Cotton goods factory project in Venezuela announced
The Express reports American capitalists have arranged for a Venezuela factory to produce cotton goods. C Monroe Booz and Ida Temperance have just become one at Florence New Jersey though which one remains undecided. New Zealand enforces a law forcing intoxicated men to be photographed and barred from liquor sales. A polar sea and northwest passage search by floating casks is proposed as a cheaper, safer method.
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C.monroe Booz
Ida Temperance
Florence
N. J
New Zealand
Polar Sea
Northwest Passage
Telegraphy simplified by Rowland at Johns Hopkins
Professor Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University announces a new invention that simplifies telegraphy so operators no longer need Morse. Any person who can typewrite can send a dispatch.
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Henry A. Rowland
Johns Hopkins University
Southern Pines Exports 4 Million Pounds of Fruit in 1898
The North Carolina town shipped 4,000,000 pounds of fruit to northern markets during 1898. The fruit was raised by northern invalids in Southern Pines seeking health.
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Southern Pines
North Carolina
Chicago Woman Receives 4500-Case Skin Graft Patch
A Chicago woman underwent a skin graft of 4500 skin bits to her scalp creating a new scalp. The donors span all ages, sexes, classes, and conditions, making her a representative woman for humanity.
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Chicago
Barnum-Bailey circus becomes British incorporated
The Barnum-Bailey greatest show on earth is incorporated under Great Britain law and will operate as an English institution while still making occasional tours to the United States to replenish its treasury.
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Great Britain
Uncle Sam
British General Fremantle Praises American Troops
Gen Sir Arthur Fremantle, who commanded at Malta and aided troops en route to Manila, declares American soldiers’ mettle proven. He witnessed Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, noting the courage on both sides as unparalleled.
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Sir Arthur Fremantle
Malta
Manila
Pickett
Gettysburg
Government Buildings Ownership Proposal Gains Support
The article notes 313 public buildings costing $189 106 295 and 100 000 buildings rented at about $40 million yearly. Rental of 4 237 post office buildings is $37 118 500. It argues economy in owning buildings in major towns nationwide.
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United States
Gas leaks blamed on lighting matches in kitchens
An Ohio paper warns that three weeks of gas explosions killed 12 people and injured 44 with $300000 in property loss. It notes fools lighting matches to find leaks. The piece says kerosene stoves and careless use join a pattern of risky behavior.
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Ohio
American Girl Captures Eyes in Santiago Contrast
Native observers note the striking presence of an American girl in Santiago who openly laughs, converses with a gentleman, rides a bicycle alone, and wears bold dress, highlighting a cultural shift in the ancient Cuban city where 400 years of tradition meet modern style.
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Santiago
Rural free delivery grows in popularity and funding
The rural free delivery system gains traction with funding rising from 50 000 to 150 000 and then to 300 000 in the latest appropriation. Farmers favor the service while village postmasters oppose due to lost store customers tied to post office operations.
Greatness Revealed by Y M C A Secretary
A Paterson New Jersey YMCA secretary earns praise for refusing an offer from a Highlanders association. He spurned the gold, deeming it improper and indecent, insisting on proper attire and modesty for the Scotsmen.
Submarine Telegraphs Connect World with Vast Network
The Summary of Commerce and Finance reports 1500 submarine cables worldwide with total length about 170000 miles and cost near 250000000 dollars. An estimated 6000000 messages are sent yearly, linking all major continents and islands for rapid exchange of ideas.
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Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Electric chair replaces old gallows in Tombs prison
The Tombs prison in New York City dismantled the 1859 gallows and cut it into kindling fuel. The electric chair, introduced in 1889, has since carried out executions, and New York stands as the only state to use it for condemned criminals.
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Tombs
New York City
New York
Week's History From Washington and Regions
Summary of 19th century U S affairs notes state versus federal trust regulation under the Constitution. Congress enacted 1,457 laws and joint resolutions this session from 18,463 bills. Treasury allows free binding twine imports from Canada. Agriculture estimates farm animal value at 1,997,010,407, up 108,355,482. Former Missouri governor Thomas Fletcher dies in Washington at age 72.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Thomas ©. Fletcher
Missouri
Washington
Fitzsimmons Jeffries to Clash for World Heavyweight Title
A 25 round heavyweight title bout is set for May 26 at Coney Island New York between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries. Other notes report the Windsor hotel fire deaths and missing persons, the Butter death in Long Island, and several local tragedies and accidents across the Northeast.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Jeffries
Coney Island
W. Y
John Butter
United States
Buntington
L. I
Windsor Hotel
New York
George Francis Train
McKeesport
Frederick T. Clark
Harrison Valley
Or. Roosevelt
Army Court of Inquiry
James A. Bracken
James Tt. Lowe
C. F. Brandenbaugh
Pittsburgh
Bob
Derek Eer
Minnesota
Chicago
Ravi Yi Sheen
ST. Louis
Texas
Notable Fatalities and Events Across the Nation Abroad
Reports from Cuba to Arkansas and Ohio describe deaths, lynchings, murders, hangings, and a cyclone. notable incidents include 674 soldiers from Cuba and Puerto Rico, a race riot in Little River county, banker J W Geneser's street death, Aunt Katy Snodgrass’s 102nd birthday, and the Detroit street railway bill signing.
Druggists Ban Price Cutting Sparks Regional Tensions
In St Louis the Western Wholesale Druggists association voted to halt sales to department stores and drug stores that cut prices. In Charleston two 18 year old African American youths Will Toney and John Webb were killed by a white mob. In Kokomo Indiana Carl Cromer and Charles McCoy staged a boxing bout where McCoy died from a heart blow.
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St. Louis
Western Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Will Toney
John Webb
Charleston
S. C
Carl Cromer
Charles McCoy
Kokomo
Ind
Young McCoy
Notable Deaths and War Reports Across Continents
Foreign intelligence notes the deaths of missionary John Mackenzie in Griquiland and linguist J. W. Leitner in Bonn aged 59 who spoke 50 languages. Manila reports an American victory near Caloocan with about 100 American losses and 500 Filipino casualties amid ongoing fighting including the fall of Malabon and pursuit toward Malolos. A schooner Thistle wreck near Cape Mudge results in ten deaths. Rear Admiral Samson’s squadron reaches Kingston while the Oxford Cambridge boat race at Putney ends with Cambridge winning.
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John Mackenzie
Griquiland
South Africa
J. W. Leitner
Bonn
Germany
Manila
Aguinaldo
Caloocan
Malabon
Malolos
H. C. Egbert
Twenty-Second Infantry
Cape Mudge
LB. C
Thistle
Sampson
Kingston
Jamaica
Putney
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Malolos Storm Imminent as American Troops Press Filipinos
Advices from Manila report American forces driving insurgents toward Malolos, the Filipino government seat, with gunboats aiding attacks on native towns. A belief persists that capturing Malolos would crush Filipino opposition and end the resistance.
Minor News Items From The Times
The Tennessee legislature passes a bill allowing contracts in the state to be payable in any legal tender. Actress Lolo Tranzolla shoots stage death in Vienna exclaiming love kills. British Museum keeper Dr. Garnett says about 2,000,000 books exist. Senator Allison’s wife’s mother manages his household since he became a widower over 15 years ago. By Edward Austin will Harvard receives 500000 and MIT 400000. Indiana Rep Landis has window glass from the Maria Teresa. Two American officers in Porto Rico marry locally. a third is engaged to a San Juan belle. Williams College professor L. Whewitt notes Williams has received 3,000,000 in seven years. Argentina contracts Remington Arms for rifles and gear. A device pastes labels on 100,000 cans in ten hours. Gen Wade Hampton, Confederate lieutenant general, in good health at Columbia DC turning eighty-one. War department ordnance stores to be returned to states in kind. Miss Edith Vanderbilt Sloane to donate proceeds of wedding preparations to the poor.
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Vienna
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British Museum
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Wdower
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San Juan
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Ilion
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Columbia
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New York
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American Forces Advance on Malolos Driven by Rebels
Gen Otis reports MacArthur’s column pressing toward Malolos with severe fighting and heavy insurgent casualties. Insurgents destroyed bridges hindering trains and artillery as Aguinaldo commands northern forces. Otis cites near 100 dead and multiple prisoners. Dewey meanwhile lists fleet dispositions around Manila Bay and plans for swift naval movements and support.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
MacArthur
Mani- Joa
Aguinaldo
Fire on Abulacan Gathers Momentum in Bulacan Action
Manila dispatch reports the army gunboat Laguna de Bay shelling insurgent positions around Bulacan while Gen. MacArthur's engineers finish a pontoon bridge at Marilao. US forces advance north toward Malolos after repelling a night attack. five Americans killed and 14 wounded. Negros remains quiet under American occupation.
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Manila
Laguna de Bay
Bulacan
MacArthur
Marilao
Malolos
Battle near Malolos as American forces press advance
American brigades under Otis and Hale engage Filipino rear guards along the Marilao river. In heavy fighting six Americans killed and 40 wounded, with captures of prisoners by Funston and the Pennsylvania regiment. Marilao in American hands, two fortified positions remain between Marilao and Malolos.
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Manila
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Manilao
Marilao
Maykawayan
Harrison Gray Otis
Hale
Col. Funston
Matisas
Pennsylvania Regiment
Otis
United States Philippine Commission
South Dakota
Pell Mell
Third Artillery
Leutenants
Dakota Regiment
Iilipino
Antonio Una
Notes of Industry Show Varied Global Trends
The text surveys world production and technology trends including Europe oyster exports, China’s 11 million annual exports, idle iron furnaces at 4 million ton capacity, earth’s average annual production valued at 10 billion dollars, glass bearings cutting friction, potential Cuban sugar output for the western hemisphere, and a Leith egg-storing experiment sealing 50 000 eggs for four months with limited spoilage.
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Europe
China
Cuba
Leith
Manila Campaign Stalls Before Malolos Stand
As fighting continues north of Manila Gen Otis reports severe clashes and a retreat by Aguinaldo toward Malolos. The American press notes the struggle to trap insurgents failing and the front widening to Malolos as engineers repair bridges and artillery advances.
Germans Aroused At Chicago Mass Meeting
A crowded Chicago Auditorium rally of German-Americans protested the Anglo-American alliance and alleged anti German campaigns. Ex congressman William Vocke opened the program with others like William Rapp Fritz Glogauer and Rudolph A John speaking on immigration American born Germans and the case against England. Resolutions denounced English American papers and called a Chicago German groups convention to oppose the alliance and political supporters of it.
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Chicago
Germany
William Vocke
Wiliam Rapp
Fritz Glogauer
Rudolph A. John
George Heldmann
United States
England
Notable Anecdotes From Wartime and Royal Circles
The article notes Bela Kittridge of Belfast holding a 46 000 word record on a postal card and comments on portraits of Lord Kitchener as older in appearance. It mentions Princess Louise as a rare royal journalist and painter, Mrs Rudyard Kipling born Caroline Balestier in Rochester New York, and Walcott Balestier as her brother. It recounts Sir Robert Rawlinson being knocked from a saddle by a cannon ball yet surviving, with the 42 pound shot kept as a relic. It adds that the lightest tubing made is nickel aluminum with three thousand feet weighing one pound.
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Bela Kittridge
Belfast
Lord Kitchener
Princess Louise
England
the Chisel
Rudyard Kipling
Caroline Balestier
Walcott Balestier
Rochester
Brattleboro
Robert Rawlinson
Rawlinson
Days of the Horse Numbered, Electric Future Predicted
A famed electrician proclaims the days of the horse are numbered and electricity will soon replace the animal. He predicts within 20 years the horse will be a curiosity, while Hoatet ter's Stomach Bitters could cure many ailments from dyspepsia to insomnia and malaria.
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Hoatetter
Duke and Duchess clash over bloodlines in duel of wits
The duke erupts in rage accusing the family of plebeian blood. The duchess retorts with sharp wit referencing her American heritage and a brand slogan tied to a famed Detroit Journal hair product.
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Steve
Detroit Journal
Grain-O described as coffee substitute drink
Grain-O is promoted as a delicious nourishing food drink to replace coffee. It tastes like the finest coffee when prepared correctly, aids digestion and strengthens nerves, is not a stimulant, and is suitable for both children and adults. Priced about 3 times coffee, 15 and 25 cents.
Highwayman and Lawyer Exchange Threats on Trial
A Boston Journal excerpt presents a staged exchange where a highwayman demands money and a lawyer offers defense. The dialogue features the antagonist’s demand, the lawyer’s wealth claim, and a prompt to engage counsel if arrest follows.
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Boston Journal
Free Sample Offer for Allen's Foot Ease Powder
The notice invites readers to request a free sample of Allen's Foot Ease from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY It claims to treat chilblains sweating damp swollen and aching feet ease tight shoes and cure corns bunions and ingrowing nails Sold by all druggists and shoestores It lists 25 cents for the product and includes a short quotation about a fined butter seller from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Laxative Bromo Quinine and St Jacobs Oil Advertisements
A compilation of vintage ads promoting Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee and St Jacobs Oil claimed to relieve sciatica rheumatism neuralgia and general pains. The notes reference multiple newspapers and humorous quips while asserting cures and savings.
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St. Jacobs Oil
The
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts in Toledo Ohio
An old marketing notice hawks Hall's Catarrh Cure by I. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a mercury free internal remedy. It warns against mercury containing products and urges purchase of genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and 75c price. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills Piso's Cure and St Jacobs Oil as tonics and remedies.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Peruna endorsed by Col Arthur Hamilton for catarrh relief
A letter from Colonel Arthur L. Hamilton of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers praises Peruna for catarrh and stomach trouble in his family and friends. Mrs. Hamilton, a strong supporter, also reports improved health from Peruna. The piece urges treatment in spring and cites Dr Hartman’s books, offering a free copy of Winter Catarrh.
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Hamilton
Columbus
Hartman
Ohio
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