Tornado damage and political shakes in scattered reports
Telegram summaries report a Texas tornado causing significant damage while noting illnesses in Boston and Alexandria deaths in Tennessee. Other items include a Chicago non partisan push for mayor, a Rams Georgia wreck injuring five, a fatal Oxford Pennsylvania shooting, and various political nominations and legal actions. The Mississippi River rise threatens Memphis refugees. a Spokane diamonds theft and three lynchings in Blue Springs, Mississippi. Several local officials, a river flood, and notable deaths fill the field with fragmented, era-style notices.
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Uve
Texas
W.T. Adams
Oliver Optle
Boston
Cal
Wm. B. Strokes
Alexandria
Tenn
George T. King
Richmond
Omaha
Chicago
Washington
Southern Railway
Rams
Peter Watson
Ecoloreil
Harry Watson
Oxford
McKinley
Upo
Misa Inne Campbell
Prince Festin
Rome
W. Godfrey Humter
United States
Republic Caucus of the
Kentucky
Memphis
Cole City
Stewart
Mireman Carly
Janeho Berard
West Point
I. Darnbergs
Spokane
Wash
Blue Springs
Pla
James Barefield
John R. Turner
Philadelphia
New York
Mary Johnson
Sinc Tresales
Totnesnes
Arkansas
Bradley
Waller
Jackson
Péarl Bryan
Andrew Robertson
Morgn Robertson
Oswego
N.Y
Hey
John Parshall
Indianapolis
John Wilkes Boots
Wonk Sheldon
Eva Sheldon
Auburn
Joaney
Pao
Balt
Wrager
Transvaal Republic
Orange Trea
Africa
Pennsylvania Railroat Company
Cleveland
Princeson
Garret F. Thorne
Keyport
N. J
Waa
War tensions and foreign dispatches mount in Europe and Caribbean
Foreign reports describe Plinge Bismark's continued poor health and Gomez injury while GreekTurkish war prospects loom. Havana dispatches note Consul General Fitzsugh Les Will retire to the U S. Panamanian and Cuban budget items hint at wartime costs. News from London and Paris cover tariff policy, resignations, and diplomatic debates as Greece seeks a settlement and Crete faces blockade.
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Plinge Bismark
Gomez
London Daily Mail
William of Germes
Greece
Turkey
New York
Panama
Antonio Fezeta
Edward Ebenezer Kay
Justice of Appeal
Kay
London
England
James R. Roosevelt
United States
Haa
Michoacan
Col
Mexico
Liberte
Paris
McKigley
Havana
Fitzsugh Les
Reichstag
Credis Foy Cruigere
Univercity
Camridge
Nansen
Utrecht
Guaemalay
M. Honotaux
Goblet
Chamber
George N. Curzon
Foreign Office
Grotansi
Trafalgar Square
Grete
Swilsbury
Eptakers
Great Britain
Lan Qaowers
Grakx
Crete
Winlett
Ex-President Cleveland Terminally In New York Firm Move
In a scrambled OCR note, Ex-President Cleveland arrives in Princeton from a hunting trip and is reported to join a New York law firm. A Republican leaders’ conference in New York backs pushing charter, police guard bills, and stringent amendments through the 26 legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Princeton
Carolina
New York
Greater New York
Wisconsin Legislature Vetoes Bills And Charter Change
Wisconsin lawmakers in Madison report the governor sent a second veto of the session to the assembly. Vetoes target a Milwaukee police court warrants power, county board salary control, and ward city villa signing for Milwaukee. Senate concurs on Thayer charter amendment and acts on fish hatchery protection while considering prison labor commission. Milwaukees taxon private asylums debated with county exemption approved.
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Madison
Wis
Walter
Milwaukee
County Board of
Senate
Algeravly
Wisconsin
Milwaukea
Assembly
State University
Reinwoldt
Wheeler
Waller
Milwaukee Police Court
Supreme Court
Hall
Oshkosh
Upan
Auch Janie
Free Library Board
Wisconsin Legislature Confirms Bills and Vetoes
Senate passes measures for vital records and river rights while amending school loan limits and riparian protections. Assembly floors debate licenses near schools, Milwaukee audit veto, and clerk salary changes as several bills are killed or postponed.
Wisconsin Senate Passes Bills On Trusts and Roads
Madison March 18 The senate approved bills including a trust and monopoly prohibition measure, a state road from Preasent Prairie to Milwaukee, and street widening at property owners’ expense, while others on milk cleanliness and boundary changes were noted. Assembly actions included Hoyt’s resolution on toll road charters and bills about education and fish hatcheries. opposed measures on a state fair and pensions, with several assembly and senate measures engrossed or killed.
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Woyt
Secretary of State
Losnae
Austin
Assembly
Pines
Highwa Il
Messrs
Peterson
Barnum
Ray
W. A. Jones
Niss
Jong Hlehare
Turker
Tucker
Lewis
Oneida
Milwaukee
Madison
Senate
Wisconsin
Preasent Prairie
Kenosha County
Richland County
Hoyt
Overbeek and
Wytle
Echool Neys
le Bayfield Fish Hatchery
Dents
Yands
Chipnewa
Agen
Buffington
Stanley
McDondd
Federal Law Makers Opens Congress With Reed Elected Speaker
Washington reports a full senate and house as the fifty-fifth congress convenes under McKinley. Thomas B Reed of Maine is re elected speaker with a party split vote. New officers named include clerk Alex McDowell and sergeant at arms Benj Russell. A tariff revenue message follows.
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Washington
D. C
Hobart
Senate
McKinley
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Bailey
Texas
Bell
Colorado
Newlands
Silverite
Nevada
Reed
Repub-Litan
Alex. McDowell
Pennsylvania
Benj. F. Russell
Missouri
Wm. J. Clend
New Yorks
F.C. McElror
Obie
Henry M. Corden
Congress
Medical student dialogue on usefulness and ethics
Fragmentary exchange shows Piet, a medical student, debating whether a certain wheel and practical knowledge aid medical education. The text suggests difficulty in obtaining certain capabilities without this aid and references “Putk” as a commentator.
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Piet
Putk
Heaven as a Summer Place Says Journal
A dialogue notes heaven as a perpetual summer with a ratio of men to women similar to many summer resorts. Indianspolle Journal questions the plausibility and social dynamics of such a vision.
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Indianspolle Journal
Barrie Finishes Book On His Mother Marget Ogilvy
J M Barrie completes a book titled Marget Ogilvy about his mother, described as exquisite and not a traditional biography. Scribner in America and Hedder Stoughton in Britain will publish. The work reflects facts and the family’s memories, including details of Mrs Barrie’s death and her daughter's illness.
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J. M. Barrie
Marget Ogilvy
Barries
Robertsor Nicall
Stan
Emile
Mr. Barrie
Mrs. Barrie
Jess
Leeley
Donna
Joey
Partie
Bookman
Virtue of Silence and Gentle Living in Family Life
A short, period tone meditation on the value of silence to reduce friction in families and friendships. It urges tact with children, avoiding quarrels, and gentle, selfless behavior as keys to happier living. The piece recalls a mother of seven praising restraint and patient discipline over stern authority.
Arsenic in Cigarettes Sparks Controversy
The article notes arsenic used in colored wrappers of cigarettes, a fact known in wallpapers and daily items, and warns that contamination in cigarettes is a serious concern for smokers. It highlights growing public unease about toxic additives in common consumer products.
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Oaks
Arsenic in Cigarettes Sparks Medical Alarm
The British Medical Journal cites Dr Murrett reporting arsenic found in more than a third of cigarette brands. Arsenic lodged in vases or wrappers can rub on fingers, transferring to cigarettes and inhalation may trigger chronic cough, blood spitting, tissue decay, and consumption-like symptoms. Restrictions on use urged for British and American firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dir
Murrett
Germany
British Medical Journal
Wheel Rims and Brakes Debate in Chicago Chronicle
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt discusses wheel weight versus brake usage for road versus racing. It argues brakes are essential and that rider safety outweighs minor weight gains, noting four newer brake designs for cautious riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Che
Chicago Chronicle
How Dickens Wrote The Method of a Master Storyteller
Stephen Piske profiles Charles Dickens in the Ladies' Home Journal, detailing his daily discipline and drafting approach. Dickens would dedicate morning hours to writing or letter replies, consult proofs, jot ideas, and plan via character queries. He worked in a sparsely furnished room with views of fields and plains, and his colleagues called him chief.
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Stephen Piske
Dickens
God's Hill
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mr. Fiske
Feehtar
Torg
Jrich
Tia
Yates
Hal-liday
Dickena School
Blacksmith Observer Drafts Promissory Note in Texas
An honest blacksmith in Texas, despairing of collection from a delinquent debtor, agreed to take the note himself. A former sheriff, dubbed the Knight of the Anvil, drafted the instrument, promising to pay on the last day of June with a void clause if unpaid. The document bears the veteran s hand and seal as witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Debsor
Neve
Roxbury Group Seeks Funds for Warren Monument
An association in Roxbury Massachusetts works to raise money for a monument to General Joseph Warren born there. The city previously appropriated twelve thousand dollars for the project.
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Roxbury
Mass
Joseph Warren
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