Beet sugar production soars in the United States
This year US beet sugar output is estimated at 122000 tons from 144100 acres, marking a fourfold rise in just one year.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
1
Perfect Sailor Soldier and Gentleman Dewey Praised
A Vienna paper lauds Dewey as a perfect sailor, soldier, and gentleman, noting that no greater honor could any man ask. The quotation frames him as a paragon in naval and military service and personal conduct.
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Vienna
Dewey
American Straw Hats Make Global Market Impact
American made goods influence world markets as straw hats gain attention in London without material changes. The piece emphasizes export reach and perceived quality driving overseas interest.
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London
Syndicate Buys Popocatepetl Volcano for Gold
An American syndicate purchased the famous Mexican volcano Popocatepetl for 500000 dollars in gold. In time similar moves may merge Vesuvius Etna Weela and others into a volcano trust trading mainly in scenery and brimstone.
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Popocatepetl
Vesuvius
Etna
Weela
Australia to form Commonwealth with 4 million people
The Australian colonies plan to join a federation named the Commonwealth of Australia. The new union will cover more territory than the original American colonies and has a population around four million.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Twentieth Kansas Regiment Characterized In Rally Note
The 1200 strong Twentieth Kansas regiment led by Gen Funston includes 18 foreign born soldiers and mostly sons of Kansas farmers. At the Paris exposition a Ferris wheel will be surpassed by a 350 foot umbrella with cars on each rib to lift riders, proposed by Yankee genius R F E Sherman.
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Kansas
Funston
R. F E. Sherman
Plan to bar paupers from Klondike outlined
A proposed policy requires new entrants to Danison to show 700 dollars cash or six months provisions plus 200 dollars before entry. Dr Felix Brunet, a French navy surgeon, has invented a method to remove tattoo marks. In Aberystwyth Wales a Jones wedding joined Richard Jones to Elizabeth Jane Jones with Jones relatives as witnesses and officiants.
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Klondike
Felix Brunet
Aberystwyth
Wales
Jones
Richard Jones
Elizabeth Jane Jones
John Robert Jones
Anne Jones
R. J. Jones
William Jones
New Cuban City Reports First Surplus in June
The American administration of Cienfuegos, Cuba, reports a June surplus of 12000 dollars, a historic first for Cuban cities under Spanish rule. Meanwhile Nicholas Lebrun, composer of the Lincoln dead march, was interred in St. Louis after directing Lincoln funeral music decades earlier.
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Cienfuegos
Cuba
Nicholas Lebrun
St. Louis
Lincoln
Springfield
Lebrun
U S Exports Rise Sharply Amid Global Trade Lead
A treasury department table shows U S exports of manufactures up 110 percent in ten years, far surpassing Germany France Switzerland Netherlands and England. The article notes U S gains in old world markets and hints at Alaska Cape Nome gold prospects and possible US title amid remote Pacific frontiers.
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Treasury Department
United States
Germany
France
Switzerland
Netherlands
England
Canada
Klondike
Alaska
Cape Nome
Uncle Sam
What Is Wrong With This World A Widespread Geologic Activity
A columnist notes a surge of natural events with Vesuvius, Etna, and Yellowstone erupting or quaking. Earthquakes threaten Rome and southern California while Mauna Loa and other volcanos emit activity. The piece asks what scientists will explain about these signs.
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Vesuvius
Aetna
Rome
Orient
Mauna Loa
Java
Hawaii
California
Yellowstone Park
Eas
A Week's History In All Parts of the Union
A concise review of national affairs across regions highlighting notable Washington developments and noteworthy events from the East West and South. Readers gain a snapshot of political moves legislative actions and social happenings shaping the week.
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Washington
East
Foreign tax take tops one hundred million dollars
The fiscal year ending June 30 shows war taxes collected amounting to 102 983 528 07 dollars. Foreign trade totals reveal exports at 1 227 205 410 and imports at 697 116 854 for the year, with prior year figures 1 231 482 330 in exports and 616 049 654 in imports. Secretary Long orders cruisers New Orleans and Machias to Santo Domingo city at once.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
New Orleans
Machais
Long
Santo Domingo
Ingersoll Cremated. Drownings and Races Reported
Robert G. Ingersoll was cremated at Fresh Pond crematory. Fred Clarke George Clarke and James Bowen of Bethel Maine drowned in Lake Umbageg. A New York and Syracuse train covers 180 miles in 3 hours 45 minutes. National league baseball standings show Brooklyn 0.686 Boston 0.616 and others. Admiral Sampson returns to Newport. Erie road landslide kills engineer and fireman. 20 injured. Burns Pierce wins 100 mile bicycle race at Manhattan Beach. Eddie McDuffie sets mile world record in New Bedford. Otto Kampf and family drown when boat capsizes in Delaware River.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Fred Clarke
George Clarke
James Bowen
Bethel
Lake Umbageg
New York
Saratoga
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baltimore
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Washington
Cleveland
Sampson
Newport
R. I
Erie Road
Lackawanna
Manhattan Beach Track
Burns Pierce
New Bedford
Mass
Eddie McDuffie
Otto Kampf
Albert
Christian Ostertage
Delaware River
Fake report on Denmark Indiana murders exposed
A long list of sensational items from a period newspaper notes a fake claim that insane Charles Wolfanger killed his wife and two daughters in Denmark Indiana and killed himself. The rest covers hangings in Baltimore, storms in Deuel County South Dakota, a flag day in Hawaii, deaths and disasters across multiple states, and other incidents.
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Charles Wolfanger
Denmark
Ind
Cornelius Gardner
John Myers
Charles James
Joseph Bryan
Baltimore
Deuel County
S. D
Tawaii
Margaret Foraker
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
Millsboro
Sparta
M. M. Morrow
Wisconsin
Marion Onana
August Mattingly
Paul Cheaney
Ohio River
Evansville
Atlanta
Salt Lake City
Cleveland & Pittsburgh
Steubenville
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Benham
Tex
Alonzo Newton
Bank of Louisville
Louisville
Southern National Bank
National Soldiers' Home
Hampton
William C. Ott
Chicago
Cottage Grove
Tenn
Northwestern Lumber Company
Stanley
Wis
Natives Seek U S Protection After Sale of Kusale Island
Natives of Kusale island in the Caro line group, recently sold to Germany by Spain, file formal application to be taken under American protection. Also noted is the death of Albert Menier, prominent chocolate maker, at Chemonet, France.
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Kusale Island
Caroline Group
Germany
Spain
Albert Menier
Che Monet
France
Chamberlain defends intervention in Transvaal in Commons
Secretary Chamberlain justified British intervention in the Transvaal saying the government would not rest until the Boers yielded all England deemed just. The report also notes Vowell winning Wingfield silver sculls and other international items.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Transvaal
England
London
B. H. Vowell
Thames
Cabul
Abdul Chakim Khan
Calamba
Laguna de Bay
Hall
Fries
Dewey
Germany
Brisson, Jameson & Co
Sanor & Co
Bandits killed as Captain Simpson pursues force in manila advices
Advices from Manila report Captain Simpson and the Sixth Infantry pursued a band of criminals and killed nine without loss to American troops. Other items include soldiers sailing for San Francisco, destructive storms in the Dakotas, a fatal machine explosion in Michigan, executions at Sing Sing, and political and civic notes.
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Manila
Netros
Simpson
Sixth Infantry
North Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming Infantry
San Francisco
Grant
Tupper Lake
N. Y
Dakotas
Big Prairie
Mich
Louis Putterson
Michael McDonald
New York
Sing Sing
Julian Pauncefote
Great Britain
United States
Hampton
Candler
Georgia
Mexico
Ortiz
Nelson A. Cole
St. Louis
Robert
Carl Baker
London
Eliza Sanford
Montclair
N. J
Honolulu
First American Bank
Frank Reynolds
Hindlay’s Lake
Corry
Alger
War Department
Minor News Items From Historic Clip Reveal Global Sights
A collection notes diverse items from Redlands to McPherson. Highlights include a 50 foot wide reaping machine in California, James Brooks walking 37 miles to see a circus, and aging senators like James W. Bradbury at 97. Also mentioned: Soudan costs, Maryland peach crop failure, Erie Canal cargo shifts, and sugar and mining ventures across regions.
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Redlands
Cal
James Brooks
McPherson
Kan
Soudan
Maryland
Erie Canal
Tidewater
South
Northern and Western
Maine
Kansas
James W. Bradbury
United States Senate
Webster
Calhoun
Clay
Napoleon Jr
Camden House
Chislehurst
Charles P. Jones
Charles Virgin
Astoria
Ore
Portland
New Orleans
Mexico
Cuba
Jack Everhardt
Selections on Army Appointments Defend Alger Stance
Secretary of War R. A. Alger releases a formal statement defending volunteer army officer appointments and denying misuse of funds. He notes rapid expansion from 25,000 regulars to 275,000 plus support needs, cites officer origins from governors or civil life, and defends expenditures as properly accounted. He lists key regimental leaders and asserts overall loyalty and competence.
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Washington
Alger
Tam
London Times
Spain
Volunteer Army
Regular Army
West Point Military Academy
Fever Strikes Hampton Soldiers Home In Virginia
Official reports through Aug 1 list 37 yellow fever cases and 7 deaths at the Hampton soldiers’ home in Virginia with one new case that day. Quarantine tightens as local towns, Phoebus and Newport News, brace for spread while Wasdin and Wyman coordinate response and consider maritime measures.
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Washington
Soldiers
Stampton
Wasdin
Marine Hospital Service
Hampton
Boards of Health
Phoebus
Wyman
United States
Norfolk
Newport News
Santiago
Manila
San Francisco
Vickery
Maj. Vickery
Old Point
Hamptonians
Chesapeake & Ohio
Newport
Fierce fight at Calamba as Americans push on insurgents
In Calamba the Twenty-first Infantry, cavalry and artillery repelled 1,600 insurgents behind trenches. Lt. Love was wounded, one insurgent officer was killed, and the Americans suffered seven dead and twenty wounded. Insurgents left dead. Morong garrison moves to Calamba. insurgents attacked Taytay killing several natives friendly to the Americans.
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Manila
Calamba
Lake Road
Hall
Malbar
Weisenberger
Twenty-first Infantry
Hamilton
Twenty-first Regiment
Lieut
Love
Morong
Taytay
Col Du Paty de Clam Released After Acquittal
Paris reports Col. Du Paty de Clam freed at 3 pm Monday and rests at home claiming fatigue. Gen Brugere may countersign acquittal despite no case. Ottawa notes death of Sir James Edgar, speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, in Toronto Monday night.
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Paris
le Soir
Col. du Paty de Clam
Gen. Brugere
Ottawa
Ont
Sir James Edgar
House of Commons
Toronto
Kate Chase Sprague Dies at Washington Home
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague widow of Rhode Island's former governor and daughter of Salmon P. Chase died at her Washington suburb home Idgewpod at age 59 after a liver and kidney illness. She leaves three daughters Miss Kittie Sprague Mrs Portia Sprague and Mrs Donaldson. Funeral services are private Wednesday. Burial will follow in Columbus beside her parents.
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Washington
Kate Chase Sprague
Rhode Island
Salmon P. Chase
Ohio
United States
United States Supreme Court
Idgewpod
Kittie Sprague
Portia Sprague
Narragansett Pier
Columbus, O
Veteran Brigadier General Nelson A. Cole Dies in St. Louis
Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Cole, a two war veteran, died at his St. Louis home after a prolonged illness. He began as a captain in the Missouri volunteers in the Civil War, led the southeast Missouri expedition, and captured Fort Jackson. He later served as chief of artillery on Gen. Pleasanton's staff and was among the early appointees as brigadier general in the Spanish American War.
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St. Louis
Nelson A. Cole
Missouri Volunteers
Missouri
Fort Jackson
Pleasanton
Camp Alger
Columbia
S. C
Boiler Explosion Kills Six Men Near White Cloud
In White Cloud Michigan Aug 1 a boiler on a threshing rig exploded after low water. Victims include Charles Haight Alfred Haight Charles Crabtree Bert Salter Cecil Priest and Raymond Howe all killed. George Overly and Oscar Evans injured. The blast hurled the engine 150 feet through a barn with the separator.
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White Cloud
Mich
Big Prairie
Crabtree
Charles Haight
Alfred Haight
Charles Crabtree
Bert Salter
Cecil Priest
Raymond Howe
George Overly
Oscar Evans
Fatal Kentucky duel leaves two dead on mountain road
In Letcher county Kentucky William Smallwood killed his uncle Clelland Smallwood and was himself fatally wounded in a two year feud. They fired simultaneously as they met on a mountain road. Clelland dropped his revolver and collapsed. The event ends a long standing family quarrel.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Letcher County
William Smallwood
Clelland Smallwood
Clelland
Burglars Steal Fine Silks From Springfield Store
Thieves broke into the large dry goods house of James Furlong in Springfield on Aug 1 and carried away $1000 worth of fine silks. The entry was made through a rear door and no gang was seen or identified.
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Springfield
James Furlong
Aeronaut Drowns During Lake Descent at Findley Lake
Frank Reynolds an aeronaut aged 30 drowned at Findley lake near Dunkirk N Y after ascending by balloon and parachuting into the water on Monday The accident occurred as he descended into the lake near the city while attempting a skyward ascent during the event.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Frank Reynolds
Findley Lake
Hot Banquet Tales From a Bowery Waiter
A Bowery waiter, part of the New York Dollar Dinner set, recalls a chaotic “hot” banquet. The cramped kitchen fed cold dishes, with haddock in linen bags warmed in tubs, a tuxedoed melee for front table positions, and a cranberry jammed turkey mishap. Wine ran hot with half pint champagne and a waiter dumped boiling coffee on a guest, with a man found 15 empty bottles in his pant leg.
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Bird of Passage
Bowery
New York
N. O. Times-Democrat
Historic G A R Encampment Route Recommends Bi Four Line
Veterans planning the 33rd G A R Encampment in Philadelphia in September are urged to take the Bi Four Chesapeake and Ohio route with superb service from Chicago Peoria and St. Louis via the Big Four. The trip passes Indianapolis Cincinnati and Huntington then along the Ohio River to Staunton Va and Washington with stops at Waynesboro Gordonsville Cedar Mountain Rappahannock Kettle Run Manassas Bull Run and Fairfax before reaching Philadelphia. Three fare options include continuous passage one stop in each direction on the same route and a circuitous option returning by a different route. For details contact J C Tucker G N A 234 Clark St Chicago.
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Phiadelphia
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Huntington
West Va
Alleghanies
Springs
Virginia
Staunton
Washington
Waynesboro
Gordonsville
Cedar Mountain
Rappahannock
Kettle Run
Manassas
Bull Run
Fairfax
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
J. C. Tucker
Clark St
Editor cites egg notices probe hurting Locustville theatre
The Locustville Star of the West and Voice of Truth editor, after mature reflection, announces the end of publishing notices of extraordinary large eggs. He says such notices create the impression Locustville is not a good theater town and fears it would hurt circulation despite calling it art.
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Locustville Star of the West
Voice of Truth
Locustville
Detroit Journal
Wisconsin Central Lines Promote Summer Travel to Chain o' Lakes
An advertisement touts easy access to Chain o' Lakes at Waupaca via Wisconsin Central Lines Fast Trains with a 99 summer book offer from Jas. C. Pond to Mil waukee. A New York Journal dispatch notes public official corruption and a tip to a customs inspector to pass diamonds duties.
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Killarneys
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Central
Jas. C. Pond
Milwaukee
Wis
Biggs
Boggs
Custom House
N. Y. Journal
One Strike at Golf and Witty Word Jokes
A collection of old quips and cartoons including a golfing joke about boys who swear while playing marbles and a pun about lightning theory. It also references train advertising by the Nickel Plate Road and a domestic exchange about money with a mother and daughter.
Mrs Col Richardson Saved by Mrs Pinkham
A testimonial letter from Mrs Con E P Richardson of Rhinelander Wisconsin praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for resolving prolonged leucorrhea and pelvic inflammation. She credits a full trial with restoring health after months of illness, bed rest, and painful symptoms, expressing gratitude and urging others to seek help.
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Mrs. Col. Richardson
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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