Chinese Exclusion Outcry Shapes Pacific Rim Sentiment
The Bay Area report notes bitter anti American feeling in China tied to the exclusion act and Russia's Japan defeat. Missionary Arthur Smith warns Americans risk in interior China, while coast cities show anti foreign sentiment and caution for travel. In Idaho, Harry Orchard faces preliminary hearing for ex Governor Steunenberg’s assassination with 17 circumstantial witnesses.
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Oakland
Cal
Arthur Smith
China
Siberia
Russia
Japan
United States
Interior Provinces
H. Orchard
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Church
Caldwell
Miller
Orchard
Governor Gooding
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Thiels
Captain Swain
Timeline of notable events from 1016 to early 1900s
A compact chronological list covers monarch deaths and coronations, political milestones, wars, explorations, legal changes, and notable births. Entries include Edmund II, Henry I, William of Scotland, John Baliol, Pope John XXII, Henry VI birth, Peace of Brussels 1516, Clement VII escape, Gypsies ban, Xavier death, Cortes death, Francis II death, Brent council, Portugal independence, Richelieu death, Pride's Purge, Penn and Van sales, Swift born, St Paul’s Cathedral opening, Narva victory, various European and American milestones, Napoleon crowned, Austerlitz, Lisbon, Santo Sierra, Inquisition abrogation, Alabama admission, Monroe Doctrine, Tampico, Vera Cruz, Napoleon’s remains, Kossuth arrival, Napoleon III, Brown hanged, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln banking, Disraeli resignation, Dumas death, telegraph to Dallas, Washington Monument, GermanBelgian treaty, assassination attempts, Stevenson death, Turkish-Sultan life events, canal treaty, 1904–news snippets.
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John XXII
Henry VI
England
Brussels
Clement VII
St. Francis Xavier
Ferdinand Cortes
Mexico
Francis II
France
Council of Brent
Portugal
Cardinal Richelieu
Col. Pride
Pride
California Crops Saved by U S Department of Agriculture
Mr Harwood chronicles how science and the United States Department of Agriculture save California crops from insect pests. The piece highlights pest control successes and the role of government support in agriculture.
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W. S. Harwood
Luther Burbank
California
United States Department of Agriculture
Harwood
Spokane Wholesale Produce Prices Ledger
Wholesale prices listed for vegetables fruits dairy and grains across Spokane Lewiston Walla Walla Ritzville Portland and Tacoma with specific per unit costs for potatoes beets turnips rutabagas apples oranges lemons flour butter eggs cheese celery honey sugar livestock and poultry. Prices cover cwt box barrel and case units with regional shipper notes and no sales in several locales.
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Spitzenburg
Rome
Minnesota
F. O. B. Spokane
Abe Hummel Granted Appeal and Bail
Justice Woodward of the appellate division in Brooklyn grants a certificate of reasonable doubt for Abraham Hummel the lawyer convicted of con spiracy in the Dodge Morse case. The case moves to the appellate division on appeal and Hummel is at liberty under $20000 bail. A second note mentions Rev Halsey praising missions in west Africa then denouncing Leopold II and the Congo Free State as the most iniquitous monarch.
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Justice Woodward
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Abraham Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Hummel
Mr. Halsey
Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board
West Africa
Leopold
Belgium
Congo Free State
Texas population growth to 20 representatives by 1916
Texas gained three seats from the 1900 census and a predicted four more after the 1916 census, projecting a Lone Star population around 4.5 million. The note cites Henry of Texas recalling 1896 and outlines anticipated reapportionment.
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Congressman Henry
Texas
Congress
Washington
Henry
Lone Star State
Internal Revenue Office Stay in Salt Lake City Maintains Post
The report states the office of the internal revenue collector for Utah Idaho and Montana will not be moved from Salt Lake City nor will there be changes in the officer in charge. The note appears among miscellaneous items alongside health remedy claims and distant biographical notes.
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S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlantas GA
Internal Revenue Collector
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Salt Lake
How to Exercise the Bowels
An old health note explains how the intestines work with villi and digestion, warns against castor oil and strong cathartics, and promotes Cascarets as a safe bowel remedy. It contrasts natural bowel exercise with harsh laxatives and emphasizes preserving digestive juice for tomorrow.
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Sterling Remedy Company
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Ailion
Obe
Iece Oldcess
Hood
Ayer
William H. Truitt
Wawa
J.C. Co
Lowell
Mass
Withyer’s “I
Brydle Paint & Walls Paper Co
Spokane, Wash
Spokane
Stowell & Co
Stowell Drug Co
Rae Bette Kon
Jaques Mfg. Co
Chicago
the Weekly
Edmund II
Henry I
William of
Scotland
John Baliol
Penn and Vanables
America
Jonathan Swift
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
Charles XII
Sweden
Narva
Cardinal Alberens
Marshal Saxe
Lissa
Fort Johnson
S. C
Sons of Liberty
Rhode Island
Mme. Recamier
Worcester
Paris
Rowland Hill
Oliver Wolcott
Connecticut
South Carolina
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pius VII
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Lisbon
Santo Sierra
Bonaparte
Alabama
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Napoleon
Cherbourg
Gen. Kossuth
Napoleon III
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln
Winchester
Disraeli
Alexander Dumas
Dallas
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
Germany
Russell Sage
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Turkey
Greece
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Zion City
Dowie
Gilbert
Meter Hill
Jogalong
Berlin
Tower
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Tower Canadian CO
Mited
Toronto
Canada
Coffin's
W. Coffin Fish Co
Seattle
Church Seed Co
First Avenue
Spokane, Wash’n
Buenos Aires
Vigo
Leadville
Colorado
Carbonate National Bank
Atlantic
Northwestern Wheat
Lewiston
Bluestem
Walla Walla
Wash
Ritzville
Abe Hummel
New York
St. Jacobs
Lumbago
Bristol
Tenn
W. J. Cath
Hall
Cheney
Lesal Toledo
O. Sint
Manvix
Oleanle
Stratford-on-Avon
Midlands
Fall Mall Gazette
King
Italy
Castoria
Mrs. Winslow
Asia
R. H. Kline, Ltd
Arco
Phildelphia, Te
Dr. Grennon
St. Louis
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