Odd Facts From The Express Of 1903
The Express notes that there are about 3,000,000 dogs in the United States and they eat as much as as many people. It cites a 900,000 population gain for Mexico in three years and an eight percent health rise. It mentions Dickens characters as legal clients in London and laments a Kansas arsonist’s marble heart. It recalls Roentgen’s cathode rays and mockingly imagines a witch hunt. It also reports 382 Cincinnati area youngsters born on the last day of February 1904 who will have 17 birthdays if they live to 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mexico
Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
Expion claims vision through eight inches of pine wood
The article notes Expion asserts he can see through wood and predicts future access to all substances. It frames a coming jubilee for youth and foresees a urbiquitous circus without barriers while hinting at broader themes of progress and prophecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Expison
IndiansCarry Prizes at Assiniboine Show and Other Notes
Prominent Indians win prizes at the Assiniboine agricultural show in Minnesota with Mr Carry-the-Kettle for potatoes and others for turnips mittens and woolen goods. Strong Maine grows toothpicks while seeds for Congressmen flood the mail. Captain W H Warns retires after 590 Atlantic crossings, and Joan Macuins claims ancient X ray knowledge in a Chinese mirror noted in a London journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Carry
World gold production and U S coinage lead in 1895
The text notes world gold production from 1881 to 1895 rising nearly 50 percent in the five-year span 1886 to 1890 yielded 26,632,600 ounces. It asserts the United States topped global gold coinage in 1895 with $618,100,000, behind France and Germany, which held $865,435,000 and $627,530,000 respectively, while Great Britain had $590,520,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Germany
Great Britain
Tennessee Centenary Exposition Planned in Nashville
The text notes Tennessee’s admission as the 16th state on June 1 1796 and its prior belonging to North Carolina. A centennial exposition is planned in Nashville to commemorate the milestone. Initial plans aimed for June 1 but were moved. the regular opening will occur May 3, 1597 with suitable ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennerbel
North Carolina
Congress
Nashville
Proceedings and incidents from Washington and across the U S
A sweeping April report covers Senate Cuba policy debates and a naval intervention threat, House action on post office funding, pensions, and sundry civil measures. It notes fires in Brunswick and other disasters, lynching in Tupelo, and multiple local crimes, accidents, and notable deaths across the country.
Record Bank Money Orders and Trade Slump Highlight 1895
US money orders for Q4 1895 totalled 105,755,971 dollars, while 4,031 business failures carried liabilities of 57,425,135. Clearing houses processed 951,976,788 for the week ending December 8, with a 6 percent drop vs 1895. Carlisle letters deny presidential nomination bid. Cleveland letter false flag denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cleveland
Carlisle
Chicago
Rhode Island Returns Gop Governor by Large Plurality
Rhode Island voters reelect Gov. Lippitt by over 11 000 in a statewide contest. Democrats gain three seats in the legislature, a net loss of five from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Gov. Lippitt
New York
Brooklyn
N. Y
Burt van Horn
Congress
Lockport
Pottsville
Peter F. Conkling
Middletown
New Hampshire
Punch and Judy
United States
Boston
Turkey
A. W. Terrell
Furst Bismarck
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Quinsigamond
Mass
National Reform Party
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Germany
Snow blockade and tragedy across distant towns
Reports tell of a ten to twelve foot snow blockade on northern Wisconsin railways. In Corning Ohio Thomas Brannigan fatally shot his wife then killed himself over jealousy. Elections listed Walter L Weaver winning the Republican nomination on the 123rd ballot. A Virginia river flood drowned Alice Easter Anderson and three children with two horses. Jose Ramon Del Valle described brutal Spanish actions in Cuba and Florida Key West arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Corning O
Thomas Brannigan
Walter L. Weaver
Springfield
Congress
Alice
Easter Anderson
Powell's River
Lee County
Jose Ramon del Valle
Matanzas
Cuba
Key West
Fla
Rainy river tragedy and world news round up
An eight member United States deputy marshal party perished after breaking ice in the Rainy river in Canada. Events include Bismarck's birthday, sugar production forecasts, Cuban executions and war notes involving Weyler, Manila fire homelessing 30,000, a Wellandport mill fire loss of 125000, and 8000 Armenians massacred near Orfah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainy River
Canada
A. YP. Naif
United States
Friedrichsruhe
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Rudolph Spreckles
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company
Havana
Weyler
Cuba
Fortress
Capbanas
Manila
Philippine Islands
England
Spain
Europe
Wellandport
Ont
Orfah
Multiple small items from a late 19th century newspaper
A digest of isolated events: a Mulberry Gap drowning of Mrs. Urah Anderson and family. discoveries of iron and sulphur near Mineral Point. a Turkish sultanic expulsion order for Armenian Christians. Gov. Drake signs anti-cigarette bill banning paper cigars in Iowa. municipal elections across several states. the marriage of ex President Harrison and Mary Scott Lord Dimmick in New York. mob assault on anti Jewish orator Ahlwardt in Noboken. a fatal shooting in Talbotton, Georgia. women voters defeating school board members in Liverpool District 1. gas deaths in Pittsburgh and Lake Mahopac. March fire losses in U S and Canada. senate post office bill actions. Cuban resolutions advancing in House. river and harbor bill passed. cheese tax and branding bill reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulberry Gap
Tenn
Urah Anderson
Olly Anderson
Charles
Hattie
Mary Fleener
Mineral Point
Wis
Turkey
Armenia
Drake
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Towa
Minnesota
Benjamin Harrison
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick
St. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
John Wesley Brown
Herr Ahlwardt
Noboken
N. J
Talbotton
Sallie Emma Owen
W. L. Ryder
Liverpool (D
Guicento
Felice Curcio
Francisco Russo
Fifteen Victims In Kentucky Floods Reach Fourfold Toll
A cloudburst on Little Sexton and Buffalo creeks near Booneville Kentucky killed fifteen people, with victims on Sexton creek and its tributaries and on Buffalo creek. Dozens of homes were destroyed, crops ruined, and over 100 farmers lost houses and barns in Owsley county. Authorities organize relief funds as communities assess the devastation.
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Booneville
Little Sexton
Buffalo Creeks
Sexton Creek
Burning Springs
Kentucky River
J. Bull
Wade Marders
Buffalo Creek
Sexton
George Gepson
Will Burns
Mary Garrett
John Crane
Manchester
Owsley
Diaz For Monroe Doctrine Declared By Mexican President
The Mexican president in a congress speech emphasizes support for the Monroe Doctrine. He argues Latin American nations must defend independence against European interference and suggests a united American response could shape international law. He notes methods to implement the idea are not discussed here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
City of
Congress
Cleveland
Venezuela
Diaz
Europe
America
United States
Monroe
Republican College League Endorses Sound Money and Cuban Belligerency
Delegates at the American Republican College League convention in Chicago reassert protection for American industries and reciprocity, reaffirm the Monroe doctrine, and support Cuban belligerency with belligerent rights while backing a sound national currency. James Martin Perkins of Harvard Law School was elected president for the coming year. The next convention will be in Minneapolis.
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Brunswick
Valparaiso
Chill
Montreal
Can
Iowa
Wade, Davis & Co
Plainville
Mass
Chicago
American Republican College League
James M. Perkins
Harvard University
Iriend
Neb
Richard Ringer
Clinton, Sn
Edward Polen
William McMullen
Charley Burton
George Brown
Union Springs
Ala
John G. Bagby
Rushville
Decatur
Farmers’ Bank
Alice
William Johnson
Richfield
Kan
Minneapolis
James Martin Perkins
Harvard Law School
League
James G. Blaine
Ten Die in Union Street Fire in Brooklyn
A four story brick tenement at 36 Union Street Brooklyn burned at 3 30 AM killing ten of the 17 people in the house seven escaped. Names include Nicolo Traglia Lina Traglia Dominic Traglia and several Buone family members. Fire marshal to investigate and loss around four thousand dollars.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Union Street
Nicolo Tragiia
Lina Traglian
Dominic Tragia
Traglia
Camelia Caino
Augustin Buone
Maria Buone
Fanny Buone
Johanna Buone
Lina Celabria
Rebel Victory Report Of Cuban Attack On Pinar Del Rio
A long dispatch from Manzanillo dated April 2 describes Cuban forces under Maceo and Garcia landing 100 men and heavy artillery, marching 40 miles inland, and surprising Spanish garrisons at Pinar del Rio. Cuban victory and heavy insurgent losses followed, with Cuban 150 killed and wounded, Spanish 850 killed and 200 wounded, and substantial captures of arms and ammo.
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Pinar del Rio
New York
Carlos Garcia
Calixto Garcia
Bermuda
Cuba
M. Stern
Muriel
Havana
Santiago
Maceo
Garcia
Trocha
Tampa
Fla
Pasengers
Vuelta Abajo
Spring Improvement Pushes Trade Forward In New York
R G Dun Co notes spring buying lifts some sectors while others lag. Stocks moved slowly after last summer’s preordered goods. Wool and woolen goods weaken. cotton mills push goods ahead. wheat corn pork and rail stocks show modest shifts amid 1900s market sentiment.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Anniversary of Prince Bismarck Observed in Germany
On April 2 Friedrichsruh marked the 81st birthday of Prince Bismarck with a clear cold day and many flags. Crowds gathered at the castle park while gendarmes kept out visitors. Regiments and bands arrived as flowers and gifts from Naples reached the castle. A torchlight procession and brief address by Bismarck closed the day, with similar celebrations across the empire and bonfires on hills.
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Friedrichsruhe
Prince Bismarck
Ratzeburg Chasseurs
Hamburg
Altona
Naples
Friedrichsruh
Hazdburg
Bismarck
Empire
Atwater to Be Avenged Murder Trial Guilty Verdict
In Webster Grove near St. Louis the jury found Peter alias Cotton Schmidt guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Chicago artist B. A. Atwater. Schmidt, 17, faced the verdict with a defiant smile as Foster and his brother await trial in a later proceeding.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Peter Alias
Peter
Foster
Woman shoots husband near city hall in San Francisco
In San Francisco on April 1 Joan Martin shot her husband, a patrol wagon driver, three times in front of city hall after accusing him of neglect and a drinking problem. He died from the wounds.
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San Francisco
Joan Martin
Carlisle declines to run for president in 1891
Secretary Carlisle, in a letter to Kentucky Democratic chair Charles Tuong, declines to enter the national presidential contest. He cites concern for party principles over candidate selection and says his duties as secretary require his full attention to public interests and sound financial policy.
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Carlisle
Washington
Long
Democratic State Committee of
Kentucky
Treasury Department
D. C
Charles Tuong
Democratic State Central Committee
Louisville
J. G. Carlisle
Cardinals Call For Permanent Arbitration Board To Prevent War
In Baltimore on Easter Sunday Cardinal Gibbons with Archbishops Logue and Vaughan appeal for a permanent international tribunal of arbitration. They urge trust nations appoint judges and umpires, creating a second line of defense after diplomacy, to delay hostilities until reason prevails. They seek united governmental support.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Michael Cardinal Logue
Armagh
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan
Westminster
Prince of Peace
Christendom
International Court of Arbitration
Reason
Common Sense
QUIT THE OLD ARMY Brigadier Fielding resigns with aides to Booths Volunteers
Brigadier Edward Fielding also leaves with a large staff, joining Ballington Booth's Volunteers. The move is described as the Salvation Army's severest loss since the Booths were recalled. Others resigning include Emma Fielding Washington Blackhurst Christopher C Herron Bertha Herron Duncan and Lieut Galloway. Fielding sent his resignation to Booth-Tucker and cabled London headquarters.
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Fielding
Ballington Booth
Volunteers
Chicago
Edward Fielding
Northwest
Salvation Army
Booth-Tucker
America
Emma Fielding
Washington Blackhurst
Christopher C. Herron
Bertha Herron
National Reform Party Calls Convention in Pittsburgh
The National Reform Party executive committee issues a call for a convention to meet in Pittsburgh on May 25 to nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. Delegates should favor direct legislation, a unified money system, prohibition enforcement, government ownership of key infrastructure, equal suffrage, and funded public improvements.
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Pittsburgh
Conference of
Reform Elements
National Reform Party
Prohibition
Homeseeker Excursions to Kanana and Nebraska Lands
Advertises April and May 1896 rail excursions from Missouri River points to Kansas and Nebraska at one fare plus 82.00 round trip. Promotes Union Pacific lands from 2.50 to 10 per acre with ten years credit and 1 down. Encourages receipts for rail fare with refunds on 820 acres purchased. Includes land maps and pamphlets via B A McAnaster Omaha Neb. includes a Washington Star quote about myths of a golden age.
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Homeseeker
Missouri River
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Kansas
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railway Company
United States
Union Pacific
B. A. McAnaster
Omaha
Ned
A Spring Trip South on Louisville & Nashville Line
Tickets go on sale April 7 21 and May 5 from northern towns to all points on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad across Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and part of Kentucky. Round trip fare good twenty one days with two dollars paid to the destination agent. Stopovers allowed on southbound trip. Contact agent or write C P Atmore or J K Ridgely for details.
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Louisville & Nashville
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Kentucky
C. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago, Il
Are You Going to Cripple Creek on the Santa Fe Route
The Santa Fe Route markets its line from Chicago and Kansas City to Cripple Creek with luxurious Pullmans and fast timetables. A free illustrated Cripple Creek book is available by mail from G T Nicholson or agents of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway. A drug advertisement touts Hosteller's Stomach Bitters for rheumatism neuralgia and other ailments.
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Cripple Creek
Santa Fe
Chicago
Kansas City
G.T. Nicholson
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
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the Express
Dickens
London
Sarah Gamp
Bardell
Mr. Pickwick
Prof. Roentgen
HiprontxtTe
Hayti
Warsaw
Billy Patterson
Tur Second Adventists
Philadelphia
Old Line
Strong
New England
W. H. Warns
Cunard
Atlantic
Campania
Joan Macuins
Butte, Mont
London Philosophical Journal
Call
Senate
House
Abrahaam Lincoln
Elkins
A. P. Brown
Lemars
Witt
Boutelle
Reed
Foreign Intelligence
Republican College League
Atwater
Homeseeker’s
Kanana
Pather
Washington Star
Phillips
Thant
Atlanta Constitution
Shakespeare
L. A. W. Bulletin
Hood
L Hood & Co
Lowell, Mass
Nedy
BLY Brothers
Warren Street
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