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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1902
Page
7
President Roosevelt attends the Charleston exposition ceremony with a grand parade and speeches. He lauds Union and Confederate veterans, emphasizes national unity, Cuba policy, and economic prosperity under fair laws and balanced capital and labor.
An article notes the 17 year cicada and its underground life, the insect’s periodic emergence, and its impact on trees. It also describes the British remount establishment at New Orleans, its vast facilities, and its role in supplying the army with horses and equipment during wartime.
Disjointed phrases reference Overland Trail California conflicts with F forces, a Platte River settlement at Six to eight houses called Rand Island City in Hall County, Nebraska. Mentions Gih- o-Juste, Columbus trading posts, Loup fork crossing, and unclear references to troop movements and early paper cities.
The piece recalls Queen Victoria era theater scenes at Windsor with Charles Kean and James Wallack. An equerry conveyed a request for refreshments, leading to a faint hand clap and gentle toe taps. Wallack misinterpreted the quiet display as shelling and asked for clarification.
The piece contrasts meticulous women’s dressing with men’s simpler evening attire noting common errors like black ties with tuxedos and white ties with opera hats. It also describes Culbin Sands in north Scotland a 20 square mile desert former gardens overwhelmed by sand in a single storm with shifting sands and buried farms and a village.
Secretary Hay and Mr Raikes sign a treaty extending to the British colonies the provisions of the original pact between the United States and Great Britain for protecting industrial property. A fire at Edward Lyttle’s home near Uniontown Pa. cremated two children aged 2 and 6. Governor Montague of Virginia vetoed a constitutional resolution funding veterans. Canada refused a request from the Brotherhood of Ballxxx Teachmen for member insurance.
J T Witzpatrick a former police inspector is dead. Four men were killed when a train collision occurred in Baltimore. The Buffalo Historical Society now owns the revolver Czolgose used in President McKinley’s assassination. John Cookwood a black barber in Oklahoma City was shot in the neck and jaw by an unknown assailant. Gas was struck at 780 feet in the fourth well at Blackwell with increased pressure noted. In February 421 smallpox cases were reported to the Kansas State Board of Health with no deaths recorded.
The account describes periodical locust swarms dating back to 1715 and notes their harmless nature yet heavy impact on ground travel and crops. It contrasts with a mule trade in 1899, where prices halved and freight costs rose, and describes Mississippi river transports docking fleets with cattle being loaded through funnel-like ramps to ships.
Gen Wade Hampton died in Columbia S C after a general breakdown. He served as brigadier and lieutenant general, led the Hampton legion, commanded cavalry for Lee and Johnson, was governor of South Carolina, then U S senator until 1891. He was born in Columbia in 1818 and celebrated his 84th birthday last week. Santos-Dumont plans to visit the U S for World’s Fair balloon prizes. Campbell named tidlerk for southern district of Utah Territory.
Henry Dintcher, a colored man, was at St. Louis when a reprieve arrived from the Governor twenty minutes after the Dover case began. Circuit Attorney Folk had telegrammed that detectives' new testimony suggested self defense in Boni 14's murder, which occurred August 1 1900 following a quarrel between Platcher and Roth's brother.
Manila reports unrest after the arrest of the editor and proprietor of Freedom, a local publication, on sedition charges for a recent article from an American periodical. The Volcano editor and others face government action for demanding removal of a judge and criticising US commissions, amid broader political tension.
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