Spain Reforms Time Reckoning From 1 to 24 Hours
Spain adopts a new time system starting January 1 1901. All railway mail telegraph telephone and steamship services and ministerial offices across the peninsula and Balearic Islands will follow Greenwich Observatory time. Midnight becomes 24 and the period from 24 to 1 is designated as 0:05 to 0:69, with officials ordered to enforce the decree.
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Spain
Peninsula
Balearic Islands
Greenwich Observatory
Explosion Triggers Panic in Horton West Virginia
Midnight tremor near Horton on the West Virginia railroad shatters calm as a subterranean disturbance and hot ground cause villagers to pray and fear end times. Smoke fills the air while residents report ovens rocked and workers stay home amid eerie, uncertain danger.
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Horton
W. Va
West Virginia
Horten
American College Plan For Girls In Santa Cruz
Dr Joseph Jenks former rector of St Daniels Episcopal church in Thitimmapolis travels to Santa Cruz de Yojo Honduras with Taoully to establish an American college for girls. Four years ago his pleasure trip inspired a belief in American education as the country’s future and funds from Honduran citizens supported building the college.
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Kew
Liv
Joseph
Jenks
St. Dani's Episcopal Ebureh
Thitimmapolis
Iuie
Griswold College
Indiana
New Orleans
Taoully
Santa Cruze de Yojou
Noniluris
Jenks Visio Monfluras
Hongras
Dunks
Santa Cruze
Jean College
Grass on Fifth Avenue Corner Sells as Grass Grows
Grass has grown on a Fifth Avenue corner once at the heart of New York society. The block now houses businesses with only one corner still holding a residence, rented to clubs, while the former home remains unchanged and unoccupied since the previous owner’s death. Grass fills gaps between fence and earth as the area shifts from elegant homes to commerce. North Sea Fisheries seeks an international close season for fishing from February to May with Britain and other nations urged to cooperate to protect zones and curb deep sea and trawl fishing. A curious Indian butterfly shows color reversal between male and female wings. The Mikado's subjects include Formosa, totaling 46,000,000 people.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Murray Hill
Mumor
North Sea
Germany
Great Britain
Olland
Sweden
Norway
Andenmark
Very Neat Swindle Involving Stolen Packages and Chemist
A detailed report from St Paul describes a widespread scam by a chemist who alters package contents and uses false identities to claim losses. The method involves sending a $10,000 package to a recipient under a different name, then reclaiming it as missing, while the parcel is secretly destroyed to erase proof. The scheme, aided by a possible accomplice including a woman, has defrauded multiple companies over more than a year.
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Barnes Cor * St
Pauly Mian
St. Paul
New York
Mountain of copper found near Vancouver B C Howe Sound
Prospectors for H W Treat and Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper report a vast surface copper showing within 30 miles of Vancouver at Howe Sound. They claim 332 assays confirm rich ore and a 428 foot high cliff exposure on the Daisy claim with a 1 500 foot quarry line, near the Britannia prospects now valued in the millions.
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Vancouver
B. C
Howe Sound
H. W. Treat
New York
Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
Trent
Sir Charles
Daisy
Britannia Group
London
Treat
Britannia Mines
New York Engineers
Giant Indian skeleton found in Rogers Park
The seven foot four inch skeleton of a legendary Indian was found by Joseph and Charles Everett near Ridge boulevard and Pratt avenue. It was reported to Rogers Park police and identified by Dr. John Klein as an Indian chief. Copper knife, arrowheads and gold were recovered. The skeleton was taken to the police station and later to Dr Klein who plans to mount it and send it to Leipsic University.
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Lake Michifin
Rogers Park
Joseph
Charles Everett
Ridge Boulevard
Pratt Avenue
John Kilein
Klein
Leipsic University
Shock for Mary Anderson by Worcester rector
Maury Anderson known as Mrs Antonio Navarro admits aging but recalls a shock at a four bazar in Broadway Worcester England when the rector of a religious community called her a mother. She said she was overwhelmed by the compliment and suggested he might have called her sister.
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Maury Anderson
Antonio Navarro
Broadway
Worcestershire
England
Firemen of Pariv Spark European Despots Debate
The Pittsburgh Times lauds American firemen in Pariv, contrasting them with European rulers and suggesting Americans will seize any moment for action, implying a readiness to engage in fire fighting when needed.
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Pariv
Europe
Pittsburgh Times
Osage Bride Story Highlights Tribal Rivalries and Wedding
A wedding within the Osage nation near Vinita is described as the week’s notable event. Tall Elk, son of Red Eagle and a valued Osage, marries Red Eagle’s daughter after paying a price of six passions of the bride. The ritual includes a pony entrance and a swift, ceremonial seizure to seal the union.
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Saithee
Vinita
Tall Elk
Tell Elk
Fehher Fox
Syitema
Bewitched in Salem House
In Salgum Maus residents flock to see Carrie Peabody a young girl who claims to channel spirits at an old house near North and Essex streets. She says she speaks with Nathaniel Hawthorne Betsy Williams and other figures while entering trances and performing feats that unsettled townsfolk. She recounts messages from the dead wife Carelive Miskel Hoyt to her husband Charles Host noting his release from an asylum in Connecticut.
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Salgum
Maus
Carrie Peabody
Ann
North
Essex Streets
Miss Bly
Mix Bly
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Betsy Williams
Charles H. Host
Connecticut
Hoyt
Miners Find Stone Man in Boston Junk Shop
Two miners digging near Reno Nevada uncovered a six foot tall stone statue of a man buried three feet deep in a gulch. The figure, weighing over 400 pounds, shows an Indian profile and was later sold to Boston collector George D. Burton and examined by Peabody Museum staff.
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Boston
Fordane
Nan
Spring Guich
Reno
Nev
George D. Burton
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Honor Longfellow Adopted by Ojibway Tribe
Miss Longfellow of Cambridge Massachusetts daughter of the poet was adopted into the Ojibway tribe on Longfellow's island in Desbarats Ontario. A chiefs council and tribe members staged a dramatization of Hiawatha with buckskin costumes and feather headdresses as the party watched the wind powered performance.
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Miss Longfellow
Cambridge
Mass
Longfellow
Desbarata
Ont
J. G. Thorpe
Richard H. Dana
Beads Allegedly Part of William Penn Gift Displayed
In the Wichita Eagle office Mr Asbury Underwood a Cherokee Indian showed three dull purple cylindrical beads claiming they are part of beads William Penn gave to the Indians about 218 years ago as part payment for the water of Pennayivanis.
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Wichita Eagle
Asbury Underwood
Eagle
William Penn
Pennayivanis
Strikes in Germany Reported by Imperial Office
Richard Guenther, consul general at Frankfurt, cites imperial statistics on German strikes. Of 308 strikes, 7 were entirely successful, 91 partially, and 143 unsuccessful. 35,606 workers struck simultaneously at peaks. Industries affected include mining, metalworking, textiles, and transportation. many strikes ended with varying outcomes.
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Richard Guenther
Brankfort
State Department
Germany
Imperial Statistical Office
Merlin
Tagun
Married a Whole Family Verily Entangles Hodge Love
W Hodge of Winchester Kentucky married three Moore sisters with one twice and faced divorces from two wives while the third seeks legal separation. Each wife accuses cruelty and the last wife also accuses misappropriating her property as Hodge moved through marriages in a decade.
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Moore
W. Hodge
Winchester
Hodge
Anna Moore
Laurel County
Horses Die After Duel at Hartford Stable
Two horses owned by Jacob Johnson of Hartford Conn fought in a nearby stall duel. A gelding kept kicking a mare after she failed to help pull a road, and both animals were killed to end their suffering. The mare died from injuries first, and the gelding followed, both buried in the same grave.
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Jacob Johnson
Hartford
Conn
Johnson
Hawaii Census Nearing Completion on Island Resources
The territory of Hawaii is nearing completion of its census schedules with only the sugar manufacture special schedule outstanding. Returns will reveal the island’s resources and industries in detail. Star routes for postal service are to be established and bids advertised. Mural delivery service will expand to numerous districts.
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Territory of
Hawaii
Washington
Bird Nest Preservation Noted In Historic Article
A fragment describes preserving a bird nest of a red throat fruit spar in alcohol as a curiosity. It mentions the Los Angeles Times and a Peruvians hive amid curious measurements and odd phrasing.
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Los Angeles
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