Notable Civil War Generals Alive and Stage Career Ends
The Express notes only two Union generals from the Civil War era remain alive General Howard and General Schofield while ten of forty corps commanders survive. It mentions John S. Sullivan leaving the stage and cites cultural depictions of Simon Legree provoking labor ire. It reports Mrs. Alfred Eliott’s elopement and current servant role. It covers church changes granting women voting power as delegates and confirming a new constitution.
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Howard and Schofield
Census Bureau Report Shows U S Manufacturing Growth
The census bureau report on manufactures shows in the last decade an increase of 23 percent in wages paid, 25 percent in wage-earners, 39 percent in product value, 51 percent in capital invested, and 44 percent in establishments.
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Census Bureau
Paterson Refuses Outside Aid After Massive Fire
Paterson New Jersey announces it wants no external help as thousands are left homeless and hundreds of buildings burn. The city insists on handling the disaster locally despite widespread devastation.
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Paterson
N. J
Massachusetts Farmers Prosper Despite Fewer Improved Acres
The census shows Massachusetts has fewer improved acres since 1850 but more farms. Farmers are worth 182,646,704 dollars with an 18.6 percent income rate and the sector remains resilient despite reports of deserted farms in New England.
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Massachusetts
New England
Census shows large 1900 manufacturing gains over 1890
The census bureau reports a 23 percent rise in wages, 25 percent more wage earners, 39 percent higher product value, 51 percent more capital, 42 percent higher materials cost, and 44 percent more establishments. U S manufactures lead England and others, with the gap widening.
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Census Bureau
United States
England
German Art Casts Gift to Harvard From Emperor William
Emperor William grants Harvard a large collection of casts and bronzes covering German plastic arts from Romanesque to Renaissance. The originals, numbering in the thousands, are housed in ancient German cities. Nuremberg pieces are highlighted for their value and American associations with Longfellow.
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William
Harvard University
Nuremberg
Longfellow
Canada plans a great national park in the Rockies
Canada proposes a vast Rockies national park to protect endangered game species and revive hunting habitats. The plan, echoing the Yellowstone model, aims to safeguard large and small game now near extinction and marks a shift from past policies that tolerated slaughter.
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Canada
Rocky Mountains
Alaska Climate Theory Sees Ocean Current Shift
A Pacific coast theory links Alaska climate change to a massive ocean current shift caused by subterranean earthquakes. While praised as academically attractive, it appears aimed at boosting Alaska real estate rather than proven science.
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Pacific Coast
Alaska
Japan
Statue models and international gestures in a humorous age
A French sculptor finishes a Marshal Rochambeau statue for Washington to accompany Lafayette. Germany sends a prince to the U S. Russia claims credit in the Spanish American War. France offers statues. Uncle Samuel enjoys the shows. A Chicago judge uses a bean ordeal to judge a sale dispute, with beans cooked to prove edibility.
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Marshal Rochambeau
Washington
Lafayette
America
Germany
United States
Russia
England
France
Samuel
Milwaukee paper recalls Gen Hobart’s care for troops
A Milwaukee paper notes Civil War General Hobart’s parental supervision of his regiment. At his bedside the dying commander asked how the boys were, recalling camp memories. The last words were his concern for soldiers.
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Hobart
Milwaukee
Dedside
Fifty-Seventh Congress Debates and Actions
The Philippine tariff bill advances in the Senate. A public building for Ottawa Illinois is proposed at up to 100000. A second district judge for Northern Illinois is urged. A House resolution seeks popular vote for Senators. Calumet Harbor lighthouse keeper dwelling funded at 7500. Lincoln anniversary as a public holiday proposed. Senate extends civil service rules to permanent census offices. Adjourned to the 17th. no House session.
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United States
Senate
Ottawa
Ill
Judiciary Committee
Illinois
House
Calumet Harbor
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Wheeler
Lord Pauncefote
Prince Henry
Lincoln
United States Senate
Bravery Awards for Cuba Philippines and China Campaigns
News from Washington reports officers and enlisted men to be rewarded for bravery in Cuba the Philippines and China. Cabinet discussions covered Admiral Schley in the Santiago campaign and the president's decision is expected soon. Susan B Anthony chaired a suffrage conference and celebrated her eighty second birthday in Washington.
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Cuba
Philippines
China
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Washington
Susan B. Anthony
Navy Department
State Department
Miss Stone
Hanna
Congress
Germany
Tien-tsin
Industrial Commission
United States Clearing Hous es Seven Day Totals and Rail Fatality
Aggregated seven day totals at leading clearing houses reach 1.93 billion dollars down from 2.16 billion prior week and 1.4 percent lower year over year. Pennsylvania railroad wreck near Altoona kills three and leaves four with probable fatal injuries. Evangelist Nevil George Carter Needham dies at 60 in Narberth after heart neuralgia.
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United States
Altoona
Dominion, Leyland, American
White Star
Atlantic
George Carter Needham
Narberth
Des Moines Drops Public Meetings Over Smallpox Fears
City council of Des Moines Indiana bans all public meetings due to smallpox. Multiple deadly rail accidents claim several lives including engineers and conductors in Arkansas Indiana and Tennessee. Notable deaths include Rev C C Carleton Carlton College leader and minstrel W T West. Fitzsimmons Jeffries boxing pact reportedly signed for May in San Francisco.
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Des Moines
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Indian Tlarbor
Ind
Stantley
Brice
Garrett
C. C. Carleton
Carlton College
Texas
Bonham
Little Rock
Ark
White and Frude
Ogle and
Patten
Gifford
Shop Creek
Burns
McIntyre
W. T. West
Dilly” West
National Minstrel Fame
Palmer House
Chicago
Fitzsimmons and
Jeffries
San Francisco
Woodbury
Tenn
Helena
Mont
Harold M. Cole
Earthquake Destroys Shamoka Town in Transcaucasia
In Shamoka, Transcaucasia an earthquake obliterated the town. A speech in Liverpool by Lord Rosebery asserted England would not grant a separate Irish parliament.
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Shamoka
Transcaucasia
Liverpool
Lord Rosebery
England
Ireland
International affairs and war news round up
Lord Minto urges cooperation with the United States and others to suppress anarchy. Iberian and Asiatic tensions rise as treaties and battles unfold including actions in Russia China and the Philippines. A Punjab plague death toll climbs to daily thousand and an earthquake devastates Transcaucasia.
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Lord Minto
United States
Santos-Dumont
Monaco Bay
Aeronaut
Russia
Orient
Punjab
England
Spain
Repent
Chaffee
Philippines
Tver
Blip River
Kronprinz
Wilhelm Prince Henry
Prussia
Bremerhaven
America
Shamaka
Transcaucasia
Batangas
Bell
Senate ratifies Denmark treaty and expands national banks
The Senate approved the treaty with Denmark ceding the Danish West Indies to the United States for 5 060 060 and enacted a permanent census office and bank charter bills. The House passed war tax repeal on a party line vote while a Republican caucus urged a special committee to investigate southern disfranchisement.
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United States Senate
Denmark
Danish West Indies
United States
House
Golters
Andrew Tapper
Cha
San Francisco
Manila
Whisky Trust
New York
Edward S. Isham
Chicago
New York City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
C. I. Deere
Moline
Louisiana Supreme Court
Clinton
Mousy
Pranscaucasia
Kaiser Willhelmma
Miss Stone
Minor World Notes From Across The Globe
Brief items report Christianity spreading in Germany despite Kaiser's opposition. Admiral Schley receives a $1,000 piano from an unknown donor. The pope cites 20,000,000 Catholics in the U S. A New York firm wins a $20,000 judgment against the king of Corea’s son. Helen Gould’s residence is robbed of $10,000. Garfield Todd becomes an evangelist after San Juan combat vows. Smal, Maynard & Co. assign for creditors. Germany starts first American blast furnace with automatic charging in Silesia. King Edward hosts a levee at St James Palace. Prince Ching pledges protection of Americans in railroad concession. Prince Henry to mark navy service quarter century. Canton streetcar lines bought for $2,400,000. Kansas City judge blocks Frank James play. Goulds ordered to pay $34,484 in Paris judgments. Col John A Polk dies in Kansas City at 52. Grandson of a U S president cremated in Cincinnati.
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Admiral Schley
United States
New York
Corea
Helen Gould
Garfield Todd
San Juan
Smal, Maynard & Co
Book Publishers
Boston
Germany
Silesia
King Edward
St. James Palace
Prince Ching
Canton-Hankow
Prince Henry
Bofton
Chicago
Canton
Everett-Mooore Syndicate
Kansas City
Frank James
George J
Paris
Countess de Castellane
John A. Polk
Jaimes K. Polly
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Rutherford Platt Hayes
Prince Henry Sails from Bremerhaven to New York
Prince Henry departs Bremerhaven aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm at 3 43 PM bound for New York. He is expected to land in New York Saturday morning with crowds cheering as naval officers and dignitaries witness the departure.
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Bremerhaven
New York
Prince Henry
Kiel
von Arnim and
von Koester
Kronprin Az Wilhelm
Kronprinz
Deutschland
Lloyd's Wharf
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Prince
Sandy Hook
Cherbourg
Cherbourg Mole
Susan B Anthony Celebrated on 82nd Birthday
The National American Woman Suffrage Association marked Susan B Anthony's eighty second birthday at its meeting in Washington. Delegates sent greetings, and Anthony spoke tearfully of fifty years of suffrage work as resolutions urged anti vice regulation in new possessions and broader franchise rights.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Laura de Merritte
Miss Anthony
Committee On
Roosevelt
Women Teachers of
Chicago
Trusts
Illindis
Rance
National Association
England
Hindoo Twin Cordica Dies After Tuberculosis Complications
Cordica, the Hindoo twin separated from Radica in February, died Sunday at seven from convulsions tied to advanced tuberculosis. The twins had shown signs of improvement last week and played with toys. Radica remains progressful and unaware of Cordica’s death.
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Paris
Cordica
Radica
Youthful Murderer in St Louis Feud Ends in Killing
In St Louis on Feb 17 Willie Ledger 16 was shot and killed by Fretwell Shock 10 amid a long running feud between two boy factions from respectable families. The incident marks a violent climax in a neighborhood dispute.
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St. Louis
Willie Ledger
Fretwell Shock
Trains Collide Near Gifford Claim Four Lives
Four men died in a head on collision on the Iowa Central line one mile north of Gifford when a light engine struck passenger train No 4. Victims include Wallace Frew Keithsburg Ill engineer and Frank Patton Marshalltown fireman both killed instantly plus John White Oskaloosa and Elmer Ogle Marshalltown died from injuries. Lawrence A Jegan Chicago traveled injured. Dozens of passengers slightly hurt and wreck blamed on Frews watch lapse.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central Road
Gifford
Wallace Frew
Keithsburg
Ill
John White
Oskaloosa
Eldora
Frank Patton
Elmer Ogle
Lawrence A. Jegan
Chicago
Frew
Nation Reports Stone Ransom Paid and Captive Released
Washington reports confirmation that the ransom for Miss Stone was paid to her captors and that she may be en route to Constantinople. Mme Tsilka, her Bulgarian companion, is believed freed, with no ransom paid for her. The incident prompted questions of responsibility for Turkey or Bulgaria. Also: explorer Borehgrevinck returns after reaching within 500 miles of the South Pole. Lexington Dooley shot and robbed. Eau Claire guard armory fire causes $25,000 loss. eight dead as two Naples mansions collapse.
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Washington
State Department
Miss Stone
Secretary of State
Constantinople
Mme. Tsilka
Turkey
Bulgaria
St. Paul
Minn
Eau Claire
Wis
Light Guard
Wisconsin
Doherty’s Green Paint Mishap Sparks Loyal Irish Glee
In Cincinnati a patriotic Irishman painting a telegraph pole green slips, drawing a bystander’s startled remark about a possible hemorrhage. The cartoonish moment reflects strong immigrant loyalty and shared humor among Irish workers.
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Cincinnati
Doherty
Quotations on eggs and business dividends in period papers
The excerpt mentions dividing eggs among the country's inhabitants yielding 141. per person and cites a Yonkers Statesman remark about earning that amount on a western tour. It concludes with a Christian Endeavor World observation that focusing on one’s own affairs yields larger dividends.
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Sue Brette
Yonkers Statesman
Christian Endeavor World
Great Northern Offers Low One Way Settlers Tickets in Northwest
Beginning March 1 1902 and daily through March and April the Great Northern Railway sells one way second class settlers tickets at low rates to most main line points west of St Paul and Minneapolis. Rates from St Paul and Chicago to Montana and Washington points are shown with stopovers allowed. Agents provide information and illustrated material on land climate crops and Northwest opportunities.
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Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Great Northern
Chicago
Montana
Washington
Peat Northern Railway
Havre
Mont
Great Northwest
Max Bass
Clark St
F. I. Whitney
G. P
T. A
Minn
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboisa
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Estern Canada
F. Pedley
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
M. V. McInnes
Avenue Theatre
Detroit
Mich
James Grieve
Sault Ste. Marie
C. A. Laurie
Marquette
T. A. Currie
Callahan
Milwaukee
Wis
N. Bartholome
Fifth Street
Des Moines
T.holmes
Big Four
Indianapolis
Ind
Handsomest Calendar of the Season by a Railway Co
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues a six sheet calendar twelve by fourteen inches with a ten color watercolor of a popular actress by Leon Moran. Copyright held by the company. Limited edition calendars sold at 25 cents per calendar of six sheets. Mail orders accepted on receipt of price. A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Leon Moran
A. Miller
Chicago
Landseekers Excursions to Virginia Carolina Regions
Advertising blurb promoting cheap farm and stock lands in Virginia and the Carolinas for excursions. Prominent claim of mild winters and no tornadoes. Offers pamphlets and excursion rates via W. E. Conklyn, Northwest Passenger Agent, C and O Ry, 284 Clark Street, Chicago.
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Virginia
North
South Carolina
W. E. Conklyn
Clark St
Chicago
Stray Stories spark humane twist over wall escape
A tramp seeks food after escaping the bull dog by climbing a wall. He asks the woman for mercy and, with dignity, requests she feed the dog in the interest of humanity. The brief encounter highlights compassionate humor in Stray Stories.
Florida Excursions via Virginia and Carolina Resorts
Travel plans list excursions to Florida via Virginia and Carolina resorts and Charleston Exposition with Hot Springs Old Point Comfort Southern Pines. Station address shows W E Conklyn N W P Agt Chesapeake and Ohio Ry 234 Clark St Chicago.
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Florida
Virginia
Carolina
Hot Springs
Old Point Comfort
Southern Pines
W. E. Conklyn
N. W. P. Agt
Chesapeake and Ohio
Clark St
Chicago
Multiplication and Division and a City Talk
Odd exchanges and brief ad jabs mix with medicine sales pitches and comic bites. The snippet quotes conversations about arithmetic in a national mood, a telepathy anecdote, a comical editor subscriber exchange, and vintage patent remedy ads from Chicago Daily News Atlanta Journal and Putnam Dye reflections.
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Rodrick
This
Country
van Albert
Niagara
South Dakota
Chicago Daily News
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Mrs Louise M Gibson of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing kidney troubles backache and headaches after six bottles and accompanying Pills She urges others to seek confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass and notes the product has cured thousands of female troubles.
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Louise M. Gibson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Louise Ginson
Langley Ave
Chicago
Angora goats invade northern Wisconsin pastures
Angora goat breeders sell many fine stock along the Soo Line in northern Wisconsin where grazing converts cleared land into a blue grass and white clover pasture. Demand exceeds supply as goats thrive in the climate. Interested readers may write W Casseday, Land and Industrial Agent, Soo Line, Minneapolis.
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Wisconsin
2. W. Casseday
Soo Line
Minnesapolis
Minn
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John A. Sulzer Seed Co
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