ASSILON IRON WORKS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES ADVERTISED
A scanned Massillon page lists ASSILLON rolling mill Jos Corns son Proprietors, ASSILLON GLASS FACTORY, ASSILLON IRON BRIDGE CO, C F von Kanal East Side Jewelry, and a watch clock jewelry shop. It promotes Pennsylvania Lines tourist tickets to Florida, then various medical ads for Slusser’s Pills, Electric Bitters, Dr King’s New Discovery, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Also notes advertised letters at Massillon post office and names several individuals.
War updates signal crown colony administration demand
London reports a colonial proclamation threatening compensation for destruction of British property as the Transvaal resources wane. Parliament debates Boer threats to Johannesburg while Milner moves to arrange administration of the Free State. Buller plans 5000 strong colonial force on the northern Transvaal border. Carrington to lead with Australian troops. Pretoria concedes Boer losses exceed 7000. Plumer stalls near Lobatse.
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Loxpon
Colonial Office
Cape Town
London
South Africa
Transvaal
House of Commons
War Office
George Wyndham
Mr. Chamberlain
Johanburg
Alfred Milner
Bloemfontein
Free State
Natal
Buller
Frederick Carrington
Chamberlain
Australia
Rhodesia
Pretoria
Mafeking
Plumer
Lobatst
Steyn Threatens the Burghers in Transvaal War News
Bloemfontein March 21. Rebels at Prieska surrender arms after Lord Roberts dispatch dated March 20 reports Transvaalers crossing the Modder river. Steyn issues a declared threat to purgers who vow not to fight again. Bloemfontein offers hospital aid with 500 beds. 33 prisoners captured, 200 stands of arms and supplies seized.
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Bloemfont
Modder River
Loxpoxs
War Office
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Prieska
White flags seen as British advance near Springfontein
A dispatch reports white flags flying on farms 25 miles west of Springfontein after a reconnaissance toward Philipppo lis. British troops were cordial, and Boers reportedly say they have had enough while General Steyn tries to rally them. In Havana, General Gomez opposes Monsignor Sbarretti, calling for a protest against his bishopric.
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General Gomez
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Monsignor Sbarretti
Popular Committee
Typhoid Epidemic Feared in Pirrspure City
A typhoid fever outbreak alarm grips Pirrspure with 31 cases reported by the health bureau, dominated by 12 cases in the Twenty-first ward. Officials blame impure water from rivers and refuse contamination, noting ongoing plans for a filtration plant and a forthcoming reservoir that may ease shortages, while the South Side reports only one case.
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Bureau of Health
South Side District
Monongahela River
Allegheny
British Forts as a Menace Sparks House Debate
New Yorker Sulzer denounces the administration for pro English policies and claims Britain is building fortifications along the Canadian border. Hull reports a tabled resolution demanding war department details on Pacific fortifications near Puget Sound. The resolution fails 94 to 88 to lay, then 110 to 87 to table. Washington March 1.
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Washington
Hull
Iowa
Committee On Military Affairs
House
Sulzer
N.Y
House of Representatives
Great Britain
United States
Puget Sound
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
War Department
GO. Connin
Meiklejohn
Downing Street
Hay
Lord Salisbury
South Africa
Canadian
Carnegie Frick dispute may settle without trial
At Atlantic City a reported settlement between Carnegie Steel leaders Andrew Carnegie D M Clemson A M Moreland C M Schwab James Gayley and Henry Phipps Jr FE Lovejoy on the Frick side is discussed. Carnegie’s side denies ongoing peace negotiations and says no compromise will be made, though sources say a settlement element is likely.
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Carnegie
Rockefeller pledge to aid Wellesley debt
March 2 at Wellesley college a chapel service announced John D Rockefeller pledged 100000 toward clearing the college debt. The debt stands about 296000 with more than 60000 raised or pledged in the past two years through efforts by the college.
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Pressaroline
Wellesley College
John D. Rockefeller
Wellesley
Golden Held By Goebelites In Kentucky Murder Probe
Sergeant Wharton Golden, linked to incriminating Goebel murder statements, arrived in Lexinatox with attorney Smith Hayes from Winchester. Rumors swirl he seeks Goebel influence, or a conference with Goebel attorneys LouisvillLe. He vows loyalty while denying guard status and hints at naming the shooter, a noted marksman once tied to the French Eversole feud.
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Lexinatox
Wharton Golden
Goebel
Smith Hayes
Winchester
Loouisvillee
Golden
Gulden Har
Gophel
Mulatte
Frankfort
Wall Street Stock Corner Triggers Massive Rally
A dramatic stock market spectacle in New York yesterday saw the Metropolitan Street Railway gain control of the Third Avenue line, triggering a sharp rally as shorts covered. Key gains included Metropolitan 11.3, Brooklyn Transit Consolidated Gas seven, and Manhattan 4.4, with broader strength in Sugar, American Tobacco, and Western Union as prices fluctuated and trading cooled late.
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New York
New York Traction Group
Metropolitan Street Railway
Third Avenue Railroad
Shorts
Baltimore
Ohio
National Steel
Tennessee Coal
United States
Reply Accused British Described In War Office Dispatch
Lospex March 21 A war office dispatch from Lord Roberts dated Bloemfontein March 19 recounts his reply to a March J telegram to presidents of the Free State and the South African Republic. He denies burghers’ wrongdoing, cites incidents of white flags and cannon fire, and questions the alleged surrender by British troops. He asks that his reply be shared with all governments and neutral powers.
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Dhawe Maar
Delarcy
Daurgherd
DeBeer
Sponkop
Tuvela
Gronje' Laager
Thas
South African Republic
Lee-Metford Riley
Lord Roberts
Protecting Missionaries in Peril in Shantung
The State Department faces a quandary to protect American missionaries in inland Shantung. Distances beyond ship reach complicate aid while ambiguity about Boxer activity in Shautung or Pechil province hinders protective authority between China and Germany. German officials offer protections to their nationals within their sphere, but limited German forces there reduce reassurance.
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Shautung
Pechil
China
Germany
Gethein
Pekin
Conger
Germin
Shantung
Route for Coke Branch Ties Uniontown to Brownsville
President Casatt and Pennsylvania railroad officials toured Uniontown and Brownsville area where a new 14 mile coke branch from Uniontown to the Monongahela river at Brown’s Run is planned. The line, costing near $1,000,000 with several sidings, will become Southwest Pennsylvania main line to the river and may include a bridge at Brown’s Run. A future link to West Brownsville is planned.
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Prrnsperg
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Uniontown
Brownsville
Pennsylvania
New Fayette County
Coke Fields
Monongahela River
Brown's Run
Newefields
Connellsville
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Kansas editor shot after train stop in Troy
Frank W. Elliott editor of The Troy Times, a Democratic weekly, was shot in the arm and side as he stepped from a Grand Island train in Troy Kansas. Elliott fired at the assailant but could not identify him in darkness. The incident is tied to a bitter political war. Elliott had previously been jailed for libel but escaped imprisonment. Fellow editor Paul Grinstead of the Wathena Star is serving a libel sentence. Elliott is a Fusionist and former executive clerk under Governor Leedy.
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Troy
Kan
Frank W. Elliott
Troy Times
Grand Island
Elliott
Eliott
Paul Grinstead
Wathena Star
Leedy
Porto Ricans Anxious Press for Quick U.S. Aid
In San Juan Porto Rico on March 21 Governor Davis receives constant telegrams from towns across the island urging executive influence with Congress for a prompt settlement of ongoing controversies. Demonstrations erupt at multiple locations led by the San Juan chamber of commerce which presented a grievance redress petition to the governor general.
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San Juan DE Porto Rico
Cgeveral Davis
United States Congress
San Juan
Bishop Denies McKinley International Law Claim
Bishop Hurst presiding over the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal conference in Millville regrets being misquoted on a report that President McKinley accepted the chair of international law at the American University in Washington. He ordered a denial telegraphed to the president.
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Paladelpiua
Hurst
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
Millville
McKinley
American University At
Washington
Iis
Public life nightmare and market notes from Irish and US reports
At a London nationalist gathering in the Hotel Cecil John Redmond rebukes nine years of Irish public use as a nightmare and says reforms require more than royal visits or St Patrick’s celebrations. The rest of the item compiles dated market quotes for grains eggs butter cheese poultry and hogs from various U.S. and Canadian markets, including prices for wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese and livestock, with regional references and steady to mixed quotes.
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Chicago
Hotel Cecil
London
John Redmond
House of Commons
Ireland
St Ira
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Business Directory
Banshs
Massillon
J. H. Hunt
H. L. McLair
Cashier
S A. Vonbad & CO
S. Domestic
Tesell & CO
Ot Assislon
Jos
To Assillon Glass Factory
Absillon Iron Bridge
Jewelers
C. F. von Kanel
Osephooleman' Geaier
Erie Street
Florida
Cleveland
Slusser
American Mig. Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Wy. A. Hines
Manchester
Dr. King
4. T. Haltzly’s
D. B. Cargile
Washia
Brewer
T. Baltzly
Renick Hamilton
West Jefferson, O
Hood
England
Hrepublica
Steyn
Will Dave
Springfontein
New Yorker
Corbin
Wasixetox
Quaster General
Spooner
Foraker
John Rockefelley
Wall Staeet
Third Avenue
Kexastox
Jamaica
Alert
Lord Roberta
Roberts
Monongahela
White
Im Afric
Grasp Bartos
Mich
St General White
Michigan
Wheeling
Wastischos
Secretary of the Navy
Adria Watson
Taka
Concord
Cimdaska
Alaskan
Kansas
Porto
Davis Fx
Congress
Bishop
Redmond
Patrick
Porrseung
Elgin
New York State
Wisconsin
Haile
Lia Wer
Mia
Farrsnelle
Chater Wether
Duluth
Toon
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