New Armory Plans Draw Fire From Scranton Papers
The Thirteenth regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard will have a new armory in Scranton with fortified walls and towers for defense. Critics question motives, linking the project to labor and imperial fears as the Philadelphia Record backs Republicans and Crawford county politics reveal treachery ahead of the general election.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Scranton
Scranton Tribune
Philadelphia Record
Brown
Record
Bryan
Crawford County
Empress Edict and Far East Dispatches Stir Talks
London reports optimistic Chinese sources claim Empress Dowager’s government resumes June 30 and names Yang Li premier while urging loyalty from viceroys to shield foreigners. Tokyo and Shanghai pieces note Emperor Kwang Hsu’s messages denouncing Boxer violence and urging suppression with legation protection. Allied forces defend Peking-Tien Tsun area, repelling archer artillery and infantry assaults as more Japanese troops land at Taku amid rising casualties.
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London
Far East
Shanghai
Yang Li
Nankin
Yang-tse Kiang
Ten-tsin
Peking
Legation
Prince Tuan
Prince Ching
Daily Mail
Emperor Kwang Hsu
Couricr
Weking
Kwang Hsu
Baron von Kettler
Prince Taan
Prince Thay
Than
Prince Teuan
Tsaishan
Kang-Yi
Confiere Mintet
Suys
Tien-tsin
Ladysmith
Imimedia
Algerine
Taku
More Men for China: MacArthur's troop movements report
General MacArthur reports dispatches to the adjutant general detailing troop redeployments to China. Daggett's Fourteenth Infantry and Reilly's Battery sail from the Philippines to Taku, with Daggett to establish a depot and provide three months subsistence for 5,000 men. Additional medical and supply arrangements accompany the transfer as forces near Tientsin. The move marks the administration's admission of withdrawing troops from the Philippines to aid in China.
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Guneral MacArthur
Washington
Secretary of War
MacArthur
Daggett
Fourteenth
United States
Fantry
Reilly
Pitth
Taku
Indiana
Flintshire
Wyefield
Taylor
Samar
Stites
Manila
Anderson
China
Philippines
Ninth Infantry
Admiral Kemps Fleet
Fourteenth Infantry
Fifth Artillery
Fort Brady
Port Wayne
FIGHTING IN TRANSVAAL Dispatches recount Bethlehem siege and casualties
London reports Lord Roberts dispatch from Pretoria July 10 detailing the capture of Bethlehem by forces under Clements and Paget with Munster fusileers and Yorkshire Light Infantry. Casualties listed include several officers and men. further notes on Haden-Powell at Rastenburg and wider South Africa casualty totals. Also includes US crop and weather notes and a Gloucester fishing schooner collision with a drowning toll.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Pretoria
Munsters
MacPherson
Weakes
Conway
Boyd Rochefort
Seatish Rifles
Yorkshires
Linperia Yeomanry
Paget
Thirty-eighth Royal Artillery
Lmperia
Haden-Powell
Rastenburg
Baden-Powell
Lawbury Tracy
Rustenborg
Bethlehem
Clements
Royal Triad
Stormberg
Tanter
Broadwood
Bethleh
South Africa
Rockland
Pred Gower
Gloucester
Cape Sable
Mary Story
Story
Charles Sears
Wood Harbor
Angus Bears
John H. Wagner
West Berlin
George and
Copps Sayward
Senator Hanna leads to Canton on special train
Final preparations are complete for Senator Hanna to escort the notification committee from Cleveland to Canton tomorrow. The five car special train leaves Cleveland at 0:30 a.m. and includes the Tippecanoe club Wand and invited guests totaling about 500. The party will arrive in Dayton shortly before noon. Ground is broken for the New York state building at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo. Contractors are Kerrick's Bank and Cary is the architect. The marble structure will cost about 160000 and will be occupied by the Buffalo Historical Society after opposition subsides.
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Neilly McKinley
Cleveland
Hanna Tor
Canton
Tippecanoe Club
Hanna
Dayton
Buffalo
New York State Building
Charles Kerrick's Bank
Urge Cary
Buffalo Historical Society
Fatal Bicycle Accident in Ithaca and Millionaire Killed in Allentown
In Ithaca New York on July 11 Paul Collins a machinist's son was crushed under a wagon wheel after falling from a bicycle the pedals out of reach. In Allentown Pennsylvania on the same date Edward W. Exler 73 a retired lumber dealer and millionaire was struck by a fast freight train and killed while driving from his farm.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Paul Collins
Michael Collins
Allentown
Edward W.xler
Philadelphia
Reading
Bmaus
Martial Law At Nome As US Commissioner Takes Over
The St Paul arrives from Nome with about 40 passengers and 1.5 million dollars in treasure from Daw son. Law and order collapse described as hell on earth. Nome Chamber of Commerce hands over control to US Commissioner Trawson to enforce martial law amid killings and robberies. Beach tents crowd 15 miles of shoreline. fever from bad water and drainage. Many head for interior districts while most lack funds to leave.
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United, States
San Francisco
St. Paul
Nome
Dawson
Langford
Rampart City
Arctte Ey Dorado
Koyukuk
Tanana
Baseball Scores and Standings from the Major Leagues
Baseball scores from Chicago Pittsburg and St Louis show multiple batteries and run totals. Standings list Brooklyn Cincinnati Philadelphia St Louis Boston Pittsburg New York with American and Eastern League results and a Cuba constitutional meeting in Miayuna July 11 outlining assembly formation and voter registration plans.
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Chicago
Rene Chega
New York
Griffith and Donahue
Doheny
Boston
Jones and Criger, Dineen and Clarke
Cincinnati
R. OM
Philadelphia
Dreitenstein and Peltz
Orth and McFarland
CLABS
Brooklyn
Philadela
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Detroit
Kansas
Buffalo
Syracuse
Toronto
Rochester
Montreal
Springfield
Worcester
Hartford
Huartford
Providence
Odell Declines New York Governor Candidacy
July 11 dispatches report Benjamin B Odell chairman of the Republican state committee will not seek the governorship to succeed Roosevelt. Odell says he won’t be a candidate now or while in office, reversing expectations that his name would be used. In Albany, Roosevelt meets officials and contemplates charges involving Gardiner Van Wyck and Cole, with further talks planned.
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Capital
Iiington
McKinley
Washington
Buturlay
Philadelphia
Odell
New York
Benjamin
Republican State Committee
Roosevelt
Tyan
Albany
Oyster Bay
Davies
Ansley Wilcox
Gardiner
van Wyck
Coler
Hodgson Reaches the Cape Coast Castle Arrival
The Gold Coast Governor Sir Frederle Mitchell Hodgson and his wife arrived at Cape Coast Castle today with the remainder of the party expected tomorrow. In New London Missouri the Jester murder trial announced a jury was secured last night, marking a key development in the case.
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Hodgson
Cauat
London
Daily Mail
Accra
Prederle Mitchell Hodgson
Gold Coast
Cape Coast Castle
Jester
New London
Yellow fever wanes in Cuba and Exposition ground broken
Brief notes report the waning yellow fever epidemic at Quema dos Cuba, the start of construction for the Pan American exposition grounds in Buffalo New York, and the Mohican training ship nearing commission at Mare Island with about 200 landsmen to sail an 18 month voyage likely to Australia and the Philippines. The St Louis street car strike resumes after a mass meeting at the West End Coliseum with the union alleging repeated violations of the prior settlement terms.
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Quemados
Cuba
New York State
Buffalo
Mohican
Drake
Mare Island
Australia
Philippines
St. Louis
Nagain
Street Railway Men's Union
West End Coliseum
St. Louis Transit Company
Railroad Timetables for Lehigh Valley and Delaware Road
A mixed timetable notes May 27 1900 schedules for the Lehigh Valley and Delaware Susquehanna Schuylkill railroads. It lists passenger trains from Freeland to Weatherly Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Easton Philadelphia New York and points west with departures at 6 am 9 30 am 1 30 pm and 4 42 pm plus arrivals from Philadelphia New York Scranton and Wilkes Barre. It also details connections at Hazleton Junction with electric cars and notes key officials and offices in New York City.
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Shenandoah Carmel
Shamokin
Pottsville
Sandy Run
White Haven
Seat Scranton
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Philadelphia
New York
Hasteton
Mahanoy City
Bhenandough
Mt. Carmel
Ppeciighiatt
New York City
Lee
Cortlandt Street
J.T. Keith
Hazleton
Drifton
Oneida Junction
Tarwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Ham
Sheppton
Beaver Meadow Road
Stockton
Hazle Brook
Eckley
Jeddo
Hazleton Junction
Jeanesville
Audenried
Traction Company
Doringer
B. R. Ht
Ukeebaere
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Pointa West
Hagleton Junction
Deringer
Luther ©. Smith
Jokes and quips crop up in late 19th century papers
A collage of humorous snippets from papers like Detroit Free Press Chicago Record and Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jests touch on love insomnia sermons monks and political satire highlighting tongue in cheek lines about a true statesman the honor paid by senators and a proposed Tweed monument.
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William M. Tweed
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ram's Horn Blasts and Moral Maxims Passed Down
The passage presents aphoristic lines on justice, pride, gratitude, truth, and ethics. It contrasts spiritual ideals with practical realities, criticizing sectarianism and overpriced good works while urging awareness of earthly economics and personal virtue.
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Tientain Safe
Young Men's Christian Association
Thentsin
Robert J. Lewis
Robert I. Gailey
Tieo-tain
Lewis
Callie Thiryen
Encore
Jay Cooke
Ogontz
Transvaal
British War Offices
Department of Agriculture
Alabam
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Nome G
National
LEAG
Miayuna
Bing
Secretar
Delawark, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad
Roan
Jon
Senee Sty
Harwood
Cranberry
Wombicken
Danone
Dorothy
Detroit Free
John
Amelia
Chicago Record
Fidler Scrogwins
Bingtown Banner
Plain Dealer
Harper's Basar
Indianapolis Journal
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