Funeral of Queen Victoria Dominates London Week
Telegrams report the funeral of Queen Victoria in London with extraordinary royal precautions and a naval procession from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth and Windsor. King Edward VII proclaimed king across Britain, and mourners fill London and Windsor with pageantry while preparations include forty regiments and widespread flags at half-mast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
London
Windsor
Charles
Portugal
Edward VII
Great Britain
Duke of Cornwall
York
Edward
Voe Metternich
Austria
William
Muward Wil
Victoria
Britain
New York Couseil
Board of Aldermen
Vietoria
Wilhelmina
Henry of
Mecklerburg-Schwerin
Isle of Wight
Portsmouth
Alberta Hil
St. George’s Chandh Windsor
Bond holders seek return of 159 million in Cuban War bonds
In Washington, holders of upwaid of 159,090,000 in Cuban War bonds pursue preliminary steps to recover their investment. The Cuban constitutional conven tion adds a clause allowing expulsion of any foreigner deemed pernicious to the government.
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Washington
Neclause
Domestic Tinny Snakes Leader Captured and Other Early 20th Century Notes
Domestic tinny Snakes leader of bur Creex Indians captured. Roosevelt continues mountain work in Colorado. A man resembling Pays Crown arrested in Indiana. Des Moines riot causes nearly three quarters of a million dollars in losses. Whitney buys Hamburg stallion for 60000. Mrs Matilde Uppenley of Harrisburg dies at age 100. JeRries and Rulvia arrested for crime in process of a LUST case. Knight killed by a sergeant at Minneapolis during duel for control of Sir Paul and dag fall. Extra Congress session foregone. Fears of a nationwide miner strike at Wilkes-Barre. Badger Moore at Sing Sing falls to 125000. Fire at Franke Bros. department store Des Moines causes 500000 loss. Inauguration plans for President McKinley eclipse all efforts. Carrie Nation whipped by women in Enterprise Kansas. Actress Latta Grabtree seriously ill in New York City. Isaac May Sr. 82 dies at Shamokin. Yale shortens degree to 3 years. Chicago drainage canal case ruled for St. Louis. Standard Oil cashier in Kansas City swindled 348. Delaware Senate passes cigarrette ban. Ww. Kingella Caseyville ill.
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Troosevelt
Rulvia
Cneinsatl
Joe Knight
Shakecler
Muniplis
Sir Paul
Dag Fall li
Congress
Wilkes Barre
Anollar Mainder
Badger” Moore
Li Yeur
Sing Sing
Franke Bros
Des Moines
McKinley
Carrie Nation
Wie
Brusader
Enterprise
Kaw
Kansas City
Delaware Senate
Kingella
Caseyville
Various Early 1900s U.S. Political and Local News Snippets
A garbled OCR slice lists miswritten items: Indiana canal project from Lake Michigan to Calumet river. Robert Fosburgh charged with killing his sister. May Fosborough jailed in Massachusetts. Peoria revenue loss from robberies at $31,976. naval officers eye war with Germany. Dewey prediction of action within two years. Choctaw Creek Seminole tensions. Jane Bushford connected to Wisconsin governor Coles Bushford. Kansas toymed sum to Carrie Nation for a gold medal. Philippines Catholic split from Church. AME pensions bill in Tennessee legislature. Judge Seaman appointed temporarily in Illinois. St Louis bonds for 1908 Louisiana Purchase celebration. Havana dock inspection value. chess contest in Chicago. will of Mrs. Surges Chicago fortunes. McKinley to call extra session for Cuba and Philippines. Knights of Pythias endowment shortfall. Dr Rodermund pox quarantine arrest. Iowa seeks federal interest on Civil War bonds. Just Century trade growth. silver dollar parity bill. Northern Pacific agent resignation. Mrs Garrie Nation urges enforcement. Chicago silent on Queen Victoria death. war tax cut debate. world trade records. oldest man and woman located. Charles II Fea dies. shipboard murder attempt in Savannah. Marie Louise Ackerman case. shipbuilding bids for protected cruisers. Madison volunteer Kornen returning from Philippines blind. Lyman fraud case. Timmerman post office clerk bail. Rochester coroner.
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Indiana Senate
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Ind
Calumet River
Robert 8. Fosburgh
May Fosbourgh
Pituield
Mass
Revenue Office
Peoria
Germany
Admiral Dewey
Janes Bushford
Coles Bushford
Wisconsin
Lyons
N.Y
Topeka
Carrie Nation
Federal Party
Philippines
Church of Rame
Tennessee
United States
W. II. Seaman
Minois
St. Louis
Royal Board
Noating
Havana Harbor
Spain
Lowsa K. Schrader
Minneapolis
Alicia Mower
Harrison
J. Surges
Springer
McKinley
Jie
Congress
Cuba
Knights of Pytiae
Rane
Armour
Rodermund
Apyileton
Milwaukee
Iowa
House Committee On
Crain
Northern Pacific
Oresan
Anl Navigation
Garrie Nation
Temperance Corusader
W. E. Stanley
Pin Topel
Municipal Council of
Queen Victoria
Mac Senate Finance Committee
Windeed Year Club
Kodefsky
Moscow
Nancy Hollofield
Battle Creek
Mich
Charles II
Insurance
Mim
National Association of Act Writers
Ouwego
Savanah
Gadoseph Bartlett
Barkentine Letiza
Marie Louise Ackerman
New York
George KE. Wentworth
Charles Kornen
Madison, Es
Twelfth
United States Infantry
BE. J. Lyman
Galesburg
Tnl
Suarda
Wiliam J. Timmerman
Rochester
Ely
Asylum
Charles Scheldt
Helena
de la Garnes
Royal Family of
Sweden
McAllister
W. A. Death
A. J. Campbell
Jennie Bosschester
Paterson
N. J
Kerr
Georges Heiss
Quincy
Chester
William Davis
Bloomington Red
Jemfer
The
Rang
Brooklyn
Turd
George W. Howare
Cambridge
Sing Sing
National
GA. R. Council of Administration
Cleveland
Phoebe Arm Wing
Dutchesg County
Louis Beissel
Bessemer
Loy
Charles T. Hallowell
Green Line
Peninsylvania
Ol City
Philadelphia
Henry J. Werrick
Western Reserve University
Loyal Legion
Association of American Universities
University of Chicago
Michigan
Kautz
Pacific
Adam Hartman
Dacksonvile
Harman
Petersburg
Sheridar
Boni de Castellane
New York Court
Lewiston, Me
Andrew Carnegie
Tve City
Carnegie
Stanford University
Edward Ross
Department of Social Science
Stanford
Pontiac
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ponting
St. Angelel- Terive
Tallulah
Stellan
Baltimore & Ohio
J.B. Walker
W. W. Cunningham
M. Courtney
J. T. Bailey
J. J. Bailey
Ike Davidson
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Building and Loan Association
Severe censure of Ely and asylum authorities over losses
Severe censure of the Ely and asylum authorities for neglect of precautions that caused the loss of 31 lives in the recent asylum holocaust. Charles Scheldt—born De la Garnes—died after poisoning himself in a Helena saloon. connected with Sweden's royal family. Multiple sentences handed to entertainers and criminals in Paterson and Chicago.
Death of famed Russian Field Marshal Gourko
Russian Field Marshal Gourko dies as famine devastates Suen Si Province in China. Reports place General De Wet moving in the Orange state with £00 beers. Russia plans to extend military service to Finland as Wiecomte Menil de Bornier, noted poet, appears in reports.
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Gourko
Suen Si
China
de Wet
Orange State
Finland
Wiecomte Menil de ‘Bornier
Notable World Figures and Events Mixed in Paris Milan Obituaries
Fragmentary notices report the death of Giuseppe Verdi in Milan and Mme Pauline Casein Caro in Paris. Other items mention a Paris dramatist, a captured supply train near Kimberley, Venezuelan clashes with rebels, the Goerlitz trial of bankers Mucker and son, and imperial awards and tax exemptions in St. Petersburg.
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Paris
Giuseppe Verdi
Milan
Italy
Lorin Kitchener
Kimberley
Venezuela
Tve
Pitch Lake
Washington
Mme
Pauline Casein Caro
M. Elme Caro
Act Academy
Remarkable fortune of Syracuse dressmaker Mrs Chambers
Mrs John A Chambers, once a Syracuse dressmaker earning $1.25 a day, built a $50,000 fortune in less than a year from the coupon silk skirt scheme. She expanded to Chicago and Kansas City, started silk waists, faced legal scrutiny, and sold her business for about $40,000 before moving west with husband to pursue a new venture.
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Syracuse
John A. Chambers
Champers
Electric Light Power Company
Connan
Chicago
Moline
California
Blow to Sentiment at Tadlwocpalis Journal
A humorous exchange unfolds as a wife accuses her husband of ignoring their wedding anniversary while he admits sensing a feeling he cannot name. The Tadlwocpalis Journal presents the scene with light domestic irony.
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Harry
Tadlwocpalis Journal
Syndicate Buys Southern Pacific in Largest Railroad Deal
A major railway consolidation transfers control of Southern Pacific into a syndicate led by Union Pacific interests, led by E. H. Harriman connections. The move unites Pacific routes from San Francisco to Chicago and Omaha, with holders including Speyer & Co Huntington interests and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. The transaction aims to establish a single transcontinental line under unified control.
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New York
Southern Pacific Company
Union Pacific
Trans-Continental
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Omaha
Dubuque
Sioux City
Illinois Gentral
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlantic Seaboard
Speyer & Co
Huntington
James Speyer
Speyar
Sothern Pacific Securities
Southern Pacife Company
E. F. Harriman
Kuhn Toth & Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
Algo
Rockefeller
National City Bank
President of Presidents elected by Grand Army ladies
Mrs. Mary E Poole of Whitias Indiana is elected president of the Presidents Association of the Grand Army of the Republic. The item notes her devotion to veterans and her leadership in promoting welfare among old soldiers and related groups. An advertisement for Kidney Pills from Dodds Medicine Co. follows, claiming efficacy and offering price details.
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Atiningoinhed
Lucy
Tintech
Mary KE. Poole
Whitias
Ind
Walticg
Grand Amy
Mary E. Pome
Poole
Associaton
G. A R
Wilde
Leigh
Widney Dryouse
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. X
Twenty Century Woman Proclaims Greater Freedom for Women
Margaret B. Sangster writes in the Ladies' Home Journal that twentieth century women gain privilege and responsibility. She contrasts their era with grandmothers and great grandmothers handicapped by age old prejudices and narrow rules, noting emancipation and wider opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret B. Sangster
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Pope Receives Donna Tanturelli in Private Audience
An aged Perugia woman, Donna Carolina Tanturelli, aged 101, received a private audience with Pope Leo XIII. She recalled a first meeting in her homeland in 1850, remarking they were not very young then, amusing the Pontiff who was nine years her junior.
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Pope
Donna Tanturelli
Leo XIII
Donna Carolina Tanturelli
Perugia
Donne Catalinas
Land's House
Waong
Death of Rev Hugh R Howeis delegate to 1893 Chicago parliament
Rev Hugh R Howeis, longtime church delegate and participant at the 1893 Chicago parliament of religions, died in Longlon. The notice records his role in religious deliberations and his passing, prompting memorial readings at the local church.
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Hugh R. Howeis
Chicago
Longlon
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Russia
Manchuria
Prince Ching
Pekin
Pesin
Vou Walderse
Islands
John A. Champ
Islingis Centra
Rockfetler
Great Capitalista
President OF Presidents
Ayer
Ord
Romett
Caalers Avery
Alberta
Janada
Wis
Irment
CIA
Talline
Silifon
Ponca
Taontete
Urmits Spenx
Oulen Reed
Claus
Wny Planter
Sapien
Sapien and Farm Seed
Vohn A. Balzer Seed CO
la Cross
Mexican Remedy CO
Mlbland
Spengerian Vaskie
Frie
Asthma Tinga
Lb & CO
Abarestoi, Nianés
Kidder's Pastilles
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