Old Ironsides Celebrates Century On Boston Harbor
The Constitution’s 100th birthday is marked with a history of brave battles from Tripoli to early War of 1812 exploits. It details Hull and Stewart traditions, engagements off Brazil and Lisbon, and the ship’s later duties as a training vessel before its October 21 anniversary celebration in Boston.
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Preble
Barbary
Tripoli
Europe
Annapolis
Long Island
Hull
New York
Fellitt
Isaro
Chancel Rds
Mary
Bainbridge
Brazil
Java
Lambert
Charles Stewart
West Indies
Picton
Levant
Stewart
Cooper
Jackson
Newport
Havre
Portsmouth
Boston
Navy Department
Oliver Wendell Teimes
Noted East Side Misconceptions in New York Police Image
A West Coast traveler questions why blue dressed men loiter at street corners, wondering if they protect corn from crows. The porter explains they are policemen, marking him as a stranger in the East and introducing New York as the Greater City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y. World
Indian Rebels March Through Rain and Snow Harassed
Official dispatches from the northwestern frontier describe General Westmacott’s brigades marching from Sher-Khel into the Sturi-Khel country in continuous action. The rear guard faced close-range fire. British losses were heavy including Lt. Wekot and Lt. Champlaur wounded, with twelve officers and forty men killed or wounded overall.
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Simla
Westmacott
Sher-Khel
Sturi-Khel
Wekot
Champlaur
Bara Valley
Kempster
Sher-Nhel
Probasco's Assignment Highlights Of Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a surprising assignment by Henry Probasco, a 77 year old retiree, lists assets at 200 dollars and liabilities at 100000 dollars. The estate assigns to Seth Foster and cites no reason, though Probasco previously donated the bronze Fifth Street fountain between Vine and Walnut to the city.
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Cincinnati
Henry Probasco
Probasco
Seth ©. Foster
Itt
City of
Fifth Street
Vine and
Walnut
Deal in Gua Buffalo Special
A Buffalo syndicate completed a purchase of the Queen City Gas Light Company from J Edward Addicks in New York on Saturday. Final payments settled, stock and chartered property and franchises transferred to the People's Gaslight and Coke Company, the buyer. Price paid to Addicks and associates about $1,000,000.
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Buffalo
Queen City Caslight Company
J. Edward Addicks
New York
Queen City Company
Peome's + Gaslight and Coke Company
New Corporation
Mob Violence Kills Two Black Men In Louisiana Incident
In St. Gabriel Louisiana two Black men accused in the serious case of storekeeper Rabin were fatally harmed by a mob Monday night. Sheriff Brown escorted the suspects toward New Orleans on a Texas and Pacific train for safekeeping but the mob halted the train six miles south of Phagne mine, attacked the convoy, dragged the men into the woods and killed them.
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New Orleans
Rabin
St. Gabriel
Brown
Texas & Pacific
Phagnemine
Struck by Hurricane Hits New Orleans Area
A hurricane struck near New Orleans causing demolition of St. Thomas Catholic Church two houses and a store. A logger was carried across the river and a crew member an Austrian drowned. Point Malathuche suffered damage and a loss around 56 dollars with many hunting camps feared washed away.
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New Orleans
St. Thomas
Selis Oil at 1 Cent a Gallon Milwaukee Special
The claim alleges Standard Oil sells oil in interior cities of this state at 1 cent per gallon by charging 2 cents and rebating 1 cent. Small dealers have sold at regular prices, but Standard Oil has recently targeted them. Complaint filed with the Attorney General.
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Milwaukee Special
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Bryan Arrival in Mexico City with Diaz Officials
Mr Bryan led by Garcia of Diaz staff arrives in Mexico City from Toluca aboard the Mexican railway. A large crowd of Americans and Mexicans greets him as Garcia in uniform welcomes him in the name of the president and escorts him to the president's private carriage. The Twenty seventh Regiment stands on the platform.
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City of Mexico
Bryan
Toluce
State of Mexico
Garcia
Diaz
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Westport Annexation follows Kansas City special vote
In a Kansas City Missouri special election voters favored annexing the historic town of Westport once a bustling Santa Fe trail site. Westport residents approved annexation by a majority, aligning with Kansas City’s expansion plans.
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Kansas City
Pny
Westport
Pays
Nansis City
Westport Landing
Wesport
Turmoil Strikes Prague Amid German Theatre Bomb Alert
Disturbances spread through Bohemia and Vienna with troops patrolling Prague streets. Special guards stationed at the Royal German Theater after a bomb was found last Thursday night. Daily arrests overwhelm prisons, forcing the discharge of minor cases.
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Vienna
Tohemia
Prague
Tried and Acquitted in Mississippi Lynching Scene
In Hazelhurst Mississippi a mob at Bankstone Ferry gathered on a hillside to try Giles Berry Wil Powell and Tom Wathen for the Lawrence County murder. The impromptu court did not reach a verdict and the mob released some suspects while arresting others. Further reports say additional men were detained and some were found not guilty but forced to leave the country.
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Hazelhurst
Miss
Lawrence County
Giles Berry
Wil Powell
Tom Wathen
Bankstone Ferry
T Welock
Lewis
Cris
Nevroes
Smith House
dIon
Walter Catchings
Georgetown
Modern Delilah Confesses in Jerome Ixern Killing
Waverly Ta special Dellah Fates admits firing the fatal shots that killed Jerome Ixern in a woods death last August. Indicted Wednesday, her alleged accomplice Kern, son of the victim, faces possible indictment. She alleges years of harassment by Kern and prior failed marriages as motive and says she planned the crime with calm purpose.
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Waverly
Dellah Fates
Jerome Ixern
Kern
Jerome Kern
Berkeley Student Treats Sprain by Baking Leg
Berkeley California report says a University of California sophomore used a home oven to heat a sprained leg at 180 degrees. A copper cylinder apparatus with gas burner and rubber bags confined the heat, and after three bake cycles the sprain vanished.
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Berkeley
Cal
FL B. Wingman
University of California
Hinuman
Fights Near Arigona End in Death for Three Guards
Denver reports a late near Arigona and Old Mexico clash leaves three Mexican service guards dead and one desperado killed. The gunman Frank Phallard, tied to Diack Jack and Billy the Nid gangs, is among the dead. a letter from Edith Cunningham links him to recent killings at Rel River, N McPhailard, last of the Pan handle outlaws, is noted.
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Denver
Col
Arigona
Old Mexico
Frank Phalerd
Diack Jack
Texas
Billy the Nid
Phallard
Edith Cunningham
Las Vegas
Dick Manley
Rel River
Baron's jealous tragedy ends in self inflicted death
London cable reports Baron Pa setlui shot himself outside the home of Mrs. Nittinger in Vienna after jealousy over her association with other men. He attempted entry after midnight to demand an explanation but was refused and then killed himself with a revolver.
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London
Daily Mail
Vienna
Pasetlui
Madison city railway sale under foreclosure in Wisconsin
The Madison city railway of Madison Wisconsin was sold under foreclosure for 110 thousand dollars. The transaction details note the property and foreclosure process as the primary facts.
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Madison City Railway
Madison
Wis
Gen Clay's Child Wife Heirloom Tale Of Prisoner Wife
Richmond Ky special reports no reconciliation between eighty seven year old Gen Clay and his wife Dora aged seventeen. Clay alleges Dora is captive to relatives and under vendetta influence. He includes Dora's letter dated December 9 1897 detailing her plea for money and dire circumstances. He laments defeat but vows not to surrender.
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Richmond
kKy
Clay
Dora
Whitehall
Kentucky Register
Valley View
Dora Clay
Willie Bryant
Clell
Five Bandits Captured Near Stein's Pass by U S Marshals
A Wells Fargo officer J No Thacker and Deputy U S Marshals cornered five outlaws at Cabin on Cushers ranch near the Mexican line. The gang, previously held up the Southern Pacific at Stein's Pass, surrendered after a pursuit from Bowie. Names not yet confirmed. They face New Mexico death penalty if convicted.
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Silver City
N. ML
Wells-Fargo
J. No Thacker
United States
Ciapriano Baca
Southern Pacific
Stein's Pass
Grant County
Bowie
Stein’s Pass
Cusher
San Simon Valley
San Simon
New Mexico
Mexico
Wreck on Panhandle Kills Royal Center Man
A Panhandle Chicago division wreck near Royal Center injures two passengers and damages the freight train. Cother is killed when he fails to jump from a burgage car seat. Wm Menthon survives with a cut. The Hardesty children suffer bruises. crew aboard neither train is hurt.
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Chicago
Panhandle
Royal Center
Kennedy
Fisk
Alexander
Goodridge
Cother
Wm. Menthon
Cather
Menthen
AFL Opposes Hawaiian Annexation Treaty
The American Federation of Labor meeting in Nashville adopted resolutions decrying the Hawaii annexation treaty as tantamount to admitting a slave state. The federation urged the U.S. Senate to reject the treaty and pursue steps to maintain amicable relations with Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Nashville
United States Senate
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
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Constitution
Claghorn & Bentley
Tripah
Joshua Hampkhrirs
Phoadelphia
Ise
Sery Oe
Wusimander
Ig Sa
Murz- Mak
Mak
Watt
Sethi
Arvriegan
Ton
Dacressr
Dacres
Porto Praya
Cape Verd
Leander
Newcastle
Acasta
Tan
Newell
Dartamouth
New Hampshire
India
Mr Bryan
Bohemia
Delilah
Gen. Clay
Indianapolis
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