Express actress Wainwright wed reading man from season
Marie Wainwright married the man who served as her reading man last season and hopes to keep that role. In Salt Lake City eight Brigham Young widows celebrated his birthday anniversary. An Alaskan island boasts the world’s largest stamp mill with 540 stamps, processing quartz to produce about 8640 dollars daily, with plant-wide mills lifting output to 14000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Wainwright
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Uncle Sam
Alaskan Islands
Bordereau and secret dossier in Dreyfus case
The bordereau repeatedly cited in the Dreyfus affair is a memorandum. In French its meaning is a list of items to note. The secret dossier amounts to a large bundle of papers connected to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyfus
Spain Sells Islands to Germany for 610 Square Miles
The text states Spain agreed to sell islands totaling 610 square miles to Germany at about $13 per acre, while the $20,000,000 US payment for the Philippines equates to roughly 27 cents per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Germany
United States
Philippines
Price rise pressures hunting supply before Dewey homecoming
The text notes hunting goods rising in price as the anticipated Dewey homecoming approaches. It states a visible supply of 25,000,000 yards, with each person likely to want at least ten yards, predicting a large deficiency and steep increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Grandma Jane Williams Binds Lot With James Morgan
Mrs Jane Williams aged 102 of Galena Kansas marries James Morgan aged 70 and joins their lots. The bride and groom are said to be happy despite parental opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Williams
Galena
Kan
James Morgan
Rumor: Dewey Would Invest Prize Money in Sailors Home
Washington rumors say Admiral Dewey cabled from Hong Kong to decline a house if offered and to prefer the money be used to fund a home for sick and disabled sailors. Such a Dewey home would be a lasting monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Hong Kong
Dewey
Mountain View Buys Rival Town In 24 Hour Boom
Mountain View Oklahoma completes rapid town building, acquires rival Oakdale 14 miles away for 134,380 dollars in cash, moving Oakdale on wheels to join Mountain View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Rock Island
Oklahoma
Oakdale
War Dept awards contract for Manila refrigeration plant
The War Department selects a New York firm to build a Manila cold storage plant costing 500000 dollars. It will store beef, mutton, potatoes, onions, butter and delicacies for hospitals, with capacity for 40 tons of ice daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
New York
Manila
Names of Japanese torpedo boats described as poetical
The new Japanese torpedo boats carry names that seem out of step with their modern purpose. Examples include Dragon Fly, Full Moon, Moon in Clouds, Sea Beach, Peewit, Lightning, Thunder, Dawn of Day, Clustering Clouds, Daybreak, Ripples, Evening Mist, Dragon's Lamp, Falcon, Magpie, White-Naped Crane, and White Hawk.
Doctor Experiments With Liquid Air Induce Appetite Burst
The Bulletin of Pharmacy reports a physician placed a dog in a room cooled to 100 degrees below zero with liquid air for ten hours. After release the dog ate voraciously and showed strong stimulation. The physician repeated the test on himself and after ten hours developed intense appetite and exhilaration due to the body's warming combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bulletin of Pharmacy
Rail road Gazette figures show 1809 U.S. road mileage at 3625 miles
Revised figures from the Rail road Gazette place new U S road mileage in 1809 at 3625 miles excluding second track and sidings. The total marks an increase of about 400 miles from early-year estimates, though the figures may still understate the nationwide rise. Inset mileage reached 2109 miles, a modest advance over the prior three years' records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Gazette
United States
Week's History of United States and World News
Summary of May trade exports including breadstuffs cattle hogs and cotton. War department to reduce regular troops enabling Gen Otis to receive 5000 more men. World wheat crop forecast for 1899 at 2.504 billion bushels versus 2.748 in 1898. Panama Canal route commission in Washington. 1700 bronze medals for Manila Bay awarded to Navy. U S exports to Canada rising. treaty with Great Britain on Barbadoes reciprocity signed. President and wife travel from Washington to Holyoke Northampton and Massachusetts points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War Department
Otis
Agricultural Department
Isthmus
Panama
Washington
Congress
Manila Bay
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Canada
Great Britain
Barbadoes
Holyoke
Northampton
Massachusetts
Democrats nominate Mesterrat and Creasy in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Democrats in convention in Harrisburg nominate G. L. Mesterrat for supreme judge and W. T. Creasy for state treasurer.
Disbanding of Western Baseball Association and multiple regional tragedies
The report lists the Western Baseball Association’s disbandment alongside a string of violent and fatal events. Lynching near Surrency Georgia targets Dave Clark and Roy Williams. a family murder in Texas. mob killings of Louis Patrick in Beaufort North Carolina. a Maryland gubernatorial nomination. hanging in Marlboro for Miss Amanda Clark’s murder. the Ohio Democrats set state convention in Zanesville. a Texan flood tragedy near Rosalia. Montana sale of mining holdings to John D Rockefeller for 23000000. Cornell’s Wheeler named president of California state university. a Tennessee cave collapse kills Tom Black. New Richmond Wisconsin reports 125 dead from a recent explosion. Eli Harding dies in Oregon after Senate tenure. drownings in Galveston and New Orleans wife shooting incident. San Rafael powder factory deaths. Dingess West Virginia near wipeout. Guthrie Oklahoma toadstool deaths. Omaha fire losses and firemen injuries. Montana cyclone damages. funeral of Congressman Richard Bland in Lebanon Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Baseball Association
Dave Clark
Roy” Williams
Surrency
John Olds
Tredell
Tex
Dave Jenkins
Pearl
Molly
Louis Patrick
Beaufort
N.C
E. B. Weeks
Baltimore
James Swann
Denton
Maryland
Amanda Clark
John Berry
Marlboro
Ohio
Zanesville
Rosalia
Montana
Marcus Daly
Anacond Mining Company
John D. Rockefeller
LB. I. Wheeler
Cornell College
Ithaca
N. Y
California State University
Coal Creek
Tom Black
Tennessee
New Richmond
Wis
Benjamin E. Harding
United States Senate
Baker
Cottage Grove
Ore
Etta Thorn
Marian Moward
Irene Lauderdale
Galveston
New Orleans
William Hf. Fischer
United States Smokeless Powder Company
San Rafael
Cal
Edward Secumbe
John Secumbe
James Morrissey
M. Hollenbeck
Dingess
W. Va
Guthrie
O.T
Henry Lee
Omaha
Neb
Allen Bros
Marmandee
Bethany
Lewiston
Minnesota
Richard P. Bland
Lebanon
Rear Admiral Watson Takes Asiatic Station Command
Rear Admiral Watson arrived at Manila and assumed command of the Asiatic station replacing Admiral Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Manila
Asiatic
Admiral Dewey
Multiple Disasters Worldwide Reported With Casualties
The dispatches describe a powder magazine explosion in Peking killing about 200 and destroying hundreds of houses near Rybinsk, Russia where eleven workers died in a dwelling fire. Also famine in East Africa, Italy demanding satisfaction from France, Filipino attack near San Fernando repelled, and various other wartime incidents including mine explosions and diplomatic receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Rybinsk
Russia
East Africa
Italy
France
Nice
Gilletta
MacArthur
San Fernando
Aguinaldo
Caledonia
Dominion Coal Company
Glasco Bay
N. S
Spain
Bellamy Storer
Fred D. Grant
Bates
Manila
Sherman
Friedrichshaven
Artushof
Mauritius
Brussel
Lawrence Townsend
United States
Belgium
Leopold
Kien Yang
Phillips
Seir
Filipino American Battle in Cuba and Global News Digest
Desperate fighting continues as Filipino insurgents press U S troops in Cuba with one battalion rear attacked. Americans suffer heavier casualties while Utah Arizona fires rage in Buckskin mountains. Reports include deaths at St Patrick's Cathedral funeral and McKinley receiving an LL D at Smith College amid other national events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gen. Wheaton
Buckskin Mountains
Arizona
Utah
George M. Randall
Havana
Augustin Daly
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Fairmount Park Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Ilinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Charles I. Littlefield
Rockeland
Nelson Dingley
Maine
Leonard Wood
Santiago
H. S. Phillips
Phillips
Sears
Norway
Christiania
McKinley
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Minor News Items Snapshot of global facts
American manufactured goods export average hits 1 million dollars daily. Jetmore Kansas notes all homes are owner occupied in a town of 350. Milan Monza rail line shifts from steam to electric. Mexico to produce about 12 million dollars in gold this year per rail head. James Edwin Cooke once famed horseman now lives in abandoned Long Island street car. Cable project Germany to US via Azores reaches near completion. Hays City Kansas mayor and council president both 22, oldest member 29. New Jersey fruit growers expect a large crop despite cold. Russia population 127 million has 18,334 physicians. US 75 million has 120,000 physicians. Dr Daniel Albright Long resigns Antioch College presidency after 16 years. Harrisburg Pennsylvania judge rules army canteen requires court license. Confederate memorial at Greenhill cemetery in Martinsburg West Virginia unveiled. Maj Gen Anderson mustered out of volunteers and becomes brigadier general again. May trade stat issued showing exports exceeded imports by 76,452,131 dollars over last 11 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jetmore
Kan
Milan
Monza
Italy
President Robinson
Mexican Central Railway
Mexico
James Edwin Cooke
Long Island
Germany
United States
Azores
Hays City
New Jersey
Russia
Daniel Albright Long
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Simonton
Harrisburg
Greenhill
Martinsburg
W. Va
Anderson
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Spain
Bureau of Statistics
Mob Attacks Nonunion Cars in Cleveland Riot
In Cleveland on a Saturday riot erupted at Pearl street and Clarke avenue as two streetcar loads of nonunion men, deputies, and police were attacked by a mob of about 5000. Capt. Hutchinson led a police charge amid flying bricks and stones. Dozens injured, one fatally Edward Miller. cars rerouted to Takeview barns. Police protection continued on Euclid Avenue line next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Pearl Street
Clarke Avenue
Hutchinson
Felhaber
Takeview Barns
Holmden Avenue
South Side
Edward Miller
Uien
Euclid Avenue
Emperors and diplomats in Hague peace talks reach Berlin
Dr. Zorn and Mr. Holls arrive in Berlin after breakfast for a Sunday audience with Emperor William. The two act as joint messengers for the Peace Congress, aiming to persuade the emperor to participate in a convention. William may sign with a tribunal reservation if needed to keep the conference moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily News
the Hague
Dr. Zorn
William
Hriday
Berlin
Mr. Holls
United States
Emperial Palace
Wiliam
Germany
Holls
FIGHTING TRUSTS AND A PRISON BREAK
Aaron Jones, master of the national grange, predicts a national farmer trust will form and pressure trusts harming public interests with a million strong force. In Leavenworth a military prisoner Wringer desertion attempt ends in his death after being shot by Private Olsen. A collision near Friedrichshaven sinks the Artushof with ten drownings aboard the German steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Carlisle
Ind
Aaron Jones
National Grange
United States
Jones
Leavenworth
Isan
Wringer
Sixteenth Infantry
Liberty
Olsen
Bremen
Friedrichshaven
Artushof
Mauritius
Wages Boost at Logan Iron and Steel Burnham Plant
Lewiston June 19 workers at Logan Iron and Steel Burnham plant receive a 15 percent raise for common labor and an additional 10 percent for roll train hands. Puddling pay rises to $2.50 per ton and scrap iron bushelling to $1.90. In Atlanta a ship was struck by lightning in Pensacola leaving the Norwegian bark Chipman badly burned and scuttled, with loss not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Logan Iron and Steel Company
Burnham
Atlanta
Pensacola
Fla
Chipman
Bland Is Dead A Missouri Congressman Richard Parks Bland Dies
Lebanon Missouri June 16 Hon Richard Parks Bland died at his home after a long illness from grippe complications He was born August 19 1835 in Kentucky and moved west becoming a lawyer and longtime congressman from Missouri He authored the Bland Dill and was a leading silver Democrat candidate for president in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Richard Parks Bland
Bland
Hartford
Ohio County
Kentucky
Missouri
California
Virginia City
New
William J. Bryan
Bland Dill
Illinois Shiloh Battlefield Commission Forms Monument Plan
In Springfield on Friday a meeting set up a committee to select monument designs for the battlefield honoring Illinois troops. Gen John A McClernand presided Maj George Mason served as secretary. A general monument costs 1000 dollars and there will be 27 infantry 10 cavalry and 12 artillery monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Shiloh Battlefield Commission
Iinois
John A. Mac Clernand
George Mason
Chicago
The World's Wheat Crop Decline Reported
The agricultural department's June 10 circular shows foreign crop reports. A British commercial estimate puts 1899 world wheat at 2,504,000,600 bushels versus 2,748,000,000 in 1898 a drop of 244,000,000 bushels about 8.9 percent. Another estimate cites a 52,000,000 bushel reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Department
Victim of Feud Shot Near Manchester Kentucky
London Kentucky reports James Howard a member of the Baker Howard feud was ambushed and killed near Manchester while suspected of firing the shot that killed Tom Baker earlier. Coffeyville Kansas notes Daniel McTaggart Jr son of the late senator and brother of Lt W A McTaggart enlisted for regular army to go to the Philippines to avenge his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James Howard
Manchester
Howard
Coffeyville
Kan
Daniel McTaggart, Jr
Daniel McTaggart
W. A. McTaggart
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Calumpit
Young McTaggart
Philippines
Lynching following murder scene ends with Patrick’s death
Near Morehead City North Carolina a lynching occurred when Louis Patrick a jailed Black man who had been brought from Beaufort was killed by a mob. Seventy five shots left his body riddled with bullets after the mob dismissed his statements as lies. Also reported Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby retired died at 76 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead City
N. C
J. B. Weeks
Louis Patrick
Beaufort
Washington
Pierce Crosby
Farragut
New Orleans
Mobile
Loch Sley Loss Claims Thirty Lives at Kangaroo Island
Mail advices from Australia report the British ship Loch Sley lost with thirty lives on Kangaroo Island. Only one passenger and three sailors survived. The tragedy came in from Adelaide on May 9 with brief cable news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
LB. C
Australia
Kangaroo Island
Cable
Adelaide
South Australia
Lawton Troops Move as U S Forces Press Filipino Rebels
General Otis reports Lawton’s Cavite operations and advances with 4 000 enemy counterattacks. Rebels retreat toward Imus after losses, with estimates of insurgent casualties around 100 killed and 300 wounded. New troops, including the Fourth Infantry and Wyoming regiment, reach Manila Bay to move toward Imus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
Manila
Lawton
Cavite
Imus
London
United States
Aguinaldo
Apalit
MacArthur
San Fernando
Racoor
Las Pinas
Regular Infantry
Wyoming Regiment
Cascoes
Killed by His Wife at Rocky Ridge
Port Clinton Ohio June 16 Fred Schatz was killed by his wife at Rocky Ridge while seeking reconciliation. The couple had lived apart since December. She struck him with a club, dragged him downstairs, and he died fifteen minutes later. She was jailed in Port Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Clinton
Fred Schatz
Rocky Ridge
Here
Schatz
Caledonia mine disaster at Glace Bay details released
Official account of Friday morning’s Caledonia mine disaster in Glace Bay Cape Breton Dominion Coal lists two explosions. Six men died in the first blast and five in the second near the deep pump. Six others overcome by fire damp perished as they attempted to escape. A rescue party led by underground manager Thomas Johnston was killed instantly by another gas explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Caledonia
Dominion Coal Company
Glace Bay
Cape Breton
Tire
Thomas Johnston
New Reciprocity Treaty Signed With Great Britain
Washington reports a new reciprocity treaty between the United States and Great Britain covering the British West Indian colony of Barbados was signed at the state department. It marks the first formal treaty under the Ding–Jey tariff reciprocity clause and initiates a series of contemplated accords with Jamaica, Guiana and Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Barbadoes
State Department
Jamaica
Guiana
Bermuda
Admiral Watson assumes command of Asiatic squadron at Hong Kong
Washington reports Admiral Watson arrives in Hong Kong and takes command of the Asiatic squadron from Captain Barker of the Oregon who sailed from Manila with Admiral Dewey. Barker returns to the United States aboard a mail steamer and likely goes on leave and waiting orders after four years of arduous service including two commands of the Oregon and service on the war board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Admiral Watson
Hong Kong
Barker
Oregon
Dewey
Manila
United States
War Board
National Ding Table Association Adopts Price Increases
Grand Rapids Michigan reports that the National Ding Table Association, the leading table manufacturers, has organized and ordered a 15 percent price rise across all table grades with higher 20 to 25 percent raises on special grades. The new chair trust tests a 15 percent hike, signaling broader increases from furniture makers when July sales start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
National Ding Table Association
New Chair Trust
Kidnapper Barrow Sentenced in New York Case
George Beauregard Barrow the principal in the kidnapping of Marion Clark infant daughter of Arthur Clark of this city was sentenced to fourteen years and ten months imprisonment Carrie Jones who pleaded guilty was sentenced to four years imprisonment The trial of Mrs Barrow as her husband's accomplice will follow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
G. L. Mesterrat
W. T. Creasy
New York
George Beauregard
Marian Clark
Arthur Clark
United States
Boston
Bunker Hill
Gloucester
Mass
Howard Blackburn
Atlantic
Augustus W. Leighton
Joseph D Bernardo
David Evans
Cottage City
Princeton College
George Beauregard Barrow
Marion Clark
Carrie Jones
Earthquake Shakes Iloilo During Volcanic Eruption
In Manila on June 17 officials report a strong earthquake felt in Iloilo at 3 PM Friday, believed linked to the Conloan volcano eruption in Negros. A subsurface explosion was heard near Hollo, with the earth shaking about 30 seconds later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Iloilo
Big Four War Panorama Album Offered by Big Four Route
Advertising notice for a Spanish American War panorama album with 160 half tone engravings from Army photos. Includes Dewey Kin known as Capt Charles King Hobson Roosevelt Sampson Schley Shafter Lee Brooks Carroll and other officers. Priced 12 cents postage paid, free in U S Canada Mexico. Order via Warren J Lynch Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely
Cam
Cuba
Havana
Manilla
New Islands
Dewey
Charles Kin
Charles King
Hobson
Roosevelt
Sampson
Mies
Schley
Shaft
Canada
Mexico
Warren J, Lynch
Cincinnati
Ohio
Polite milk dealer inspires Willimantic joke
The Willimantic Weekly Journal recalls George A. Tracy, a milk dealer, famed as the most polite man in four counties. When visited he brings guests to a cellar chair, pours cider from a siphon, and leaves the hose in place as the amber stream fills the mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haseen
George A. Tracy
Mr. Tracy
Tr. Tracy
Willimantic Weekly Journal
The Teller Wouldn't Tell
Dialogue from the Catholic Standard and Times contrasts bank tellers with misnamed roles in a humorous exchange about a husband’s bank deposits. Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith discuss language, civil engineers, and a teller who withholds information in a light anecdotal way.
One Fare Round Trip Tickets For Richmond Meeting
B. Y. P. A. readers in Richmond Virginia can travel July 13 to 16 via Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Railways. Tickets go on sale July 11 12 13 with return valid until July 31 and possible extension to August 15. For pamphlets contact C Tucker GNA 234 N. Clark St Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Big Four
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ry’s
C. Tucker
N. Clark St
Chicago
Pale Man at Ribbon Counter Provokes Talk of Cash
A brief Berlin Maryland column recalls a pale young man seen calling on cash at a ribbon counter and reflects on fate. The piece notes a past friendship and a dream of big game hunting imagined with a lasso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ek Lions
Berlin
Lane's Family Medicine Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement support and gentleness on the liver and kidneys. It promises relief for headaches and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Far Back Poet Reflections Mentioned by De Witt
A Cleveland Leader line notes a poet’s distant gaze and De Witt’s quip about his last meal, capturing a reflective, literary moment in a brief newspaper aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
de Witt
Cleveland
Simaperling Remains A Minor Gap In World
A ponderous remark from Chicago Evening News notes that Simaperling would leave only a small hole in the world if he were gone, reflecting the paper’s wry, literary aside about a minor figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simaperling
Chicago Evening News
Evidence. Wasn't John Calvin a married man
The dialogue questions John Calvin's marriage status and his stance on free will, with a hint of skepticism about whether he rejected the doctrine. The exchange, printed in a playful period voice, implies debate over Calvinist beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calvin
of Free Will
Puck
War Times and Humour in Late Nineteenth Century Clippings
A compiled snippet from periodicals features captions about a photographer turning captain in new attire, a barber and victim exchange about edge sharpness, a young doctor’s first patient earning two guineas, and ads for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It includes quips from Puck Golden Days and local papers lampooning manners and commerce.
Letter to Mrs Pinkham Reports Renewed Health
A subscriber recounts recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for womb ulceration and related ailments. She weighted 155 pounds after two months, confirming prior weight of 138 pounds, and credits the medicine with restoring vigor and health. Another testimonial from Mrs Barnhart attributes relief from falling of womb, leucorrhea, back pains, dyspepsia, and nerves to the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Eva Gunter
Higginsyville, Mo
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Monticello
Iowa
American Medical Association
Columbus
West Virginia
Kent County
Johnson
Napley
Alan Harris
Robert Wickes
East
Foreign Intelligence
Peace Congress
War Times
Cincinnati Enquirer
Boston Courier
Frank Mobbs
L. A. W. Bulletin
Atchison Globe
Wrs
Hunter
Pinkham
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