Global and Local War News from Across the Hemisphere
General Chaffee will leave Fekin for Tien Tain soon. Bolivian forces occupy Puerto Alanao, a key revolution stronghold to Acre. Marshals, treaties, and imperial edicts shape early 20th century conflicts as reports rise of yellow fever in Havana and naval and railroad commerce shifts.
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Chaffee
Fekin
Tien Tain
Puerto Alanao
Acre
Canton
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching and
Sheng
Martines de Campos
Anraua
Gan Sebastain
Spain
Havana
Northwest notes and late 19th century misc items
Northern notes cover a Denver convention for railway blacksmiths, Butte population figures, Spokane water power stock increase, a Port land kidnapping case, the Lawton transport to Nome, damages suits against a railroad, a Spokane trial verdict, an elections call, Russian fortune seekers in San Francisco, hop market trends, a train fatality near Spokane, wild west oil output, and a charity letter from orphaned children.
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Tacoosa Railway and Power Company
Spokane
Charles Defrance
R. B Elliott
Wanh
How to Hold Up a Skirt and Other Fragments
A fragmentary discussion blends humorous advice on lifting skirts with a New York Sun item about a neighbor's prosperity and a Duchess visit. The piece also notes Chinese soldiers and wartime shortages, with a satirical slice of period life and social observation.
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York Sun
Frayed Appeal From Gold Coast At Church Army HQ
A mangled note from the Gold Coast dated 1200 May 5th arrives at Church Army Headquarters in London. The letter requests aid and expresses humility, asking for consideration and generosity. The fragile text mentions an orphaned inquiry and a writted submission, bearing formal salutations and earnest appeals.
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Gold Coast
Church Army
London
A Waiter’s Luck at an Uptown Restaurant
An uptown resident notices a familiar New Yorker patron from a famed restaurant. The waiter, long associated with a New York team, has delighted customers with his courteous service. Neighbors overhear a brief exchange as the waiter reveals his new house and old curiosity about moving nearby.
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Hlank
Ridicapos Chinese Army mocked as cowardly rabble
A harsh critique labels the Chinese army as a laughing stock of the world, describing it as cowardly, ill equipped, and composed of a sinful, undisciplined rabble rather than a capable force.
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China
Icebergs in the North Atlantic Drift and Dangers Noted
The piece describes iceberg drift paths from Belle Isle to Newfoundland, their southern and eastern limits near Cape Hatteras and the Azores, and their Arctic-bound movement toward Nova Scotia. It notes their freshwater origin, long travel, and hazards to ships, citing the 1894 Miranda collision near Keenland and Davis Strait observations and height estimates of up to 1000 feet.
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Tceberesan
Bellé Inte
Newfoundland
Cape Hatterna
Azores
Gromnland
Ievland
Arctic Ocean
Nova Zambia
Icoberga
Veryarvat
Miranda
Keenland
St. John's
Davis Strait
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G. Rouse
The
Wear
Peoria
Helle Inje
Totel
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Russia
Chlon
Magnus Swengio
North River
New York
Germany
Gaelveston
Glangor
Belog Spembera
Pelcin
Berlin
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Londos
Rhodesia
Mann
Galveston
German Colonial Society
Togo
West Africa
Department of the Interior
Pime
Indiana
Sactou
London Express
Transvaal
Kroger
Jim Corbett
Campania
Liverpool
Travveling
George D'Vya
Dr. Kane
Bolivia
United States
Pacific Ocean
Toone
Arica
Chile
Prince Albert of
Saxony
Woikan
Dresden
Prince Frederick George of
Bengal Lancers
Liang
Paris
Japan
Texas City
Philadelphia
Northwest Notes
National Socation of Railway Blacksmiths
Denver
Hutte
Mont
Cetaus Bureau
Butte
Washington Water Power Company
Mone Hechiman
Portland
Ore
San Frenelven
Lawton
Sentle
Nome
Marc Gurchowteh
Joel Feldmann
Robert Heheub
San Prancince
Poyalnp
Luvelue
Australia
Prank Riller
Northern Pacific
Uie
Heppner
Sioux City
Social Democrats
Montana
FE Oe Vo Debs
MM. Ko Hllott
Congress
J. FP. Fox
Rio Grande
Pueblo
John C. Waddles
J. A. Murray
Boho
Belgrade
Fie
Wyoming
P. Hustington
Cea
Beatrice of
Coburg
Duchess of
Africa
Helow School
J. Ward Printeon
Iuane
Chicago Chronicle
IL Ag
Orme
Discsasion
Coturg
Princess Bontrion
Prin
Saturday Evening Post
Pucr Orphans
Fampie
Engilab
Ionghs
Sewell Howe
North Atlantic
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