Peace Jubilee Opens With Large Chicago Gathering
Eight thousand people packed the Auditorium building for the formal opening of the national peace Jubilee. Mayor Harrison delivered the welcome, President McKinley appeared, and leaders including Gompers and Dawson spoke at various meetings.
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Chicago
Truax
Thea Jubilee Committee
Geo. St. Peck
Peck
Harrison
Ghlewige
McKinley
Migor Hiverlyun
Trelandot St
Spree
Georgia
Eley Atthy
Columbia Theater
Miler
Gener
Henry M. Duttield
Beloit
Jucker VT
Washington
Uivatre
Diief Wison
David S. Tost
Midwatthee
Samuel Gompers
Chas Foursmith
Bryan's Letter of Regret to Peace Jubilee Invitation
Chicago, Feb 18. W J Bryan declines invitation to attend Camp Cuba Livre peace jubilee in Jacksonville Oct. He notes duties prevent acceptance. He says Americans are peace loving and should celebrate the end of the war with unselfish humanity and valor of soldiers and seamen. He adds governments derive power from the governed.
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Chicago
Get
W. J. Bryan
Cuba Livre
Jacksonville
Fla
Chirazo
Orient
West Indies
United States
Restore the Emperor Amid Turmoil in China and Abroad
Reports from Japanese sources claim Britain demands the Chinese emperor be restored, asserting sovereignty rests with him. Odessa dispatch notes Russia massing 40 900 troops at Port Arthur for Pekin contingency. Also noted are legal cases in Missouri and an arrest in Marshalltown Iowa involving forged checks.
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Shanghai
Claude MacDonald
Pekin
Great Britain
Odessa
Trussia
Port Arthur
Notable Tragedies and Meetings Across the West
William Leolin and his ten year old son died of exposure north of Florence Colorado while Hurt Dyer and Albert Marl were out hunting near Franteone Kansas. Dyer was severely wounded by a shotgun discharge. Kansas Red Men held their annual session at Atchison and will take a special train to the Omaha exposition after the convention. Missouri Equal Suffrage association met in St Joseph with speakers including Susan B Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt. In Butte Montana a football game left Left Half Mahoney unconscious from a brain concussion after a pileup.
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Willian Leolin
New
Florence
Dyer
Albert Marl
Franteone
Keo
Kansas
Atchison
Omaha
Misscuri Equal Suffrage Association
St. Joseph
Misa Susan 3
Anthony Ood Mra
Carrie Chapman
Catt
Butte
Mont
Mahoney
Young Man Accused Of Postal Law Violation
T Howell Richards former Episcopal rector and Missouri medical college student was arrested by a federal marshal on charges of violating postal laws. Richards denies the charges claiming a woman influences the case. Nearby notes report Indian Agent Jones Belicree saying most Indians will surrender to authorities.
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St. Louis
T. Howell Richards
Episcopal Church
Dell Raphis
Missouri Medial College
United States
Richards
Dakota
Jones Belicree
Minnesota
New Over
Washington
Jones
Walker
Min
Bear Camp
RATCHFORD ON THE STRIKE AND IMMIGRANT LABOR
Ratchford, president of the Mini Workers of America, travels to Washington for a meeting of the newly appointed industrial commission. He defends Gov Tanner's action protecting Illinois property and condemns importing ex-convicts to replace honest workers, urging union members to bear the cost of unrest.
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Mini Workers of America
Gow Tanosi
Negros Massillon
M. D. Ratchford
Washington
Industria Commission
Illinois
Vonosr le
Orizona
Ilinois
Alg
Bama
Wright
Xinto
Commonwealth
Ligais
Gov. Tanner
Fire hits Flagstaff amid western forest blazes
Destructive fire in Flagstaff wipes out the entire block west of the Bank hotel with losses estimated at $20,000, partly insured. Forest fires burn three days west of the town near the waterworks pipe line site, threatening a two square mile timbered district. In other briefs, Joplin plans a lead and zinc exposition next spring as mining figures back the effort, while Kansas lawmakers consider cutting residency for divorce actions to three months, boosting legal work. A Kansas blizzard follows rain, halting outdoor travel as troops prepare for mobilization. Industrial commission outlines duties. Missouri regiment moves to its Armory due to weather. grand lodge events in Kansas postponed by a storm.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Flagstaff
California
Bank Hotel
Flagstaff, Near the Camp of the Men Laying the Pipe Line For Flagstaffs
Joplin
Missouri-Kansas Mineral Belt
Boards of Trade and Commercial
Storm shifts from Missouri to town as frost hits plains
The storm centers move northward from Missouri into Iowa Nebraska and Kansas with rain snow and freezing temperatures. Wires and communications are disrupted, cattle suffer, and relief prospects look slim as a cold front freezes the region. Local reports note heavy snow in northwest Missouri and lingering frost across Oklahoma and Kansas with unsettled conditions extending into Illinois Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Kunaap Utty
Ralm
Missouri
Kansas
Lews
Nebraska
Tupcks
Wicllva
Guthrie
Denver
Connor
Missuri
Ely
Davenport
Iowa
Minneforte
Misgouri
Illinois
Dakoba
Calreme
Oklahoma
Texas
Swisiana
Ars Kansas
Abe Elay
Psiemount Park
Marynville
Arkansas City
Boonville
United States Takes Formal Possession of Porto Rico
Washington reports Porto Rico is now in U S possession as a sovereign. Dispatch from San Juan dated Oct 14 notes flags raised on public buildings and forts and salutes fired. Inland occupation considered complete per Brooke message.
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Washington
United States
Porto Rico
War Department
San Juan
Bro —Brooke
Indictments Rise Over School Census Frauds in Webb County
Webb county grand jury returns nearly twenty indictments against men accused of census fraud in public schools. Over 1,000 fraudulent names found on school rolls in Laredo. Charges relate to importing Mexican children via the Rio Grande amid accusations tied to Barrett Gibbs, a gubernatorial candidate, alleging misallocation of state school funds over seven years totaling millions. The case underscores political manipulation of school census data in Texas.
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Dallas
Texas
Grond
Webb County
Luredy
Rilo Grande
Barrett Gibba
Pouthwestern
Wealthy couple murdered in their Kankakee County home
Emil Chluquy, a wealthy retired farmer, and his wife were found murdered at their Stanne home near Kankakee. The entry was forced by a window and a heavy instrument.
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Kankakee
Emil Chluquy
Stanne
Cuban's Views by Manie Gomes on Independence and Occupation
Paris publication reproduces Gen. Manie Gomes statement supporting Cuban independence once American occupation sets the stage. He foresees a provisional government during occupation and warns against reconcentration laws. In Washington, military plans shift as troops to Cuba are debated, with health safeguards and ration changes under review.
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Manie Gomes
America
New York
Paris
Congress
Washington
Intercession Bid Aims At Cuban Bondholders In Washington
Officials in Washington hope that recent Paris talks signal a shift in Spanish opposition as they seek intervention of Cuban bondholders. The Spanish strategy appears to pressure the United States to assume sovereignty, while a new piece notes Venezuela and Mexico discuss mosquito control with a proposed “mosquito commissioner” and practical, low cost eradication methods.
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Washington
Paris
Tida
United States
Wanrlington
Venezuelan Herald
Mexican Central Railway Company
George C. Sperry
New Jersey
Use of Hashesh Disturbs Minds in Egyptian Asylum Cases
Reports from Cetra Egypt describe Arabic patients showing mental disturbances linked to hashish and alcohol use. In males 41 percent were affected, vs seven percent of females. Disturbances include hashish intoxication early mania incoherence and exhaustion.
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Cetra
Egypt
Uae
Eaid
A Brazilian Indian Story of the Jaguar and Monkey
A New York Times retelling notes a jaguar and monkey meeting. The jaguar offers plantains for a fawn from the monkey, who agrees but later forgets. The monkey eats the plantains, then the jaguar demands payment from the monkey’s hide. A peccary and a big snake decide the fateful bite and size, but the nimble monkey escapes.
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Hera
New York Times
Warwlarts Mistake and a Drying Clothespin Tale
A retired burglar recalls spying a chair on a dining room table that turned out to be a clothes suit drying on a scarecrow like display. The odd scene, from the New York Sun, contrasts a dummy with real intent and a delayed heist. Clothespins emerge as a thriving American commodity, largely beech and maple, churned by machinery, sold cheap, and produced in vast numbers for domestic and export markets.
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Tham
New York Sun
Sweden
Scotland
Markets and Livestock Report From Kansas City and Chicago
Market notes show live stock receipts and prices with cattle, hogs, and sheep offered by Kansas City and Chicago pits. Prices indicate mixed strength in cattle and steady to firm hogs, with grain and futures details listed for futures markets and nearby commodities.
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Chicago
Curgago
West
Lamba
Alo
Randal City
Kansas
Texas
Seady
Porkera
Pias
SREP
Kecesyts BK
Marken Firin
Amin Asved
Desirable Ohio Street Lots Promoted by C E Learnard
Desirable building lots on Ohio Street in the boeat residence portion of town. South Lawrence lots cheaper than acre properties, near the University and transport facilities. Vermont Street lots close in, offered as premier residence or business properties. C E Learnard.
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Ohio Street
Boeat
South Lawrence
Vermont
C. E. Learnard
Unclear Transit Rates Feature Low Fares Across Points
The fragment outlines very low one way and round trip fares to multiple destinations from Chicago and nearby locales. It mentions daily service until November and eastward routes with reduced rates, but OCR garbling obscures exact city names and full destinations.
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Lover
Polbta
Routh
Lions 7
Emicago
Ill
Loud
Onaslo
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Mck4te & Learnard
LH Perkins
Oflice Om Wesond Floor National Bank Building
Ssfiget
Letruge Hyun
Steele, J
Steele
otMry Public
Wrenee
G. W. Jones
Mase
Elie Baer
Chas Cahill
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D F. Phillips
Physan
Kurgeon
TR Main
Reaidenes
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Leophume
Lawtetire
Kat
B.sellards
M. D
Offre TM Maen
Raghience
Kentucky St
S B. & A.J. Anderson
BLMG
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WW. G. Woodruff
Physician & Sturgeon Office
Ofce Tuy Munnachuette Street
Tto von Muller
Lawrence House
Rayprond’'s Drug Store
J R. Bechtel
Olice
New Hasepshire
Warren Str
C. B. M'Clelland
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Goldings Tele Power’. Healdence
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Telephone
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Cor
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Harry Sedgwick
FOUN
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AIG Verma Steel
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Bryan
Missouri Supreme Court
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George RB. Parrish
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Mark Thompson
Wome
Mistonpry Society
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Cleveland
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Sluw Agaliet
London
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Leavenworth, Rao
Grand Lodge of the Select Knights
Kanes
Goon
Nebraske
Mehoel Cenens
Noathern
Americas Christian Ylesionary Society
Chattanooga
Tean
Octis
American Christian Missionary Society
St Louisa
International Association of Fire Thiefs
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Masere
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Beards
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Regulera
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Island of
Cubsia
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Remington
Havans le Coral
Cuba
Military Camp Site Commission
Army of Occupation
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Santiago
Haves
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Kansas City
Pacific Express Company
Missouri Pacific
Leeds
W. W. Lowe
Express
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Marine Hospitial
Jackson
Treasury Department
Pease
New Ubelal
Mexico
Qaid
W. Filiniey
Vatey Xiya
Moire
Atevsierin
Pacific Coast
WIRF
Kansas City Ukain
Kannan
Cory
Ger
Ned
Chicago Grain
Cine Whtaj
Dee
Dd Ag
Aly
Iliian
Uta
Wm. T. Sinclair
Money Ontanr
Courty Directory
Watkins National Bank
Watain
Pal - Press
Kash Calan
J. Watking
A. Berie
Uawrance National Bak
United States Depository
Pveeral
BenEnsocs
W. Gram Wanem Ll. Hows
Bespin
Caskier
Imd
Nrectons Tne
Reawrarooche
I W Sparr
W. Barteldem
Batiry
HA. Holl Sata
I Fieuley
W. & Willams
Merchants Nation) Bank
Momhror
Ww. Maxch
Oashiew
James Marvin
Newark
Sailray
aLex Pun
Gilaam
Alfred Whithax
Sleason & Whitman
Titzy
Rann
Omana
Omama
Ote
Init
Romesbezer
All Pointe South
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