Modder River battles and bridge repairs amid wartime updates
London reports indicate hundreds killed or wounded at Modder River while Gen. Methuen works to repair bridges at Modder River. Gatacre notes no change in Natal as Ladysmith relief forces converge at Pree amid rumors of General Clery's whereabouts.
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Wreck Attempt, Advertising Progenitor Highlighted in Slate
A chaotic stitched page notes an attempted wreck of a Colorado special near Marshalltown, with suspects arrested. It then surveys an English advertising pioneer De Linton Wing, famed for Julian Mills flour ads in the Times and a dramatic Windsor fantasy with Queen Victoria, Palmerston, and a flour wagon procession in Albany 1858.
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Adams Pioneer Historian Dies In Topeka
P O Adams longtime secretary of the state historical society and founder of its notable library passed away in Topeka Kansas. He lived in the state since 1835 and built a vast collection of eighty thousand volumes twelve thousand manuscripts and bound volumes of every newspaper issue from Kansas. He governed the society as secretary since its founding and left a lasting archival legacy.
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State Historial Society
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State Historical Society
United States
Kapssa
Trade Report Signals Mixed Agricultural Trends Amid Trade Quiet
The piece notes weak demand for wheat and corn with rising supplies, while other cereals are stronger. Hogs and exports support some farm products, cotton softens domestically, wool climbs on heavy trading, and London wool prices align with recent gains. Steel and brick markets show quiet pricing, and a shift toward near double prices for next season is observed. U.S. business failures total 171, below prior weeks and year-ago levels.
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United States
Kentucky Vote Canvass Delayed Cooling Political Tension
The official canvass of Kentucky gubernatorial votes is postponed to Monday, sparking debate over whether Goebel or Taylor will receive a certificate. Democrats fear legislature action, while conservatives anticipate a potential legislative challenge if Taylor is certified.
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Swatford Bros.” Company
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West Point Annapolis football game draws high level officials
Washington report on the first West Point versus Annapolis football clash since 1892. A special Washington special train carried Secretaries Long and Root, General Smith, General Flea, Adjutant General Corbin and many bureau chiefs to Philadelphia where over 3000 invitations were issued for the event. West Point led 6 to 0 at halftime amid a rare mutual clash of the military academies.
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Deroceats in Caucus Deliberations on Speaker Nominees
Stormy caucus of Democratic House members to pick the year’s speaker and Democratic leadership. Nominations included Richardson De Armond Bankhead and Sulzer with multiple roll calls showing tight votes. Also report of Mrs Alphem B Stickney wife of Great Western Railway president dying in St Paul on December 2.
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Anti trust league plans December meeting in Chicago
Chicago December 2 The executive committee of the Anti Trust league will meet on December 11 to set the date for the anti trust conference to be held in January. Invitations have been sent to more than 2000 people including W J Bryan and Gov Pingree. Washington December 2 The A I A is opposing President McKinley and Henderson with circulars sent to senators and representatives attacking renomination and the speakership citing religious issues.
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Exhuming John Brown Raiders Heads to North Elba
Capt E P Hall and Dr Thomene R Featherstonhaugh of Washington return from Harper's Ferry with seven John Brown raiders' bodies. They will be buried near John Brown's grave in North Elba New York. Remaining remains of Watson Brown were buried near Brown in 1982. Two raiders, Jeremiah G Anderson and Lewla G Leary, are unaccounted for. Ceremonies planned with Rev Joshua Young, who once buried Brown, now in Groton Mass. Monument planned at gravesite. Remains identified include Oliver Brown Stewart Taylor W H Leeman William Thompson Dauphin D Thompson John J Kagi and Dangerfield Newby. A bearskin fragment and two lead pencils were recovered with the remains.
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North Elba
N.Y
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Medical College
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Lewla G. Leary
Joshua Young
Groton
Mass
Oliver Brown
Stewart Taylor
W. H. Leeman
William Thompson
Dauphin D. Thompson
John J1. Kagi
Dangerfield Newby
American Tea Garden Progress and Notes from Summerville
Dr. Charles A. Shepard reports on experimental tea gardens at Summerville Washington DC noting about 50 acres under tea, last year 3000 pounds sold at 25 percent profit, and projected yield of 10,000 pounds annually when mature. He praises plant hardiness through severe winter, cites a school for Negro children to solve labor needs, and describes green tea attracting keen trade with Oriental teas a potential, plus a brief unrelated medicine ad mentioning Cough Syrup for children.
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Summerville
D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Shepard
Capture of 800 Insurgents Follows Nervy Bluffs
Manila Dec 2 The capture of Lieut Munro and fifty men of the Fourth Cavalry with 800 officers and men and seventy prisoners at Bayambong Nueva Vizcaya followed a bold ruse. Munro pretended a large force was advancing and demanded surrender, prompting Conon to capitulate to a small guard. The American force entered and captured the entire Filipino contingent along with their arms.
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Millisasire Railroad Builder Blair Dies in New Jersey
Obituary notes Blair a longtime railroad builder and owner born 1803 at Kansas City Missouri died at 67. He formerly owned the Kansas City Osceola and Southern line later joining the Frisco system. The report spans multiple items and dates from December news briefs.
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Osceola
The Cigarette Beetle Troubles Tobacco Trade
A Washington Star report describes the cigarette beetle infesting tobacco products, especially cigarettes, with holes and yellowed paper. Entomologists fear the pest, which also feeds on rhubarb and peppers, ruins cigars and leaf tobacco, and can devastate stock in stores within weeks.
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Washington Star
Markets by Wire Kansas City Live Stock Report
Market activity remains strong with receipts reported across cattle, hogs, and lambs. Cattle and feeder quotes show mixed to firm levels while hogs and lambs trade steady to higher amid brisk demand. grain and futures details indicate Chicago markets showing varied future positions as traders digest incoming data.
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