Hay Sends Ultimatum China Must Decide
Washington August 3 By denying to the powers communication with their ministers in Peking the Chinese government puts itself in an unfriendly attitude. Secretary Hay in his reply to Li Hung Chang urged China to place itself in friendly communication with the relief expedition and warned of heavy responsibility if it acts otherwise. The note was approved by the president and cabinet, with confidence that other powers will concur.
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Washington
Peking
Hay
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Tien-tsin
Ti Hong Chang
China
Hays
Evans Will Contest Settled In Paris With $800000 Share
Final signatures placed before executor M Valois settle the Evans will contest. Sixteen heirs share 800000 after fees, with four sixteenths to Evans branch, four to Muller, eight to others. Executors will not contest Thomas W Evans Museum formation. Nell Farnham dead at 76 in Binghamton after long career in education and local school leadership. Torpedo boat Craven achieves 1844 knots in speed tests at Newport, while Stringham arrives for trial.
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Muller
Thomas W. Evans Museum and Dental Institute
Philadelphia
Nell
Binghamton
N. Y
George L. Farnham
Riverside
Cal
Council Bluffs
State Normal School
Penn
Neb
Tie
Craven
Newport
Re 1
Narragansett Bay
Naval Board of Inspection and Survey
Stringham
Wilmington
Battle in Pretoria fronts as generals clash with Boers
In Battle With the Boers near Pretoria authorities report Generals Hamilton and Mahon engaging north of the Crocodile river. Commandant Erasmus’ forces may be surrounded today. General Schoeman, who surrendered and swore neutrality, is back in action leading a commando north of Pyramid hills.
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Pretoria
Hamilton
Mahon
Crocodile River
Erasmus
Schoeman
Ars
Pyramid Hills
Praise For Commander Tilley in Samoa
The secretary of the navy reports a letter from Rev Ebenezer Cooper of the London Missionary Society praising Commander Tilley for extending United States authority over the Samoan possessions. Also notes a storm in Arcola Illinois causing over 1,000,000 dollars in crop damage and a quarantine against Tampa due to yellow fever. In the Choctaw Nation, Dukes wins the governor election on the full blood ticket.
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Tilley
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Ebenezer Cooper
London Missionary Society
Tutuila
United States
Arcola
Uls
Broom
Tampa
Montgomery
Alu
Alabama
Pla
South McAlester
T. T
Dpar- Hal
J. W. Dukes
Dukes
The House of They and Gossip's Endless Reach
A reflection on the house of They as gossip mongers who spread lies and pry into others lives. Ella Wheeler Wilcox laments the corrosive social habit of repeating tales about women and men, noting the venom and harm caused by those who watch neighbors and utter rumors.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
My Wedding Day. A Romance of Concord and Lexington
Mary recalls a spring wedding interrupted by the Lexington alarm and Concord skirmishes. Her fiancé Henry joins the militia, Henry is killed, and at last Henry arrives wounded yet alive to witness the wedding that takes place with Parson Elder present.
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Nero
Mother
Laxington
Minutemen
Meeting House
Joe
John Eaton
Suarry Wright
Parson Smith
Jenry
Henry
Concord
Lexington
Mary
Parson Elder
Arthur
Ward
Campaign reports circulate amid apprehension
In the Detroit Journal excerpt, What Hurts comments that the other side is putting damaging reports into circulation. The campaign chairman replies that there is no money to spend on such efforts, signaling a cautious stance and limited resources.
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Detroit Journal
Innocents Abroad and the Cabmen of Philadelphia
Short anecdotes recount Mark Twain and Chauncey Depew baiting cabbies to reveal city sights. The tale includes Depew asking, "Who was Jefferson?" and the cabman replying with plain facts, then revealing Wanamaker’s house and Franklin’s grave, all prompting humorous exclamations.
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Mark Twain
Adam
Chauncey
M. Depew
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Dr. Depew
Continental Congress
Jefferson
Senator Depew
Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin
Depew
Boston
John Wanamaker
Chicago Tribune
Gems in Verse and Fragments of Dreaming
A compact poetic collage from multiple sources presents reflections on age and youth, memory and hope, plus rural and spiritual images. It blends verses and excerpts by authors like Elizabeth G. Perkins and others, capturing nostalgia and the call of nature in a newspaper-era tone.
The Tribune Promotes Its Freeland Newspaper
The Tribune is presented as the leading local paper offering world news in condensed form. It targets home circulation, encouraging readers to inform the family and share content with children while avoiding objectionable material.
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R. Y. Risley
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