Thanksgiving Address to a Nation of Plow Hammer and Pen
Dr. Talmage extols a year of national achievement, praising farmers and workers, foretelling a era of American industry and learning. He lauds the plow hammer and pen as keys to prosperity, warns against greed, and urges more Bible study, churches, and schools as the path to virtue.
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Atlantic
Pacific Sea
Maryland
New York
Florida
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Michigan
California
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Lowell Mills
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Lowell
Georgia Central
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Southern Railway
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Martin
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Manila
United States
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Persia
Germany
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Italy
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Aristotle
Alexander
Carolinas
New Hampshire
Fulton Submarine Stays Deep Under Storm Eleven Hours
The Fulton rose from Peconic bay coast with a crowd watching amid a gale. Captain Cable reports air was pure, crew slept four hours, ate two meals, and the vessel remained submerged over fifteen hours with no discomfort. Rear Admiral Lowe praised conditions and noted longer dives may be possible with food onboard.
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New York
Fulton
Peconic Bay
Long Island
Cable
Holland Company
Fullon
Lowe
Arthur MacArthur
United States
Harry Calwell
Potomac
Woman From Utah Claims Mormon Agents Target Her
Mrs. Mary Clarke a Utah missionary told Presbyterians at Witherspoon Hall she has a price on her head set by Mormon Church agents. She claimed she cannot walk at night in Philadelphia and recalled hostile acts during her Utah assignments and years with the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions.
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Utah
Witherspoon Hall
Mormon Church
Philadelphia
de Vore
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Hiram
Etrange
Insurgent Fort on Bohol Captured by Lawton's men
Captain Edward P. Lawton's Nineteenth Infantry assaulted a cliffside insurgent fort on Bohol Island south of Cebu. Sergeant McMahon and twenty men climbed the precipice to strike from behind, surprising and routing the defenders. Cannons were captured or buried, with notable bravery by Sergeants List and McMahon. General Chaffee orders native oath records in English Spanish and Tagalog. Philippine constabulary proves a valuable military adjunct.
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Manila
Edward P. Lawton
Nineteenth Infantry
Bohol Island
Cebu
Vizayan
Lawton
McMahon
Captain Lawton
List
Chaffee
United States
Philippine Constabulary
Alban Victorious Colombian General Advances on Colon
Reports say General Alban with about 300 government troops crossed Barbacao Bridge and advances on Colon. Liberals retreat amid ammunition shortages. losses claimed on both sides and an armored train demonstration is not to continue daily. Transit across the isthmus remains open amidst fighting.
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Pan
Barbacao
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Colo
Panama
Barbacao Bridge
Portobello
Emperador
Empernador
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Perry
Iowa
Washed Overboard at Sea Aboard Steamship Helgenland
Captain Hill reports the steamship Helgenland from Liverpool reached Nantucket light aboard. Mrs H McNeal wife of Dr McNeal of Ann Arbor Mich was washed overboard and drowned during a heavy sea while the couple stood on deck. The body was not recovered.
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Philadelphia
Hill
Helgenland
Liverpool
Nantucket
H. McNeal
Dr McNeal
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bergenland
Van Sant to Fight Northern Securities in Extra Session
Governor Van Sant plans a fierce legal battle against James J. Hill's Northern Securities Company. He will seek 100000 dollars for counsel and expenses, with a possible extra legislative session expected around February 1. If funds fail, he will use his own fortune to sustain the fight in courts.
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St. Paul, Minn
Pioneer Press
van Sant
Great Railway Combine
Northern Securities Company
House Committee On Appropriations
Illicit moonshine still found in Pittsburg home
U S revenue officers uncovered a distillery in Pittsburg with an eighteen gallon per day capacity and three mash tubs. The operator, Harry Selkowicz alias Harry Sharkowitz, is jailed on charges of having an unregistered still and distilling gear. Seized liquor is said to be sold by peddlers to Hungarian and Slav laborers.
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Pen
Melrose
Glastonbury
Louvre
Luxembourg
Academies of Art
Europe
Earth
Pittsburg
United States Revenue
Harry Selkowicz
Harry Sharkowitz
Pride Street
Sharkowitz
United States Occupation of Isthmian Railway Approved
London press views the temporary US occupation of the Isthmian railway as lawful under treaty rights and approved by authorities. Some continental powers fear long term American presence, while British papers note Washington is becoming the principal actor in Central American affairs to preserve an open door.
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Enoch
Tubal Cain
Paros
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London
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Isthmian Railway
United States
America
Telegraph
Central America
Pall Mall Gazette
Miners' War Over Near Nortonville Kentucky
Madisonville Kentucky reports the famous camp of striking union miners near Nortonville is dismantled. Most campers are jailed on charges of breach of the peace unlawfully assembling and banding together. Four large tents and camp paraphernalia were seized with the prisoners.
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Madisonville
Nortonville
Death by Own Action Stuns Steamboat Springs
Denver reports the death by own action of Judge M. A. Rogers a former Colorado Supreme Court member and noted attorney. He placed dynamite beneath him near Barr river willows inside town limits lit a fuse and smoked as the explosion ended his life. He had been at Steamboat Springs all summer with his wife and no motive is known.
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Denver
Col
M. A. Rogers
Supreme Court of Colorado
Steamboat Springs
Rogers
Barr River
Judge Rogers
Doctor Gartrell Convicted of First Degree Murder
Dr J L Gartrell seventy year old physician found guilty in Missouri of murdering D B Donegan a Colorado miner during a March overland trip toward Oklahoma. The trial detailed an ax and monkey wrench confrontation with motive suspected robbery. The son P W Gartrell faces separate trial for complicity.
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Butler
J. L. Gartrell
D. B.donegan
Colorado
Gartrells
Kansas City
Gartrell
Donegan
Texas
California
Missouri
Young Gartrell
Q Gartrells
Fatal White Damp Claims Eight Mines Rescue Team Struggles
In Bluefields West Virginia rescuers recovered the eight miners from the Pocahontas Collieries West mine after a deadly white damp gas encounter. The first group of four entry attempts reached air pockets. another from Tug River entrance found three bodies. The deceased include A S Hurst chief inspector Robert Oldham sub inspector Frazier Beil mining engineer and six others. Rescue teams fought pockets of gas as they ferried bodies to town for burial.
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Bluefields
W. Va
West Mine
Pocahontas Collieries Company
Tug River
A. S. Hurst
Robert Oldham
Frazier G. Beil
Hurst
Walter O'Malley
Joseph Cardwell
Shamokin Coal and Coke Company
R. E. St. Clair
Price
Maurice St. Clair
St. Clair
O'Malley
Bell
Oldham
Baby Mine
Pocahontas
Union Station
Roosevelt's Trip Ends Quietly Without a Shot Fired
Washington special reports President and Mrs. Roosevelt returned to the city Sunday afternoon after a family outing. Rain during the latter part of the trip kept the President from taking part in any gunning. They stayed two nights ashore at a clubhouse while the yacht rested at anchor. One Roosevelt child had a slight cold during the visit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nation Divorce Suit Opens in Medicine Lodge
The divorce case of David Nation versus Carrie Nation, the saloon smasher, began in Medicine Lodge Kansas. Nation alleges his wife took his feather bed drew $90 from the bank and refused to live with him.
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Medicine Lodge
Kas
David Nation
Carrie Nation
Nation
Lord Kitchener Denies Boer Women Shield Report
London dispatch says the Daily Mail queried Lord Kitchener about allegations that British forces used Boer women and children as shields at Graspan on June 6 during the Dewet convoy capture. Kitchener denies the report as false and urges caution in spreading such claims.
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London
Graspan
Dewet
Court of Arbitration Considers Beer Appeal
London reports indicate the administrative council will review the Beer appeal seeking a ruling on initial variations and related arrangements. The proceeding centers on the Court of Arbitration's oversight and potential implications for the case.
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Court of Arbitration Fores Dews
Meer
London
Administrative Council of the Court of Rit W Teest
Collision in Turin Bologna race involves duke and Cotelletti
In a Turin to Bologna motor race a car driven by the duke of Abruzzi collided with a milestone while traveling about fifty miles per hour. Signor Cotelletti was noted in the event with the other vehicle.
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Rome
Turin
Bologna
Duke of Abrussi
Signor Cotelletti
Klondike Conspiracy Against Canadian Authority Reported
The Times of Seattle publishes a detailed story alleging a miner conspiracy in the Klondike to overthrow Canadian authority. It claims possession of documents and seals of the Order of the Midnight Sun, a secret society alleged to be behind the plot.
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Wash
the Times
Klondike
San Francisco
Order of the Midnight Sun
Isthmian Canal Favored Route Emerges In Treaty Era
Washington report notes rapid progress toward an isthmian canal for Nicaragua as the Hay Pauncefote treaty nears ratification. Senate and House members see the Nicaragua route as preferred and expect US control through Nicaragua and Costa Rica agreements, with railways dropping opposition as session opens.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States
Tax refund denied in Vanderbilt inheritance case
Washington special and A W Wishard of Indianapolis ruled Thursday that the $361 03 inheritance tax paid to New York internal revenue collectors cannot be refunded. The decision affects heirs of Cornelius Vanderbilt with Alfred G Vanderbilt W K Vanderbilt Chauncey M Depew among claimants. Senator Depew's share is about $10000 and Alfred M Vanderbilt bore the bulk of the tax.
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Washington
A. W. Wishard
Indianapolis
Internal Revenue Department
E. W. Rossiter
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Internal Revenue Collector
Department
Mr. Rossiter
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Senator Depew
Alfred M. Vanderbilt
Still Governing Tien-Tsin Pekin Cable
The military government in Tien-Tsin remains in effect with commanders refusing to yield tax collection to the Chinese and resisting submission to foreign ministers. Ministers question jurisdiction and whether foreigners can continue to govern under the protocol.
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Pekin
Tien-Tsin
Tien-Tsir
King Edward bars seats in Westminster Abbey to British subjects
London reports the king forbids non British subjects from attending the coronation except in official capacity. The move dispossesses both seat holders and nominees who tried to sell their places. Large sums were offered abroad for coronation seats.
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London
Edward
Westminster Abbey
America
Europe
Rumors Denied on Queen Draga Shooting in Vienna
An official Servian statement denies rumors that Queen Draga was shot at or committed suicide. The denial follows Tuesday night rumors alleging assassination, shooting, or self-inflicted death of the Servian queen.
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Vienna
Draga
Tragic 5-Year-Old Died In Lime Pit Fall At Gross
In Gross Nebraska a five year old boy, son of T Hf Marcellus a local businessman, fell into a red hot lime pit and was fatally burned. A playmate tried to rescue him but could not, and help arrived too late.
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