Omaha considers dog bark nuisance ordinance
The Omaha council weighs a 20 fine for after notice allowing a barking dog to disturb neighbors. Offenders must send the dog away find it killed or quiet it. Separately William Riley of Medford New Jersey placed 15000 in four envelopes to pass to his four children upon death. Riley was an undertaker with an estate rich in government stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
William Riley
Medford
N. J
Riley
Government Bank Stocik
Ravens rarely live past seventy years, new studies
It was once believed ravens outlived other birds and exceeded a century. Recent research finds no verified raven over 70 years. Parrots, however, have been known to reach about a century.
Middletown Woman Completes Coast Trip by Bicycle
Mrs Frank Sparks of Middletown New York returns from a cross country bicycle voyage to San Francisco after 103 days. She started at 340 pounds and reached under 100 pounds, claiming a ride of 4212 miles and a 2000 mile walking total.
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Frank Sparks
Middletown
WN. Y
San Frantisco
San Francisco
Bradford Feck Aims Lewiston Toward a People's Trust
New York millionaire Bradford Feck plans to transform Lewiston Maine into a cooperative system by buying all local industries and turning them into a people s trust. Local residents are reportedly hostile to the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Feck
New York
Lewiston
Conneaut depot site tied to Book of Mormon authorship claim
Local memory ties the Bessemer depot in Conneaut Ashtabula County Ohio to the site where Solomon Spaulding reportedly wrote the Book of Mormon. The house Spaulding lived in is recalled by old residents, razed about fifty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Conneaut
Ashtabula County
Solomon Spaulding
Renal i
Our Exports in 1901 Lead Among Nations
A 1901 trade comparison shows domestic merchandise exports totaling 1 460 462 866 dollars by June 30. The United Kingdom reported 1 389 928 997, Germany 1 093 737 4 000, and France 803 880 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Government Operates 21 Marine Hospitals and 46 Relief Stations
The government runs 21 marine hospitals and two additional hospitals in leased buildings in New York and Dutch Harbor Alaska. It also maintains 46 relief stations providing hospital or dispensary treatment. During the year three second class relief stations were created at Honolulu San Juan and Ponce de Leon Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Honolulu
Hawaii
San Juan and
Tones
P. R
Magnetic observatories expand in Maryland Alaska and Hawaii
A magnetic observatory is set up in Maryland with sites chosen in Alaska and Hawaii. They will, upon formal German government request, cooperate with the international magnetic effort during Antarctic expeditions organized by Germany and Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Alaska
Hawaii
Germany
Great Britain
Smith College Rules Spark Amherst Marriage Ban
Smith College students protest a new rule forbidding carriage rides with Amherst students unless the man is married to one of them. The regulation requires two girls in each carriage, allows two men if all ride together, and signals many engagements announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Amherst College
Cats Use Toilets Like Lions and Tigers
Describing feline behavior, the article notes cats wash themselves using the forefoot and inner toes as a sponge and brush, then lather across the face and ears. It compares this to lions and tigers, whose rough tongues comb the rest of the body, forming a shared grooming method across big and small cats.
Berlin street cleaning then and now
In Berlin the streets are washed and scrubbed nightly and fine sand is sprinkled to prevent slipping. Each worker, called a white wing, monitors a street section and is paid 5 cents an hour with a weekly premium based on inspector marks.
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Berlin
Ancient Greek marble relief unearthed in Pompeii garden
A 4th century B C marble bas relief depicting a ram sacrifice to Venus Astarte was found buried for 2200 years in a Pompeii garden. The high quality Greek workmanship shows Venus Astarte with the sacrifice and a group of women and children. now housed in Naples museum. The sculptor’s name is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeii
Venus Astarte
Naples
Tears Bottling Custom at Fersia Funerals
The article notes that only in Fersia are tears considered curative against disease and only tears shed at funerals are valued. Mourners receive wool or sponge to wipe tears, whose contents are later squeezed into a bottle for future use.
Congress Debates Philippine Revenues and Royal Guest
The report outlines actions in Congress including temporary revenue for the Philippine islands, a bill to create a national holiday for McKinley, and raises on pensions and naval ranks. It notes international tensions in Chile, Argentina, and Cuba, plus Marconi’s wireless cost hopes and Lisbon harbor tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Birmingham
Batangas
Maso
West India Island
United States
Philippine Commission
Marconi
Europe
Chaffee
War Department
England
Lisbon
Resignation of Postmaster General Smith and Cabinet Change
Charles Emory Smith resigns as postmaster general and Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin will be his successor in the cabinet. Reasons cited are personal and business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Emory Smith
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Navy
Schley
Navy Department
Clark
Montana
Andrew Carnegie
Prominent Pittsburg Woman Killed in Burglar Attack
Harriet Murphy a leader in society and church work in Pittsburg Kentucky died after a battle with a burglar. A public statement by Dr. Matthew D Mann notes efforts in Congress to compensate physicians who attended President McKinley.
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Harriet Murphy
Pittsburg
Matthew D. Mann
Congress
McWinley
John D. Rockefeller
Wellesley
Mass.) College
Labor Court of Arbitration
New York
Hanna
Massachusetts
World's Union of Christian Endeavorers
Francis E. Clarke
D. D
Virginia Young
Redwood
N. Y
Soho
New York City
Charles F. Chipp
Comptroller’s Office
West and South News Briefs From Richmond to Oklahoma
A Richmond photographer invents an acetylene photography device. In Chicago Vincennes hotel guest Thram Bigelow dies by his own hand. Louis Rock dies at 107 in Ludington Michigan. Aberdeen Nebraska state normal school building destroyed. Hoge Swayne oil properties in Texas sold to a London syndicate. Kanawha Bell wreck near Charleston with nine lives lost. Oklahoma cattle suffer 10 percent losses from cold and blizzard. Gothenburg Nebraska bank closes with 32000 in liabilities. Parsons Kansas John F Bull kills wife and self. Centerville Texas farmer I L Exum kills wife and self. Andersonville Georgia memorial tablet dedicated. Polish leaders John Lisco and D D Baroush die in Neb runoff accident. Henry Davis home fire in Mississippi. wife and child cremated. Springdale Arkansas lone bank robber net $7000. Cherokee Indians reportedly starving near Tahlequah Oklahoma.
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Richmond
Ind
Vincennes
Chicago
Thram Bigelow
New York
Ludington
Mich
Louis Rock
State Normal Schools
Aberdeen
Hoge-Swayne Oil
Texas
Charleston
W. Va
Oklahoma
State Bank of
Gothenburg
Neb
Parsons
Kan
John F. Bull
Exum
Centerville
Tex
Massachusetts
Andersonville
John Lisco
D. D. Baroush
Oseceda
Henry Davis
Jackson
Miss
Springdale
Ark
Tahlequah
Ola
Fire destroys Utah training school and rail collision tragedy
The fire consumed the University of Utah training school in Salt Lake City, destroying its contents. A separate incident near Uplands California involved a collision between Southern Pacific trains, resulting in three deaths and 25 injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Southern Pacific
Uplands
Cal
Notable Retirements and Global News From 1901 Era
Secretary Gage and Secretary Long told President Roosevelt they would retire soon while Secretary Hay remained. Reports cover a 102-year-old lumberman dieing in Pennsylvania, world fair ground breaking in St. Louis, a West Virginia shooting, economic reviews, railroad and transport news, and diplomatic moves including Miss Stone’s captivity, Cuba politics, and Depew’s Nice marriage plans.
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Gage
Long
Roosevelt
Hay
Clinton Houser
Proyerton
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase
Wayne Demon
Davy
W. Va
Dun
Review of Trade
United Box Board and Paper Company
Buffalo
Gov. Taft
Manila
United States
William Pethick
Li Hung Chang
Peking
Black Diamond Steel
Pittsburg
Alexander ‘Gunn
Herington
Kan
Abilene
Sampson
Admiral Dewey
Schley
Santiago
Marvin Hughitt
Northwestern Railroad
Port Wayne
Chicago
Will Redding
Jim Winton
Birmingham
Ala
Reuben Quinn
Danville
John T. Crum
Cicero Harris
Samuel Wasp
Bristol
Summerville
John Ashhbaugh
Miss Stone
Constantinople
Helena
Mont
Barron’s Island
la Crosse
Wis
Tony
Maso
Cuba
Gen
Miles
Court of Inquiry
Maclay
David McAdam
New York Supreme Court
New York City
Germany
Venezuela
Alexander Sullivan
James 7. Lynch
Beyrout
Syria
London
Chauncey M. Depew
Miss May Palmer
Nice
France
Philippine Commission outlines steps for civil government in Philippines
The annual report proposes a mixed American Filipino government with eventual self rule, universal suffrage limited by literacy and property, and two years of continued commission powers. It cites peace except in Lake Moros areas, and recommends land reform, tariff cuts, rail charters, and banking and currency measures to spur development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Batangas
Cebu
Bohol
Samar
Mindoro
United States
Congress
Bill of exceptions filed in Schley case and related actions
Admiral Schley filed with the secretary of the navy a bill of exceptions to the court of inquiry findings and asked to be heard on objections to Admiral Dewey's report. Sampson’s counsel filed objections to Dewey’s credit for the victory at Santiago, while Hanna and Gompers organized a labor capital conference. A river steamer collision near Carrollton, Kentucky, sank seven barges, losing 175000 bushels of coal.
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Washington
Admiral Schley
Secretary of the Navy
Court of Inquiry
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Dewey
Rayner
Teague
Capt. Parker
Lieut
Hodgson
Secretary Long
W. T. Sampson
Schley
Santiago
Long
Navy Department
Theall
Sampson
Louisville
Jo B. Williams
Monongahela Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg
Carrollton
Washington Adjourning For Holidays On Canal Bill
The House agreed to a Tuesday January 7 start on the Nicaragua canal bill and to keep it alive until disposed of, with no interference to revenue or appropriation bills. A fog collision near Neuenbeken injured twenty and left six bodies recovered with more feared buried. The government sued Senator Clark in Helena to recover 30,000 acres alleged to be fraudulently entered by homestead claimants.
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United States
Senate
Frye
Siam
Smith
William McKinley
Philippine Islands
Admiral Schley
Dewey
Hanna
McKinley
Penrose
Schley, Sampson and Clark
Washington
House
Paderborn
Prussia
Neuenbeken
Berlin
Senator Clark
Helena
Mont
Holiday trade surges as sharp demand boosts retail sales
R G Dun Weekly Review reports peak holiday distributions across regions with strong demand for general merchandise and festive goods. Grain prices hold firm while severe weather boosts livestock feed demand and U S trade shows rising shipment pressures amid ongoing delivery postponements. Bradstreets notes record holiday retail heat with cold weather lifting demand. wholesale trade stays quiet except in wool, lumber, iron and steel. copper, tin and lead prices fall while pig iron gains and car shortages persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Pethick Dies After 30 Years With Li Hung Chang
Willam H. Pethick an American who served as Li Hung Changs private secretary and diplomatic adviser for three decades died in Peking on Friday. He authored Li s anti opium manifesto and left an unfinished book on Li and his times containing insights into recent Chinese diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Willam H. Pethick
Li Hung Chang
Carnegie In Willing to Change Gift Form
Andrew Carnegie in conference with the president discussed altering the gift from a deed of trust to cash or government bonds. The proposal aims to streamline the endowment and ensure immediate public benefit as a major philanthropic offer faces governmental review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Williston Doctor Endorses Peruna for Chronic Catarrh
Dr. L. B. Smith of Williston Florida states Peruna is a valuable remedy for chronic catarrh of the head. He describes sustained relief and urges others with similar symptoms to consider the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. 8. Smith
Williston, Fla
Peruna
Latest fashions feature ornate collars and princess redingotes
The fashion page highlights large collars in single to triple forms on waists and wraps, Marie Antoinette inspired redingotes, belts with thin white leather, sable fur hats with lace trims, and lace adjacent millinery. Sashes dominate evening gowns with chiffon and ribbons. Colors range from brown hues to burgundy, pink rose tones, and Persian color blends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cafe Au Lair
Gossip of Public Men and Political Charms
Gov. Miguel A. Otero of New Mexico contemplates halting vandals marauding cliff dwellings. Sen. N. N. Stranahan, newly named collector of the New York Port, bears Nevada and Nebraska as given names. Indiana's Sen. Fairbanks and Gov. Shaw recalled a Kentucky barroom encounter with Apollinaris and buttermilk, ending with the Kentuckian requesting pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miguel A. Otera
New Mexico
N. N. Stranahan
New York
Nevada
Nebraska
Great West
Fairbanks
Indiana
Gov
Shaw
Kentucky
Louisville
Apollinaris
Blacksmith Overcomes Rheumatism With Kidney Pills
Goodland Kansas December 23 N E Albertson a local blacksmith nearly quit his shop due to crippling rheumatism. After using Dodd s Kidney Pills he reports a complete cure and is back to hard at work with no pain or trouble.
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Goodland
Kan
N. E
Albertson
Dodd
Mr. Albertson
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the Express
Monticello
Iowa
East
West and Soute
Marcus A. Hanna
Samuel Gompers
National Civic Federation
Trade Review
Lincoln
State Banking Board
R. W. Carlson
Mary J. Carlson
Mas. Belknaap
Maj
Hugh R. Belknap
Thomas
C.b.chamberlin, M.D
Washington,d.c
C. B. Chamberlin
M. D
14Th and P. Sts
Washington, D.C
Medical Examiner
U. 8. Treasury
Llewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Geo. C. Havener
Anacostia
D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
George C. Havener
Mary Smith
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Dr. L. Jordan
Bears
Centaur Company
Murnay Street
Anakesis
Tor
ANAK
Woolrich & CO
Palmer, Mass
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