Defeat of Spanish at Pelanos in Havana Province
From Key West dispatches: Cuban insurgents rout 600 Spanish troops at Pelanos after a dawn dash on the fortified town. Rebels seize 400 stand of arms, one cannon, $1000 in gold and $5000 in paper money, plus papers from the Spanish commissary. The Spaniards retreat toward the coast as the block house is burned.
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Cincinnati
Commercial- Tripune
Key West
Pelanos
Havana
Hernandez
Nuncio
Fernandez
Cajaio
Devastating Spanish Atrocities Reported in Ju mento
A dispatch from Key West describes a Spanish force led by Captain Martelli attacking Ju mento in Santa Clara, poisoning wells to kill insurgents and residents, executing principal Cuban prisoners, and burning the village. Guerrilla leaders blamed poisoning on Cuban residents, while Spanish troops later learned they had fallen into a trap.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Key West
Spanish guerrillas surrender and looting devastate Las Palmeras
A Key West dispatch reports Spanish guerrillas surrendered Las Palmeras twenty miles south of Artemisa at midnight and set dwellings ablaze. Civilians fled as they were shot. By morning over fifty bodies lay among ruins. A Cuban band pursued the Spaniards, a clash ensued, and thirty-five of twenty-five guerrillas were killed.
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New York
Key West
Las Palmeras
Artemisa
Arrest of American Woman in Puerto Principe Ordered
General Ahumada, responding to requests from Consul General Lee, ordered Puerto Principe authorities to release American Mira Adan from custody as a political suspect. If any cause for proceedings is found, those will begin promptly.
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Havana
Key West
Ahumada
Lee
Puerto Principe
Mberty
Mira Adan
Two Men Killed as Tree Fells Lumber Camp Near Huron Bay
In Marquette Michigan on Friday in heavy snow a tree fell on a returning lumber party near Huron Bay. Joe Martin and a man named Ford were killed instantly while Pat Donahue was fatally injured and others escaped. The accident occurred out of the line of travel.
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Marquette
Mich
Huron Bay
Joe Martin
Ford
Pat Donahue
Donahue
Cupac High Girls Form Hair-Cutting Brigade
Port Huron Michigan January 26 The Cupac high school girls formed a hair cutting brigade to protest wild west hairstyles. A boy lost a portion of hair and another was warned to visit a barber within three days or face similar trimming.
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Port Huron
Mich
Cupac
Chicago Theatre Hat Ordinance Signed into Law
Mayor Swift has signed the theatre hat ordinance in Chicago. The measure becomes law ten days after publication and imposes a fine on any woman who refuses to remove her hat after a complaint is made in the theatre.
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Chicago
Swift
A Deaf and Blind Critic on Rosalind Character
Wesen Koeller reviews Helen Keller's Century composition on Rosalind. He highlights Rosalind as buoyant, young, fair, lovable, with tender nature and unselfish duty to family. He notes her joy, sorrow, courage, and vivacious charm, acknowledging difficulty in fully analyzing her beauty.
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Wesen Koeller
Helen Keller
Rosalind
Cella
Rochefort the Last Surviving Member of National Defense
Paris dispatch notes Emmanuel Arago’s death leaves M. Henri Rochefort as the sole survivor of the 1870 government of national defense. The pamphleteer reflects on departed colleagues, recalls attempts to condemn him, and explains he left the defense post amid much talk but little action.
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Emmanuel Arago
M. Henri Rochefort
Government of National Defense
Paris
London Telegraph
Chateaubriand
M. Trochefort
Picard
Gambetta
Jules Ferry
Jules Tarre
Eugene Peletan
Cremieux
Glais-Bizoin
Jules Simon
Gen. Trochu
Arago
Ferry
M. Rochefort
Rochefort
The
Laterne
New Caledonia
Gen. Boulanger
Melting Old Oil Wells By Electric Heater Insert
T W Young of Washington has devised an electrical heater dropped into oil wells to melt paraffin clogging the oilstone. The device, about three feet long, transmits current to heat and soften refuse in rock, freeing flow and restoring production similar to the original gushers.
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T. W. Young
Washington
Decline of Mentone Health Resort Supports Germ Theory
The French town of Mentone once famed for health cures now reportedly sees few convalescents. Claims arise that local soil carries germs and that residents show signs of illness, casting Mentone as evidence for the germ theory of disease.
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Mentone
France
Aspiring Burglar Reaches Eiffel Tower Height
A Paris thief with loftier aims climbed the Eiffel Tower and cracked two safes at the restaurant and theater operating there. Police are investigating the audacious break in at a landmark site.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Redbird Fights and Trapping Tactics During Territorial Season
The article describes the redbird's combative behavior when establishing a home and territory. Hunters use a wire cage with a tame captured bird to lure wild redbirds by singing, triggering fights and allowing capture. The trap relies on a delicate double trigger system and netting to close the cage door when the wild bird attacks the caged rival.
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Redbird
Liberty
Philadelphia Telegraph
Italian inventor 18 hour submerged dive with methydric sphere
Corzetto of Spezzia built a device called a methydric sphere and descended with two companions to 30 feet storing 2000 cubic feet of air. After nine hours the surface did not appear, divers found the craft on the seabed. The trio remained underwater for 18 hours until rescued. the failure was due to water ballast and insufficient air pressure.
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Corzetto
Spezzia
Naval Department
Scientific American
Pardon Fails as Convict Faces Harsh Sentence
A Detroit Tribune report notes the convict is overwhelmed when told of the pardon denial. He pleads for mercy, shocked by the idea of losing familiar luxuries, while authorities insist the law’s will is inexorable.
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Detroit Tribune
Courtroom Muted by Appeal Over Injunction
Judge Jincks recalls issuing an injunction against a suitor who challenged the ruling. Misa Jincks confirms the appeal to a higher court and mentions the mother reversing the decision.
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Jincks
Wagtite
Misa Jincks
Miss J
Mamma
Two Animal Shaped Mounds Found Near Winona Wisconsin
In Wisconsin near Winona two animal shaped mounds are described. A deer forms one mound with a tail of 26 feet and antlers of 10 feet, while a second mound resembles a rat with a long tail over 100 feet. Both sit on a bluff about 214% feet above ground and show no plow damage.
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Wisconsin
Winona
Minn
The Armenian Conspiracy and Ottoman Massacres Critiqued
The English Illustrated Magazine cites authorities accusing Turkish statecraft of arming mobs to massacre Armenians after warnings were ignored. Eyewitnesses report police complicity and guards at streets while killings occurred, with foreign residents witnessing drownings in the Bosphorus and a hotel crowd reacting with aversion to fish.
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Bosphorus
Plight of Two Society Men on Express Train
Two young society men boarded an afternoon express to attend a Lenox dance. Delayed by time, they dressed in the baggage car to reach the party promptly. The conductor found them mid outfit, yet they made the dance, arriving about 50 minutes late after a rough ride at 40 miles an hour.
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Lenox
New York Mailand Express
Love on the Roof at a New York Bookbindery
In a Manhattan bookbindery between Center Street and Park Row workers and visitors describe noon roof rambles. Girls play tag hide and seek and ring around a rosy among chimneys with occasional organ music and a few male staff joining for rousing rooftop romps observed by nearby high offices.
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Center Street
Park Row
New York World
Longevity Gap Between Poor and Rich Annotated
The article notes many paupers reach 100 years old but finds no record of a millionaire achieving that age. It questions wealth as a factor in extreme longevity.
Tallerday's Female Tonic Claims National Cure
Dr C M Wright of Blaine Indiana praises Tallerday's Female Tonic as a remedy that cures patients after other treatments fail. She notes two to three bottles relieve pain restore appetite and strength, with Emmert & Burrell selling the tonic.
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C. M. Wright
Blaine
Inls
Longfellow Statue in Portland Praised as Fitting Tribute
In Portland a bronze seated Longfellow statue by Franklin Simmons stands at Longfellow square. The work, funded largely by locals, is admired for its dignity and fit location. The Maine chosen sculptor had not met the poet, yet the result is praised for beauty and lifelike presence.
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Longfellow
Portland
Franklin Simmons
Longfellow Square
J. E. Chamberlin
Atlantic
Letters From Farmers In South And North Dakota Pamphlet
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway publishes letters from farmers in South and North Dakota as a pamphlet. It is illustrated and available by mail for two postage stamps. Address Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent 410 Old Colony Building Chicago Ill for a copy.
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South
North Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Geo. H. Heafford
Old Colony Building
Chicago
Ill
Public Health Note on Access to Pure Medicines
A brief plea emphasizes that none are so young or old as to avoid needing medicine or drugs at times. It asserts the importance of obtaining pure remedies at proper prices and encourages frank discussion about access and affordability.
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