Hundred Years Ago Tangles in Diplomacy and War
One hundred years ago Russia and Sweden negotiated a subsidiary treaty while the Haitian army under Emperor Dessalines prepared to march on Santo Domingo. Holland faced near bankruptcy as the Sac and Fox ceded 80 000 square miles to the United States 80 percent along the Mississippi. Discontent grew in New Orleans as the former Spanish Governor kept troops for guard duties.
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Russia
Sweden
Emperor Dessalines
Santo Domingo
Holland
United States
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Old Journal Chronicle of 19th Century Conflicts and Events
Georgia blocks Indian self government while Senate approves treaties granting vast lands to the United States. Reports from St Petersburg note peace celebrations despite tension. Choctaws clash with Osage on Canadian river. seven killed. South Africa expected trouble as English hinder native poligamy. U S debt redeemed. Texas promises on lands reserved. US ships seized in Havana. Union raids on guerrilla camps reported. Stanton confirms Shermillin occupies Savannah. Persecution of Jews in Rome criticized. Wilmington bombarded by Union forces. Fenian crowd in Chicago calls for war over St Albans raid. Mexican Republicans defeat the Tupperiats at San Pedro.
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Georgia
Senate
St Petersburg
Adrianople
Constantinople
Canadian
Katie
South Africa
United States
Treasury
Iajins
Texas
Havana
New Or
Stanton
Shermillin
Savannab
Rome
Wihnington
N. C
Fenian Brotherhood
Chicago
England
St. Albans
Canin
San Pedro
Thirty Years Ago News Clipping Highlights
A railroad wreck in Oxfordshire caused thirty deaths while a Lane explosion in North Staffordshire killed twenty. The Eoosae tunnel was handed to Massachusetts. In New Orleans a mixed school row led to a duel in which Editor Byerly died. Mexico saw government moves against religious orders. Milwaukee churches canceled Sunday services for a relief gathering for Nebraska grasshopper victims. The Senate approved a currency bill resuming specie payments and retiring greenbacks and fractional currency.
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Oxfordshire
England
North Staffordshire
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Warmoth
Byerly
The
Bulletin
Mexico
Milwaukee
Senate
Twenty Years Ago in London and New York
The report notes Paillres oil leakage affecting London shippers with half the city’s wharves closed. A heavy snow halted Northwest rail traffic. Pho Mackay Tennett cases opened publicly in New York. Astor died at Cliveden on the Thames. Cook County grand jury indicted 31 for fraud in Western and Bayington mail matter.
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London
Pho Mackay-Tennett
Commercial Cable Company
New York
Astor
Cliveden
Thames
England
Cook County
Western
Bayington
Omaha
The Year 1904 in American Finance and Industry
The 1904 year saw a depression in early months followed by a securities market advance and stronger industry. Farmers prospered from a record crop while exports and gold trade remained robust, and interest rates stayed low. Iron and rail sectors recovered. labor disturbances faded as output rose and new investments resumed.
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Monina
Lina
Northern Securities
Shipbuilding Trust
Fall River
Dlast
Suverber
Temple to be moved for New Mexico sanitarium project
The Temple of Fraternity in St. Louis, built at £68,000, will be dismantled and shipped to New Mexico to become the largest sanitarium for consumptives. The transfer costs total about $35,000 aside from the land, with support from the National Fraternal Sanitarium Association and Missouri leaders including Mayor Rosa Wells.
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St. Louis
New Mexico
St Louis
Unio
National Fraternal Sanitarium For Consumptives Association
Missouri
Fraternal Orders of America
Pemple
Rosa Wells
World News and Naval War Reports in 1903
The article reports diverse topics from 1903 including the US gross income for residents, the National Association of Railroad Commissioners meeting in Birmingham, a New York Central power house nearing completion, Lake Shore's pay by checks, a European and US steel rail cartel, and the IAMWEs vote to abolish strike benefits. It notes the Shippers Association petitioning the ICC, Maine cantons earnings rise, and grain handling shifts in Baltimore and Philadelphia. It also covers the Russian battleship Seraspo te damaged and the fleet’s blockade duties around Port Arthur, praising Admiral Togo for his sea command.
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Inmsuense
New York Central
Trudson
Glenwood
Lake Shore
Harms
Europe
United States
International Brotherhood of Aaintenance of Way
St. Louis
American “Shippers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maine
Baltimore
New York
Philadelpha
Seraspote
Port Arthur
Toro
Russia
Japan
Hatsuse
Yashima
Japanese Capture Multiple Port Arthur Forts and Sevastopol Siege
Japanese forces breached five of seven Keekwan forts at Port Arthur after tunneling d dynamite under fortifications. They seized 8.2 inch and smaller guns and mortars while a volunteer assault under Lieutenant General Samesima penetrated. At sea, Sevastopol was disabled by torpedoes and cannot be repaired without dry docks. Analysts note Admiral Togo's strategy aims for maximum damage with minimal self loss, while British critics dispute the approach. A Japanese scouting party reported a fleet near Singapore, fueling speculation about movements toward the Russian squadron via the Suez route.
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Port Arthur
Keekwan
Samesima
Linkin
Pigeon Bay
Sevastopol
Togo
Toga
Baltic
Russia
Singapore
Rojestvensky
Weimar
Suez Canal
Trorest- Vvensky
Japanese Fleet Enters Port Zirthur for Repairs
Reports say the Japanese fleet near Port Zirthur will dock for repairs after shells destroyed docks and a large section of Port sirtthur. Deserters from Russia crowd London seeking passage to the United States amid war strains.
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Port Zirthur
Portsirtthur
Russia
London
United States
Port Arthur
Ueage Mukden
Stoessel
Red Cross
Destitution and Unemployment Rise Across English Cities
Destitution grows as winter threats and pauperism rise in London and other cities. Weekly figures show indoor 5185 and outdoor 45291 claimants, an 8598 increase from the previous week. Birmingham reports 50 distressed families, Glasgow guarantees work at 2.50 weekly minimum to avert starvation. Marie Jeanne Cataff, 65, was found on the Lorredne, Bretagne.
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England
London
Birmingham
Glasgow
Scotlan
Tuen
Marie Jeanne Cataff
Bretagne
Mourning at Teconois Theater Anniversary in Chicago
On the first anniversary of the Teconois theater disaster relatives and survivors gather in Willard Hall. The fire on December 20, 1908, killed about 575, with 800 in the gallery perishing from smoke and panic. Coroner’s inquest blamed several officials and theater operators, with indictments pending against some.
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Chicago
Teconois Theater
Willard Hall
Troquois Theater
Jromer
ME Bluebeard
Will J. Davis
Stute Garpenter Award
Cummings
Thesmas J. Noonan
William Sic Minilen
Laughlin
Vermont Woman Faces Hanging Amid Legislative Mercy Debate
Mrs Mary Rogers, a Vermont woman condemned to death, sits in a Windsor prison cell as lawmakers review mercy possibilities. Governors and legislators have debated commuting her sentence or delaying execution, while guards report her calm demeanor and mental strain from crime.
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Mery Rogers
Aiary Rogers
Vermont
Windsor
Rogers
Slontpelier
Igter
Lfe
Fragmented Galaxy of Monarchs and Markets Across Time
A jumble of 19th century figures and events appears through garbled OCR. Mentions include the Shah decorating a president, the Bismarck lineage, a abstainer duke in the English Lords, the Japanese Emperor's health with doctors, Sir James Steel’s prominence, a colossal statue of Bismarck at Hamburg, and various distant political and economic notes, all tangled in misspellings and broken sentences.
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Peter of Servin
Shah of
James Steel
Evinburs
Tim
Ganarkshire
Prince Bismarck
Hamburg
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Ace
United Staes
National Association of the Railroad Commissioners
Brier
Mukden
Sokol Tama
Waterles
Pais
Trammura
Palaca
Tokio
Har Ag
Aubeut
Admirale A Tosa
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