Successful Farmer Builds 1280 Acre Mixed Farm Near Town
Baldur Gazette reports W. Creamer, a prominent mixed farmer near town since 1880, now runs a 1280 acre operation with 800 cultivated, 400 plowed for next spring, and 480 acres pasture and woodland. He employs forty horses, sixty cattle, and fifty pigs, with grand barns, granaries, and a threshing outfit. Nearby springs and bluff protections shield against winter storms as waves of settlers head to western Canada.
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W. Creamer
Creamer
Jesser
Western Canada
Baldur
Porto Rico Debate Delayed as Alaska Stimulus Shifts Senate Focus
Senate action centers on Porto Rico this week but will pause to let Carter push Alaska code legislation. Free traders threaten amendments to the tariff bill while Democrats back a nonamended vote. Naval and fortifications bills loom as the calendar shifts.
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Washington
Senate
Porto Rico
Porto-Rico
Carter
Alaska
Bynum
New York
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark Leginning
Foss
Army
Boers Send Wounded Back After Farther Patrol
Boers whom the Johannesburg mounted police escorted eight to nine miles from Bloemfontein attacked a British party of Grenadier Guards and Coldstream Guards. Lieutenants Lygon and Crabbe and Lieutenants Codrington and Captain Trotter were wounded or killed as the Boers killed one and injured four. The wounded were sent to the British camp after dressing.
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Bloenfontein
Lygon
Grenadier Guards
Crabbe
Codrington
Trotter
Coldstream Guards
Modder River
Johannesburg Mounted Police
London
Lord Roberts
Coming Commercial Congress to Convene in Houston
Assurance comes from every state west of the Mississippi that delegates will attend the Trans Mississppi commercial congress in Houston April 17 to 21. While the program is not finished many distinguished men have accepted invitations.
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Houston
Tex
Mississippi River
Strike Involves 30000 Machinists And Engineers In New York
A potential strike of 30,000 members of the International Machinists and the Amalgamated Engineers in the New York district looms as the New York and New Jersey Machinery Manufacturers Association moves to oppose a nine hour day demand that was to take effect April 1.
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New York
International Machinists
Amalgamated Engineers
New York and
New Jersey Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
Exchange totals reach 143 thousand by national banks
Washington March 26 The exchange for the 2 per cent issue authorized by the new currency law to date aggregates 143 870 400. Of this sum 130 550 750 were offered by national banks and 13 290 650 by individuals.
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Washington
Cuban school superintendent sails for Boston to arrange teacher trip
Havana reports Alexis E. Krye, superintendent of Cuban schools, left for Boston to meet Harvard officials and set up plans for Cuban school teachers to travel to the United States.
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Ma’ams
Havana
Alexis E. Krye
Boston
Harvard
United States
Kentucky Clash Averts Troop Confrontation in Frankfort
In Frankfort on March 26 troops aligned by party guarded rivals near the statehouse and court house as Powers Culton and Davis faced an examining trial. Collier and Murray helped ease tensions as Golden’s testimony loomed, with expectations of a verdict timeline and grand jury linkage in the political case.
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State House
Taylor
Goebel
Powers
Culton
Davis
Beckham
Collier
Murray
State
Wharton Golden
Commonwealth
Golden
Georgetown
Moore
Otis Suppresses A Paper In Manila Crackdown
General Otis suppresses La Patria and El Liberal the Spanish organs of the extreme Filipino party for sedition and imprisons the editor. A warning is issued for moderation as rebels grow bolder in Youngs district. The American garrison at Namagapacau faces four nightly attacks and reinforcements arrive. General Young plans an aggressive pursuit before the rainy season.
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Manila
la Patria
el Liberal
Extreme
Otis
Senor Paterno
San Fernardo
Union
Young
Namagapacau
General Young
Boom in Immigration Figures Show New Arrivals Rise
Albany report on the quarter ended December 31 1899 notes 19 914 more arrivals in New York than the previous quarter and 23 912 more than 1898. Slovaks lead with a 3 418 gain or 121 7 percent, Polish 3 105 or 94 2 percent, Croatians and Slavonians 1 845 or 85 4 percent, with total arrivals rising across several nationalities.
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Albany
N. Y
John McMackin
State Superintendent of Labor Statistics
New York
Taussig to Command Yorktown in Manila Assignment
Commander Edward Taussig will sail to Manila in April to assume command of the gunboat Yorktown, replacing Commander Sperry who is nearing promotion to captain under the personnel act.
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Washington, D. C
Edward Taussig
Manila
Yorktown
Sperry
Mormons Grow Colonies in Chihuahua Mexico
In Chihuahua Mexico over 5 000 Mormon immigrants from Utah arrived in the last two months, boosting several colonies established under Mexican government concessions.
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Mexico
Chihuahua
Utah
House to consider army appropriation bill with Spain war refund increase
Washington March 26 The house will take up the army appropriation bill Monday after the military affairs committee revised it Saturday. The key change adds 500000 dollars to the refund to states for expenses incurred during the Spanish American War.
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Washington
House
House Committee On Military Affairs
Spain
Churchill Calls for More Troops for South Africa
In a Morning Post dispatch Winston Churchill urges continuous troop shipments to South Africa until Boer forces surrender unconditionally. He says Britain will have its finest army but warns against drifting into militarism, despite wartime needs.
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London
Winston Churchill
Morning Post
South Africa
Great Britain
General Sir Edward Woodgate Dies of Wounds
London reports the death in the Mooi hospital of General Sir Edward Woodgate, who was wounded at Spion Kop on January 24. The obituary confirms his death occurred yesterday.
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Woodgate
London
Mooi Hospital
Sir Edward Woodgate
Spionkop
Populist State Convention Set for Waco on July 24
Waco is chosen as the site and July 24 as the date for Texas Populist state convention by the state executive committee. C. B. Harris resigns as state chairman and A. W. Cunningham of Waco is elected to succeed him.
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Waco
Tex
Populist Party of Texas Today
C. B. Harris
A. W. Cunningham
Hall's Catarrh Cure endorsed with guarantee
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo Ohio, claiming it treats catarrh as a constitutional disease with internal doses. The firm offers a hundred dollar reward for any failure to cure and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Voledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & Coo
Loledo
Grain-O Promises Coffee Substitute From Grain Mixture
An advertisement urges readers to Try Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims broad appeal for adults and children, with no stomach distress and a price of 15 and 25 cents per package. Also promotes Magnetic Starch and Piso's Cure for Consumption with testimonial from Mrs. C Betz of Denver dated Nov. 8 95.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Help
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted women’s remedy. It claims thirty years of use, praises benefits for women’s health, and notes free counseling with address in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Whitney's Palace Elaboration of New York Home Cited
William C Whitney praises his new New York residence describing it as perhaps the most beautiful in the country while noting the first floor suite including the ballroom dining room and two drawing rooms cost about one million dollars and the decoration challenges were enormous.
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Whitney
William C. Whitney
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Reports Enormous Earnings
The latest annual report shows gross earnings far surpassing many rail systems while expenses exceed some governments. Net earnings equal 5 percent on $90,000,000, a dramatic figure illustrating the company’s vast scale and financial strength.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Ring Presented by Lawton to Seattle Private
William F Horner of Seattle, a private in the Fourteenth Infantry in the Philippines, received a gold ring from Major General Lawton for his defense of the first reserve hospital at Bacoor on the evening of November 27 1899.
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Lawton
William F. Horner
Seattle
Fourteenth Infantry
Philippines
Bacoor
Magnetic Starch Advertisement Ends May Help Sales
A promotional snippet advocates Magnetic Starch as unmatched and urges readers to try it now. The copy claims first time users will prefer it above all others and suggests a mindset shift precedes action. It also notes vanity insights about how others perceive us.
Free recipe booklet from Walter Baker Co Dorchester Mass
An advertisement notes a free book of choice recipes sent by Walter Baker Co Ltd Dorchester Mass. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children at 23 cents a bottle and a quotation about learning from mistakes.
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Walter Baker & Co.,Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
DKR
Chase
St. Philadelpiuia
War and world topics in March Review advertised
The American Monthly Review of Reviews for March discusses the South Africa war phases the Hay Pauncefote treaty the Puerto Rican tariff U S Philippines situation the steamship subsidy bill Kentucky disorders Governor Roose velts administration in New York and the approaching presidential campaign with other timely topics.
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The
American Monthly Review of
South Africa
Philippines
Roosevelt
New York
The Grip Cure And A Marriage License Question
An advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure La Grippe with E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. It also promotes Magnetic Starch for starching. A Sedalia Missouri literary society votes that a man should be worth at least $500 before marrying a Missouri girl.
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E. W. Grove
Sedalia
Missouri
Mark Twain Bicycle Ride Tale
A Mark Twain anecdote recalls a plan to bicycle from Hartford to Boston. He rode five miles before fatigue sent him to an express train. When asked the departure time from Hartford, he replied about seven, and when told he had not ridden the whole way he answered that it had proved it could be done.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
Boston
Twain
Hall of Fame Name Count Approved by 200 Judges
Chancellor MacCracken of NYU says the Hall of Fame must include 10 names only if approved by a 200 member board of professors and history writers across the United States.
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MacCracken
New York University
Hall of Fame
United States
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