune
Williamsburg
van Cloyd
Ike Shoup
John Bryant
Chicago Assessor Convicted in Bribe Case
Richard C Gunning former south town assessor was found guilty in three hours and forty minutes of soliciting a $1000 bribe from Charles Fellows agent for the Reliance building. He faces an additional indictment for alleged conspiracy and may be tried on that charge as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard C Gunning
South Town
Charles Fellows
Reliance
Miners From Alabama Return Home After Chicago-Virden Work
Springfield Illinois Sept 27 The Alabama born miners returned home last night aided by transportation supplied by the state miners union after working in the Chicago Virden Coal company's mine at Virden Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Alabama
Virden
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Union
Seventy Men Entombed In Empire Mine Explosion
Seventy workers were trapped at the Empire mine of Snowden Gould & Co. near Brownsville Pa after a gas explosion and a later fire damp blast. Eight were killed, three hurt. four escaped near the entrance and others crawled out through underground passages to Lynn station. Names of the dead and injured are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Empire
Snowden, Gould & Co
John Haiston
Salem Haiston
Robert Davidson
John Bennett
William Pritchard
Henry Hagar
John Cartwright
James Hall
George Baker
John Baker
Samuel McIntyre
Jacobs
Davis
Whetzel
Walker
Lynn Station
Kitchener Reaches Omdurman After Fashoda Standoff
General Kitchener returns to Omdurman with posts at Fashoda and the Sobat river. No fighting occurred except a captured dervish steamer. Major Marchand declined to retire. diplomacy will decide the dispute between Britain and France as Kitchener leaves a garrison to protect the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Kitchener
Omdurman
Fashoda
Sobat
London
Daily Telegraph
Marchand
Major Marchand
Gneral Kitchener
Cameron Highlanders
Jackson
Mystery of Missing Woman Linked to Yellow Mill Pond
In Bridgeport an inquest found Miss Emma Gill of Southington was the victim when her body was identified by her father and three brothers. The coroner ordered exhumation for interment in Southington. Police refuse to reveal evidence linking Charles A. Plumb or others to the crime. Harry Guilford was arrested while trying to enter his mother’s Gilbert Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Emma Gill
Southington
Yellow Mill Pond
F. L. Curtis
Stratford
Charles A. Plumb
Plumb
Harry Guilford
Nancy Guilford
Gilbert Street
Birmingham
Maccabees of Iowa Hold Convention in Marshalltown
The Mac cabees of Iowa convene in Marshalltown Iowa with a large attendance. A grand picnic was held yesterday with addresses by Major N S Boynton supreme record keeper of Port Huron Michigan and Mrs Lillian Hollister supreme commander of the Ladies of the Maccabees Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Maccabees
Iowa
N. 8
Boynton
Port Huron
Mich
Lillian Hollister
Ladies of the Maccabees
Detroit
Market Prices Hogs Cattle Sheep and Grain Report
Chicago markets report estimated receipts for hogs 37 000 with prices 2 75 to 4 05 per cwt light to heavy. cattle 21 000 with steers 5 40 to 5 85 top and other grades listed. sheep and lambs 19 000 with westerns at 3 70 to 4 40 natives 3 00 to 4 60 and lambs 3 75 to 6 15. Milwaukee grain includes wheat 66 0 to 66 1 2 cents and rye 47 1 2 to 48 4 cents with barley 44 to 45 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Milwaukee Grain
Dies of Her Burns After Lamp Explosion in Sigourney
Ottumwa Sept 23 Mrs Owen Stevens died at Sigourney yesterday from burns suffered in a lamp explosion. A daughter, in burning garments, ran to help and extinguished the fire after receiving serious burns herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Owen Stevens
Sigourney
Serius
Volunteer Laid to Rest in Burlington Military Honors
The remains of Philip Ashley Crapo were buried with high military honors. He was the only volunteer from Burlington to die in the service, a University graduate and prosperous lawyer. Company F of Fort Madison and Battery B of Burlington served as escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Philip Ashley Crapo
Company F
Fort Madison
Battery B
Fire Loss Shocks Corning Farmer in Iowa
Corning Iowa September 24 Charles Sullivan wealthy farmer loses 3000 dollars in a blaze last night his barn burned with 900 bushels of wheat 600 bushels of oats 90 tons of hay 1000 dollars worth of farm machinery five horses and miscellaneous property destroyed cause unknown insurance minimal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Charles Sullivan
Democrats to Launch Fall Campaign Across Iowa
Des Moines Sept 22 State central committee meeting at Savery approved October 1 start of fall campaign in all congressional districts. Attending candidates included J M Parsons Rock Rapids for attorney general and H E Wills Clinton seeking railroad commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Central Committee
the Savery
J. M. Parsons
Rock Rapids
H. E. Wills
Clinton
Two Iowa Volunteers Face Court Martial
Captain Olmsted at Camp McKinley files charges against George Duck and Frank E. Baron of company E Fiftieth Iowa for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. They allegedly refused to serve on a hospital detail to aid sick comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Des Moines
Olmsted
Camp McKinley
Fiftieth Iowa
George Duck
Frank E. Baron
Bank Robbery Hits Hastings in Botna Valley State Job
In Malvery Iowa near Hastings unknown burglars blew open the Botna Valley State bank vault after midnight and stole about $2300. Hotel man Mr Brownell was attacked, gagged, and left in critical condition as the bandits fled. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvery
Botna Valley State Bank of
Hastings
Brownell
Newton Murder Mystery Deepens In Iowa Town
Newton Iowa September 23 The murder mystery surrounding barber George Carter deepens as he is found dead in a North Newton ditch. A coroner jury after two days adjourns till Monday with skull fracture evidence suggesting sand bagging but no culprit identified. Pallbearer John Lemme is arrested then released after being the last person seen with Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
George Carter
North Newton
Carter
John Lemme
Lemme
Petition Seeks War Dept Reprimand for Captain Howell
Des Moines reports prominent signatures on a petition urging the War Department to reprimand Captain D L Howell of the Seventh Infantry for an assault on A W Larson a leading clothier at the Savery house. Petitions argue the mud brushing was accidental and the incident did not justify the assault which yielded a $10 fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
Des Moines
War Department
D. L. Howell
Seventh Infantry
A. W. Larson
Savery House
Hawkeyes Lead Iowa Day Parade at Exposition
About 40 000 attended as Iowa day crowds filled trains from the west. Governor Shaw Adjutant General Byers and staff rode with local officials in a 20 carriage parade led by the Ames Agricultural college band and the Logan band. General Clarkson welcomed the delegation at the grounds as Governor Shaw and President Wattles spoke. Robert G Cousins delivered the oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Iowa
Iowa Lines
Hawkeye State
Murray Hotel
Knapp
Council Bluffs
Shaw
Bye
R. G. Cousins
Barry
C. G. McCarthy
Exposition Grounds
General Clarkson
Wattles
Robert G. Cousins
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Bridgeport, Conn
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Milwaukee
Chicago Grain and Produce
PMR
Board of Trade Today
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Democrats
Howell
Cousins
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