Expanding Rural Free Delivery Divisions Outlined
The post office announces four new rural free delivery divisions to manage growth. Eastern division covers New England New York and Pennsylvania among nine states, middle division includes Ohio and states west of the Missouri plus Louisiana, western division spans states west of Missouri and Iowa to the coast, and southern division includes twelve southern states. A homicide near Fort Wayne ends with suspect Davis in custody after Street’s fatal shooting. details indicate prior threats and a confrontation at a neighbor’s door.
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Washington
Post Ofice Department
Postmaster General
New England
New York
Pennsyvania
Ohio
Missouri
Eot
Louisiana
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cited As Cure For Eczema And Fatigue
Patient accounts claim Hood's Sarsaparilla cured severe eczema after two years of medicine, restored strength and sleep, and improved mood. Women from Gardiner Oswego and Aubargo share relief and recommend buying Hood's from any druggist.
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Hood
E. W. Deener
Gardiner, N. Y
H. Polmer
Lansing Street
Aubaro
N.Y
Rebels Press US Forces Across Philippine Islands Reported
Reports from Manila detail ongoing clashes between American troops and insurgents across multiple provinces. Sturgis’s raiding party killed insurgents on Nevaliches road. a Laguna Province detachment sought refuge in a church at Paeto before reinforcements arrived. Lieutenant Gordon’s 250 insurgents near Aparri wounded him while others were killed in Capiz. Insurgents attacked Carbayon at Samar, killing a sentry and a cook before Americans drove them out, with four insurgents killed and 12 captured. Generals Young and Bell request reinforcements citing exhausted troops and inability to garrison towns as insurgents resume attacks before the rainy season. Provincial leaders sympathetic to Americans have faced assassinations and threats from insurgents.
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Seung
Beil Apaeat
Manila
Sturges
Nevaliches
Sturgis
Laguna
Paeto
Gordon
Sixteenth Infantry
Aparri
Cagayan Province
Luzon
James Bell
Samar
Bataar
Long Island forest fires threaten Lindenhurst town area
On Lindenhurst outskirts a 36 hour forest fire roars fueled by dry grass and wind. Several small structures burned including the Shredwelder homestead, a landmark tied to a murder mystery. Volunteers battle the flames as a Lutheran church lost minor fire exposure but saved.
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Diamiased
New York
Long Island
Lindenhurst
Shredwelder
Philip
Riot at Tipperary as exycertionists terrorize crowd
Reports detail a riot at Tipperary with exycertionists attacked by a large crowd at a hotel. Several girls were roughly handled and clothes torn as damage to property and arson were noted before fire extinguishers were sabotaged. Queen Victoria later attended services and greeted children awaiting her.
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Yeuterdas
Tipperary
Katherest
Thatiway Hotel
Bay
W Bren
Dublin
Ube Rieters
Queen Victoria
Vice Regal Lodge
Cubans Honor General Gomez in Havana Demonstration
In Havana on April 9 a large crowd gathered in the Prado for a torchlit demonstration honoring Gen Maximo Gomez and urging him to stay in Cuba amid tensions with autonomist leaders. Gomez replied that he must leave briefly for private matters but will return to Cuba's destiny. He urged gratitude from autonomists toward Cubans for prior forgiveness.
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Pattison
Philadelphia
Robert E. Pattison
Chicago
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Cuba
Prado
Gaston Mora
National Party
Gomez
Dewey
Washington
W. B. Conkey
J.M. Giena
Admiral Dewey
Mantle
B. and O. Railroad
Ohio
Indiana
Parliament ends break for a fortnight and Danish king’s jubilee
The English Parliament adjourns for a two-week holiday. King Christian of Denmark's 94th birthday was celebrated with fanfare. Snowstorms disrupted Saxony and delays affected the Paris exposition. A fund drive to aid the widow of the late W. V. Henry raised $2,065. In Buffalo Creek, six men were injured in a railroad incident. Albert Davis and Samuel G. Brookes were sentenced to four years each for robbing Cleveland. W. Musser, former cashier of Merchants' National Bank in Rutland, Wisconsin, is held on $59,600 bail for embezzlement after waiving preliminary hearing.
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Christian of
Denmark
Henry
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo
N.Y
Harties
Harties Chuca
Albert Davis
Samuel G. Brookes
Cleveland
Co. W. Musser
Merchants’ National Bank
Rutland
Boer Successes Stir News From Front and Telegrams
London dispatches report mixed signals from the front as Boer leaders reconvene near Retrentum, delaying British efforts. Gen Colville’s forces failed to disperse the Boer gathering due to cavalry shortages, while Bloemfontein remains under tension with rail and telegraph concerns and reports of mass Boer activity across the field.
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Belifumbia
Dhylaien
Colville
Retrentum
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
Royal Irish
Free State
de Titatore
Wittekais Morail
Colesberg
Stormberg
Davis and the Boers lecture at Grand Opera House
An immense audience heard Webster Davis ex assistant secretary of the interior recount the war in South Africa. He traced Boer British conflict from early slave laws to the present, denouncing British demands as unjust while praising Boer heroism and American revolutionary parallels.
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Washington
Grand Opers Hoos
South Africa
Hos
Webster Davis
United States
Davis
Afr
PLT
Moran
Darip
Cape of Good Hope
Engin
Republic of Natal
Repuhtty
Boaghinal
Europe
Krugerato
Lexington Green
Saratoga
Bunker Hith
Brandywine
Yaller Forge
New Orleans
Jackson
Senator Chandler Pushes Early Vote on Quay Seating
Washington April 9 Senator Chandler will seek unanimous consent to take a two day vote on the resolution regarding seating Senator Quay. Opponents include Burrows Quarles and Platt of Connecticut. Indian appropriation bill next in line for debate as Carter aims to advance the Alaskan code bill early in the week. Lodge to request a vote on the Philippine temporary measure with a fixed day anticipated. House week highlights Puerto Rican tariff bill closing night and Republicans expect a favorable vote on the motion to strike senate amendments after debate.
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Senator Chandler
Washington
Chandler
Senate
Senator Quay
Burrows, Quarles
Platt
Connecticut
Quay
House
Austin Endangered as Colorado Flood Destroys Power Plant
A massive cloudburst along the Colorado River valley causes extensive flood damage near Austin and surrounding counties. Losses include the city’s water system, power plant wreckage, farms, bridges, and stock, with thousands of acres flooded and cattle drowned. authorities warn weeks without electricity and water, while trains halt and crops suffer but replanting remains possible in places.
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Lessa
Clesdhurst
Colevade
Tarec Milites Deliass
Haudredn
Austis
Tex
Colorado River
Farether
Wight
Williamson County
Bastrop
Austin
Smithville
Colorado
Cameron
Little River
Fireman's Park
Rio Grande City
Rio Grande
Gasley’s Creek
Tobin
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Taomwas
W. Hans
Epwanp Rare
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William P. Harvey
M. Patel Phillips
Meéhanom
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J. EL. Keenan
W. T. Kelley
C. Y. Davidson & CO
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Crick
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Hood's Mills
Liberty Pike
Romeo Eerick
Grooms
Telegraph Street Ltd
Frederick Gear
Frederick
Middletown
F. G. Thomas & Son
General Insurance Agents
West Patrick Street
Gaz
WM. S. Miller & CO
Robert L Patterson
Deane
Ernest Helfenstein
Patrck
Frederick, Md
Blondmounds Fruced
Fort Warne
Agel
Auburn
Wes Steel
William Davis
Steel
Steet
Ligne
Eczema
Weil
Tood
Ewa
Bellevue
C. B. Callaghan
Acker
Jons Horr
Canada
Pugland
WH. Hooker &C
Prandin
Albert L. Pearre
Canby Cathartic Trade
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Rami
Pisasart
Filipings
Qur
Unabie
Solidiers
Kearney
Ater Rogers
New Jersey
Kentucky
Peck
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Peck’s Son
George W. Peck
W. de Ravenel
Representative Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Commission On
Montreal
Evangeliste Joly
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Toney Stoten
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Thaba N'Chu
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Elly Cogman
Stamford
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Ouiside
Vallivan Fortier
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Democratic
Robert EB. Pattisen
Pensylvania
Kansan
Fattison
Texas
Kenturky- Middlesboro
Will Mosley
Charles Cecil
Arrist
Haiwen
Vittabarg
Pittsburg
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Crnerivania Avenue
Briin
Goencsi
Herr Schulze
Thie City
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Venton
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