Wheat crop in peril from rain and snow across North Dakota and Manitoba
Reports from North Dakota and Manitoba detail rain and snow harming unharvested wheat. Estimates show millions of bushels damaged with widespread bleached grain in Minneapolis, Red River valley, and North Dakota. Farmers despair as crop movement slows and elevators struggle to handle grain.
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North Dakota
Manitoba
North ‘Dakota
God
Tn Raniobiotosky
Destreets
Tieg Land
Minneapolis
Washington
Oregon
Red River Valley
Northwest
Torpedo Boat Tragedy Kills Seven During Trial Run
A torpedo boat on the Davis near Portland river Thuesiny exploded during its official trial trip. Seven sailors perished as boiler tubes failed and steam flooded the vessel. The Davis towed the damaged boat to Astoria and inquiry began into the accident.
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Davis
Colutshin
Thuesiny
Skamakawa
Fortland
Tyre
Davin Atzuol
Walkers Island
Skawakawa
Mies
Opivar
Dienbied
Agtoria
Wolk & Zwick
ant-Syeland
Nate
Ehradzh
Riis
Lmildera
Minneapolis Mills Break All Records For Flor Production
The Minneapolis mills report unprecedented output, with Flor products reaching new highs. Operations run day and night to meet heavy demand, while orders to GE surge and a key lifeline loan supports 27,000 units from the Cillkhory company to sustain production.
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Minneapolis Mills
Minneapolis Daur
Elekes
Chie
Lives Loans
Cillkhory
Dar
Blanco Plot Report Aimed at Cuban American Republic
A late 19th century dispatch from Havana alleges a Spanish backed plot to foment rebellion in Cuba against the Cuban American Republic. The message, though garbled, mentions Captain Bianes, Gen Pandy and others organizing a move during the Santiago crisis period. The note also references extensive Egyptian Geological Survey activity under the Red Sea and Sinai Peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Holegram
Havana
Bianes
Pandy
Crender
Santiago
Guha
United States
Eeryptlian Geological Survey
Fagrosian
Pertast Geological Survey
Red Sea
Sina’ Peninsula
Compressed Air Power Aims for New York Transit
The article notes compressed air motive power applied on a sizable New York system with about twenty two cars planned for February. Storage reservoirs would energy enough to drive each car twenty miles, while volunteers claim benefits. It mentions Missouri funding and militia provisions, plus a Pittsburgh tobacco man failure and a proposed jet-based pistehaven scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peth
Fall Street
Chicago Peace Parade Climaxes Jubilee Week
Chicago's peace jubilee culminated with a large military and civil parade reviewed by President Ciens Miles Shatter Chaffee and others in front of the Union League Club. Overcast skies and cold wind did not dampen crowds of about thirty thousand along Van Buren to the river, with the district shut to traffic for the procession.
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Chicago
Duion League Club
Ciens
Miles
Shatter
Chaffee
Wilson
Guin
Do'elock
van Buren Street
Teds
Chicago jubilee ball raises funds for soldiers and families
A Chicago jubilee ball at the Auditorium drew a large crowd including the President and military heroes. Tickets raised two thousand dollars for widows and dependents of soldiers, with a lively society function described as elegant and patriotic.
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Pholaiera
Wil Denefit
Chicago
Bedlery
Sallara
United States
Volcome
Mel Stuier
Presi Mts
Glomatic Corpa
Age
Neto
Skinned Bodies at San Francisco Medical Institute Exposed
San Francisco reels as evidence reveals doctors and medical students at Cooper Medical Institute and Slavia University dissect cadavers for months. Ghoulish skinning practices allegedly yield tanned hides turned into keepsakes.
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Sana Francisca
San Francisco
Cooper Medical Institute
Slavia University
City and County Hospital
Mixed Flour Regulation Update Issued by Internal Revenue
The Internal Revenue Bureau released a circular redefining mixed flour regulations. Wheat must be the principal constituent in the mixture, and any advertising or card insert in mixed flour packages requires approval by the commissioner of internal revenue. The wording should not mislead consumers about the product’s contents.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Dewey Stays in Manila Guards Position
Secretary Long denied reports that Admiral Dewey would return to the United States. He will remain at Manila, deferring any advise on the Philippines until the question is settled. Dewey has declined to go to Paria and remains focused on the local situation as tensions ease.
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Paria
Manila
Long
Admiral Dewey
United States
Navy Department
Americas
Philippine
Novel Court Berision Delivers Quirky NY Verdict
A New York Supreme Court jury issues a novel decision in the suit of Mrs Grace Frezevant against Mrs Mary Ty claiming 90000 for alienating her husband's affections. The verdict states a tied woman cannot alienate the affections of a rich or poor man, and the poor man’s love should not cause pecuniary harm to the rich woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Grace Frezevant
Mary Ty. Frezevent
Desperate battle ends with Kansas gang capture
Sheriff Mackey of Saling County Kansas and deputies fight a three hour gun battle with a roaming gang. Blackey Clark is fatally shot in the back. Deputies Lykens is wounded. The robbers abandon horses and flee into timber before surrender. Over 300 rounds fired.
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Kansas
Sherif Mackey
Saling County
Ofve Deputes
Lykens
Salins
Mackey
Navy Seeks More Men for Foreign Station Posts
The Navy Department faces a manpower shortage hindering reestablishment of foreign naval stations. About 8,000 enlisted men remain, mostly assigned to home or North Atlantic duties, with long-term regulars largely on Dewey's ships. To deploy ships overseas, some battleships and armored cruisers must stay in active service while keeping standby forces.
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Dewey
Battleabins
North
Department Wabta
Bank Doors Glossed By German National Bank of Pittsburg
The German National Bank of Pittsburg has closed its doors amid reports of solvency and promises that all depositors will be paid. Directors attribute suspension to heavy loans and overextended securities tied to Natalie Coal and Coke Company and to Charles Buerkdert, Adolphus Grodain ger, and A Groatzinger. A confession of judgments totaling £400,725.42 by Adolphus Groatzinger and partners precipitated the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German National of Pittsburg
German National Bank of Pittsburg
Tts
Natalie Coal and Coke Company
Charles Buerkdert
Adolphus Grodainger
Adolphus
William ©. and CO
A. Groatzinger
A. Croetainger
America Recognizes Cuban Municipal Indebtedness Policy
American peace commissioners plan to recognize and uphold Cuban municipal debt, arguing city bonds were spent for local community benefit. The stance narrows the broader Cuban debt question, potentially validating municipal obligations while not addressing the island’s total external debt.
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America
Cuba
Wade
Ateurity
Storm Delays Farmers Amid Severe Snow and Rain
Reports from Minnesota and the Dakotas say farming operations bogged by heavy snow and rain. Fields soaked, machinery stuck, and wheat and flax damage feared as blizzards and drifting spread across Lisbon, Marion, Aberdeen, and Tyndall.
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Bnew
Hain
Vallegs Poluta
Minne
Lisbon
Frei Prainiaine
Marion d
Aberdeen
S. D
Tyndall
Epidemic Nears End as Mississippi Fever Declines
Epidemic of fellow fever in Mississippi shows signs of ebb pending favorable weather next week. Towns discard shofenn, quarantine guards seek other work. gold shipment of 52,750,000 brings large specie inflow. Maripost arrives San Francisco from Australia with 725.00 English sovereigns, total 33,779.00, largest shipment yet received from Australia.
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Mississippi
Maripost
San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Explosion at Ashtabula Furnace Sparks Harsh Blast
An unexplained explosion occurred at the Phoenix Iron Works foundry in Ashtabula Ohio when a British shell fragment entered a scrap pile and ignited in a furnace. The blast shattered floors but no workers were harmed.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Phoenix Iron Works
White
Peach Tree Disease Ravages Michigan Orchards
A new peach tree disease has appeared in southwestern Michigan affecting extensive orchards. In Saugatuck Township alone about 4000 trees are reported destroyed, raising alarms among growers who fear severe crop losses.
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Michigan
Saugatuck
Three Die From Toadstool Poisoning in Trenton Home
At the residence of Henry Goldback in Trenton X d three people died from eating poisonous toadstools and four others are gravely ill.
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Henry Goldback
Trenton
X. d
Ten Negroes Killed in Harpersville War
In Harpersville, Mississippi, a racial conflict erupts after Constable Thompson leads a posse to arrest William Burke. Burk e fortifies his cabin and fires on the deputies, triggering a two-day fight. White and Black combatants clash as the town faces widespread unrest and casualties.
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Harpersville
Mist
Seater County
Miss
Thompson
Wiliiar Burke
Laga
Burke
Filipino Assembly Opens in Malolos with Annexation Tilt
Delegates to the Filipino National Assembly meet in Malolos on Sept 15. Aguinaldo enters in evening dress and delivers a bilingual inaugural address. The assembly's committee line reveals 18 favor annexation, 12 for independence, and several for an American protectorate, signaling a strong annexation tendency.
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Malolos
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Murderers Escape Noose in Creek Nation Case
A Federal Court judge ruled that no court in Christendom can punish a Creek nation member for crimes committed in the Creek country before 1805. The ruling voids jurisdiction, releasing Willing Tisi and Chiffon Fleuneliratel Gelchee Smith from death sentences and custody.
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Todian
Tudge Springer E
Musroger
Ke.u
Christendom
Tisi
Raut, Dep
Chiffon Fleuneliratel Gelchee Smith
Disappearing Chinese Exiles Stir Deportation Efforts
A crowd of Chinese men and women brought to the United States to manage the Chinese villages at the Mississippi exposition have disappeared. The Wong Ching Foo Company had charge and posted a 25000 bond for their deportation. Marshals nationwide are tasked with recapturing them.
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United States
Wong Ching Foo Company
Chiengs
Hoy
Treasury Department
Spaniards Defiant Amid tensions over Cuba demands
Spanish officials scoff at American protests as Havana faces possible US naval action. The American commission pressed for enforcement power after protests about a 150 cask sale, amid claims of official corruption and oppression on the island.
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Havana Bay
Havana
Enya
United States
American Commission
McAkinley
Loss of Life in China from Yellow River Floods
A China report describes the Yellow River overflow in Shaniing province causing widespread disaster in central China. Villages swept away, hundreds of thousands displaced, crops ruined, famine expected next winter amid a population exceeding 100,000. Two hundred Chinese drowned near Carlen by the flood.
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China
Shaniing
Carlen
Travane Ane City Workers Demand Overdue Wages
City of Travane Ane employes, long unpaid, press for wages in a noisy delegation to the Mayor. They demanded payment at once after entering the Mayor's presence. police were summoned to restore order as the Mayor refused to discuss the matter.
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Travane Ane
Tartana City
Pan Ta Ajeet Ibemm
Porto Rican Seeks Vote Despite Residency Claim
Antonin Velex Alvarado, born in Porto Rico and now a New York resident for ten years, seeks registration to vote after annexation. Election clerks deny registration, citing lack of naturalization papers, and the board requires a court order before his name can be registered.
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Antonin Velex Alvarado
Porto
New York
Bord
Pressed opinions on Cuba Spain Porto Rico in 1898 debate
A collage of era quotes from Philadelphia Ledger Atlanta Constitution and others comment on Spanish American War topics. Critics muse on Dewey poised for action Cuba Porto Rico annexation and US victory fruits. Voices vary from skepticism to patriotism about American role and policy.
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Philadelphia- Ledger
Eromunes
Steveland Plain Dealer
Cuba
Philadelphia Ledger
Admiral Dewey
Atlanta Constitutions
Redskins
Big Gaikie
Hgis
Philadelphia
Times
Berto Rico
Spain
Porto Rico
Pioneer
Kingdom of Spain
Porte
Ico
Philadelphia ‘Ledger
United States
Hawaii
Bawah
Porta Ries
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Descriptive portrait of the Philippines in pidgin style
The text presents a biased, satirical travelogue describing the Philippines as seen through a crude stereotype. It depicts geography, people, and customs with derogatory language, noting gold resources, sparse living, and supposed Spanish control. It mentions "PRippeones" awakening to modern times and references American ammunition amid tensions with Spain.
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Philippines
Herant
Th’ Islands
Spain
Thim
Lim
Chicago
Fiismarck’s Brain Size Compared to Heavyweights
An anthropologist estimates Fiismarck’s brain as probably the heaviest among known anatomists. In consultation with sculptor Prof Schafer, measurements from Schafer’s bust suggest the brain of the old statesman weighs around 1.3 pounds, possibly the heaviest recorded. Robber bands infest Dorin Eieo, burning plantations.
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Fiismarck
Mee Vasmarck
Olt Armen
Ammman
Prof
Schafer
Ofd
Weish i
Dorin Eieo
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