Testimony on Tampa Camp Conditions and Beef Quality
Washington Jan 5 Major Hopkins military aide to the secretary of war testified before the war investigating commission on sanitary conditions at Tampa Camp Thomas and Camp Alger. He reported on sinks drainage and camp police and noted Camp Thomas was abandoned per his August 16 order. He defended U S commissary stores and described beef from refrigerated shipments as good, while Porto Rican hoof cattle caused sickness increases.
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Narrison
Ch Teiga
Porto Atfeo
Washington
Major Hopkins
Secretary of War
Tampa
Camp Thomas
Camp Alger
Harrison
Ninth Volunteer Infantry
New Orleans
Senulago
United States
Porto Rico
Board of Survey
Misapprehension Clears Over Santiago Currency Order
Washington reports deny sensational Santiago claims that the war department would divert customs funds from Havana and ruin Cuban employment. Officials say customs data are for weekly reports to the island collector and that funds will relieve distress islandwide, with work offered to able bodied Cubans excluding loyal Spaniards. The plan includes sanitary, road, and municipal projects, while army pay remains under consideration.
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Washington
Santiago
War Department
Havana
Wavana
New York
Manhattan
Cuba
Spain
Gomez
Furilling Stories At Havana
Havana papers publish sensational reports claiming torture and an execution chamber were found at the residence of the Spanish military commander. The tale circulated after a January 6 dispatch, stirring fear and curiosity among residents.
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Havana
Robbers Take Small Share in Missouri Train Hold-Up
Reports on the Memphis train hold-up near Macomb Missouri vary from $1000 to $20000. The dynamited car reached Springfield and the robbers appear to have escaped. Express officials say the booty was insignificant while messenger Henry Newton thwarted part of the loss by hiding money under his blouse and surrendering only after the thieves demanded more.
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Missouri
Springfield
Ills
Memphis
Macomb
Southern Express Company
Kansas City Railroad and Express Company
Mansfield
Henry Newton
Express
George
Fraudulent mail scheme lands Wilcoxon in indictments
United States grand jury indicted Col. N. Wilcoxon of Decatur for using the mails to commit fraud. Once Decatur street railway superintendent, he arranged a fake Richmond-Eaton Traction Co. and secured a position for Ferguson, who learned no such company existed in Richmond, Ind. Further items report tax decisions on beer, a Weyenberg Bros. factory strike in Chippewa Falls over price cuts, and John M Hunter meeting miners in Pana to advance labor talks.
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Springfield
Iils
United States Grand Jury
Cc. N. Wilcoxon
Decatur
Wilcoxon
Muncie
Ind
Decatur Street
Richmond-Eaton Traction Company
Richmond
Ferguson
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Weyenberg Bros
Notable World and Local Briefs Rush of Early 1900s Telegrams
Secretary Gage named for Russia ambassadorship and New York property values exceeding 300 million dollars. Brooklyn death of Chicago Herald founder Hamilton Wicks at 61. Diaz receives U S ambassador Clayton. Appleton Wisconsin factory plans discussed. Roosevelt to receive brigadier general brevet. Brice fortune disputed after death. Spain’s 1900 debt climbs to 64,810,595 pesetas. Maggie B Vice 19 commits suicide in Chicago after a love slight. James Shuttleton kills wife then dies by suicide in New York. Faure grants pardons after court martial. Miss Olive Farrington Sampson marries Henry Harrison Scott in Glen Ridge New Jersey.
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Lyman J. Gage
Russia
New York
Hamilton
San Juan
Calvin S. Brice
Spain
Maggie B. Vice
Chicago
James Shuttulton
New York City
Bram
Faure
France
Olive Farrington Sampson
Sampson
Henry Harrison Scott
San Francisco
Glen Ridge
N. J
Belmont launches a new weekly journal in New York
Oliver H B Belmont becomes publisher and proprietor of a new weekly journal named The Verdict in New York. Alfred Henry Lewis edits and may share ownership with Belmont. The paper aims to back the Democrats with sharp views and mocks leading New York millionaires like the Whitneys Van derbilts Morgans.
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Oliver H. B. Belmont
A. New
Kind
New York
Démoutatio Party
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Alfred Henry Lewis
Mr. Belmont
Belmont
August Belmont & Co
Whitneys
Vanderbilts
Morgans
The Queen Victoria Household and Royal China
The queen tracks household assets with strong memory and business sense Attentive to hundreds of items she uses three services at Windsor and recalled a forgotten Chinese service with landscapes from Furstenberg A German envoy’s talk sparked the memory Sir Henry Irving remembered an Edinburgh reading mishap in 1857 and Linlithgow hall no crowd Grateful to Prince George new Crete high commissioner arrives with salutes and broad popularity in Greece and Europe
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Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Baying
Furstenberg
China
Sir Henry Irving
Scotland
Scott
Theater Royal
Edinburgh
Linlithgow
Irving
Sir Henry
Prince George
Greece
Nis
Suda Bay
King George
Europe
Russia
England
Germany
Diminutive Senator Among Oregon Leaders Noted For Size
In the marble room Senator Simon of Oregon stands small beside a crowd of Oregonians who compare his stature with historic figures. The piece recalls past Oregon leaders like Dolph, Mitchell, and Ellis as much taller figures.
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Simon
Oregon
Senate
Fried Cake Reverie from Prairie Days
A fragmented reminiscence evokes fried cake and sugar coated treats from boyhood on the prairie. The prose references imagery of colors, bells, and a nostalgic longing tied to a father and sugar fried delicacy, citing Edward S B Peterson in What to Eat.
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Edward
Peterson
Nose as Test of Charm in Spanish Comedy
A witty translation adapts a tale about Arago and a woman with a bulbous nose. A flirtation flares then dies when the suitor mocks her disguise, only to learn her true beauty after she unveils a pasteboard mask. The episode ends with humiliation and a cold farewell.
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Cyrano
Continenta
Arago
Paris
Shanie
Senorita
Alge
Parewell
A Lion's Sympathy
Edgar Quillet recalls an exhibit at the Jardin des Plantes where a lion and lioness stand motionless as the king places a paw on the queen's head in a gesture that reveals shared grief. Geoffroi de St Hilaire interprets it as pity and sympathy for their lion whelp who died that morning.
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Edgar Quillet
M. Geoffroi de St. Hilaire
Jardin Des Plantes
Geoffroi
Cassell
Leading vocalists guard voices with care and diet rules
The passage notes eminent singers like Mimo and Patti pursue strict voice care and diet, with Patti avoiding speaking a word all day before performances, reflecting high daily anxiety over bills of fare and vocal health.
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Mimo
Patti
London
Tender hearted butcher recalls lamb dissection report
Bogton Journal quotes Mr A remarking on a butcher who killed a lamb after aboarder sacking. He notes the killer hesitated for years before striking the fatal blow, reflecting on the delayed execution in a grim context.
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Mr. A
Bogton Journal
Foley's Honey and Tar Claims Curing Help Against Diseases
An ad notes Foley's Honey and Tar does not promise miracles but claims to give comfort and relief in advanced cases of consumption or asthma and to usually cure early stages. The snippet includes a tainted line about a South American tribe using narcotic wood to catch fish, suggesting an ordeal referenced in the same page.
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Foley
H. Ed
Moogh
Swartz & Fleck
La Grippe Successfully Treated by Remedy Claim
James A. Jones publisher of the Leader Mexia Texas reports recovering from a second grippe attack in two days after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He states the first bout kept him in bed for ten days, while the second required six hours before bed. Emmert and Burrell sell the remedy.
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la Grippe
la’ Grippe
James A. Jones
Leader
Mexia
Texas
Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Winter Tours Offer Low Fare Round Trip Tickets
Chicago Great Western Railway markets round trip tour tickets to major winter resorts across California Florida Arizona New Mexico Cuba Louisiana Virginia the Carolinas Georgia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Texas with return by May 1st 189_. Cars are steam heated gas lit with broad vestibules sleeping compartments buffet and dining cars with A La Carte service. Contact Maple Leaf Route agent or I H Lord 118 Adams St Chicago for rates and timetables. Also Burrell’s roasts fresh coffee at 110 Stephenson St.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
California
Lorida
Arizona
Old and New Mexico
Cuba
Louisiana
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Maple Leaf
H. Lord
General Pass
Adams St
Chicago
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Puta
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Bison
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Irhotors
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Jacob Krohn
Reni
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MWV
B. Elgon
Ritchie & Lukermann
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Ilminow
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Ofice
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Opera House
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