Rios Denies Paris Bulletin In Unauthorized AP Message
Paris bulletin claiming Montero Rios refused peace talks was not sent by AP. The Paris correspondent denies knowledge and says the cable sheet was forged by the French cables company. In Washington, officials report the US offers to take the entire Philippines for 320 million with open door policy and no indemnity, urging settlement by November 28.
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Associated Press
Paris
Compagnie Francaise Des Cables Telegraphiques
Telegrapic Cables Company
Espon
Montero Rios
United States
Senor Montero Rios
Judge Day
Philippine
Philippines
Spain
Cabinet Member Speaks On Ended Paris Talks
Washington November 22 a famous cabinet member said the break in peace negotiations at Paris does not alter US aims. He argued the United States will press its claims, proceed to possession of the Philippines, and evacuations of Cuba and Porto Rico will continue while Spain bears the losses. The interview framed the rupture as advantageous to the US and dismissive of Spanish obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paris
Philippines
Spain
Porto Rico
Cuba
No title detected in fragmentary report about archipelago
The fragment states that island occupancy will proceed with limited resistance from insurgents and suggests no European complications. It claims that extending possession across the main islands is barely possible with no more than 6,000 additional troops, which can be dispatched readily.
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Fiuzen
Garcia on Cubas Future Not Forever Occupation
General Calixto Garcia and Cuban commissioners, en route to Washington, say they favor American occupation of Cuba until order is restored but not indefinitely. They will report on the island, discuss disbanding troops, collecting duties, and establishing post offices, while unity and a plan to use Cuban soldiers as police are noted.
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New York
Calixto Garcia
Santa Cruz del Sur
Washington
McKinley
Cuba
McWinley
Garcia
Garcion
Butler
Agoncillo Vows Filipinos Won’t Submit to Colonial Yoke
London November 22 Agoncillo the Philippine agent to Aguinaldo and advisers returned from Paris angry at General Merritt saying Filipinos will fight for their rights and independence rather than live under colonial rule. He questions island purchase offers and notes independence as aim while withholding a ruling on a possible government if full independence fails.
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Agoncillo
London
Agonceillo
Aguinaldo
Paris
Wesley Merritt
Merritt
Resignation threat over race pool at Central Baptist
Woodbury New Jersey November 22 Rev L M B Thompson pastor of Central Baptist church threatens to resign over trustees decision to allow colored Baptists to use the baptismal pool. Dispute over white members using pool after negroes. If action not reversed Thompson will quit as church divided on the issue.
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Woodbury
N. J
L M. B. Thompson
Central Baptist Church
Thompson
Syrup of Tea across cities noted in brief notice
Fragmentary OCR lists syrup references tied to San Francisco and Louisville with a stray New York tag, creating a scattered item. No cohesive event or clear names beyond locations appears readable. The fragment suggests a product mention or ad snippet rather than a full story.
Iron-Clad Rule in Odd Carpeting Union Stand
Cartoonish dialogue shows Meandering Mike refusing to clean rugs unless wages meet seven dollars per hour due to his carpet beaters union. The piece casts a social vignette on labor bargaining in a humorous, old newspaper voice.
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Mike
Needle Toe Shoes Find Rubber Fix in Lynn Store
A sport entered a Lynn shoe store last week to buy rubbers for his needle pointed shoes. Told none fit, he was advised to cut two inches off. A second customer delayed the proprietor, who later saw the man emerge from the workshop with two inches removed from each shoe and paid 60 cents for improvised rubbers, leaving satisfied.
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Lynn
Atore
Lawrence Sentinel
The Best Plaster for Pain Relief Promoted
An advertisement touts Chamberlains pain balm applied with damp flannel as superior to plasters for chest side or back pain and rheumatism. It promises prompt relief and urges Emmert Burrell to supply Pain Balm.
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Emmert & Burrell
Jury wheel mystery rattles Pittsburg readers
The Philadelphia Press reports a suspenseful note in Pittsburg over the November term petit jury drawing for the United States court. Coroner Hober McDowell had his name in the wheel 16 years ago while a constable. John G. Reading Jr. was added 14 years ago as a Williamsport law student and is now a leading Pittsburg lawyer. Of the 48 names in the recent draw, 86 were from the last wheel fill, with the wheel containing 800 names and substitutions made as names are drawn.
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Pittsburg
United States Atrault Court
Hober McDowell
McDowell
John G. Reading, Jr
Williamsport
Reading
Philadelphia Press
Grain-O beverage promoted as coffee substitute
An advertisement urges readers to try Grain-O a new grain based drink sold by grocers at 25 cents per package. It claims to replace coffee for both adults and children with a rich brown color and easy digestion.
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John Erfert
Wm.clement
Chrysanthemums Display At Freeport Market Garden
Louis Bauscier invites the public to a grand floral display at Freeport Market Garden 578 Adama Street Phone 806. The ad offers 25 dozen chrysanthemum stems at 15 cents each string and a promotion: come before December 1 for a dozen Platino cabinet or 4x5 photos for $2.
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Smilay
Louis Bauscier
Freeport Market Garden
Adama St
Government To Own Pacific Roads Expansion urged by rail commission
Washington November 22 General James Longstreet, commissioner of railroads, urges government ownership and operation of a first class double track railway from Kansas City to San Diego by air line route. He cites improved railroad finances, reduced receivership, wage restoration, and argues expansion will boost trade with the Orient and Hawaiian Philippines and Ladrone islands. He also proposes a government air line transcontinental route and surveys for direct lines to Seattle and St Louis to tighten national unity and curb corporate monopolies.
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Washington
James Longstreet
Kansas City
San Diego
Cal
United States
Ay Ling
Hawaiian Islands
Philippine
Ladrone Islands
Central Pacific
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Sandwich Islands
Philippines
Orient
Isthmus
Seattle
Washington State
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Canada protests alien labor ruling on Canadian salesmen
The Anglo American commission is informed by Canada's Manufacturers' Association that U S immigration rulings treating Canadian commercial travelers as subject to the alien labor law hinder cross border sales. A Toronto Buffalo firm cites deportation actions and the treasury stance. Canada may retaliate by restricting American salesmen unless restrictions are eased.
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Washington
Anglo-American Commission
Manufacturers’ Association of Canada
United States Bureau of Immigration
Canada
Toronto
Buffalo
Immigration Bureau
Vanderlip
Treasury
United States
Temple Extradition Deal Ends Mexican Case
Washington reports the case of American railroad conductor Temple, held in Mexico for a death on this side, was resolved. The Mexican foreign minister agreed to halt further Mexican proceedings and surrender Temple to the United States per Minister Clayton’s telegraphic update to the state department.
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Washington
Temple
Mexico
United States
Clayton
State Department
Extradition Arguments Tie Temple Case to Arizona Trials
Authorities in Ausatia receive Clayton’s statement that he would face trial in Arizona. The U S government had earlier demanded Temple’s release prior to extradition to avoid Mexican assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction. The current outcomes are viewed as satisfactory in that context.
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Clayton
Arizona
United States
Temple
Pana Under Martial Law in Illinois District
Governor Tanner proclaims Pana Illinois under martial law establishing the city and additions within one mile as the military district and bans arms public and private. Residents with arms must surrender within 48 hours to National Guard officers at Pana. Minor actions report calm. one mine explosion injures three workers.
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Springfield
Uls
Tanner
Pana
National Guard
Frank Wells
Fifth Regiment
First Winter Blizzard Sweeps Western States
Telegrams report a sudden temperature drop up to 60 degrees and heavy snow across the west and south extending to Texas. The season's first blizzard disrupts travel and daily life as crews monitor the rapidly changing conditions. Tacoma fishermen face hardship while Japan reports mass hunger among Etup region fishers. Captain Dyer of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana is discharged, and Joseph Jefferson nears recovery at the Holland House as he plans a trip south.
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Chicago
West
Texas
Deathly Plunge At Electric Plant Claims Two Lives
Reports from the era detail fatal injuries at Covington Kentucky where workers on a scaffold collapsed at an electric power house. A laborer named Matt Durfee was shot by William Menose in Wisconsin before both men died by self inflicted wounds. A broad sweep of telegrams notes strikes, curfews, and other local incidents across the U.S. including a Costa Rica journey by dignitaries and sugar company growth in Hawaii.
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Augusta
Spring Green
Wis
San Francisco
Honolulu
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Covington
William Menose
Middle Inlet
Matt Durfee
August LaPorest
Flat Rock
Escanaba
Mich
John P. Squire & Co
East Cambridge
John Harvey Myers
Home Building and Loan Association
Milwaukee
Myers
Stephen C. Spaulding
Villa Ridge
Ill
Janesville
Hawaiian Islands
Andrew J. Kinney
Wisconsin
Hudson, Wis
Porto Rico
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Marble Company
Uncle Sam
Minneapolis
Green Bay
Gus Johnson
Fox River
Johnson
Iowa
George A. Quimby
Deg Moines
Iowa Central Building and Loan Association
Quimby
West Superior
Emporia Bank
Emporia
Kan
Charles 5. Jobes
Wichita
First National Bank
Mitate
Cauioryta Fie Syrup Co
California Fia Syrup Co
Cari Forrnia Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Ban Francisco
Louisville
Pete
Washington Star
Cupid
Dr. Pierce
Longestreet
Gov. Tanner
Panna
Pana, Ills
Pana Coal Company
Walter Moore
Corbett
Sharkey
James J. Corbett
Thomas Sharkey
Hitch
Alton
Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Navy
Etrup
Indiana
George Dyer
One Hundred and
Joseph Jefferson
Holland House
C. A. McNamara & CO
Stephenson Street
Sherwin-Williams
Cunrantes
Bherwin-Williams
Hoth
SHERWIN=WILLIAMS Co
Stewart Avenue
Cleveland
Montreal
Bongye & Schwarz
Galena Street
Freeport
Sam
The
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Stephenson St
Palmer Cox
Inter Ocean
Chicago, Il
VANS
Stor
Van’s
Freeport, Ill
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