Willis Dies as United States Minister to Hawaii Departs
From Victoria to Madison reports, Minister Willis faced expected death as the Miowera arrives. Residents mourn a popular diplomat, while Rosefieldoske gains pardon after four years for Ella Nly murder in Richland Center. Wage cuts hit Bay View workers. massillon mines set 61 cents rate. Wyoming hospital burns with one death from fright.
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Hawaii
Victoria
B. C
Miowera
Honolulu
Rose Zold¢ée
Madison, Wis
Upham
Rosefieldoske
State Prison
Ella Nly
Richland Center
Official Count and Local News Highlights
The official canvass of Maryland for president completes with total national votes reported at 18,888,762. McKinley leads with 7,101,401, Bryan 6,470,556, other candidates add small totals. McKinley’s plurality around 680,745. Also notes mining deaths in South Morrison, Lord Beresford’s hunting accident, and a traditional London lion sermon at St. Katharine Cree.
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CuricaGo
Ste of Maryland
Bryan
Dem
Palmer
Levering
Bettly
National
Matchette
Socialist
Church of St. Katharine Cree
Adenhall Street
London
John Gayer
Asia
John
Sir John
Sirohn
Iton
Week's News Roundup From December into January
Weekly notes cover escarping Peru Bolivia tensions and Peruvian frontier incidents. Obituaries include Sir Alexander Milne and Kate Field ashes move. Religion and science events mark meetings at Harvard. famine relief in Russia. several shipwrecks and crimes.
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American Society of Naturalists
Harvard College
Peru
Bolivia
Joseph A. Springer
United States
Havana
Olivette
Kate Field
Chicago
San Francisco
Auburn Cemetery
Alexander Milne
Hoe
Eherson
Russia
Editor Joseph McCullagh Dies in Fall From Window
Joseph B. McCullagh editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, found dead after a fall from a second story window at his sister-in-law's residence in St. Louis. Air-smothering asthma attack and weakness are cited. accident or possible self act remains contested by friends.
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Globe-Democrat
St. Louis
Joseph B. McCullagh
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Kate Manion
McCullagh
Northwestern Teachers Meetings Report Large Attendance
Reports from multiple states show unusually large attendance at annual teachers meetings. North Dakota and South Dakota conventions draw crowds with papers on institutes school laws and new constitutions. In Milwaukee the state convention nears 1200 attendees while admiral Skerritt dies in Washington.
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State Teachers’ Association
Association
Windsor Hotel
Vermillion
State Teachers’ Convention
Meyers
Beadle County
Julia Wheeler
Potter County
Minneapolis Market Report Reflects Wheat and Livestock Moves
Chicago and Minneapolis grain markets show mixed wheat prices with No 1 hard around 80 to 83 cents and No 1 Northern near 80 cents. Hog and cattle bids rise in Minneapolis and Chicago stockyards as demand strengthens for fat sheep, with futures posting January to May price points.
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Duluth
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Paul
English Settles and German Rulers Snapshot
The piece notes genuine English settles as sturdy oak family furniture with hidden drawers and bacon cupboards, contrasting with toy replicas. It also outlines Germany and Portugal rulers, citing William II’s accession in 1888 and Portugal’s Carlos I since 1889, plus a brief London dialogue about trunk packing.
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New York Post
Germany
William II
Frederick
Charlemagne
Beauty of the Creole Women in The Ladies' Home Journal
Ruth McEnery Stuart describes the creole wife and daughters as flowers of dignity and beauty. The piece discusses creole identity as American with French or Spanish parentage, noting mixed generations and foreign-born roots.
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Ruth McEnery Stuart
Ladies’ Home Journal
Theories on Jack-o'-lantern Lights Explained
The article reviews theories for will-o'-the-wisp lights or jack-o'-lanterns. It discusses phosphorated hydrogen gas from marshy decay and light carbureted hydrogen from decaying vegetation as possible causes, noting none proved. It adds moving-away behavior and spontaneous ignition remain unexplained and asserts scientists agree such lights cannot be artificially produced.
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St. Louis Republic
Tommy Atkins Turns Civilian Gigs For Extra Pay
Pearson's Weekly notes that Tommy Atkins could boost earnings by performing outside military duties. Soldiers attend smoking concerts in pubs and theatres, join orchestras, or pose as servicemen for crowds. Landlords and hotel owners hire soldiers as waiters or helpers in bootmaking, showcasing the versatile soldier’s extra income avenues.
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Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Pearson's Weekly
Patents In Japan and a judge's witty remark
The piece notes that Japan grants no patents or protections to foreigners without a Japanese intermediary, leading to widespread copying of foreign goods. It also shares a Judge Craig Biddle quip from quarter sessions about a German juryman claiming poor English, plus light humor about a teacher and a wedding guest.
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Japan
Craig Biddle
Quarter Sessions
Philadelph
Legendary duel in the Transvaal between Sampson and Botha
The Cape Mercury recounts a Boer war duel where Sampson and Botha fired from behind stones on level ground. Both men exchanged shots, each wounded, yet survived. Years later in the Transvaal they became friends and joked about the clash.
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South Africa
New England
The
Cape Mercury
Sampson
Botha
Musings on a Saintly Mother and Odd Vignettes
A tribute to Hannah Simpson as a patient, reticent mother whose quiet strength shaped Ulysses. The piece contrasts her noble character with a fable of music born from distant pains, and ends with a cheeky note on a Coliseum belle and a sofa pillow made of admirers’ facial hair.
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Ulysses
Hamlin Garland
McClure
Orleans
Coliseum Square
Madamoiselle
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Haunting Dog Mystery Quips Stir Washington Star
A small man confronts a seller about a dog described as haunting. The seller insists the dog is fine, while the buyer recalls being told it haunted. The exchange suggests the dog’s true habit is elusive and unusual, provoking curiosity in readers of the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
The Sins of the Father and a Mother's Grief
The excerpt contrasts polite behavior with misfortune as a train scene leads to a lost umbrella and a misguided purchase of a gold headed cane. A Detroit Tribune line laments a mother’s grief as her son follows his father’s wrong bicycle choice in a bittersweet vignette.
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Detroit Tribune
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