France and Britain Amid Global Tensions and Naval Preparations
Paris reports France will retire from Fashoda unconditionally as the British move deeper into Africa. In Halifax and Victoria naval activity surges with ships repaired and crews provisioning, while Dupuy’s cabinet seeks unity and a firm Dreyfus stance, signaling a tense, coordinated European response.
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John
Esquirmault
Victoria
B. C
Imperieuse
Gay
Sparrow Hawk
Virago
Paris
Faure
M. Dupuy
Dreyfus
Court of Cassation
France to recall Marchand mission from Fashoda
London reports quote William Hayes Fisher claiming dispatches show Paris ordering Major Marchand to withdraw from Fashoda and evacuate posts east of the frontier. The Daily Graphic cites an official French plan to reoccupy posts after retirement and to negotiate with Britain on reasserting control with Egyptian troops.
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London
William Hayes Fisher
The
Treasury
Fulham
Marchand
Fashoda
Fisher
Daily Graphic
Paris
Baratier
Major Marchand
Ubanghi River
Congo
Bahr- El-Ghazal
Baron de Courcel
Britain
Frances
Omdurman
Kaiser Telegraphs Pope Gift to German Catholics
Jerusalem November 2. Emperor William telegraphed the pope to announce his gift of the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem for German Catholics and to renew vows of service to the Lord. The pope thanked him and the consecration ceremony drew grand attendance as the emperor and empress arrived in full regalia.
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Jerusalem
Eamperor
William
Church of the Redeemer
Tower of Babel
Mecklenburg
Emperor William Mistake At Imperial Reception
Constantinople reports that during a reception before the sultan’s gala banquet, Emperor William mistook Mrs. Oscar Straus for another diplomatist’s wife and called her “your majesty’s queen.” Mrs. Straus corrected him by saying he likely meant Mrs. McKinley, a charming misstep that amused the host.
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Constantinople
William
Oscar Straus
Would Try Co-operation
Miners in Illinois plan cooperative mining after recognizing strikes fail to improve conditions. An Illinois State Miners Association meeting in Springfield endorsed the idea and formed a committee to assess railroad treatment before proceeding. Lawyers say legal damages are possible if discrimination occurs. The group will seek stock subscriptions from municipalities boards of trade and interested parties in the mining region.
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St. Louis
Illinois State Miners’ Association
Springfield
Government receipts and expenditures for October exceed disbursements
The October statement shows receipts of 39,630,051 against 53,982,276 in expenditures. Customs receipts totaled 15,555,234 versus 9,713,494 last October, internal revenue 22,366,511 versus 12,614,872. For the first four months of this fiscal year, receipts surpass those of 1897 by over 60,000,000.
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Washington
Internal
Peirce sustains faint on train. immediate recovery hoped
R B F Peirce receiver of Clover Leaf and president of Indiana Decatur and Western railway collapsed unconscious on a train near Cincinnati. He was brought to Cincinnati hospital still unconscious but later showed signs of rallying. friends expect him to resume duties within a week. Uremia cited as illness.
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Cincinnati
R. B. F. Peirce
Clover Leaf Railway
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railroad
Heart disease linked to digestion and nerves
The piece argues most heart troubles arise from poor digestion rather than organic disease. It credits stomach pressure and blood poisoning from bad digestion as causes of palpitations and breathlessness, and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe post meal aid. Full packages 50 cents. free stomach troubles booklet from Stuart Co. Marshall Mich.
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Stuart
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
The Kind of Bird in the Magazine Office
A man of letters debates a poem with a magazine conductor in Detroit Journal prose. The hungry family and long haired party frame a literary dispute as the man asks about the poem, while the conductor points to a pigeon hole above his desk.
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Detroit Journal
Grain-O Drink Offered As Coffee Substitute
Try Grain O. Ask your grocer to show a package of Grain O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children and adults may drink it without injury or distress. Grain O has the rich seal brown color of mocha or java but is made from pure grains and agrees with delicate stomachs. Price 10 and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
Weather Talk Prompts Bets Over Rainy Day Call
In a Chicago News voice a playful dialog notes a rainy day coming and challenges readers to bet on weather calls. References a Pye wager of five dollars and contrasts spendthrift Mebdy with Deacon-Young, urging nerve to show money.
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Pye
Chicago News
Nasal Catarrh Targeted by Ely's Cream Balm Cure
In its advanced form a cold in the head is Nasal Catarrh and a source of other diseases. Ely's Cream Balm is presented as a specific for membranal nasal passages. A trial size costs 10 cents or a larger size 56 cents, mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. Druggists keep it.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
What Changed His Mind in Harper's Weekly Quote
A clipped Harper's Weekly quotation discusses belief shifts about Maya bleeding patients, noting the bill sent by a doctor alters the narrator's view. An advertisement for One Minute Cough Cure claims it cures coughs colds and throat and lung diseases with various distributors listed.
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Harper’s Weekly
H. J. Moogh
Emmert & Burrell
Wmn
F. Jungkung & Co
One of the Evils of Slang Cartoon Prompt Fragment
A fragment from Jewelers' Weekly noting slang and a dialogue about a diamond ring, with an aside on De-Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a healing product and an early advertisement for Moogk Emmert Burrell Jung kunz & Co. The text blends humor, brand names, and a medicinal salve endorsement.
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Ruth
de- Witt
Moogk
Emmert & Burrell
Jungkunz & Co
Cabtor Beara The Kinda Ian Iva Bought Signature of
A fragmentary OCR note mentions Cabtor Beara and a signature purchase linked to the Kinda Ian Iva. Details are unclear, but the text records a signature act or agreement involving named figures. No dates or locations are readable.
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Cabtor Beara
Ian
Iva
Spain Pays the Cost of War and Holds Philippines
Washington reports that the United States aims to retain the Philippine archipelago and seek full reimbursement from Spain for war expenses, pensions, and debts, with a possible lump sum not exceeding 25 to 30 million dollars. The cabinet expects Spain to accept terms and contemplates military seizure of the Philippines if negotiations fail, while noting Cuba may present stiffer resistance.
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Washington
Paris
Philippine
United States
Spain
Spain Will Resist American Demands In Peace Talks
Paris correspondent reports Spain will resist U S demands and offer the Philippines for a lump sum. If rejected Spain will recall her commissioners, but rupture is deemed improbable. Spain will seek concessions by argument without renewing hostilities.
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London
Paris
The
Daily Telegraph
Europe
Philippines
Spain
Testimony Clashes Over War Camp Conditions
Lexington reports more contradictory testimony before war investigators. Marshall of Camp Hamilton and Mitchell of the First Territorial dispute requisition delays. Bates at Santiago disputes claims of ample medical supplies and flags Montauk Point as a poor camp site. Mearns cites dirty sinks at Gibbs hospital and typhoid in Camp Thomas, while water orders vary with boiler access. Backman of the 160th Indiana closes the briefing.
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J. D. Glennan
Chickamauga
Tampa
Owen
Glennan
Ife
Mme
Huidekoper
Chickamauga Park
Major Giennan
Eighth Massachusetts
William Cogswell
Camp Thomas
Huldekoper
George B. Duncan
Regular Army
Ponce
Porto Rico
Obdam
Seaman
Thomas C. Chalmers
Twelfth New York
Massachusetts
Chalmers
James Parker
New York
Breckinridge
Brooke
Wade
Keene Ryan
Lexington
Marshall
Camp Hamilton
Mitchell
G. C. Bates
Santiago
Montauk Point
Edlgar A. Mearns
Gibbs General Hospital
John J. Backman
Abbreviated telegrams recount war costs and misc items
The telegrams note U S war cost about 160 million dollars General West dies in Washington aged 76 the AIA meets in Washington La Vollette ill in Mundison Wis and Leefe dies in New Orleans prison A Methodist bishops levy 20 million bank offer US Paris expo space allocated People s Electric Madison assigns assets Mason Sons Providence files bankruptcy John Frost killed at Chicago excommunications and a Bohemia embezzlement arrest in St Louis
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United States
Spain
Joseph Rodman West
Washington
American Institute of Architects
National Capital
R. M. la Vollette
Mundison
Wis
Frank B. Leefe
J. N. Wolfson
Union National Bank
New Orleans
Methodist Church
Peck
People’s ‘Electric Company
Madison
C. K. Tenney
John H. Mason & Sons
Providence
Kk. 1
John Frost
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Father Kozlowski
Anton Y Pilszak
St. Mary’s Church
Lambert Wilt
Bunglau Savings Bank
Bungbunzlau
Bohemia
Beatrice
Blazena Mueller
St. Louis
Wilt
Miller's Gloveine for gloves sale by Emimert and Burrell
Ladies clean your kid gloves with Miller's Gloveine a non liquid product that leaves no odor and can be used while the glove is on the hand sold only by Emimert and Burrell druggists
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Emimert & Burrell
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