Chicago Jubilee Opens With Peace Jubilee Addresses
Chicago October 17 The national peace Jubilee begins with four union thanksgiving services at the Auditorium. President McKinley attends as Rabbi Emil G Hirsch, Rev Dr Thomas Hodnett, Rev Dr John Henry Barrows and Booker T Washington speak. Washington urges racial harmony to conquer prejudice and keep the nation united.
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Thomas F. Hodnett
Dewey
Sampson
Schley
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John Henry Barrows
Philippines
Booker T. Washington
England
Santinco
Baseball season closes with Boston pennant lead
Chicago Oct 17 The National League season ends with Boston winning the pennant and a 41 point lead over Baltimore. Cincinnati takes third place while Chicago beats Cleveland to claim the fourth spot. The season is described as the most financially disastrous since the Brotherhood revolt. Brooklyn and Washington report repair costs and time for ships damaged in Cervera’s fleet. May Cheapen Foreign Postal Rate proposes negotiations to cut rates to two cents per half ounce. Dr Sawyer’s Little Wide Awake pills advertised.
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Baltimores
Cincinnati
Cleveand
Brotherhood
Brooklyn
Washington
Naval Board
Cervera
Navy Department
Schley
Merritt
England
Germany
Brown Tobacco Co Sells Out To American Tobacco
The American Tobacco Co. of New York buys the Brown Tobacco Co. plant and business of St Louis. This enables the chain to add the Standard Navy Plug to its brands and gains control of the plug tobacco market in the United States. The Standard Navy Plug is praised for never hardening or losing its pliability.
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American Tobacco Co
Brown Tobacco Co
St- Louis
New York
St. Louis Republic
Money, War, and the Finance Question in Wars
The National Review argues that victory will hinge on staying power and financial stamina, not just arms. Russia’s costly Crimean and Turkish campaigns left deep financial scars, prompting a decade of reforms to bolster credit abroad and treasury at home, while Bismarck resisted opening German finances to Russian loan brokers.
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Russia
National Review
Crimea
Bismarck
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
Ship Destroyed by Fire Near Margate Sinks Crew Lost
The British ship Blengfell Capt. Johnson from New York to London was destroyed by a sudden fire at Margate this morning. Nine crew members including the captain and a pilot perished, and the captain's wife and children were also lost. A later item reports Indians agreeing to surrender to United States forces by Wednesday. Another note mentions a Free Methodist conference selecting a representative for London 1901. A Keokuk man, 22, died by jumping into the Mississippi after a love affair. An ad notes J W Bankston Photo Co. on Mena street for photographs. A college building foundation work is expected to resume soon.
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Johnson
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