Peace Pact Signed By United States and Allies
The report states a peace treaty was approved by the United States Senate on February 6 and signed by the President on February 10. It notes a clash in Alaska between American and Canadian forces and mentions the Queen Regent signing a treaty between Spain and the United States. The document will go to the French ambassador for exchange with President McKinley’s seal and Washington awaits the President’s next move.
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United States Senate
Alaska
Spain
United States
Washington
Jules Cambon
McKinley
Madrid
Ratifications Exchange Marks End of War Duties
The article notes that ratifications must be exchanged by July 10 under the Paris drafted peace terms. Secretary Hay expects to hear of ratification through the French embassy due to no direct diplomatic contact with Spain. Spain must appoint a special envoy to present the exchange copy in Washington, making this ceremony historically significant. The peace draft was signed in Paris on December 10, 1808, approved by the Senate February 6, and signed by the President February 10.
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Paris
United States
Spain
Hay
Washington
Senate
Fire destroys Patterson Stock building in Omaha
A gasoline stove explosion in a rear third floor room caused a fire at the Patterson Stock on Seventeenth and Douglays streets Omaha. Two victims died and one more is not expected to live while about twenty others suffer burns and injuries as smoke and flame filled the floor. A Macqoabees lodge meeting was interrupted when the janitor warned evacuees but too late.
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Seventeenth
Douglays
Omaha
Neb
Trinway Youth Stabbed After Quarrel
In Trinway Ohio Ralph Hamilton son of George Hamilton stabbed a boy named Jones. The fatal injury arose from a boyish quarrel and the victim was disemboweled. Authorities report a violent street altercation leading to the death.
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Trinway
Ohio
Ralph Hamilton
George Hamilton
Jones
Wires not found in Maine mine disaster report
Havana dispatch says Capt. Huston denies locating the wires that carried the current to the mine that destroyed the Maine and left the steamer aground. Also noted: Burgundia aground off Algeciras and Cardinal Gibbons rumored as papal candidate. Officer & Pusey banker loses $5,000 from a pocket hole in Omaha streets.
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Havana
Y. J. Huston
Maine
Gibraltar
Burgundia
Bude
New York
Marseilles
Algeciras
Thomas Officer
Officer & Pusey
Council Bluffs
Omaha
First National Bank
Windsor Hotel Fire Claims Dozens and Casts City into Panic
A catastrophic blaze at the Windsor Hotel on Fifth Avenue between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets in New York kills nearly eighteen and injures many more as guests flee via stairs and windows. Rescues by firemen and citizens save many, including relatives of prominent figures, while chaos and fear sweep the city.
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Windsor Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Forty-sixth
Forty-seventh Streets
New York
Abner McKinley
Fire Ruins Windsor Hotel as Parade Ends in Tragedy
A deadly blaze at the Windsor Hotel on Fifth Avenue near 46th Street during a parade left 750 inmates, with private homes turned into temporary morgues and large crowds watching. Eyewitness waiter John Foy testified the fire started from a lit cigarette match dropped into lace curtains, despite the building being described as fireproof with modern safety gear. The disaster caused substantial property damage and a chaotic scramble as guests and bystanders fled amid collapsing walls and roaring flames.
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New York
Jay Gould
John Foy
Windsor Hotel
Bausch
46Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Windsor
A Mother's Mathematics Gen Her Son Keeps English Hours
Farmer Corntassel and his wife discuss their son Josiar who stays up late and favors English ways. The mother cites an almanac idea that different global times can align, suggesting late bedtimes may suit a lively youth, while the father jokes about mortgages and selling the farm. The couple weigh letting Josiar explore his language and routines.
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Corntassel
Josiar
Jes
London
The Critic and a Pilots Reproduction of Acts
A critic cites a Pilot leading article quote from Acts 28 28 claiming inelegance yet the text remains exact. The Boston Pilot notes it will not revise Holy Writ this year or next and jokes about reforms around 1998.
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Paul
Boston
Lost on His Own Trick in a Detroit Poker Game
A Detroit railway man recalls a few years past poker incident in a hotel where a famed local lawyer tried a cold deck coup. An outsider swapped the fixed deck, the lawyer exposed the ruse by rushing to fold and declaring that someone had monkeyed with the cards.
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Lansing
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
St Jacobs Oil Proclaims Quick Cure for Bruises
The advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a fast remedy for any bruise, claiming tenderness of flesh correlates with bruise severity and that the treatment will promptly remove the bruise.
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St. Jacobs
Regulations on Woollen Caps in Elizabethan England
In Elizabethan times hats were a luxury. An Act of Parliament required everyone over seven, within certain limits, to wear a woolen cap made in England and finished by English cappers on Sundays and holidays.
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England
Fort Wayne Gazette Praises Dr Banning Institute
The Fort Wayne Gazette extols Dr Banning and the World's Institute Pixley Long Block noting hundreds of sufferers have been made well and now walk the streets as living witnesses to the Institute's skill in chronic diseases.
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Fort Wayne
Banning
World’s Institute
Pixley-Long
Political kin and jail time spark family boasts
In a candid exchange, two girls compare prominent relatives. Alice cites her uncle Henry rising in politics while Sophie counters with her uncle William who spent six months jailed, turning personal histories into humor about status.
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Alice
Henry
Sophie
William
Coughs Lead to Consumption Prompts Sample Balsam Ad
A telling advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam cures coughs at once and prevents consumption. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and offers 25 and 50 cent bottles, warning that delays are dangerous.
Smallest Tree in Britain on Ben Lomond Peak
The smallest tree in Great Britain is the dwarf willow on Ben Lomond. It grows at the very summit and, when mature, reaches only about two inches in height.
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Britain
Great Britain
Ben Lomond
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