Survivors recount Yosemite wreck at Guam and aid efforts
Spanish American Islands notes report sailors stating every measure was taken after the Yosemite's loss near Guam. Cuba’s constitutional plans lean unitarian. Cuban customs show slight revenue rise from 1899 to 1900. Major Wood orders long cavalry practice marches in Cuba. Havana reports 444 deaths in November, yellow fever at 54. U.S. appropriates 1.1 million for 3,000 cattle and 300 mares for Cuban farmers.
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Yosemite
Guam
House of Delegates
Executive Council
McKinley
Jernigan
Santo Domingo
Luzon
Aguilar
Navy Department
Spreckies
San Francisco
Manila
Wood
Cuba
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
Tie War Department
Gorgas
Havana
China Crisis and German Move in Asia
The German flag rises over Ming tombs near Pekin as European states edge toward U S China policy. Baron von Richthofen calls Germany's China role armed intervention not war. Pekin envoys sign a new protocol per McKinley lines. Li Hung Chang reports 80 Boxer leaders executed. An edict strips General Tong Fu Heteng of rank but keeps him in command. the court remains at Singan Fu.
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China
Pek
America
Baron von Richthofen
Herlin
Pekin
McKinley
Li Hung Chang
Tong Fu Heteng
Hime
Singan
Boer War Developments Across Europe and Africa
Kruger hopes for victory and plans to visit St Petersburg Vienna and Rome. Paris panorama says Switzerland may mediate. Lord Roberts passes command to Lord Kitchener as relations with Kru Ger intensify. Stowe predicts four months to end, while French Senate approves sympathy for Kruger. De Wet attacks British convoy before repulse. Mediation seen as unlikely. Kruger greeted warmly at The Hague and Helland frontier amid pro Boer demonstrations.
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St. Petersburg
Vienna
Rome
Paris
Panor
Switzerland
Lord Roberts
Lord Ekebener
South Africa
William
Krurer
James C. Stowe
United States
Cape Town
Chamber of Deputies
Cologne
Germany
Scruger
de Wet
Roberts
Durban
Europe
Boars
Lord Stogebory
The
Hague
Helland
Ite
Bertin
Chicago Wheat Decline and Other 1920s News Snapshots
Domestic briefs note December Chicago wheat at 76 percent, Chicago packers handling ces market, Brewers seek beer tax cut, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrive in New York, Andrew Carnegie to donate 10000 for a Pokin library. Thirty two miners escape a Dunmore cave in Pa. A crowd from the Great Lakes region sails for Hudson Bay. George S. House Joliet attorney dies from toe scratch. W T O convention at Tonkington adopts a protest.
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Chicago
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
New York
Andrew Carnegia
Dunmore
Hudson Bay
George S. House
Joliet, IN
Tonkington
Controversy and trials sweep through national scene
A roundup of incidents and debates spans political clashes over prohibition, pardons, and tax laws. court actions include murder cases, embezzlement verdicts, and a Minnesota railroad tax ruling. disasters, arrests, and naval and canal policy movements mark a tense snapshot of late 19th to early 20th century concerns.
Varied 19th Century News From Europe and Americas
The Fifteenth Parliament of Queen Victoria opened while reports indicate the czar’s typhoid fever recovery expectations. Died in London actor A H Vanderfelt from Bright's disease. American author Mrs Abbay Sage Richardson died in Rome at 62. Poison deaths rise around Manchester to 60. surgery on the pone denied. French senator Mercier stirs by saying England could be invaded. Miss Lillian May Langham wed Baron Speck von Stenburg in London. Duke of Manchester barred from Lords until debts paid. Bremen quarantine tightens on Cape Colony and Natal arrivals due to South African plague. Lima elections favor the electoral coalition. Volunteer corps forms in Manos to back Acre republic against Rooseveltian troops. Servicing Bolivian rights in Acre reportedly discussed with American syndicate led by W S Cherry, Chicago. Cherry, once in Africa, spins sensational tales of cannibalism after four years near Congo River.
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Auguste Mercier
England
Lillian May Langham
Anercap
London
Baron Speck von Stenburg
Duke of Manchester
House of Lords
Bremen
South Africa
Cape Colony
Natalaro
Lima
Peru
Manos
Republic of Acre
Washington
Acre
W. S. Cherry
Chicago
Nove
America
Africa
Livingstone
Stanley
Cherry
Congo
Dill tax relief debated by Washington committee
Washington officials discuss a Dill act revision cutting war revenue taxes by about 40 million dollars. Major changes include removing taxes on bank checks and express fees, cutting cigars taxes, beer relief per barrel, and exempting deeds, mortgages, and notes while keeping wines tax. The report cites revenue post reductions and notes the need to fund extraordinary wartime expenses.
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Washington
Payne
Tod Means Commmittee
Republian
Nature Study Questions for Maryland Children
A set of questions from the Jeannine committee of the Children's Playground Association invites Maryland schoolchildren to answer on nature topics. Prizes will be awarded for best responses, focusing on observation and understanding of animals, plants, crops, and behaviors with guidance from Maryland Agricultural College President Silvester.
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Maryland
Jeemire
Children's Playground Association
Silvester
Maryland Agricultural College
Provocative Visit To A Chinese Laundry Spirited Scene
A summer incident at a seaside town centers on a young woman who solves a missing shirtwaist mystery in a Chinese laundry. After initially being told the entry was not in the book, she guides the clerk to a crossed entry and a hidden note, proving her knack for deciphering the hieroglyphs and earning the others’ admiration.
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Open Letter Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills for Custer County Woman
Mrs. Hyde of South Lakota writes an open letter expressing deep gratitude for Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says three years of heart pain and kidney weakness vanished after taking the pills and urges others to try them. Her daughter’s health also improved, and she recommends the medicine to readers.
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Folsom
Custer Ca
South Lakota
Fl. D. Dlyde
Dodd
Hyde
Indy
Sue Bay
Deild
Taleo
Crem
Gil
Gospel training school proposal by D Sankey sparks debate
Church leaders discuss missions and temperance while noting Roman Catholic losses in China. Reports cite Methodist funding for a Galveston church, amalgamation of St John and St James, a Presbyterian woman medical missionary to Porto Rico, and efforts of Archbishop Temple on temperance bills. Afro Methodist pastor Rev Dr Blake of Syracuse is highlighted for a notable career and multilingual education.
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Tn D. Sankey
China
Methodist Board of Church Extension
Galvestom
St. John's Church
St James’ Church
Cale
Taf
African Methodist Church of
Syracuse
J. A. ‘D. Blake
West Indies
Manchester
England
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