Lawton Remains Return in Grand Manila Arrival
The transport Thomas arrived in San Francisco with Major General Lawton Major John A. Logan and staff aboard. The bodies lie in state beneath draped caskets as ships in Manila’s harbor fired minute guns in salute. Mrs Lawton sobbed over the fund for a home for children and prepared for the onward journey to Arlington and Washington.
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San Tancisco
Golden Gate
Kurt Baker
Presidio
Angel Island
Alcatraz
H. L. Haskell
Twelfth Infantry
el Caney
Cuba
Lawton
Joseph Simon
Haberkam
Charles L. Okum
Fourth Cavalry
John H. Mohrhusen
Fourteenth Infantry
Shafter
Philippines
Manila
Admiral Watson
Brooklyn
Oregon
Baltimore
Thomas
Endymion
Maria Teresa
Nagasaki
Grenet
Fearless
Folsom Street
Artilery
General Lawton
Major Logan
Armstrong East
East
Logan
City
Monterey
Chicago
Detroit
Youngstown
Armstrong
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Republicans Plan Two Delegates at Auburn Convention
The Twelfth district Republican chairmen met in Elmer Leonard's office and set Auburn as the site for the district convention on Wednesday April 11 to choose two delegates and two alternates to the Philadelphia national convention. A separate convention to nominate a congressman will be called after the Democrats fix their date.
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Twelfth
Elmer Leonard
Messrs
Jackman
DeKalb
Gillam
Lagrange
Reed
Noble
Wickwire
Steuben
Maine
Whitley
Keegan
Allen
Leonard
Hugh Keegan
Congress
Fort Wayne
Philadelphia
Auburn
Iowa couple sacrifice infant in freezing yard
Ottumwa Iowa January 31 Charles Spencer and wife driven by religious zeal held their naked infant in the yard until it froze to death. The father suffered severe frostbite. sheriff subdued Spencer after a struggle with four men. The couple are prosperous farmers with three other children in Monroe County.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Charles Spencer
Lovilla
Monroe County
Spencer
Shoaff Will Reported Secrecy Amid Large Estate
A copy of Thomas B. Shoaff's last will arrived in the city with a request for nonpublication. Reportedly, the estate was divided into twentieths with the mother receiving four shares and nephew Fred Hanna among heirs. Knickerbocker Trust Co of New York serves as administrator. value estimated well over $1,000,000.
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Thomas B. Shoaff
Indiana's giant farms and the Gifford swamp land empire
Indianapolis January 31. The largest Indiana farms line Jasper Newton and Lake counties. The B. F. Gifford tract now covers 32000 acres, the world’s largest cultivated swamp farm. Gifford drains ditches, raises corn, and ships goods to markets with 300-400 tenants and 2000 residents. Jennie Conrad owns 7000 acres in Newton county and runs cattle and horse operations personally. Other vast holdings include the Allen Gregory 8000 acres, Otis near Fair Oaks 10000, Cooley 9000, and Brown Bros 8000 with many parcels cultivated by Polish Swedes and Germans. Historical figures Earl and Fowler once held tens of thousands of acres and shaped local development.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Jasper
Newton
Lake County
B. F. Gifford
Gifford
Kankakee
Champaign
Mr. Gifford
Leroy Templeton
Newton County
Templeton
Allen Gregory
William Kent
Fair Oaks
Otis
Monon
Rose Lawn
H. W. Cooley
Chicago
Brown Bros
Crown Point
Jennie Conrad
Adam Earl
Moses Fowler
Benton
Boswell
Sumner
Fowler
Earle
Earl Park
Benton County
Lafayette
Jesse Sumner
Milford
Ill
Jane Hawkins
Jennie Caldwell
Parl Park
Relief Union Report From Fort Wayne January Donations
Emma Jenkinson reports January donations to the Fort Wayne Relief union from the Elks and local schools totaling about 75 in goods and cash. Fifteen families received clothing and shoes. thirteen families received clothing. sixty-two workroom women used clothing and shoes. office activity included fifty-eight visits and thirty-five calls, with seventeen outreach calls.
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Emma Jenkinson
Fort Wayne Relief Union
The
Elks
Fort Wayne
South Wayne Miner
Hamilton
C. S. Knight
Vienna Bakery
Martha Melsheimer
Miss Burgess
Labor Yard
National bank circulation totals rise in January 1900
The comptroller of the currency reports at January 31 1900 total National bank notes in circulation reached 246 978 193 a year increase of 3 745 692 and a month gain of 791 670. Bond based circulation stood at 210 166 789 down 874 510 for the year and up 406 804 for the month. Secure currency plus lawful money totaled 36 820 404 up 4 620 202 for the year and 584 866 for the month. United States bonds on deposit to secure circulating notes amounted to 235 830 170 and deposits to secure public funds 88 299 480.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank
United States
Money to loan on real estate first mortgage security
A notice offers real estate loans at 6 percent interest. The ad names F Pfieffer at 226 Bass Block and mentions other banking or financial services. A birth notice states a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Menetiee of 53 West.
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F. Pfeiffer
Fire at Dayton factory district causes massive damage
A 7:40 am blaze in Dayton Ohio engulfed warehouses and plants including J P Wolf & Sons and Benedict Co causing an estimated 500000 in damage. Firemen suffered injuries and three rescuers were buried by a collapsing wall before help cooled the fire by 10 30 am with several workers treated for frostbite.
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Dayton
Ohio
Cincinnati
J. P. Wolf & Sons
E. Bimme & Sons
Benedict & Co
Dayton Paper Novelty Company
Big Four
Snediker
Louis Swaneger
Wolf & Son
Wolfe & Sons
George Coy
George Nienaber
George Griesheimer
Coy
Divorce Ends Honeymoon in Colorado Springs
Denton W. Piper and Miss Charlotte W. Power of Colorado Springs saw their brief marriage end in El Paso county court after Piper alleged extreme cruelty and inhuman treatment. He testified she claimed love for another man daily, and she abruptly left for California vowing not to return, stirring society circles.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Colorado
Denton W. Piper
Charlotte W. Power
el Paso
California
Plans for Colonia building at Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth
Plans to erect a new Colonia building on the colony farm of the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth will be submitted at the next trustees meeting. The $15,000 structure will house day rooms and dormitories with a 63 by 75 foot assembly hall.
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Indiana School For
Colonia
Brown and Purcell Buy Maple Grove Stock Farm
Brown and Purcell proprietors of the Rich hotel and Wellington restaurant purchase the Maple Grove stock farm near Kendallville Noble county comprising about 200 acres for 8000 dollars. Former owner Captain Collier built the renowned property and it will be improved after possession.
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Brown & Purcell
Rich
Wellington
Maple Grove
Kendallville
Noble County
Captain Collier
Smallpox Case Reported in Eel River Township
A smallpox case was reported near the Noble county line in Eel River township on Thursday. The patient is Mrs. Greenwell, sister-in-law of Dr. Frank Greenwell of Huntertown. Dr. J A Lomas and nurse Miss Boyer departed to care for the case.
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Eel River Township
Noble County
Proegler
Greenwell
Frank Greenwell
Huntertown
J. A. Lomas
Boyer
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Ad
Sick people are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter free of charge. Every letter is treated as private and confidential. All answers are sent in plain envelopes without printing. Address Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. VY
Chicago
Frank A. Greene
State St
Wiley
Tapacity
Sears, Roebuck & C9
Inc
Chicacd
Beare, Roebuck & Co
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Mrs. Lawton
Newe OF Home Fund
Central
San Francisco
Nagasink
T. B. Shoaff
Castoria
Relief Union Report
National Bank Circulation
Tatlest Mercantile
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan
Avy
Moacixen
Aes Eee Oe
Br Freicht.c
Donubjertts
Tyes Br
Burdick
Unkown
Ee Eres
Calv Odp
Varios Dames
America
Justhiy
Pyarind
Sears. Roebuck & Co
Sears. Roebuck & CC
Blasif
M. D
Pathar
Yenn
Ste
Vaiok
Mos
Tay Banas Press
Sali
Sears, Roebuc
F. M. Smith & Co
Eldredge B
Golden Medical Discovery
John Shireman
Eureka
Standard Oil
DR. Creene
Robert Klaehn
West Main
Enbalmer
V. F. Mullen
Madison Street
Calhoun St
Ie Tthoud
Mer Othe Tanesseoys
Entertainment Supply CO
Randolph and
Fifth Avenue
Maumee Heating and Supply Co
Harrison Bt
Columbia Street
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